Relocation, Relocation ... Once More

Dearest Interwebz,

blogging isn't what it used to be in 2005 when I opened the Old Factory. The Old Factory was fun and then I got bored, I got the new factory and it was okay-ish.

I mean there were "good" posts, but in total I'm not happy with things... which is reflected in me not having blogged since January.

Also I find myself collecting things and then never post them, coz writing a whole blog takes too long and blah, blah ... and actually I've lost my inspiration a bit as well.

So for now, I'm re-locating to ... yep, you guessed it ... twitter.

It's perfect... microblogging ... it will also help me to keep things short and to the point (a valuable lesson for me, I think) thx to the 140 character limit.

Weirdly enough posting a quick link on there or a word on something that happened or I've read or I just wanna share, seems to be less of a hassle than writing a blog post on here ... not sure why... I think that might just be in my head. But the 140 character limit might have something to do with that as well + it also feels more interactive.

I'm not totally abandoning the factory though... maybe one day, I'll bring it back... when there are more interesting things happening in my life than sitting at home and writing my dissertation ;) Maybe twitter will give me back some inspiration for proper blogging...

for now you can find me here: http://twitter.com/MsRandom

yeah, factory girl was already taken ... surprisingly ;o)

Thx for visiting the factory and commenting! You were fabulous!

I'm gonna miss you, my little factory, but for now I must say: Bye, bye, bye, Darling!

lots of love to everyone out there! all 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 of you... ;o)

xoxo factory girl

Congratz, Gaz!

The best right-back in the whole wide world and factory girl favourite Mr. Gary Neville has become a Daddy for the first time.

His wife Emma gave birth to healthy baby girl Molly on the 11th of January.

Congratz to the happy family from the factory girl!

Still wondering how we could not know she was pregnant ... they are brilliant at the privacy thing... good for them!

Meanwhile Gaz has been on good form for United and Sir has just said, that he'll be offered a contract as a coach of some sort once he retires. Not a surprise, really, but still I wanna say: Yessss!

We not just beat Chelsea last week, no, we top the table this week and I spend my time staring at pictures of Nemanja Vidic... I always thought he was HOT, though most people will disagree... which reminds me of a conversation I was once had on the TransPennine Express from Manchester to Leeds during the 06/07 season. When 2 guys borrowed my match day magazine after a game and one of them held up a poster of Nemanja and said "doesn't my mate look just like him"... well, he did a bit, so I agreed and suddenly the guy was upset, because apparently they thought Nemanja was ugly... No, No, No... I was like "Whoat? I think he is kinda HOT!" ... that cheered him up ... maybe that was a tactical mistake on my side, coz I wasn't interested and he didn't really look as hot as Nemanja, but I was kind-hearted enough to not tell him that. Random!

Primark - Coming To A City Centre Near You

Our favourite cheapy cheapy clothes shop the P-Place is in the news today. Well we all knew they exploited people in Asia ... how else would they be able to sell the stuff at those prices... but then pretty much all the high street stores do ... what about those poor ladies in China that dye cotton with dangerous chemicals involved ... it's not good, but it's a reality that you can hardly escape as a modern day consumer, I think. 

Today it turns out the P-Place work with this factory (yeah, I know) in Manchester that employs illegal immigrants and pays them like 3 GBP an hour working 12hours a day 7 days a week or something. Big Scandal for the press.

What does the factory girl say?

This is soooo cotton mills - North and South - kinda stuff ... just like 150 years later. I knew there still were textile companies in Manchester, but that's really stuff from a different century... 

Anyway, it won't stop me shopping there ... I mean we always knew the deal, right? Just being realistic, something's gotta give ... 

the P-Place obviously is addressing the ethical issue ... watch these PR videos ... she is ANGRY!

I know you all like Primark just as much as I do, so you will be as excited as I am reading this...

Primark is expanding more rapidly than any other British retailer. The company is planning to expand to Portugal, Germany and the Netherlands in 2009. 

Yessss: Primark - Germany - 2009!

