Better update... My father's uncle died, so we have to go to Germany and since the funeral is on Friday we have to leave tomorrow. We'll be back by Sunday though.
Gonna miss Physics and Bio on Friday, but seeing as it's only revision I won't actually miss anything as such.
I'll be taking the Mac, but I don't know what my Father's Cousin's Internet connection is like, so we'll have to see and I won't be able to be on that much anyway; it would be kind of rude...

Put a card in the Christmas card for both of you; you both get your own letter. Lucky you, eh?

Bought Shrek 3. I'm in a silly mood as you'll see from the letters.

Might go to England sometime in January. Any requests? I'm already going to be on the search for a postcard of Donny for D. Want anything? Sparkly pens? Cheap DVDs? CDs? Stationary? Books? Chocolate? Anything?
Since we're on the England topic: when will we be seeing you? Will you come in June or only after the house business is finished? Any plans yet? I finish in May, but have exams in June. Don't know timetable yet, so it could be good like all the exams at the beginning or bad such as all the exams at the end.

May do another update tomorrow.

Go here http://picasaweb.google.com/Geschonke.G for more photos.

The 4 men of the house! (Left to right) Fabian, Klaus (his father and my father's cousin on Omi's side), Father and Uncle Robert.

The Selges. (Left to right) Heidrun (Klaus' wife), Fabian, Marisa and Klaus.

Left to right: Gunter, Walti (picking his nose :P:P:P or so it would seem), Mother, Mrs Sebti, Mr Sebti, Mr Gossauer and Father.

Parents and me looking like a right ass.

Your mother dancing with Fabian.

Whoa haven't updated for AGES!! What to say though? Hmmmm... Guess I'll tell you about the Silver Wedding party then:

It took place in the Château de Coppet and 93 people attended. Some were from church others were from IATA or CERN. I was on a table with Nathalie (right), Marisa (left, my father's cousin's daughter)

 and Fabian 

(Marisa's brother), Christian and Patrizia
















(she's my father's cousin's daughter or something) and Steve and Nicky Hancock, who are completely unrelated! I introduced them to Peter (your and my mother's cousin; at the very right) and Ruth (2nd from the left).
















 I love annoying Peter!!! It's so much fun!
We had 5 courses, but they were tiny... For starters there was a Lobster salad, then a (dunno the name but it resembled pumpkin) soup, later lamb and to finish different ways of preparing mango on one plate. Didn't take any photos unfortunately... As the grand finale the wedding cake was served,

















with sparklers! Then there was the symbolic cake cutting

as it had already been cut by the waiters... This is the only picture of the cut up cake:

Now this is for you Lucie, because I know you love masks so much:
















these are the 2 singers dressed up as Venetian singers. They entertained us whilst the main course was being prepared.
Here's your mother belly dancing: later Jamila


















(spelling?) Bernd's current girlfriend joined.
















Here's my mother's family: well, minus your father.
















Ah, here he is!

Pumpkin: drawn.
Bats: "stolen" from PowerPoint. The circle = moon: drawn.
Paw print: drawn. New signature or rather didn't have one before, so just signature.

OK, Lucie for your benefit here's the pixalation with commentary!

In-flight photos:

View over Nottingham/East Midlands.

Clouds over well er... England.

More clouds. So, my dear Catholics, where are the Angels? Where's God, eh?

Geneva.

Geneva again.

700 posts! This one is about England!

Went to England for 6 days. 4 of those were uni days. Went to The Outlet and Meadowhall. On Sunday had the customary lunch at the Golf Club.

Bessacarr Golf Club. Looks warm but it wasn't.

Went to York on Tuesday. Takes 20 - 30 minutes by train from Donny. No idea what this river is called...

Ruin thingy in York. They're famous, but I once again don't know their name...

The squirrels weren't at all scared. Quite on the contrary.

Awww.

Eating a crumb.

Ah the Willow Tree and Rockery. Miss it already. :-(

The chalet has been re-roofed.

The bad thing though about Granny and Grandpa's house in winter is that it's bloody cold. The living room and kitchen are warm enough, but since there is no radiator in the bathroom it's not too practical for taking baths.

Hmmm, love this pic.

Had a mission in England: find shot glasses with Donny on them for S. So went to the Doncaster Tourist Information Centre and they said they didn't make them anymore, but that they could be ordered. Too bad it would take 2 - 3 weeks though. If I hadn't been such an airhead I would have remembered that your mother could have picked them up for me... So they sent me to the Doncaster Press thingy, but they said I should go to the Tourist information Centre. Needless to say that I didn't find any. Bought some in York.

LONG LONG LONG LONG time no update... Anyway, what can I say? Hmmm... Not a lot really.

Schmusie's adopted us as her sleeping quarters. She's spending more and more time in our humble abode.

