Lots of good new songs this week:
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Desecration Smile – another catchy one after the one that won’t go away (yes, Snow)
Snow Patrol: Shut your eyes – took a while but I like it now. Have the album at home, should really listen to it more
Reamonn: Serpentine – they’re a German band with an Irish singer that’s been around for a couple of years and I’m liking them more and more
Kim Wilde: Together we belong – good catchy pop
Michael Bublé: Everything – he’s got a very recognizable and beautiful voice. The song sounds a lot like Norah Jones (which is meant positively)
Fergie: Big girls don’t cry – would never have guessed it’s her. It’s a ballad and she sounds like Natasha Bedingfield or Sugababes or something. Definitely better than her uptempo rhythmic/urban stuff.
Take That: Reach out – as la la la as all songs on their album. Fluffy happy sing-along pop.
Daughtry: Home and It’s not over – had no idea who that is. According to Wikipedia, he was on American Idol. Think Nickelback, The Calling etc.
Incubus: Love hurts – catchy rock ballad from a band that usually makes heavier music, I think
Christina Stürmer: Scherbenmeer - she's an Austrian singer who also started in a casting show. Really good angry song.
Also new, but not so good:
Pink: Dear Mr. President – sounds like a rip-off of Not ready to make nice by the Dixie Chicks
Bon Jovi: Make a memory – pretty lame
Erasure: I could fall in love with you – I recognized them immediately and the song’s not too bad, but seriously, we don’t need a comeback from them, do we?
As always, I might change my mind tomorrow : )
Donnerstag, 29. März 2007
Freitag, 16. März 2007
Germany’s Next Topmodel – Update
After 3 episodes, the situation is like this:
Enyerlina, who I really liked at first, turned out to be the biggest bitch of all. She took the whole “competition” idea way too seriously and tried to cheat in several ways. In ep 3, which aired yesterday, she was dismissed because she looked the same in all photos or something like that.
Fiona is still a drama queen, but she seems to be a nice girl all in all.
Anni definitely still is a bitch. If looks could kill, everyone on the show would be dead already.
Sophie, who IMO was a bit of a dark horse, left the show in ep 2. It seems she had some problems with her parents because she missed school due to her participation in the show. If you ask me, GNTM is a one in a million chance and having to repeat one school year isn’t the end of the world. And it really seemed Sophie wanted to stay. Heidi Klum didn’t even offer to talk to her parents about their concerns. She just said okay and goodbye and asked the other girls if they were thinking about quitting, too. One other girl raised her hand and left, too.
So, who’s my favourite now? I’m not sure. There’s a girl called Aneta who I didn’t really like at first, but she seems to be from the place where I went to university so I like her for that.
Next week, the girls will get make-overs, i.e. new haircuts. That’s always exciting.
Oh, and BTW, I think there should be a “Next Male Topmodel” show, just for the eye candy. Hehe.
As to me, my ankle is getting better. Still have a bandage but I can walk without limping. The bad thing is, this week I’ve been feeling very tired many times at work. Almost fell asleep at the doctor’s yesterday when I was sitting on a gurney (?) waiting for the doc to come and look at my foot. It’s normal for me to feel tired in the afternoon, but this week it’s been starting around 10 or 11 a.m. Not funny. Must get some sleep on the weekend.
Enyerlina, who I really liked at first, turned out to be the biggest bitch of all. She took the whole “competition” idea way too seriously and tried to cheat in several ways. In ep 3, which aired yesterday, she was dismissed because she looked the same in all photos or something like that.
Fiona is still a drama queen, but she seems to be a nice girl all in all.
Anni definitely still is a bitch. If looks could kill, everyone on the show would be dead already.
Sophie, who IMO was a bit of a dark horse, left the show in ep 2. It seems she had some problems with her parents because she missed school due to her participation in the show. If you ask me, GNTM is a one in a million chance and having to repeat one school year isn’t the end of the world. And it really seemed Sophie wanted to stay. Heidi Klum didn’t even offer to talk to her parents about their concerns. She just said okay and goodbye and asked the other girls if they were thinking about quitting, too. One other girl raised her hand and left, too.
So, who’s my favourite now? I’m not sure. There’s a girl called Aneta who I didn’t really like at first, but she seems to be from the place where I went to university so I like her for that.
Next week, the girls will get make-overs, i.e. new haircuts. That’s always exciting.
Oh, and BTW, I think there should be a “Next Male Topmodel” show, just for the eye candy. Hehe.
As to me, my ankle is getting better. Still have a bandage but I can walk without limping. The bad thing is, this week I’ve been feeling very tired many times at work. Almost fell asleep at the doctor’s yesterday when I was sitting on a gurney (?) waiting for the doc to come and look at my foot. It’s normal for me to feel tired in the afternoon, but this week it’s been starting around 10 or 11 a.m. Not funny. Must get some sleep on the weekend.
Donnerstag, 8. März 2007
Torn ligament ... or something
I hate going to the doctor, but this week I had to go twice. First I went to a dermatologist cos the psoriasis I had 5 years ago has returned. Then yesterday morning I twisted my ankle when I left the house. Didn't seem so bad at first, but by about 6 p.m. the ankle was swollen and started hurting. I tried to put it up and cool it, but without much success. Had an awful night cos I couldn't find a comfortable sleeping position. Went to the doctor in the morning. Have a tape bandage now. So I'm limping around the office cos I didn't want to stay at home and get bored. My arms and legs are still itching from the psoriasis rash thing, BTW. Argh.
Freitag, 2. März 2007
Germany’s Next Topmodel, Season 2
The new season started last night on ProSieben. From the 15 girls remaining in yesterday’s episode (I think they started with the best 100 girls or something), there are 6 that stood out to me:
Biggest bitch: Anni, 21A blonde girl with quite dark and long eyebrows. You can see she’s very ambitious and competitive and very full of herself, i.e. she thinks she already knows how to walk and pose etc. Reminds me of Jamie King from Pearl Harbor.
