Fanart, Fanfiction and Fangirling

Back from TV Noir. I had a lot of fun, I'll write more about it later.

I just wanted to add a funny detail to my hangover post. Last night I dreamed of Farin: I was with two other fans and we could meet him because we had written something and won a contest or something. When it was my turn to talk to him, he read what I had written and was very disappointed because I had misspellt the word "pudding".

Now, why I would write something about pudding and give it to Farin is beyond me, but the fact that I dreamed of him berating me just after I got drunk is just too absurd. This must be my subconscious trying really hard to make me stop drinking. ;)

Resignation letter is printed, I'm going to hand it in this evening, wish me good luck.

My friends found a small flat (an attic, actually) where I could stay that's 5 minutes away from where they live (Wilmersdorf), but the owner wants to know the exact dates of when I'm arriving and leaving within this week, because there are other people interested, but I don't know yet. I'm looking at wg-gesucht.de as well and found a few announcements for WGs close to the language school in Prenzlauer Berg.

And, if my muse doesn't go on strike, I may even finish that Richy/Igor fic I started last week. :)

PS I had a dream about Doctor Who last night. And there was some snogging involved. WTF? I've never watched a single episode of Doctor Who, I don't even know what the series is about! I only know that David Tennant's in it because I've seen it on my flist!

Not that I'm complaining, there are worse people to snog in dreamland... :P

Yesterday was such a stressful day. First I thought my cell phone got stolen (luckily I had just forgotten it at home), then my parents, who are currently on holiday, tried to call me, but they couldn't contact me, so my mother got worried and called our neighbours and a friend of mine to see if they could reach me. My friend sent me an email and I called them at their hotel. The funny thing is, I actually wanted to call them during lunch break, because I had gone out with some friends the night before and I know my mother always worries when I have to use the underground after 9:00 PM. But of course I had to forget my cell phone that day. Then in the evening I had to rush to the local festival, since I'm in charge on the bookshop. And, on top of that, I've had a terrible stomachache for days. I looks like I'll have to stay clear of festival food for a while.

At least I bought two sci-fi books for 1€ each, one by Philip Dick and one by Frederick Brown, who are among my favourite writers of all time.

Also, it looks like the poor people in Linz will have to stand in the rain both today and tomorrow. I'm sorry for them. I hope it won't rain in Montreux next week...

And, last but not least, a screen shot from this Farin interview - taken at 3:10



*eyebrow fetish galore*

EDIT: Last night I dreamed Bela was at my place and we were talking about marketing strategies involving buttons (not band pins, real buttons you use to, you know, button up your shirt?) After a while he said he had brought along his cat and when I saw him... it was my cat! Only, in kitten form. I can't believe it's been a month since he died. My poor Spillo... ;_;

I should be working on a program but I need a break, so I'll just write about the amazingly weird dream I had last nighty.

I was at a DÄ concert (oh my, what a surprise!) with my friend Sara, we were standing in the fourth or fifth row on the right, and when the concert was about to start, I thought "Fifth row isnt't enough, I wanna get to the front!" I started squeezing my way towards the center and spotted Almut, but when I reached her, a lot of people went away and the roadies started taking the barricades down. After a few confusing moments we were told the concert was going to take place somewhere else. We were in a sort of park and I knew there was another stage outside, so I rushed out. The other stage was separated from the rest of the area by huge, massive doors, and just as I was approaching they slammed shut. I shouted "NOOO!!!" and was ready to kill someone, but when I pushed them, I realised they weren't locked. I got inside and saw three people on stage, talking with the audience. The were dressed in marines uniformes and, at a first glance, looked like BFR. When I got closer, though, I saw they were only lookalikes, and they were explaining the concert was going to take place somewhere else and the real BFR wanted us to guess where.

I walked outside and went to another area, where fans were already waiting in front of a small stage. The left part was completely empty and I thought of sitting there in the front, but then I saw the left part of the stage, the one where Farin stands, was completely occupied by shelves and I thought "Wait, they can't play here! It has to be somewhere else!"

