choconet's chronicles

oprah flashmob

2009-09-13T17:35:00.002+02:00

i would love to take part in a flashmob but the inhabitants of my city are... :(

i love playing

2009-05-21T01:31:00.003+02:00

http://www.bontegames.com/ is a website i recently discovered and i just love it. nearly everyday a new game - i especially like the "how to escape the room" ones. or try this one first http://www.bartbonte.com/duck, not too difficult. i can spent evenings/nights playing and searching for the answer. yes, i'm a playgirl.

mushroom smile

2009-05-20T00:47:00.002+02:00

see what big s. discovered on my frozen pizza!

have a wonderful wednesday!

a perm? no, thanks

2009-05-14T23:34:00.003+02:00

yesterday, i had a dress rehearsal for a tv film which will be shot in my city. it's a film in the 80ies, so everyone got an odd haircut and so did i. when the make-up artist saw my hair she was delighted with the natural curls. a few minutes later i had some curlers in my hair and 15min later i just looked disastrous. meet grandma choconet:

smiling, she said to me: "say you like it or you get a perm!".

and so, in the end, i liked it.
looking forward to the day of shooting in june... but not the haircut and the clothes (a pink shirt and a pair of light blue jeans with a studded belt).

leipzig bookfair

2009-03-18T00:23:00.003+01:00

günter grass, peter esterhazy and t.c. boyle at the leipzig bookfair.

what?!

2009-03-10T14:45:00.005+01:00

one of the big german supermarket chains sells "american food" this week, one of the products is "obama fingers". can you believe that?

John MacArthur State Park, North Palm Beach

2009-02-06T00:44:00.002+01:00

Ft. Pierce, Florida

2009-02-06T00:43:00.002+01:00

Florida Keys

2009-01-30T23:16:00.003+01:00

7 weeks

2009-01-16T01:07:00.001+01:00

after seven weeks in the u.s. (four weeks philadelphia, 3 weeks florida), i'm going back to germany today. i had a great time and i'm definitely coming back.
pictures might follow.

latest movies

2009-01-15T03:54:00.004+01:00

in two weeks i've seen 5 movies:

doubt - ok
the curious case of benjamin button - man, is this movie long!
the day the earth stood still - just another catastrophe film
seven pounds - foreseeable
valkyrie - i fell asleep

some movies haven't started yet in germany, so i can't tell any details.

shopping in the u.s.

2009-01-15T03:50:00.003+01:00

is fun for a european.

christmas in new york

2008-12-28T04:53:00.003+01:00

is loud and full and not recommendable.

Merry Christmas

2008-12-24T19:36:00.000+01:00

Lots of Love from Philadelphia

bush in philadelphia

2008-12-10T05:18:00.004+01:00

two days after obama's visit in philly, president bush was in town. he was even waving at us. the white thing in the car are his gloves.

every time i see the policemen it makes me laugh.

obama in philadelphia

2008-12-03T23:59:00.001+01:00

yesterday, obama was in philly. i waited for him but then i had to work - so i missed him.

people waiting for him

closed streets

choconet goes philadelphia

2008-11-19T22:55:00.000+01:00

very soon!

balancing

2008-11-09T16:57:00.003+01:00

happy halloween

2008-10-31T21:55:00.003+01:00

brown and white

2008-10-29T17:00:00.002+01:00

while it's snowing outside the first time, i'm having my wednesday afternoon chocolate cake. have a nice evening everyone!

blog abstinence

2008-10-14T00:08:00.004+02:00

the reason for my blog abstinence during the last weeks is my second blog. since september i have a kind of business blog which i won't link here as it is in german. this new blog and other activities consume a lot of time. but stay tuned... more is coming up.

windy fall

2008-10-13T23:57:00.003+02:00

we had a wonderful kite festival at the weekend.

once

2008-09-10T14:28:00.006+02:00

last week a week i saw "once" (wiki) - an irish film from 2007, which i highly recommend (especially for women). watch the trailer if you're interested.
...and now i have this earworm which got stuck in my head. the song ("falling slowly") even got an oscar.

click for another song ("lies")
click for "if you want me"

leipziger messe

2008-09-09T14:36:00.005+02:00

on friday, i went to a gourmet trade fair in leipzig (to taste the latest chocolate). this is how it looked like from the outside. more infos about leipzig trade fair.

tiefurt - a very nice place

2008-08-29T18:43:00.005+02:00

tiefurt, near weimar

there were many more funny boats (see below).

banana boat

2008-08-29T17:36:00.002+02:00

my yearbook :)

2008-08-23T16:07:00.008+02:00

choconet's yearbook

1962 1966 1968

create your own yearbook
what about you, sarawu? do you want to show me your yearbook?

see you at the library next week

2008-08-23T16:00:00.003+02:00

the day suddenly got better when i noticed that during two hours work in the library on a saturday i can achieve more than during the whole week.

