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Mein Who

2008-03-22T08:54:00.001+01:00

Hm, lazy Saturday morning on the web, anyone?

Wrong allegations - Immer auf die kleinen dicken!

2008-01-15T12:14:00.001+01:00

Being accused on my birthday
Originally uploaded by martina melitta

As if growing up with three older brothers wasn't painful enough, now that I'm grown up I still have to defend myself (verbally and physically! - sometimes ...) against my brother(s).

This picture shows my brother in action, who is just about to point his finger at me - accusing me of one of the ever so many things I've just had done wrong ... according to HIM.

Hmm, I'm just glad that my innocent looks, my innate good behaviour and my diplomatic skills helped me to save the day ...

adam sandlers secret

2007-12-29T13:13:00.000+01:00

this is soooo stupid but still sooooo funny:

imagine you are 97 years old and the doctor says you have 5 days until you die...

2007-12-23T22:29:00.000+01:00

... would you rather skydive or try heroine?

at the Botanical Garden

2007-12-04T12:13:00.001+01:00

hmm
Originally uploaded by martina melitta

Did you know that the freshwater eels at the botanical Garden pond come from the harbor. Baby eels have been seen to hop through the wet grass at night time to find new ponds. Sometimes eels eat the little fluffy chicks that are born near the ponds, but that is only natural and helps to keep nature at balance.
And because this information doesn't necessarily require a picture of a slimy eel - I put up one of a neat bum.

Cronulla sunset

2007-12-02T13:52:00.001+01:00

Cronulla sunset
Originally uploaded by martina melitta

Ahh, not every sunset can be as beautiful as this one was today. Talking girly stuff while sitting at Cronulla beach, watching - : the sun go down, some seriously überstyled guys fishing, a bigger lady's bumcrack and ourselves getting banned from the festival for drinking beer.
Oh and did I mention, I felt juvenile rebellious too ;)

Architecture in Helsinki, Yeay!!

2007-12-02T00:06:00.001+01:00

Architecture in Helsinki, Yeay!!
Originally uploaded by martina melitta

Yesterday, I've been to such a cool concert in Sydney. They were soo great - the band didn't fit through the door, they had to lie them down and roll them in! Ah, so cool music, I can't believe.
I didn't get a ticket in the standing area anymore and had to sit upstairs, but that didn't matter, I was dancing in my chair. Forget the "Innereien Shake" (innards shake?) - Welcome to the chair shake! I hit my thighs so hard, was shaking my chair so vividly and moving my arms and head so fast, I almost started to levitate.
No, in fact I did levitate. Not like X-men ... it was more mini-seconds of levitation as I was bouncing like a tennis ball. I'm glad there were no dogs around, one might have tried to catch me hi hi ...

Uh and speaking of canines - I'm going to a dog exhibition today, ahhhh it's gonna be so cool!

Look what I found, reading the newspaper

2007-11-30T04:57:00.000+01:00

www.hireahunk.com.au

It's nothing dirty, Mum!

Sun Burn

2007-11-29T12:01:00.001+01:00

Botanical garden
Originally uploaded by martina melitta

Places most likely to catch a sunburn:
) Feet. Very vulnerable and most often neglected.
) Calves. I can't repeat it often enough. Just because you don't see it (all the time) doesn't mean it isn't there.
) Boobies. No one wears push-up bras on the beach for a reason!
) Nose. Vulnerability is genetically dependent.
) Shoulders. See calves.
) Head. Unless you're shaving your head cos it's in fashion, I say let's hide the naked skin underneath some trendy accessory, just to be safe. There is nothing more unsexy (!) than seeing a guy creaming his bald head.

And if you don't use sunscreen, you might end up with a red head like the man in the picture lying on the grass!

Sydney FC beats LA Galaxy 5-3

2007-11-27T23:49:00.000+01:00

Now what a cool game and what a cool free kick from David Beckham! I watched the game munching Thai food and drinking Victoria Bitter, before falling into a deep sleep - one that got me dreaming.
I dreamed that I was living in the countryside but there were lot's of elevators around that would bring you under ground. And while I was living there suddenly David Beckham was jogging all around the countryside, because he was training. And once I even saw him in the lift with two of his children, he was a bit sweaty from all the jogging he had done (obviously!) and I talked to him about his free kick at the game versus Sydney FC. He said that it was a great goal for him and that he's very satisfied he managed to score that day.

HA! So, now we know! This is how David felt about his free kick. I heard it all ... in my dream.

Santa Claus drives David Jones

2007-11-25T07:49:00.001+01:00

Santa Claus drives David Jones
Originally uploaded by martina melitta

Today, I went to George Street to see the Christmas Parade, yeay! Despite a cloudy weather forecast, it was sunny and hot and I had to take care not to get sunburned.

Sydney's Christmas Tree

2007-11-25T07:44:00.001+01:00

BIG Christmas TREE
Originally uploaded by martina melitta

It's feels strange to see a Christmas tree when it's around 25 degrees. This fake Christmas tree in on Martin Place and it really is one kitchy bunch of plastic lights ... But cool anyways.

Santa's Claus

2007-11-22T23:29:00.001+01:00

Santa's Claus
Originally uploaded by martina melitta

Christmas in Sydney. Well, I guess I'm too used to celebrate Christmas in cold temperatures with at least a notion of snow around. At the moment, Christmas in Sydney is like a nice advertising campaign for better living, but I'm not really feeling it ... yet. Maybe when I'll see the first reindeer on Bondi Beach my mood will change.

In the middle of Sydney City

2007-11-20T23:39:00.001+01:00

in the middle of Sydney City
Originally uploaded by martina melitta

Yesterday I walked from the Spit bridge to Manly beach and back again. That's 10 beautiful km walk through a little national park, along the beach and next to the water. Best of all, this is still in the middle of Sydney. On the picture you see where the Harbor joins the sea.

My new room

2007-11-19T12:04:00.000+01:00

I upgraded at the Royal Hotel! From first floor to second floor. And now I have all the comfort I can have: Internet access, even tinier roaches and if the air conditioning on the ground floor stops I can hear the flying foxes roaming free outside my window, looking for prey to suck some blood.

Sculptures by the sea

2007-11-17T23:45:00.001+01:00

Art!
Originally uploaded by martina melitta

Lot's of sculptured matter was around yesterday at the sculptures by the sea exhibition ...

Cronulla beach Happy Hippos

2007-11-16T07:18:00.001+01:00

Cronulla beach
Originally uploaded by martina melitta

I've been surfing and swimming and walking and promenading dancing ... but everywhere I go, I make sure I bring my handy tool bag with me!

