Swiped from ladyofsalzburg

1) Go to Wikipedia

2) In the search box, type your birth month and day but not the year.

3) List five events that happened on your birthday

1066 – William the Conqueror invades England: the Norman Conquest begins.

1322 – Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor defeats Frederick I of Austria in the Battle of Mühldorf, the last knight battle without firearms.

1928 – Sir Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.

1939 – Warsaw surrenders to Nazi Germany during World War II.

1958 – France ratifies a new Constitution of France; the French Fifth Republic is then formed upon the formal adoption of the new constitution on October 4. Guinea rejects the new constitution, voting for independence instead.

4) List five important birthdays and one death

551 BC – Confucious, Chinese philosopher

1330 – Nicolas Flamel, French alchemist

1573 - Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Italian painter

1968 – Mika Häkkinen, Finnish race car driver

1979 – Bam Margera, American skateboarder

Death: 1978 – Pope John Paul I (b. 1912), after just 33 days in office

5) One holiday or observance (if any)

World Rabies Day (Yay! :p)

Dear BZÖ and all other far-right idiots in this country,


Stop talking about re-investigating Jörg Haider's Death by Idiocy.

Actually, stop talking AT ALL.

1. The man had a blood-alcohol level of 1.8 per mil and his idea of a good time was driving too fast in the middle of the night on a bendy road - Natural Selection is what it is.

2. He was NOT killed because he was sekkritly and successfully building a coalition with the other far-rights and the conservatives.

3. He was NOT killed because he knew juicy details about the financial crisis and the people responsible.

4. The majority of the Austrian population does NOT think the driving drunk story sounds fishy.

And before you bring it up, members of the Mossad, al-Qaida and/or the Green Party were NOT sitting in his trunk gnawing away at his brake-pipes.

So STFU and GTFO of my country.


Absolutely No Love At All,
Me

F1 resolution found, says Mosley

Srsly? Huh.

I have to say ... I might have been getting kind of excited about the FOTA series...

Un-fucking-believable.

I just randomly looked for communities interested in 'austria'.

One of the results: white_racialism.

Is it wrong that I am appalled that they list European countries (including France and Swiss for unfathomable reasons), the world alpine and (the icing on the cake for me) Mozart and other classical musicians as their interests next to hate, heil hitler or the oh-so-subtle 88?

Or that there is a direct link to folk_and_faith on their profile page?

Sometimes I hate people so very, very much.

Yet again, I planned to post ages ago... I'm getting so lazy, it's unbelievable :)

So, news:

0001. I have a job! And it's here!
I'll be a receptionist from July 1st to Sept 13th (only 3 or 4 shifts per week, though). The two 'bosses' are both in their twenties and totally awesome, definitely my best job interview ever - which was, BTW, at 8.30 pm in a cafe XD I'm actually really looking forward to it - speaking English half of the time, giving Americans tourist tips, explaining how to work our water taps to Japanese (don't ask. It's what the bosses told me.) ... YAY!

0010. Other summer plans: Uhm ... uni, uni and uni. I have a bit of a deficit, so I'm taking one criminal law course I should've done this semester and two courses as preparation for my exam in October. God bless summer uni. But! All indications are that I'll be going to the GP of Hungary again! YAY HUNGARORING, baby, I missed you so last year!

0011. I did buy The Sims 3, and guess what my first random default Sim looked like. I don't know about you, but imo she kinda has a famous face. Scary! O_O

0100. Awesome book is awesome so I think you should all read it. It's YA urban fantasy (yeah, not my cup of tea either, normally) but it's still awesome (mostly because sarahtales, the author, writes so well). You can read the first chapter here! (And it's not about some kind of demon's book, if that's what you're worried about. The title is so clever that it took me 2 days to figure it out!)

0101. Okay, the weather is really yucky. It's rainy and wet and rainy and also, it rains. Did I mention the rain? Half of Austria is drowning. And as we all know (ha, ha) the weather on Saturday will determine the weather for the next 7 weeks!