Actually I should look into whether the corporation that owns them is hiring marketing trainees ... I can see my future unfolding ... one day fashion week, the next day ordering fake designs from  factories ... working on the brink of piracy .... fabulous!*

* I'm aware that wouldn't really be my job ... though a pirate in fashion sounds kinda fabulous ... and then kinda not so much. Anyway, they don't do advertizing, so it's more sales kinda jobs + crisis pr... hmmm, let me be a pirate ... the factory could be my ship!

Happy New Trash TV Year

The German Jungle Camp has fierce competition this January.

Celeb BB has returned...

How can the Gods of Trash TV spoil us so much?

This is soooo promising!!!

And even the legendary Jackie returns... it's really her on the phone... how will RTL be able to beat this? I can't wait to find out.

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On a different note, I'll never be able to go on holiday in Saudi Arabia...

Expats in Saudi Arabia, who buy black market “gin” to get round Arab drinking laws, missed out on G&Ts after Arab princes banned TONIC.

Andy Linden, 34, said: “You can’t find it for love nor money.”

What I've Learned Today

It's not oopsie daisy!

It's oops-a-daisy!

An exclamation made when encouraging a child to get up after a fall or when lifting a child into the air.

Actually there are a million ways to spell it and I wasn't far off... though I should spell it whoopsie daisy or whoops-a-daisy to get the correct meaning... in the context in which I use it:

An exclamation made after a stumble or other mistake. It is usually said by the perpetrator of the error and the saying out loud is a public acknowledgement.

Reading this made me realise although I have watched Notting Hill a million times, I've never watched it in English... I would have remembered Hugh Grant saying it and Julia Roberts remark:

"No one has said 'whoops-a-daisies' for fifty years and even then it was only little girls with blonde ringlets."

I remember the quote in German though... I wish I had watched the movie in English back in the day, mind you, I could have been using this phrase for years...

Also... the first known printed record of any form of the term is in Clough Robinson's The dialect of Leeds and its neighbourhood (1862). Awww, Leeds... it all comes full circle in the end, doesn't it? Brilliant!

Silence Please ’Cos I’ve Got Something To Say

One beloved show goes, but ITV never fails to deliver...

it's called Take That Come To Town and it's all on youtube, so go check it out! (Loving Mark's new hair btw, which is basically his old 90ies hair... fantastic!)

and this is so brilliant ... Peter Kay as Geraldine McQueen - winner of spoof reality tv show 'Britain’s Got The Pop Factor And Possibly A New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly On Ice', who rceently beat the true x-factor winner in the charts and had a number two hit song thx to songwriter extraordinaire Gary Barlow - showed up too...



(And for La Bonette: check out this video by the above-mentioned Mr. Blobby ... you'll never believe who his limo driver was... yep, the big car freak and prime-minister-internet-elect (0:27)! )

I just love this advert for the show...



also very hilarious is this backstage thingy...



The factory girl is currently listening to her just legally downloaded copy of The Circus... and she loves it. Though at times she wonders about the Greeting Card lyrics crossed with Coldplay sound, but I think it makes perfect manband material and a few songs are already on top of my playlist... soppy and lovely... and some even spiritual... and if this wasn't enough... the album also gave me this picture...

which is so wrong and so brilliant in so many ways! and let's be honest, so are these...

L.O.V.E.

I'm Gonna Miss It Terribly

I can't believe it's over! It started out quite dull and then suddenly it became one of the best seasons ever!

I love this last show they did ... showing behind the scenes stuff



I'm really gonna miss them ...

What will I watch now after countless hours of uni torture? What is gonna put that smile on my face? It's the best show EVER to cheer you up. It's strange how much you get used (addicted) to seeing these people every day... and Ant & Dec... and Bob, who sadly plays a much smaller role on the UK series.

Just good that the next german series is already in the works and I'll be able to go back to the jungle every night quite soon... and Dr. Bob will be there and he'll be getting the recognition he deserves. I'm gonna miss Ant and Dec though ... and why is there no spin-off show like the one on itv2? I would host it! Vox, give me a call!

Anyway, let's just thank itv for producing season after season so succesfully that RTL was lured back to do another season earlier this year. It's the best trashy "reality" show ever!

