Fanart, Fanfiction and Fangirling

Short clip from H50 3x02.

( There are spoilers, obviously )

So, the new DÄ single:



I'm sorry Bela, but Farin's songs are waaay more catchy. Even if I must admit "Unrockbar" and "Junge" had pretty much the exact same structure. Or maybe that's the reason why they're so damn catchy...

There are more new videos on the band's YouTube channel.

When we finally think the world will stop making fun of us because of our Prime Minister, THIS happens:





*headdesk multiple times*

I'm sorry to say this, because it was a tragedy and people died, but really? Did the captain really think he could get away with such a ridiculous excuse? He deserves all the mocking he's getting.

I dreamed of Die Ärzte last night! It had been ages since I'd had a dream about "celebrities". It started off with an old friend from school telling me she loved my fics, followed by me freaking out because OMGWTF my RL friends know I write fic. Then we went to a DÄ concert, where Bela came up to me to say hello and asked me if I had already met the rest of the band. I told him I only knew them by name and he proceeded to introduce me to Farin, who was "enchanted" to meet me (the dream was in English, btw, that's what I get for reading fanfic right before going to sleep). Sadly, I woke up before they could introduce me to Rod.

I miss the good old days in the DÄ fandom. I'd love to go to a concert next year, but I have big plans for next summer and I don't know if I can squeeze in a trip to Germany to see a gig. And of course most of the dates are already sold out. Oh, well, I'll see what I can do when the time comes.

Talking about something else, this man is so adorable I could die.



Even if those 3 things are the most predictable things ever. But the language/culture geek in me loves the fact that he uses index, middle and ring finger to indicate the number 3, I'm all for little details like that. And that little smile at the end is so adorable I don't know what to do with myself. <3

Stolen from leupagus, because it needs to be shared.

A preview of 2x08. There aren't any real spoilers, but don't watch it if you want to be completely spoiler-free.



I laughed so much. So, so much. These two. ♥

Just said bye bye to 20 cm (8 in) of hair. It hasn't been so short since university. This haircut is actually quite similar to the one I had when I was still in uni, longer in the front and shorter in the back. I used to straighten it back then, but this new and improved version looks good even if I leave it curly (because I'm lazy and I don't want to spend more than 10 minutes fixing my hair in the morning, thank you very much.) It's also quite similar to how it looks in my ID picture, the one I'm very proud of, because I'm wearing a razor blade in my ear. A small one, but still. A razor blade. Ah, the good old times...

I've also just found this video. Oh, Alex, you big goof, you. <3



You can still see the tattoos on his forearms! I guess he had them removed completely after he left the series? Or are they still there and get covered up all the time? Such important questions...

So, the new Hawaii Five-0 episode. I'll just say that my favourite bit of dialogue was this:

Danny: "Well, let's see what she looks like when she gets done with Sgt. Slaughter's boot camp."
Steve: "What's that supposed to mean?"
Danny: "Let's just try to not get the new girl blown up, kidnapped, shot on her first day. That's all. Could we do that, Steven?"
Steve: "I can't guarantee that."

Also, I found it kind of adorable the way both Steve and Danny were acting around Lori, what with Danny being all gentlemanly and apologising for Steve having been practically raised by wolves and going "She's cute, she's very cute" and Steve being all flirty in the café. Having worked in places where I often was the only girl (and the latest addition to the team, being a consultant and all), I can confirm that male colleagues will behave exactly like that, because they want to show off their best side. For about a week, then they'll just consider you one of the guys and go back to being their beastly selves. XD

Also, I wanted to share this silly little vid:



A couple of considerations:

1) Of course Alex is more dangerous when he's naked. He only has to flash a bit of skin to cause multiple heart attacks. He's a weapon of mass destruction.

2) He's such a flirt. When he said "I thought of you every day", I just had to think of this. That poor woman didn't stand a chance.

3) His f*cking accent, I swear it's rubbing off on me. Not that it takes much for me to pick up accents, I once spent one day in Florence and came back talking as if I had spent my whole life there. But this is ridiculous, I managed not to get an American accent after actually spending 3 weeks there, I'm NOT going to pick up an Aussie accent just from watching online interviews. Damn.

The first official video of my friends "Deluded by Lesbians" is finally online! Have a look! (OMG I can see myself in the crowd towards the end. XD)



These are the guys I use to practise my "photography skills". I should really update my online portfolio now that I think about it...

Sorry people, but I've been fangirling over this for the last couple of hours:



Oh, Benedict. ♥♥♥ I think I died when Alan Carr asked him "Did you go to Eton?" and he replied "No, the other place. Hogwarts." XD

Also, poor baby being made fun of because of his name in school. I've said it before, but personally I don't see what's so funny about it. It must sound hilarious to native speakers, though. Anyway, I feel his pain, I had some awful nicknames because of my surname too. And people still get it wrong. Sometimes I get phone calls and the person on the other end asks "Miss Xxxxxxx?" I used to correct them and say "It's Xxxxxx", but now I simply say "No." After that there are usually a couple of seconds of silence and then "Oh, it's Xxxxxx, sorry." What the hell, it's only 6 letters, there are no Xs, Ys, Ws or any other letter that's not part of the Italian alphabet, it shouldn't be that difficult.

Whatever. Oh, and I've just realised the first boy I've ever kissed was called Benedict. And I met him in London. :O Pity it wasn't him. XD

EDIT: I'm probably the only person on the internet who didn't know this site until now, but man, it's BRILLIANT! XD http://instantsfun.es/

The pseudo-NaNo project is going slowly, but I've always been a very slow writer, so that's not surprising. The positive thing is that I've worked on it every day this week, even if it was just to add a couple of paragraphs in the middle of the night. If I manage to keep it up, I may even have a chance at finishing, if not by the end of November, at least within a couple of months. It's a bit of a Penelope-project, meaning I write a scene one day (typically at night) and rewrite half of it the next morning/afternoon. I know that's not the right method, I should just keep writing and go back to editing when I'm done, but editing actually helps me getting started, so instead of just staring blankly at the screen for half an hour, I reread what I already have. Baby steps are better than no steps at all.


Sooo faaar awaaay...

My two mini-articles were published in the newspaper! One of them was just a random piece of local news, but the guy I talked to sent us a brilliant pic, so it ended up on the front page. XD I also did some editing for a few articles written by another girl and got to use XPress. I like having something to do, although I'm not sure when (or even if) they'll pay me.

Random video moment:

1) Someone posted this at shkinkmeme. I don't think I need to explain:

Beach Rumble from Alec Lourmier on Vimeo.

2) I found this link somewhere on tumblr, Benedict Cumberbatch being adorable:

http://www.harpersbazaar.co.uk/video/#v659340543001

Favourite part:


"Sorry, Paul."

<333