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For now I’m faking it …

Friday, September 19th, 2008 | Personal, Random, TV | No Comments

… ‘Til I’m pseudo-making it

Love the way these lines express a truth. Made some regress when it comes to tackling houswork and going to bed in time. But all in all, I really really feel good. Not in a hyper way though. Just in a calm, assured kind of way which is really nice.

Lost in Austen - Part 3: much better than last week, or did I only get used to its style? I’ve tried to think of a historical film made in an untraditional way (as in: not-the-BBC-style) that I enjoyed. Couldn’t really think of one. Or do The Abduction Club, Marie Antoinette and Plunket & Macleane count? Anyway, I’m still convinced the reason for my rather dislike of LiA lies with its execution and not the idea in general.

True Blood: Not sure about the whole concept of the show, the sex and the violence. But Anna Paquin is mesmerizing and I’m loving the chemistry between Sookie and Bill. I’m not yet giving up watching this.

Moonlight: What I’ve seen coming for a few months has finally started happening in its most prominent fan community. However I’m deeply shocked by the large amount of money that seems to be involved ($11,000 in one case). As well as how long (come on, over a month!!) this has not been dealt with (or so it seems). I certainly stopped breathing there for a few seconds. I honestly didn’t expect this to be as huge. Even if there’s no purposeful wrongdoing involved, THIS IS ABSOLUTELY SERIOUS!! I can’t understand anyone who’s making light of the issue and views civil questions for answers as “bickering”. Being open & trustworthy certainly are the basics of running a website (and especially of collecting money). I sure don’t know any of the details personally but I wouldn’t support a certain person if I had to. There have been various unrelated incidents that I heard about, all of them directly from the person(s) directly involved, and it can’t be a coincidence. A reason more to be really careful about who you trust online, and even more so when it comes to matters involving money. Just as some of the leading online TV media have picked up on information stemming from that website (including at least one fabricated quote) I can’t say I wouldn’t be unhappy about them picking up on this as well.

I seem to have too many fansites. I can’t do all that I want for all of them but I can’t think of a site that I wouldn’t regret giving up at this time. Also decided to shorten my online name.

Surreal Festival experience

Monday, August 18th, 2008 | Celebrity, Film, Random | No Comments

Locarno was a blast! After Thursday’s telephone call to make some final arrangements I was already confident it’d be an amazing experience. So we left and drove for 3.5 hours - mostly in the rain - and arrived at the beautiful lake city. Thankfully the weather had cleared up by then and we walked around town. I was desperately trying not to look pathetic in my new high heels. After a while I did get the hang of it and within a short while it was time to make another telephone call to see how the situation was and when it’d be possible to see Sophia. Only 5 minutes later we found ourselves in a wonderfully surreal surrounding and yet it felt like the most normal thing in the world. The film was good - I mean, good considering it’s a monster/period/action film - and also the getting-drinks-afterwards part was fun. It was around 1am when we got back in our car to drive home. We were glad that traffic was smooth (I’d have been surprised to find it otherwise at that hour) and that rain wasn’t that big a problem anymore. After only 2.5 hours we were back home. I desperately tried to stay awake to entertain my brother who was driving but half an hour before we reached home it was useless. I still tried talking but fell asleep mid-sentence. Uploaded some pics etc to the site and went to sleep. I felt groggy for the whole weekend however. I’m guessing I’m too old for staying up all night lol

It was funny to see fans approach Sophia and Jack and ask for photographs. They were both incredibly approachable and kind. Not even the guy who wanted to kiss Sophia on both cheeks could throw her off balance - only almost.

I regret not having taken pictures of Jack Huston - I’m sure he’ll be big any time soon - and the brains behind the film, Dirk and Howard. Dirk was very nice and kind. Spoke a few sentences together throughout the evening, he even took 2 pictures with my camera And apparently, Howard has been to my Sophia site many times. I’m flattered - honestly! And why on earth was I being as complicated when it came to photograph/film the gang on stage?! Sure, still standing at the entrance (which was very much on the side of the stage instead of in front of it) waiting to be allowed to our (fantastic!) seats as well as carrying jackets and what not made it difficult. But still I’m convinced I should have been able to get some decent footage of the introduction. Anyway, the evening was so fantastic and special otherwise I shall stop worrying about this.

Got my ticket - which as it turned out I wouldn’t have had to buy - signed by Sophia, Jack, Dirk and Howard. I shall treasure it!