But all in all - This is how much fun I'm having ...

2007-11-12T11:48:00.001+01:00

at the beach
Originally uploaded by martina melitta

Newtown Festival

2007-11-12T11:46:00.001+01:00

Clowns
Originally uploaded by martina melitta

Tja, the blog is a bit uneventful that's for sure, but my life isn't :)
I'm wandering around Sydney doing the tourist stuff (today I walked from Manly beach to the Spit), doing the unemployed person's stuff (applying for jobs and going for interviews), doing the girly stuff (wearing pretty skirts), doing the naughty stuff ( like flashing in the streets when the wind blows my skirt up and I'm not quick enough to hold it), doing the cool stuff (like winning a pink dice at the clowns), doing the design stuff (like reading graphic magazines and highlighting every design studio - or is that part of being unemployed ...)

Yep, so there's lots to do every day, I'll keep you all posted ... ähm ... occasionally ...

Check out flickr!

The mission

2007-11-09T02:47:00.001+01:00

The mission
Originally uploaded by martina melitta

My mission yesterday was to go accross the harbour bridge. I started off at Circular Quay. But it soon turned out that with all the wind, I'd freeze to death before I'd even reach the bridge (It's unusually cold for this time of the year, grrr) So I went back to the center to find myself something on sale that could warm me up ;) (sneaky ...)

Wearing an additional long sleeve T-shirt, I finally started my journey. And after a walk through the Rocks and wandering through little side Streets of the so called "Altstadt" of Sydney I reached the Bridge with its 12 lane highway. And while I was trying not to breath in too much to avoid all the exhausts gasses from the cars and holding my skirt to not do a Monroe in front of all the Japanese tourists, I took a couple of cool pictures from Sydney Harbour!

windy Sunday morning

2007-11-05T01:35:00.001+01:00

windy Sunday morning
Originally uploaded by martina melitta

I spent the weekend in Nowra at Culburra beach. And for all those who are not Australians or Aboriginal people, it's spellt Narra and Kalbarra.

Culburra beach is 3 hours south of Sydney and I guess if there's torrential rain like Friday evening, it takes even longer to get there. (Torrential is the new word I've learnt this weekend) Ha, I was invited to stay a weekend at a beach house to celebrate the 30th birthday party of a girl I've never met before. How random is this. And it turned out to be great! The weather was a bit random too, rain on Friday evening, clouds all Saturday and bright sunshine but heavy winds on Sunday.

One exciting week in Sydney

2007-11-01T08:27:00.001+01:00

Martina went to Sydney and all she got was this lousy picture!

My Card reader broke and he took all my pictures on my card with him, bastard. I arrived in Sydney safe and sound last week and No, I did not get a sunburn yet and Yes, the jet lag was pretty bad and I felt like a Zombie for the last couple of days.

I've been to Bondi beach twice so far and took some pretty pictures of sculptures by the sea. I'll go back there to take some more pics.

So long,
Howdy, Martina

Farewell my dear friends

2007-10-10T13:43:00.001+02:00

May
Originally uploaded by martina melitta

That's it now. Goodbye London ...

I'm back in Linz. Linz!
Back at my parents house, with my brother and my other brother and his pregnant wife and his little daughter aka baby nice Lienchen. It's toddler paradise ...

am I still in Spain?

2007-09-27T02:27:00.000+02:00

"Hostel life makes you crazy" people told me when i started. Now, after 3 months I am training new staff and what do I tell them? "Hostel life makes you crazy" of course.

the hostel seems like a tax haven, but without money. Everything from everywhere. I'm mixing up languages. When I count money I count in english, from 13 on I think in german and from 20 on in spanish. I have belgian BBQ once a week, as well as japanese deep fried WonTons. I eat spanish tortilla with chinese chili sauce. i hear english drum&base together with belgian radio and spanish life flamenco guitar sounds. I use the words awesome and wicked and I can't remember the german word for "cancellation".

No wonder that I get a laugh-heart-attack when somebody like Ken Cock checks in. I need some days off.... definitely. crazy in the braiiiiiin....

oh those monsoons

2007-09-21T23:23:00.000+02:00

this may be an "old hat" for you guys but it hit mi hard here in Spain. When I first heard it in a tiny little bag store I was surprised but then I thought maybe the chica in there was german or something and I didn't even notice that it was in english but holy moly. it's here and it's everywhere. It's in the top 10, there are even concert posters all around Sevilla and I'm stunned. Tokio Hotel explores Spain? Can this really happen? Am I safe? Will DJ Oetzi haunt me soon? Is Schnappi around the corner? Is this cool man?

"runnin through the monsoon beyond the world to the end of time where the rain won’t hurt"

weird dream luis conversation - german only

2007-09-10T17:44:00.000+02:00

I'm really glad people don't forget me back home:

[17:21:59] luisianna : hab von dir geträumt...[17:36:26] andrea : was deeenn???[17:43:04] luisianna : was blödes[17:43:09] luisianna : du hast ne dritte titte[17:43:19] luisianna : und ich renn die ganze zeit mit der simone rum und du bist nackert und hüpfst herum[17:43:26] andrea : perverse pennersau ;)[17:43:32] luisianna : ich weiss....[17:43:36] luisianna : sooo[17:43:39] luisianna : ich geh heim[17:43:42] luisianna : babaaaa[17:43:50] andrea : oki, danke für die trauminfo[17:44:40] luisianna : bitteschön

Welcome in Vienna

2007-09-01T22:41:00.001+02:00

3 days in Vienna, with a most hospitable, lovely Mone; a generous, size zero brother and his stylish girlfriend; Sorbeto in the 1.Bezirk; Inflatable couches and Austrian beer.

Babies, Bees and viva Vava

2007-08-26T21:44:00.000+02:00

Wrong eye

2007-07-29T18:09:00.000+02:00

What a week,
The first whole summer I've ever spend in England and I have to admit that the English weather didn't let me down. I expected rain and I rain I got. Plenty! Too much even, because there are still parts of England which are flooded pretty badly, it's a bit like this major flood we had in Austria a few years ago, where everybody sat in front of Strom, watching the Strom stream by.