Long live King Joe!

Kittehs - I luvs dem

Sometimes I randomly google 'cats' to make up my mind about what kitties I'd like to own once I'm an old bitter cat lady.

That's how I found another site that is on my check-every-day-list now ... 

more animals

I love Lolcats!

the site also alerted me to the Slinky Cat

which made me youtube slinky ads and there are many...

... it's addictive.

so is watching this ...

... it's strangely soothing.

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More Than A Mousepad

Surprising news from my credit card company ... The FA has transferred almost 4 GBP back to my account. Must be the postage cos I collected my ticket from the Hotel. Never expected them to play so fair... thumbs up!

and now that my caps have been added ... I'm in the upper 15 ... hihi... well 15 000 that is. There are 10619 members who have less caps than me. Where does that put me for South Africa? We'll see... it's looking good, though I still have to attend home games this season to get into the important ballots ... 

... and then get rich to be able to afford to go to the other end of the world. Haha ... or bribe Stupid Sepp to have it back in Germany. Not very likely it seems, as they've just announced the ticket prices ... 15% of the tix will defo go to SA citizens, which is fair play, but I guess no one is so naive to think these tix won't reappear on the black market.

It Still Makes Me Happy To Think About It

It was a brilliant night. Once I was in the stadium it didn't matter they all decided to stay home... just that feeling ... that buzzing excitement shortly before the game starts... I could live off that.

Thought I post a few pics ... I can't remember there ever being flags above the designated entrances... but I like it ... also note that there was hardly anything to keep the fans apart...

but suddenly security freaked out, coz some idiots stirred up a fight outside. That made me feel a bit uneasy first, but then I thought... I can speak their (security guys) language, I'm gonna be okay ... in Rome I'd have a problem.

It was a good game for my B-team ... Schland was looking not so good. But hey, everyone can have an off-day. I was glad JT could make up for that mistake of his... which in a way was comedy gold... just good it didn't happen in an important game. 

Thing is, from where I sat I could hardly make out who was who. My eyes were hurting badly from doing that Computer Course and not sleeping enough (which is my own fault), so the number on JT's shirt appeared to be a 66 for most of the time... blurry vision.

I can't remember there being helicopters around for the World Cup, but then it was 2 years ago. Sometimes there are media-copters... this time it was police, I guess ... and I swear they had the helicopter directly pointed to look at me almost throughout the entire game ...

as the game went on I was starting to get a bit paranoid ... 

seriously... it was freaky! TC-freakish...

Anyway, the game left me very happy and I've been feeding off that feeling ever since ... it will be a while till I'll see them again.

Leaving the stadium, I was in a state of utter amusement ... being German myself and on the other side of the human fence while everyone else was kinda stuck behind it was weird.

I had a LOT of space to walk around, almost all the other englandfans had already left, while my poor 62.000 or more countrymen were not so lucky...  

meanwhile the journos tried to get a few interviews ... "it's for GMTV" ...

and here we have it... more space ... and a wall made of police vans which magically arranged themselves during the game to keep the fans apart afterwards...

I never felt this protected before ... nevermind the fact that I was basically being protected from my next door neighbours... it was a very bizarre experience! but soon I realised it had its advantages ... the police-van-later-transformed-into-policemen-chain/fence/wall led me right to the best platform to get away from the stadium ... the one where the normal service runs ... the extra trains are such a pain ... so while thousands of angry Germans (I heard them ... they weren't too happy) were huddled together, hardly able to move or get on a train, I walked around rather freely... though I gotta say the police presence outside the station (including horseys) was a bit scary too... 

well, that was until I walked into the station building and looked to my left, where this comical moment had me giggling...

they looked like robots who were programmed to not let anyone walk through those doors.

I was home around midnight ... which I suppose must have been a record for a late game ... usually it takes ages.

