Ten On Tuesday. A new friend, a runny nose and a heart attack grill.

Hallo meine Lieben,

it's time for another Ten On Tuesday.

Number 1.

My nose is running, I have a headache, I can't sleep, my throat hurts, I look like a month old water corpse, I am either too hot or too cold and I feel a little sorry for myself.

Number 2.

Hello, new friend. 

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Number 3.

I am searching for a new dress for my friend to protect him from mean scratches. I got one at Target but at home I found out that it covers part of the screen which is not very nice. Any recommendations?

Number 4.

I read the first couple of pages of "Fifty Shades of Grey" and got so bored. I guess I will remain one of the few people who haven't read this book. I can live with it. I am just glad I did not have to pay for the book.

Number 5.

I have a new favorite restaurant. The "Heart Attack Grill" in Las Vegas. They have so many delicious meals...I could not decide what to eat. The have the highest calorie burger in America! And you even eat for free when you weigh more than 350 pounds! 

Just kidding. I would not want to eat there. And how about "Over 350 lbs gets free vegetables"?

Number 6.

I am really really jealous of Matthew Bellamy's jacket. Where did he buy it?

Number 7. 

The Muse concert was definitely one of the best concerts I have ever been to. And I have been to many. So now I need to see them in Wembley Stadium. 

Number 8. 

Sometimes I feel like I can't stand all the cruelty in this world anymore. Seriously, what is wrong with people? 

Number 9. 

Last weekend David and I watched all episodes of "Long way round" in 2 days.  It is a documentary about Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman traveling eastwards from London to New York through Europe, Asia and America. Fascinating. I have read the book and wanted to watch the show so badly! Now we have to watch "Long way down" where they travel from Scotland to South Africa. 

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Number 10.

Porcupines make me smile. 

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Have a lovely Tuesday, my friends! And don't get sick!

Sunday Confessions. Supermassive Black Hole, Hysteria and Madness.

Hallo meine Lieben,

hope your weekend is going great! I am linking up with lovely Alyx from Every Day Is A New Adventure and I have something to confess. 

Confession #1.

I really tried to take some nice pictures of Muse but I had to accept that my iPhone camera is not good enough to take concert pictures. Even when you stand in second row and the girl in front of you is 2 heads smaller than you. Sadly my other camera broke on our trip to Vegas (I really destroy all my electronic devices. It is a curse, I know it.). But yeah, I tried.

Confession #2.

I felt a little bad when I did not stop complaining about the cold when we waited in line and the girl in front of me only wore a t-shirt and did not complain at all. I wore a coat but to my defense, it wasn't the warmest coat I have. 

Confession #3.

I thought about getting a shirt after the concert but I did not want to wait in line for an hour to spend 35/40 dollars for a shirt. But still, it would be nice to have a Muse shirt. 

Confession #4.

I really really really really wanted to steal Matthew Bellamy's jacket. Perfect jacket. Sorry you can't really see it in the picture. I will try to find a better one. But it was great. 

Confession #5.

I need to get a piano. Pianos are awesome and I need to learn how to play. I also need a bigger living room because there is not much space for a piano right now. And I need the same Matthew Bellamy owns. A plexiglass piano. With lights. 



Do you have anything to confess? Enjoy your Sunday!

If I were queen for a day...

Hallo meine Lieben,

how is your day going? I am pretty excited because I  will go to see Muse tonight in Cleveland. Woohoo. I have never been to a concert of that band but I like the music for years. It's time! Can't wait!
I am sure it will be lots of fun to wait in line in the freezing cold. 28 degrees and snow. Here I come. 

Well, time for another awesome Random Thursday topic with these girls.

Oh well, I only have one day? I guess it will be a busy day because there are so many things I would like to change, stop, do.....let's start.

source I would stop factory farming. End experimenting on animals. I would transform all kill-shelters into no-kill-shelters. I would offer my palace to all the animals in need. Harsher penalties for animal abuse. I would close all the fur farms and search for a new home for all the poor foxes, bunnies, minks and so on. 

source I would fire some politicians. Well, a lot of them. Most of them. In general I would try to make the world a better place. 

source I would legalize same-sex marriage. Everywhere. Because I can't believe that you an marry your cousin in most of the states but not the partner you love. 

source Well, I would definitely make it illegal to use onions in any kind of meal because eating onions is a torture.
If you were queen or king for a day, what would you do?

Ten On Tuesday. Cuteness overload, drowning and a vegan find.

Hallo meine Lieben.

it's time for another Ten On Tuesday! Hope you are all enjoying your day! It is so rainy and grey and ugly here. Very depressing.

