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Clijsters3 (Monday, 23 July 2012 07:16)
Hello!!! I don't have long, Internet disconnects every 30 secs. Looks very modern and hi-tech in here.
faf (Monday, 23 July 2012 10:08)
I LOVE THIS PLACE! I love how Libellule loveingly guided us out of the obselete room, and I love that Clijsters3 has once again opened the door for us, and I love how San has carefully chosen an absolutely perfect picture to adorn our entrance, and I love how I just know where to go to feel loved. That is so Jemma!
San (Tuesday, 24 July 2012)
@Clijsters3 You're #1, again?!! Is there any limit to your competiveness? I mean to sneak in a comment within a 30sec window, that takes focus. The kind of focus that helped you break my serve by the narrowest of margins. I had no business up at the net, but you painted the line with your backhand passing shot. You're up 8-7. I don't intend for you to serve it out :) And, you're right. This is the state-of-the-art room with all the bells and whistles :)
@Libellule Thanks for pushing us forward.
@faf I love the colors in that picture. Very calming. This is a wonderful place, and it's so exciting that we're still here. Coming and going and coming back.
I need to get on the latest word cloud. I wonder what the them of the Rm234.2 was? :) Oh, and I need to enter the new jemmaword in the Jictionary! Did y'all know that the jemmaproject database server was down for a time last week? Yeah, I didn't either until I got an email saying it was. The page was all "can't connect to database" error messages. I'm glad you didn't have to see that. It kinda had a Jemmageddon look. No worries :)
Libellule (Tuesday, 24 July 2012 00:36)
Wow, so fancy! Softened light, intimist conversation, and instruments available to underscore the mood of the moment.
Like @faf, I LOVE THIS PLACE! :)
(I have to admit, though, I had to recollect my memories because at first I thought we were at the Bergman's and I was wondering why I didn't ever notice the crazy guitars on the wall. But suddenly it hit me: This is at Rumzeit Records, just after Emma ran her magic shoes faster than an Usain Bolt, stopped a plane from taking off by the only power of her voice ("AaaanhaaAAaalten!!!") -ok, accessorily thanks to Ben's and his Mustang help too-, and swirled around her Jenny like a thousand earth revolutions, creating a big-bang of Love all over the world. Ah, good times! Jemma, always dear to my heart!)
Libellule (Tuesday, 24 July 2012 00:51)
Cristian, I love you! You're a true friend.
To Marlene (in Folge 4114): "Stand by what you feel. And grow up already."
It was about time for the little pink peony to finally get some truth.
Also, this: "Marlene, it's just not about you anymore and your problem."
Welcome to HaH land, my friend, you clearly deserve a Beschenko for your act of the day! :)
Libellule (Tuesday, 24 July 2012 00:54)
@San "Tennis" might be big in the word cloud this year. :D
Libellule (Tuesday, 24 July 2012 01:01)
@San Among all the amazing talents you seem to have, do you also have the power to stop time? Could I borrow it for a little bit?...
Because I can't see the time next to your Tuesday posting, like we all have under our names.
Do you wear magic shoes on at the moment and it's a side effect we weren't aware of before?
Please share the secret! :D
Clijsters3 (Tuesday, 24 July 2012 02:58)
@All My Internet is all hunky dory again, so I can say a proper hello. I tried writing the number one post about 5 times, until I shortened it down enough to fit in my 30 second window. It felt right me being the first through the door again, plus as @San said I was being very competative. Anyway, can i just say I LOVE THIS PLACE!!! I feel a new calmness and positive energy, I think we'll all be very happy here. Thanks @San:) oh and I can't wait to see the word cloud.
@San Wow, I must say that passing backhand shot felt really good. Although I'm feeling quite nervous now, serving for the Room 234 match. I'm going to take it one point at a time!
Tennis news: Drawn tournament (Saturday's match) I played rubbish (I bet you're not scared anymore) My vollying was terrible, so we finished one set each.
League match (last night) We lost! I played better, but it means we can't get promoted. So that's the end of the tennis season. In good news however, our 1st team won the league for the second year in a row! and I played 3 matches for them, so I think I contributed to that victory:)
@Wired Jelly are only mentioned on 3rd August, "Tilly has to choose between her friends and her lover". It's no contest really is it?!
faf (Tuesday, 24 July 2012 13:34)
@San I was in the word/song project medicine cabinet just yesterday! So glad I missed that Jemmageddon look. I might have keeled over.
@Tennisdollies I saw some bad form Sunday morning. I took Derbydog to a new dog park adjacent to tennis courts. Not one person on any court thought to share one of there zillion balls with any of the dogs that lined up along the fence. I know you guys would never be selfish like that. How could they just ignore all of those sad dog faces staring at them. Any insight on that?
@Libellule Wasn't that gocart race a hoot?! :)
faf (Tuesday, 24 July 2012 18:35)
*their
San (Tuesday, 24 July 2012 21:59)
@faf Nice commitment to grammar! About the tennis balls, I can say this. When I go to the court for practice, I take a maximum of 4 cans of balls (I don't have a fancy ball basket), and I use all of them. 1 or 2 might go over the fence, and any dog or child is welcome to it. When I'm playing a match I have 1 can of new balls (maybe a backup old can). We hope none of these balls go over the fence. We will ask very nicely for their return. However, at home I have loads of old balls that I don't know what to do with. If my courts were next to a dog park, I would bring some of those for the dogs. Does that sound fair?
@Libellule I think I posted #3 just after midnight. Sometimes the fairies stop time for me, especially when I need more sleep :)
@Clijsters3 Take the credit! From what I've heard, the 1st team couldn't have won the league without you. So in the Drawn tournament, it's a round robin at first? You're still on the road to victory, right? One point at a time is right! And, man, we had the rally of the century for the first point on your serve. I was so out of breath that I almost couldn't call your ball out on the baseline. But I did because it was - just by an inch! 0-15 :)
The word cloud is up - http://www.jemmaproject.org/wordcloud234-2.html. "Tennis" did make it into the top 100 words. Yay! I also posted Göttingy to the Jictionary. Not sure if the example sentence was meant to be the example sentence. @Libellule, what do you think?
Libellule (Wednesday, 25 July 2012 04:43)
@faf A quick question in relation to your last post in the previous room. If a snake can be quite easy to symbolically interpret in that situation, what a fox would mean? Just wondering what my spiritual guide was trying to tell me (if it was trying to tell me anything at all) the other day...
Clijsters3 (Wednesday, 25 July 2012 05:41)
@San Thank you! I will take the credit. My doubles partner in the ladies on Monday night called me The Wall a few times in our match. One example: she was at the net and I was on the baseline. She missed the volley and so thought the point was over, wrong! I ran to the other side of the court, sliced it back over and then hit a winning forehand. She was like "you are The Wall" and I was like "I know!" Yes, the drawn tournament is round robin, so I'm still in it. I've got my second match tonight.
Hawkeye! Are you sure it was out? Ok then. Nice tactics tying your shoelaces to get your breath back. I serve, you hit it into the net, easy
point. I guess you didn't get your breath back. 15-15:)
I love the Wordcloud. Interesting selection of words that got in, including sorry, aren't we a polite bunch of folks. Good to see Lucy, Kasia, Jenny and Emma are in too, would have been bad if they'd missed out:)
@Faf I second what @San wrote, old balls yes, nice new fluffy balls no. Isn't the Marbecca storyline hotting up? I'm really loving it now. I just hope at the end of this epic story, they do actually get together. I mean, what would be point of it all if Marlene stayed with Tristan?
faf (Wednesday, 25 July 2012 07:39)
@San that grammar thing was bugging me. I had to fix it or be nagged by it. Some of my all time favorite words rocked the word cloud. THINK, LOVE, THANKS and PLAY. I stepped off the cloud feeling pretty good.
@Libellule When animals show up before me unexpectedly, I have to pay attention. It is through animals and through music that things make the most sense for me. Several weeks back a woodpecker visited for a few days. He didn't move on until he knew I wasn't focusing on the racket he was making against the metal sunflower on my fence, but rather had looked up his characterisitcs and found an important message. As soon as I did that, he was gone. Woodpecker'd characteristics made perfect sense for what I was dealing with at the time and was the medicine I needed to feel better. Just like dragonfly once did if you recall.
Fox has some mighty powerful medicine for you. Here is a snippet:
"Fox can show us the skills necessary when it comes to handling people. Its ability to camouflage can be deduced as being able to take a step back and view an interpersonal situation with detachment. This includes opening up the less obvious senses, such as intuition. Fox's Wisdom Includes: cleverness, observational skills, cunning, stealth, camouflage, feminine, courage, ability to observe unseen, persistence, gentleness, swiftness, wisdom, reliable friend, magic, shape shifting. If fox is your power animal, pay attention to the way it moves and follow its lead. This is a powerful guide to have and those that have it to should learn to use its skills for the benefit of all, including themselves. Often the underlying basis of a situation may seem obvious, but instead of making a quick judgment, listen closely to the outer and inner senses. Then you may perhaps get a completely different picture of what is going on. When the outer situation and the inner senses don't match it is wise to handle like a Fox, to trust ones intuition/instinct/inner voice, and to lay low."
@San and Clijsters3 My dog would think you guys were awesome. This match is starting to get intense again. I'm stepping out for my popcorn and cocktails.
San (Wednesday, 25 July 2012 09:16)
@Clijsters AH!!! I should've done more with that backhand!!! You serve another to my backhand. I slice it crosscourt. You just barely get to it, but I'm there to hit it in the open court. *fist pump* 15-30. Good luck in your match! Focus. See the ball. Hit the ball :) Oh yeah, the "sorry" was funny, so I went back to the other clouds. We're really consistent with using it :)
Two things that really struck me about the words is the great void @hoppe has left. I (as the word that precedes her) hope she can return soon. And, I'm making it my mission to talk about Kasia more. Kasia, Kasia, Kasia, Kasia :) I'll have something more substantive to say about Kasia later because Kasia is awesome!
Clijsters3 (Wednesday, 25 July 2012 10:29)
Kasia is wonderful, Kasia is great, we all love Kasia:) But I love Lucy more!
@San May I bring something up with you? Back in, oh I don't know, meeting room 1 I talked about a smell that reminded me of HaH and Jemma and I believe both you and @Faf came up with a word to put in the dictionary. But I don't think I've ever seen it in the dictionary. Just wondering??? I'm not bitter or anything:)
Thanks for the advice, I will focus!!!
Another tough rally, this time it's me who ends at the net, but I'm far too nervous to put my vollies away. 15-40.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yci0j-KxVmo
faf (Wednesday, 25 July 2012 11:20)
I miss hoppe...and Kasia. I wonder if Kasia misses hoppe. Perhaps Kasia and hoppe are off with a Gaga tribute band doing a Born This Way benefit tour. I can see Kasia doing something like that.
Libellule (Wednesday, 25 July 2012 14:32)
@faf I'm...flabbergasted by what you wrote on the fox! Especially recalling what state of mind I was in and what I was dealing with (trying to at least) at the moment I crossed his path. Some kind of surreal vision. And I remember thinking : "I've never seen a fox this close, it's a really beautiful animal actually".
I was quietly biking at sunset in a "desert" area (as in nobody around, not like actual desert. Though emotionnaly that was what it was feeling like :p) that day, lost in thoughts (when not walking, biking is my way of meditating). Then I saw him on the other side of the road, quite thin, calmly walking over. No clue how he suddenly appeared there.
I slowed down and our look crossed but he kept calmly going without any bit of change in his vibe (weirdly enough I didn't feel threatened at all during that whole moment, and he didn't either. I was just mesmerized). Still biking, I kept looking back to see him softly disappear over a fence while a "bouquet" of birds flyed above...
I didn't know a fox could have that grace.
Really surreal.
Thank you for helping me reading into it.
@San and @ Clijsters3 You guys made me want to go back to tennis badly (just practiced a few times in my life, so I'm no pro but each time I really liked it. And it's actually one of the few rare sports I enjoy watching)! But I don't have any partner. So I used the opportunity of a sportive friend visiting to plan a game. Unfortunately the game never happened because he strained his ankle a few days before...
What the tennis spirit is trying to tell me?... :p
Also have you noticed that I'm lower ranked in the word cloud than tennis? I'll make it a point (pun intended) this year, I mean this room, to reverse that situation, it's just unbearable! :D
I also miss @hoppe a lot, and Kasia.
I saw someone very Kasia the other day. As in Kasia when she was attending that award ceremony (where Lucy won an award voted by the public) looking all 30's style. Lovely.
And I also recently saw a very open and glowing smile like Kasia's. Beautifully striking.
Kasia, Kasia, Kasia... :)
Maybe if we use the same incantation with @hoppe, she will suddenly reappear with a fancy new computer? :p
Let me try: @hoppe, hoppe, hoppe...
Wired (Thursday, 26 July 2012 11:31)
Hey hey hey! It's room 234.3!!! @San I love the picture too for the new room! So excited I'm here for round 3!
Sorry MIA again but the boss has been here lately and I haven't been able to post & read yet. Finally found time to sneak in and say hey..."HEY!" and I'm still here!
Will catch up soon, though I did see new Jemmaword and @faf F** Them all!!! Stick to yer guns and hope things are ok for you! Big Jemma wave at you!
Before I jet also sending out GIANT RAINBOW (((( HUGS )))) to you all! It's Pride here in Halifax and I'm planning to boogie the night away tomorrow!
wired (or right now Super Gay Wired - see sandbox)
faf (Thursday, 26 July 2012 17:13)
@Wired Someone here once told me to "save some gay for the rest of us". I say GO GAY HALIGONIAN!! You have enough for us all!
Libellule (Friday, 27 July 2012 12:38)
Because I couldn't get the last Marbecca vid (Folge 4115) with subtittles yet, instead of watching all that angst and Marlene's body language for the 3rd time, I clicked on the other Marlene's...
SdL, ep 1581: more pink roses, more unfortunate camera shots choices, more mushy furniture, more wet blanket, more "tapestric" wardrobe, and -sorry I can't help it- more waste of Lucy's talent.
In the end of this vid, there's a scene where Marlene "plays" piano. Quotation marks because you just see Marlene's shoulders shrugging over some elevator music.
The moment Marlene sat at the piano, I was thinking "finally, something interesting!" and before she even started to play, my brain, emotions, my whole me were already tranported in STAG auditorium, with Jenny (/Lucy truly) playing and singing a beautifully sensitive Be Mine; I was in a state of anticipation to be MOVED.
So when the 1st notes in that SdL scene started to fly with Marlene's arms moving robotically, I was violently taken aback to reality with a What the Caronnie Town?!!!...
Marlene, I'm begging you, call Emma asap! Since you're Jenny's dopplegänger, she won't hesitate to swirl you away from this sugar mess...
San (Saturday, 28 July 2012 12:15)
@Clijsters3 Did we ever settle on the word and definition? I could have missed it. I'll try to go back and check. Yes! Break-point! I was wondering if I would ever get it past you :) I'm on the baseline waiting for your next serve.
@Libellule So what I'm hearing is you're not a fan of Lucy/Marlene's outfits :) Imagine, what if the producers are starting at the flowery, girly-girl end of the spectrum, and Marlena gradually (one accessory at a time) transforms into Jenny-chic! that would be worth watching, eh? As far as the piano letdown, ugh! I can't imagine anything worse than what you described. I'm sorry you had to experience that. A good way to get over it is to hit some tennis balls against a wall. It would be just like hitting with The Wall. Anyway, get thee to a tennis court! There's always somebody that needs a person to hit with.
@Wired Hey yo! I'm sure you're having a gay ole time in Halifax. I hope you danced for all of us.
@faf Yes, I would like to think that Kasia and Hoppe pleasing crowds of millions with their Born This Way Laser Spectacular Shows. That's so Kasia!
faf (Saturday, 28 July 2012 12:18)
hehe...sugar mess :) that's a new one for me.
Thanks to snake, I have my life on track. Things were shakey at the begining of the week (quick turn around, no?) I have since received an unexpected apology, an unexpected job offer, and an unexpected body slam into the side of a truck. How is this a good thing you ask? Well for one, the pain killers for a not-so-serious, but painful bruised ribs are awesome! Sophie would be a jealous ho. And for another, the hooligan who ran me down found a way to grow up, search me out, and apologize as well. He left a note for me at the place it happened. A punk in training doing the right thing and choosing compassion over being a hard ass. Score one for mankind. This made me feel so happy for him. Or, I suppose it could be the drugs that make me happy. happy. happy.
Marlene has been crying her make up all over her face for a week now. I still don't know what the hell she wants. Listen, I've had my share of conflicted feelings about relationships but something must be getting lost in translation because I don't get her AT ALL.
Libellule (Saturday, 28 July 2012 13:10)
@faf I'm loving what I'm reading! The 1st part I mean. Even if your happiness of the moment seems to be slightly drug-induced. :D But whatever, sometimes it just takes a little "collateral help/kick" to rebound in life. :p
And as far as Marlene (VL) is concerned, I don't get her either. But we're not the only ones, if all the comments under the recent vids are to be believed. Lots of exasperation towards her.
The fact that they gonna drag that back and forth out through the Olympics (because it's officially an olympic sport to jump back and forth between two people - Ich liebe Dich, Tristan, with all my heart and soul. Except that tiny part that actually loves Rebecca. Wait, that is not possible, I can't have feelings for her, not because she's your sister, but because she's a woman. My heart is a mess, let's play "I love you tennis"-, and cry a river in "3D" -what's up with the mascara all over Marlene's face, well, under her right eye? The prop department lacks observation skills, nobody cries like that. Usually tears follow one or 2 main tracks, they don't go all over your jaw like a star, unless you're doing aerobics at the same time, just saying...-) doesn't help.
Sure, some people take longer than others to make up their mind, but by the time Marlene finally makes hers up, the audience might not care much anymore...
faf (Saturday, 28 July 2012 13:55)
@libellule tehe ow ow ouch heheha :) ow ow he ow :) hehe ow
faf (Monday, 30 July 2012 14:32)
My bruised parts don't hurt nearly as much when I laugh now. THANKGOD! because people seem so funny lately. Maybe its because I have been "visiting" one of my favorite meditation spots. Try to imagine sitting in the warm sun on top of the books at the Pestolozzi. Imagine the students...the voices. It is one of the happiest places to go. I always come away from there with a full body smile. After a few minutes of that, nothing bugs me for at least an hour.
I will be going to Toronto this weekend for my birthday. I really enjoy hanging out in cool cities. TO is one of my favorites. I will let you know what I find there.
Clijsters3 (Tuesday, 31 July 2012 03:44)
@San I've been wracking my brains and I believe you came up with Jemmasmell, and then @Faf came up with Jemmascent, which we agreed on. So the definition would be a smell that reminds one of all things Jemma. "As I poured the orange juice and munched on a grape the jemmascent filled the air and I could picture jimples and could not help but emmabeam at the thought of Jemma." or something like that!
