Saturday Is Chili Day

Trying to get the hang of Desperados (the game, not the beer), but I take ages to complete one level and am sort of frustrated now...ah, well, maybe give it a try again later on. This day started out strangely anyway, in the morning we watched "The Naked Chef" and then we decided we'd give his recipe a try. So we've been preparing Chili Con Carne all day long, and it actually turned out pretty good. Hence, I declare today Olgawide Chili Day.

New Roommate

We have selected a new roommate, hooray! He's from Austria and it looks like he should be fun to live with. He moved some of his stuff in today and hung out for a bit. We'll see how that works out. More on that after March 1st when he has moved in.

Saturday Gloom

Here I am, home alone on a Saturday evening...well, not alone. Diana's there and we're watching the Osbournes. I don't know if that bodes well for my future. One should go out and do stuff on Saturdays. But as I've had the option of going to a Fasching-Festivity I stayed home. I don't quite get the appeal of Fasching. Completely eludes me. I'm feeling cranky today anyways and really don't feel like facing lots of dressed-up people tonight, I think it was better to stay at home. But I sure hope my mood picks up anytime soon.

It's not what you think it is.

It's Valentine's Day but who cares. At least I'm invited to dinner. At my friend's house with three other girls, but at least I'm invited somewhere :) Not that I ever put great emphasis on Valentine's. It's just that I like getting flowers but have never been given any. Hence, Valentine's would have presented a lovely opportunity for my boyfriends. However, all they gave me was the opportunity of presenting to you some of my favourite Valentine's Day - Non - Observer - Excuses:

• "It's just an invention of flower sellers and chocolate makers. One big conspiracy to get at my money. I'm just not playing along to the corporate establishment!" (Yep, that's the reason for sure)
  
• "It's not a custom in MY country..." (But we are not in your country)
  
• "Why does this day have to be special...at least we are in love and I could give you flowers any day." (If you HAD given me flowers any day, I'd certainly not be clamoring for valentines now)

At least my stomach isn't acting up as much as it did yesterday. I guess you have to be grateful for the little things in life. And on Tuesday I am going to Berlin for three days which should be fun. I'm planning to see the Zwan concert...we have no tickets as of yet, but I think they are probably not sold out as there are still some available on the internet.

What bugs me is the money problem. I was planning on going snowboarding for a week on the 22nd, but today my Mom called and told me I had forgotten to pay my car insurance which is a lot of money. Now my conscience is acting up and telling me I really can't afford to go on holiday..without a job and everything. I'll have to think about it :((((

I am feeling worse all the time. Constantly sick to my stomach and I don't think it's the beer. I will have to go to the doctor tomorrow if this doesn't stop :((((

I really should not drink any alcohol. It really messes up my system. Yesterday I had three beers (one for every goal the Spanish scored during our "friendship" match) and I wasn't able to sleep more than three hours. You shouldn't think that three beers would have that effect but hey, apparently I am not meant to drink and sleep.

By popular demand, I am adding

• The Witches of Eastwick
  

to the list.

It's one of those days where I got up but never woke up. Sleepwalked through the day. I don't know why...I just feel exhausted. Maybe it's lack of vitamins. Need to be more constant in my vitamin B intake. Stupid thyroid. Wherever it might be. Stupid genes for causing all that trouble...ah well, I guess it's still one of the better auto immune deficiencies to have, all things considered. At least my pancreas is still doing its job (knock on wood).

What else? How about a list of Dangerous Things

• Smoking. It's not only dangerous for your health, but also dangerous for your furniture! (Burnt a hole into our couch today, ouch)
  
• Commercials. They can worm their way into your brain and you'll never be able to get them out again (I mentioned it today and I'll be singing the "Zuladiknö" song the whole evening now. You Munich residents know what I'm talking about)
  
• The internet. You get sucked in and never come out again. Like quicksand. Or a vortex. Online Mah-Jongg anyone?
  
• Noodles. Or am I the only person who can never stop eating them and then feels like a big balloon? It's dangerous food, I'm telling ya!
  
• Hairdressers. Hm. Maybe they're not Dangerous but Evil Things. At least I never escape them unscathed. But I really need to go...
  
• Books. Had to spend three hours in the tub because I wanted to finish my book before getting out. And let's not get started on all the subway stops I missed because I had my nose stuck in one.
  
