In case you wonder why it is so quiet here over the last days/week - no, it´s not that the Scrooge that I am has suddenly become all festive and is celebrating a lot. No way. No hope there.
The reason behind my muteness is...I´m just not getting anything written.
I have plenty of time, more than enough ideas and topics for posts, but: everytime I sit down to blog and open the website I just end up playing Candy Crush...for hours...( level 543 doesn´t happen on its own you know)...or get distracted/annoyed by my husbands need for tv...or decide I should make some tea...or eat some chocolate...or get a message on Facebook...or or or...procrastination. I´m so good at it that it even stops me from doing this I actually enjoy!
The more I have to say the more I appear to stand in my own way and remain silent.
When suffering from writer´s block it is usually recommended just writing anything to fill this awful blank sheet/page will help.
So read this and understand it as my first step towards eloquence and speech diarrhoe again.
See you again soon!
PS: The photo has been put onto here just as I know how much more readers can be attracted with random cat content, it´s me being calculating :-)
director: Arthur Hiller year: 1970 with: Jack Lemmon, Sandy Dennis, Sandy Baron, Paul Dooley, etc.
plot: George and Gwen Kellerman live in the small, quiet town of Twin Oaks,
Ohio. George has a strong
sense of what is right and wrong, especially as it applies to himself
and Gwen, but he still looks to her for validation. Working for a
plastics company, George believes he is a shoo-in for the company's
Vice-President of Sales, New York Division job, a position located in
New York City. George is looking forward to their future life in New
York City, with all the amenities and benefits living in the big city
has to offer. For George's 9 am interview, George and Gwen plan on
taking a flight that lands in New York at 8 pm the evening before, which
gives them time for dinner at New York's finest restaurant, The Four
Seasons, and a comfortable night's stay at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
before the interview. But nothing on this trip goes according to plan.
In fact, what can go wrong, does...
what I liked: It is funny, it is good entertainment and stylish in it's own 1970 way.
what I didn't like: The open end was slightly dissatisfying (a hijacked plane isn't overly hilarious nowadays again) and Sandy Dennis as has one of those faces I constantly wanna slap which isn't best.
verdict: I was really excited to finally watch this one as the 1999 remake of it
starring Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn is one of my all time favourite
films. As I have seen the remake first and love it this one didn't have an easy start. It is funny, I enjoyed the more subtle humour but it doesn't have that constant firework of jokes the remake has in my opinion. Still very worth seeing!
Musikalische Leitung: Sebastian Hernandez-Laverny Künstlerische Leitung: Axel Goldbeck Theater: Staatstheater Mainz Premiere: 21.11.2014
Inhalt: Nüschts - ist als "Abend mit Sängern, Schauspielern und dem Philharmonischen Orchester Mainz" tituliert.
was mir gefallen hat: Mixe populäre Titel aus der Klassik mit Pop, lasse eine Ballerina singen, Opernsänger headbangen, einen Bratscher swingen und orchestriere Popsongs mit großem Orchester - da kann eigentlich nix schiefgehen.
was mir nicht gefallen hat: Eigentlich...von musikalischer Seite her tut es das auch nicht aber der rote Faden! Ok, bei einem Konzert muss es keinen zwingend geben aber hier haben wir es mit einem äußerst merkwürdigen Mischwesen zu tun. Es gibt einen "Kellner" der die Moderationen abliest (!!!) und ganz lose versucht die Überleitungen einzufädeln und gleichzeitig Witzchen zu machen. Kann er leider beides nicht, es wirkt gequält und peinlich. In einer Fastnachtshochburg wie Mainz wird es doch wohl möglich sein da jemanden mit mehr Esprit zu finden, oder?
Fazit: Ein netter Abend den ich mit einigen Ohrwürmern verlassen habe, trotzdem wäre da viel mehr drin gewesen! Schon drollig wenn ein 70+ Publikum zu Rihanna mitklatscht und Meat Loaf als "modern" tituliert...
Auch wenn mich der fehlende Humor wahnsinnig gestört hat - spätestens beim Opernhünen der sein langes Haar zu Metallica geschüttelt hat, war es um mich geschehen.
Und wer nun Interesse bekommen hat (und über ein wenig Zeit verfügt) - hier ein Video nach dem man eigentlich schon alles nennenswerte gesehen hat (nach ca. 4 Minuten geht´s los)
and now finally the last batch of photos taken during our recent short trip to the beautiful Swedish capital. Most pictures are showing the old open air museum Skansen which is definitely worth the visit even in colder weather. So looking forward to return in summer one day!
director: Paul King year: 2014 with: Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Nicole Kidman, Julie Walters, etc.
plot: A young Peruvian bear with a passion for all things British travels to
London in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington
Station, he begins to realize that city life is not all he had imagined
- until he meets the kindly Brown family, who read the label around his
neck ('Please look after this bear. Thank you.') and offer him a
temporary haven. It looks as though his luck has changed until this
rarest of bears catches the eye of a museum taxidermist.
what I liked: London! How can you not be enchanted by this pretty Notting Hill neighbourhood and the nocturnal city scapes. All characters are charming in their own ways (thumbs up for Lord Grantham wearing a dress!), especially Mr Gruber in his magical shop on Portobello road (I really want this tea train!).
I loved the slightly "Amelie" like narrative including little collages of flashbacks and the doll house views of the magnificent house.
The scene that showed Mrs and Mr Brown turning up on their motorbike at the maternity ward ready to give birth stroke a chord with me. They go in as a fun and reckless couple and come out as overcautious bores...well, here it is, one of my biggest fears in life shown to me in a childrens film...
what I didn't like: As feared before, for me there was too much action again. A grumpy neighbour and the daily madness London is would have been exciting enough in my opinion, why include that evil taxidermist? Why chasing around the Natural History Museum?? The story about Paddington's home being destroyed and his uncle dying really upset me (and the little girl sitting behind me), I'm obviously getting to old for those PG rated films :-/
verdict: Overall lovely but without the good vs. evil plotline it would have been much more charming.
On my last wander through Brighton I did something quite out of character for me - I went into Claire´s and looked through their "so ridiculous and over the top that I start liking it again"- christmas collection. There I spotted these:
Large dangly Brussels sprout earrings.
(you remember, Brussels sprouts belong to UK Christmas as potato salad with sausages to a German one)
I really wanted to have them as I love green, like sprouts, adore everything unusual and enjoy any form of provocation.
But then rationality jumped in and thought "No, you will never wear them. Search online for alternatives". So I did and found those babies (is there really anything you cannot find online these days?)
Cute and dainty little sprout studs from by the Shed.
I love them!
PS: But on the Claire´s website I now have seen this fascinator and really, really, really want it...not so sensible after all...
