Ich hab noch gar nix zum diesjährigen Rock im Park Festival gepostet.
Wir waren Freitag und Samstag vor Ort. Freitag so ca. ab 16 Uhr bei der Center Stage, wo wir bei super Sommerwetter Hurts, The Kooks, Söhne Mannheims und Coldplay gesehen haben.
Am Samstag war das Wetter etwas unbeständig, also sind wir später hingefahren als geplant. Gesehen haben wir einen Teil von Volbeat auf der Center Stage und Simple Plan auf der Alternastage.
Mehr folgt noch, wollte nur kurz was testen (was aber nicht ging, so'n Mist)
Sonntag, 19. Juni 2011
Mittwoch, 15. Juni 2011
TV update - I've had enough of bloody shows
I've just updated my "current TV faves" box on the right side.
True Blood and Dexter have disappeared from it, although they are still airing here in Germany. I just couldn't take them anymore. I guess the fact that I find the opening credits of both shows disgusting should have given me a clue that the shows wouldn't be quite my cup of tea.
I'm not a big fan of vampires (as I've said before), but I liked the novel True Blood is based on (or rather, the first part of the series of books). The first season was good, at least parts of it, but since the storylines with the crazy lady Maryann and the girl Bill was forced to "create", I don't really like it very much anymore. I also don't like that Bill bites Sookie when they have sex. To see their relationship develop in the first season was more interesting (or romantic, I guess).
I also found it very hard to watch when LaFayette and others were held captive (in chains) in the basement of Fangtasia. Or being ripped to pieces by the blonde vampire (who I don't find half as hot as everybody else, it seems).
Then I missed one episode by accident (I taped it, but there was no repeat later at night as the weeks before). I could have watched it online from some site that offers streams, but as it wasn't fun anymore to watch it at all, I stopped.
With Dexter it was similar. Part of the problem there was that I seem to have missed half of season 2 - at least I couldn't remember big parts of the recap shown at the beginning of the season 3 premiere. So I watched the first 2 or 3 eps, but then I lost interest. I think there was a particular scene or storyline that killed it for me, but I can't remember what it was now. Rita being pregnant? Don't know. Also, the show is on very late so I always have to tape it and I sometimes forgot it so I decided to stop watching altogether. I still think it's not a bad show. Just a lot of blood and guts and torture.
Instead, I watch Royal Pains now. It started airing 5 weeks ago and I enjoy it. I've always liked Mark Feuerstein ever since he was a guest star in Once And Again. And the Hamptons are definitely beautiful to look at. So I guess I prefer medical dramedy or whatever you want to call it to dark, violent, bloody vampire/serial killer dramas.
True Blood and Dexter have disappeared from it, although they are still airing here in Germany. I just couldn't take them anymore. I guess the fact that I find the opening credits of both shows disgusting should have given me a clue that the shows wouldn't be quite my cup of tea.
I'm not a big fan of vampires (as I've said before), but I liked the novel True Blood is based on (or rather, the first part of the series of books). The first season was good, at least parts of it, but since the storylines with the crazy lady Maryann and the girl Bill was forced to "create", I don't really like it very much anymore. I also don't like that Bill bites Sookie when they have sex. To see their relationship develop in the first season was more interesting (or romantic, I guess).
I also found it very hard to watch when LaFayette and others were held captive (in chains) in the basement of Fangtasia. Or being ripped to pieces by the blonde vampire (who I don't find half as hot as everybody else, it seems).
Then I missed one episode by accident (I taped it, but there was no repeat later at night as the weeks before). I could have watched it online from some site that offers streams, but as it wasn't fun anymore to watch it at all, I stopped.
