Dani's Journal

Well, still don't really have anything interesting to report about... So here are just a couple of boring things. ;-) *lol*

- Seems like mentioning to my boss that I'd quite like to have at least one saturday per month off, please, was effective. :D So now I don't have to work on 30 October. *yay* It's my first free saturday since... well, since my holidays in August, I guess. I'm looking forward to that. \o/

- Because I had to take down the picture frames in the corner where now the cat tree is, I made a kind of collage of some of my favourite stagedoor photos in the bigger frame which hangs on the other wall. It wasn't easy arranging the photos so that everything fitted well, let me tell you... Puzzle for adults. :D
Anyhow, this is the result. I really like it. <3
(click to enlarge)

Sorry that the quality of the pic isn't the best. It was quite hard to take a picture without something reflecting on it... ;-)

- Nice weather again today. Took a nearly 10 km walk *yikes*, which then ended in sitting in a coffeehouse and eating some yummy waffles with hot cherries and vanilla ice cream. :-)

And for the German people on my f-list (because the others won't know who I'm talking about *gg*):
- Jetzt sind es nur noch 2 1/2 Wochen bis ich Dieter Nuhr endlich mal wieder live sehe! \o/ Woohoo!! Ich freu mich drauf. :D Auch wenn's diesmal in einer grösseren Veranstaltungshalle sein wird, wo ich noch nicht so richtig weiss, wie's da wohl werden wird... Fand's am bisherigen Veranstaltungsort eigentlich immer recht schön. *seufz*

I just realised it's Matt Bomer's 33th birthday today!! \o/

So, have a mini picspam to celebrate. <3<3



( Birthday boy )

Hiya. D'you remember me? ;-) Just realized I haven't posted for about 2 weeks... :-( Mainly because I didn't really have anything to say. Yeah, my life is that boring. *sighs* Still don't, really... *lol*

Today was beautiful weather. <3 As long as you stayed in the sun, it also was considerably warm. There was a farmers' market in the city, and most of the shops in the pedestrian zone and our shopping mall were open as well, so I spent a couple of hours with my parents there. It was quite nice.

Also, my scratching post finally arrived this weekend. *yay* So today I spent 2 hours (!) assembling it. Which was good fun actually. :D I quite enjoyed it. And I'm a bit proud that I managed it all by myself! *g* Go, me! :D
This is what it looked like at first:



And this is the result of my hard work:
( piccies )

Don't mind the little plush cat. *lol* I just thought it was somehow fitting. :D
Anyway, I really like it. :-) Hopefully the cat will, too... ;-) *gg*

Oh, and I have to share this:

♥♥♥ Probably the best thing I saw today. *happy sigh*
John Owen-Jones - my favourite Valjean ever!! <3<3<3 Simon Bowman, who comes a close second after I saw him in London in August. <3<3 And Colm Wilkinson. :-)

Sorry this took so long...
Here are the next pics of "Fortysomething". Enjoy! :D


WARNING: Again, very image heavy!

( Episode 4 screencaps )
( Episode 5 screencaps )

Screencaps of the last episode will follow shortly. I hope... *lol*

I just placed another order in an online pet shop. I think I have nearly everything now. *ponders*
I still need a scratching post, but I already know which one I'm going to order. I'll probably do so in 1 or 2 weeks. And then all that is left to buy is cat food and cat litter, which won't be necessary until a few days before I actually get a cat though. :D

Now I'm off to watch some DVD. \o/ Which I haven't done for 10 days... *gasps* That so isn't like me!! But test week kinda got in the way... :p Well, now it's finally over (thank God!) I guess I have a lot to catch up on. :D
Starting with "The Last Enemy", which I enjoyed a lot so far. :-) Oh, Ben! ♥ Also Robert Carlyle. I actually don't really care much about him as a person (*sorry*), but: Scottish accent FTW!!! <3<3 Is there anything better? *sighs*

Woohoo, I bought some more cat stuff. :D Last week I bought a cat toilet. And today I brought home a nice cuddly cat bed, a "snack roll" (activity toy) and another small toy (see pic).


I guess things are slowly getting a bit more serious. *gg* Still a lot of stuff I need, though...
Also started a list with cat names. *g* Not easy, I tell you! :D

In other news: I totally failed at the Spanish grammar test today. *headdesk* Bugger, I didn't have a blackout this bad for a very long time. The first 2 tasks were somewhat okay (although I'm sure I have some things wrong there as well), but the other 2 were pretty much a total disaster... :-(( If I even get anything around 40-50% for this test, I would be more than happy... *sighs* And OF COURSE this had to be the test which counts the most into the semester end mark... *doh* *facepalm*
Let's just hope the rest of the week will be a bit better...

Just because this makes me happy every time I see it. ♥♥

It doesn't allow embedding, so you'll have to follow the link to YouTube... *sorry*

I haven't made any screencap posts for literally years, so maybe it's time to start that again. :D

The first one will be pictures of Benedict (and some Hugh Laurie) in "Fortysomething".
I ended up really loving the series! ♥

WARNING: This post is somewhat image heavy!

( Episode 1 screencaps )
( Episode 2 screencaps )
( Episode 3 screencaps )

ETA: added episode 2+3 screencaps!

Rest of the series will follow soon!

A very Happy Birthday to justtracy!! *hugs*
I hope you're having a wonderful day, sweetie! May all your birthday wishes come true.

Seems like the DVD burner in my laptop might be broken-down for good now... Bugger!!! :-( It won't burn neither DVD-Videos nor data discs anymore. From one moment to the next, so to speak. I was burning a data DVD yesterday afternoon, and when I wanted to burn another one a short time later, it didn't work no longer. With neither of the two programs I use... WTF?? I have absolutely no idea why. I rebooted my computer 2 or 3 times, updated my Nero version, tried finding some advice on the internet - all to no avail. Still receiving the same error message. I'm really at my wits' end now! *cries*
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On a positive note: I received my "The Last Enemy" DVD yesterday. *yay* So I think I'll start watching that today. :-)
As you see, I'm slowly working my way through Benedict's filmography... :D <3<3