Meine Woche - Rückblick KW 7

Hallöchen allerseits! Da ich in den letzten Wochen aufgrund meiner kaputten Nägel und Nagelhaut nur sehr selten meine Nägel lackiert hab und somit nicht mit Nagellack-Posts dienen kann, gibt es eben zur Abwechslung mal wieder einen Wochenrückblick.

Gesehen: Wie immer viele Serien, siehe mein Post von neulich. Der Montag auf Sat.1 gefällt mir wirklich gut, über Gotham bin ich mir nach 1 Folge noch nicht schlüssig. Bin außerdem zwischendrin weggedöst. Am Donnerstag ging die 10. Staffel von Germany's Next Topmodel los. Einschaltquoten waren wohl nicht so toll, aber ich fand's okay. Einige Mädels mit Potential waren schon dabei. Außerdem die Grammy Zusammenfassung auf sixx. Bester Auftritt kam meiner Meinung nach von Hozier zusammen mit Annie Lennox.

Gelesen: Gilt Kataloge durchblättern als Lesen? Hatte mir den von quiero angefordert, gefällt mir ganz gut. Schöne bunte Mode und Accessoires. Außerdem les ich immer noch bzw. wieder mal Outlander von Diana Gabaldon, einer meiner Lieblingsromane.

Gehört: mein Freund hat Maschin von der österreichischen Band Bilderbuch bei Inas Nacht entdeckt. Hammer-Song!

Getan: Zählt arbeiten? Auch wenn es unmotiviert ist? Montag und Dienstag kam ich irgendwie gar nicht in die Gänge. Naja. Und letztes Wochenende hab ich Orchideen-Ableger eingepflanzt. Bin gespannt, ob sie was werden. Hab überhaupt keinen grünen Daumen.

Gegessen: Schönes 3-Gänge-Menü gestern zum Valentinstag in der Harmonie in Lichtenberg. Vor allem die Sorbets zum Dessert mit Passionsfruchtperlen (Molekularküche!) waren super. Hab aber keine Fotos gemacht, da ich mir blöd vorgekommen wäre. Ansonsten die Woche über wie immer die leckeren Sachen, die meine bessere Hälfte gekocht hat. Viel mit frischem Spinat, den es in einer Riesen-Packung (die immer noch nicht aufgebraucht ist) beim Lidl gab.

Getrunken: Sauvignon Blanc gestern im Restaurant, ansonsten einen Kinderpunsch, den ich noch in der Vorratskammer gefunden hab.

Gedacht: dass ich schon wieder Urlaub brauche, und die Planung des Sommerurlaubs auch nicht voran geht.

Gefreut: Über die Glossybox Februar. Review folgt. Und über meine Ritzenhoff-Porzellan-Bestellung von brands4friends. Echt niedliche Muster!

Gelacht: über die heute show, bevor ich eingepennt bin. Karnevals-Sendungen habe ich gemieden, ist nicht mein Ding.

Geärgert: über den Hype um 50 Shades of Grey. Im Radio auf Bayern3 wurde es ja fast im Stundentakt erwähnt. Total nervig, wenn ihr mich fragt. Weder Bücher noch Film(e) interessieren mich, auch wenn ich den männlichen Hauptdarsteller Jamie Dornan aus der Märchen-Serie Once Upon a Time kenne und ganz gern mag.

Gekauft: Nicht wirklich etwas Besonderes, außer einer süßen Herzchentasse und Lindt-Pralinés, denen ich nicht widerstehen konnte. (Siehe Foto am Anfang des Beitrags)

Geklickt: Bloglovin', das jetzt ein neues Logo hat sowie Kollektionen, ähnlich wie bei eBay oder Pinterest. Das vorige weiß-blaue Logo gefiel mir übrigens besser als das neue in schwarz-weiß. GEO Fotogalerie von Strand-Hotels.

Und ihr so?

Robbies neues Album

Am 1. 11. hab ich das neue Robbie Williams Album "Take the Crown" bei Amazon vorbestellt und prompt war es am nächsten Tag im Briefkasten. Klappt doch.

