this is going to be my next bed! right, i need a new bed but first i need money. who doesn't.
my afternoon was very entertaining and i now fancy reading new books thanks to the "leipziger buchmesse" (leipzig's book fair). guests today were, among others, guenter grass (nobel prize winner) and wolfgang biermann, two contemporary german authors. both of them presented their new books. guenter grass, whom i had met earlier this year (he signed my book!!) 
felt inspired by this site and made a trip to the big swedish furniture store: found some more or less useful items (a bamboo window shade, photo frames, pans etc.) and rushed to the cash desk - *gulp* half an hour waiting and i nearly lost my mind but in the end i was strong – and waited... but what shall i say? forgot other things so that i have to go there again. send me an email, text me or call me if you want to go to men’s hell aka ikea with me.
you always buy useless things as you can see in the pictures. actually, it is meant to be for another use but my sheep felt cold due to the recurring winter. | You Are a Chocolate Cake |
 Fun, comforting, and friendly. You are a true classic, and while you're not super cutting edge, you're high quality. People love your company - and have even been known to get addicted to you. |
another film i watched about the american dream: the pursuit of happyness.
obwohl der film bereits seit dem 18. januar im kino läuft, habe ich ihn erst jetzt gesehen.
as we have st patrick's day and i can't take part in one of the festivals i made a traditional irish beef and guinness stew (yes, with real irish guinness!). found the recipe one year ago in an english magazine and now i cook it from time to time coz it's delicious. trust me!
and here's the recipe:
you need:
2 pounds lean stewing beef
3 tablespoons oil
2 tablespoons flour
salt, freshly ground pepper and a pinch of cayenne
2 large onions, coarsely chopped
1 large clove garlic, crushed (optional)
2 tablespoons tomato puree, dissolved in 4 tablespoons water
1 1/4 cups guinness beer
2 cups carrots, cut into chunks, Sprig of thyme
what you need to do:
first, you trim the meat of any fat or gristle, cut into cubes of 2 inches (5cm) and toss them in a bowl with 1 tablespoon of oil. then you season the flour with salt, freshly ground pepper and a pinch or two of cayenne. after that, you toss the meat in the mixture.
heat the remaining oil in a wide frying pan over a high heat. brown the meat on all sides. add the onions, crushed garlic and tomato puree to the pan, cover and cook gently for about 5 minutes.
transfer the contents of the pan to a casserole, and pour some of the guinness into the frying pan. bring to a boil and stir to dissolve the caramelized meat juices on the pan.
pour onto the meat with the remaining guinness and add the carrots and the thyme. stir, taste, and add a little more salt if necessary.
cover with the lid of the casserole and simmer for 2-3 hours very gently until the meat is tender.
taste and correct the seasoning. you may scatter with lots of chopped parsley.
and of course, you can add new potatoes and vegetables of your choice.
during the last days the weather was so enlightening but what was not enlightening was my exam on tuesday morning which i certainly did not pass! it was one of those exams where you have to learn things by heart and i so hate learning things by heart! anyway, someone who wrote the same exam one month before told me the questions in advance. that is always very helpful coz the professor always has the same stupid questions. so *stupid and lazy me* i only learned those questions she could remember and thought this will be enough to pass the exam and - you might already divine it - the exam contained different questions.
shopping afterwards wasn't very helping escaping my frustration coz i didn't buy anything. jogging afterwards wasn't very helping coz my stamina was too bad. eating masses of food afterwards wasn't really helping coz my stomach gets easily used to it and just wants more.
i know it was my fault but why did this old-fashioned teacher not use the same questions this time? have to wait a whole year to redo the exam. :(
a millionaire? me! me! my bf just had a phone interview with "who wants to be a millionaire" (german version) coz he had written some "application" postcards in the past. the questions were quite tough because it wasn't multiple choice, you had to find the answer by yourself. let's wait. they call him back tomorrow.
have to write a term paper. it is due... mh... actually was... on the 28th February. dunno what to write. dull. thought i can finish it till tomorrow and hand it in but i don't feel like it. help!
hope the birthday person likes it.
in the library: i go to a computer room to research something. there's only one guy inside and when he sees me he looks at me like "what do you want here? that's my library. leave me alone". i don't care, maybe he's got a bad day. so i go to a pc and do some stuff. then i print something, go to the printer and just by chance i see his screen. naked women in clear positions. but only for one second. then he closes the window and a word document appears. back on my pc, 10 min later the same game. collect some sheets from the printer. this time i deliberately look at his screen and again, see some p**n stuff (hope i don't get flagged by google). just for a second or two. now i know why he had looked at me with that "friendly" face.
i go to the copying machine and meet a male friend. i tell him about that guy. he gets curious and wants to see how he looks like. a word and a blow, he walks towards him until he can see his screen. but that guy doesn't close the window, he just continues watching his p**n.
i mean, ok usually the computers are only for research stuff but who cares? everybody does something else and this time there were enough other unused pcs, so no problem. no, the thing which bothers me is just that in front of me, he felt embarrassed or whatever watching that but in front of another male person he just felt cool or what? go home boy and watch your dirty videos there or get a life!
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