You've had a long wait, but I'm finally serving. First serve goes in, you hit it right back down the middle, I slice it to your forehand, you hit it crosscourt, I hit a double hander down the line, you're on the run and hit a defensive slice, it lands short on the service line, I'm quickly up to it and hit an into out forehand for a clean winner. 30-40. One break point saved, one more to go!
@Wired Jelly are on everyday; 3rd August, then 6th to the 10th!
San (Wednesday, 01 August 2012 00:40)
@faf So you're going to partee in Torontee for you birthdee?! Sounds like a wonderful way to celebrate. Glad you're feeling better and will be able to laugh the all weekend long. You deserve it :)
@Clijsters3 I'll go back and confirm the word. I think you're right. Jemmascent sounds cool. The definition and sentence are perfect! It'll be in the Jictionary before the week is out. Predictably, you serve again to my backhand. I slice it crosscourt. We exchange a few groundsrokes until I mishit a forehand. You scramble to the net to get it. I lob it over your head. You scramble back for it. It hits a foot inside the baseline, and the spin takes it just out of your reach. Sorry, love, we're back knotted up at 8-8 :)
Well, I'm taking the day off from work in the middle of the week and going to the coast for fun in the sun. Yay! Innertubes, waterslides, and watercoasters! Schlitterbahn, look it up. It's awesome!
faf (Wednesday, 01 August 2012 22:03)
Thank you San! You're a sweet thing:) Schlitterbahn sounds sexygerman... like Sprockets. (I don't suppose anyone here remembers that SNL reference.) Was it as much wet fun as it sounds?
Now I remember jemmascent. I'm curious Clijster3, what was the smell that reminded you of Jemma? Was it a food smell? A body scent?
I also want to say, this match is INTENSE.
Clijsters3 (Thursday, 02 August 2012 03:58)
@Faf Unfortunatley it's nothing as exciting as that, but the smell of a room! No not the smell of a sweaty school corridor but the smell of where my computer is. I don't have a laptop or internet on my phone so I'm always in the same room, you could say my own room 234. Have a super birthday and time in Toronto, I'm very jealous I would love to go to Toronto. Make sure you take photos to share!
@San Thanks for adding it to the Jictionary.
No! not the old drop shot lob combo. Right I'm thinking of changing my tactics because I'm starting to get a bit tired now, I might have to start attacking more. Looked up Schlitterbahn and it looks crazy, one question did you get wet?
faf (Thursday, 02 August 2012 10:14)
@Clijsters3 Now I remember that you did explain it was the smell of your computer room. Smells trigger emotions in powerful ways don't they? Thank you for the birthday wish. I am pretty excited for sure.
*schlitterbahn* It just sounds dirty ;)
Wired (Thursday, 02 August 2012 22:00)
Hi all! I've missed rm 234 and I second everyone again with how much I love the decor and feel here. Calm blue oceans!
I've finally read all posts in the new room and caught up. The tennis match is on! The Wall and the Hammer are on it! Very exciting match! Gadzooks the plays that are happening! The intensity! The glowering stares and near racket throwing! Where is our cheerleader? @faf share your popcorn!
@fad Happy Birthday soon! In Toronto! Yay so you made the trip! I hope your side is healing and you can enjoy TO. I love the place too..the restaurants are awesome! Glad mankind is stepping up for you too and all is happy happy happy even if drug induced. Why not? :)
@Clijsters Jelly? Saw a pic of them at the beach - so cute! Will catch up now that they are getting some screen time yay! Hey do you watch Pretty Little Liars? I've seen some screen caps that look interesting!
@Libellule Marlenes both seem to need costume help and help breaking out of their molds. Marlene (VL) choose Rebecca! End of story the tennis match in her mind is clearly affecting her make up. Though it would lead to more awkward kissing scenes though... Marlene (Lucy) sigh what a waste of talent! Please tell me she gets some good facial expressions in with Wet Blanket and crappy piano playing!
So I had a great time at pride! Danced Friday night away and walked my feet off in the parade. Was great seeing lots of old friends, amazing how Pride brings everyone out! I only needed Rm 224 partiers and it would have been perfect! So I finally recovered and am now off to PEI for a friends wedding. The two guys have been together for 10 yrs so they are tying the knot now. My wife threw their joint bachelor party. That was interesting...though lots of dancing too so ok in the end. Anyways will be in and out hopefully otherwise back in 5 days or so.
Don't go anywhere without me! Cheers!
San (Friday, 03 August 2012 00:45)
@faf Wow, you get another year older, and you start thinking that young, whipper-snapper 30-somethings can't remember SNL references from the 90s?! Just so you know, I also remember vinyl records, 8-tracks, cassette tapes, film cameras, and paper :) I kid. Have a great b-day weekend!
@Clijsters Well, I have some serious chaffing in obscure places because I was wet all day. (@faf It is good, wholesome fun for the whole family!) We hopped, floated, and slid into several different pools, barely having to leave the comfort of our inner tubes. A wonderful day. The real question is did I get a sunburn? And the answer is unfortunately, yes. Always reapply sunscreen at lunch, ladies. I serve it hard down the T to your forehand. You try to chip and charge, but the ball just clips the net and doesn't make it. 15-0. Maybe you should attack on weak second serves. That is if I ever hit a weak second serve ;)
@Wired Interesting PLL screencaps? Do tell. This season is turning out really good! Hurry back. We'll be here :)
Libellule (Friday, 03 August 2012)
Quick hello to everyone from a hostel. Cuz I've hit the road, ladies! :D
Yup, I'm 'touring' the US for a month in search of any Jemmanami (and also just to change environment, because, well, I need it. I need my horizons to be shaken up a little bit. :) ). Currently in Washington, nothing as such but nice city nonetheless.
@San I think your sunburn comes from this intense tennis match with @Clijsters3 :p
@Wired Yeah, purple and emmabeams everywhere!
Clijsters3 (Saturday, 04 August 2012 04:21)
@Wired and anyone else! Just popping in to show you how Jelly is warming up nicely.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GxDHlMJVVs
@Libellule How fantastic a tour of the US. I hope you see some wonderful and inspiring things and blow the cobwebs away!
@Wired I've not seen any of the new PLL. I'm a bit confused by what season they're up to, plus I got bored with it. But I may just have to catch up with it, thanks for the heads up. Enjoy PEI I sort of know someone who moved there from England. I feel sorry for your feet, all that dancing at Pride and now more at the wedding:)
Libellule (Sunday, 05 August 2012 01:06)
Why is that everyone calls me "Hon'" in DC?... That's sweet but that's not what we call a Jemmanami. Somebody needs to explain to them that love for each other doesn't lie in words, but in acts (and looks as far as Jemma is concerned) because you gotta mean it... :p
Clijsters3 (Monday, 06 August 2012 04:01)
VL isn't on everyday during the Olympics so they've put a trailer together to get us all excited about upcoming storylines and it certainly does the trick in the case of Marbecca.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vov2onp4sGg
Marbecca are near the end:)
@All I've been meaning to ask, what did everyone think of the opening ceremony of the Olympics? if you watched it of course. I'd be interested to get an international view.
faf (Monday, 06 August 2012 07:15)
@Libellule A whole month! I hope you find rich meaning on your journey. Keep spreading the Jemmalove and maybe someone will give back more than a shallow "hon". If you see Hotte anywhere along the way give him a high five for us.
@Clijsters3 I was medicated during the opening ceremony and wasn't
sure what was happening. My wife and her collegues really appreciated the lengthy in-your-face tribute to national health care. That was a hot topic for several days. And the Queen of course, she was a big hit!
@San I was thinking that SNL segement was from the 80s, in which case all you babies would be would have been in your beds with your blanks and teddies while I would have been drinking beer and stuff :)
Chafed and burned? Still sounds worth it!
@Wired For next years parade maybe you could carry a sign that says "Proud to be a Tuthrefore!" and see what happens.
Back to work this morning. When I get a chance, I'll post some pics of my very nice weekend in TO.
San (Monday, 06 August 2012 14:24)
@Clijsters3 Sweet clips! I really have to take some time and watch these storylines. I enjoyed the Opening Ceremony. It had a nice bit of humor to it. It's always annoying when these things take themselves too seriously. I came in a bit late, around the Industrial Revolution. Really enjoyed the James Bond - Queen bit. Also, like @faf mentioned the National Healthcare part was a nice touch. It doesn't take much to amuse public healthcare advocates here in the US. What else? Probably the best memory was being on the phone with my sister making fun of my mom. She had followed the ceremony live on Twitter, so she was casually throwing out random spoilers. Like, "Beckham carried the torch on his speed boat." I was like, when did I miss that?! "Oh, it's later." She kept trying to tell us who lit the flame, but we wanted to be surprised. Finally, she just texted it to my sister and made her see it. The rest of the night we made comments about the outfits of the different countries and the possible letter-envy of the country name wire-sign contraptions the ladies were wearing. Good times.
@faf I grew up in a good liberal household where I watched SNL and drank beer at an early age :)
@Libellue Come more south, and you'll get a lot more Hon's. I often embrace it as sincere. What else is on the tour, or are you going where ever the rails take you? I like DC. The Portrait Gallery is awesome! I would imagine it takes awhile for a good Jemmanami to build momentum. It'll happen when you least expect it :) All you can do is be ready to experience it. Take care out there.
Oh, I put a little creation I made while watching some HAH on Friday night in my sandbox. My first artistic endeavor in my new place. A free-hand stencil, not sure what it is or what I'm going to do with it, but it looks cool.
faf (Wednesday, 08 August 2012 17:31)
@San I love your creation that you made. It is very cool.
I put up some friendly faces that I saw in Toronto. Two of them may remind you of Jenny :)
And then some fun street art I found in the Kensington Market area. I would like to muralize the backside of my house. There is a large concrete wall area screaming for expression. Maybe it's time to express.
Libellule (Wednesday, 08 August 2012 22:38)
@San Heading more South, your way actually! :-) Currently in New-Orleans.
Watched 'The kids are allright' today on my tablet. What is this movie? Characters are completely unidimensional, even cliche most of the time, and what is the message behind the storyline exactly? That marriage is a tough adventure regardless of your sexuality? I found the movie totally pointless. Have any of you seen it?
San (Thursday, 09 August 2012 09:30)
@Libelulle That's a long way to go just to play some tennis :) Seriously, if you want to spend a few days in Houston (largest city in the South) and get some local flair. Let me know. I can set you up with a place to stay, a bus pass and brand-new-car transport around the city, and some of the best free museums in the country.
@faf Those Jennys are uncanny. I bet you did a double-take! Do I spy an art car?!! Come down to Houston, too. And I'll take you to the Art Car Museum :)
San (Friday, 10 August 2012 10:35)
Finally! Jemmascent has been added to the Jictionary :) Sorry it took so long @Clijsters. I went back to look up the context - Rm234.0 #719. Nice memories. We started listing different jemmascents/jemmaromas: "Orange juice, Jenny's favourite non-alcoholic drink, Oregano, Train stations, April-fresh minty teeth, hot chocolate, freshy laundered Ikea sheets, Chocolate Eclairs"
Might I challenge us to reach 100 jemmawords? Only 3 more!
faf (Saturday, 11 August 2012 19:18)
can't stop giggling over Rebecca's shower curtain dresses.
Libellule (Monday, 13 August 2012 12:05)
@San Let's make that happen for the end of the month!
It's on, leute, HaH creativity session is back in the game! :D
San (Tuesday, 14 August 2012 02:20)
Libellule and I don't know how to say this, but we've been living together for a few days. We highly recommend if you get a chance to meet another 234 - DO IT!!! It's jemmatastic! What's a better word for 234 Summit? @Libellule, what do you think?
Libellule (Tuesday, 14 August 2012 02:23)
@San I have to think about that one. Since you're right next to me, you could help me!
Libellule (Tuesday, 14 August 2012 02:33)
@Clijsters About the Olympics, I haven't seen it but San just describes it to me and I'd say it was like a Lady Gaga concert. :)
San (Tuesday, 14 August 2012 03:10)
@Libellule I did not mention anything about Lady Gaga specifically! :)
Just watched Jemma videos with another JA - real-time analysis without all the typing :)
faf (Tuesday, 14 August 2012 05:53)
Probably the most adorable "coming out" post I've ever read :)
Clijsters3 (Wednesday, 15 August 2012 10:16)
Well, well, well @San and Libellule! I have to admit I'm a bit jealous. It must be great to watch and talk about Jemma without having to waste energy typing:) Have you played tennis yet? Thanks for adding Jemmascent to the Jictionary, it got there in the end:)
@Libellule are you still at @San's or have you moved on?
San (Wednesday, 15 August 2012 13:17)
@Clijsters Libellule hopped a bus to Austin this morning. I'm so sad :( We were talking and walking so much that we didn't have time for tennis (or relaxing by the pool)! We won't make the same mistake when we come to visit you :)
Libellule (Wednesday, 15 August 2012 15:03)
At a Starbucks in Austin. San sent me there cuz I was talking to much. :D
Seriously had a great time in Houston. I'm telling you leute, she's as awesome in "real life" as she is in Rm234! That Bechesko was totally deserved. :-)
@hoppe So happy to see you again!
Clijsters3 (Thursday, 16 August 2012 03:17)
@Libellule Glad you had an awesome time with the one and only @San. It must have been quite sad to leave:( Did she take you any museums?
Hello @Hoppe!!! We don't want to ruin your life so if a bit less posting is what you need to do then go ahead, we don't want to stop you living your life:) Just as long as you don't forget us completely:)
Thanks to a former room 234er I have Marbecca spoilers, which are VERY promising.
http://rosalieundco.wordpress.com/tv-shows/spoilers/
San (Saturday, 18 August 2012 14:05)
Eventually y'all are going to get sick of Libellule and me gushing about each other all the time :) I'm still trying to get back into my humdrum life. I'm at a coffee shop that I used to frequent regularly about a year ago. I guy just sketched my picture. Such a long face! Anyway, he said he was glad to see me back again, which was nice of him. I'll post it later along with some others in my sandbox.
@Clijsters3 You really haven't lived until you look at art with the great Libellule! We checked out the Contemporary Art Museum, but we mostly walked looking at public art around the Museum District and Downtown. Most importantly, how are things with you? Is tennis going well? Did you watch Andy win the gold?
@hoppe I can't tell you how nice it is to hear from you again! Actually brought tears to my eyes. I second what @clijsters said, do whatever is best for you. If its through more direct communication, I'm all for that. Take care, and hope to hear a little more from you soon :)
Is anyone a real estate developer because I seriously would love to move into a Jemmaville somewhere? The Community Center will 234 Jemma Court or something :) Imagine all the street names! :) I'll live on Beshenko Lane next door to all of you :)
@Libellule I take it back! Come back and talk to me :D
Kirsty (Sunday, 19 August 2012 16:15)
*ahem* Hi! let me introduce myself. I'm Kirsty. I'm a Jemmaholic and I missed you guys! :) Will hopefully be able to check in more often now.
How cool that two of us met up! Yeay. My GF and I are thinking about a trip to visit and ex-drum band member in Berkeley next year and are thinking about driving from Vancouver down there. I mentioned quick detours to Texas and New York but I'm not sure that will fit in this time...we shall see.
Still following Marbecca and the longterm outlook seems good although the storyline was kind of losing me with all the mind-changing and spinning things out. Have only watched the first couple of eps of Sturm der Liebe with Lucy in but plan to remedy that soon. I'm finding Marlene a bit, er, drippy- not as fiesty as Jenny. But maybe she'll grow on me...
Ok, flying visit tonight, will be back soon. *big hugs to y'all*
Libellule (Monday, 20 August 2012 22:27)
Live from Chicago!
@San If I could that in a snap, I would! But you know Amtrak... :p
@Kirsty Yay, you're back too!
Libellule (Monday, 20 August 2012 23:40)
@Clijsters3 Just read the Marbecca spoilers and it's gonna take them another full month to just aknowledge their feelings! Like 30 other days of Marlene's confusion and worried Rebecca! Gah! If this storyline is not dragged out, l don't know what is...
Clijsters3 (Tuesday, 21 August 2012 04:11)
@Libellule Lol! I know it's mad, actually i think they deserve an award for being able to drag out a love triangle storyline for this long:)When did it even start? 1997?! BUT I believe there is light at the end of this very dark tunnel, we have to wait a bit longer! Sounds like you had a very cultural time with @San. I like museums and history, but not really into art much.
@San At first I was jealous of you and @Libellule! but now I think how wonderful it must have been. Don't worry we won't get bored of you two reminising of your time together, in fact I want to hear all about it:) I didn't see Andy get his gold, I was working, but I was home in time to see him and Laura Robson win the silver. I can't believe how easily he beat Fed. As for my tennis, well people are on holiday, so I've not played any tournament matches for a bit. Update: I've got one ladies doubles to play and two mixed dounbles. They are round robin so if I finish in the top two of the table, I (I mean we!) will be in the semis. The final is 9th September.
@Kirsty yay good to hear from you and that your lovelife is going from strength to strength:) I'm not even bothering with Sturm der Liebe, sorry Lucy I love you but I just can't watch it.
@Wired wherever you are I've started watching PPL again, and wow I love Paige. I remember liking her when she first appeared but i love her even more now!
Kirsty (Tuesday, 21 August 2012 16:27)
@Clijsters3 noo, have I missed PLL season 3 starting up??What channel is it on again? I kind of like Paige too, I actually prefer her over Maya.
faf (Tuesday, 21 August 2012 22:03)
Hi Kirsty. I’m Fran and I'm also a Jemmaholic. Welcome back.
@Hoppe don’t forget that our spiritual connections are internet based so it isn’t all bad :)
@Clijsters3 Every time I check in with the beabenning Marbecca bunch, the only thing that seems to change is their wardrobe. And that hasn't improved at all.
@Libellule Did you ever run into Hotte? I heard he had a table side magic act on a Mississippi Steamboat.
@San I work in real estate development. I have on my desk an abstract and survey series for 14 undeveloped acres. There is a blend of grassy fields and brush, with varied relief features such as a North to South creek bed. It sports a sizable swimming hole that calls for a vine and pine pole swim up bar. 80% of the acreage is bordered by old growth trees. The property has a clear title and is zoned for residential. It is serviced with full utilities up to an access drive and has never been farmed so it is deemed pesticide free. I have an idea for a common area that would include not only a pair of courts but also a batting cage, a dog run, and maybe a beach volleyball court. I see bike paths (I would ride a bike like Luzi’s). I can also visualize a sculpture park theme throughout the grounds. I see room for 7 or 8 scattered cottages and OH!!! an area for an amphitheater suitable for outdoor STAG-like performances, poetry readings, cello/drum/guitar/harmonica jams, burlesque shows, and of course, big screen HAH viewings EVERY. FRIDAY. NIGHT. Hey this is fun! What are we missing?
ps: You and Libellule getting together is 234magic. You should gush and gush away…
I will be away on a vacay the week Amazon.de expects my very special DVD package to arrive.