Das Cover, naja, war ja schon auf Robbies Website zu sehen, gefällt mir nicht wirklich mit dieser goldenen Büste. (Auf dem Foto mit original-Kratzern und Staub oder Flecken auf der Hülle, hehe.)

More good music

Seems it's been a good week for good new songs. Some of my current faves:

Noisettes - Don't upset the rhythm. Groovy, although the band name reminds me of chocolate
David Guetta & Kelly Rowland - When love takes over. Catchy dance stuff with a piano that reminds me of Coldplay.
Jack's Mannequin - The resolution. Found this on YouTube. No, wait, I think I saw it in the Swiss Airplay charts. Sounds a bit like The Fray. Check out the live acoustic version here.
Kerli - Walking on Air. A little strange but catchy. She looks like Lady GaGa but her sound is more ... I don't know ... floating or something. Ha, not the best description. Sorry.
Daniel Merriweather - Change. British babyface. Cool song. Reminds me slightly of The Script but it's less melancholy. Is that an adjective? Sigh. Whatever. Groovy, baby! So now I'm quoting Austin Powers. I'm scaring myself. Heh.

I bet my formatting is different once again. Argh. Whatever. Blah.

New rockin' tunes

Surprise – I actually like a Reamonn song! It’s the new one Moments Like This. Full of positive energy and very catchy. This and Josephine and Serpentine are the only ones I really like, the rest of their stuff is just kinda lame.

Other new good stuff:
Green Day – Know your enemy. It rocks, that’s why.
Sunrise Avenue – The whole story
Offspring – Kristy are you doing okay. I think they played at Rock im Park last year and looked awful and didn’t sound too good either, but this one’s VERY catchy and not bad. The other new one You’re gonna go far kid is quite good as well.
U2 - Magnificent. Hated Get on your boots, the first single off the new album, but this one is great.

Guess the list needs more formatting. Can't be bothered. Still in the office but about to leave. See ya!

More new music

Good:
Dan Wilson - Breathless: Heard it on South-Eastern European radio stations recently. Loved it, googled it, turns out it's the singer of Semisonic, a band I really liked at the end of 90s / in the early 00s (okay, that looks very strange ...) Hope it'll catch on here soon. Check out his myspace page.

Bad:
Pussycat Dolls & Snoop Dog - Bottle Pop: Ugh. Nuff said. Go away.

Katy Perry - Thinking of you: she sounds like Alanis Morissette or Avril Lavigne in this ballad and I don't mean this as a compliment. She just can't sing and annoys me.

Tie:
Kelly Clarkson - My life would suck without you: Romantic title. Ha. She's trying to sound like Katy Perry, or at least the song is in a I kissed a girl/Hot n cold style. Not good. I used to like Kelly. Hm.

New music for the new year

Haven't made a list of new songs I like in a while. Guess now that I've got an iPod (only a Shuffle and I haven't really used it yet) I could call this "What's on my iPod" ... well, anyway, here come my song recs (not all brand new but still current):

James Morrison & Nelly Furtado - Broken Strings: Lovely duet. His voice is like velvet at the beginning of the song. A bit similar to James Blunt but less whiney kitschy. Like the lyrics as well: "You can't play on broken strings, you can't feel anything that your heart don't want to feel". Ha, grammar! Should be "doesn't" of course. English is going down the drain.

Razorlight - Wire to wire: Can's say I recognized this as Razorlight despite their big success with the song America last year. But it's a great song. Slow, with piano and chant-like singing. And quite sad. Oh boy, I'm not sure I can talk about music in English in a way that makes much sense ... forgive me ...

Snow Patrol - Crack the shutters: Also known as Shut the crackers in my crazy little head ... hehe. I know that makes no sense, but my mind is weird like that. Anyway, it's a lovely song. On the radio this morning they said Gary Lightbody (singer) called the song Snow Patrol's most obvious love song or something like that. IMO their song Run was definitely also a love song, and Chasing Cars as well. Run has been covered by Leona Lewis now. Uah. Not as bad as Bleeding Love but she should just have let Snow Patrol alone.