0110. ( A not-short summary of my F1!twitter this weekend )

0111. I need to go study now... Meh. I have two exams this week (Study of Literatures and Study of Language) and one next week (Language Analysis). The upside: A big part of the Literature exam is Lady Windermere's Fan - which my school drama group did in 2005 :D Ladies and Gentlement, meet the former Mr. Cecil Graham/Mr. Dumby (uhm ... we had a chronic lack of boys in the group.)

Have a good week, everyone!

Ever heard of the Republic of Kugelmugel? No? Well...

"After a dispute with the government over construction of his spherical house in central Vienna, the Austrian artist Edwin Lipburger declared his property an independent nation in 1984 and renamed it the Republic of Kugelmugel. Lipburger was sentenced to jail for his refusal to pay taxes and his insistence on printing his own stamps. However, a pardon from the Austrian president saved him from serving time.

Kugelmugel (roughly "Spherical Hill") was eventually moved to Prater park, an amusement park in Vienna where it has become a tourist attraction. Outside the house Edwin has posted a long "Scheisse list." The list includes the mayor Dr. Helmut Zilk, who forged a demolition permit for Kugelmugel. Though the Republic of Kugelmugel is enclosed in barbed wire, it is still possible to get a glimpse of the micro-nation from the surrounding Austrian park land."

As seen here

They also have an official website: http://www.republik-kugelmugel.com/


I lol'd so much. Srsly. I mean, here I was, living in this country for 19 years without even knowing we had a microstate in our midst! Eat that, Vatican - you're not the smallest country on earth! :D

Also, the current address is, according to the artist, Anti-Faschismus-Platz 2 XD

*goes back to watching FP*

I did not think they would go there. Honestly. I mean, not that this means they are ultimately going there ... I'll stop talking now. Let me just say that I think it's ludicrous to believe that there will be two F1s next year. Or one Formula One and one ... FOTA One, or whatever.

Also, I don't want more new teams, because I don't want the Superfund one. Because Alex has to stay on as commentator. Because he's the light of my life etc ad nauseam, and I shall kidnap him and keep him in my closet for personal commentary otherwise.



It's a pity that ReTweets aren't for EllJay, but I'll do it anyway, because there's nothing else to say really:
RT fanged_angel: So who wants popcorn?

Yes, I still have 55 minutes left :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY deltachild!!

Hope your day was made of win <3

I came so, so close to booking a flight to London for August or whatever. Because it's so cheap (€60 incl return flight) and I long for this city and ... yeah. Only that I don't really have someone to travel with me and I'm not sure I could afford the rest and it's better this way.

So after a really crappy day because my digestions was going crazy for no apparent reason. I even had real pasta yesterday! :| I needed some Happy. So, have a little picspam!

( 15 Minutes of Prettiness Without a Fugly Cap, or Kimi and the Monaco Podium )


Take some Happy too if you need it! Works for me. Sometimes I just like looking at him :)


Note I.: Going home for Whitsun tomorrow. Even though I really want to be in Prague, where the Lord of the Rings Symphony is playing...

Note II.: Spent €327,- yesterday. But on a good thing - a dishwasher!! By this time next week we will have a dishwasher again!! :D

Note III.: I shouldn't have watched Private Practice. Because I hate cliffhangers, and I can't decide if this one in the finale was even bigger than the one in the Grey's Anatomy finale. Aaaaaargh!! Why am I addicted to these TV shows?

To put an end to all my recent CERN-talk, I'm reccing something I found surfing their website:

If you've seen or read Angels and Demons, you might want to take a look at the CERN site Angels and Demons - The science behind the story. While I admit that I enjoyed both the book (which I read years ago) and the film, I'm always careful not to get too caught up in these pseudo-scientific thrillers. So the reality of everything is explained on the website - very interesting!