.

2008-08-23T12:14:00.001+02:00

when you leave your house in the morning and meet someone you don't like, then your whole day is ruined.

dresden

2008-08-21T20:34:00.005+02:00

dresden - one of the most beautiful cities of germany

frauenkirche

wordless

2008-08-20T00:57:00.003+02:00

summer joys

2008-08-18T20:22:00.004+02:00

i'm happy to live somewhere where there are still (clean) lakes where nobody else swims but you.

just enjoying myself

2008-08-17T22:01:00.003+02:00

flickr alternative

2008-08-16T10:55:00.002+02:00

thinking about leaving flickr? i always thought about joining flickr but censorship, limited upload and the compulsory yahoo email scared me away.
ipernity might be an alternative.
ipernity (wiki-link) is THE platform for photos which grew very quickly during the last months.
it has nearly the same layout as flickr but more features. examples:

upload of mp3s
rss-feeds
blogs
...
an import of all flickr-photos (with title, description, ...) is possible

so to say it's a better copy of flickr. i'll keep an eye on it and then see if i join.

wordless

2008-08-13T10:15:00.003+02:00

summer

2008-08-10T13:18:00.001+02:00

wordless

2008-08-06T14:30:00.000+02:00

6 weeks

2008-08-04T13:40:00.003+02:00

i've got less than 6 weeks till my project has to be ready. it's like a pre-study for my ma-thesis and comprises about 60 pages (so far not one single page has been written).
i need to start NOW!

door handle breakdown

2008-08-03T00:53:00.006+02:00

the door handle of my car needed to be fixed (due to overuse? :)edit: now after 5 days i untaped it

spa

2008-07-28T12:26:00.003+02:00

i'll be here for the next days

comfy

2008-07-23T23:43:00.001+02:00

my new lounger

0:1

2008-06-30T00:06:00.001+02:00

well, it's just football. :)
2010 is also a good year (and i'd like to see england in 2010!).

let the match begin

2008-06-29T19:41:00.001+02:00

3:2

2008-06-25T23:01:00.002+02:00

are again the numbers of today.

not a very good game but with funny moments when there was no picture and no sound on tv worldwide. :)

germany-turkey

2008-06-25T13:35:00.003+02:00

my shirt is ready for tonight! :)

3:2

2008-06-19T23:33:00.001+02:00

are the numbers of today.
...to be continued.

1993

2008-05-16T22:56:00.004+02:00

you were born in 1993.

you became a part of my life in 2001.

you were a very good friend - i could trust you and build on you.

you did a very good job - no breakdown and no accident in 7 years.

on your 15th birthday it's time for you to leave me, sorry, you're too old for me.

the new owner told me you probably go to africa - have a save journey! hope you are treated nicely and work as fantastic as in the past years.

too short!!

2008-05-15T22:13:00.003+02:00

long

shorter

too short!!

*sniff* don't like it at all (look like a dog)! ;(
btw: the curls only occur when my hair is air-dried. sometimes it's also very straight.

record

2008-05-15T22:08:00.001+02:00

1,50 euro for 1 litre of petrol!

it's beach time

2008-05-12T23:33:00.004+02:00

it has been like summer for one week - we have higher temperatures than southern europe right now.
...i wasn't as brave as most of the others, the water was still too cold for me - no swimming.

all the best for you, sarawu

2008-05-10T12:16:00.000+02:00

spring flowers in my home

2008-05-05T17:09:00.001+02:00

one month ago

2008-04-28T00:03:00.005+02:00

we had our last snow. what followed were weeks with much rain and little sun.
this weekend was just great - packed with sun and activity - the warmest days for this year so far. i want more of that!

at least

2008-04-26T00:01:00.002+02:00

someone eats my old bread

both seen and fed during a walk

the same

2008-04-22T23:14:00.002+02:00

the same procedure as every year for big s.