Ne-Yo - Miss Independent: I'm not a big urban fan, but I like this one, as well as Jordin Sparks' Tattoo and Jennifer Hudson's Spotlight.

New music

Music recs

Good:
Maria Mena - All this time: Wonderful ballad with uplifting lyrics. Chorus: “All this time you’ve had it in you. You just sometimes need a push.” I can definitely relate to that. Somehow I hear “a little push”, but I think it’s just “push”. Whatevery. Lovely.

Polarkreis 18 – Allein, allein: Another song I can relate to (at least as far as the chorus goes). The verses are in English but I haven’t really paid attention to them yet. The chorus sounds like an anthem.

The Killers – Human: Heard it on British radio about 2 weeks ago. It’s now catching on here as well so it will probably be The Killers’ first song that gets some airplay in Germany. I guess they deserve it.

Sugarplum Fairy – Never thought I’d say that it’s alright: Came across it at work. Hadn’t heard of the band before at all. My friend Wikipedia told me they’re a band from Sweden. There was a pic and I thought, hm, funny, all these Swedish rock bands look so alike. And guess what, a couple of days later I heard on the radio that one of the guys in Sugarplum Fairy is actually the younger brother of one of the singers in Mando Diao. Ha. Guess that’s why his last name (Norén) seemed strangely familiar when I read it on Wikipedia. They sound pretty similar to Mando Diao, too, which might not be very original but it’s okay to me.

Nickelback – Gotta be somebody: Ha, how did they get in here? They normally annoy me cos all songs sound exactly the same. But this new one has got some good energy.

Jordin Sparks – One step at a time: Lovely (urban) pop song. Has not been released as a single here (yet), I think. Very positive vibe. Her other single Tattoo is good as well. Speaking of “urban pop” or whatever you wanna call it, I also like Ne-Yo’s new song Miss Independent. And Chris Brown isn’t too bad either. I’m becoming a planet chick. (That’s a reference to planet radio, a German radio station from Frankfurt that plays a lot of black music.) Still hate everything that’s too much hip hop / rap, such as Flo Rida or Lil Wayne or 50 Cent.

Linkin Park - Leave out all the rest: Sad lyrics. So good it makes me want to cry.


Bad:
Britney Spears – Womanizer: Listen to it once and it will stick in your head. And not in a good way. Makes me want to puke. Apparently the video is very sexy but I haven’t seen it yet and don’t really need to.

Alicia Keys & Jack White: Another way to die. This is the new Bond theme song. It sounds very much like former Bond theme songs. Couldn’t really care less. The title of the new Bond film sucks as well. At least the German title. It’s so bad that I can’t even remember it now. Oh yeah, my brain’s working excellently righ now ... and no, I didn’t have any alcohol yesterday ... Oh, and did I mention that I’m not into Daniel Craig AT ALL? Don’t understand what everybody sees in him. Okay, he’s got a good body. Pfff. Like that makes him attractive or a good actor.

Sarah Connor – I’ll kiss it away: Song for her kids or something. Lyrics are okay and I guess I could bear it in an unplugged version, but the synth beat they’ve put in it just ruins it.

Computer status update:
The mouse wheel is working now. Don't ask me why. Yippie! And I've managed to set up an internet connection. Still on dial-up so everything is as sloooooow as before. But still better than being offline. Right now I'm trying to update my antivirus software, and some other updates are in process in the background as well though I'm not sure for what. Hm. I don't like that my comp does things I haven't told him to do. Must look into the settings to stop that.

The Script

Haven't recommended any new songs for a while. Might have mentioned We Cry by The Script sometime. Now I've heard their 2nd single The Man Who Can't Be Moved and that's excellent as well. They're an Irish trio but don't sound Irish to me. Not that that's a bad thing, it's just that their R'n'B-ish style doesn't sound like any other Irish artist I know. Went straight to an online record store but guess what, their album isn't out yet. Grrr. So I have to wait to Sept 5 or something.

Anyway, they're good and you can check out their Myspace page here

Now why doesn't the link show up in the preview?? Argh. If it really doesn't show, just google them or something.