Last weekend was very good organised ... this weekend keeps surprising me in a very chaotic way. I missed Lucy's leaving drinks on Friday, due to bad time management, which was very sad. Saturday was a very loooong day as well, first I went shopping for "prescriptive" shoes, which May thinks are soo cool ... oh and I visited my flatmate selling toys at the toyshop ... and at 4 o'clock in the morning I had to wake up May (who holds her very own room at our little flat now) to ask her to bring me to hospital, because one of my eyeballs had shifted in colour from bright white to ruby red, which - for most parts of the body - is not a desirable colour.
But it's all cool now. I got eyedrops and it will all be good and in the meanwhile I keep looking like I'm on drugs ... which I'm not, Mum.

backpackers all over

2007-07-25T18:41:00.000+02:00

it's been a while that I started working in a backpackers hostel. and it's crazy. crazy people, crazy managers, crazy situations. It couldn't be more typical: barmen's selling weed to guests, employees make out with guests, employees fall in love with guests, guests get drunk whenever they can, guest can't find their beds when they are drunk, other guests find drunk guests in their bed... things like that. Working there and seeing all this makes me feel like the most responsible person in the world (for the first time in my life).

babyface?

2007-07-22T20:34:00.001+02:00

babyface?
Originally uploaded by martina melitta

Yeay, after a girly night on Friday, with Agata, a late May, Veronica, Audrey and Omer and a Chilled out evening on Saturday with beer and addictive Thai-curry, I can say one thing for sure - I like the flat and my flatmates and living in Old street again! Everything else is ...

24/7 and 9 to 5

2007-07-18T23:14:00.001+02:00

I think the next time I wake up from my work routine I will be retired..

The big life crisis is coming! Watch out for desperate calls and late night door ringing.

girls

2007-07-14T16:10:00.001+02:00

girls
Originally uploaded by martina melitta

Dear blog. Long time no see! It's all alright here in London. No bombs hit me so far and I hope nothing is gonna happen in the future. I take the tube to work everyday, squeezed into the carriages with hundreds of people. We are all a bit sweaty.
I listen to ABBA every morning, Who's the dancing queen?
The pic I took is from last weekend, when May, Agata and I had a girly night out. With Britney and Jenny.

today

2007-07-13T20:02:00.000+02:00

Today I got caught being under my work-desk together with stefan, one consultant said to another one: "you are sharp as a razor blade my friend" and in 20 minutes my favourite latinos come to my place to have a beer pre-evening. Just Matzi is having beer, Fritzi brings his red wine to (how he calls it) "shoot himself into other spheres"... thank god I grew up.. hm.

don't have a after business beer @ work

2007-07-09T16:06:00.000+02:00

you might already know that I've a new job. I am now recepcionist of a backpackers hostel. a backpackers hostel with a bar, free staff drinks and a nice bar keeper. 3 reasons to have a beer after the afternoonshift but... nononononooooo. oh if I just had known before that there would come 6 people with reservations at 2 a.m. and there would only be 3 beds free I would have gone home earlier. Ended up having a beer while calling 12481469137 hotels to get them a room. Oh what a night....

girrrls

2007-07-04T23:35:00.000+02:00

Just came back from a "female meeting" at Julias place.. It was really really funny and we were talking a lot of unimportant bur hillarious stuff while having some drinks. Vetsch, Verena, Claudia, Anita, Julia and me gave every theme a shot and I must say it was really a brilliant evening and it is nice to have la Senorita Chulia back in Vienna...

Quotes of the day:
Julia: So they are not having sex before getting married... hm... that is like those crazy people.. how are they called... ah.. Vegans..

Vetsch: Also der hat ja schon Käseecken bei den Haaren... (Gemeint waren Geheimratsecken.. aber Verena hat sich den Fauxpas durch die Ähnlichkeit von Geheimratskäse und Geimratsecken erklärt)

ja, ja.. jetzt horcht sich des ned sooo super an.. aber ich fands lustig.. hmm.. freak!

sunday sales

2007-07-01T22:50:00.000+02:00

in Sevilla sales starts on the 1st of July. every year. doesn't matter which weekday. so, hystery shopping started today and after a cleaning-all-the-flat-morning I just HAD to go downtown. But millions of people in every shop and 35 degrees made me just by a softdrink for the way home. Thought it was a better idea to take some pics than do shopping with spanish senyoritas. Saw some awsome cars and fantastic patios (backyards) and felt real good. That's all for today.

endlich de fotos!!

2007-06-28T08:12:00.000+02:00

I am back in Blog-Town! Finally found my camera cable and so I already posted some pics on my flickr... just pictures from my flat for my girlies abroad.... so watch out for some good photos.. Possible photo locations the next weeks: Friday DATUM Magazine Party, Party on Saturday in Charly P's with Andreas and Theresa, Sunday?? Next Saturday Boni Party, then the weekend after Nuke festival.. yep, simo goes to a festival! Beastie Boys, Freundeskreis, Prodigy and many more... jehaaa...

I wanna go to "EL ROCIO"

2007-06-25T18:15:00.000+02:00

This blog entry is mainly for Simo because you guys probably don't know what "THE ROCIO" is and I don't feel like explaining it well. In short, it's the village where THIS happens, where there's no concrete, where people go by horses and where the magic is.

So yesterday after going to the beach we stopped at "EL ROCIO" and it's amazing, breathtaking and incredibly beautiful. I am so glad I've seen it and the next time you come Simo, we HAVE to go. I'm not very into this virgin thing but this one is a real beauty. Couldn't resist and bought a gold one... let's live the cani style...

What else's going on in Sevilla? Nothing special, it's hot, yesterday was the big soccer fiesta because Sevilla FC won "la Copa del Rey" and it's hot!

no foto

2007-06-21T07:18:00.000+02:00

Still I have no pictures I couls show to you, but at least I try to give you a brief update:

- my flat is nearly equipped. Missing things: wardrobe and kitchen... but I still feel like living out of boxes, which leads to an unorganised chaos of clothes, tools and cables. My neighbourhood is full of dark haired, dark eyed guys and I feel like being on holidays just after leaving my building. I love that!! So you see, I've come a long way baby!

- my work is still good. Regular visits of my ex-thesis-professor spice up my life and today I have a seminar together with the other 2 newbies and 2 irish students.. hm-.. yeah, I know what you think, that I think... nooooooooo

- my friends are quite in a summer mood like I am and actually Vienna feels much more relaxed since I came back. Or is it me? Still keeping the corazon andalú alive! And silently weeping when I read andreas emails or blog entries... still wasn't able to look at the flickr-pics.. I think it would make me drop a tear...

weekend stories

2007-06-19T14:06:00.000+02:00

I owe you some stories of my spanish life down here. Well, I'm still going to the beach on weekends as I used to do with Simo. Last weekend I went with my "holmies" Paco, Patri, Samu and Thais and apart from getting crazy in the CaniClub we spent hours and hours and hours and hours on the balcony, drinking, talking, singing, smoking,... We had a make-up competition between Paco and Samu, we heard some orgasm-interpretations from Samu, Titanic made everybody cry but me and Simo honoured us with some drunk late night calls from a park. See some more pics on my flickr...

by the way: I miss you guys!!