The PC's Hard Disc died and the last back-up was done in March. Turned out the one in June didn't work... Had to reinstall the whole Windows XP OS + Drives system on it again. Took about 3 days, well not FULL days, maybe 3-6 hours a day. A few photos and films are gone, but luckily most stuff was on the Mac... At least now there are 2 HDs in the PC. A master and a slave, so can do internal back-ups onto the slave, which is 160 GB. The Master is 250. Next time gonna buy a desktop Mac, which can have both OSs oh it! Should be better! Anyhow, got SP2, but hate how it regroups the stuff in the Start menu! It's annoying! Can't it leave the er... tab thingies separated?? Also got stupid microcrash now, which means it regularly restarts the comp. It does ask you, but you've only got 5 min to say "Restart Later" and if you miss it, you come back to find your computer restarting and the stuff you were working on ERADICATED!!! So much for newer stuff being BETTER. I beg to differ. With Bill Gates things go from bad to worse... Someone should sue Bill Gates!!

Nothing like a 41 hour day (yes day) to really loose track ot time! Couldn't sleep yesterday eirther, so to re-cap: 0+7+2= 9; 9/3=3 hours of sleep a night in average. It's "nutifying". Gonna go 100% mental. Not far off it, should be about 90% crazy now.

Going to England next week on Thursday!!! So yay for that. Gonna miss some uni though, but oh well. Not as though I hadn't done it before anyway... It's only 7 days, 2 of which are weekend and the day we leave I'm going, so in fact only miss 4 days. Too bad Robin Hood airport is't open yet, it's like 7 min from grandparents house! Lucie, how did you come up with and I quote in Pig Latin: "Iway bid4ay otay eesay htattay andomray uygay"? Check the Picasa/Hello Chat if you forgot. You don't need to worry 'bout me

Thought this was a Maths lesson! It's more like Ancient Runes! This guy's explanations are worse than Baldrick's cunning plans!!!

"Spend any amount of time around people, you get your heart broken. Treachery, hypocrisy, promise of love. Look into the mouth of a person and you’ll find lies, wriggling there like maggots waiting to grow wings." Quote from one of the "murderers" (turned out it wasn't him who committed the crimes; he was only covering for someone who was never found; he shot himself in the end) from CSI: Las Vegas. Too right! But what is life without a little pain? A Utopia probably!

Oh yeah, no idea what "hoe" in that post below means, so I replaced it by "foot". Must have been automatic writing.

Here's my new timetable for this year. Quite easy really:

Monday:

08:15-09:00: general Chemistry
09:00-09:15: break
09:15-10:00: general Chemistry
10:00-10:15: break
10:15-11:00: Biology
11:00-11:15: break
11:15-12:00: Biology

Tuesday:

08:15-09:00: Biology
09:00-09:15: break
09:15-10:00: organic Chemistry
10:00-10:15: break
10:15-11:00: Physics
11:00-11:15: break
11:15-12:00: Physics

Wednesday:

08:15-09:00: organic Chemistry
09:00-09:15: break
09:15-10:00: organic Chemistry
10:00-10:15: break
10:15-11:00: general Chemistry
11:00-11:15: break
11:15-12:00: general Chemistry

Thursday:

08:15-09:00: Maths exercises or practical
09:00-09:15: break
09:15-10:00: Maths exercises or practical
10:00-10:15: break
10:15-11:00: Maths theory
11:00-11:15: break
11:15-12:00: Maths theory

Friday:

08:15-09:00: Biology
09:00-09:15: break
09:15-10:00: Biology
10:00-10:15: break
10:15-11:00: Physics
11:00-11:15: break
11:15-12:00: Physics

Well that's it! Basically, finish everyday at twelve, the rest is not that important.

Probably one of the wort things that can happen to a person is unrequited love. The problem is that these days the word "love" is thrown around like a foot ball. How do you put meaning into phrases and words, which are used so lightly, frequently and sound so corny?
"I would rather die tomorrow, than live a 100 years without knowing you." John Smith to Pocahontas from the Disney film. That's what you say now, matey! Just you wait 'til you are betrayed by love. Then you'll wish you hadn't "never known what it is like to love" to quote Elton John.