missing: one hour

2008-03-30T18:54:00.000+02:00

spring forward, fall back

about snow cats and missed rabbits

2008-03-27T18:19:00.007+01:00

my daily activity

a rabbit's footprints (missed to photograph him)

the snow~~rabbit~~cat we built

choconet and big s. as snow figures

too bad - the snow is melting and so i guess it will be the last snowy days till october

wordless

2008-03-26T00:11:00.001+01:00

easter sunday

2008-03-23T21:42:00.003+01:00

easter sunday = sledging daychoconet's perspective (the queen's perspective)

happy easter

2008-03-21T19:10:00.004+01:00

happy easter! have great holidays!

easter time in snow

2008-03-20T15:25:00.003+01:00

well, i'm not sure if the children get their easter presents here in germany this year. i guess that some easter bunnies will get stuck in snow...

not possible

2008-03-20T15:18:00.003+01:00

i'd like to sell my car on ebay but therefore i have to take photos and these are hardly possible when the weather thinks it's winter again.
i'm too lazy to get the snow off my car just to take a few photos for a few seconds

one more

2008-03-20T15:16:00.001+01:00

and one more photo which focuses on the background so tht you can see the snow falling

snow crocus II

2008-03-20T15:14:00.001+01:00

one day later it looks like that

snow crocus

2008-03-19T00:35:00.003+01:00

[click to enlarge]

my balcony flowers in april 2007

choconet in white

2008-03-19T00:23:00.002+01:00

since yesterday evening it snowed with nearly no interruption. time for a white choconet logo in the dark.

watching lost

2008-03-15T20:58:00.005+01:00

choconet watching lost
lina watching and playing with lost

happy birthday, mr. houten

2008-03-15T15:01:00.003+01:00

the dutch coenraad johannes van houten was born on the 15th march 1801. the pharmacist and chemist (his parents were chocolate factory owners in amsterdam) is, together with is father, known for being the creator of the cocoa powder. thank you so much, mr. houton, and happy birthday!

leaf smile

2008-03-15T14:28:00.002+01:00

why did not one single person see that the picture below shows a leaf smile?

wordless

2008-03-11T23:23:00.003+01:00

new year, new run

2008-03-10T00:57:00.006+01:00

we had our first run in our area on sunday. big s. and my sister took part but choconet ~~the chicken~~ didn't. i'm just not in good shape. went jogging only twice this year. but i promise i'll do more workout in the near future - at least i will take part in a run in april and then more will follow.

and i have a new friend who will help me to overcome my laziness and who will give me more motivation.
beim 1. lauf für dieses jahr in unserer gegend war ich leider nur zuschauer. während meine schwester und big s. bei regen schwitzten, war ich nur für kindsbespaßung und fotografie zuständig. da ich bisher nur 2 mal joggen war, habe ich mich einfach nicht getraut. doch ich gelobe besserung und spätestens im april will ich auch für einen lauf antreten und weitere werden hoffentlich folgen. schließlich habe ich auch einen neuen freund namens ipod, der mir mehr motivation geben soll.

my cultural contribution

2008-02-28T00:03:00.005+01:00

for this week is my theatre visit. the american drama group had a guest performance in my city and so i had the opportunity to watch "harold and maude" in english. the american drama group is a small team of actors which travels through europe (and some asian states) and brings the english language nearer to the people. watch out, if they should be in your city one day, it's absolutely worth a visit. i had seen them playing "romeo and juliet" and "hamlet" before and i will surely watch their next play.

mein kultureller beitrag (mal abgesehen vom kino gestern "my blueberry nights") für diese woche war "harold and maude" in englisch. die american drama group gastierte mal wieder in meiner stadt und ich war mit einer freundin und ein paar leuten aus meinem kurs natürlich wieder dabei. die stücke von der adg sind wirklich jedem zu empfehlen, der ein wenig englisch kann.

wordless

2008-02-27T00:26:00.001+01:00

riverstreet

2008-02-26T00:08:00.004+01:00

getting warm and green

2008-02-25T23:07:00.005+01:00

we had the warmest weekend for the year. there were so many people on the streets and i asked myself where they had been all winter long?