The trip back home was .. well interesting. I've been to many England games now, but this was the first time I got really squashed and had trouble breathing... which wasn't made easier by the people, who were doing the squashing, jumping, hitting the glass windows and singing that stupid "ten german bombers" song at a Germany fan who had sneaked on the train ... and yeah they were carrying beer in plastic cups and smoked on the train ... while I could barely move. I smiled though... their prison tattoos warned me not to do anything else ... but at least a cute guy from Hull was frequently asking me whether I was alright. Surprisingly they didn't freak when they realised I was German and supporting England... they actually invited me to celebrate with them. But they weren't hot so I declined ... sadly the guy from Hull didn't ask. Once they got off the train at the Zoo, I was insulted by 3 boys from the South who for no particular reason were total asses towards me. My faked northern accent didn't amuse them either... nevertheless they also asked me to join them for a celebration... what made them think I would want to after they were so rude? Some people! 

And by the way you three stupid rich boys, a german girl can support english football without having an english boyfriend... because girls can have own opinions too. (Not that I would mind having an english boyfriend ... or a boyfriend at all. I'm not bitter...) 

Thumbs up to the two guys from Southampton who were pretty sweet and the people I spoke to at the stadium!

Anyway... what a night ... and it left me with this little treasure of JT and Poldi professing their love for eachother in that bloke-ish romantic gesture of the almost-head-butt...

awwwwwwwwww!

So what did the MEDIA say? 

First I wanna thank the Times for teaching me my new favourite word ... I guess someone was using Thesaurus when they described Stuart Downing as LUGUBRIOUS.

How can it be I never heard that word before ... it's brilliant! Maybe it's because there are around 47 other words to say someone has a tendency to be dark-minded... and I have to say I kinda like FUNEREALLY too.

Anyway... lugubrious ... I can't pronounce it... but this woman can.

Okay then (to use a phrase half-tattooed on Wayne Rooney's body...) ... MEDIAWATCH

The Times

Joachim Löw, the Germany coach, prowled the touchline wearing a black coat that made him look like an extra in Pirates of the Caribbean.

What a lovely description of Jogi ... hehe... a pirate! Where was his parrot, though?

The athletics track kept supporters away from the action...

it did!

And try a bit harder next time, Germany, won’t you? There are girlfriends of footballers out there in that rain-sodden jungle clearing, you know, and, because of you, we have gone a whole day without news of their wellbeing.

hehe... the writer was very amused by ITV's predicament of footie vs. I'm a Celeb... well the footie won and news of Nicola's Boobies' first Birthday had to be delayed... wasn't it brilliant, how she burst into the bush telegraph to tell the world about it and how the creepy cop Brian was just saying something about an "older lover" ... though The Sun says he said "elderly mother" ... maybe my brain is making me hear things. Fabulous, nonetheless!

Tabloid Headline of the Day

goes to the Daily Mirror for: WIN-GER-LAND

Quote of the Day (The Guardian)

"It was a case of, 'You kick it, I'll kick it, you'll kick it, I'll kick it, oh the German has kicked it,'"

said Capello with a smile.

well, he summed that up perfectly!

and the Guardian is seeing great things to come, I suppose...

This Germany team, (...), had been in the final of Euro 2008, a tournament for which England did not qualify. BC - Before Capello.

seriously? BC?

Daily Telegraph

The Telegraph was hearing things, that I didn't hear, but then the acoustics in the stadium can be rather fickle... 

Terry made immediate amends with a late header, leaving England’s huge support singing in the rain. “Let’s all have a disco,’’ they chorused.

(...) There was plenty to get them on their feet.

Well, first of all, we NEVER sat down! Which I quite enjoyed! Makes the whole experience so much more exciting and lively! And then to be honest, it was raining (and thx to that big hole in the pretty roof the opposition fans usually get soaked) and we were all just shuffling 20 seats to the right to avoid the worst of it ... which was "cosy" and it must have looked funny.

But the Telegraph puts it right by describing that 1:1 moment like this...

Both keeper and centre-half cringed.

CRINGE! It was cringe-worthy, wasn't it?

The Independent

... might be pushing it a bit with this conclusion...

Add to Fabio Capello's list of achievements this latest triumph: he has built an England team more German than the Germans.