OMG, that is all I can say. Ya remember Anne-Marie from All Dogs Go To Heaven? Well the girl who voiced her was murdered by her father when she was 10 years old along with her mother! Can you believe it? Her father seems to be of the calibre as Herman and if S doesn't push it H might do the same as that guy. If he does, the killing spree WILL start, 'cos the justice system in this country sucks and you get what? 5 years for murder MAX. For that it's worth killing off all your enemies. 15 years, 7,5 for good behaviour.
Honestly, what does the state do to protect women, who try to leave abusive husbands? Absolutely nothing! The police intervene once something has happened. Great deal of good that does! Lazy B@st@rds! Too much paperwork, too much man-power required, guess it's better that a few people die than to spend money! What kind of mentality is that where money is more important than a human life?
Humans disgust me. Is all this killing really necessary? Usually species try to CONSERVE their individuals (at least the best ones) not kill each other off. I still say the best thing that can happen is that an asteroid hits us, Yellowstone erupts or Bush accidentally gives order to drop atom bombs on every single country (including USA). We are all HUMAN and though we might not be the same deep down we are equal. How can there be people out there willing to kill others AND themselves? I hope they realize that death's an end and that there are no 50 virgins waiting for them... If they want to commit suicide, can't they throw themselves in front of a train? Actually they probably should be shot since they want to die anyway.
There really is NO limit to human stupidity. Go on, destroy the world then! It's not like it's in very good shape now anyway. Humans are an aberration of evolution. How they could come to be as greedy and immoral they are is a complete mystery. Destroying everything in heir path for power. Mammoths: first mass-extinction helped along by humans; Neanderthals: probably killed them although there's no proof; Dodos, Tasmanian Devils, etc: modern victims. Honestly seems like "take what you can, give nothing back" is the new motto theses days.
Uh oh that was kinda random and to some extent contradictory, but too bad. If humans had any decency they would help their process of extinction along 'cos if we're around for much longer by the time we finally are gone, this planet won't even be worth recycling!
Also, what's all this sh!t about there being no evolution? Are the Americas try to make the new generation even MORE stupid? OK, listen up morons (scientists + intelligent peep (minus Bill Gates) excluded): IF Dinosaurs and humans had existed at the same time, we wouldn't have reached this point (which would have been a good thing)! Oh, you thought the Flintstones were real? Well sorry to bu(r)st your bubble, but dinosaurs were reptiles with a worse temper than a cobra, aggravated alligator or hippo with a hernia; you can't tame them and even if you could the T-Rex would still rip you limb from limb, just look what happened in Jurassic Parc! Also there is PROOF: look there are layers in the crust of the earth, right? The deeper the layers, the older they are. Homo (Sapiens) Sapiens are what? Several ten/ hundred thousand years old. Dinosaurs several Million. When you look at a layer, which is several million years old, there are NO human remains to be found. So what does that mean? That humans were immortal in those days? No, it means there WEREN'T any! Seems that this would make sense to a brain-dead fly. Well either that or humans had no bones and just sort of floated around...
Also, we did NOT descend from Apes, were merely share a common ancestor, the missing link. There was one common ancestor between chimpanzees and us and since you people are so obsessed with everything including the clothes you wear being genetic, we share 99.99% of your genes with Chimpanzees and if you're going to deny this then you should be refused medical treatment.
Moving on: If there is no evolution you should still be a single-celled organism therefore, you will not require any electric devices, housing, clothes, partners or Oxygen so back to nature you shall go and in fact everybody apart from you have the missing link as an ancestor. YOUR direct ancestors were probably some mutated brain-damaged Amoeba!
I'd rather have Chimpanzees, Gorillas, Bonobos and Oran Utans as relatives than Bin Laden, Bush or Hitler!
Also, the earth is probably flat and at the centre of the universe? Why don't you burn all the scientists? Why don't you fuse church and state again? The technical advances made during the Middle Ages were just grand! Name me one good reason why you should profit from scientific advances when you don't believe in something as basic as evolution? If you don't evolve, die then! You only have two choices: evolve or die. Seems like you only have one. You just dug your own grave, it's time to lie in it now!
Not believing in evolution is just like saying aliens put us here, which is also ridiculous. Possible that an comet fell to earth containing bacteria/life, other than that don't see many posses...
Anyway, true you probably remained in vegetative state of a Plasmodium (in case you even know what that is?!) so in your case there was NO evolution to be seen!

Schmusie Video 1.




Schmusie Video 2.

Here's a video of Hedgy. It's kinda mega-dark.

Since blogger now allows video uploads here is a video of baby turtles on the Seychelles heading out to sea on Bird Island. Honestly it was like being in Lost!

The Rockery Part 1.





The Rockery Part 2

What do you mean "all guys are like that. Deep down.", my dear Rhubi? No, you forgot a VERY important detail: They are like that ON the surface. Also, "they'll get better when they get older". Oh yeah?! I should think not! What a lie or very optimistic point of view!

Anyhow after all the strains of the day settle down for an utterly useless discussion about the definitions of "be right back", "be back later" and "be back soon".

Obviously "right" indicates that the person will be back without delay, so within 0-10 minutes. Then the real discussion is about the words later and soon. Which one comes first? What do they imply? Later: does it mean within the same day? You say see you soon or VERY soon, which would mean that it's further in time than later.
So to conclude, probably soon over-laps with later, but then goes further, so:

Right: 0-10 min
later: 3-24 hrs
soon: 1 hr-3/6 months

Wasn't that wonderful? Well I thought so... No actually I didn't!

OK, now for a video of Schmusie in a box of toys!

OK, one convo we had on the beach of Nyon was SO funny. We were talking 'bout CSI Las Vegas. In one of the episodes a guy dies 'cos he's been infected by a fungus so Greg and Sara had to strip and were showered by the bio-hazard troupe. Of course they were hidden from the camera and so with from us. First funny comment from N: "Aww, what a shame!". Then Greg says later on to Sara: "I just wanted you to know that I didn't see anything back there." and she answers: "Really? I saw everything." Nothing, (too) funny about that, now for the addition we made: he should have said: "Well? What did you think?" Hehe, now that would have been funny! Really ETMI! Well it would have been if she had answered!

Akon Lyrics

Welcome to a sort of Friday Discussion Topic, except that it's not Friday and it's not really a discussion... Anyway, here we go!

Do we always have a choice in everything we do? Oh wow, another YES or NO situation...

NO: We don't have a choice about being born.
YES: Maybe not, but we can choose to end it.

