Jassanja

#18-21

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:34:47 GMT

Zaster und Desaster (René Zeyer) - 192 pages - 7/10
Eine unberührte Welt ( Andreas Eschbach) - 318 pages - 9/10
The Darkest Powers - Book 1 - The Summoning (Kelley Armstrong) - 416 pages - 9/10

A Single Man (Christopher Isherwood) - 160 pages

One of those few instances, were the movie out-shines the book it is based on
This small book as a lot of details about nothing, and few passages that are really moving

6/10

2010:
Books: 021
Cover to back: 021
Not read to end: 0
Non fiction: 5
Audio Books: 9
Rereads: 0
Pages: 2881 pages
Audio time: 89 hours 24 minutes

TV

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:05:43 GMT

I'm not much of a regular TV watcher, but today I did turn it on, and zapped right into a BBC re-run of "Aliens of london/World War III" of Doctor Who

Oh dear... how long ago that was.....

I miss Nine
I miss Rose before she became annoying
(and for the matter I miss Ten, and I can't wait for Eleven)

Down for days

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:35:32 GMT

anyone knows what's going on with Squidge.org?

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:40:12 GMT

Fuck, Fuck, Fuck, Fuck, Fuck, Fuck, Fuck....
That shall be my mantra for today

Dear Shakra

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:29:30 GMT

We know that in the past 12 months you had to replace both your lead singer as well as your bass player, and that with the lead singer you also lost most of your scantily dressed female fans
Also, airing dirty laundry in the Swiss press isn't the best way to get people to your concerts

So, how to make your remaining fans stay:

- If you have to replace your lead singer for a 4rth time, choose a smaller and less legendary venue then Z7

- Drop all songs from the EVEREST and INFECTED albums, better yet only play songs from the POWER RIDE/RISING HIGH/FALL area

- But most importantly: your new lead singer dosen't need to imitate Johhny Weir twirling through the air. He needs to SING, and singing usually works best if one LEARNS THE FUCKING LYRICS

Your ( slightly shocked but still hopeful) Fanbase

Curling-Semi

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:44:08 GMT

The Swiss TV Commentator (Beni Thurnheer, of course) just has to make a joke about the Norwegian Pants every two minutes

If I had any alcohol at hand this would call for a drinking game.

Annoying Media-Person of the Week

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:19:42 GMT

Miriam Jauslin

(wie immer zur Basler Fasnacht)

Unwort des Tages

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:19:08 GMT

Doppel-Doppel-Olympiasieger

Some more Olympia Snippets

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:41:17 GMT

- A reporter about the weather: "Hottest games I ever been to? I think it's rather chilly compared to some summer-games"

- Instead of Biathlon they could do a Triathlon - Skiing, Shooting and Swimming

Dear Austrian Ski Jumpers

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:38:47 GMT

Being Rude to the Swiss TV reporter trying to interview you is not going to help you jump further then the Swiss Jumper
We are willing to give you sympathy points for having to deal with a stupid coach who did his best to embarrass your whole team by starting this stupid kerkfluffle of the past days... but not like this....

us
"prepairing to be very gleeful*

#07-13

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:06:15 GMT

Without you (Anthony Rapp) - (audio) 9 hours 34 minutes

This autobiography was way more personal then most others I ever read, not leaving out some dirty laundry as "too personal and private"
This makes it a wonderful and honest book

9/10

Ich pendle, also bin ich (Bänz Friedli) - 244 pages

Shows perfectly how life is if you use the public transport system of Switzherland - unfortunatly the books centers too much on one city in this country that already think it is the center of the universe

7/10

Alles verboten (Stenkelfeld) - (audio) 1 hour 09 minutes - 5/10
Empöööörend (Stenkelfeld) - (audio) 1 hour 15 minutes - 4/10
Torchwood Tie-In - The Sin Eaters (Brian Minchin) - (audio) 2 hours 11 minutes - 5/10

Kitchen Confidental (Anthony Bourdain) - (audio) 8 hours 07 minutes

Reading this, plus "Waiter Rant" last year kind of makes you want to stop eating at restaurants
And it certaintly makes shows like "Top Chef" even more edited then you already suspect

9/10

Outlander - Book 7 - An Echo in the Bone (Diana Gabaldon) - (audio) 45 hours 54 minutes