But before I was able to discover where the real concert was going to take place, I woke up.

Yes, that was a weird dream, but I wouldn't put it past DÄ to organise a treasure hunt like that. Maybe that's what Bela meant when he said next year DÄ are going to do something no one's ever done yet? :P

And while I'm talking about concerts, a couple of funny quotes from Budapest.

Farin: "One... MWHAHAHA... Two... MWHAHAHA... Three... HAHAHA: The Count!"
Rod: "Did you say 'the cunt'?"

Farin: "Why you people keep throwing up your arms?"
Bela: "Why you people keep throwing up?"


*shakes head* Who is crazier, the band or their fans?

Haha, I love my subconscious. Last night I dreamed I was touring to see concerts, probably Bela B y Los Helmstedt, and was chatting with Wayne and Lula. After one show I was backstage with Bela and Lula, they were sitting in armchairs, while I was sitting on the floor. They were talking about relationships and touring, I don't remember exactly, but at one point Lula said something like "Yes, I was together with this person for a long time (or was it "I was single for a long time"? Can't remember), as she well knows", and she pointed at me, sounding like we were best friends or something. Bela just made a WTF face and said "What? And you talk about that with your groupies?" HAHAHA, I'm a Lula groupie. XD

A propos concerts, I'm going to see Farin's concert in Hamburg next December with Stefano (biggest Farin fanboy in Italy - and it's all MY fault :D) and Elena. Too bad Elena can't find her ticket anymore, she said she may have left it in one of the books she borrowed from the library. WHAT THE FUCK.

And while we're talking about Farin, I became a Farin fan on Facebook yesterday (meh) and today my Gabe-lookalike colleague, who is also on Facebook, asked me "Who is Farin Urlaub?" Oh, if only he knew...

Right, back to work writing Richy/Igor. I wanted this ficlet to be fluffy and smutty, but there's angst creeping in.

PS No, I am NOT going to write a Farin/Arnim fic. Nonononono. >_<

Man, what a surreal dream I had last night. It was Carnival in Milan and I was on the underground with a friend (I don't remember whom) and... Farin. My friend and I were dressed up as Arlecchino (my costume was much better than hers, though) and Farin was dressed up as Dottor Balanzone (tee-hee, a doctor...) I was very excited because we were all wearing traditional Commedia dell'Arte costumes and Farin was standing right next to me and looked very happy. Then we were outside, close to the theatre were I used to work, the one that stages the most famous Arlecchino play in Italy, if not in the world, it was raining really hard and my friend started complaining.

After that the dream switched to another location, I was somewhere in Germany and met up with Almut and some of the "front row girls" in a fancy pastry shop and I was talking half in English and half in German (speaking 3 different languages in a dream is damn stressful!) Apparently there was a concert later on, so we decided to eat something there, we just sat down in front of some pastry-filled shelves and ate. At one point I stood up and walked over to one of the girls to tell her something and when I went back to my seat, there was a woman who told me off saying "What's this, an Ärzte concert? Do I need to camp here in order to get a seat?" And I felt awful and thought "But... I've just got here..."

And then I woke up. Dear subconscious, what are you trying to tell me? XD

20th December 2008: FURT concert in Hamburg! YAY! I've just ordered 3 tickets, I'm going with Stefano (the same friend who went to the Düsseldorf gig with me in 2006) and Elena. We're gonna have a great time! :D

Speaking of something else entirely, what's up with my subconscious these days? Or better, these nights. First I dreamed of Ariel from Rock FM, he was being all flirty and spent half of my dream hugging me (not that I mind...); then I dreamed of Bela, he was in Milan for a radio interview and was signing autographs and when he saw me he was all happy, as if we were best friends or something. All right, I listened to a couple of chapters of "Venus im Pelz" before going to bed last night, but still.