NO: We can't choose our family.
YES: No, but we can choose to turn our backs on them and live with our friends or to make the best with them.

NO: We can't choose our gender.
YES: We can choose to change it with a sex change.

NO: We can't choose our name.
YES: We can choose to change it.

NO: We can't choose what social class we are born into.
YES: Through hard work, effort and a strong will, we can escape it.

NO: We can't choose our ethnicity.
YES: With the help of an operation, almost all traits of all ethnicities can be eradicated.

NO: Kids can't choose whether they go to school or not ("developed" countries).
YES: They can choose not to go.

NO: Slaves couldn't choose to be free.
YES: They could run away and face the consequences (death).

NO: We can't choose not to die.
YES: Perhaps not, but we can make the best with what we were given and live healthily.

NO: We can't choose the weather.
YES: We can choose to accept that.

NO: We can't choose the life we live.
YES: Through (right) choices, we can live it properly.

You see, we always have a choice even if it leads to our destruction and precipitated death. Even a slave could decide to be free, although his escape may provoke his death. The next question is: Is there a destiny? (OK, this has already been discussed, but oh well...)

If there is, then in fact the choices we DO have, aren't open to take. For example, say you have a job interview. You cannot choose to be picked as an employee, but you can choose not to go. If it's destiny for you to get that job, then you shall be picked. That means the choice of not going to the interview could NOT be taken by you.

Here's an image for a better comprehension:

So basically, the corridor is our life path and the rooms are events. With destiny, the path is chosen, so the rooms all remain locked. The \\ means it cannot be accessed, because it is not our destiny. We have no choices. All the choices we think we have such as "to wear these trousers or this skirt" are in fact not real choices. You might think you chose to wear it, but in fact the trousers had no real chance anyway.

Without destiny:

Here we have many different paths, everything is possible. The Main Event can be reached or not.

Then we have half-destiny. Won't do a pic for this. Some things are destiny, but the way we choose to take to get there is up to us.

If you think about it: every time you meet someone you change their destiny. Well, unless it was destiny to meet them in the first place... Our actions affect people in one way or another, whether it is beneficial or not.

Is there always a good and bad path? For instance: say you just leave your school stuff in the middle of the passage, someone slips on it, breaks their neck, you feel guilty, you commit suicide and lure your family on to destruction and the GOOD path would be: you tidy up and everyone lives happily ever after? Can the consequences of a seemingly good path be worse? Is it even possible to take another path? What does destiny care what colour your socks are?
If anything, I'd say there is a kind of half-destiny: we are destined to be born, it is destiny to meet the people we know, to go certain places, to have children or not, to get married and to die. You see, we have choices and destiny is just a wall, which we can hide our uncertainties and fear behind. We just have to make decisions and even if it turns out we didn't have a choice, what does it matter? Then it's destiny and we can do nothing about it!
Destiny seems like a great way to suppress people: "Oh well, it's destiny that you live in the gutter and I have mounds of gold. Live with it!"
Enough of that! Now comment, you have a choice or maybe even destiny!

Extract from http://fengshuidesign.lifetips.com/cat/54895/chinese-astrology/index.html about Chinese Animal Years.

"The characteristics of the Cat or Rabbit

People born in the year of the Rabbit or Cat tend to be exceptionally sensitive and unusually alert. They exhibit a high degree of intelligence combined with refreshing honesty. Their minds move with great speed. This enables them to complete a wide range of varied tasks in a surprisingly short time. Their speed and acumen is highly prized in the world of mathematics and accountancy. Their feelings also change as rapidly as unstable weather. They flit back and forth between happiness and sadness. Rabbits/Cats don´t like to waste time and often don´t understand why others are not as quick witted as they are. Others can get easily provoked by this especially if they consider the Rabbits/Cats impatience to be arrogant disdain. In any given situation the Rabbit/Cat will have an acute awareness of it´s environment and there can be no greater asset in a team." End of quote.

Now for a bit of info about Scorpios (born October 22 to November 22) from http://www.astrology-online.com/scorpio.htm :

" Traditional Scorpio Traits:
Determined and forceful
Emotional and intuitive
Powerful and passionate
Exciting and magnetic

On the dark side:
Jealous and resentful
Compulsive and obsessive
Secretive and obstinate" End of quote.

Whoa, this is once again quite accurate. Scorpios are said to be introverted and quiet. Dunno about compulsive, suffocating might be more accurate. Resentful: possibly. Jealous: maybe. Obsessive? Perhaps. Secretive: defo. The Cat thing is quite true as well. I am more of a Cat than a Rabbit, although it's exactly the same. It's just that some Asian cultures replace Rabbit with Cat. Dunno about "high degree of Intelligence" though. Einstein, Peter Falk (Inspector Columbo), Drew Barrymore, Stalin, Marie Curie and others might be considered intelligent (well maybe not Stalin or Fidel Castro), but anyway. As much as I hate to quote Britney Spears, but: "I'm a fool in so many ways."
Well wasn't this fascinating? Next up: "Do we always have a choice?"