Black snake moan

2007-06-17T13:15:00.000+02:00

The movie I watched on Friday.

Freestyler

2007-06-16T23:28:00.000+02:00

The lyrics go like: "working hard, 7 days a week ..."

How many legs?

2007-06-14T22:59:00.001+02:00

Happy-go-Lucky-Lucy

2007-06-13T00:28:00.001+02:00

Originally uploaded by lcy_rlf

Late but yes! Some pics of Lucy's birthday are on Lucy's flickr account, if you ever wonder what five ladies are up two on a sunny Sunday afternoon: Catching a train, pondering about make-up, having a picnic, having a drink, wondering about mysterious mist, and having a lot of fun!!

And lots of other stuff happened as well and can be viewed on my flickr account.

fighting boys

2007-06-12T23:05:00.000+02:00

Damn it!! I have to go to a wedding on Saturday near Linz.. If I would be in Vienna I would SO definitely go to the Vienna Fightnight.. I think I just found me new passion! Who needs that Prison Break dude?? I got Emil!

me, myself and my mum

2007-06-10T21:01:00.000+02:00

New inventory in my flat: bed, couch, table, lamps, chairs and MY MUM! She is the drill instructor, the cleaning boss, the one who IS here the second weekend in a row. It is ok, until you really want to spend some time alone in your flat, or at least not with mum.

But I think her observation phase has finished and I am ready to invite some friends over. And ready to smile politely when somebody dares to bring candles (specially aromatic) , tee cups or tacky alcohol.. andi do you remember the Grüner Veltliner 1993 we got in 2002...??

Mr. Tittsherbert

2007-06-04T07:09:00.000+02:00

Due to Julia's demand I replace the plastic titts! All I can give you at the moment is a postcard of Vienna.. Although I would love to show you my new flat, but where is my camera cable??? grrr.. I 'll keep you updated.. till then, take the horse and be happy.

S-cup

2007-05-29T20:44:00.000+02:00

Today I felt a bit weird at my new work.. I think it's due to the fact that I have been modeling for 9 hours.. modeling processes. I know you all thought: What? little thickly Simo is a model?... naaaaaaaw.. I modeled reference processes.. nice, no? So after doing that 8,5 hours I thought of making an email break.. and I had an online conversation with E. who wants new cups from IKEA.. So I kicked off "cup" jokes, which just work in german.. in the end we agreed on: solange man sie noch alle im schrank hat sollte man lieber abwarten und aus alten tassen tee trinken, als eine trübe zu sein. now that I write that shit, I feel really, really geeky. I think I will put on my new heatherette-life-ball outfit, dance to scissor sisters and smoke some 5o euro notes while I kill the 300 oysters which I just bought to make myself new earrings!

warm haven

2007-05-29T00:52:00.001+02:00

view cafe kick
Originally uploaded by martina melitta

When it's cold, rainy and windy outside, cafe Kick is the place to get warmed up with a Corona and a game of table Fußball. That's why two girls made their way down to Old street to spend their afternoon there. One of which was incredibly sexy, by the way! (as she always is)

A = me

2007-05-28T11:59:00.000+02:00

A stays at home all the weekend because A is sick. On Sunday A is better and just wants to have a coffee with B and C. D and E call A. D loves honey rum so A - E end up at the Alamenda with Caipis. D knows F, so F joins the group. F knows a couple of Americans, so schwupiwupi, A - F crash an american rooftop party with BBQ, mini-pool, rap music, a very drunk american girl ending up in the pool with clothes, a very american couple having sex in the bathroom while B has to piss like a race horse (hihihihihi). B slaps culooooo, B likes Jake, B dances Bulerias like crazy. A is impressed how B and C adapt to american party style, can't believe that american parties are the same everyfuckingwhere and drinks a lot of beer. A is unable to speak english and sick of explaining where Austria is. But A is soooooo pleased that the weekend has a happy ending. A will upload fotos to find out who B, C, D, E and F are, as soon as E sends them!!

trip to Linz

2007-05-23T23:08:00.000+02:00

kind of forgot to blog about my trip to Linz this weekend....
#1 Süv and Elisa... having coffee at Sassi, talking about how it is/was to be a nineteenager
#2 bakery
#3 the parents
#4 Vetsch, the best skin, and Tony, the hiking champion
#5 Verena and Simo in a bar in Linz. Ladies, how is it to see a shot in front of you and then THEY TAKE THEM BACK?
#6 Jürgen in his HAUPTPLATZ flat... how posh is that?
#7 me and my car. baby I love you
#8 me and my disco car decoration
#9 austrian menu

FIND MORE ON MY FLICKR

ass hurts

2007-05-23T22:17:00.000+02:00

Sevilla is on strike. no buses for a whole week. and my working place is far faaaaar away from my sleeping place. Thank god my breakfasting place is full of nice people and so Pablo lent me his daughters bike, sorry, crappy bike. surpriiiiise... it's way too small for the austrian standard height. conclusion: everything hurts. but apart from that going by bike along the river with a view on beautiful Triana is great and so was the rest of the day. A totally serious man told me that I was guapa even though I hadn't had coffee before, then I spent a totally relaxed birthday afternoon with Alice in a café, a terrible thunderstorm hit Sevilla while I was at work and NOT on my bike and I talked to a 80 year old sevillano about all the wars of history. well, he talked and I nodded and this still was difficult enough!

fans and plans

2007-05-18T20:46:00.000+02:00

basically my life is over.. I was working two days now, and my boss already told me that I probably go to the Berlind headquter in two weeks and that soon all the responsability of treating our customers is mine. thanks.. I just wanted to earn some dough to buy drinks at the weekend ;) That's the "work plan". Due to "work plan" life plan = zero.

And I am missing my Sevilla.. my barrio, my friends and the feeling living in this precious place on earth. And I missed the huuuge FC Sevilla UEFA campeón fiesta! Well I wait till we won the european championships in 2008....

the foood

2007-05-17T00:23:00.001+02:00

the foood
Originally uploaded by martina melitta.

And what a bloody foreigner I am!! But now you can test your knowledge of English traditional food, too: Where is the Yorkshire Pudding in that picture?

gone

2007-05-14T21:52:00.000+02:00

Simo's gone. gone with the wind. Left me alone with the crowd, with 33 degrees and a crappy Internet connection. This afternoon we had a very sentimental good bye. at least from my side. Can't help Simo, I just have to cry when things turn sad.