I haven't yet figured out who will take care of my dog but I have made sure that a responsible adult will secure my package.
Clijsters3 (Wednesday, 22 August 2012 03:46)
@Faf that sounds dreamy and very well described I must say. See it gets built! Friday nights will never be the same again.
Actually I need your help and when I say "your" I mean anyone who goes camping. I need ideas for a birthday present. I don't know her that well, as she's more of a friend of a friend, but her birthday's coming up and i want to get a gift for her but nothing expensive and i know she goes camping a lot. Any suggestions?
Clijsters3 (Wednesday, 22 August 2012 04:34)
@Kirsty I get very confused with PLL! The third series isn't on British TV yet and probably won't be until November. I've been watching Emily and Paige clips on YT, but I find it difficult to work out what order they should be watched in.
faf (Wednesday, 22 August 2012 06:39)
@Clijsters3 Any of these items make great gifts:
nylon hammock, compass, citronella insense sticks, a nice butchy hunting knife(for cheese and fruit, not hunting), a flask, box of fatwood firestarters, a harmonica, work gloves for handling firewood, anything suitable for cooking over an open fire.
Clijsters3 (Wednesday, 22 August 2012 10:46)
Thank you @Faf I knew I could count on you:) You've given me plenty to work with, I'll let you know what I decide on and even her reaction, hopefullly it's positive. Do we get to know what this very special DVD package is?
faf (Wednesday, 22 August 2012 11:24)
@Clijsters3 You tease as if you didn't know.....
"Hand aufs Herz, Folgen 211-234 [3 DVDs]"
Wired (Thursday, 23 August 2012 08:24)
Hola everyone!!!! Am here but...wait....
can't read posts...no time...summer has taken over...manager annoying me....camping...visitors...weddings...oh my! Can't post..yet...Ahhh!!!!
I miss you guys!!! Will be back soon! Please don't go anywhere!
Libellule (Thursday, 23 August 2012 23:53)
@Wired We will be right here at the auditorium in Jemmaville. Depending on the day you join in, you'll either find us killing the strawberries at a HaH screening or Jenny chick dance on chairs (this activity will occur every full moon) in pure bliss. :D
Clijsters3 (Friday, 24 August 2012 09:44)
@Faf yes of course I knew that... By the way I'm liking the flask and incense sticks idea.
@Wired We are all here when your life is a bit less hectic and can't wait to hear all about it. I passed a food place in Liverpool the other day called Moose Coffee and it described itself as an American and Canadian diner. I might pop in one day to experience Canada:)...and America!
San (Monday, 27 August 2012 09:41)
@Wired Don't worry we'll be here. Hurry back, tho.
@Kirsty Hiya! I barely recognized you. Did you do something with your hair? :p Wow, California, Vancouver, Texas, and New York would be a very ambitious trip! Y'all are certainly welcome at my place if you can swing it, but I understand the US is just too damn big! :) It would be much easier for us North Americans to visit everyone in Europe.
@faf Good to know you have your priorities :) Now that I've paid off my mattress, I can finally think about getting the rest of the HAH DVDs. I'm behind by 3 box sets! And YES! Your Jemmaville is EXACTLY what we need. Make it happen :)
@Libellule Full-moon chair dancing! Damn, you should be an event planner or something :D
@Clijster3 I'm sure Libellule and I can come up with a detailed account of her 4 days in Houston if you would like that :)
I still owe y'all some pics! They're coming don't worry :) Would you believe me if I said they were getting developed? No? Well, then I won't say that then ;)
Clijsters3 (Tuesday, 28 August 2012 04:50)
@San Lol Can't wait for the pictures. And yes a nice 4 day account would be very nice.
A couple of my friends are going to Washington next month and as you've been I wondering if you could give me a heads up of things to see and do so I can amaze them with my knowledge:)
Update on the tennis: Breaking news: My mixed doubles partner has pulled out!!! He's torn a muscle in his calf whilst training for a marathon apparently, so we're out. I think there's a curse with the men, a lot are ill, in hospital or injured, spooky. At least now I can concentrate on the ladies doubles. We're playing our last round robin match this evening.
The US Open has begun. And I can't think of anything else to say about it because nothing exciting happened:)
San (Wednesday, 29 August 2012 00:08)
@Clijsters3 Sounds like somebody had their own fix in mind for the mixed doubles tourney! Men are so unreliable with their immune systems, muscles, and freak accidents :) I hope your match went well last night. I need to register for the fall season of singles. I got a sad email that this is the final season of this league. Not sure what I'm going to do. I really like singles!
As for Washington, DC, I have a few suggestions you can casually mention to your friends. First, they can't go wrong with any of the Smithsonian museums, Library of Congress, or just checking out all the memorials on the National Mall, but beyond that here's what you can recommend:
1. National Portrait Gallery and American Art Museum is excellent! They are in the Old Patent Building with a beautiful courtyard area, which is a great place to relax and re-energize.(Google "The Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture" and look at the images) In addition to the exhibits, you can walk through the Luce Center (http://americanart.si.edu/luce/about/) where they store some works that aren't on display. It's near Chinatown and the Spy Museum is right across the street, so if art ain't their thing, there are those. Oh, and the Art of Video Games exhibit will be up until the end of September. It is CRAZY AWESOME!
2. National Archive. I'm an archivist, so I love just being near this place. It's really low key with some very interesting, small exhibits. Declaration of Independence viewing is crazy, though. I've never braved that crowd.
3. Georgetown is a nice neighborhood-like setting with shops and restaurants.
4. Touring the Kennedy Center is pretty cool.
5. National Air and Space Museum, located in Dulles, Virginia, has a tons of aircrafts on display, including a Space Shuttle. I haven't been yet, but my sister says it's really cool. I'm sure there's a bus/train route that goes there. http://airandspace.si.edu/udvarhazy/
Now, go talk about DC like an expert :)
Clijsters3 (Wednesday, 29 August 2012 03:21)
@San Lol! Thank you, thank you and thank you again, I love it. I will definitely sound like an expert, they will be amazed. I'll just casually throw in a reference to the Spy Museum:) Hang on, Spy Museum, what's that all about? Sounds cool, I'm off to Google it.
Shame about the end of your singles season. Did the email give any reasons? Oh yeah and men! so unreliable:)
San (Wednesday, 29 August 2012 09:24)
@Clijsters3 Did you look up Spy Museum? It's a place of covert gadgets and espionage history! :) The league didn't really give a reason. I guess they couldn't manage it anymore, and there might be another flexible format singles league taking their business. I'll get the intell from all the ladies I play this season. One of those same-day-a-week, traditional leagues might be nice too. We will see.
San (Wednesday, 29 August 2012 11:23)
I forgot to share: there was a lady on the train this morning (I've see her before), with a rainbow animal print bag similar to Jenny's in the pic above. Made me think of y'all :) Also, made me think that having a bag like that would be awesome! :D
faf (Friday, 31 August 2012 09:53)
@hoppe Animal speak started at #998 in room 234.2 and picked up again in this room when Libellule met a fox. #12. #14, 18.
GUESS WHAT? FULL MOON CHAIR DANCING TODAY!
The next full moon will be:
BERLIN = Friday * 31st August 2012 * 03:58:06 pm (CEST)
LONDON = Friday * 31st August 2012 * 02:58:06 pm (BST)
NEW YORK = Friday * 31st August 2012 * 09:58:06 am (EDT)
HOUSTON = Friday * 31st August 2012 * 08:58:06 am (CDT)
San (Friday, 31 August 2012 09:54)
@hoppe I can't help it. I love that you're back! :) I'll try to find those #XXX for you.
@all It's almost been a year in the room! Can you believe it?! Should we do something to mark the milestone? Also, more importantly, does the Jemmaville Community Center have a special activity planned for tonight's blue moon? :) I'll probably sit and stare at it and think about y'all sitting and staring at it, either hours before across the ocean or at the same moment a thousand miles away :)
San (Friday, 31 August 2012 12:58)
Sympathy for the Devil is playing while I'm sitting on the patio drinking margaritas! Holiday weekend has begun! Wanted to share with y'all :) "Who killed the Kennedys" shouts Luzi.
faf (Friday, 31 August 2012 20:09)
This moon is so friendly! And the breeze across my face is pretty sweet too. I sending out my emmabeam. I hope you all get some:)
San (Saturday, 01 September 2012 00:32)
@faf It was a very nice bright moon in a wonderful, clear, deep sky. After a rather hot day, the evening breeze was refreshing. Also sitting on a bridge with 8 lanes of traffic zooming below made for a little more breeze :) Knowing your emmabeams were there made it eveb more enjoyable. Thanks! Shoulda chair danced a little, but I didn't.
Libellule (Wednesday, 05 September 2012 00:19)
@hoppe So glad you're finding balance between your spiritual life and your "cyber one" while still stopping by Rm 234 when you can. Cuz, as you know, we've all missed you! :)
About my encounter with a fox a while ago, it was exactly the same as yours with the deer: intense and amazing.
I'll have to look back at what @Fran told me about its significance because it happened again yesterday, though I didn't see the fox per se. I was biking with my mom (who's currently visiting me)in a park at sunset and a fox apparently crossed my path. I didn't see it, my mom did. She said it crossed right in front of my bike. It probably happened just when I was looking behind my shoulder to check if my mom was still following (we were riding on a hill)... :D
As for Jelly, I can't get into it. I don't find the storyline believable. Both actresses seem good but there's just no chemistry between them to me. It lacks angst and passion.
Ah the angst and passion of Jemma!... :p
hoppe (Thursday, 06 September 2012 11:58)
Well yeah, libelulle.
Chemistry is a lot a personal thing. I think they work well together. Both have a more airy (head and heart) vibe .. for me. ;)
Oh, my god!
just saw that Lucy Dixon is
Height: 5'6" (167cm)
Weight: 7st. 8lb. (48kg)
I just hope she's not having an eating disorder.
faf (Friday, 07 September 2012 21:04)
@Clijsters3 so how did your gift selection go over with your friend of a friend who likes to camp?
@Libellule key characteristics of fox are stealth and camouflage. Your mom saw fox but you did not. Seems like so much to examine here.
@all I'm half way through my vacation and I've already over indulged in just about everything. Water and women everywhere! If you ever get to Key West there is a verticle message for you all written along the inside edge of the front door of a bar called Hog' Breath. Just a little tuthrefore shout out :) I was inspired by the bar tender...he looks like Timo.
hoppe (Sunday, 09 September 2012 17:29)
where are you?
ok... Jelly art challenge:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njyoKpjdAGY&lc
they love joking around... nice
I'm trying to move the mouse with my left hand... funny ;)
hoppe (Monday, 10 September 2012 10:14)
if someone still wants to vote for Jemma, they're nominated for best couple at the soapaward, they are on top of the ranking right now ;-)
you need to sign in and can vote every 24hours
http://www.mypromi.de/awards/german-soap-award/schoenstes-liebespaar
hoppe (Monday, 10 September 2012 10:20)
Lucy is also nominated as best actress
http://www.mypromi.de/awards/german-soap-award/beste-schauspielerin
and both I think for Fan price female
http://www.mypromi.de/awards/german-soap-award/fanpreis-weiblich
Wired (Monday, 10 September 2012 19:15)
Fly by post - I'm back! I missed you guys! Summer was crazy and the past week terrible because my manager decided to turn on me. Anyways going to catch up and jump in!
@hoppe you're back! Yay! I thought I saw @Kirsty on here and @Faf is wet and wild? Can't wait to catch up!
San (Tuesday, 11 September 2012 01:00)
@hoppe I'm here. I'm always here. For some reason I haven't had much to say. I also feel really unproductive lately. Remember when I used to build databases and websites in my spare time? Those were the days.
@Wired There's been some pretty exciting stuff happening in the ole room. Can't wait for you to catch up :)
@Clijsters3 You've been busy playing tennis I presume. I hope the tournament went well and you singled-handedly (and/or two-handed backhandedly) won it for your partners :) How did you like the US Open? I got to see the women's final which was pretty good. Vica (I think that's Azerenka's nickname - I've lost the flashcard you gave me :p), she seems to have developed a trill to her grunt - a very long cooing sound or something. Interesting but very annoying which is too bad because I like her game. Totally kicking myself for missing the men's final. Congrats to Andy!!! As well as you, Kirsty, and everyone in Britian. It's been a long time coming :)
Clijsters (Wednesday, 12 September 2012 11:05)
@All Very quick hello, just to let you know I've been without the internet for over a week and thus have missed many room 234 meetings, I do apologise. No time to answer questions right now, but @Hoppe nice to see you're back:)
Clijsters (Thursday, 13 September 2012 10:19)
@San I did Google the Spy Museum it looks like fun, although mainly aimed at children! The tennis tournament final was last Sunday and I won the ladies doubles! We were last on and so everyone was watching, which I hate, I get really nervous. As for the mixed doubles my partner injured himself so we had to pull out without playing any matches. Yes Murray finally did it. Because of the time difference I didn't stay till the very end, I wanted to go to bed:) But he did extremely well and I think it will be the first of many. I think you'll find it's spelt Vika! but you're close enough. and yes the noise she makes is very annoying, it's so high pitched. Did you watch her play Sharapova? I tried but had to switch off for obvious reasons. Radwanska was called the Sparrow when younger because of her slim build, don't know if she's still referred as it these days. Another one for your flashcard:)
@Faf I've got to admit that in the end I didn't buy a present for the friend of a friend, but just got her a card instead. I asked her (and my) friend if I was expected to buy her a present and she said no. But at least now I have a definite present in mind and I am getting to know her a better now, so your suggestions were not in vain.
@All I'm off to Sorrento, Italy for ten days so I won't hear from you for a bit. I'm looking forward to catching up on Marbeeca when I get back.
San (Tuesday, 18 September 2012 20:59)
Seriously, would one of y'all come and be my neighbor? People that don't speak Jemma are so boring!!!
@Clijsters3 Congratulations on the championship! I knew you (along with you partner of course) would pull off the victory. You're the Serena of the inter-league tournament! ;p I kid, but it must feel great. And now you're on your victory vacation in Sorrento. Wow, that sounds classy! Exactly what Federer does after winning Wimbledon, no? Hope you had a great time being away from it all. I'll have to settle for sitting by the pool and reviewing the latest flashcards you sent me :)
Does anyone else have good chair dance routine? My abs need serious work! I enjoy situps just as much as the next girl, but I'd rather sit down, and move :)
San (Thursday, 20 September 2012 00:42)
So I was watching HAH ep142. No Jemma, but there was a pretty amazing ginned-up Sophie psychedelic POV shot of Caro dancing to Kylie Minogue's Slow. I wish I had some sort of insta-gif capabilities because it deserves to be on an infinite loop :) Just a little thought before bed. Night.
Oh, @Kirsty, hope you had a nice birthday ceeeeeel-le-braaaa-tion :D
faf (Thursday, 20 September 2012 22:16)
My HAH DVDs were waiting for me when I returned from vacation. I was planning to save all of them for the gray season but a ginned up Sophie sounds pretty tempting. HAH and all you crazy leutes got me through the last long days of darkness and with the NHL owners currently locking out their hockey teams…it looks to be another long season ahead.
So I’ve been thinking about the word challenge San and Libellule threw down a while back. Here is one to consider:
Jemmecca- a metaphorical journey of spiritual significance for Hah devotees where they travel in order to be healed or have questions answered or to achieve some other spiritual benefit.
Ex: It is commonly accepted that Koln is the birthplace of Jemma but one only needs to journey within to experience the true spirit of Jemmecca.
@San I can help you with that chair dance. Really. It’s just a beginning but it can work. First, go to the gifoshere page and scan down to the third last one where Jenny bolts upright in her chair. Embed that image into your brain. That shouldn’t be too hard to do :) Okay, now you ride a bus to work right? On your way to and from work, every time the bus comes to a stop, adjust your posture and hold in your gut. Hold it forever until you actually forget about it and just stop doing it. At the next stop, do it again. Get into the habit of correcting your core and posture, using the stops of the bus as your reminder. If you are driving your car, use the stop signs and traffic lights. For extra added pleasure imagine why you think Jenny bolts up in her chair. Now you may think this isn’t much of a chair dance however if you are able to make this a habit you will be more inclined to go the next step and adjust your posture and suck in your gut every time you____________(fill in the blank). This will not give you a six pack of abs but it will strengthen your core which, in turn, makes those ab exercises less painful and intimidating. It’s a start. You can make a dance out of it if you want to. You would look silly and that would be awesome :)
Libellule (Saturday, 22 September 2012 12:28)
Hello meine Liebe,
Family visit is now over so I can go back to an overuse of my computer and proscratination on internet. :p
@hoppe #85: Yes, you're right, chemistry is a lot of a personal perception. :)
Still can't feel it for Jelly though I tried several time (but I love the art challenge video you posted). Maybe the fact that they (writers, directors, producers) started to morph Tilly in some kind of nutty vindictive character doesn't help. That's something I've never understood: how can you switch from crazy in love to totally nasty to the person that once filled your heart? Letting go is never easy, especially if it's not your decision, but staining what you had together at some point by acting like a total jerk will certainly not make it better... I guess I'll never get the "you hurt me so I'm gonna hurt you back in return"...
@hoppe #88: I tried to do my duty but it didn't work. Google Traduction helped me only to a certain extent with the registration and I wonder if they accept votes that aren't from Germany (cuz you have to fill in your residency location at some point when you register). Each time I try to sign in and vote, I get this: "403 - Es ist nicht erlaubt, diese Ressource einzusehen!" with 6 listed points of why (but none of them says it's because I'm not allowed to if outside of Germany).
Too bad, but awww, seing their lovely faces again!... Jemma forever in my herz!!! :)
@hoppe #90: Another thing I'll never understand, lack of integrity. Some people seem to confuse stealing with inspiration from. ;)
@Wired: Yiiii, welcome back!
@Clijsters: I'm a bit late but hope you're having an amazing time in Sorrento. Lucky you!
@San #95: I hear you my friend, I hear you! :D
As for the abs thing, I was noticing the same thing for myself and it's surely not as fancy and fun as faf's suggestion, but I've started to do some planks every day (see #3 and 4 on the link below)
http://www.performance-women.com/activites-physiques/tonifiez-vos-abdominaux-1.html
I also just found this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88WTQt0lebo&feature=related
Maybe if you lean on a chair that you formerly laid down on the floor and do the same as this lady, that could be considered as a good chair dance routine? :D
@San #96: What's "POV"?