More music

A couple of new things I'd recommend:

Duffy - Rockferry (album). Although she might be getting a lot of Amy Winehouse comparisons, she's nothing like her. Okay, not quite true. They're both in their 20s and from Britain and have unique voices. But whereas Amy's a mess, Duffy isn't. Also, you shouldn't judge her by the single Mercy alone because for me, the rest of the album sounds completely different, which is good cos I'm not a big fan of Mercy as a song. The first 2 songs on the album (the title track and Warwick Avenue) are much better IMO. Beautiful and dreamy, with a 60s touch. Reminds me of Petula Clark's Downtown somehow. Just lovely.

Sara Bareilles - Love Song: She sounds like Sheryl Crow with a bit more piano or a more cheerful version of Aimee Mann. Nice catchy unannoying song.

What else? Have I ever mentioned that May is my favourite month? At least for now, hehe. The weather's been wonderful for more than a week. Clear blue sky, sun, and the trees are a bright green. And not too hot yet. Yeeha. : )

New music

Here we go again with the song recs:

The Kooks – Always where I need to be. Gets me in a good mood.

Panic! at the Disco – Nine in the afternoon. They look like they’re 12, but the song is good.

Plain White T’s – Our time now. Completely different from their first single Hey there Delilah. This rocks.

Hoosiers – Worried about Ray as well as Goodbye Mr. A. Fun stuff. Upbeat pop-rock. Yay.

One Republic - Stop and Stare: Had a huge hit with Apologize. This is the follow-up and I like it better. Very catchy.

Sunrise Avenue - Choose to be me. Makes me jump around my living room every Sunday afternoon.

3 Doors Down: It's not my time. This one rocks as well. Great.

Daughtry: Over You. Follow-up to It's not over and even better than that. Love it. I'm turning into a rock-chick .... seriously ...

New music

The good:
A Fine Frenzy – Almost Lover: kinda like Soulmate by Natasha Bedingfield. Very quiet, slow and moving with sad lyrics. Love it.

Sugababes – Change: Pure pop with a nice melody. Sweet.

Foo Fighters – Road to ruin: This rocks. Great stuff.

Mika – Happy Ending: His other songs annoy me, but this one’s nice.

Gwen Stefani – Early winter: With her it’s the same as with Mika. Don’t usually like her at all, but this ballad is good.

Amy MacDonald - Mr Rock & Roll: Girl from Scotland. Haven’t heard her on German radio yet but hope I will soon. She says she was inspired by Travis. You might like her if you like KT Tunstall.

The bad:
Madonna – Candy Shop: Haven’t heard in Germany yet, but a Ukrainian station that I’ve been listening to this week plays it. Not good.

Sheryl Crow - Love is free: Her new single. Used to like her, but that song is lame.

The ugly:
Celine Dion – Alone: Cover version of the Heart song (you know, the 80s hard rock group with the Wilson sisters). I love the original but Celine just ruins it completely. I was in almost physical pain when my colleague played it.

Leon Jackson – When you believe: Cover version of the Whitney Houston/Mariah Carey duet they did for the animated film Prince of Egypt. I’m not sure if their duet was also called When you believe or if it was called Miracles or something like that. This boy Leon Jackson won The X-Factor TV show in England, apparently. Problem is, he can’t sing at all. Really awful.

P.S.: I’ve got a cold again and feel awful. Not good.

Good new songs

Here I am again with my own personal song recs:

How far we've come - Matchbox 20: great energetic song, excellent for turning up loud and singing along to in your car.

About you now - Sugababes: Pure pop, very catchy, a good mood song.

La vida es un ratico - Juanes: Not a single release (yet), but the title track of his new album which was released last Friday. Very good album on the whole. There's even a duet with a German singer on it (Campino from the band Die Toten Hosen). Yay.

Songs I like at the moment

Linkin Park - What I've done: Totally love Linkin Park, especially in my car. Still haven't got any of their albums. But the anger and pain in their music kinda fit my recent mood. Okay, that sounds very dark. I don't know, I just relate to their music right now somehow. Not that I've been abused or anything ... I don't know ... I just like it. And not just What I've done, but also older stuff like Breaking the habit, Numb, etc.