So please dear readers, take care of her at home. She might have some problems getting used to middle european way of life again. If she starts swearing in spanish just ignore her or shout something back to break the austrian silence. Give her some rum from time to time and tell her that she's guapa once in a while to keep the spanish feeling alive.

cool-calm-zen

2007-05-14T09:28:00.000+02:00

My last evening in Sevilla had a nice ending.. Alameda with my group of people.. Pedro was missing and Jarrod already left, but here they are:

Kartoffelscheiße ist das traurig...

kartoffelscheiße

2007-05-13T12:58:00.000+02:00

And this is the prove how sucessful I was, teaching german!

I'm nearly gone...

2007-05-13T11:23:00.000+02:00

My last big party night in Sevilla... With Pedro, Iat and Andrea... After getting the big money from a traduction job we did we directly went to have lunch and 2 relaxing coffees at one of open air bars in the park.. Totally relaxed and ready to do some loundry and cleaning and preparing my departure I spent 4 minutes at home when Pedro called and we had some beers... till 20:30 and we picked up Andi from work.. and - surprise - got ready to go out.. FIESTA!.. vamonos compadre! -huuuuge dinner in Salteras with kidneys (we ate half, Pedro 4,5.. I was constantly thinking about you, martina, while I tried them...), a lot of grilled meat and off we got to get drinks.. After Andrea innocently pissed off Iat's girlfriend by no being an italian guy called "Andrrrea" we finally could get away from mortally offended spanish girl...To >Antique<.. Wooow.. Entering we nearly crushed into a basketball team.. I swear, I have never seen that tall guys.. it was amazing.. wow.. J-LO already left and so we concentrated on the things we dominate: dance - stare - drink!

alegriiiiiaaaaaaaaa

2007-05-12T14:48:00.000+02:00

wanna see some real ALEGRÍA in a real townies club??? here we go....

5x schlafen

2007-05-09T19:39:00.000+02:00

5 more nights in Sevilla... ISN'T THAT HORRIBLE!!! I am really going home? Can you imagine that? Holy moly! I have no flat, no clothes for work, no spanish, no beach, no handsome dark haired guys (except for fritzi ;-)....) My last days in Isla Cristina were great.. 5 days.. felt like holidays!! Tha pictures we made may be censored.. you really don't wanna see where we were! Andi, Devon (my roomy) and me were surrounded by "townies", by tacky girls and the most tuned cars you have ever seen! It was nearly a satisfying weekend.. hihii..

David Hasselhoff Drunk

2007-05-06T15:35:00.000+02:00

It was a a long night when fun rider David Hasselhoff put his career in limbo, dancing with the wrong spirit. A video of him being drunk found its way to the press, which immediately jumped up the train releasing footage and comments all over the internet and leaving poor David alone in his car. Being an admitted alcoholic who's suffered several throwbacks before I want to hassle the Hoff with only one question: Is this the freedom you were looking for?

a day in the park

2007-05-06T01:16:00.001+02:00

a day in the park
Originally uploaded by martina melitta.

And what did I do today:
made a picnic, went on a train, went shopping, got stuck in a dress, had a picnic, strolled through the park, had a cup of tea next to the pond, visited the Serpentine gallery, saw some dogs/ gay dog owners/ training bottoms/ Asian ghetto kids/ girls without bums/ girls with more bum than May, had some unidentified food, listened to cheating girls and devastated boys, saw an Aston Martin, saw the perfect couple, had a glass of wine, got tipsy from only one glass of wine, smelt flowers, went for an evening stroll and had many lovely conversations with May.

Viva la Feria!

2007-04-27T19:46:00.000+02:00

After a bad beginning on day 1 of the Feria de Abril I enjoyed the last two day... I give you a brief overview.. so you can see what we were doing on --> DAY 2: Caseta de José Manuel Silver Cid. TOMA YA!

Viva Sevilla, viva Triana

2007-04-24T16:50:00.000+02:00

It's Feria time in Sevilla!!

#1: beautiful Plaza Nueva.
#2-5: Assesoires in every imaginable colour.. ready to make ourselves pretty for the Feria... GUAPAAAS!
#6: Horses and carriages everywhere.. even in the city center...
#7: Flamenca
#8: summer at my rooftop
#9: Thank you Miguel for drawing my plumber...

Digging deep

2007-04-24T15:58:00.001+02:00

Salon Helga
Originally uploaded by martina melitta.

So, I'm going back to London, yeay! I got a job there and if my trial period is successful I might even become a British citizen ... Wow, but not so fast. At the moment, I'm mainly concerned with the past. What have I done the last few months, the last few years, in the last decade? I'm archiving again. The basement is filled with little boxes that contain my past. And it is my pleasure now to decide what bits and bobs I will take into my new period of life and what must be left behind. Exhibit A on the right is something I decided to leave in Linz: It's an old cassette that contains a recorded "Salon Helga" episode. I found it next to old Nirvana cassettes and Schröders, and the Kelly Family ... but see for yourself

Julianna's birthday

2007-04-23T11:24:00.001+02:00

In the club
Originally uploaded by martina melitta.

Hey Ho! It's been a while. Those are the pictures from my first big night out after the operation (apart from going to A1 in Linz with Roberta)
It was Julianna's birthday in London and after going to the Pub we went to a club called ... ähm, I forgot the name but they served strong drinks there, as you can see from the picture.
Maybe that's why I can't remember the name ;)

Dear Julianna, since you had problems with your camera, I put all the pics I took that night on flickr.

Middle Earth

2007-04-20T12:14:00.000+02:00

We go on a roadtrip tomorrow.. Starting in Sevilla, up to Aracena to see a huuuuuuuuuge cave.. then we drive to Jabugo to eat some Jamón Iberico.. and THEN we drive to this huuuuuge whole in the middle of nowhere.. Dunno if you have the movie "The heart of the Earth" in your cinemas back there.. but it was actually shot there and it is all about the bad british people digging holes into the spanish tierra.

And of course we then drive to our beach resort....

everything changes

2007-04-20T01:44:00.000+02:00

when you leave a familiar place for a while you think everything stays the same there no? at least I do so. well I did so. But the last two weeks made me change my mind. I noticed that Julia and Marlene actually live in Madrid now, I heard about some break-ups in good old Vienna, Vetsch told me that the MQ-Enzis are beige and ON TOP OF EVERYTHING they take down the Parkbad in Linz??????????? do they even notice that they take away a part of my childhood, youth, life??? how many sunburns did I get there? how many Cornettos did I ~~see~~ eat there? well, that's the price to pay for being Kulturhauptstadt09 I suppose...

maaah es wor so schen!