That said, HALP:

All the TV shows I'm currently following are on in-between-season hiatus. And I NEED MY SHOWS, OKAY? So I'm looking for something new to start watching.
My favourite shows atm are Grey's Anatomy and Gossip Girl, followed by Brothers and Sisters and (to a significantly lesser extent) Desperate Housewives. Any recommendations?

\o/

YESSSSSSSSS

The Austrian head of government is dead against leaving CERN and says this discussion is closed.
THANK GOD.

There's now speculation how that moron of a science minister even came up with the idea. Personally, I think he went to see Angels and Demons and his precious Christian conservative heart was so shocked to see what CERN is going to do to the Vatican that he thought he had to do something XD

Uhm. I guess I really care about CERN for some reason ... I seriously considered studying astronomy or quantum physics at one point, until I decided that my hate for maths was greater than my love for quarks. I still think CERN is totally awesome and the work they're doing is priceless. Also, it recently joined my list of possible future employers along with the EU and the UN (oh, wishful thinking) when I realised that even a bunch of scientists need jurists. Because jurists are needed everywhere, especially in organisations with so many nationalities. I'd just really like to be part of this one day.

So, that's why I get so passionate about this subject :)

Stolen from hanna23:

PRETTYFUL HAIR IS PRETTYFUL!



Don't mind that other guy, they must have screwed up the cutting. I'm guessing he's some kind of extra XD

Also, I like Spanish interviewers. They take away fugly caps.

*lol*

Uhm, what?

Someone please explain to me how I can be on Dreamwidth without wanting to be on Dreamwidth. Ô_o


That said, it's a pity I don't have a single Austrian on my flist. Because I found a Petition to prevent Austria from leaving CERN, which after only 4 days already has a formidable 30.000 signatures.
In case there is an Austrian randomly reading this: PLZ TO BE SIGNING!! You know, if you care about this country at all.

Fun Fact: The membership at CERN costs us €16m per year. Which is only 0,47% of the science budget. Every year, around €73m flow back into out economy because of CERN.

Only Possible Conclusion: Our Minister of Science (the mind that concocted this brilliant plan) is a complete moron. And he's got a) our head of government, b) a few other ministers, c) the most powerful man in his own (Christian conservative) party, d) the sadly very influental tabloid Die Kronen Zeitung and e) 30.000 citizens and lots of scientists against him.

So at least there's a light at the end of the tunnel.

Here there be spoilers. In CAPSLOCK. Also incoherent flailing. In CAPSLOCK. Also-also pathetic little weeping noises, partly in CAPSlock.

( Grey's Anatomy Season 5 Finale )

I need to get up in 4 hours for a wedding. :|
Thank God I found something to wear in my Mum's wardrobe. Err, the room where she keeps her clothes. XD I'm telling you, I didn't find anything anywhere else. Meh.


Man, the Gossip Girl finale on Monday better be good. I need something nice and bright and shiny after this.

Because last week's episode of Grey's Anatomy was so good that it made me nostalgic, I'm rewatching everything. Which means that since Saturday, I've watched 38 episodes, which equals two seasons and a bit.

Yeah, I didn't sleep a lot. I also realised that one of the episodes isn't working for me, and here's why:

Problem: Newborn found in school bathroom. Four 14-year-old girls have been in there recently, all deny. Which one is the mother?

Solution: Lots and lots of talking, begging, threatening, bloodtyping, and if all fails: painful, invasive virginity tests.

...honestly. Can't you just:
a) test their blood/urine/whatever for excessive hormones? They always tell you that after giving birth, your hormones go crazy, so something must surely be different.
b) check their breasts to see if they're lactating?
c) actually have a look at their private parts? I mean, we're talking about a 14-year-old giving birth. Don't tell me that a few hours after the birth, there would be no difference to normal 14-year-old girl parts.

I mean, I'm not a doctor, but this seems a tad ridiculous.