And because I'm bored and need distraction from work, a meme nicked from Patti.

Everyone has things they blog about. Everyone has things they don't blog about. Challenge me out of my comfort zone by telling me something I don't blog about, but you'd like to hear about, and I'll write a post about it. Ask for anything: latest movie watched, last book read, political leanings, thoughts on yaoi, favourite type of underwear, graphic techniques, etc. Repost in your own journal so that we can all learn more about each other.

Please, be gentle. ^_^

HAHA, I had such a great dream last night, DÄ were playing a concert in my bedroom! Well, it was bigger than my actual bedroom and with no furniture in it, but still. It was a small show for just a few fans and Almut was there too, she was sitting by the side of the stage while I was standing in front of Farin. There wasn't even a real stage, just a "performance area", so to speak. At one point Farin walked up to where I was and sang something to a girl who was standing to my left. The song was in Italian and he sang it with a low, almost whispered voice. He was standing so close he was practically singing in my ear. I was pretty much petrified. When he walked back to the others the girl looked at me and asked something like "Does Farin always have this effect on you?" Because I must have had the most shocked expression ever. Also, it is clear I have a huge (and quite ridiculous) "Farin speaking Italian" fetish. ^_^

As for the comic strip I posted yesterday, I managed to fix the word balloons, so now the blue lines are gone, and found a way to add umlats. I want to try and redo the whole thing with Photoshop though, so I can save the file with a higher resolution. I've created new patterns, brushes and balloon shapes and downloaded some screentone patterns as well, I just need to put everything together. If I manage to use Photoshop properly for this, my comics will look so much better. Even though nothing will ever beat Manga Studio's panel-creating tool.

And just so you know, I've just had a piece of chocolate cake. Yum.

Last year at this time I was on a train from Frankfurt to Berlin to see my very first DÄ Geheimkonzert. *nostalgic sigh*

Yesterday was my last day of work at the theatre and on their evaluation paper they wrote my work was "excellent". Wow. Well, I've been working at least 9 hours a day for the last 3 1/2 months, sometimes even on Saturday and Sunday, at least they appreciated that. They asked me if I wanted to prolong my internship for another month, but their offer came the day after I had gone to my old boss to tell her I would be back in January, so I had to decline. It would be another month of not being paid anyway, so maybe it's better that way, I need money, damnit. But there was a funny moment yesterday when the head of the marketing department introduced me to his son and daughter and told them "And that's Alessandra, bass player and expert in magic." XD

Yesterday while I was waiting for the underground (20 bloody minutes) I got the greatest idea for one of my Los Helmstedt comics, I hope I can draw it today or tomorrow. But I also need to draw the last LJ interest doodle, I know what I want to do, I just need to actually do it.

And last night I had the weirdest DÄ dream ever. I was travelling with an old classmate of mine, we stopped at a service area to eat something and while we were there Bela, Farin and Rod came in. We all sat down at a round table (Farin was sitting next to me) and started talking and at one point Farin said "Blabla and I was with my kid the other day..." And I was like "Wait, you have a child?" And he replied "Yes, a son" and was all smiling and behind a proud dad. I then asked Rod if he had a child too and he said "Yes, two." I asked Bela as well and he also said he had two and I thought "NO WAY!" Farin then went on explaining how he had met his girlfriend at somebody's wedding and that it had been love at first sight and that even his son had noticed and told him "Dad! Look at her! You two are just meant to be together!" And I thought "So, she's not the mother of his son. My head's starting to hurt." But I was so happy because they were telling us all that stuff about their life and I thought "They must consider us friends if they're telling us all this personal stuff!"

And then out of the blue Farin's girlfriend arrived, a beautiful red-headed girl with the coolest hairdo ever, she came to me and greeted me as if we were best friends or something, I greeted her back thinking "Uhm, are we supposed to know each other?" Then everyone swapped seats and Rod sat down to my left instead of Farin and started eating bread and cheese. A very weird kind of cheese, with pepperoni in it, I didn't eat any and I remember thinking "That has to be the fattest thing I've ever seen," but Rod seemed to like it very much.