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Yeah, it's still making me happy that night ... not so much because of the result, more because of being there in the stadium with my fellow englandfans watching England play. That stadium moment is just so big... I needed that to get some energy to get me through the next few lugubrious months. Well, they won't be too lugubrious, but I just like saying it ... lugubrious ... lugubrious! It's the new yogalates!

Have to go now and catch up on the jungle show ... I've missed the last 4 days (it's Tuesday ... I started working on this post on Friday), because I spent all my time watching Brotherhood. Damn you, Jason Isaacs, for those mesmerizing eyes and thuggish smile. Can't wait to watch The State Within ... a British Ambassador... he looks so fine in a suit. And yeah he is Lucius Malfoy ... but let's not go there... 

It Was Spectacularly Unspectacular

I don't know why in my mind it seemed so glamorous to pick up the ticket at a luxurious hotel.

Just two girls in a small room handing out tickets. No queue, no conversations with them or any fans.

Why did I wear a skirt? Where was the cute guy I wanted to steal the job from?

Damn it!

And the Hotel wasn't as fabulous as I had hoped. It has seen better days...

Well, I suppose I was just too excited about it all ... as always.

Well, it's good I'm no longer crazily excited about tomorrow night ... that way the disappointment won't be too big. Maybe the youngsters could make it up to me with a brilliant game and lots of goals and ... a win!

oh yeah ... not to jinx them any further ... but Baby Theo has just pulled out too. He dislocated his shoulder during todays training session ... and had to go to hospital. 

Something is wrong here... I suspect aliens!

Anyway, at least I have The Sun's humour to cheer me up...

Can I Have Another Drink Please?

I'm a bit upset, coz all I get will be a trip to the Hilton Hotel to pick up me ticket.

England is coming to play Germany in Berlin and I've been smiling ever since it was announced, coz I was convinced that as I couldn't go to England to see my boys play this year, they decided to come to visit me. Which I thought was incredibly sweet...

The scheduling was always a bit stupid for a BIG friendly like that - the last international match before the long winter break at such a crucial time of the season ... so I expected one or two of the boys not playing due to minor injuries.

BUT EIGHT???

This is a JOKE! A bloody FRAUD!

no David, no Wayne, no Gary, no Rio, no Frank, no Stevie, no Ashley, no Joe

*random posting of hot/cute pictures to make me feel better*

okay David hasn't played for 3 weeks, coz the season is over in LA (I mean why would the USA play during the normal FIFA schedule ... why would that make sense? Idiots!), so Fabio left him out... though he has been training. Now the midfielders are all dropping out and Becks is stuck in LA not able to be here in time ... come on Babes, just get on the plane ... no one cares how you play anyway and if you just land an hour before the game starts, who cares! all you have to do is look nice, come on after half time and cheer up the crowd... it would lift the spirits incredibly!
(yeah, I'm desperate!)

Gary was never to be expected anyway... coz he's not back to who he was 2 years ago after that damn injury... but I still love him and had hoped a friendly like this would be the perfect opportunity to get him back into the squad.

But for the others ... if this was an important game, they would have got a few injections and would have been fine to play.

As it turns out ... the risk is too high... blah, blah ... they just don't love me anymore!!!

The Sun goes as far as suggesting, that they would rather stay at home to watch I'm a Celebrtiy... Get Me Out Of Here instead of getting their asses kicked by Schweini... hehe, that at least made me smile.

So all I'm left with are JT and Crouchy... whom I love very much, but let's be honest it's just not enough... unless they humour me by showing up like this...



And then there are Calamity James, Bridgey and Baby Theo ... okay. And yeah I'm not naming Michael Carrick in that list on purpose ... boring!!!

I'm glad I didn't pay 100 Euros for the ticket ...

Well, I guess I'll just make the best of picking up the ticket from that posh hotel tonight ... I'll let you know how that went.

Fingers crossed JT and Crouchy don't pick up some whimsical and curious injuries till tomorrow!

Watch It While It's Hot

Xie Xie

Thank you young and minority America for voting for Obama. It goes with the flow of things. And yeah, thank god for the internet...

here is the song that has occupied my head for over a week now

btw: this is the first ever twin post with La Bonette... coz it's just sooo catchy!