Melanie C - Carolyna: Sounds like a Red Hot Chili Peppers song with a female vocal. I'm not a huge RHCP fan but Carolyna is good. Also love the lyrics of the chorus: "Carolyna, you've traveled so far, trying to escape the pain, start again where you are" or something along those lines.

Natasha Bedingfield - Soulmate: Okay, this is becoming a deeper and darker post than intended ... it's a beautiful song and I have to try hard not to start crying when I hear it. Again, the lyrics speak to me, and her voice sounds so frail or something. Chorus: "Who doesn't long for someone to hold, who knows how to love you without being told. Somebody tell me why I'm on my own if there's a soulmate for everyone." 'Nuff said, I guess.

Maximo Park - Books from Boxes: Band from Newcastle, England, and you can totally hear the singer's northern English accent, which I love. Nice song.

Can't think of any more songs now. It's 5:30 p.m. and there's nothing urgent to finish at work, so I'll go home now. Bye!

New music recs

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 : )

Mal wieder was auf Deutsch

Bin grad zu faul, um auf Englisch zu schreiben. Irgendwie ist mein Urlaub schnell rum gegangen. Mo war ich kurz in der Stadt, teilweise, um was fürs Büro zu besorgen bzw. abzuholen, teilweise, um für mich Zeug zu kaufen - z.B. so ein Abflussreiniger-Gel, weil die Spüle verstopft war. Hat sogar funktioniert, oh Wunder. Außerdem hab ich einen Rucksack für 4 Euro gekauft. Echt krass billig, ey. Mal sehen, wie lang er hält. Und ne CD von The Feeling, also ihr Album Twelve Stops and Home. Ich kannte von der Arbeit ihre Singles Sewn und Fill my little world, die ich beide total mochte. Hielt die Band allerdings für Schweizer. Sind aber Engländer. Dann hab ich am Wochenende zufällig die letzten 15 Minuten eines Live-Mitschnitts vom New Pop Festival 2006 gesehen und fand das super. Der Sänger ist süß. Meine nachfolgende Internet-Recherche ergab aber leider, dass er schwul ist. Naja, auch egal. Jedenfalls hab ich mir das Album gekauft. Hat mich nicht total umgehauen, ist aber insgesamt schon ganz gut. V.a. die zuvor genannten Singles schaffen es immer, mir gute Laune zu machen.

Di war ich dann mal wieder auf Möbelsuche, zusammen mit meiner Mutter. Das mit dem Schreibtisch ist komplizierter, als ich dachte. Es gibt nämlich entweder Schreibtische, die mir eigentlich zu groß sind (ab 1,20 Breite, oder Länge, oder was weiß ich), oder mini-kleine PC-Tische mit Tastaturauszug usw. Sowas mag ich eigentlich nicht bzw. dieser komische Auszug wäre Gewöhnungssache. Außerdem hat man da sehr wenig Beinfreiheit, weil unter der Platte ein Brett für den Drucker ist. Ist ja schon praktisch, aber sich dauernd das Schienbein zu stoßen, ist auch nicht so prickelnd. Mal sehen, was ich mach. Stühle für die Küche hab ich aber gefunden, weiß mit Metallbeinen und Griffloch in der Lehne. Dazu ein rotes und ein oranges Sitzkissen. Sind aber noch nicht bei mir, ist auch nicht sooo dringend. Außerdem hab ich einen Schuhschrank ausgesucht. In der Garderoben und Kommoden-Abteilung war's saukalt. Danach sind wir erst mal zurück ins Restaurant und haben nen warmen Kakao bestellt. Konnte mich ewig nicht entscheiden. Jetzt nehm ich halt so einen Kleiderhaken, den meine Schwester übrig hat,  und hab eben nur einen Schuhschrank. Der ist aber schön, mit glänzender bordeaux-roter Front und Seiten aus Buche. Leider passt jetzt mein alter weiß-grau-hellblauer Ikea-Teppich, der im Flur liegt, nicht mehr dazu. Sehr clever. Einen Couchtisch hab ich dann auch noch gefunden. Die waren mir auch alle zu 
groß und viele hatten ne Glasplatte, was ich blöd find. Hab aber dann, wie gesagt, noch 
einen gefunden, den es in verschiedenen Größen gab. Schuhschrank und Couchtisch sind allerdings erst ca. in 7 Wochen fertig zum Abholen. 
Super, der Zeilenumbruch spinnt wieder.