@faf #86: I went to Key West years ago. It was nice but I wasn't intending to visit again. Now I have a reason to. :p
@faf #97: I love this new word!
Libellule (Saturday, 22 September 2012 14:02)
About the word challenge that was supposed to be taken up by the end of the month, it's still on, because in my mind we're still in August!
And to the wonderful addition from faf, I propose a co-creation with San:
Assace- Very powerful, acute and neat action out of incredibly high energy and spirit, that brings utter joy and satisfaction to the one doing it.
(An assace would counter a göttigy for example)
As in: In the space of 2 minutes, she ran through the whole city, jumped in a car and stopped a plane from taking off. What an assace moment!
(San, you might be more inspired for the example than I currently am, so feel free to improve the whole thing.)
Here's a little historic of that one (San, I hope you won't mine me spilling this secret conversation between you and I from my US trip :p ): One tennis night San told me she kicked ass on the court, so I jokingly asked her if she meant ass or ace, to which she answered both. And tadaaa, assace was born!
So, how is it related to HaH?
Well, first, it's coming from the joint minds of 2 Rm234ers, which is a validation in itself. :p
And secondly, I believe that after a while, Jenny and Caro would stop playing voleyball for tennis, because it would be a more intense face-off. Plus a "friendly" competition would be organized in Pestalozzi's to celebrate the end of the Abitur exams, where doubles teams would be made of a student and a teacher/adult. Which would make a female finale with Caro + Helena vs Jenny + Bea! (As for the male one, that would be Ronnie + Mickael vs Timo -Bodo would push the wheelchair to help- + Ben ). Oh the fun!... :D
Libellule (Saturday, 22 September 2012 14:04)
*Edit: I hope you won't mind
hoppe (Saturday, 22 September 2012 17:38)
only a short visit...
a Jemmecca for me would be more the place to travel to for seeking some of the former invented Jemmalicious things like.... oh, did we already have Jemmlightenment??? LOL
So which place is it? Köln? dunno.
faf (Saturday, 22 September 2012 18:38)
Jemmecca would be a metaphorical journey toward an understanding while Jemmligjtenment might describe freedom from caronnie-like suffering or the attainment of insight pertaining to pure Jemma love. Or not:)
hoppe (Saturday, 22 September 2012 21:19)
sorry the word Mecca is too much connected with the city or the wording of "the mecca of..." - das Mecca der Spieler/Musiker/... as T-HE place to go to /be for a special group of people. maybe the wording is differently used in english speaking countries....???
San (Sunday, 23 September 2012 01:01)
Wow, where to begin? With all this talk of excercise, I put my Saturday to good use and went for a very long walk with intermittent running. It lasted about 4 hours (with a few extended stops) and ranged over 8 miles. A great way to spend the day. However, I'm not sure my left leg works anymore :\
@Libellule Thanks for the planks! I like those a lot, especially the video. I'll definitely try some of her exercises :)
@faf I do try to focus on my posture and sucking in my gut, but I didn't have the gif imagery to motivate me before. It helps! Thanks! I was sitting bolt up all day Friday and really felt the burn :)
I'll have to incorporate your suggestions into my chair dance workout. This is how I think the basic chair dance routine should go: http://room234.jimdo.com/jemmagerie/gifosphere/chair-dance-workout/
@faf I love Jemmecca, too!
@hoppe You are right. Mecca is used the same way in English. I understand your point. Knowing people that have been to Mecca or some mecca equivalent, it always seems that the journey to the place is more significant than being in the place. With Jemma, they exist more in our hearts than in a place, so to arrive at Jemmecca can be anywhere - a meeting, a matching of minds, making someone laugh with just a jemmaword, or having Jemma as your guide on a journey. Perhaps, it can be described more as a coming together (people, ideas, feelings) becomes the place, instead of gathering at a place? That said, I like you definition about seeking jemmalicious things. Perhaps, we need 2 definitions for the word? You're also right. I don't think we have jemmlightenment, either.
I'm still working on this word, but maybe y'all will have some input. The chair dancing and exercise advice made me think about Jenny in 138. If you combine everything she did in the episode, it was a pretty extensive workout routine! Which gives Jenny's stare at the end of the ep a whole new perspective. She isn't thinking about Emma or "absolutely nothing." Maybe she's just focusing on her core :)
The 138 n. a total Bergmann Villa workout plus Chulos cardio fueled by lovesickness and guaranteed to burn the calories and angst away for at least a day. The 4-part workout consists of (1) pizza-ballet warmup with frenzied leaping throughout the living room and kitchen, (2) Chulos cardio dancing to increase the heart rate, (3) Staircase makeout rolling, and (4) a Ben sex cooldown in the bedroom (optional).
Ex) When stabbing sushi and eating an entire pizza fails, you might have to resort to The 138 to get your mind off the girl.
@Libellule POV = point-of-view
@Libellule I love how you fit assace into HAH. It works :) The definition is spot on, too! Don't worry, I don't the mind you sharing our secrets :) In fact, I still need to recount your entire visit for @Clijsters3 as I promised.
Libellule (Sunday, 23 September 2012 02:34)
San, your chair dance ab workout is hilarious and just plain brilliant! :D
faf (Sunday, 23 September 2012 21:26)
Regarding the word Jemmecca, I had in mind Libellule's month long journey in search of Jemmanami. It made me think of a pilgrimage toward a state of mind. I cannot say for sure how the word might be used in other English speaking countries but it is most definitely used this way in my own English speaking head :) and speaking of English! I went to a little party last night and met Kasia's older sister Kim! She is an English professor but oddly, wasn't much with the conversation skills. Damn if I wasn't going to make the most of our chat. I wanted to get chummy enough to find a way to take her picture without it being tooo creepy. That didn't happen. I'm confident I will see her again and that is when I will score a photo for my franbox. You won’t believe the resemblance! Kim had better shoes though.
I was working San's gif moves while making dinner today and then used an assace fist pump during the football game. Today just seemed like a good day to put these things into practice. I would have prefered to have focused on my core via The 138 and ulimately a little 197 but...that didn't happen either.
Oh, and last Friday was International Peace Day. Did any of you get my peace vibe? :) Have a great week!
Libellule (Monday, 24 September 2012 01:14)
@faf, San and hoppe: Are you aware that we, I mean the 3 of you at least, are currently discussing semantics over a jictionary word? I find this absolutely fabulous! Your respective (and oh so clever) argumentations right now make an official language of all the jemma words we all created together. Because that what semantics "validates and demonstrates": languages.
This is brilliant!
I love you! :)
And @faf, I don't think I got your peace vibe on Friday but I definitely got the wink at my journey with the new word, and...thank you! :)
I can't say I found Jemmanami while travelling but now I can at least say that I "found" Jemmecca, which can be as good. ;)
To add (maybe?) to the semantics discussion of that word, to me it also feels like a combination of Jemma and Marbecca, some sort of fusion. And it perfectly makes sense to me because -and here I'm speaking only for myself, wink @hoppe :p- I'm looking in the latter for what I emotionally found in the former. Which is impossible to find to the same level (I mean Jemma is unique as is its moving power, we all agree on that) but I think that's nonetheless the essence of a metaphorical pilgrimage: Searching for and recognizing, even at a small intensity, something we once felt and that deeply touched us, only in a different "place"(/form). Kinda like reincarnation.
To further explain myself, here and there in Marbecca I can find parts of what I felt in Jemma (can be anything: the acting, bits of chemistry, laughs, looks, love angst and quarrels -in German it makes me swoon, so sexy! :D -), so I'm drawn to it again and again because I want to find more of the initial vibe (Jemma) in it.
As for my travel, just before I go I felt kinda numbed emotionally. So I left in search of Jemmanami. Well, that's how I phrased it at the time because I didn't really know what I was looking for exactly, aside from shaking myself up, feeling past the surface. But I knew I would recognize it if I "met" it (that might sound completely esoteric but I don't know how to explain it differently). No Jemmanami, no "it" per se, but I found something else I can't quite define yet. Some state of mind I guess.
Anyway, all this to say that on my side I like "pilgrimage towards a state of mind" as a definition for Jemmecca. But I can't wait for everyone's semantics imputs, it's so interesting! :)
Libellule (Monday, 24 September 2012 02:01)
@faf: You didn't have a 138 nor a 197 today but you had some kind of JRM encounter last night, not too bad. ;)
@San: Btw, I love your definition for a 138! :D
Libellule (Monday, 24 September 2012 19:36)
Just watched Marbecca Folge 4149.
Am so excited right now! :)
Beautifully played by the actresses.
And you've got to love the comments. Most of them say, aside from "finally!", that Marlene really improved her kissing technique. Which is true, she didn't miss Rebecca's mouth this time, even better: she found it right away, eyes closed!!! :D
You've also got to love the mistakes in props and editing people notice.
As far as I'm concerned, the (repetitive) mistake that struck me is the bad taste regarding Rebecca's wardrobe. Where the heck did she find these shoes?!!! The only person, maybe, who can wear these because it goes with her stage character is Lady Gaga, and even in that context it's not what I would call aesthetic.
Talking about shoes, it seems that even if they're less ugly than the clowny anvils Rebecca is wearing, they aren't necessarily easier to walk in either. I laughed at Marlene's "waddle" @1:13; seems like LCL floor is not made for high heels. :p
Wired (Tuesday, 25 September 2012 13:37)
Hey Everyone! Not sure if you remember me but I'm back! I have to stop in today but wanted to shout out "hi" anyways. So "HI!" (waves hand vigorously from under a table...). I had wanted to jump back in again over a month ago (remember that?) but things happened, my manager became a major giftzwerg and...well...I've since lost my job.
Sooo....I've gotten over that and I'm back on the horse as they say...or back on a Jemmabeam. So I'm back to this board...and...well...I have more time on my hands. (sheepish smile) Truly I realize this is a good thing since I needed a kick in the ass and I was given severance so I wont be eating cat food anytime soon. I'll probably explain more later if anyone is intersted but for now, I'm back and I missed you guys!
Hope all is well in RM 234 and looking forward to some interesting chats soon I hope! Everyone is still here right? right? (I hope so!) Will catch up and post soon - this time I mean it!
Cheers,
Wired
Libellule (Tuesday, 25 September 2012 14:15)
@Wired: Oh my dear, I know for a fact that this pill is difficult to swallow at first, but in no time you will find this new freedom wonderful! Because once the grieving over your job loss is made, you realize that it's actually a great opportunity for a fresh start more in accordance with who you are, what you feel and which horizon you want to see in your life now. I believe these events don't happen randomly, for those who know to listen (what Life is trying to tell them once in a while :p).
When that happened for me (last March if you recall), I was on the edge of a physical and psychological burn out. I knew I had to do something but couldn't manage to find a way out by myself. So losing my job was perfect for that matter, and as you put it, a good kick in the ass.
Today I'm still without a job but that's because I haven't really looked for one yet. :p I'm not miserable, on the contrary. I'm re-thinking my life, my career, my desires and priorities, and most of all taking the time, which is the real luxury nowadays.
Cheers (I mean killing the strawberries) to what's ahead for you professionally, it's always for the best! :)
hoppe (Tuesday, 25 September 2012 19:17)
@libelulle
I like your definition. what about: Jemmeccca = "a pilgrimage towards a state of mind where Jenny meets Emma/where Jenny unites with Emma/where Jemmaforces recognize each other/...." hmmmm, something like that?....
Hey Wired,
great you are back! Sad, but like libelulle said it's also the chance for a new start to something better.
I still sometimes feel like this board is too public for me. We stay on a quite "surface-like" level and sometimes I'd like to write more, but tbh. not on a public internet-site like this ;)
but well, there's a lot changing anyway, maybe I'll write you all an email in future ;)
btw. Jemmlightenment would be the arrival/end of this pilgrimage
hoppe (Tuesday, 25 September 2012 19:40)
btw. what means "assace"? have no clue ....
Libellule (Tuesday, 25 September 2012 22:03)
@hoppe
That definition of Jemmecca is not my idea but the latest proposal of faf in #106, and I like the simplicity of it though it describes something so complex.
If there's really a need to add to it to make it clearer, then I'd say your 3rd proposal would be closer to the way I personally understand that word than the 2 first ones. Because to me it's not necessarily "where Jenny meets/unites with Emma" but it has the same power, the same "obviousness" as Jemma.
faf, as the author/artist of that word, how were you envisioning it exactly? :)
@hoppe, regarding the public status of Rm234, I can understand your concerns. However, even if the feeling of "surface-like" sharing might frustrate you sometimes, please keep coming! Bitte, bitte, bitte! :D
I think your insights, as well as anyone's in the Room and as "surface-like" as they can be, give deep life to this place. :)
Plus as you said, there's always the possibility to share more via private emails, you know how to reach us all. I'm sure you can find a balance between what you feel comfortable sharing here in the open-space and what you'd rather share in a less public way. ;)
PS: Assace definition is in #99 but might need tweaks from San. :p
Clijsters (Wednesday, 26 September 2012 04:03)
@Wired hello and welcome back! Hopefully we can pick you up and provide you with some positive energy. As @Libellule and Hoppe said now you have some free time you can refresh and refocus and hopefully concentrate on what you want out of life.
@San and Libellule My holiday was great thanks, I really needed some sunshine after the miserable Summer in the UK and I found it in Sorrento.@San I mixed with all the celebs on the island of Capri, you know Federer, Sharapova and the like:)
@All in fact I turned on the TV in my hotel room and who should appear...only Christian from VL!!! I actually saw some of it, I got very excited as you can imagine. Unfortunately Marbecca weren't on much but even so it was nice to see in on a TV.
Speaking of Marbecca, wow! things are moving along nicely now, just waiting for the next episode to be posted on YT. @Libellule yes the kissing has improved! Marlene found Rebecca's mouth with a minimum of fuss. However, I was disappointed with Rebecca's technique, she didn't open her mouth. Just when one's sorted the other one let's us down:)
@Hoppe As for Jelly, total opposite. They are hardly ever on and they aren't a main storyline on Hollyoaks. The love story of Marbecca is so epic and very dramatic, so Jelly just seem tame when the two are compared.
Clijsters (Wednesday, 26 September 2012 13:51)
Just seen the wedding episode, now i really can't wait for tomorrow's episode. I can imagine Marbecca running into each others arms and a passionate embrace will ensue :) @San well done on your 8 hour workout, sounds hardcore!
Well done on the new Jemmatastic words I'm very impressed. It's mad we've created a whole new language! Well you have I've added one word:)
hoppe (Wednesday, 26 September 2012 18:05)
@Libelulle yeah, you seem to be right about the Jemmecca. so your def. is fine!
@vclijsters and all interested in Marbecca.
there is a site which shows a 2 mins preview for the next episode just after midnight german time, which is since one hour now.
http://www.einslive.de/medien/html/1live/unterhaltung/verbotene-liebe-vorschau.xml
Libellule (Thursday, 27 September 2012 00:21)
Just watched Marbecca Folge 4151 too and...wow! It's getting really interesting, to say the least. :p
@hoppe, I know you're not much into Marbecca, and maybe not VL as a whole either, but I don't know who else to ask:
Who is Ricardo, the guy who's been listening and I guess helping Rebecca lately? Are they related? He just popped at her door the other day, and I have no clue how they know each other.
Also, I have a few comments regarding this 3-part episode:
-Marlene's mother is wearing a lovely red dress and scarf when she arrives at the castle, that seems to turn pink-ish when she's at the church. Maybe it's just a lightning effect?
-That scene between Rebecca and Tanja in part 1 is played to perfection. I know Tanja is some kind of adult Caro (= b*tch), but I love her somehow. Well, that was the same with Caro actually. There must be something with mean girls with class and cleverness. :p
-I don't like the new red-hair girl (Bella), I don't know why. However, if she's just here to help Tristan getting over Marlene, I'm fine with it.
-Do you know many people who leave their (trendy) car key on while paying at the gaz station counter?! Tristan, should it be that the wedding imminence makes you dumb?
-Somehow there's a cloud just where Tristan is (when the police stops his car) while it's all sunny "birdy" at the castle. Must be symbolism here (Tristan, you should know that it's gonna rain on your parade in the next minutes). :D
-How come the church is that empty? Weren't Tristan and Marlene talking about their wedding being the biggest event in Düsseldorf at some point, with prospect of like 500 invitees. I know Marlene backed that idea off later for something more intimate, but here there's not even a quarter of the whole Van Lanshtein dynasty! And where is the photographs herd? I mean even just for the dress, isn't it supposed to be some high publicity for LCL?
-That close-up of Tristan's mouth in part 3 is not the best choice of shot, just saying. :p
And now run, Marlene, run!!! :D
Clijsters (Thursday, 27 September 2012 03:15)
@Libellule Love your comments on ep. 4151. Unfortunately for you Bella (the red hair woman) is not just a passing character, she is the sister or half sister of Olli. I found this out while watching VL in Italy.
My thoughts exactly, where are all the millions of guests and media people? The guests only take up three pews!
The close up of Tristan's mouth made me go all funny and made me feel a bit sick.
@Hoppe thanks for the link to the 2 min clip. It made me laugh when Marlene bent down to pick up her miniscule bag, she couldn't just run out of the church but had to make sure she didn't leave her bag:) I don't think I can wait till tonight, I'm getting far too obsessed with this storyline.
Kirsty (Thursday, 27 September 2012 08:23)
Hi all!
@Libellule Love your comments/observations on VL. Ricardo is just a friend of Rebecca's. They almost got together a while back but Rebecca couldn't go through with it- I can't remember if it was after she'd fallen for Marlene. I think probably it was. It seems like ages this storyline has been going on for!!
Looking forward to tonight's episode. I saw the preview clip with Rebecca and Marlene talking in Rebecca's apartment and Tristian rushes in and Rebecca says something like it's not what you think...uh, it kinda is though :)
@Wired Hope you're doing ok. Enjoy your new start, your new opportunity!
@Clijsters Ah, you found the warm weather. And by warm I mean anything over 20!! And hopefully none of this really crappy rain. I have been to Sorrento, it's lovely! We stayed in a little hotel in Positano. It's such a nice area but the roads that wind round the sides of the cliffs are freaking scary to drive on- especially when we went we had our own cars and, obviously, the drivers' seats weren't best placed to see what was coming round corners properly.!!
Clijsters (Thursday, 27 September 2012 11:11)
@Kirsty Hello!!! It's so nice to hear from you, hope you are well and everything is good in your life. Sorrento was great and warm:) It was so nice not wear loads of layers. Went on a local bus to Amalfi so passed through Positano, but didn't stop there. Apparently it's something like the most vertical village in Europe. I did all the tourist stuff and climbed up Mount Vesuvius, visited Pompeii and Herculaneum (not sure if that's spelt right!) and had a sail to Capri. Also did a bit of walking because it wasn't roasting hot every day, but still in the high 20s so it was all good. There was also an amazing thunder storm, luckily it was in the middle of the night, which made it even more dramatic.