The other clip I've watched over and over again since before the silly answer machine Russell/Wossy-scandal, is that brilliant Viddycast with Simon which also features Dita, Noel Gallagher, Pete Waterman (not Dennis... as I thought for days... stupid me) AND Wossy...

awww... aren't they adorable in the end? Good times! And now? Russell is gone, Jonathan's suspended till January and Simon has to hide away a pre-recorded Buzzcocks episode that features Mr. Brand until everyone gets their knickers out of a twist.

And then there is someone who wants to say HELLO ... it's Vegas! My new lovely computer. And hang on, someone else is shouting over too... it's lovely littly Stardust ... my new iPod ... yeah he's named after the old Vegas hotel which is no more ... and as my mate Robbie used to say "The iPod brought me back to music." A wise man that Robbie, but then of course he has to be...  I mean what with all the alien connections he has!

Now you might all wonder why the factory girl is suddenly speaking chinese. That's not just because Vegas and Stardust travelled to me from Shanghai, no, I got mail from Hongkong today, coz I ordered clothing for Vegas and Stardust from there via ebay UK. It's so exciting ... a big envelope with crazy bird stamps on it ... awww! I'm in love with all of it! So I am grateful ... xie xie!

I just watched the Gary Barlow Band perform at the EMAs in Liverpool... ahhh  memories! But why they let Kerry Katona onto the stage is a big mystery to me.

Damn this is a quite random post, but there is one last gem, I've got for you... this man sang this song on the public transport for me today and tried to sell me his CD for 2 Euros ... 

The First Look

The factory has been closed for a while now, because Kiki died. Yeah, my lovely Laptop gave up on me and for the last 5 weeks or so I've been using the miaudonna's old PC to go online... which I'm very, very thankful for (Thx Puffin!).

Luckily fo me it was a slow death and I could save most of my data. But I miss Kiki ... she wasn't the prettiest of notebooks, but she was my baby.

Now I'm getting a new Baby ... and the decision was difficult. I mean I didn't plan on getting a new Notebook now... I thought maybe next year when I have a real job. But now that Kiki is gone there is no argueing... I NEED a Laptop to write my dissertation and end Project Finish.

Macbook or "normal" Notebook?

I never really wanted a Macbook though, because of all the hype surrounding it and because I'm sooo used to Windows ... I know where everything is and how to deal with it. I just thought about maybe getting one in case my future employer uses Mac stuff.

Anyway... after a week of soul searching, price comparing and consulting friends and relatives ... it seemed not buying a Macbook would be slightly stupid. Yes, I want a stylish Notebook with all the latest gadgets and for a good price. And I want it to be as light as possible as I have to carry it around a lot in the next few months. The Macbook just convinced me more and more ... especially as I'll get 12% off the original price, if I buy it through my university's apple store.

So the decision was made ... my new Notebook would indeed be a Macbook.

And then a man at an apple store here in Berlin told me about the new Macbooks and possible price reductions (hey if I can save 100 Euros, I'll do it) and talked about them coming out in September... well that didn't happen. It was just new ipods.

But then they started the Back to School campaign basically giving an ipod away with a Macbook and now I'm very happy I waited and I was hoping for the rumours to be true that there will be new Macbooks by next week.

I waited anxiously for the rumours to be true and now they finally announced another event for next Tuesday.

And here is the first Look:



Is that my new Baby?

I've already got a name, I'm going to call it Vegas ... why? Because the money I have to spend on it could have easily paid for THAT trip to Vegas... especially with the economy being in the shitter. And I love Vegas and I think it's a fitting name... as I gambled by waiting and waiting for it and it seems I won... as I might not just get a new Macbook, but also an iPod touch for half the money it would usually set me back. Yippieh!

So I'm very, very happy and excited! I can't wait for next week and for my order to be placed!

Better Late Than Never

I never really wrapped up "football month", did I?


There was so much left to tell and now I have forgotten almost everything.


I know just like me, you all were wondering what our favourite right back and captain of the best club in the whole wide world was up to during Euro 2008... (hehe).


