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 Wednesday, January 28. 2009
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Finally got my new washing mashine. Long story short telling - my washing machine went going nuts about one and a half month ago. It stopped centrifuging the wet clothes anymore and did strange things from the controller. So I had the idea something went wrong with the electonics or the motor.
So I called the service to look what was wrong and to get a price information of about how much a repair would come. Unfortunately someone from the service came when I was not home and my roomie told them to actually already repair the mashine instead of asking for a price.... final result is a bill of way over 100 euros and the result was that the problem still existed and the mashine still didn't work. It actually worked a few times but the problem was not fixed with that expansive repair.
One has to actually know that this mashine is was over its 15th year. 18 - I believe. So in the end I had to buy a new mashine anymay - which was even more bitter because I already drowned that money into a dead washer - for nothing.
And today the newly orderes washer came. About a few hours later then expected and sheduled but it finally is here and I can wash my clothes again  It sure is interesting what a huge pile of clothes one can accumulate when not being able to wash for a few weeks and even more interesting what funny old clothes one finds in the back of the closed  Imagine a dragon wearing a funny neoncolored fleece jacet on a red jeans. Oh gods - I looked like an explosion of an old fashioned C&A party.
So lets see how many years the new washer will least. I hope for the 20th. The dryer lastes 22 before I got a new one
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 Saturday, January 24. 2009
23:43
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 The antics of a dog who confuses his day job as the canine superhero in a TV action series with his real-life skills is plenty high-concept. But in Bolt - a blithe, digitally animated doggy comedy as zippy as its name - the fanciful premise only paws the surface of what's going on as we look at the big screen.
The basic story bears the distinctive DNA of the Disney family of dramas. Bolt’s a spunky white shepherd voiced by John Travolta. He lives all the time on a Hollywood soundstage that he thinks is the whole wide world ( reminds me ot "Truman Show" ) until he's accidentally separated from his ''person'' and TV costar, Penny ( voiced by Miley Cyrus ), and shipped in a cargo crate to New York City. Of course, imaginary superpowers don't count for much in such a sleepless city of caffeinated, mortal go-getters. But never mind. The dog sticks to his belief in his canine invincibility - and in the constancy of his person, wherever she is. Bolt remains loyal even when hassled by Mittens, a skinny, wiseacre New York alley cat who couldn't have found a more perfect mouthpiece than the one supplied by Susie Essman, the sharp-tongued comedian who berated Larry David so bawdily on Curb Your Enthusiasm. Naturally, Essman plays PG-feisty rather than foulmouthed here. But she projects just the right hiss of mischief. When Bolt believes that Styrofoam packing material is his kryptonite ( a mystery element that weakens him ) Mittens cleverly endorses the lie.
Well, what with one thing and another, Mittens joins Bolt's cross-country trip to get back to Penny and the city of valet parking. And along the duo's hitchhiking route, they meet up in an RV park with Rhino (Mark Walton), a hamster who, giddy pop culture addict that he is, recognizes Bolt as his favorite TV celebrity. Rhino throws himself into the mission (rolls himself, actually, in his Plexiglas exercise ball) with the gallant geek bravado that is the mark of a superfan. Soon, the three amigos are off, off on a classic obstacle-strewn, personal-growth adventure involving funny mishaps, demonstrations of individual heroism, scary scrapes (that, even at their scariest, carry the assurance that things will turn out all right), episodes of losing hope, examples of regaining determination, instances of heartwarming reunion ( oops, did I give something away? ), and moments involving other funny talking wildlife that make cameo appearances. The New York pigeons are particular pips; maybe they're related to the flock that helped Amy Adams' Giselle in Enchanted? chuckles
That's the blueprint. But Bolt impresses on more levels than just the basic - and in our wised-up, self-reflexive pop culture universe, audiences are primed to play along with the movie's sophisticated meta references to Hollywood culture, New York culture, TV culture, and even doggy culture: Look! It's a joke about Finding Nemo, about Hollywood agents, about pitching screenplay ideas! ( The bright script is by Dan Fogelman and Chris Williams, the sleek direction by Disney pros Williams and Byron Howard. ) In our 21st-century familiarity with the results, we don't give the intricate technobeauty of digital 3-D animation a second thought, taking for granted the subtleties of dimension, perspective, texture, and motion that can be achieved ( with the right software of course ); on a regular old night at the movies, we don't blink twice at seeing the most gorgeous visual shifts and adjustments, delicate and thoughtful as an old master's brushstrokes. There's a stunning throwaway moment when Rhino the hamster rolls in his stupid plastic ball in front of his new compatriots, and the faces of dog and cat, seen through the plastic, are distorted as they would be in real life — yet we pay no attention to the army of animation artists marshaled just for that one passing sequence.
Bolt breaks no great new stylistic ground - and yet it's a sturdy beauty. The cartoon chase scenes are of secondary importance - and yet they're wittier and more exciting than anything in Quantum of Solace. Sweet as sugar yet in anyway fortellable - thats Bolt! See it - it's worth it.
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Sunday, January 18. 2009
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What a great weekend I visited Pegasus this weekend where we had a great time with sushi, chili con carne and a lot of fun with friends. Beisdes fun with the doggies and huggling and cuddling on the new big couch, the mare got herself a few days before, we had our fun with throwing liquerish drops all around.
The sushi was extremely yummi and tasted, looked and simply was as professional as it could get. Even when Peggi and Carter, who made the sushi did this for their first time. The chili, which was basically Hawkeyes domain was of great taste too Anyway - food was great.
Oh... and by the way of talking about food. Draconius, who wanted to fetch the bread from the turkish market was held up by a police control, as for that moment when he wanted to buy there was a demonstration around that place and the police interviewed hom for some time - making him late - but giving us a funny topic
A final note... never try to buy a vacuum cleaner bag when not exactly knowing which one... its amazing how much different types and forms and number and so on there are ...
And now... up to the north. The dragon is traveling near Hamburg this time. See you around from there maybe.
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 Thursday, January 15. 2009
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Well well... as you can see that little dragon has hatched already and is growing well. Actually a fun game to trade resources, creating items and looking at how it developes.
Why don't you get your own? Click here.
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 Thursday, January 15. 2009
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Its getting colder here. Not so much in temperature but in general. I am not feeling that well as those nightmares appear at night again. I am unable to sleep most of the nights in total and when I finally am able to sleep a night in whole it is just because I am utterly exhausted and overly tired.
I went to the doctor for some help but medication only brings sleep that has even more nightmares coming with it... not good situation.
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