I've not seen the clip with Tristan walking in on Marbecca, think I'll have a little look. Oh and I think Marlene must be picking up her dress not her bag, as she's already holding it in her hand, although with all the continuity issues you never know:)
Libellule (Thursday, 27 September 2012 11:17)
@Kirsty About the preview you saw, maybe it's just that Tristan suddenly realizes that his sister, Rebecca, wasn't attending the wedding and comes to invite her, thinking Marlene just left the altar because she was missing something critical in her miniscule bag (like a more passionate draft for the vows). :p
Marlene, I'm begging you, for once in your life don't beaben again on your decision! First you can't rush back to the church, that would look a tiny bit inappropriate -yes, even more than leaving the altar. Second, your true love is on the edge of leaving Düsseldorf for LA (Venice beach I believe, I think she plans on working with the famous fashion photograph called Jessica Leccia. I mean Ani. Anyway, you don't want to mess with "Otalia") and you need to hurry to finally burst her out a heartfelt "I LOVE YOU!"!
PS: In the preview, I just LOVE to no end Elisabeth's astonished look when Marlene runs out the church door. :D
hoppe (Thursday, 27 September 2012 19:05)
a very funny video where you can see jealous Marlene seeing Rebecca and Ricardo dancing, you can find here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi0IkD8Uc3Q&feature=relmfu
it's all fictional though! at that time Rebecca wasn't in love with Marlene, they just had a good friendship
hoppe (Thursday, 27 September 2012 19:37)
man! my comment before didn't post! shit!
Ricardo is a friend with whom Rebecca had a little affair/nearly ONS before she started to fall in love with Marlene, quite in the beginning after she came back from NY.
Libelulle, in opposite to you I love new Bella and like the story with her and her halfbrother Olli :)
I also liked the story about old Arno who got Alzheimer and died recently.
Atm I like Marbecca a lot more again. Hope Marlene become more natural and honest with Rebecca :)
It's imo one of the most or even the most outdragged lesbian storyline on VL ever :)
in tonights ep Jens Hartwig the actor of Tristan did a really great job. and Marbecca - just sweet.
I love those slow mo scenes... in the hall and later in the orangery when Marlene turns slowly around towards Rebecca. Rebecca asks her there, what it was that she realized why she couldn't marry Tristan. then silence and Marlene realizing that this is now THE moment where it all comes true and she has to face the full intensity of her real truth in the outside.... facing Rebecca and telling her that she loves her.
they do a real good job! both of them, although I hate it that Rebecca so often had to have those big puppy eyes ... grrr... the directors!
what I find amazing again and again is how Tatjana Kästel is able to produce those wet eyes when Rebecca is angry or upset or like here deeply moved.
And I loved it how she portayed her seeing the ready wedding dress on Marlene. She was so amazed by it, being confronted by materialisation of the perfectness, beauty of her feelings/imagination/vision inspired by her love. Astonished how everything falls into place and she created the most beautiful thing ever done by her.
Although I think the dress is quite conventional this really, really moved me. It's the magic of creation....
Kirsty (Friday, 28 September 2012 02:29)
@hoppe Yes, I agree that Jens Hartwig has done a pretty good job in the last few episodes. I did feel that there was a little too much of him shut in the room at Konigsbrun brooding with Bella- it got a little boring for me, Although that maybe was because there was a lot of talking that I couldn't translate..
The funniest part for me recently was when he says his vows and they're heartfelt and beautiful and then it's marlene's turn and she fishes a piece of paper out of her bag. All her family have a wee laugh because they think it's endearing but the look Tristan gives is funny, like he finds it a bit unusual- that should've been another clue for him there.
And I kind of like how Rebecca and Marlene haven't kissed again yet. There's alot to sort out but Rebecca's faint smile when Marlene tells her she loves her is just brilliant, so sweet. I hope this couple stay together for a while and get to be happy for a while- I miss the happy, feisty Rebecca..
@Clijsters Sounds like a good trip. It's a lovely area to visit. We didn't go to Herculaneum put went to Vesuvius and Pompeii which was amazing and so sad.
I'm off to Iceland on Tuesday with my girlfriend..first holiday together :) I've always wanted to go to Iceland but never found anyone else who did-until now. She works for the British Geological Survey studying Space Weather so she really wants to see the Northern Lights, and she can tell me all about them- hopefully we manage to see some.
Clijsters (Friday, 28 September 2012 12:53)
Just a quick question, are there English subs for eps 4151 and 4152? I can only see Italian subs and I can't change them to English. Thanks.
@Kirsty wow Iceland will be brilliant and potentially very romantic if you're lucky enough to see the Northern Lights. Treasure the memories of your first holiday together. Lol at the whole vow debacle, I even felt a bit sorry for Tristan.
@Hoppe I love your #124 comments, spot on as usual. Although i'm finding Bella's face really annoying!
Kirsty (Friday, 28 September 2012 16:17)
@Clijsters3 Thank you. :) Also, don't think the subtitles are up in English yet. Which, I guess, is fair enough as there is an awful lot to translate
Clijsters (Saturday, 29 September 2012 02:45)
@Hoppe sorry if I sounded impatient or ungrateful I really value all the effort you and everyone else spends on translations and don't know how you do it. I've read some of the not so friendly comments people have written demanding subs And I definitely don't want to turn into one of them!
@San just wondering if you've decided to give Marbecca a go, go on you won't regret it:)
hoppe (Saturday, 29 September 2012 16:20)
a clijsters no! I didn't think that of you! :)
and my post sounds a bit strange... didn't see the it was an awful lot - was written in the first line too. shouldn't be there. so my comment might have come across a bit strange ;) sooo - deffo not :)
Libellule (Sunday, 30 September 2012 01:37)
On the fly: have you seen the 3 last comments on the Sandbox page? Weird. Spam maybe?
Libellule (Sunday, 30 September 2012 01:49)
Well, before saying nite nite, I just want to tell you, @hoppe, that the last part of your comment #124 (about the wedding dress and the magic of creation) is really beautiful. I love how you translated Rebecca's look at that moment into the emotions of creation as a whole. Art can be so transcending sometimes...
Clijsters (Sunday, 30 September 2012 03:56)
@Hoppe Phew just checking:)
I've kept forgetting to say thanks for the link you posted of Jelly's art challenge. You could see Amy got slightly annoyed when Lucy kept saying "Amy loves girls" instead of using her character's name Jen. They obviously get on really well which is nice to see, I just hope there's a lot more to come with this story. We haven't seen any scenes of them in the wood yet and that picture of them along with a few other characters was posted ages ago, I wonder what's happened to them scenes?
@Libellule very strange about the comments on the Sandbox page, I've no idea. Oh and yes I'm still waiting for a hour by hour account of your stay with @San:)
Clijsters (Sunday, 30 September 2012 08:40)
Have you seen a clip of Marbecca due to air next week? Can't post the link at the moment but it's easy to find on YT, just type "Marbecca clipping" and it should come up. Just look at the way Marlene is looking at Rebecca, it's just wonderful and full of loving. I love Marlene's face she looks radiant.
hoppe (Sunday, 30 September 2012 17:06)
thanks guys for your comments on my #124 comment ;)
about the spam comments - yeah, I think they are, we hould just delete those three
San (Monday, 01 October 2012 01:33)
Whoa guys, I've been trapped in the chair dance ab workout room for the last week! The bunny pole dance is not as easy as it looks :)
Well, I usually periodically check the other comment sections and delete the spams. I thought I had closed all the comment sections so I didn't catch these. Thanks for noticing them @Libellule.
@Kirsty Iceland is a geological wonderland! Enjoy!
@Clijsters No, I haven't yet given Marbecca a go. It sounds like I'm missing something pretty special! I'll have to make the time to catch up to everyone.
I need to gather and enter a few words in the Jictionary! And tweak if necessary, but I think we have a good set of new additions. I wonder if 138 would be better as a verb. Something to think about.
Kirsty (Monday, 01 October 2012 03:31)
Have you seen the vdeos JI have been putting on Facebook of the concert Lucy was in at the weekend? She only sings the song that she sang at the FanTag last year with Kasia, Selina and Franciska..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUN8dtezFMUl5TmEVncua-ew&v=jTi3uoCDkPk&feature=player_embedded
@Clijsters ooh, haven't seen the clipping, will have to check it out- thanks for the heads up
faf (Monday, 01 October 2012 10:07)
So nice to see all of you together in the same week. And such a week it was. Lucy sightings, Marbeccasodes with quality expressions and make outs snippets, tuthrefore life changes...and love. I feel lots of love. This is a physically busy time of the year for me. It is the begining of the process by which we button up the outdoors for the winter. I spent my weekend doing such work with my heart and head filled with thanks for each of you. We have been together over a year. The honor and respect shared here is worthy of a good soap. I wouldnt be surprised if we each had a juicy story line real or imagined that we could develop and sell to a production company that would translate well into any language. I would like my character for the weekly teledrama to be played by Franziska Traub and in any potential film version, Halle Berry. As for my real or imagined character development, I'll be working on that next weekend while I stack firewood. She will obviously be more imagined than real, although.... ;)
Clijsters (Monday, 01 October 2012 10:42)
@Kirsty thanks for the link, but I wish she wasn't blonde! Still that smile...I'd forgive her anything:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ffk5PrPNKlU
Above is the link to the upcoming Marbecca scene this week. I don't like the presenter though, he seems a bit sleazy if you ask me.
If I don't get another chance have an amazing time in Iceland and I hope the Northern Lights shine bright for you and your girlfriend.
Kirsty (Monday, 01 October 2012 11:59)
@Clijsters Thanks for the link, yes I've never really found the character Sebastian appealing in anyway and, like you, I just find the actor's mannerisms etc a bit sleazy.
Oh, I hope we see a glimmer of Northern Lights but I am being told not to get my hopes up because all the activity on the sun just now has been on the other side of the sun which doesn't face us so any coronal mass ejections are heading the other way- pah. (I almost sound a bit geeky now when I tell everyone about space weather- love it!)
I know we're tennis fans here but are there any golf fans?? Last night I stayed up late to watch the end of the Ryder Cup and I'm so glad that I did...it was so exciting. Not many people thought Europe could pull back from so far behind but we did it, there were certainly some nerves of steel out there!
hoppe (Tuesday, 02 October 2012 02:41)
really? Sebastian? I found him very funny in presenting the clipping! much better than a lot of other presentations and better as his VL character.
Clijsters3 (Tuesday, 02 October 2012 03:58)
@Kirsty Hoppe I didn't even know that was Sebastian! I just thought he was some random presenter.
As for the golf I didn't see it, but everyone I know is talking about it and saying how exciting it was, even people who have never watched golf in their life.
Clijsters3 (Wednesday, 03 October 2012 09:48)
Still no kiss for Marbecca, though Rebecca tried:) When it happens it's going to be special.
Clijsters (Wednesday, 03 October 2012 15:32)
I still get shocked when i see the servants on VL, it's like I'm watching Downton Abbey sometimes. I forget Rebecca is a countess.
hoppe (Wednesday, 03 October 2012 19:00)
lol - well downtown abbey seems to be more realitic - VL is just a really totally fake show - with "evil" people like Ansgar or Tanja who make mostly good but someties really bad jokes (esp. Ansgar) and the way Justus is portayed is also just fun :)
Libellule (Wednesday, 03 October 2012 22:28)
@San
-Did you know that chair dancing is an actual dance style? I've learnt that today reading a newspaper article. Nothing like Jenny's, though. It seems like pole dancing, except more horizontal. :p
-Whaaaat, you haven't given Marbecca a go yet? Go do your homework, right now! :D
@faf
Beautiful comment, like always.
Also I find it funny that it lands #138 because the end of it fits perfectly with the jemmaword definition: each of us imagining a character storyline for a Rm234 soap would be a good workout for our neurones. ;)
@Wired
Wherever you are and whatever you are doing at the moment (Jemmathon? :p), I hope everything is fine for you.
Maybe you're catching up with Marbecca (and in that case, you must tell -I mean suggest- San to do the same. :D) while embracing your new freedom.
@Kirsty
-Wow, that's some amazing trip you're doing right here! And I'm not even talking about the company you're with. ;) Enjoy this special moment and tell us all afterwards about the Northern lights romantism. :)
-About Lucy's video, I have to say that I find it a bit cringeworthy. I love her, I really do, and I like her voice but somehow there's something that sounds offbeat for me in this prestation. I don't know, maybe it has to do with the orchestration they've done at the concert, I don't think it fits the song.
Libellule (Wednesday, 03 October 2012 23:42)
About Marbecca, Folge 4152:
Beautifully played on all parts but like @hoppe and Kirsty said, bow down to the actor who plays Tristan. Brilliant. And that last scene where he finally breaks down really touched me.
And bow down to the writer for this (translation is taken from Mittag's channel):
-T: Did you once love someone? Someone who made you think...they were the one you belonged to?
-Bella: No.
-T: You can't just search for someone like that. They find you, and...suddenly everything makes sense. It just... It just feels whole. Complete. Suddenly, everything seems somehow possible, everything is yours to have, and nothing can stop you.
It's the most beautiful feeling that exists.
-Bella: Then it must shock you all the more that Marlene suddenly backpedaled out of nowhere.
-T: There were... There were enough signs. I just ignored them, because I didn't want them to be true.
I don't even know how to explain why I find it so powerful.
If asked the same thing, in all honesty I would be answering the same as Bella, but I can nonetheless feel that it's the most truthfull description of what Love is, it just resonates in me.
And the way Tristan, or more precisely the actor who plays Tristan, delivers these lines is just perfect. How he expresses it, how his body translates it feels completely real.
Also I love that with those last words, he sums up everything, the whole mess, why it went that far on his side, why he acted the way he did: all along we thought he was just plain dumb not to see those signs, but he was actually the most human he'll ever be...
First you have to be aware of the rarety of such love, which is not given to everyone, and once you have that, once you feel it in your whole being, you can't possibly believe it's one-sided or shared in a less intense way by the other one. Because as it lifts you incredibly high up, it also has you on your knees, that depth of feeling makes you in the most fragile and vulnerable state ever. So to accept to be at the mercy of someone like that, you have to trust fully, you can't doubt.
When these big red flags were right in front of Tristan's face, it was too late: He'd tasted Love, he couldn't go back to "basic relationship", so he just shoved them off. He fooled himself willingly, just to spare time, to keep feeling alive, the most alive he's ever been...
Libellule (Thursday, 04 October 2012 01:14)
About Tristan again, don't get me wrong, I know he's not the most sympathetic person (I read loads of comments under the videos and I learnt a lot regarding his perverted past. Well, you can learn a lot about VL history as a whole. Basically everyone's slept with everyone, lovers go from one bed to another within the same family and nobody seems to have an issue with that -it doesn't matter if your current lover was once married to your brother and you had an affair with her sister, for example-, it's crazy drama, "tanglings" and plots. It's called Verbotene Liebe afterall. :p ), but in that scene I deeply empathize with him.
There's something about his pain...
Also I believe he's changed a lot (although I don't know all the history of this character), for the best, thanks to Marlene.
I was listening to a song the other day that got me thinking about him. I like this song because though it's not musically outstanding, the lyrics are very strong, yet poetic, and it's sung with such heart by the artist that it becomes very visual.
It's by a French singer, but I'm gonna try to translate most of it because I find it relevant to how Tristan must be feeling towards Marlene, well, what I imagine he must be feeling. Like a desperate plea for her to stay by his side.
Michel Jonasz - J'veux pas qu'tu t'en ailles ('don't want you to leave)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVLA6xc0tMQ
(It starts with narration before actual singing:)
There's something odd, ok, but let's see what, without getting angry.
Something got ugly and broke, who knows when. I who don't know how to make tea properly, what am I gonna do?
It's a detail but... I don't want you to leave.
Why?...
Because I've waited for so long...
(Singing starts:)
... and looked for you everywhere,
Drinking all the water from rivers to see the bed (/bottom)
And to lift the stones,
Cutting trees from woods to see further afar
Between New-York and Versailles.
I don't want you to leave.
I wanted waves and S
With one (lady) for me, my goddess,
And I was rolling in zigzag and anywhere,
With my confettis and jokes,
Thrown at people's feet in jetset parties
With their funerals faces.
I don't want you to leave.
I don't want you to leave.
(Verse about their common dreams of travels and crazy things to do. Then this:)
When I'll go wail my chorus,
Thinking all this for nothing,
My voice that's flying in the wires and in the air
Certain it will land on the floor again,
And my miserable verses will be for you
Some tags on stained glass.
I don't want you to leave.
I don't want you to leave.
I don't want you to leave.
I don't want you to leave.
(Then he goes mad and threatens his soon-to-be ex, much like Tristan is acting now, out of terrible hurt: )
I'm gonna break the walls,
Break the door,
And burn everything here I sware,
Snatch out the suitcases you're taking
With my letters where I was crying hard.
Watch out, watch out for yourself, I'm gonna hurt you!
You're scared, you cry, I don't care.
You just have to stay, don't leave me,
You don't need to go, don't leave.
What am I gonna do? What will I become?
A scarecrow, a corn grain popped with a cut...
I don't want you to leave.
I don't want you to leave.
I don't want you to leave...
hoppe (Thursday, 04 October 2012 17:08)
well for me the problem is that I can't believe those words from Tristan. that he felt this whole with Marlene. Already when she was pregnant after the rape she excluded him from what was really going on with her. She decided for an abortion without telling him, instead relied on Rebecca. How can you feel whole with someone when you are experiencing things like that at the same time? I think he had this dream of Marlene being the one, this dream of feeling exactly those feelings of wholeness, but if he really would have been true to himself, he'd known it wasn't true. But well "dream feelings" can seem to be as true as real ones! If you just believe it enough ;)
but nonetheless it was a very powerful moment, I agree.
I think we all wish to find a person, a place, a community were we feel we totally belong to, to feel like we "arrived" completely.
But I wonder how much is this often just about things we know? A person tuches a the most often because she/he triggers old structures in us - well a task life has for us to confront those very things and go past those structures.
Hmm... interesting, what is love? what describes it the best?
And is the feeling you/Tristan described, the most trueful form? Maybe love is to feel complete just with yourself/the whole world and then it flows out of you to everyone and also to your partner (if there is one) as well?
Libellule (Thursday, 04 October 2012 22:23)
@hoppe
Maybe I believe Tristan's sincerity in his description of love (through Marlene) because I'm missing some big parts of his past, like the one you just described.
Regardless I just want to say thank you.