Aside from the rushed ending a surprisingly good book

8/10

2010:
Books: 013
Cover to back: 013
Not read to end: 0
Non fiction: 4
Audio Books: 9
Rereads: 0
Pages: 908 pages
Audio time: 89 hours 24 minutes

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:33:57 GMT

So Vonn won... *yawn*
(I didn't even watch her race, because at that time, the curling match was at the last stone in End 10 played pushing a 7/5 game, to a 7/7 - way more exciting)

Can we give the Downhill medals to those racers with the most spectacular crashes?
Peterson, Gisin and that French gal who crashed within the first 2 seconds after starting

Snow in my brain?!?

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:54:30 GMT

I have one Livesteam on Curling and one Livesstream on Womens Downhill

Is it very bad of me to wish that Vonn will fall, and by that make the race more interresting?

Luxus-Probleme

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:28:05 GMT

Dear Swiss Media

You demanded the Gold medal for the men's downhill race - and hey, you got it
no, you are not allowed to mope and be depressed that the WRONG Swiss won

No love
me

Mindfuck

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:54:19 GMT

So I finally read "An Echo in the Bone", and surprise surprise, it's quite good, even has decent plot - at least in the first 2/3 of the book

( Then came the 3/3 )

It must be the Winter-Olympics - so all understatement is lost to the Swiss

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:55:10 GMT

The Swiss Olympic Team had 41 athletes two years ago in Beijing.
In Vancouver there are 46 Ice Hockey players
(n total there are over 140 Swiss athletes, which makes the Swiss the 5th biggest group - even more then Olympia-obsessed China)

And thanks to the ever so charming Ski Jumper Simon Ammann we also won the first gold medal that was handed out in those games

Thanks to bad weather there was no men's downhill race - otherwise we may would have another medal. (Didier Couchè may also better get Gold or the Swiss Media will lynch him, before he gets the chance to compete in the other two races, where they also have him down to win at least one other medal)

Dear Christmas-y atmosphere...

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:48:16 GMT

... your two months too late!

#04-06

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:57:19 GMT

Piratenschwein (Cornelia Funke) - (Audio) 31 minutes - 5/10
That's Entertainment (Clare London) - 53 pages - 4/10
Virus(Robin Cook) - 356 pages - 7/10

2010:
Books: 006
Cover to back: 006
Not read to end: 0
Non fiction: 1
Audio Books: 3
Rereads: 0
Pages: 664 pages
Audio time: 21 hours 14 minutes

New Hype?

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:53:53 GMT

Since all the girl/boy bands of the 90s have more or less successfully returned, it's time for the next re-union wave:
The Eurodance-Duos
Never mind that some evil ex-producer is holding the "2 Unlimited" name hostage:

Looks like I'm writing FanFic again

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:34:06 GMT

In January I managed to write one short fic each for saying_yes_2010 and Porn Battle

Demanding Times (Queer as Folk US, Ben/Michael)
A good Show (Castle, Esposito/Ryan)

That was ... expected

Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:37:26 GMT

Anyone else not surprised at the Gaiman/Palmer engagement?
Yeah, thought so

Fic: There is no danger in Space-Travel anymore - or so they say

Sat, 09 Jan 2010 09:04:28 GMT

Because the world needs more fic based on "Astronaut"

There is no danger in Space-Travel anymore - or so they say

2009 BOOKS

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 01:43:38 GMT

( Chronological )

( Rating )

#01-03

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:51:43 GMT

Blindness (Jose Saramago) - Audio - 12 hours 32 minutes

While the story starts strong, it can't hold it
The longer it goes on the deeper it slides into wanna-be-philosophy, and in that makes the Doctors Wife and all the other female characters into uber!saints

4/10

Manns genug, Frau zu sein (Vera Freyberg) - 255 pages - 4/10
Hotel Babylon (Imogen Edwards-Johns) - Audio - 8 hours 11 minutes - 7/10

2010:
Books: 003
Cover to back: 003
Not read to end: 0
Non fiction: 1
Audio Books: 2
Rereads: 0
Pages: 255 pages
Audio time: 20 hours 43 minutes

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:34:19 GMT

You know a new generation of internet users is born when people start to complain Hash-tags don't work at LJ like they do at Twitter....