nature is getting greener

another old factory

2008-02-25T13:51:00.004+01:00

this factory used to be a big bakery

diese alte fabrik war einst eine großbäckerei

castle nearby

2008-02-19T20:39:00.003+01:00

my sunday in an old factory

2008-02-18T01:38:00.004+01:00

the other weekend

2008-02-18T01:25:00.003+01:00

the other weekend i spent in weimar - walking in the park where goethe's summer house is and watching "kabale und liebe" (intrigue and love) by schiller in the grand theatre.

goethe's summer house

valentine

2008-02-14T15:22:00.004+01:00

for all meat lovers (like me)

wordless

2008-02-06T02:30:00.000+01:00

great entrepreneurs

2008-02-01T01:30:00.000+01:00

my evening ended with business lectures by bruno banani, ernst and young and other companies telling me what great companies they are and that i should apply for a job. *yawn*
my weekend already starts tomorrow with a spa weekend in weimar. *relax*

meinen abend verbrachte ich an der uni mit vorträgen von leuten von bruno banani *thebosshimself*, ernst and young,..., die mir alle mitteilten, was für tolle unternehmen sie seien. *gähn*
morgen geht's bereits ins we: bis sonntag heißt es wellness in weimar.

wordless

2008-01-30T00:17:00.001+01:00

season premiere in 3 days!

2008-01-28T12:42:00.000+01:00

Which Lost Character Are You?

Created by BuddyTV

btw: big s. is ben!

1st blog birthday

2008-01-26T00:03:00.000+01:00

happy birthday, blog! one year choconet's chronicles!

today it's not as cold as one year ago and there's no snow at all

v. putin - president of germany

2008-01-25T12:37:00.000+01:00

john mccain calls vladimir putin the president of germany. the video is from february 2007 but somehow it occurred not until now.

one of the things

2008-01-25T01:26:00.000+01:00

one of the things i haven't done for almost one year is playing sims. now it's got me again, the fever! i shouldn't have played it - the addiction is back...

me, the empress

2008-01-24T19:51:00.000+01:00

You are The Empress
Beauty, happiness, pleasure, success, luxury, dissipation.
The Empress is associated with Venus, the feminine planet, so it represents, beauty, charm, pleasure, luxury, and delight. You may be good at home decorating, art or anything to do with making things beautiful.
The Empress is a creator, be it creation of life, of romance, of art or business. While the Magician is the primal spark, the idea made real, and the High Priestess is the one who gives the idea a form, the Empress is the womb where it gestates and grows till it is ready to be born. This is why her symbol is Venus, goddess of beautiful things as well as love. Even so, the Empress is more Demeter, goddess of abundance, then sensual Venus. She is the giver of Earthly gifts, yet at the same time, she can, in anger withhold, as Demeter did when her daughter, Persephone, was kidnapped. In fury and grief, she kept the Earth barren till her child was returned to her.

What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.

so familiar

2008-01-23T23:51:00.000+01:00

wordless wednesday

2008-01-22T23:44:00.000+01:00

for sarawu

2008-01-10T21:55:00.001+01:00

this is a book i borrowed for you from the library

my chance of surviving

2008-01-08T14:26:00.000+01:00

a few weeks ago, i watched i am legend with will smith in the u.s.. the film starts this thursday in germany. make this test and see if you're prepared to watch it/or prepared to survive a zombie attack.
(interesting is question 11 with answer 4)

36%

another film, which i watched in the us and which i highly recommend, is no country for old men

(starts 28 february in germany).

lake erie

2008-01-07T23:44:00.000+01:00

my home is my castle

2008-01-06T00:33:00.000+01:00

i lost one of my bags. but thanks to lufthansa they found it and brought it home to me.
i'm at home now and everything in my apartment seems so bright and friendly. all i do is sleeping, eating and washing our clothes. good night.
...more photos from december will follow.

quote of the day II

2008-01-02T01:28:00.000+01:00

a customer (after reading the card with my full name on it) to me: "with a name like yours, you're not german, you're american!"

...indeed, choconet doesn't sound very german.

it's getting

2008-01-02T01:26:00.000+01:00

very cold here tomorrow which means it's time for me to go home... hopefully, there won't be any flight delays.

happy new year

2008-01-02T01:23:00.000+01:00

happy new year to all of my readers from ohio!

ready to go

2007-12-31T03:15:00.000+01:00

after staying 6 weeks in the same hotel room, i'm ready to go home. tomorrow's my last working day! :)

chardon

2007-12-31T03:13:00.001+01:00

chardon, ohio

the snowstorm

2007-12-31T03:09:00.000+01:00

last week