2007-04-17T15:13:00.000+02:00

The girls were here!! And it was a fantastic weekend in Sevilla and Isla Cristina! We finally had great weather, lots of food, lots of drinks, good company with Miguel and I really have to say that I enjoyed travelling with you girlz.. normally I get sick of people quite eeeasy.. but you made it! And we are so proud that you stayed at the village-disco till 7:30!! you nearly beat us! jejejeje... so here some impressions.. I guess there will be more foto-action going on at the cabezitas locas' blog..

#1 breakfast at Pedro's - #2 afternoon breakfast in Isla - #3 totally cheesy foto session at the beach - #4 tanning session.

Ahoi!

2007-04-13T13:37:00.000+02:00

I'm off to LONDON.

foto update...

2007-04-10T19:35:00.000+02:00

... on flickr

mi cumple

2007-04-10T09:04:00.000+02:00

So this was my birthday in Sevilla... kindof in Sevilla.
It started with a fucked up car rental. Andrea and me loaded with bags and easter eggs went to the airport to pick up our car.. got shuttled to the car rental parking "field" meeting our favourite Nizacars cabrón .... 1 hour later we got back to the airport and off we went to the bus station.. Well, we got graded down there.
Next bus in 2 hours. Outside masses of people waiting for a procession. But, being my birthday, we wanted to have a coffee. So we went to Sevilla's "Café Drehscheibe" bar at the bus station and had 2 rum and coke each before falling into a nice sleep in the bus. Once we set a foot on the holy ~~tara~~ tierra of Isla Cristina all the bad birthday stuff was blown away and we walked home in the usual atmosphere: Tuning cars, loud Reggaeton music, the sea and the beach and chicos morenos.
Friday was the day of open mouths, Saturday we were

supposed to have a Romeria-date and dinner with a laywer and a fishermen, which ended up to be a dinner and a weird scenery ft. misinterpretation, goats, and an egg-incubator. Sunday beach-weather and I had a beautiful walk on the beach.. wow. So in the end birthday weekend turned out to be full of weird situations but again loads of new memories..

semana santa, day 3,4.

2007-04-05T20:20:00.000+02:00

4 pics from Tuesday. Juli and Rafa eating a Bocadillo at Juli's shop after I worked with Rafa at church.. sounds great, doesn't it? hihihi...

The crowd at our barrio's church - Plaza San Lorenzo - waiting for Jesus to leave..

Yesterday, wednesday, the curch around the corner "El buen fin" had their big day. So many, many Nazarenos ran around in my street. Brown ones.. in the end there were 700 queing up.. Walking with the procession.. passing El bar Rodriguez, our favourite bar for hanging out once in a while. What else? Well normal stuff like little boy dressed up as a priest and more people carrying crosses....

if it didn't...

2007-04-03T13:08:00.000+02:00

...happen daily right in front of my eyes I would never ever believe it. How can a person just be sooooo uncapable. Spanish mothers, this is for you: Please kick your boys out of Hotel Mum as soon as possible and BEFORE you let them live with kind of responsible austrian chicas please inscribe them to a domestic work bootcamp.

This is what I found today in my patio. I suppose it is towelling laundry.

Semana Santa day 2: andi's version

2007-04-03T12:20:00.000+02:00

My day 2 of Semana Santa was kind of different because it was NOT good. why? Because day 1 was incredible. We kind of failed the common objective (see as many virgins as possible) because after seeing the first we decided a drink would fit into the plan. And if you ever thought rum with coke is disgusting, try rum with sweet wine! That's what I did, and after a few hours talking about crazy-sex-people, sailors, heartbreaker and love stories in my new favourite bar we heard the trumpets again.. huii... a virgin is comming. Drunk and in the dark the whole thing is even more impressing!!!

So this is the reason why day 2 was not that good for me. Spent my day online, translating 5 pages of my Easterholiday work and cooking Gulasch, argh&§%$" and yummy. But today I'm fit again for any Semana Santa action. Bring it on!!! Así se anda señor!

semana santa, day 2

2007-04-03T10:16:00.000+02:00

lunes santo. #1: people queing to get into Jesus de Gran Poder Church,

#2:Nazarenos of San Gonzalo, #3: eating Churros, #4: Puente Isabel with Nazarenos.

Yesterday was a good day... went to german class, made 200 sandwiches at my flatmate's shop, got home.. slept 10 minutes... and then met up with Sinan. Didn't go to any procession on purpose yesterday.. Just tried to avoid the masses and sneak through the crowded streets. Didn't work that well... Today Andi and me are starting a Semana Santa trip again, so watch out for new stories..

sharks - uuuahahhhhh

2007-04-03T09:17:00.000+02:00

It felt like 20 000 miles under the sea, but it was only a few meters in the Sydney Aquarium. I have never seen that many sharks - and I've seen them all upside down, or rather downside up. The first picture shows me and my friend George and a group of crazy sharks (one of which is ... uhm ... female?) The next picture shows me, a shark and a huge, huge sea turtle, which you can't see, cos the sea is too dark and the flash reflected all the light, but don't my face expression shows it all? This is my next-to-a-turtle-pose ...
And after a while our necks started to hurt, but it was worth it, cos nature revealed some very freaky aspects of its ever so beautiful variety.

day 1 semana santa

2007-04-02T03:23:00.000+02:00

any sins to confess? If yes, join the guys next year...

Palmsonntag, domingo de ramos.. sunday, day 1

Nazarenos of La Estrella.. more pix on flickr..(andi's and mine)

2 days to go

2007-03-30T09:54:00.000+02:00

It is nearly Easter. Which means Semana Santa in Spain... or rather in Sevilla. I already noticed it yesterday when I had a wonderful 45 min. bus ride in a crowded bus. Sweating like a nutter, carrying my notebook and a huuuge bag. So Semana Santa tourism started.. And we don't talk about a few busses.. We talk about an increase in population of 1.000.000 people. Wowi! All the brass bands are already rehearsing for weeks along the river, trying to march synchronized. The costaleros (carrying about 60 kg each on their neck) had their rehearsals and even andi and me get informed. Got this free booklet which contains all the 59 processions which take place in the city. Starting this Sunday till next Sunday. And now it comes.. Each of the processions have their "crowd". The band, the "penitente" (sinners carrying wooden crosses), the "ciriales" (church members dressed like priests carrying silver staffs with candles) and the "nazarenos" (the white guys in the picture).

BUT the nazarenos are not 10, 50 or 100 per procession.. no! starting with 400 and ending with incredible 3000 of them escorting the Virgen de la Macarena from Thursday 0:30 till Friday 12:00 a.m. OVER 12 HOURS of carrying a 2500 kg Virgin Mary through the narrow streets of Sevilla. Followed by 3500 members of the church. So probably you can see that we get a bit scared there... Will be a weird feeling seeing each night about 6600 of these cone shaped hoods marching through the town. Some of them not allowed to speak.. the smell of incense, the sound of the mourning music... Hell, that's exciting!