1. Joaquin Phoenix' reaction when they read his name as an Oscar nominee was pretty entertaining. Snacking and shaking your head at the same time? Not bad. I guess he was pissed because they did not allow to show his new animal rights campaign during the show. It was "too political". Plus he hates awards. I was surprised to even see him there. 

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2. He is one of my most favorite actors. I guess they will never stop nominating him because he is so freaking talented but I doubt that he will ever win. The Academy...

3. Anne Hathaway's Oscar dress looked like an apron. 

4. It hurts a lot when you roll over your toes with a vacuum cleaner. American vacuum cleaner are much heavier than German ones. 

5. I got totally excited in the grocery store yesterday because I unexpectedly found some vegan "chik'n" patties. They are vegan and without onions. That is all I am asking for. Can't wait to try them. 

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6. I am so happy that my fellow German (well okay, Austrian too) Christoph Waltz won the Oscar! I will never forget the first time I saw him on TV. I was ten and he played a creepy murder who collected dolls.  I was so scared of him. 

7. What is wrong with Illinois? They introduced a bill aimed at punishing those who report animal cruelty. What is wrong with people? You can read about it here. 

8. I am currently addicted to Green Tea with dragonfruit, acai and melon. 

9. I finally started to read the last book (so far) of the Carl Morck series by Jussi Adler Olsen and I am trying to read as slow as I can because I don't want it to be over.

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10. I need my daily dose of cuteness overload. 

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Have a lovely Tuesday!

Let's talk about awards.

Hallo meine Lieben,

I hope you are all having a wonderful Sunday! Will you watch the Oscars tonight? I definitely will. I love to watch them. I am a huge movie fan plus I really enjoy seeing the beautiful and horrible dresses at the red carpet. 

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I know I have just told you that I am a huge movie fan. But I consider myself a huge fail this year because I haven't seen any of the movies that are nominated for best picture. I feel really bad about this because I usually try to watch most of the movies that are nominated but I just did not find the time recently. There are some I am really  interested in. Silver Linings Playbook and Django Unchained for example. But I guess I have to watch them when the awards are over. At least I read "Life of Pi".

David and I have watched "The Impossible" last night. I am a huge fan of Ewan McGregor and I think he did a great job. Naomi Watts also. Plus there is a German actor in the movie. Yeah for that.  The movie scared me a lot because of all the water. I really don't know if I could survive in such a situation. I would probably die of a panic attack before the water would hit me. 

I really wish that Joaquin Phoenix will win the award for Best Actor but I kind of doubt it. But he rocks and he is definitely my favorite of all the nominees. I am also keeping my fingers crossed for Christoph Waltz because he is fellow German speaker and also a fabulous actor.

I am glad I am in America and don't have to stay up the whole night to watch the Oscars. 

So, I hope you guys will all enjoy your Sunday night, no matter if you are interested in the Oscars or not.

I am very proud and honored to tell you that I received an award too!

My dear friend Chrissy from Whimsical Poppysmic who is a fellow German nominated me for the Liebster Award! It means a lot to me that I received the award from her because she is such an awesome person and my blog hero too! Thank you so much, Chrissy!

Chrissy asked all the people she nominated to answer her 11 questions. I love answering questions and it is an honor to do that with hers. So here we go.

Chrissy's eleven questions.

1. When did you start blogging and why?

Almost a year ago! In April 2012! How exciting! I remember that I started to read some blogs a couple of months before I started my own blog and I loved to read all the lovely posts and leave my comments. And I wanted to be a part of the community, share my thoughts with others, tell people about my life in America. 

2. How do you start your day, what are your morning rituals and when do you have to get up?

I get up at 7 am every morning and the first thing I do every morning is to make a coffee or a tea. I am not really a morning person, not very talkative so I need something to wake me up. 

3. What's your favorite quote from a book? Name the book.

Well, that's easy. "Animals are my friends... and I don't eat my friends." by George Bernard Shaw.

4. Where do you live and would you rather live somewhere else, no matter where?

I am a German but I live in Ohio, United States. I live there in a smaller city with my husband David. This is not the place we want to live forever. We would love to live in Denver, Colorado or in Ireland. :) I hope we can move to one of this places as soon as possible.

5. Introvert or extrovert?

I would say I am more of an ambivert but tend to be more introvert than extrovert. I don't like to be in the middle of a huge crowd, I love to spend some time alone but I can also be very enthusiastic. 

6. What is one of your greatest fears in life?

Lots of water. I am really scared of water and drowning. I am also scared of losing my loved ones. 