Biggest drama queen: Fiona, 18A brunette who forgot the choreography when the girls had to do a sort of fashion show during halftime on the pitch of a soccer stadium. She was the first in line and walked straight from one side of the pitch to the other, instead of turning around in the middle, as Bruce Darnell, their catwalk coach, had told them. She made a huge thing out of it afterwards, i.e. she was mad at herself for not remembering the correct way. Part of me thinks she did wrong on purpose just so she could become the center of attention.
My favourites so far:
Sophie, 17, a very shy brunette with pretty dark blue eyes
Hana, 21, typical Slavic beauty with high cheekbones and sensual lips (think Eva Herzigova with brown hair)
Enyerlina, 25, an exotic beauty from the Dominican Republic. Seems really nice and I hope her age won’t be a problem.
Milla, 20, also quite exotic-looking, i.e. with darker skin and hair (not your typical German girl, in other words). She’s half-Chinese, according to the website.
At the end of the show I thought how shallow this whole competition is. And I’m sure many of the girls have eating disorders, although the jury (lead by Heidi Klum) does make a point of telling them to eat properly and last year did kick out one girl because she was too skinny. To my defense, I do consider the personality of the girls. But the season has just started and they’re not living together in the big house yet so you couldn’t find out too much about their personalities yet.
Sorry, don't know how to post pics of the girl, but at least here's a link to the show's website:
http://www.prosieben.de/lifestyle_magazine/next_topmodel/index.php
Biggest bitch: Anni, 21A blonde girl with quite dark and long eyebrows. You can see she’s very ambitious and competitive and very full of herself, i.e. she thinks she already knows how to walk and pose etc. Reminds me of Jamie King from Pearl Harbor.
Biggest drama queen: Fiona, 18A brunette who forgot the choreography when the girls had to do a sort of fashion show during halftime on the pitch of a soccer stadium. She was the first in line and walked straight from one side of the pitch to the other, instead of turning around in the middle, as Bruce Darnell, their catwalk coach, had told them. She made a huge thing out of it afterwards, i.e. she was mad at herself for not remembering the correct way. Part of me thinks she did wrong on purpose just so she could become the center of attention.
My favourites so far:
Sophie, 17, a very shy brunette with pretty dark blue eyes
Hana, 21, typical Slavic beauty with high cheekbones and sensual lips (think Eva Herzigova with brown hair)
Enyerlina, 25, an exotic beauty from the Dominican Republic. Seems really nice and I hope her age won’t be a problem.
Milla, 20, also quite exotic-looking, i.e. with darker skin and hair (not your typical German girl, in other words). She’s half-Chinese, according to the website.
At the end of the show I thought how shallow this whole competition is. And I’m sure many of the girls have eating disorders, although the jury (lead by Heidi Klum) does make a point of telling them to eat properly and last year did kick out one girl because she was too skinny. To my defense, I do consider the personality of the girls. But the season has just started and they’re not living together in the big house yet so you couldn’t find out too much about their personalities yet.
Sorry, don't know how to post pics of the girl, but at least here's a link to the show's website:
http://www.prosieben.de/lifestyle_magazine/next_topmodel/index.php
Donnerstag, 1. März 2007
Best new songs
Sasha – Lucky Day
Mika – Grace Kelly
Kaiser Chiefs – Ruby
Jennifer Lopez – Que hiciste
Just my opinion, and it could change quickly cos last week I didn't like Grace Kelly yet.
Didn't think I'd ever put a J.Lo song in such a list, but I like Spanish stuff and the song's very catchy and has a good beat.
As to Sasha, concert recap will follow. The short version is that the crowd was extremely well-behaved (unlike what I was used to from NKOTB, Take That or Robbie Williams concerts), maybe even a little too un-enthusiastic for my taste, but it was okay. Sasha had a very bad cold, but was in a good mood (which was not because it was the last concert of his Greatest Hits tour, I hope). If my sister hadn't almost fainted in the middle of it all, it would have been a perfect night. But as it was, I had to drag her outside and find a paramedic, and I was feeling dizzy myself. She was okay again soon and we went back inside, but we had to watch the remaining 4 songs from the back which was way less fun than from the front where we'd been before (not the first row, but about 4 meters from the stage right where his microphone stand was). Um yes, maybe that was the long version already? Those who know me that I tend to ramble on and on. I do have more to say, so maybe some more things will follow. Blah.
Mika – Grace Kelly
Kaiser Chiefs – Ruby
Jennifer Lopez – Que hiciste
Just my opinion, and it could change quickly cos last week I didn't like Grace Kelly yet.
Didn't think I'd ever put a J.Lo song in such a list, but I like Spanish stuff and the song's very catchy and has a good beat.
As to Sasha, concert recap will follow. The short version is that the crowd was extremely well-behaved (unlike what I was used to from NKOTB, Take That or Robbie Williams concerts), maybe even a little too un-enthusiastic for my taste, but it was okay. Sasha had a very bad cold, but was in a good mood (which was not because it was the last concert of his Greatest Hits tour, I hope). If my sister hadn't almost fainted in the middle of it all, it would have been a perfect night. But as it was, I had to drag her outside and find a paramedic, and I was feeling dizzy myself. She was okay again soon and we went back inside, but we had to watch the remaining 4 songs from the back which was way less fun than from the front where we'd been before (not the first row, but about 4 meters from the stage right where his microphone stand was). Um yes, maybe that was the long version already? Those who know me that I tend to ramble on and on. I do have more to say, so maybe some more things will follow. Blah.
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