Well, you won't believe it - and I can't believe it took me several weeks to find out - he was a pundit for ITV. And as always the public is split on his performance. There are those who rate him and those who slag him off. I'd pay to watch it, but I don't get the signal in Berlin.


Now in pre-season he's played quite a bit and Sir has called him phenomenal ... so me is very happy and very much looking forward to the new season.


Talking about pre-season ... Liverpool decided to stop in Berlin for a friendly with Hertha and as I'm suffering from football withdrawal quite heavily this year due to project finish and being back in Germany, I jumped at the chance to see them. It was so nice of them to visit me, just as it will be so nice of the England team to come and visit me in November.


But of course I paid to see Crouchy and Stevie G ... two words: sold & injured ... and all I got was ... hmpfff! I can honestly say, I've never been so happy to see Jamie Carragher in my whole life! Which says it all really...


Anyway it was 23 Euros spent well as it gave me back that stadium feeling and I realised just how much I miss actually going to see games.


What I definitly don't miss are all the drunken, ugly men who couldn't care less about the football and just go there to get drunk and horribly ripped off by the stadiums beer providers.


Another highlight was Rafa Benitez ... I was basically sitting just behind him and watched him a lot ... there wasn't too much action on the field. Oh yeah, and Sammy who used to do coaching for England is now with them too (maybe he always has been ... I'm not up to date), but it was nice to see him. So was seeing Dirk Kuyt.


Now before I bore everyone to death ... what else happened over the last weeks?


Frank loves wearing pink clothes
Phil Scolari is beating the entire Chelsea squad at tennis
Fabio Cannavaro was photographed shaving a friends chest on a yacht
the show pony went to LA and is trying to go into the gay porn business I think ... the super-crazy tan and tiny shiny shorts are the clue I think


yeah, that's the catch-up done ... football month is officially over and I leave you with this pic of the real Ronaldo which totally made my day:

One Last BIG Step

I passed my exams this week and with quite brilliant results, so I'm extremely happy... though I think it still hasn't sunk in yet.

All that is left now to wrap up Project Finish is one last BIG step... writing my dissertation. Which I will start tomorrow.

Finally, A TV Show That Uses Seal Songs Rightfully

The penultimate stage of Project Finish is in full swing and will be done and dusted on Monday. I got into a little panic this morning, coz it's still sooo much to do... but I guess I'll be able to do it.

It's been a few quite frustrating weeks again... but to amuse myself I've been watching the new season of Big Brother UK. It's soooo much better than ours. And I don't care what people say, I love it! Which is down to a combination of me wanting to live in England and thus being able to visit it every evening, the accents and just watching people totally lose it in a confined environment... it has taught me quite a few things about myself already I think... hehe!

This week housemates had to do a zoo task... the highlight was the two house bitches deciding to be the two seals for the task. Every time the song "Kiss from a Rose" by Seal was played into the house, they had to get on their podiums in the garden and the zoo keeper had to splash them with a bucket of water... fishy water (now here is a TV show that rightfully uses a Seal song and not like GNTM where Seal continuosly performs his music which embaressingly just seems to please Heidi, while everyone else is cringing)! The task went on for 2 days ... priceless!

Just have a little look at it...

Hilarious!

Don't call me a bad person now... those two chicks went on that show for the fame and being able to sell stories to Heat magazine for the next years to come... so they don't really deserve any pity!

The best costume EVER is this though...

I wish I'd have this costume here and could wear it for my exam on Monday. That would cheer me up immensely! Just the look on everyones face from the underground train to my professor when a pink flamingo walks in!


Okay, I think I might be losing it...

What Would Fox Mulder do?

I guess everyone saw the Germany game. What a weird game that was. The picture was just gone for about 6 minutes or so, but it made the second half soooo weird and suddenly the game was over.

Now, I'm a sucker for Conspiracy Theories, but this time it was the miaudonna who became all paranoid first. She was totally convinced that something was majorly wrong and the game never unfolded like that suggesting it had been played before and was now very badly cut together. She got a bit crazy then claiming she was now a Medium (astro.com doesn't agree though... and well, she is scared of ghosts so this whole thing can't really work out) and travelled through time and it was all about her future ... yeah she kinda lost me there too, but it got me thinking...