Went to the fête de Genève on Saturday by sail boat. On Capicou of course.
It was great, except that it was rather cold and quite rocky, not to mention at some point it smelled of Weed. You're not even safe out there! It was loud as well. OK, this is a film, but you can see the magnitude of the fireworks. Several million Francs down the drain. Beautiful, but very expensive.
We arrived home at about 1:30 AM and N stayed the night. We stayed up 'til about 4:30 AM, just talkin' 'bout various things (no TMI [Too Much Information] at this point). Then the next day we went to see S, who was working down at the plage de Nyon. Her reaction was hilarious when she saw N: "WTF, happened to you?!" That was SO funny! She used to call him "The Kid" (worthy of one of my nickname creations), of course that is now impossible, since he is "of age".
That is SO incredibly emo, it's incredible! The convo at this stage was rather TMI, especially what happened to his friend at the boarding school. It involved, well TMI off course, but also certain "acts" and being caught "near the middle to end". Well that was on the way TO here actually. Let's see the discussions here were how to put it TM (too much). Oops, nearly wrote something qualified as VWI (very weird information) here, but at least it was not TMI! Also S said something well ya know ETMI (EXTREMELY too much information), so it can't be put on here.

Haha! Lucie upon her noble bike. Well, my mother's noble bike. Lookin' a little blue, ain't ya?

Mwhaha! Paparazzi, ain't I? Oh well, waiter down at the port. Forgot his name, but it wouldn't be appropriate to post it on here anyway.

Now we shall do another song analysis. "Welcome to my life" by Simple Plan. It's not the best song ever written (obviously and luckily). The tune is simple, but this is SIMPLE Plan, so what can be expected? The lyrics are not THAT great and the voices can't be described as good. The message is somewhat provocative. Only millions of people feel like the singer, that could qualify as "nobody"... The lyrics are in green and the commentary is in yellow.

"Welcome To My Life"

Do you ever feel like breaking down?
Who doesn't these days?
Do you ever feel out of place?
Is "yes" an accurate answer?
Like somehow you just don't belong
Where's the syntax in that?
And no one understands you
The way you write no wonder no one understands you.
Do you ever wanna run away?
Yerp, defo.
Do you lock yourself in your room?
Nope, although that could be an idea; hate it when people come barging in.
With the radio on turned up so loud
Nope, have all the songs on the Mac and a little less on the PC.
That no one hears you screaming
No, actually the music is to block out the NEIGHBOURS' screaming.

No you don't know what it's like
When nothing feels all right
You don't know what it's like
To be like me
Luckily, we don't all want to be as idiotic as you!

To be hurt
To feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
And no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like
Welcome to my life
That's nearly all correct except for the "you don't know what it's like" part.

Do you wanna be somebody else?
Not really. Where's the point in living someone else's life, when it's worse than yours?
Are you sick of feeling so left out?
Relatively; mostly I want to be left alone though.
Are you desperate to find something more?
There's more?! Wow, who knew?
Before your life is over
Obviously! It's a little late when it's over...
Are you stuck inside a world you hate?
Most days.
Are you sick of everyone around?
The neighbours can become VERY annoying.
With their big fake smiles and stupid lies
Don't get much of that.
While deep inside you're bleeding
Quite.

No you don't know what it's like
Yes, we do!
When nothing feels all right
You don't know what it's like
To be like me
What can be said about this?

To be hurt
To feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
And no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like
Welcome to my life
Thanks for the welcome, but no thanks.

No one ever lied straight to your face
Actually they have...
And no one ever stabbed you in the back
They've also done this...
You might think I'm happy but I'm not gonna be okay
What are we supposed to do about this?
Everybody always gave you what you wanted
Hardly.
You never had to work it was always there
That's what you think.
You don't know what it's like, what it's like
Oh, shut up!

To be hurt
To feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
And no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like (what it's like)
I'm surprised you don't drown in all your self-pity!

To be hurt
To feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
And no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like
Welcome to my life
Welcome to my life
Welcome to my life
OKAY, finally he shut up. It was startin' to get repetitive.

WARNING!!! THIS POST CONTAINS INFO ABOUT HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS.
IF YOU DON'T WANT IT SPOILED LEAVE
NOW AND DON'T BLAME ME IF
YOU DON'T AND COMPLAIN
'COS YOU WERE
WARNED!