7. Do you set yourself goals? Name one of your most important goals for 2013? 

Sure, I set goals for myself. The most important one is to find the perfect place to live. 

8. Who's the most annoying celebrity in your opinion?

Uh, there are so many. The Kardashians are really annoying because they are so dumb. And Jennifer Love Hewitt. I just can't stand her. And I hate the way Heidi Klum talks. Oh, and Tom Cruise. 

9. What's your favorite junk food?

Probably fries. Do they count as junk food? I love anything made of potatoes. Also chips. I can eat lots of chips. 

10. What do you like about yourself the most?

Hmm, I like about myself that I am a very caring person. :)

11. Name 3 of your favorite blogs for me to visit!

Oh, I have so many favorite blogs. You already know Miki's blog and I think we read a lot of the same blogs. I also love Alex' blog ifs ands & butts, Celeste's blog The Punching Teacup and Sara's blog Sara In Le Petit Village. And many more. I love all the blogs I read on a regular basis and you should visit all of them. Unfortunately, I can't link up to all of them here. But that reminds me that I have to make a list of all the blogs I read. 

Chrissy, thank you again for nominating me! You are such a sweetheart and I love reading your blog! Please feel free to answer Chrissy's questions. I would love to read your answers!
Have a lovely  Sunday!

Ridiculous fears.

Hallo meine Lieben,

I hope you are all having a wonderful time and you are all able to stay warm. It is so freezing cold over here, I can't even describe it. We went to a concert in Cleveland last night and I almost froze to death on my way from the car to the venue. Which was only a 2 minute walk but enough time to die. 

I am linking up with these ladies for some more Random Thursday.




The topic is...

Well, this is totally my topic because I have a pretty bad ridiculous fear. I am scared of water.  Not so much the water that comes out of the shower...I am even fine with the  water in my bath tub. But any amount of water bigger than that freaks me out. Really. I mean it. 

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Even a pool is too much for me when it is deep enough. I need to be able to stand on the ground and have my head over the water. Then I am fine. Anything else...pure horror.  As you can imagine, beach vacations are probably not much fun with me. I never go swimming. Never. Not because I can't swim. I am just too scared.  I don't have any bad experiences with water. Probably because I never go swimming. It is just a ridiculous fear.

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Not that I really have a fear of clowns but I can't understand how parents can invite clowns to their kids' birthdays. They are totally creepy and I don't want to meet a clown at night. Maybe I watched "It" too often when I was a child...maybe.
These are my ridiculous fears. What are yours?

Ten things I have learned in Vegas.

Hallo meine Lieben,

I am linking up with Lin from Linny's Vault and I thought it would be nice to do a Ten On Tuesday post about Vegas, baby! I still haven't told you guys much about it and I feel really bad. I am sorry, I just did not find the time to sort through all the pictures and write a proper post yet. But it will follow, I promise. 

Number 1.

It would be nice to live in a Penthouse every time I go on a vacation. I could get used to it. The bathroom of that Penthouse was bigger than my whole first apartment. Well maybe that is an exaggeration but it was still huge. There even was a phone next to the toilet. And a TV in the bathroom so I was able to watch the news while I took a shower. 

Number 2.

A green couch can look really nice.

Number 3.

Nobody cares when you drive way too fast on the Extraterrestrial Highway. Not even when you drive 125 mph. Because nobody else is out there. 

Number 4. 

Rachel, Nevada is a little town with only 98 inhabitants but it is a tourist attraction because it is close to Area 51 and there is fabulous place called Al'e'Inn where you can eat an Alien Burger. The waitress won't let you finish your meal when you are unlucky. Be prepared to defend your food. 

Number 5.

You don't have to be polite to the 246 people who want to give you some information brochures about hookers. Just ignore them.

Number 6.

You can ride on a Gondala in some clean blue water which you will never see when you are in Venice. Or you can just watch the people who actually spend lots of money on that and make fun of the singing skills of the Gondoliere.

Number 7.

The waitresses in the "Paris" hotel wear dresses that are definitely not Parisian. 

Number 8. 

You can go and buy artificial grass at the Zombie Apocalypse Store. I just don't know how that helps you to survive  a zombie apocalypse. I should have asked. 

Number 9. 

People get mad at you when you knock on their door like crazy because you think it is your own door and your husband doesn't want to let you back in. Sorry to the people who lived on floor 20. My fault. 

Number 10.

If you wait for the volcano in front of your hotel to erupt, you should check first if they are doing some maintenance work on it. Don't be disappointed if they do. 

More Vegas will follow! Have a wonderful Tuesday!