For beautifully sharing your perception ( I particurlarly like your last sentence) and broadening mine at the same time. :)
Your (philosophical) questionings pushed me to read again what I wrote in #147, , and I'm realizing that I should have expressed myself a bit differently. For example instead of saying "that (Tristan's description) it's the most truthfull description of what Love is", I should have said "it's probably the most truthfull description I've ever heard so far of what Love is for me, how I think I would recognize it myself if given the chance (to feel and live it to such intensity)."
Anyway, thank you @hoppe, I like what you're making me deeply reflect on. :)
Libellule (Thursday, 04 October 2012 23:18)
Walking back home tonight, I passed a wedding dress store and I sware one of the 2 in the window was very much alike the dream dress Rebecca created for Marlene's (nightmare) wedding. Plus it was presented in the exact same posture as when Marlene was gazing at herself in the mirror all beautifully dressed up. That had me smile big time!
I think Tristan should try to pizza-ballet his pain away. That vision also had me smile big time. :D
Talking about contemporary dance (which I'm a huge fan of, I don't know if I already said so), I was just watching some videos and I stumbled upon that one (Diana Vishneva: Beauty in motion - F.L.O.W part III) which I find gorgeous:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2h2fdZ6XpR8#!
As I was reading the following comment underneath "This really is beautiful. It starts and she appears to be in a cage..then as it goes on..she breaks free and her cage becomes her wings.. (YokoSohma)", I thought it would suit Marlene, now that she's finally at peace with her own feelings for Rebecca.
And I think the whole Von Lahnstein clan should poke fun at themselves (and all their shenanigans, sexual and otherwise) by dancing this together (Jiri Kylian - Six Dances):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VhU-brXFQR0
I've seen that one live years ago (I love this choreographer, he's brilliant!) and it's the first time I've ever watched hilarious contemporary dance. Don't let the comedic and satirical aspect of the piece fool you though, the choreography is still incredibly physically demanding. Some of the moves the dancers are doing are just plain crazy (crazy creative and crazy hard to accomplish :p)! The kind of crazy I love. :)
Wired (Friday, 05 October 2012 08:38)
HI Everyone!
How are you? What is happening in our Jemmaworld? Welcome to fall! It is surprisingly sunny and warm here in Halifax but the leaves are starting to turn color and it is becoming so beautiful!
I'm back and I am walking through the door of opportunity now I think. :)
@Libellule thanks so much for your comments #111. You are right of course and I do see this as a great opportunity to move on and it’s a fresh start. The only problem is that it seems I’m busier right now then before! It’s amazing how many things I had put off before for such a piddly thing like work! :) This will settle soon though and I am keeping my ear open for what life is might be wispering to me. You are a good example for me to take the time and to think and listen!
@Clijsters Thanks for your comment too in #115 Rm234 will definitely help me with positive energy. I have finally re-read all of the posts and the smile on my face is huge. I am Emmabeaming now and feel very good. You all are amazing from the tennis talk, to the mini 234 reunion @San and @Libellule had (I am jealous too! I would love to talk Jemma to someone in real time and not have to type!!! I need to get out and visit you all!) and word semantics!!!! You guys are the best! Also glad you had such a great time in Spain!
@Kirsty you’re back!! How are you? How is the girlfriend and the holiday to Iceland? I would love to go there one day…well after visiting the 234s first. As @San said the geological wonders there look amazing! Please tell us how it goes!
So with my time now I can’t wait to catch up on Marbecca – it is sounding very very interesting and I’m super glad they finally got their kissing in sync! One good thing about being behind is that I can catch up all at once with a glass of wine and yell suggestions to the characters at my laptop. I’m sure my wife will not be impressed. Also I hope to do a Jemmathon too some time and get back my Jemma vibe.
Pretty Little Liars too is over for the season so I can catch up on that. I love Paige this season (I agree Kirsty I like her better then Maya) and they have her embracing her sexuality. Yay! I also like her long hair this past season. Yowzaa!
This weekend is Canadian Thanksgiving and I'm off to the in-laws in New Brunswick but they have internet so I'll be connected! I am very thankful for my friends who I have in my life near and away and I count you guys in RM 234 as part of that too. You guys give such positive energy and enlighten me in many ways...I consider myself lucky. Here's to another year guys!!! Eventually to Rm 234.3 and so on! As I mentioned before I look forward to many interesting converstations with you!
Hopefully too I can post some pictures from my summer since I was out and about dancing, canoeing and sitting by some campfires. It did end up to be my best summer yet!
@Faf we're into the time of year to begin winterizing the house and getting ready for some cold and snow. May your woodstack stay high throughout the winter! I also think since I have time I'm going to try out some new recipies and slow cook/all day meals like ribs, chilli and San's Apple Vodka pie. Anyone else have any great recipe suggestions? I'm a novice cook so be easy on me! :P
hoppe (Friday, 05 October 2012 18:51)
uhm, the book is originally about partnership, but as everything is about partnership, to the people around you, to yourself, to your different parts, body etc. you can use it for everything with a bit of creativity ;)
the group dance was amazing too, Libelulle. Such perfect and clear movements. those frog movements when they were at the floor , whoohoo... funny to watch, thanks! :)
pizzaballet for Tristan would surely do him good and prevent him from becoming crazy. So would love to see that- haha!
and some chairdance of Rebecca :)
btw. there is an interview with Melanie + Tatjana, here translated into English
http://www.phenomenelle.de/kulturelle/interview-with-marbecca-vl/
@wired, cool you're here again too!
hoppe (Friday, 05 October 2012 19:21)
I found this part of FLOW amazing too! not entirely sure at all points how it's done ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAvtNiNJjqo&feature=plcp
hoppe (Saturday, 06 October 2012 20:00)
brandnew interview with Lucy >Scherer ;)
http://heutemalkreativ.wordpress.com/2012/10/06/interview-with-lucy-scherer/
Libellule (Saturday, 06 October 2012 23:33)
@hoppe
-Love your interpretation of the flow dance! And the link you posted is really nice. I was wondering how many dancers were really needed to do such choreography. More than 3?
-Thanks for the book reference. I quickly checked the Spezzano website and it seems really interesting. I have to look further into that.
-Nice interview from Lucy. I love how she described herself and that it's so crazy/creative it has no proper translation. :D
Libellule (Sunday, 07 October 2012 00:52)
About Marbecca Folge 4156:
-I love this "new" Marlene who takes accountability for her own actions/choices and doesn't backpedal anymore once she's made a decision. She seems very assertive and you can see how it finally allows her to grow, becoming more in touch with herself.
She exudes strength and power (in the positive sense of it) at the moment, despite all the low shots (from Tristan, who else...) and deceptions she has to face.
She has gained so much confidence in herself since she left the altar that she can even advice Rebecca to go to NY by herself if it can do her good.
At first I thought she would fear seeing her newfound true love flying away from her (if Rebecca had decided to go to NY nevertheless), and that could have jeopardized what she's trying to do to start (her love life) on a clean slate. But no, she doesn't sidetrack from her current "mission". Go, Marlene!
- Now about Tristan. I know he's terribly hurt and it's gonna take him a very long time before he can overcome the situation and be at peace with what happened. But that's what I was talking about the other day when I was saying I could never understand how you can suddenly act like a jerk to someone who meant so much to you, regarless of how much you're hurt...
Staining what they shared together and trying to destroy every little piece of her won't make her come back, and won't make him feel better either. How can you look at yourself and seriously move on when you act that way? I find it so immature, plus it says a lot about someone. To me, it means that this despicable aspect was in the person all along, just asleep. So suddenly you realize that what you had together, even on a respective different level of intensity, wasn't sincere. It's like a betrayal, even if you're the one who decided to let go of the relationship. You were actually with some kind of heartless individual during all this time...
Why is it so impossible for some to preserve the beauty of what they once had, even if they were not the ones triggering the separation? Not only that but they find it necessary to declare a war! I can understand the struggle with the feeling of abandon and sudden emptiness, but still...
Maybe it would be a bit less pathetic if there was a slight intent to hurt from the one who leaves, but here it's quite obvious that it's not Marlene's case. Even Tristan in all his actual anger could feel that.
I have @hoppe's post #153 (about ego)in mind and I think that in the end it all comes to that for Tristan. When he decides to held a press conference, it's just because he doesn't want to be seen as the poor little naive lamb (ego, ego, ego!), not to soundly help himself healing.
Meh... Beware Tristan, there's so much sh*t one can take because they try to make amend (out of guilt for hurting). Otherwise when does it stop? When does it feel "fair aching"? At some point Marlene will realize that she doesn't have to accept whatever Tristan is throwing at her just because she left him at the altar and terribly hurt him.
Libellule (Sunday, 07 October 2012 01:32)
On Folge 4156 again, lighter note:
-Where do you think you're going, Marlene, with those high heels and 2 suitcases? You can't possibly think you're gonna climb the spiral staircase this way, can you? I mean helloooo... :p
-I like how Rebecca's luggage is ahead of her and patiently waiting on a table at her appartment for her to angrily throw it on the floor (I believe that luggage was standing behind her in Marlene's hallway when she knocked at her door...). :D
-That Tristan's hand gesture at Marlene (when he's reading documents at No Limits after she asked him if he was still her artistic manager), to tell her she should leave now, had me smiling. So condescending. So Tristan... (Again very well played by the actor)
-Emilio seems to have a toc with lemons... He licks them as soon as he has one in his hand at the bbq. :D
San (Sunday, 07 October 2012 03:29)
I wonder if anyone can guess why I'm up so late. @Libellule I'll read your recaps later because right now they just remind me how freakin far behind I am :p
Clijsters (Sunday, 07 October 2012 05:08)
Well done @San I take it you're catching up with the delight that is Marbecca. Be strong and enjoy the emotional rollercoaster.
Libellule (Sunday, 07 October 2012 10:53)
Lol @San!
I wouldn't say that Marbecca is the new Jemma but I believe you're gonna be moved by it nonetheless. And like Jemma, it quickly becomes very addictive. Bottom line it has to do with chemistry between actors, and you'll definitely see some there. :)
San (Sunday, 07 October 2012 15:12)
I definitely got the chemistry buzz :) They certainly stare at each other a lot! It was hard to watch and do intricate stencil carving at the same time, but I powered through folge 4093. I can't get over the fact that Rebecca used a hair dryer! I can imagine the writers were like, she has to storm out of the room and do something. Putting on moisturizer and brushing her teeth isn't as exciting as those few seconds it takes to blow dry her short hair :D Didn't even give enough time for Marlene to fall asleep on the couch! All and all, y'all are right - very enjoyable :)
Wired (Monday, 08 October 2012 08:57)
@Libellule I love your recaps! Again they make me want to watch the show and catch up. I know what I'll be doing this week!
@San welcome to the Marbeca train! Once you're on you're on for a ride it seems!
Clijsters (Tuesday, 09 October 2012 05:48)
I feel like I should write this post because I've been amazed by the eloquent comments by you all, especially recently.
@Wired I especially like your 'comeback post' #152 (although I actually went to Italy not Spain!) I love reading your posts because they have a nice blend of information and humour. I hope you had a great Thankgiving and I'll get my thinking cap on for some yummy recipes.
@Libellule We all know what to expect from you, a full thesis. I'm telling you, you should write one on Jemma and Marbecca and become Doctor Libellule, an expert in German lesbian storylines. Not that you need a fancy title, you already are an expert:)
@Faf you are a wonderful human being, even though I can only read what you write I can somehow tell. You have such wit but also warmth and honesty in your posts and are a calming influence. I can just imagine you stocking up your log pile ready for a cold winter.
@San I feel like you are the glue that holds us together, primarily because you created Room 234, so because of you we have a place to come, to share, to vent, to try out ideas and ask for help, knowing we will always find someone here to respond (well, apart from 6 days when we went AWOL) By the way do you remember we're still in the middle of aa tennis match, because I completely forgot, it must be 25-25 by now. Your serve!
@Hoppe You're English is superb, the way you convey your thoughts is expertly done, although I must admit sometimes it goes over my head i.e. I don't understand it all-not your english but your talk of art and imagery. Think I'll leave that to you and @Faf:)
@Kirsty You are always so positive and it's a joy to read your posts because they usually involve you seeing Lucy somewhere in Central Europe!
Memo to self: Hopefully this will get me some votes for the Tuthrefores, if they take place again, I was robbed last year!!!
I'm NEVER a soppy, sentimental person so I will stop there and you'll be relieved I'll never do a post like it again (unless I need votes). Basically I just wanted to let you know how wonderful it is to have all of you in my life and I think in honour of Jenny and Faf we should all do a chair dance today!!!
Vielen Dank
faf (Tuesday, 09 October 2012 20:07)
@Clijsters Thank you for so many kind words. And BRAVO! for sharing your soppy sentimental self. You shouldn't stop, its quite nice. As for "calming influence"...good thing you didn't see me emmaing all over myself yesterday! Much better day today. Anyway, thank you for sharing. You have my vote for the Soppy-Sentimental-Come-Lately Tuthrefore Award ;)
Wired (Thursday, 11 October 2012 15:20)
@Clijsters the Tuthrefore Awards! Man that seems like so long ago! Sadly our numbers seem to have dwindled a bit since then! No worries though, that cuts down the competition for your Sopy-Sentimental-Come-Lately award.
Does that mean I can try for the Invisible Member of the Year award?
Ok it's planned tomorrow is Marbeccathon. I plan to fortify myself with Libellule's recaps, chocolate and a paper bag when I start to hyperventilate after Rebecca and Marlene FINALLY talk again at episode 1001. That sounds like how it'll go. I'm on the train tomorrow until the crash!
Also @Clijsters and @San thought of you guys the other day when I saw the absolutely unnecessary site of a local tennis court being ripped up. I'm not sure if they are being replaced or torn down permanently - I'm still researching. I saw it and thought you guys would not be impressed! The Wall and Laser would have definitely surfaced! :(
Libellule (Friday, 12 October 2012 01:07)
@Clijsters
You definitely get my vote. Plus faf created a special category just for you, so here we go!
Lol @Wired's self-proposed category! But you'll have some tough competition on that one, as I was MIA myself for quite a while earlier this year. ;p
Your Marbeccathon seems like fun, especially the chocolate part (as for the paper bag it will also be useful as a head cover when you get enough of worried-and-more-worried Rebecca's expression, or just to stifle your frustration over Marlene's constant indecision. But hang in there -yes, in your paper bag-, it finally gets better towards the last couple of episodes!). :D
@faf
I join Clijsters in the description she gave of your wonderful self. :)
Wired (Friday, 12 October 2012 07:29)
Ok here we go! I'm starting with Folge 4047 from the beginning with Marbecca so I can get the full effect of Rebecca's one expression of worry, the flashbacks repeatedly and Marlene's constant see sawing. It's also a dark and cloudy day and might rain later...perfect weather to mirror Marelene and Rebecca's stormy relationship.
On to Folge 4158!
Also I really miss hearing German I realize since I was listening a bit daily when Jemma was on. Also I know this will make me miss Jemma so much I'll probably have to relive that relationship again too. As you can see I am easily led!
hoppe (Friday, 12 October 2012 15:28)
re: Tristan
don't get me wrong. I don't want to justify any behaviour with it's circumstances - we still have the responsibilty. But I don't want to condemn him either. - don't want to judge in general... especially if it's only soap characters - in real life it's sometimes more difficult to not do it ;)
hoppe (Friday, 12 October 2012 17:55)
uuhh - I just got a little film recommended.
If you ever have the possibilty to use natural cosmetics, you should think about it (some people even use just pure olive oil instead of cremes etc. if they don't have much money). Most conventional cosmetics and ALL toothpastes have little micropolyethylenpellets in them and they get into the water and the sea after a while. there they build up toxines and cause damage in the sea organisms, plasticizers dissolve out and cause hormonal problems.
Here is the link, but it's in Germam :(
http://mediathek.daserste.de/sendungen_a-z/427262_w-wie-wissen/11848600_alle-beitraege-die-sendung-vom-23-09-2012-?buchstabe=W
Wired (Saturday, 13 October 2012 14:46)
Ok I made it through! It literally took me all day and I was up until the wee hours this morning but I have experienced Marbecca in full...and I have to say I don't regret it! I can't write much more about it yet (it would equal too much babbling, I need to organize my thoughts) but I do have to say Marlene and Rebecca do have something and I have learned that a well placed stare can contain a 1000 words and meanings. Of course nothing beats the piercing eyes of Jenny Hartman but these girls come close!
So the ride is worth it and I can't wait to see where this goes next. I am wondering if they will actually get together as it seems they still aren't 100% a couple yet. These sippery soap operas!
On another note fall is definitely here and the weather is getting colder - 8 degrees celsius out! I've got my toaster pants on and it's not even December yet!
faf (Saturday, 13 October 2012 22:34)
@hoppe
Here’s the very good news.
“…goats love great heights and this symbolizes spiritual ambition. Goats also love to climb which speaks to us of progress and achievement. The goat will travel and live up in cliffs and mountains at impossible angles and elevations. Goats approach a precipice with ease and enthusiasm. This is encouragement to search your soul in places high and inaccessible for your sustenance.
Goats are insatiably curious. They will poke and prod at everything within their environment. Often this prodding comes in the form of looking for weak links in their enclosures (if domesticated). Goats encourage us to engage and entertain our own sense of curiosity. Goats have highly sensitive lips and tongues <me too!!!>, and use these in identifying the world around them <I try not to do that if anyone is watching ;)>. If the goat is your totem, or you feel you've received a goat-message, take this into consideration. This aspect of the goat talks to us about sampling a little bit of everything to know more deeply the world around us. It speaks of discrimination and a willingness to explore and hold out for that which is desired.”
Here’s the bad news.
I stopped a party this evening. It was a very ethnic and animated family feast with piles and piles of food, tables of wine and grappa, old people singing, young people dancing and high ranking religious leaders as honored guests. This was the sort of event you would like to just sit back and watch but they won’t let you. They make you play with them. The women were being traditional women fussing in the kitchen, while the men were being men gathered around outside admiring the lamb, the pig and the goat roasting on the spit.
Im sorry hoppe. I thought of you and your playful goat friend. It was an instant bad JRM. To make myself feel better I made out with a beautiful cannoli and went home.
@Wired
Toaster pants cracked me up. Is that for real or did you make that up? I call under layers my ‘skins’ and I’ve already been through my entire supply this week. I have a few recipes for you. I will email them.
Using some rusty math I figure that over the past two Saturdays I spread my hands wide open and grabbed the ends of approximately 480 pieces of firewood, weighing about 6 pounds each. Not done yet either. Im really not built for this. Im small and wimpy. And old. Everything hurts. Even my earlobes.