Mi war ich dann beim Frisör und hab mich verunstalten lassen. Im Ernst, es sieht furchtbar aus. Einfach nur stumpf abgeschnitten. Dabei bin ich mir ziemlich sicher, dass das Wort "stufig" in der Vorbesprechung gefallen ist, und die Friseuse kennt mich auch. Hab mich eh ziemlich schnell abgefertigt gefühlt. Sie hat meine Haare auch nicht besonders gestylt mit Schaumfestiger oder Haarspray oder so. Klar, zuhause föhn ich sie auch einfach nur wild trocken, aber das müssen die in dem Laden doch nicht auch machen. Okay, sie hat die Rundbürste benutzt, aber trotzdem. Alles sehr seltsam. Jedenfalls muss es mir jetzt nicht mehr leid tun, wenn ich mir hier in Nürnberg einen neuen Frisör suche. Pff, Deppen. Am Nachmittag war ich in dem größten Supermarkt, den ich kenne. Hab wie immer lauter Sachen gekauft, die nicht auf dem Zettel standen. Ti Amo Trüffel von Sarotti. Kosten nur 1,29 und sind super lecker. War dann noch ne weitere Nacht bei meiner Mutter (Papa und Schwester sind beim Skifahren) und bin dann Do vormittag wieder heim gefahren.

Meine Sachen von Tupperware hab ich inzwischen auch. Lauter lustige bunte Dosen. Und der Milchschäumer funktioniert super. Und macht Oberarm-Muckis, haha. Do hab ich dann also die Küche aufgeräumt, mehr oder weniger. Und heute hab ich den Flur gewischt. Sieht aber trotzdem noch dreckig aus.

Was noch? Hab IE7 installiert. Jetzt sehen alle Schriftarten komisch aus, aber nicht so verschwommen wie im Büro. Und ich hab trotz meines Mißtrauens gegenüber Microsoft die automatischen Updates wieder aktiviert. Tja, und jetzt lädt nebenbei irgendwas, keine Ahnung, bin erst bei 27%, was auch kein Wunder ist mit meiner lahmen 56k Verbindung. Außerdem hab ich wohl wieder Psoriasis, also Schuppenflechte. Hatte vergessen, wie die Krankheit heißt. Hab aber dann, als ich im Internet nach Hautkrankheiten gesucht hab, das Wort Psoriasis wieder erkannt, bin aber der Meinung, dass es auf Deutsch auch noch anders heißt. Oder ich spinn. Jedenfalls dachte ich, das ist stress-bedingt bei mir. Aber wieso fängt es dann wieder an in der Woche, in der ich zum ersten Mal seit über nem halben Jahr Urlaub hab?! Ist doch sehr unlogisch.

Wow, langer Beitrag. Was hab ich am Wochenende vor? Nix. Schlafen und lesen und fernsehen. Und ein bisschen putzen. Spektakulär. Und am Mo zurück ins Büro. Nein, es folgt jetzt kein "uahhhh". Ich mag meinen Job. Und meine Kollegen. Basta. Und gute Nacht.

Current faves

And another new post, wow! ; )

These are my favourite songs at the moment:

Over my head by The Fray
Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol
U & UR Hand by Pink
Totally Alright by Ian O’Brien-Docker
Fill my little world by The Feeling
I don’t need a man by The Pussycat Dolls
Hurt by Christina Aguilera
Crystal Ball by Keane

Whatever happened to the formatting buttons? I know I posted a while ago that they are now available when you're using Blogger with Opera browser. But they're gone again. Strange.

P.S. Has anybody tested Blogger beta? I tried to log in to it once but either it didn't work or I was too stupid to see the new features.