Jun 29 2010
For some people it may be really an old hat, but for me it was THE discovery of last week. One of my favorite coffee places has (finally!) brought cold coffee into supermarkets! Of course, I could not decide which to take, so after a quick look into my wallet, I simply took one of each flavor.
The order of the photos (L-R) is also the order in which I tasted them. After I drank the last one today, here the positions on the podium of all-favorite cold coffee.
Jun 26 2010
The project is in its sixth week already – and I still have fun committing to color this year. This week it is the color brown. And no where else do you find the color brown as often as in sweets. But it was not too easy to find a kind of chocolate that actually had also a filling, which was in a different shade of brown than the outside chocolate. But: it exists!
It is the Ritter Sport a la Mousse au Chocolat. Really yummy if you put it in the fridge for a few days prior to eating ;)
Jun 24 2010
The world cup is in full swing and you are confronted with many world cup articles and gimmicks – especially on the internet. Here a really small list of things, which I have discovered so far. If you really need them and how helpful they are – judge for yourself.
Mexican wave instead of Poking (picture: StudiVZ.net)
Poking is totally yesterday during the world cup. Totally in on the other hand is the Mexican wave, as seen here on the German equivalent of Facebook. But the representative figures on the left do not seem like they are in the middle of a Mexican wave. Hm.
Stadium atmosphere (via zeitonline.de)
Many blogs have changed their design for the world cup with soccer balls and flags of their home team. If my world cup blog series is not enough for you, please follow the new link to my blog (stadium atmosphere guaranteed!): stadium atmosphere on mind-blogging.de
Google the world cup (picture: google.com)
Currently, if you google “world cup”, on the bottom the regular “Goooogle” turns into “Gooooal”. Noticed it just by accident. Hilarious!
Twitter-Mania (twitter.com)
Shortly before the world cup, Twitter doubled its capacity. But a breakdown during the world cup supposedly is still possible, since a complete mania has entered the Twitter-world. Hashtags for teams, like #ger or #usa, now have small flags, while tweeting #worldcup makes a small soccer ball appear. To complete this, there is a Twitter World Cup platform, where all tweets to the games are collected. Twitter goes all the way with the World Cup.
Virtual replay (picture: guardian.co.uk)
And who tops the twitter service? Correct, the English. On the online site from The Guardian, you can get a virtual replay through Twitter statuses from every world cup game.
Jun 20 2010
If you mix my to favorite colors, red and yellow, you get this weeks color: orange. So actually, one would think that I have many orange things, too. But that is not it. After looking around there were only two things I found in my surroundings, which are orange. Of course I could have taken something like a carrot or an orange, but I thought that was too simple.
The earrings are from a surfer store in the USA; the pillow from a Swedish furniture store.
Jun 18 2010
After my internship good-bye, yesterday my second “professional” farewell this year took place: I had my last day at my side job.
I still remember how I nervously walked into the big building of this big press agency only a few days before my 21st birthday. My tension could not have been worse and I only thought: “You’re one out of many, who are applying for this job.” But then after a really loose job interview with one of my future co-workers, a test translation and three very long days of waiting, I received the phone call: “I have some great news for you…” One week later I was trained and had my first day as a translator for picture captions and press releases.
Jun 15 2010
Actually, I am not superstitous. Actually. But it does not hurt anyone, if you continue to do things that worked once before, right?
I am talking about the idea that my family had some time prior to an Eintracht Frankfurt game. We ate Frankfurters and sauerkraut and Frankfurt won surprisingly against Bayern Munich. Since then we decided to always eat something of the particular region or nation.
During the WC 2010 it is not any different. And: It has been working perfectly! Here a small overview, where I also was able to test my newest plug-in (ImgNote):
Jun 13 2010
In the last week it was all about the color LIGHT GREEN. And I realized that I have very little in light green. I do not even have a clothing piece in that color and that means something. Maybe it is because I like a strong green better, but that color’s turn is in a few weeks.
Now to the photo: The weather is finally beautiful and sunny. On such days I like to lay in the park and picnic, do stuff for university or relax with a few friends. Always present is also a little snack and since one or two weeks also my new picnic blanket, which I really love. And all that together mostly looks like this:
Jun 11 2010
In only a few hours, the time has finally come: World Cup, World Cup, World Cup! Personally, I have been excited ever since I passed my mid-studies oral exam. Me as a soccer freak, there is nothing better and more exciting than the World Cup. (Aside from the fact of my favorite German Bundesliga team Eintracht Frankfurt becoming German Champions, but I think that will take a while.) The first World Cup party for the game Germany vs Australia on Sunday is planned and organized, the vuvuzelas and flags are ready to be used.
Yes, plural: flags. Because I am not only rooting for Germany, but also for USA, Portugal and South Africa. For USA, because I am an American. For Portugal, because I have been there several times and one of my good friends lives there. For South Africa, because I actually always (except if it is Brazil or Italy) sympathize with the hosting country. But this time, it is a little more than usual.
Jun 08 2010
It is my first time that I have to hand in an article to this project late and I deeply hope, this does not happen frequently. But during my short trip I had enough time, to think about what to photograph for the third color. Last week it was the color purple.
When I was young, I really like the color purple. One of the main reasons was probably, because my mom did not like the color at all. A little rebel I suppose. Today I only have very few purple clothes, and they are all not as deep as the color on the icon on the left. But luckily, women do not only have clothes, but also make-up…
Jun 07 2010
A long weekend always is the best opportunity to travel. Here in Germany, Thursday, 03 June, Corpus Christi is an official holiday. This weekend I made my way towards the state Thuringia to the ‘city’ of Ilmenau.
Why I am going there? During my radio internship I had mentioned another intern there. She studies technical media in Ilmenau and since we were missing each other, we said we needed to see each other again. So I grabbed the family car, a bag, music for the ride, a navigation system I borrowed from a friend and drove off on Thursday morning. Continue reading “Weekend getaway – Ilmenau, Thuringia”