And then I woke up. My subconscious is so fucked up. XD

I caught a cold. Maybe it's a good thing, so I have an excuse to stay home, I was supposed to go out every single night this week. (Well, I did go to Japanese this evening...) I was even tempted to stay home this morning, but then I remembered that tickets for The Cure went on sale today, so I dragged myself out of bed and went to work.

By the way, 46 EUROS for a ticket! What the fuck, it cost me 50,000 lire in the year 2000, which is about half the price. Ang guess who's the Italian promoter for their tour? Yes, the promoting agency where I wanted to do my internship. *grumbles* Bah. It's not even at the Forum this time. But I found out that Tokio Hotel are going to play at the Forum at the end of October. The biggest venue in Milan. What has the world come to?

Other than that I would like to thank slash_kitten for sending me "Revenant" by autiotalo, that story is one of the best fanfics I've EVER read. And I didn't even know it existed until a couple of days ago! It's a good thing I studied Greek Theatre this year, so I could appreciate the story even more. Oh, Greek mythology. I even had a sort of "mythologic" dream last night, involving a cursed tree seeking revenge and people drowning in the river because I had brought them to the bank where said tree stood. And I had brought them there knowing perfectly well what would happen. Yes, I finished reading Revenant last night just before going to bed, why do you ask? ^_^

Reading such a wonderful fic made me want to write again. I'm always writing drabbles, but I'd like to write something longer. I already have 6 pages of a Richy Guitar story I started at least a year ago and never finished and also an idea for a Bela/Farin fic. Let's hope I can make something out of them. And of course there's that side-project I've been thinking about for quite some time. I've worked on it lately, I really, really hope I can finish it.

And now for something completely useless different.

Comment on this post. I will choose seven interests from your profile and you will explain what they mean and why you are interested in them. Post this along with your answers in your own journal so that others can play along.

Seven interests chosen by schonste. (Curiously enough, one of the interests she explained involved "Revenant". Should I start believing in fate? The Moirae are playing with me...) By the way, I noticed I didn't have "tattoos" listed among my interests, how could I fail to mention one of my biggest fetish?


Bluvertigo: my favourite Italian band, I was crazy about them when I was 17-18 years old. They come from a town nearby, a friend of mine even used to see the singer sometimes because he lived close to her school and I used to envy her sooo much because of it. Too bad he's such a diva and is too busy with his solo albums nowadays, I miss the band.

Boys in makeup: what can I say, I have a huge weakness for boys wearing makeup, especially black eye-pencil. *dreamy sigh*

Tarots: I don't really believe in reading the future through tarots, but I tried to learn how to do it once. Eventually I gave up because I was too lazy to do it properly, but it was fun, I should start again. I'm so full of contradictions. :P

Versailles no bara: a manga and anime series, also known as "Lady Oscar". This is probably my all-time favourite cartoon, so wonderfully tragic. The story is set in France at the end of the 18th century, it's about a girl who is raised as a boy by her father and becomes captain of the royal guards. The first part of the story is all about life at court, with all kinds of intrigues, but the French Revolution is just around the corner and she'll have to make a choice: stay loyal to the royal family or follow the new ideals? Oh, I loved it.

Goth culture: I love goth culture and aestetics, if I wasn't so damn lazy I'll be gothed up 24-7, but alas, it takes so much time. My mother should've known better than to raise me on bread and Addams Family. :P

Poi: I call it kiwido, but I've read the proper name is poi. Or "juggling with chains". It's difficult to explain what it is, so I'll just link to a video: http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=MQUKSKME0bI I'm not as good as her, but I'm not bad either. The really cool thing is doing it with fire though.

Data: Lieutenant Data from Star Trek: The Next Generation, the most adorable android of the galaxy. I'm such a nerd, I even wrote an androidcest fic once...