San (Sunday, 14 October 2012 02:57)
I had a pounding headache this evening that made me very nauseous. I couldn't even think about food, but I forced myself to go to the grocery store because I wanted wine - 2 bottles of Riesling to be exact. It's a German brand in a pretty blue bottle with a sticker "Ach du Liter!" which makes me very excited that I'm getting more for my $8 :) Anyway, Next-week-Sandra will be glad that Nauseous-Sandra managed to grab, however feablly, my 5-can chili ingredients for her. @Wired here's a simple recipe to get you started: 2 cans black beans, 1 can diced tomatoes with green chilies, 1 can corn, 1 can golden hominy, 1 packet of chili starter seasoning. Mix together and heat. Add meat and other vegetables if you want.
@Clijsters Whoa, it is the Tuthrefore season again! Perhaps we should open the voting again. After the last one, I had elaborate plans for the next ceremony with a show stopping opening chair dance number, and an actual trophy design. Alas, I might have to delegate those to the planning committee. Who's in? :) You definitely will rake in the awards this year! All of them except - Best Tennis Player :p I did remember we were in the middle of a match. You've been in the ladies room for a very long time. I'm starting to think it was a bit of gamesmanship :) Thank you for your soppy sentimental words. Big emmabeam :) One day, we must get together and play an actual match. Have racket will travel :)
@Libellule and @hoppe I loved your discussion about love back in #147-#149 Very fun to read and think about. I have some thoughts on the subject, but haven't been able to sort it out in words. It involves a recounting of the Aristophanes speech on Love within Plato's "Symposium" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symposium_(Plato)#Aristophanes) to the song "What is Love?" by the great American Club/Dance band Deee-lite (http://youtu.be/euUeCuwnZeU) then takes a disturbing tangent to "What is Love" by Haddaway, which always makes me laugh because of the Saturday Night Live sketch (http://youtu.be/ge7aehwWOGo). If you want to follow the links, maybe you can piece your own idea together. But without the eloquence that I'd like to express, I'd sum it up like this. Love is a seeking, finding, joining of 2 halves of a whole. Love is nonsensical lyrics to a good beat. Love is dancing. Love is wonderful but the ending is usually lame. At least that's what Aristophanes says.
San (Sunday, 14 October 2012 03:00)
Btw, the goat description that @faf provided reminded me of an interesting story I heard on a radio program about a goat standing on a cow and a box of old letters. It's not all that usual for a goat to stand on a cow - who knew! If you're interested, here's the story: http://www.radiolab.org/2007/sep/10/goat-on-a-cow/
San (Sunday, 14 October 2012 10:10)
EDIT *not at all UNUSUAL for a goat to stand on a cow*
Wired (Sunday, 14 October 2012 19:19)
@San Thanks for the chili recipe! I will make note and try it soon. I have a couple of recipes now and am thinking of making a couple of different kinds. I will probably be sick of chili by the end of it. I hope your headache is over soon too. You are stronger then me to go out and get food and wine. I usual hide in my bedroom and complain I fall asleep. Maybe when nex-week-Sandra tries the wine you could let us know. There is a German wine I used to drink in a blue bottle called Pieroth Blue Burg Layer Schlosskapelle - it is sweet white wine and cheap! I wonder if it's the same?
@Hoppe that goat incident was very interesting and I think perhaps it was reacting to your great mood. As you mentioned they are pretty direct animals (I think) so it's head butting was it's very direct way to say "hey! I feel your great mood too!". I liken it to a dog wagging it's tail - goats just use their horns not their butts. (Hmmm that didn't sound so good)
@faf about the toaster pants - well...I don't think mine are officially called toaster pants but I know there are some around...for kids anyways. Mountain Equipment Co-op sells them for kids. :) I like calling them that beause they do basically do just that - they make me warm and toasty. They actually aren't under layers rather pants with lining in them for warmth. If I am really cold I could wear more skins (is that right?) under them. Yes I have and yes I am that much of a wimp.
Clijsters (Monday, 15 October 2012 07:22)
Hi Leute! Hope you're all keeping warm, sounds like @Wired will have little difficulty of that with her taoster pants, which sound awesome:)
@Hoppe I too have a story about a goat. It's a few years ago when I was in Mallorca and trying to eat a peach, out of no where a goat appeared and tried to eat my peach! I kept putting the peach away to try and fool it, but it didn't work. The goat started to walk away, but as soon as I got my peach out it came straight back. So I ended up moving on. The goat represents Capricorn which is my star sign.
@Wired I can't believe they're ripping up a tennis court!!! I guess it's too late now, but as founders of HAWOTS me and @San would have been on the first plane over there. If you can try and find out what is replacing it. As for Marbecca, well done, you did well to get through it so quick. They are next on Wednesday's episode.
@San Sorry about that, I was actually locked in the toilet! I couldn't open the door, I shouted and shouted but no one came. In the end I gave it a karate kick and it flew open.
Clijsters (Monday, 15 October 2012 11:13)
Oops forgot to say thanks for the Tuthrefore award guys, I knew that would work:)
hoppe (Tuesday, 16 October 2012 19:47)
thanks faf for the goat description! yes, it's sounds very much like descriptions for capricorn @clijsters.
not so sure if I really like it so much atm... this high up and lonesome part.
but being curious is fine :) and maybe I need some poking and proding ;)
@all have some serious back problems, so I can't post all the replies I'd love to post right now.
Back problems go together with some personal dissapointment - a sort of break-up with a beloved person who was important to me especially in spiritual ways :(
I have a question or suggestion... San, would it be possible to have our conversations password protected?
this would feel a lot better, like an own forum. I really don't like everyone in the whole world to read my posts ... already was thinking of deleting some or well... don't know what to do. Does no one of you have problems with this visibilty for everyone?
faf (Tuesday, 16 October 2012 22:50)
@hoppe Of all the many things that scare me in a day, exposing myself here cannot hurt me in anyway. I love and trust each of you. Anyone else doesn't matter, and probably does not care. But your comfort level is important to me. Rest your back, alternating warm and cold. Rest your heart over your disappointment. And then rest your spirit regarding what you have made visible here. Try not to fear. I have never read anything that I saw as a reason for concern. Ever. However, if you need a password, I wouldn't object to it.
Clijsters (Wednesday, 17 October 2012 06:29)
@Hoppe I've just remembered, I have another story about a goat. I read it in the newspaper last week. For five days a goat seemed to be stranded on a hill, on a high ledge. Concerned walkers called mountain rescue to help it. However, as soon as the rescuers came the goat simply jumped off the ledge and skipped away! Very cheeky.
I too wouldn't object to a password, I'm a private person but for some reason I don't feel afraid in Room 234. But like @Faf said if it would make you feel better and safer I'm all for a password. Look after your back. By the way re:#170 I like reading your observations and arty posts, please don't think otherwise, feel free to carry on posting them.
Although Jelly aren't on together, Jen has been helping one of her students who is being bullied by Maddie (Tilly's best friend) so they may end up reconnecting through this story.
Very excited for the return of Marbecca, especially Friday's episode, I think it mentions a romantic picnic!
Can I just say well done to Heather Watson. She became the first British woman in 24 years to win a tournament on the WTA tour last weekend and is now ranked 50 in the world, just two places above Laura Robson, another British player who has lots of potential. In fact it was Robson who ended Clijsters (not me:)) career. So finally things are are looking up for British women's tennis!!!
Wired (Wednesday, 17 October 2012 07:47)
@Hoppe I hope your back feels better soon! Take care of it and you! The personal stress can not be helping it either so I hope you are able to weather your disappointment as well. Sending you healing vibes from away!
I second @faf and @Clijsters I feel very safe here in room 234 and have never worried about intruders. I figure anyone who manages to find their way here would have a connection to Jemma and therefore may not be that bad. That is a pretty naive thought though and I also want to support everyone's comfort level so if a password is able to be done I'm all in. I know some forums have you register and login. Is that better?
@Clijsters good news - after some intrepid searching (= google) I have now confirmed that the tennis courts here are not actually being destroyed but resurfaced/renovated! They should be completed within the next month and after the winter will be good to go. I'm happy to report that when you and San visit we have new courts for you to play on for your virtual Player of the Universe tournament in 2014 (which is when I think you might finish your current tournament :)
Also very excited about Marbecca! I think they are on today right? I'm hoping they finally get some quality time together like you hint at as an actual couple and not two people making eyes at each other but outwardly denying it.
Clijsters (Wednesday, 17 October 2012 10:18)
@Wired Phew! Good news on the tennis court front. It's good to know money is being spent on the courts to spruce them up for next year. Have you ever seen anyone playing on the courts? Do they seem well used? If so me and @San will have to throw them off when we come to play our epic match, and yes I'd say 2014 is a good guess:)
Yes Marbecca are definitely on tonight!!! The question is will it still be longering glances or will they actually kiss? at the rate of these two it'll be the former, but they may just surprise us.
Clijsters (Thursday, 18 October 2012 15:15)
One word regarding Marbecca-finally!!! However I did a few niggling problems with it, mainly Rebecca's mouth. I wish she'd open it a bit more. Marlene has really improved but it still looks a bit awkward and i'm putting the blame with Rebecca. Unfortunately I don't have time to fully analyse the ep. Although I may make time to watch it again :)
Wired (Thursday, 18 October 2012 18:27)
@Clijsters. Woot! This is sounding good! Ok off to find the ep and analyze repeatedly..... ;)
hoppe (Thursday, 18 October 2012 18:41)
thanks to everyone for your good wishes!
that makes me feel better already <3
let's see what San says about the password thingy...
it just feels weird to me to write quite personal stuff on here where I know that people CAN read it. I don't think a lot do, but it can be tracked back... soo...
about Marbecca:
I didn't like todays episode for several reasons.
didn't like the kissing + sex scene - would prefer not to see it like that rather than this hectic and stressed acting. it took away all the dynamic of the story. this goes to the cutters and "Regie" - not to the actresses, because I think todays TV and film expects a lot (too much?) of actresses and actors regarding the depiction of love and sex.
the whole scenes weren't build in a good and explainable way - you'll see if the subs are up.
Rebecca being fed up with the situation + the distance between Marbecca wasn't shown/explained before in a good way - so it felt strange. Someone on youtube was reminded to porn seeing both of them with bras and high heels, it felt strange to me too.
That Marlene had a bad conscience about seeing Rebecca and not even being able to have a coffee with her felt strange too. Before she never was deüocted with having such a bad conscience (lying to herself that Tristan was the one, having fears to be a lesbian, being confused - yes, but bad conscience? no)
with Tristan being depicted as the bad psycho and Marlene having this big bad conscience it feels like the writers are whitewashing Marbecca in a very cheap and inconsistent way.
wired (Thursday, 18 October 2012 21:03)
ok I watched the episode(s)(?) however only one was subed and the last one wasn't - I don't think I can comment completely on it until I've read the subs on the second but I was impressed with how Marlene seems to have changed. When Tristen thought they should stay a team I thought oh no she's going to beaben again! It wouldn't surprise me since this is a soap and they love that stuff, but she didn't! I thought it was solid of her to understand that it would be hard to work together etc. Tristan of course in his anger seems to be using that against her now as punishment (I think).
The second part regarding the kisses/sex I agree Rebecca wasn't exactly great but it is hard to kiss while smiling. She was smiling through most of it, and I"m not sure why they sped up the film for that. Maybe to depict that the pain and longing is over and it's "fun" time now? I don't know what they said so I"m not sure.
I'll definitely have to watch again when the subs are up. Also I can't comment on Tristen until I read the past posts I think.
On another note just a shout out to @San - I hope your headache is well over and you are able to enjoy that wine!
@faf I think your woodpile is mighty high enough. Enjoy the leaves turning to their autumn dress if it is happening there. It's happening here and it's beautiful!
@Kirsty how are you? Hope all is well in your world and your walking to the beat of your own drum with your girlfriend! (see what I did there? ;) )
@Libellule waiting for your take on these next few scenes!
hoppe (Thursday, 18 October 2012 23:23)
uhm, clijsters or Kirsty.... does anyone of you happen to know "And all because the lady loves"? it was a british duo in the beginning of the 1990s. I'm still searching for their first CD "centred" :)
here's a clip of them
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vt4f6o8E1U&feature=related
hoppe (Thursday, 18 October 2012 23:42)
and btw. another british AND lesbian singer who was very well know in Germany but I think never in the UK - she rocked all women's and lesbian events in the 1990 and beginning of 2000 - Jan Allain ... do you know her, british girls? ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQkl1TspHH0
hoppe (Friday, 19 October 2012 00:06)
@San you should definitely look into Ilse de Ziah channel! she‘s the cellist accompanying Jan Allain...
amazing pieces...
like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn1d9EV0saM
or this... which I also love because of the poetical video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqfkOrz38bo&list=UUOJL5QGOmv-Xc7h83oqxuww
clijsters (Friday, 19 October 2012 10:03)
@Hoppe Sorry I can't help you with either. I've never heard of "And all because the lady loves", that to me reminds me of an advert for chocolate, which is probably where they got the name from. The slogan was "And all because the lady loves Milk Tray" (name of the chocolates). I've also never heard of Jan Allain, es tut mir Leid.
Clijsters (Friday, 19 October 2012 12:45)
@Wired I've never said that I'm glad you had a wonderful Summer! I though I had but then I realised I hadn't:) Anyhoo sounds like you a super time in the great outdoors (re:#152) and maybe we'll see some pictures of it.
Clijsters (Friday, 19 October 2012 15:50)
Favourite bit of folge 4166? Easily Marlene "catching" Rebecca's kiss and the smile on her face! Marlene what are you doing to me?!
Libellule (Saturday, 20 October 2012 00:21)
Ok, first things first:
@hoppe #182: I can understand the grieving you have to go through at the moment. It's not an easy thing to accept of letting go of someone meaningful, regardless of the context. For a long moment it creates a "hole", some sort of emptiness that we have to learn how to tame.
But I find it fascinating how our bodies sometimes express what we're unable to verbalize. How, through physical pain, they actually translate something bigger, deeper, more of a "spiritual injury".
For example I had increasing health issues towards the end at my (ex-)work place. At some point, I couldn't put that only on the fact that I was physically exhausted because I was highly stressed and working too much. I had to pay more attention to these signals my body was sending me, there was more to them than pure "physicality". As you pointed out, everything is related. Proof is that when I lost my job, my health got back into shape! That says a lot of how unhappy I must have been there at the time. :p
So I'm pretty sure your back problems would be history once you've dealt with your personal disappointment over your beloved person.
Regarding the password protection, like all before me have already written, I have never felt threatened or scared by the public access of this place. Actually, I feel quite safe and protected, among you all. I feel very lucky too, and grateful, always, for what we have here. In any case, if an additional protection can ease your worries, hoppe, and make you feel more comfortable and more at peace when reaching for this sacred haven, I'm also totally fine with it. :)
I'm sure San the magician will find a way. I mean she found a way for us to avoid endlessly scrolling with a "Go to bottom" link, if that's not magics already!... :D
Libellule (Saturday, 20 October 2012 01:53)
Now, onto Marbecca:
I have lots of mixed feelings for the last 3 episodes, especially for Folge 4165...
Folge 4164:
-That pie Marlene is eating looks delicious! There's plenty of leftover on the kitchen counter, I want some! (And yes, I know this can be totally misinterpreted out of context, but I sware there's no innuendo in my phrasing! :D)
-What on earth Tristan is wearing? That might be the first time I'm really left blinking at his wardrobe but that "Scottish" waistcoast over his blue shirt, really? Usually I like how he's dressed, most of the time it's quite chic, but this just doesn't fit with the rest. I would be tempted to tell him to get advice from his fashion designer sister, but considering the golden curtain dress she'll be wearing next episode, I'm not sure that would be a good idea...
-I think the ticking bomb tank (or relief valve or whatever) was actually an analogy of Tristan's state: steaming like crazy and just about to explode... But maybe he can also be stopped in time? I don't know how though, because he seems to willingly feed his own anger. I like when he shows his soft sides, when you can see that he hasn't completely lost all sense of humanity yet, but that proposal he made to Marlene after they repaired the thing left me, I don't know, a bit skeptical maybe?
Which leads me to MIXED FEELING #1: I believe he's sincere in his proposal at that moment, there's no machiavelic plan to hurt Marlene behind it (not conscious at least) and his eyes language is quite moving, but I can also feel despair and denial in it, and ultimately... blackmail (as in: if you come back to me then you're still part of No Limits").
-Marlene with her sweating face, her discreet gesture, and furtive look (as in: how am I gonna tackle this conversation?)(@8:01 in Mittag's video) had me litteraly melt. Or should I say steam? :D Yes, a second of intense steam...
Anyway, steam dissipated because of MIXED FEELING #2: I'm super impressed by how Marlene is coming to her senses, and like @Wired said in #190, how she has changed and is no more beabenning in her decisions. However, what she said to decline Tristan's proposal feels a bit "fragile". There's probably another word to describe my impression better but I don't really know how to explain. It's just that when the episode starts, she says to her sister that she's decided on giving up No Limits for Tristan's sake, because it would be too hard for HIM to have to work with her everyday. But when she answers Tristan, she says the situation would be too hard for HER. And I think it's actually more honest that way. I mean yes, she must have sincerely thought about Tristan's ordeal, however she can't erase her own self when she projects these situations to make her decisions. It's natural, even if she's trying to make amend for her mistakes, she still has to protect herself. Truth is that it would be very hard for both of them to work together so soon after their breakup and big drama. But what I wanted to say is that the mixed feeling here is coming because of inconsistent speech, sort of. Don't know if I'm clear. Nevermind. :p
-I have to admit that Tristan is amazingly quick on the draw (? not sure about translation, I meant quick repartee). What he said to Marlene when she argued about keeping working at No Limits was quite nailed, even if it was a low allusion at their relationship fail and marriage fiasco.
Side note: Where did Marlene's bright red purse disappear between her entrance at No Limits and the end of her conversation with Tristan?
Libellule (Saturday, 20 October 2012 04:39)
Folge 4165:
I'm with hoppe on that one, didn't really like the episode either, though there's what we were all longed for in it. It just didn't really click.
Ok, chronologically:
-I know that Tristan's sudden distance and wisdom on things can't be trusted, but I found the last part of his speech quite convincing. He has a very good point when he says "It's not about sensitivities, it's business". That's a very cold statement but true nonetheless.
It certainly adds a layer of complexity when your love partner is also your business partner and... you break up. It's so tricky. Actually I believe it's the same when you associate with a good friend to do business. You have to be really sure that it won't jeopardize the relationship. Especially when one ends up being the boss of the other one... In fact the more you love the person the more the complicated to work together, I think.
Sidenote #1: Oh look, Marlene found her red purse again! :D
-Tanja, you can be such a b*tch, but sometimes (well, mainly when you're talking with Marlene) you're the voice of wisdom!
-Preach, Rebecca, preach!