Wood

2007-03-28T12:45:00.000+02:00

I like it, when the white bark shows through the wood.

msn at night in Sevilla

2007-03-27T23:32:00.000+02:00

i think it's worth blogging it. As it was a long time ago. Sorry, ~~german~~ austrian only.

andi sagt:
ich brauch ein buch
andi sagt:
ich glaub ich muss wieda mal ein ganzes buch lesen
andi sagt:
hast du ans für mi?
andi sagt:
a deitsches?
simone sagt:
ähm.. ja alexis sorbas
simone sagt:
hihihi
andi sagt:
pfäh
simone sagt:
müsste eigentlich gut sein
simone sagt:
heeeeeeeeeee
simone sagt:
Griechen mit tschick und meer
simone sagt:
wos wüst

The day I fed Pitt, Pat, Polly, Pia, Pero, Peggy, Pelle, Pan, Pelin and Prince

2007-03-27T11:12:00.000+02:00

The Whitsundays is an island group offshore of the Queenslandic East Coast. One of the islands has a beautiful beach called Whitehaven Beach. The sea is blue and the beach is bright white and fine as flour ... but really, I want you to pay attention to my brand new swimming suit, in matching colour to the stunning nature that surrounded me.
I stayed overnight on one of the islands and in the morning, while I was having breakfast, dozens of bright coloured birdies were chatting away in the trees. They sat in the trees until I threw the first breadcrumb (hehe) and suddenly they all came down and started to eat my toast. Now I know, I know: Feeding wild animals is pfui, pfui, pfui! But I couldn't help it.
And besides, nature punished me for that anyways, cos that afternoon, I was bitten by a goldfish. A big goldfish. While snorkeling in a reef, I swam too close to a boat where they were feeding the fish (with toast). And one of the little bastards thought that a whole in my stinger suit - showing my white skin - was a piece of bread and bit me. Well, nature is a flowing cycle of life and the motto is: "Bite or be bitten, or stay away."

naughty Koala

2007-03-25T13:57:00.000+02:00

In Noosa I saw a Koala in the National Park and he was waving at me. He stared at me for a couple of minutes before he slowly started to raise his hand. Very slowly he pointed in my direction and looked at me. I said hi and asked him how his day was. Obviously it hasn't been very good so far, because he ignored my question, grabbed a leaf and started to smell it.
But I like Koalas, they are cute little animals. The always have good breath from eating Eukalyptus all day. They are always relaxed, which makes them true Australians and - how interesting - they like to give head.

In times of need: Bas Rutten

2007-03-24T10:31:00.000+01:00

While traveling through Australia, I was mostly on my own. Although we all know that I'm a big girl and I can take care of myself, there were a few moments when I wished for someone bigger than me to take care.
Because one day, in a beautiful but dodgy national park near by, I had a strange encounter with a barefeet guy who followed me from the nudist beach through the brushes all the way to Rainbow beach. At first I didn't feel very safe, but then I remembered what I learned from Bas.
So I turned around and said:"I'm sorry!" and I saw a window (and if there's a window, you can through someone out) and I threw him out and I said: "I'm sorry? NO I'M NOT!!"

What about Sydney?

2007-03-23T13:35:00.000+01:00

After 378 hours on the plane, and a 20min. stop in Kuala Lumpur, I finally arrived in Sydney!
#1: Having a jet lag really sucks, exept for when the sunrise at 5 in the morning is exceptionally beautiful.
#2: It's easier to change a continent than a bad habbit. Me, posing with rabbit teeth in Darling harbour.
#3: One of the really cool things about Sydney is the contrast between a bustling city and the huge calm harbour.
#4: Except in the financial district, most buidlings are very low built. And don't they look oh-soo-cute!
#5: Sydney is a very green city, with lots of trees in the streets but there're also a lot of animals roaming the area. (I'll write more about that later)
#6: It seems that the Sydnese (inhabitants of Sydney?) aren't very creative when it comes to giving names. Everything's called after places in London (like Hyde Park, King's Cross, Oxford Street) or they used the (crazy) aboriginal names (like Woollahra, Tamarama or Woolloomooloo).
#7: And anywhere you are, there's a good chance to get a view of the Opera house, the Harbour bridge or something else that's pretty.
#8: Uuh, everything looks so not European!
#9: Original Australians by the beach. Notice the caps and shades! While I was traveling I saw the most ridiculous sunburns ever amongst my fellow tourists; Like tomato-red faces or dark red feet (yes, they burn). But I wasn't much better, cos I managed to burn my boobs in two big stripes (Now, how did I do that ;)

starting australia

2007-03-22T17:41:00.001+01:00

starting australia
Originally uploaded by martina melitta.

This was my first hostel in Australia and on this picture one can study the peculiarities of a backpacker:
The bunk beds, here in classic blue, are found in every hostel. The mattrasses and constructions vary from thin and shaky to thick and shaky. Next to the bed are my flip flops a.k.a. thongs (!) The backpack is resting casually next to my bed and right next to the chair, the two things very dear to a budget traveler; Plastic bags and plastic bottles. The nomads praide themselves for knowing 200 different words for sand - I praide myself for being able to predict the half-life period of plastic bags, which doesn't sound very exciting. But anyone who's ever tried to gather squashed banana from his bag while on the bus after a 12 hours drive might reconsider his opinion. And to all others; eat carrots!

a new addiction

2007-03-21T23:59:00.000+01:00

one of the chicas currently residenting in Madrid saved my day and pushed me into StudiVZ which made me laugh for hours and hours. I found freaks from my old school, BWZ colleagues, people I made out with a loooong time ago.... It's like Xing, Facebook, myspace and any other Web2.0 community thing, only better. why? Because I found this picture of Schorsch, Franzi and their classmate in it with the very appropriate and freely translated title "some can't keep up with the second week of final exam vacations":

Back to Life - Back to Reality

2007-03-21T11:03:00.000+01:00

Blue is the new trend colour this summer and this is exactly how I'm feeling today. The positive thing is that I finally got released from hospital after having laparoscopic surgery on my kidney. It was like that, except for my tummy being more brown cos I've been on holiday before the operation. The negative thing is that winter is back in Austria. Not the nice'n'cosy Snowflakes-are-falling-on-my-head winter, but the cold and grey freeezin'my-ass-off weather condition.
And in order to lift up the mood, I'll start telling stories about my fab holiday tomorrow. Australia - The continent that's like paradise, except for that everything there tries to kill you in an instant. They're not waiting for the apple to ripe!

uno más?