With Dexter it was similar. Part of the problem there was that I seem to have missed half of season 2 - at least I couldn't remember big parts of the recap shown at the beginning of the season 3 premiere. So I watched the first 2 or 3 eps, but then I lost interest. I think there was a particular scene or storyline that killed it for me, but I can't remember what it was now. Rita being pregnant? Don't know. Also, the show is on very late so I always have to tape it and I sometimes forgot it so I decided to stop watching altogether. I still think it's not a bad show. Just a lot of blood and guts and torture.
Instead, I watch Royal Pains now. It started airing 5 weeks ago and I enjoy it. I've always liked Mark Feuerstein ever since he was a guest star in Once And Again. And the Hamptons are definitely beautiful to look at. So I guess I prefer medical dramedy or whatever you want to call it to dark, violent, bloody vampire/serial killer dramas.
Montag, 18. April 2011
Goodbye, Zynga (for the most part)
I think I've managed to beat my games addiction. I'd posted before (in German) about the Zynga games I play on Facebook - Farmville, Cafe World etc. A couple of weeks ago I quit FrontierVille and now also CityVille. The reasons are the same - too many quests and tasks for which too many neighbors are needed. Some of my friends play, too, and I even added some people I don't even know. But I don't want to drag anybody into it who doesn't want to play. And it looks kinda stupid if your whole Facebook wall consists only of game postings, right?
Apart from the pressure to do what the game tells you to do in a given timeframe (sometimes when there are timed quests), playing these games got so time-consuming that it was just too much. Okay, you can click on things when you're on the phone, but it's rude not to give the person you're talking to your full attention.
I must say that in the beginning I liked the quests because they gave the gameplay more purpose, but when it's stuff like "harvest 1000 peanuts" and 1 peanut takes 4 days and you only have so much space on your homestead ... Or you have quests which you can never solve without more neighbours so they stayed there forever ... it was just too annoying.
So now I only play TreasureIsle and ignore the quests there. I'm also trying out some "casual games" like Mahjong or Bejeweled Blitz or Diamond Dash or whatever they are called. But I'm done with the real addiction and I'm glad.
Oh, and I completely blocked the game apps so I don't see postings from former neighbors or game requests. First I tried to not do that so people who still need me as a neighbor could still go to my farm and tend stuff or whatever, but the game requests were too annoying.
Ha. I have a feeling that post isn't very well-structured. Sorry.
Apart from the pressure to do what the game tells you to do in a given timeframe (sometimes when there are timed quests), playing these games got so time-consuming that it was just too much. Okay, you can click on things when you're on the phone, but it's rude not to give the person you're talking to your full attention.
I must say that in the beginning I liked the quests because they gave the gameplay more purpose, but when it's stuff like "harvest 1000 peanuts" and 1 peanut takes 4 days and you only have so much space on your homestead ... Or you have quests which you can never solve without more neighbours so they stayed there forever ... it was just too annoying.
So now I only play TreasureIsle and ignore the quests there. I'm also trying out some "casual games" like Mahjong or Bejeweled Blitz or Diamond Dash or whatever they are called. But I'm done with the real addiction and I'm glad.
Oh, and I completely blocked the game apps so I don't see postings from former neighbors or game requests. First I tried to not do that so people who still need me as a neighbor could still go to my farm and tend stuff or whatever, but the game requests were too annoying.
Ha. I have a feeling that post isn't very well-structured. Sorry.
Mittwoch, 16. März 2011
True Blood TV-Start heute
Heute startet in Deutschland True Blood, eine "Vampirserie für Erwachsene", wie ich es mal nennen möchte. Also eher nix für Teenies, die auf die Twilight Romane und Filme stehen. Als ich von der Serie gehört habe, hab ich mir den ersten Roman der Buchreihe gekauft, auf dem die Fernsehserie basiert: Dead until Dark - a Sookie Stackhouse novel von Charlaine Harris. Hat mir gut gefallen.