Finally finished reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Some of you might say: "What a load of old rubbish. Who reads sh!t like that?" like Grandpa does or perhaps even claim it's evil because it talks about witchcraft and wizardry like the Catholics (not all, this is a generalization). The new pope redeemed himself slightly when he said that Harry Potter wasn't that bad after all, since some of the main themes are friendship, loyalty and good vs evil. He was on such a good path that I thought that he would apologize for what the Catholic church did to all those who maintained the earth were round. Of course he quickly assumed his prior "form" when he proclaimed that abortion should be made illegal. What people forget is, is that the witchcraft is not important. It's a façade. Voldemort's ideas are like Hitlers: both wanted something they did not have; Hitler: a pure, intelligent, beautiful race. He himself did not correspond to his own ideal of tall, blond and blue-eyed. He was also part-Jewish. Furthermore he was not even German, but Austrian AND possibly infertile! Voldemort: Pure race. He was a Half-Blood. In fact both wanted something more: Hitler wanted a race to dominate all (so basically world-domination) and Voldemort wanted immortality. Both had an army to do their bidding. Hitler: SS (Schutzstaffel) and Nazis; Voldemort: Death Eaters and SS who in this case is ONE person. It would have been difficult to explain Harry's survival and Voldemort's destruction without introducing magic. Harry could have been Jewish and Hitler came to kill him, but how would his mother's sacrifice have saved him in real life? If Hitler had tried to shoot him and the bullet somehow missed Harry and rebounded on him, he would have been killed or gravely injured. People have to see past the magic and look at the messages the book gives: love thy neighbour, fight for what you believe in, have faith, friendship, trust, good vs evil, etc... It was intended to be a children's book and can hardly qualify as a fairy story since there are only about two mentions of fairies in the whole book. There are however dragons, elves, giants, Kneazles and other fictional figures. Even though the book may lack the quality and writing style of the great authors it is however binding and JKR deserves a lot of credit because she achieved all her fame through the power of imagination and creativity. Also her book is one of the rare ones, in which the characters grow and change. That is very rare in children's books such as the "Famous Five" or "Secret Seven" the characters remain immortally young. Also she killed some of her characters off, which gives the story realism. Her characters aren't fully good or bad, which gives them more depth.

Some of the theories about Snape and Harry were true: Harry WAS a Horcrux and he marries Ginny (and doesn't die) and Snape DID love Lily and was kinda good.
I must say I was skeptical about Harry being a Horcrux, because I didn't know how he could destroy himself and that would mean that he would have to die and that JKR would never dare kill Harry unless she was suicidal.
Snape: I was a big supporter of that theory and there were many clues: for one his worst memory wasn't THAT bad. Shouldn't his worst have been his first murder? Betraying the Potters? Living with his parents? I mean sure he was humiliated in front of the some class mates, but there is worse than that. Lily was there and tried to defend him and he insulted her rather badly and she was very offended. The reason for which he hated Harry so much was because: he looked like his father, but had his mother's eyes. It must have been hell seeing someone who resembled a person he loathed profoundly and looking into those eyes, which were not unlike the ones he had looked into so many times and would nevermore look into again. He blamed Harry for Lily's death. He couldn't look past the physical appearance and so with couldn't let go of his hatred.
The theory that Snape killed Dumbledore on the latter's orders is also true. The look of "hatred and revulsion that were etched into the harsh lines of his face" were indeed self-hatred and self-revulsion as we had previously seen on Harry's face as he was forcing Dumbledore to drink that green jelly. Someone watching would not know whether he hated Dumblie or himself and since the reader sees everything from Harry's point of view and we were made to believe that Snape was bad, we were led to believe that he really did hate Dumblie. He would never plead for his life, that is below Dumblie; he was asking Snape to kill him as he had promised. Of course he was not ENTIRELY good, but nobody is. Look at Sirius. Saying that one has to let go of hatred and such, but he himself did nothing of the sort.
She killed Snape off, but he did deserve it.
The bit were Harry goes to a kind of heaven (he's naked in the beginning, that's probably why Dan R took on that role on stage [where he was naked]; he was practicing :-P for this scene) is slightly weird. Lupin and Tonk's death is sad. Their son will have to be raised by his grandmother like Neville was. Talking of Neville: wonder who he married. Luna? Lavender? Maybe Dean married Luna. What happened to Neville's grandmother? Did she make it? What happened to Trelawny? I still would like to know whether the predictions Trelawny made about Hermione leaving and Lavender's rabbit dying were luck or whether she actually predicted them. What other things apart from food can't you magic? Probably money and housing. Something to drink (unless that goes in the same category as food) and possibly a spouse, love, friendship and such; you'd need a potion or whatever. What happened to Fleur and Bill? Do they have kids? It would be nice to know what happened to the other characters. Did Ron, Hermione and Harry finish their education? If so, what jobs do they have now? Could Harry have become and auror or are they no longer needed? Where does HP live? London? Godrick's Hollow? How was Hogwarts re-built?
The story was good, but relatively long and sort of repetitive especially about how they were stuck, hungry, lost and Harry's feelings towards Ginny etc... The ending was good and the story really did play in the past, which means the film makers slightly screwed up, 'cos it plays in the early '90s, so they should have used more of a '90 style haircut and cars etc... Oh well. Sad it's finished, but it ended well. What do y'all think?

OK, What in tarnation can I say? "Anticipation", "thinking ahead", an ability only humans possess some say. How far does this go though? If each time one has to think of the worst possible ending of a situation, which is failure -or death, which might turn out to not be so bad after all- then why would one start anything at all? If you're going to fail anyway, then why do it? It would be much easier to do something else, but oh wait I forgot, you're going to fail that as well! I mean, I should have inscribed into Translation, a course which requires an entrance exam, because I should have known I would not pass the exams I hadn't even done yet? So, I should have anticipated a catastrophic failure and inscribed into Translation, which I will no doubt fail as well, so I should go into languages, but since that will also come to nothing what the heck am I supposed to do? It's too late to inscribe into anything now, but somehow everyone quietly agrees that I haven't got into Bern. Isn't having a supportive family nice? The results haven't even come through yet, although admittedly the chances of having got in are pretty slim.
That's the end of that. I see my cousins are arriving. This is a rant, don't take it too seriously.