• Remote Controls. Those days of your lives that you lost stuck on the couch, hypnotised by flipping through the channels...just wouldn't be the same if you'd have to get up every time.

This reminds me of Another list: Movies that lost you hours of your life you'll never get back

• Footloose. Why I watched the whole damn thing I'll never know. But I did.
  
• Age of Innocence. One of the two movies I ever walked out on. After two hours of nothing happening. (Note: The other one was We Were Soldiers but I left that after 15 minutes, so it doesn't count here.)
  
• Forrest Gump. By the end of that movie my IQ had dropped about 100 points.
  
• Waterworld. Or any movie over two hours with Kevin Costner for that matter.
  
• The River Wild. Strike two for Kevin Bacon.
  
• The Piano. Full frontal nudity of Harvey Keitel. Whoever wanted to see that?
  
• Mission Impossible II. OOHHHH...It's NOT Tom Cruise!! It's a mask!!! Who'd have thought???
  
• The Phantom Menace. Meesa think George Lukas shoulda apologise.
  
• Armageddon. Ben Affleck in slow motion. My toenails still curl up when I think about that.
  
• Lord of Illusions. Actually, what can you expect, but I remember throwing M&Ms up in the air trying to catch them with my mouth during that movie, so I thought I'd include it here.
  
• Good Will Hunting. Pretentious drivel. Strike two for Ben Affleck. Actually Strike one but I've got no chronological order here as you may have noticed.
  
• Let me not get started on movies starring Robin Williams. Too many...too many....(shakes head sadly) aaaaaand you're OUT!
  

I'll stop this list here, I guess. There's just not enough space here...if you feel you would like to contribute something, hey, you can always comment :)

OK, let's do it like this: First I tell you about my day, then I'll go on to a totally non-related observation that I've been dragging around for some time but have not yet blogged. You can read either or both (in whatever order you prefer, too). Deal? Here goes...

Day

My legs look a total mess as my snowboard boots have left bruises everywhere. Still haven't fixed anything not working (I'll need to start working on the "t" key, I hate dragging my external keyboard around with my laptop). At least I called some people and got some stuff done. And I was spontaneously invited to dinner which was fun (thank you, next time we'll bring less salad or eat more, I promise :). On the plus side also: I actually look forward to going to bed now that it's really comfy.

Totally Non-Related Observation

You know what I miss a lot not being in a relationship? I figured it out the other day: Hugs. (I was feeling really miserable for reasons I should really not have felt miserable about and the only thing available for a hug was my bear. Who did not hug me back.)

I don't mean the kind of hugs that you would give to friends and family. (I don't do that much either, I'm not much of a touchy-feely person. Giving kisses on the cheek to greet people? Not me. Not very often, at least.) I mean the kind of hugs that you'd get and you'd feel warm, snug and secure because you knew that somebody loved you.

Maybe it's not the hug I miss but mostly the feeling. I really liked waking up with a nondescript warm feeling of happiness. But no, it is the hug itself, too, I think. Especially when you're feeling miserable and would need some cheering up and that damn bear just will not play along.

Been out snowboarding all day. My feet hurt like hell. And it's all the fault of the Deutsche Bahn. I'll never ever try to go anywhere by train again.

Yesterday we decided we'd take the train instead of going by car. You'd think that had only advantages, right? Nobody has to drive and it's good for the environment. So we check the train schedule: there's a train at 7 a.m., it says. I get up at 6 a.m. after having trouble sleeping all night, put on my snowboard boots and go to the train station with Silke and Ulisch. Surprise! Not only is there no train at 7 a.m., but there's no train even NEAR 7 a.m. Plus, the lady at the information desk tells us there has been an avalanche onto the tracks somewhere but can't really tell us anything else.

Hence, we have to go all the way back to get Ulisch's car and we have to drive. All the while wearing my boots. Of course, by now, there's this really big traffic jam and we take ages to get there. When we were going back, the train people had still not managed to clean the tracks and the trains were still not running. So everybody and their brother took the car. Driving back took ages again. Still wearing the boots. I've taken them off just now after wearing them for over 12 hours straight. Not something you'd want to do every day. Well, at least we had sunshine and great snow, so it all was worth the hassle, I guess.