2007-03-19T18:05:00.000+01:00

Hi. Back in Sevilla after another superbe weekend in Isla Cristina. Staying at our friend's place, hanging out with our friend Miguel at "Casino" and always being confronted with a lot of ~~party~~ relaxation. Friday the "one beer" turned out to be an evening with cubatas and chupitos and todo.. including 100% spanisch village club where Daddy Yankee, Don Omar, Manuel Carrasco and Melendi would be proud of their songs.. Culoooo!

Are you still my friends :)

Thanks to Tarzan who entertained Andi with beautiful conversations like: Sevilla - beautiful. Spain - beautiful, we didn't mind leaving the club at 7. ... Of course being aware of the disgusting hangover we would have the next day. Also knows as "Isla nausea".. didn't see the beach on Saturday but at least I made it to the supermarket.. And guess what we did at 1:00 a.m.? We went to have " a drink" with Miguel.. Kept on drinking and talking to Fernando and Pablo, a.k.a "el moderator" and "another guy who saw us months ago". At 4:30 we went to La Tata where we spent an hour being observed by locals.. They should really know us by now! At unbelieveable 5:30 we went with Miguel and Nadal to Kaos thinking that the party should already have started by that time.. and we were right. Dancing, cubatas and the impressing chest of a waiter - shaved, B-cup and with an enormous D&G chain.. Well we ended up at 8 having breakfast with all the waiters and bouncers Isla Cristina has to offer.. Andi got half a tomato, I got told that my hair looks like Meg Ryan's and tremendously handsome "Mr. Stick and hat" made us think really, really lustful thoughts just by sitting opposite of us.. Caramba!

more pics here

domestic goddess

2007-03-16T14:38:00.000+01:00

That's what I fabricated the last 2 weeks... Pizza (2x), Snowflaked Brownies, Apfelstrudel, Beerfest, Tortilla de papas, Käsespätzle, banana choclate cake... and 2 guys.... my flatmate and Jorge in their new shop/bocadillo thing... looking good, ai? ;)

three reasons why this day is wicked

2007-03-16T12:49:00.000+01:00

#1: I am going to the beach today.
#2: I am going to Isla Cristina today.
#3: I am going to Isla Cristina today.

YIIPIIIIEEEEEH!!!!

three reasons why this day is crap

2007-03-15T15:12:00.000+01:00

#1: left my flat 5 minutes before my flatmate's rehearsal with a sexy handsome sax player started.

#2: tried to be a good friend and put 10 € on Simone's prepaid card. Didn't know I had THE WRONG NUMBER. so, you're welcome stranger!

#3: although I might show up first in any phone book, it seems that I am the last person who is called when something's going on. especially when the beard man is going out. pfffff

Conclusions: I don't use to be at the right place at the right time (#1), further I am totally stupid (#2) and this is probably the reason for #3.

Beware of the spiders!

2007-03-12T13:08:00.000+01:00

I just want to give you an impression of how freakin' big this huntsman spider was. And what I was fighting was a much more hairy fellow.

It's tough to survive in Austrlia

2007-03-12T13:06:00.000+01:00

the "buy one get two"-party

2007-03-11T16:33:00.000+01:00

It seems that I am the only person still blogging because Martina kind of disapeared in Australia (chica, I'm waiting for a detailed report!!!) and Simone is glued to the sofa watching Grey's Anatomy with Devon, her new flatmate. So it's up to me writing the resume of Simones graduating party which took place yesterday night on Simos rooftop. very cool, many drinks, much food. We actually coundn't merge the two groups that formed but as spanish people use to say: NO PASA NADA. to make it short I chose the 4 most significant pictures:
#1: food and....hm.... more food
#2: Devons fiesta crowd
#3: Simos fiesta crowd
#4: der letzte Rest vom Schützenfest

BBC documentaries

2007-03-10T11:17:00.000+01:00

I am a bit agitated since yesterday. Everything began when I just stopped by at Simones to see how her wisdom tooth is doing when she convinced me to stay and watch a BBC documentary online. title: PRIVATE PARTS. Now I know some vagina tips and stories I actually didn't want to know before and guess what... I'll share it with you!

#1: don't rush out of the shower when the telephone rings and sit on a can of hairspray accidentally

#2: don't EVER get pierced down there

#3: there actually exists a "VAGINA DESIGNER" in LA, so if you feel you wanna change a bit down there, just go there, pay 10.000 dollars and say: "hey vagina designer, the playboy style please!"

so, enough. and I won't even start about the things we saw on BBCs "Perfect Penis". And I wonder how many google searches will end at this post..hihihi

flights and cars

2007-03-07T12:42:00.000+01:00

big news: MAMA, I´M COMING HOME!!!

booked a flight to homeland Austria yesterday. Means that from 16.05 (REMINDER: which by the way is my birthday, so I expect a huge birthday cake and a birthday crowd at the airport) to 21.05 I´m in Linz... yippiiieeh! If at that time I am in a deep crisis or I just don´t want to go back I maybe stay. But as you know me, I just can´t make plans for more than 1 week in advance. So who knows what will happen in may??? Anyways, this vacations include a weekend, so I expect everyone currently living in Vienna to move their asses back home to hometown!!!

big news #2: JUST BOUGHT A MERCEDES

well, not for me, shit... but I bought it and buying cars is part of my new job which is great. My new boss pays me a lot for negotiationg with german car retailers, and I just made my first deal, a Mercedes C220!!!! How sad I can´t pick it up by myself :-(

the woes of a party queen

2007-03-05T23:02:00.000+01:00

thinking about making a party is fun, planning a party is fun, especially when there is a real reason to celebrate like Simo being a "Frau Magisterin" now. thinking about a party and planning a party is fun UNTIL the point of time when the invitations are out. then it's like planning a party for .... tatatatataaaa ZERO guests. very motivating...

In the end there always show up more party clowns than expected, but I am afraid this time there'll be nothing left to drink when the party starts because little andi will empty all the bottles of rum by herself in the afternoon in order to calm down and to scotch (what a nice and matching word LEO gives me, eh?) the fear of a ZERO-GUESTS-PARTY.

people are just not capable of answering these days, neither in Spain nor in Austria! In the long run I don't care if you answer my emails or not, just COME TO THE FIESTA ON SATURDAY, VALE?

weekend

2007-03-03T15:55:00.000+01:00

just letting you guys know that Simo and me are taking a sun bath on the roof. It's 25 degrees and we already have kind of a nice spanish tan.