Only hours after we drove through the Gotthard tunnel a huge car accident happened. 17 cars crashed into each other and the tunnel was blocked for several hours. Thinking of this I still can’t quite believe our luck and that everything went fine when we were driving!

I had a friend of mine staying with me over the weekend - the main reason why we had to drive back during the night - and already the whole Locarno experience starts feeling like a dream.

And totally random: I HATE how the ‘Miscellanous Links’ section at the IMDb has become like a paid directory. The lists are almost useless now. The links to really good websites featuring actual content are totally lost among all the ’spam’ links - at least they always tend to be at the end of the list so I know where to look…

Madness

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 | Random | No Comments

On Sunday was the finale of the Euro Cup. So far, I’ve never posted anything about it and all I can say I’m glad it’s over - although some things that came with the Euro weren’t that bad. The ‘Oranjes’ for example. But I have always had a dislike for things that are being turned into something major, into something all-consuming, something that I’m getting told I must like. And for the past 2 months or so I’ve not been able to go anywhere, read anything or listen to the radio without encountering ‘Euro Cup Propaganda’ for the masses. I’m joking of course - but still there’s some truth to it. Anyway, the organizers can be proud of themselves: Switzerland - and I guess Austria too - knew only one topic during the past 3 weeks.

What about the Swiss team? They had such high hopes and instilled the belief in (some) people that they had a real chance. I’ve seen cars with banners saying ‘Vienna - we’re coming!’ What a humiliation when it was the first team to be out - only 109 hours after kick-off. But I sure you’ve guessed it already - I wasn’t in the least bit surprised .

Back to the ‘Oranjes’. Their team mostly played in Bern and their HUGE fanbase invaded our city. Everyone kept saying how nice, cheerful and friendly they were - and I guess for soccer fans they really were. I suppose even I got infected with the soccer fever for a short while when they were here. Although I never went to the Public Viewings or to the inner city during the ‘play days’. At one evening there were reportedly 150,000 (!) people in the inner city, thereof 60,000 Oranjes. And this in a city that only has roughly 130,000 inhabitants.

Someone please save me

Saturday, January 12th, 2008 | Random, Sites | No Comments

I decided to transfer a complete archive of 310 entries in Cutenews to WordPress. While I knew it’d be tiresome it is absolutely time-consuming, nerve-racking, frustrating, depressing…

I watched the time. Whether I felt I was moving along quickly or the work seemed to drag it always took me about 1 hour to post one page of Cutnews entries (21 items) inWordPress. I believe it’s the checking of links to gallery items and press archive etc that is the most timeconsuming. So far, I’ve managed to finish 157 posts - which means I’ve been at this mind-numbing task for about 7,5 hours. Unless I somehow miraculously become faster at this it will take me another good 7 hours…. *screaming*

If only I were done after that…. I see that my deadline for tomorrow evening is once again impossible to keep. I somehow keep setting myself unreachable goals - no wonder I have a serious lack of sleep and am rather depressed. But I’m sure it’s just a temporary thing…

I need to call someone important tonight - I mustn’t forget. Why o why does there have to be such huge differences in time zones? It makes for very small time windows if you want to call someone…

Winter has arrived

Friday, November 16th, 2007 | Celebrity, Random, Sites | No Comments

Ok, winter has officially arrived. It’s been snowing here for days (though it doesn’t exactly cover everything here in the lower regions) and temperatures are constantly around the freezing point - with an icy & strong northern wind making it feel a lot colder.

I’m behind on updating my sites. I think I really should add some long overdue stuff to the Marion site. Maybe on Sunday. Or tonight. We’ll see.

Why can’t the relevant stuff I want to find for the sites just come to me? Lately, I’ve had the feeling that researching news etc. for actors has become a lot more nerve-racking. Well, that’s maybe not the exact word. But somehow I get the feeling the same news/fact is getting recycled a million times and other stuff is almost lost among that. And by the time I’m done catching up on the latest information available in all the various places I’m usually too tired to do a proper update anymore.

Also, it annoys me (though I really shouldn’t mind) how fans/other people take some recycled facts as proper ’straight-from-the-horse’s-mouth’ facts… And assume that something being reported happened just the day before - when in fact it happened weeks/months ago. And in most cases proper reading of the recycled article would be enough to figure that out… I think I need a break - I start to be upset by a number of ‘unreal’ stuff happening online. How lame!