I can only say ONE thing: ewwwwwwwww. CSI Las Vegas. They were talkin' bout sex change operations and well no I won't quote, but what I don't get is why does a guy who had a sex change needs pads? Anyway... Funny quote from some woman from the crime lab: "I heard this story about a guy who had a sex change because he was obsessed with this lesbian who was really a man! (Awkward silence) Over-shared..." Oh, right "faking it". I'm referring to the text written in yellow. "It's like the Guiterman poem: Amoebas at the start were not complex; But then they tore themselves apart and started sex."

The new LCD TV, the HDD/DVD player/writer and tape recorder. Pretty, eh?

England. England! What can be said about England? It's an over-populated (mostly by morons or Peasants as Grandpa and most of the Hancocks would say) island with terrible weather (even worse this year than previous years) made worse by global warming and pollution. It seems as though the UK were situated under a permanent Low Pressure area.
Doncaster: city with mostly shady areas and some nice countryside.
Bessacarr: a mostly none-shady part of Doncaster, but it depends were you go...
Warning to anyone who wants to visit Donny (at night): don't turn right down Thorne Road and whatever you do, don't go down Market Road!!! Don't park in Christ Church Road at night unless you want unsolicited "passengers". Stay away from the dodgy area behind the market.
What is there to do in Donny: Visit The Dome, there's a swimming pool in it (if I remember correctly), sometimes stage productions / concerts and possibly a cinema. There's a paintball place, archery, rock climbing (in The Dome) and how the heck should I know?! Look under http://www.visitdoncaster.co.uk/ or something!

The trip back: took quite some time. Left at 03:05 AM and arrived here at 18:32, so 14 hrs 27 (because it's an hour later here, so you loose 1 hr when you take the ferry from the UK to France.) Stopped about 5 times. The traffic was OK, so basically just sailed through.
Had a series of bizarre dreams: Dreamt that Dit (ex-youth worker) and some other people from church were going to go on a boat trip on the Camargue. Anyway D had decided to take his "new" girlfriend, instead of Ted (guy who goes to church, organizes stuff for kids including the boat trip and well erm... can be a bit... sarcastic in real life as well as in the dream). That broke Ted's heart and everyone was going on about how bad D had behaved. It was quite funny actually... Well at least sort of. Can't really remember the others. They were too weird and I was woken before I could "fixate" them ie go through them again as to remember them later.

For Rhubarb + Raspberry: It was annoying that we only spend two bloody days together! You better have had a blast in Portsmouth! 'Cos it was no walk in the park being in Bessacarr. You didn't see the new LCD TV or the HD/DVD reader/writer so I'll post the photo once I've got them on here from the camera. It was a screwed up summer (in fact year). It was cold, raining, areas were flooded, Grandpa still won't accept Social Services in from a private company called "Poppies". Granny in the mean time still goes and takes stuff surreptitiously out of the pantry.
Anyway went out with Peter, Ruth and Ben the last day. It was good, but really LOUD and crowded.

Home: found 3 dead bats in the house. One was on the stairs, one in the bath and the last one was attached to the curtains. In fact I found another one by the fireplace, but haven't buried it yet. So in fact there were FOUR dead bats in here. How the heck they got in here, is anyone's guess... The fireplace is sealed, so no they didn't come from there. It's bloody hot here. Supposed to turn bad Tuesday though...

Nice meeting you and maybe slightly better timing would help.

ENGLAND, HERE WE COME!!!

OMG, was reading the word "carbs" and some person from "Waking the dead" said Something Carb!

Hey y'all, welcome to the Friday rubric. kind of brain-dead so it will be rather short.

Firstly: what is this game vvvv
called in English? Yup, that's our beloved TV. Well at least it works. More or less...
Secondly: Would you ever resort to violence to get your point across?

We'll leave it at that. Told you it would be pathetic!

Wow, 666 posts! SCARY, well this is the 667th. Anyway, didn't do a Friday rubric discussion yesterday, so we'll do it today. What could the topic be though? Hmmm, oh well guess we'll take a break for a week or so. Here, we'll leave you with this wonderful picture, which you can reflect on.

"Things are never what they appear to be..."

Hmmm, let's see. Maths exam tomorrow, so with an ominous feeling of being utterly screwed and having no chance whatsoever to NOT fail it let's do something CRAZY!!! Well, to rephrase that, let ME do something crazy!
All I can say is that: Mel Brooks is gonna have the privilege of kissing his butt goodbye if he doesn't make part 2 of "History of the World" AND "Robin Hood: Men in Tights". Anyone got his number? Joke.
Also: who do you have to sue around here to meet someone famous? Yes, SUE. Bill Gates would do fine. Sue Bill Gates for causing so much annoyance, frustration and suicide wishes from people who use his useless, mass-produced, non-stop crashing, made by idiots for idiots, trashy software/hardware!!! Well either him or pour coffee over yourself and sue McDonald's or maybe take Burger King this time. Can't always blame EVERYTHING on Bill Gates and McDonald's!
That wasn't too crazy.