/random


I shall go to bed now, since I have a mid-term test in my Integrated Language and Study Skills course in a few hours. Not that this is important or even difficult, but still.


PS: I have a wedding on Saturday. And I had a few summer dresses and skirts and blouses prepared for it. But, of course, it's Carinthia, so it's going to be rainy and cold. Which means I HAVE NOTHING TO WEAR but a trench coat.
Correction: I bought an appropriate dress online today. Which I won't get for 2 weeks, so yeah ... I'm kind of screwed.

I also don't have shoes for rainy weddings. Because NO-ONE HAS. Also my hair won't stay sleek and straight (like it is after two hours treatment with a flat iron) in the rain. This is so unfair.

...SORRY. But, you know, I don't have many occasions to dress up, and the first and last wedding I've been to was 9 years ago. I was ten and not vain enough to wear something other than jeans (or so I would imagine. I don't really remember). My point is: When I get to stay at a mansion, I'd like to look the part. :|


Sleep. Right. (Especially since Flatmate went to sleep before midnight Ô_o Yay, no ear plugs today!)

Okay, I srsly can't wait for Brüno, the new film of Sacha Baron Cohen. Sneak peek here

It looks absolutely cracktastic - just the words "Flamboyant Austrian fashionista" are enough to crack me up XD

I haven't even seen Borat, but I hear it's quite awesome... so I'm really curious about this *g*



In other news, last call for that picture taking meme!! Come on, guys :)

OMFGLOL

So I'm coming home from my British Cultural Studies exam, completely unsuspecting and thinking about nothing but crawling in my bed and watching the new Grey's Anatomy episode, when I see a fire fighter turned beekeeper (or vice versa) fighting a swarm of bees in a public rubbish bin 50 metres from my doorstep.

MOST RANDOM ACT OF VANDALISM/TERRORIST ATTACK/HAZARDOUS WASTE DISPOSAL FAIL EVER Y/Y??

Of course I joined the small crowd who were busy taking pics, but unfortunately my mobile phone camera is totally crappy and those bees just wouldn't hold still :) There was a scary amount of them there, but they're barely visible in the pics:

( Teh evidence )

Why the hell would you toss a swarm of bees in a public rubbish bin? Why?
...Actually, how is that even possible? Also, I don't know much about bees, but I imagine it would be worth a pretty penny...


This is so much WTF right now, I can't take it. But it made my day XD

I'll keep an eye on the newspapers tomorrow; maybe they have an explanation for all this weirdness.

Austria to pull out of European CERN institute

You. Fucking. Idiots.

Yes, I am totally pissed about this. This country does little enough research as it is, now they go and end it completely.

Also, I bet you dollars to positrons that now that we're no longer part of this, the LHC discovers the God Particle or something along those lines in two months max. Just because irony and Austria are two great tastes that taste great together.

This is so embarrassing. There is 1 (one) country that has done this before: Yugoslavia. This country does not even exist anymore. I mean, honestly! Albania is currently applying for a membership. We are one of the richest countries in the world, despite the recession, and this is what you do?

Fuck you, Johannes Hahn, and the horse you rode in on. And the horse you'll keep riding even when all the other people in the world have switched to hydrogen cars.

Damn, damn, damn, damn, damn.

I really wanted to be in town for the Life Ball this year. Because I've never been before, and I think the whole inner city goes crazy that evening. I wanted to dress up! Sparkly, lacy etc. Also, Bill Clinton in is town, and Eva Longoria, and Katy Perry and a few other celebs, and while I don't really care about them, I still want to be here!

But, as luck would have it, my ... step cousin (or something along those lines) is getting married in Northern Slovenia on that Saturday. I'm kinda looking forward to it, but it's still a pity...

/random

Aaaaaaaaaaargh I'm not too late it's still today it still counts even though it's a close call:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY tinini!!

Hope your day was made of win and cake! <3 <3 <3