Dann habe ich mir ein paar Folgen der Serie im Original angesehen. Diese Serie von "Six Feet Under"-Macher Alan Ball ist viel düsterer als das Buch. Den Vorspann finde ich geradezu verstörend. Der starke Südstaatenakzent der Figuren war für mich teilweise schwer verständlich. Aber die beiden Hauptdarsteller Anna Paquin und Stephen Moyer bzw. ihre Figuren sind sympathisch und die Handlung ist interessant und spannend. An mehr erinnere ich mich im Moment ehrlich gesagt nicht - ist schon ca. 1 Jahr her. Bin aber auf jeden Fall gespannt, wie das Ganze auf Deutsch ist und wer die Synchronstimmen sind. Das könnte ich sicher vorab schon rausfinden, aber ich lass mich lieber überraschen bzw. versuche dann während des Schauens die Sprecher zu erkennen.
Ausstrahlungstermin: ab heute ca. 22 Uhr auf RTL 2 in Doppelfolgen, Wdh. später in der Nacht.
Und jetzt überlege ich, ob ich zu der Serie nicht schon mal was geschrieben hab hier im Blog. Hm. Muss ich dann mal nachsehen.
Dann habe ich mir ein paar Folgen der Serie im Original angesehen. Diese Serie von "Six Feet Under"-Macher Alan Ball ist viel düsterer als das Buch. Den Vorspann finde ich geradezu verstörend. Der starke Südstaatenakzent der Figuren war für mich teilweise schwer verständlich. Aber die beiden Hauptdarsteller Anna Paquin und Stephen Moyer bzw. ihre Figuren sind sympathisch und die Handlung ist interessant und spannend. An mehr erinnere ich mich im Moment ehrlich gesagt nicht - ist schon ca. 1 Jahr her. Bin aber auf jeden Fall gespannt, wie das Ganze auf Deutsch ist und wer die Synchronstimmen sind. Das könnte ich sicher vorab schon rausfinden, aber ich lass mich lieber überraschen bzw. versuche dann während des Schauens die Sprecher zu erkennen.
Ausstrahlungstermin: ab heute ca. 22 Uhr auf RTL 2 in Doppelfolgen, Wdh. später in der Nacht.
Und jetzt überlege ich, ob ich zu der Serie nicht schon mal was geschrieben hab hier im Blog. Hm. Muss ich dann mal nachsehen.
Freitag, 25. Februar 2011
Verschollene Klamotten
Kennt ihr das? Ihr sucht ein Kleidungsstück und könnt es partout nicht finden in den Tiefen des Schranks.
Zur Zeit vermisse ich
- ein hellblaues T-Shirt mit Polokragen
- eine schwarze Strickjacke
- eine olivgrüne Hose
Sachdienliche Hinweise bitte als Kommentar hinterlassen ;-)
Ich mein, ich versteh ja, wenn T-Shirts ineinander rutschen, aber eine Hose ist ja doch etwas größer. Sehr mysteriös.
Ein Phänomen, das es bei mir auch gibt, ist, dass ich den Besitz bzw. die Existenz bestimmter Kleidungsstücke komplett vergesse und nach langer Zeit erst durch Zufall wieder drauf stoße. Vollkommen blöd, vor allem, wenn die Sachen schön sind und gut passen. Aber so ist das manchmal mit mir : )
Zur Zeit vermisse ich
- ein hellblaues T-Shirt mit Polokragen
- eine schwarze Strickjacke
- eine olivgrüne Hose
Sachdienliche Hinweise bitte als Kommentar hinterlassen ;-)
Ich mein, ich versteh ja, wenn T-Shirts ineinander rutschen, aber eine Hose ist ja doch etwas größer. Sehr mysteriös.
Ein Phänomen, das es bei mir auch gibt, ist, dass ich den Besitz bzw. die Existenz bestimmter Kleidungsstücke komplett vergesse und nach langer Zeit erst durch Zufall wieder drauf stoße. Vollkommen blöd, vor allem, wenn die Sachen schön sind und gut passen. Aber so ist das manchmal mit mir : )
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