List of the Weirdest songs EVER:

1. Still open. That means there isn't one yet. There is always room for a WEIRDER song. Possibly it hasn't been written/sung yet.
   
2. "Je t'aime".
3. Different orgasm song, dunno the name.
4. "Kiss me where it smells funny".
5. "Horny".
6. "Weenie in a bottle".

That's it! Any other propositions? See y'all tomorrow!

Crans-près-Céligny "crest".

Okay, well the Wisdom tooth is gone. Now the pain and possibly swelling will set in. Won't stop bleeding, stupid thing! Oh well...
5 days 'till you arrive!!!!!!
Dunno what else to say...

Kinda "parody". Dunno what of, but never mind. The Weirdo is one of those people who hang around market places proclaiming their knowledge:

Weirdo: Now, the question YOU have to ask yourselves is: Do your needs control you or do you control your needs? It's all about CONTROL! Don't EVER let anyone tell you anything else!
Passer-by: *Walks by*
Weirdo: Hmmm, that guy looks needy.
Passer-by: I heard that!
Weirdo: Now, tell me do your needs control you?
P-b: I have no time for this.
W: That's what I thought! Come on! Show those needs who's boss!
P-b: No, you don't understand. I need to be somewhere!
W: "Need", eh? Learn to control them!
P-b: Please, move out of my way!
W: Not until you've gained self-control.
P-b: I REALLY don't have time for this. I have somewhere to be!
W: Hmmm, you're a hard case. Got an urgent appointment?
P-b: YES! So, if you would awfully mind moving?
W: You really should gain more self-discipline.
P-b: It has nothing to do with needs and everything to do with death!
W: It can sometimes seem that way, can't it?
P-b: No, it REALLY is a matter of life and death! And death has nothing to do with needs, does it?
W: Well, no but...
P-b: Let me through or I will have to hurt you!
W: Have to or need to?
P-b: You're going to get me killed!
W: Cool it!
Mafia stereotype: You're late!
W: I'm outta here! *runs off*
P-b: Please, don't shoot. I was held up by that idiot...
M S: And that is an excuse?
P-b: N-n-n-n-o.
M S: Let's get this over with.
P-b: Please don't kill me! I'll never be late again!
M S: Kill you? No, I want you to taste my cake and tell me what you think.
P-b: WHAT?! You said it was a matter of life and death!
M S: It is!
P-b: *Dies of a heart attack*

THE END

That was Fascinating, once again.

Welcome to this week's Friday rubric! Hey that rhymes! The question is "What is the question"?! I know! I'll ask you what YOU would do! That also rhymes... Stay tuned in foooooooooooor: "What would YOU do?":

If someone you didn’t really like wanted to borrow some stuff, would you:

• a) lie?

• Say: “I don’t have it” -> left it at home.
• Say: “I gave it to someone else.”

• b) half-lie?
  

• Say: “yes”, avoid the person for the rest of the day, leave it at home and the next day say you forgot it
• Say: “yes”, but do nothing.
• Say you need it to revise (which is true, although you’re not going to start revising until tomorrow/next week/next month).

• c) tell the truth?

• “I don’t like you.”
• Say: “yes, but could you photocopy it?”
• “I don’t want to.”
• Ignore the question

Is it theft of you:
A person owes you money and you either see their bag standing somewhere or say you’ll look after it. When they leave to go to the toilet or something you retrieve their purse and take out the money they owe you? 'Cos, what else do you do if they "refuse" to pay you back?! You could forget about it, but where's the fun in that?
All I can say is, that I must have forgotten to tell her about my 100% interest rate! EVERY second it goes up by 100%. I could make a special offer: every minute. Every hour is my lowest offer! No, I'm NOT talking about Claire, but the 20 Frs she owes me, must be around 200'000 Frs now. Gawd, I'd be rich by now! Let's see 20x24= 480 a day. She's owed it since last year, so 480 x 365= 175'200 Frs. Heh, I was nearly right! And if it were per second: 20x60x60x24= 1'728'000 Frs a day. So 1'728'000x365= 630'720'000 Frs! Wow, with an interest rate of 100% a second!!! Must tell her that.

Gawd, I dreamed of Claire... She's ubber annoying. What would you do if you saw her in the street?

1. Cross the street?
2. Say hello and walk on?
3. Pretend you didn't see her?
4. HIDE!!!
5. Turn and walk in the opposite direction?
6. Get that sniper to shoot her?
7. RUN!!!

If you had no other option and she saw you and started talking. Would you:

1. Walk on as though you hadn't heard her?
2. Say hello and walk on?
3. Ask for the money back, snatch her wallet out of her hands and withdraw it?
4. Scream "THIEF!!!" and start chasing her?
5. Ignore her?

If you walk on, but she doesn't take the hint and walks after you and talks to you anyway:

1. Say: "Oh, I did NOT hear you!"?
2. Walk on faster?
3. Tell her to clear off?
4. Say hello and walk on?

Since you don't know who Claire is, use an annoying, scrounging, Histrionic, Narcissistic, lying, shallow person of your choice instead.