What if actually during that time we lost, all the people where stunned in the stadium and the teams were sucked into space ... and then aliens impersonated them after those six minutes and not just them but also prominent figures like the Chancellor?

Now the official story is that the energy in Vienna was cut by lightning and the UEFA world signal was therefore lost. The pictures we later got (yeah I'm talking about that shitty wonky camera which was broadcasting in 4:3 instead of 16:9) was from swiss tv, coz they had an extra cable to the stadium (now that is common practice we know... remember those spitting incidents from Euro 2004 that were uncovered by extra cameras installed by certain TV stations and not UEFA?). And they claim that the sound and pic was a bit off coz the commentator was on the phone and well it all was a bit crazy...

yeah, well it sounds all quite believable, doesn't it?

But let's be honest, what would Fox Mulder have done? He'd gotten up and sprayed a neon coloured X on the floor to mark the point he lost time!!!

Where are those 6 minutes and what did really happen?

Now people who were in the stadium claim that everything went on normal during the blackout ... yeah, hehe, everyone whose watched MIB is aware how easy it is to "flashy-thing" someone and erase all their memories and replace them with something that never happened!

My take on what happened is that UEFA and Tom Cruise made a deal with the Aliens and at least the german team and their coaching staff were sucked into space and replaced with imposters. Tom Cruise gave a very convincing performance as Jogi in a TV interview after the game...

The cover-up story worked though, so we will never know if the imposters have been replaced by the real people yet or if they indeed will be lost in space forever!

And to all those doubters out there I'm saying: you have no idea ... the visitors from afar have been out there for a couple of weeks... lurking ... watching over the situation from the distance ... waiting for the opportune moment!

Now I'm Jealous

Keeping Track of my boys, I'm green with envy at the moment...

Wayne - with Coleen in VEGAS!

I wanna go to Las Vegas too! It's my fantasy escape from Project Finish, which is sooo eating me up right now ... and will till the end of the year.

Now where are the others?

JT - left Florida with wife and kids to go to Barbados
Frank - somehow ended up in Majorca with Elen on a yacht for his 30th birthday (whoat? 30? how did that happen?)
Cashley - with Miss Tweedy staying in a luxury villa in Spain
David - USA unveiling giant posters of himself in Armani underwear (reducing Freddie Ljungberg to tears, I suppose)

In good news: The showpony was kicked out of Euro 2008 by Germany and was rushed of the pitch quickly so that no-one would see his tears. Spoil sports! Anyway, he was wiping his eyes when he went off... haha! Yes, I'm that mean when it comes to him. Maybe he can order some more hookers from Leeds to cheer him up...
How disgusting is he... asking United to re-pay his loyalty (what loyalty?) and let him go to Madrid? He owes his game to Sir, he was a one-trick pony in the first 2 years.
Anyway, I'll be glad to see the back of him... so please, take the money Sir and let him join Madrid, where he will never have the discipline to perform to the same level... hehe.

Now how weird is Euro 2008? The only football force left is Germany. Will this be another 2004 where some really random country wins or will Germany take it home?

There's Something About Croatia

I've finally crowned this month "Football Month" in memory of the old factory ... so don't worry, I'll be talking about other things again in the near future.

On the day Wayne Rooney get's married to Coleen, Germany loses to Cro"we-kinda-messed-up-Englands-qualification"atia.

Keeping Track

Frank - Ibiza with Elen, being invited to a "Fuck Me I'm Famous"-club-night by an insufficiently dressed promoter

David - still in LA doing Disneyworld with the kids and Posh, who seemed to be wearing his old baggy jeans and flip-flops (flat shoes? no skinny jeans? we are shocked! is someone pregnant?)

Stevie G - in Miami with Alex, "snubbing" Wazza's wedding

Wes Brown - in Italy for Wazza's wedding

Michael Carrick - in Italy for Wazza's wedding