I love the reaction that Ricardo's question triggers. I love the distance Rebecca has on her own life, and despite all the love she has for Marlene, she's still able to listen to herself and feels unfulfilled. She knows she can't be waiting for Marlene forever, she also has to think about herself.
-MIXED FEELING #3: What are you so busy with at the moment, really, Marlene, so you can't even have coffee with the one you left Tristan at the altar for?
I mean she doesn't have any fitting session anymore (nor for a wedding dress, nor for musical costumes), she doesn't have wedding planification to deal with anymore either, and she doesn't have to start working at No Limits again before the day after (as Tristan graciously -understand "condescendingly"- gave her the day off).
I just don't get her reaction here, that just doesn't make sense. Supposedly she's madly in love with Rebecca, and even if she needs time to sort her life out after her break-up, she would logically still need to connect with Rebecca. Probably more than ever now to reinforce her actions and choices...
That "Good night" to Rebecca instead of "I don't want you to go, I love you, we'll find a solution together" is just lame. Plus Rebecca's expecting look at this moment is so full of hope it's hard to watch (I also find it annoying because of its worried-and-more-worried aspect :p).
-Ah, Marlene's mom is also the voice of wisdom! How I love her "act accordingly"!...
Sidenote #2: Marlene's red purse's only purpose was actually to contain her red cellphone! That's all what she seemed to have in it. :D
Sidenote #3: So beware, Rebecca's horrendous golden curtain dress is back on the scene!...
Libellule (Saturday, 20 October 2012 04:40)
Folge 4165 (bis -had to cut my previous post in half as I was over 5000 characters :D-):
-I love Rebecca and Tanja's dog/cat interaction with each other, they're really funny to watch. And did I already say that I have kind of a soft spot for Tanja? :p Seriously, brilliant acting, these 2 have also a good chemistry of its own kind. Just a perfect "snarky" short scene, VL (I mean the whole show team) is really good at that.
-And here come MIXED FEELING #4 to... #200.
Up until Rebecca asks Marlene if she's really sure, the scene makes sense to me. All what Marlene says, that's what Rebecca needed to be reassured with for a long time, and I find it believable to have this conversation delivered at that moment. But everything after -namely the sex scene- not so much...
What hoppe said.
I'm not sure if it's because we (I mean the audience in general) expect too much of actors in an intimate context. I'm aware of how excrutiating it must be, how vulnerable it must feel for most people. I also have in mind what Lucy said once in an interview, about what it is to work on a soap, how it is demanding physically and mentally, how fast it goes. That there aren't many takes, actors have to nail it straight away.
But still, sometimes magics operates and the audience is left onscreen with something that makes them forget all these not-so-glamour aspects of the work. It just clicks. Here it didn't.
I thought about Jemma. How we several times discussed what we thought was akwardness from the actresses in intimate scenes, from slight ear blushing to stiff gesture we would notice. However I think they were still believable nonetheless, each time. They were still able to translate all the emotions they had to express, and we were completely receptive, we were moved, without being stopped in our contemplation and/or "fusion"(identification) by some acting awkwardness we could detect.
Problem is with Marbecca, I can't get passed this akwardness.
The kissing in this episode is supposed to be higly passionate. That's a very important moment in their story as it's basically a full declaration of love from Marlene to Rebecca, when she finally gives in and accepts that she can't sort all the mess before getting with Rebecca (otherwise she might lose her). That kiss is the moment where Marlene should feel the most "naked", way more than when she has sex with Rebecca. Plus logically at that stage she should be dying for the physicality of that kiss, for that lips' contact. And I can see that the intention is there, but the "materiality" is not.
It also has to do with Rebecca's "reception" of that kiss. She, too, should be completely into it as she knows its meaning, what's all there is and she's been waiting for that for so long...
As for the sex scene, it feels forced. I mean if the actresses were really too uncomfortable with it, production should have removed it from the script or write it differently. There're many other ways to express sensuality and shoot a sex scene. A pile of blankets between their 2 bodies while they caress each other's face would have felt more "real" than the actresses in their bras and high heels, giggling, probably to get over the akwardness of the setting...
Sidenote #4: I read in some of the comments a week ago that Tatjana (the actress who plays Rebecca) is pregnant. I know, we don't care about gossips, plus it's not our business. But I just wonder if it's true, how they'll manage with the Marbecca storyline. I mean aside from the fact that I hope they wouldn't make the pregnancy part of it, how they'd write Rebecca's absence (Tatjana's maternity leave) in the script? That would mean months of non-Marbecca, gah! Especially considering the time it took them to finally get together! Awkward sex scene or not. :p
PS: Folge 4166 for tomorrow as I need to catch some sleep. Plus I'd rather wait for the subtitles. Nite nite!
faf (Saturday, 20 October 2012 20:50)
@Libellule Your recap is worthy of so much more but for now I just want to say....I copied and pasted 197-200 into a word doc to get a word count because I just had to know. 2135 words :D
Libellule (Saturday, 20 October 2012 21:53)
@faf The exceeding 5000 characters was what the page was saying to me when I repeatedly pressed "send". If there're "only" 2135 words over 4 different comments, why did it make it so difficult for me to post yesterday? :p Ok, I get it, characters and words are a different counting but still, it felt like when an answering machine is hanging up on your message! That's not a tactful way to indicate it's too long. :D
So now we know jemmageddon happens every 1000 posts and jemquakes every 5000 characters. :p
faf (Sunday, 21 October 2012 19:52)
Thanks hoppe, for your links in 193. Especially Ilse de Ziah. That was beautiful. It may be 'the young man's dream' but I have co-opted it for my own daydreaming. I inhaled her expression of joy, and it was effective for getting my ass moving today. After a really long nap that is ;) Eventually, I put on my big(work)boots, took Wired’s advice, and walked through the woods to catch the last of the falling leaves.
Dare I say this? I have been thinking a lot about love. Hoppe’s commentary on it (149), Clijsters (165) and Wired’s (185, and others) recent expressions of it, San's links to it (176), Libellulle’s observations throughout, and Kirsty presumably practicing it somewhere in Iceland all compel me to contribute. Similar to hoppe, I think love is best when you are able to recognize your own and then share it. You can always hold onto it but it isn’t meant to be kept. That just doesn’t seem like the point of the gift. It is scary sh*t though. Like that spray foam insulation that comes in a can, once you let it out it goes nuts all over the place….expands…stick to everything, and can be quite messy.
When it comes to big love with sex parts, it isn’t always kind. Observe Tristan. Aristophanes, who "…claims that when two people who were separated from each other find each other, they never again want to be separated.", follows this up with-as San points out- the suspicion that the ending is usually lame.
I know what love is. I do. I have way too much experience with it but that is only because I started very young :) And like most things that are infinitely internal it will be nearly impossible for me to describe.
Or not. Infinitely internal. That’s what love is. It ends at the tip of my own nose. Sure, I can use my hands… my words and voice… my back and legs…other parts…to express myself outward. But it is the only thing I truly own. I.am.it. I was born naked and from there things went well for me. I was surrounded by people who showed me their love which allowed me to recognize that I had it too! I was encouraged to express it. Sometimes that worked out for me.
Prior to the recent making out in bras and heels, the Tristmarbecca triangle asked us; why does Marlene beaben like she does? Why does Tristan turn so hostile against the woman he “loves”? Why does Rebecca persist in her pursuit of Marlene at the expense her relationship with her brother? at the expense of her own dignity? And then why later does she relent?
Think of yourselves and your own life experience while you consider what I have to say. Marlene was attracted to both Tristan and Rebecca, attraction being a chemical thing. When Marlene finally looked and listened to her own love, it helped her recognize and connect to Rebecca’s love over Tristan’s. Her reasons are of course infinitely internal. Before the wedding day, Rebecca was content to know that she had shown Marlene everything she had. At this point she believed it wasn’t what Marlene wanted and that would just have to do. She was preparing to walk away believing she had done everything she could to get Marlene to recognize her love.
Later, Tristan chooses turn away from his love all together and have a conversation with his anger. It is even suggested that he will be driven to madness by this.
So I ask each of you, do you know your own love? Im not asking you to write about it, though you can. Just asking you to think about it. When was the last time you examined what you own? It is internally infinite. I believe it should be let out of the dark and expressed outward in plain English...or German...or whatever. Yep, your expression might be rejected. It happened to Jenny at first. Sure, it can be neglected, abused and under appreciated. But I believe the only way to really examine what you own is to shine some light on it. I truly, emphatically, from the bottom of my heart believe it is meant to be expressed and not feared. It is who we are. It is all we are.
end of story.
hoppe (Sunday, 21 October 2012 21:12)
aah faf --- so beautiful.
I'm already thinking of what to write.... because I experienced some new forms of love or consciousness/light with that person I mentioned before and also in the last weeks / months. But well this gets really too personal to write it here in the open :)
I'll see....
sweet dreams everyone :)
Clijsters (Monday, 22 October 2012 10:06)
@Faf Gee whizz that was wonderfully expressed and it's really struck me. I'm going to take the time to sit down in the quiet and reflect on your comments and maybe jot down what I feel and what I think about love and my relationships with people. The last part of your post, "it is meant to be expressed and not feared" is something I agree on and yet I do fear love, it scares me. I'm going to take the time to write down why I feel like this and maybe it will help.
Although not directly related it is still about love so it seems apt to write it here, "Love me when I deserve it least, as that is when I will need it most."
Auf Deutsch: "Liebe mich, wenn ich es am wenigsten verdiene, denn dann brauche ich sie am meisten." This message was on a piece of paper inside a chocolate I received whilst on holiday in Sorrento. I wanted to share it because it's a simple message, but will mean the world to someone if acted out.
@Libellule thank you for your comments, right on the money yet again! Tanja gets all the best lines. Apparently she's murdered 5 people! so she's pure evil, but she's Marlene's best (only) friend, Marlene who's so trusting. I think the writers are giving more depth and more layers to the character of Tanja because if she remained evil she would get boring and run out of storylines, she has to be made more realistic so people can relate to her.
Clijsters (Monday, 22 October 2012 13:28)
Just seen folge 4167 and I'm happy to report no problems with the kissing. I like Marlene's dress at the end but I'm afraid Rebecca's dress has not improved much. One question: why oh why is Marlene's note half way down the bed? Surely she didn't leave it there, which means Rebecca wriggled about a lot which makes sense as she ended up on the other side of the bed:)
hoppe (Monday, 22 October 2012 18:52)
@Libelulle
forgot to say thanks to you too, for your comments on the episodes ;)
well put , again.
@clijsters funny observation about Rebvecca ;)
what does it mean practically?
a)they both switched sides during their dream... maybe they took a sleepwalk together in the garden, watching the moon, singing sweet lullabies to each other and talking to the little people of the garden.... and came back afterwards and totally forgot on their agreement who's side is who's ... as it wasn't important anymore after such a great experience :D
b)they didn't switch sides: Marlene juggled to put the note directly under Rebecca's hip without waking her. She dreamt she could so, so she took the challenge! And succeeded! Afterwards Rebecca was so wildly dreaming of Marlene that she needed the entire bed to act it out. Maybe her unconscious received the info that there was a note for her, that's why she changed her sheet against the other one which was already cool enough to cool her down. the only question remaining is how her old sheet was so perfectly arranged over the note AND why it wasn't crinkled.
But that might be still thanks to the magic of the little people in the garden, who despite not being seen by Marbecca still love them ;)
hoppe (Monday, 22 October 2012 19:06)
upps... one word missing
She dreamt she could DO so, ...
Libellule (Monday, 22 October 2012 22:27)
@faf Seems like Marlene read your comment too. Because in Folge 4167, she's all about letting her love for Rebecca out of the dark and expressing it outward in plain German, touches, and eyes caresses... ;D
Like everyone, I'm striken by the beauty of your comment, so much that I still haven't processed it fully. Deep, deep, deep impression... I think #203 deserves a Tuthrefore in itself.
Thank you for the powerful strength of these words, I'll carry them within me for a while, until they bring where I need to be, until I know my own love and I can release it. :)
Libellule (Monday, 22 October 2012 22:29)
*Edit (like hoppe, one word missing :p): until they bring ME where I need to be
Clijsters (Tuesday, 23 October 2012 08:24)
Oh no I've read the subs for 4167 and it turns out it was Marlene who chose Rebecca's dress! At least she got Rebecca out of that gold dress. My theory is that Marlene was making sure she looked the most beautiful on the river. Of course I'm just joking:) I was really happy with lines the writers gave Marlene especially at the end when she was yet again declaring her love for Rebecca. Sigh, it's just a shame we have to wait another week until we see them again, but I have a feeling it will be worth the wait.
hoppe (Tuesday, 23 October 2012 09:48)
a background video with Lucy Scherer, really nice to see her ... with some pics of herc childhood ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3L1XQV0kwgM
well as nicole willemsen is translating the Marbecca story too, maybe if you ask nicely she'll sub it ;)
hoppe (Tuesday, 23 October 2012 10:15)
and Kasia sells special fancards in a limited edition on ebay for a good cause ;)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kasia-Borek/165422866820680?ref=stream
wired (Tuesday, 23 October 2012 12:43)
@faf Wow amazing post #203! Thank you so much! I also am struck by your ideas and feelings and need to think about it before responding. As @Clijsters said I also agree with your sentiment that love needs to be expressed and not feared. I believe I have lived like that but I'm not sure...will have to think about it in depth.
It seems I have missed a bit on the Marbecca train. Gold dress? Really? With Marlene's blonde blonde hair she might end up looking like a golden statuette!
Clijsters (Wednesday, 24 October 2012 10:09)
@Hoppe Thanks for the links, you're right it's great to see Lucy again and also Kasia, she has different hair! I like it.
@San I hope you're ok. I didn't mean to hit you with the tennis ball! I have to tell you something, I was playing tennis today and the opposition called me an intelligent player! I hope that scares you:)
Clijsters (Wednesday, 24 October 2012 13:18)
Marbecca are in Folge 4168!!! I wasn't going to bother looking but I'm glad I did. It carries on from where 4167 left off. They act even more in love. Well that was a nice surprise. YT comments state they are in tonight's episode too.
hoppe (Wednesday, 24 October 2012 15:53)
I was also already thinking of calling San. Hey! Are you ok?
haven't heard anything of you the last 2 weeks, this is quite unusual for you ;)
Libellule (Wednesday, 24 October 2012 22:41)
I intended to talk about Marbecca Folge 4166 and 4167 but change of plans, there's something else I'd like to share right now.
I went to see a play tonight and suddenly they put a song that completely seized me, to the point of losing focus on the story. For a few minutes, my mind wandered off far, far away, in a very emotive place. Tell me, does this have some effect on you too (beware though, depending on your state, it might make you cry profusely):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvHt-n-nBlg (Little Jimmy Scott - Nothing compares to you)
And yes, this is a man's voice. Just stunning...
It took me the rest of the evening to realize I already knew the song: it has been interpreted by Sinead O'Connor years ago. And I use to like that version, but somehow words have a very different power under Jimmy Scott's spell, much more poignant.
Maybe this is old news for you, you already knew about this artist but for me it's a discovery. And this song infused my heartbeat tonight.
In a way it could be "thrown" into Marbecca. I could see it as Tristan's thought of Marlene in 4167 when he explained to his twin sister what happened on the docks...
San (Thursday, 25 October 2012 01:41)
Hello! Sorry about the hiatus. I complain about a terrible headache and suddenly - POOF! - I'm gone off the face of the earth. That's totally not cool, San, not cool at all. Headache was a simple case of me forgetting to eat. It happens, especially on the weekends. And the wine was totally worth the effort. @Wired it's schmitt schöne I think. They have a Little German as a spokesperson or at least a marketing image because I don't think he actually speaks.
@Clijsters That ball really hurt! But I'm more disappointed that I didn't get my racket on it. I saw it coming! I just got handcuffed. Very frustrating! :) I'm not intimidated in the least. You're going to need all the intelligence you've got if you want to have chance to win. I don't mean to brag but some of my shots can only be explained by String Theory :p
About the password: if everyone agrees, I have no problem setting that up. I do have a couple of concerns. 1. Where do we start and end the protection? At 234.3 and rooms after? Or start before? 2. I fear some 234s won't be able (or discouraged) to pop in and say hi, and that would be very sad. However I do understand the benefits of a more private venue. Maybe y'all have some suggestions?
I have much more to say but I'll have to dole it out in small (and probably very random) bit-size bits.
San (Thursday, 25 October 2012 18:43)
Random thought #1:
I was right! Marbecca IS a cake decoration. Why else would Tristin destroy the wedding cake so thuroughly? :p
hoppe (Friday, 26 October 2012 21:26)
okay guys, now you might think I'm stupid and I make a complete of myself, but.... I totally fall in love with an old hit from Avicii -> Levels. I'm normally not into house or any of those songs being played all the time up + down on the radio. It was featured in the Hollyoaks summer 2011 Abersoch episodes and it was so fun. At the moment it's played a lot on German radio. Now I saw that Avicii had a flashmob competition running - the best three flash mob vids with this song won a bunch of cars to his concerts... isn't that a cool idea?
one which won is this one and it's really fun and well done :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEsXnCZxtG4&feature=related
and if you search for "Avicii - LEVELS flashmob" you find loads of uploads - haha! I think this was an amazing idea and vision of that guy!
don't know this song transports a lot of light and joy :)
hoppe (Friday, 26 October 2012 21:28)
upps - they won cards not cars! LOL - that might have been a bit expensive if it wouldn't have been little matchbox cars ;)
hoppe (Friday, 26 October 2012 21:38)
well, the first half of the vid is a boring but in the second part are some nice ideas ;)
second one with really good dancing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S13RsEpS9IY&feature=related
ok, sorry for spamming you. It's over now :D
Clijsters (Sunday, 28 October 2012 05:19)
@San I love how you return and we disappear! Well apart from @Hoppe:)
Good to know you're alright. String theory hey? Well I could use an old wooden racket and still win because it's not about the strings it's about talent!!! I've got a theory about where you've been. Have you been locked in a room for 2 weeks constantly watching Marbecca (and snippets of Jemma)?
@Libellule I don't know if you're aware but Prince wrote the song Nothing Compares to you, made famous by Sinead O'Conner and covered by many including Jimmy Scott. I've just listened to the Jimmy Scott version and his voice is heartbreaking together with the music just makes for a tragic song.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s3/coronation-street/news/a433300/coronation-street-sophie-webster-girlfriend-identity-revealed.html
Not sure if anyone followed the Sophie Sian storyline on Coronation Street, but Sophie is going to get a new girlfriend. The link above reveals who it is, so you've been warned!
Clijsters (Sunday, 28 October 2012 09:52)
It's not stopped raining here today, so I've been watching tennis and also Jemma! I've missed Jenny Hartman. I also went back to our first 1000 posts which was interesting to read back on.
@San I think me and you should try get a job at the Tennis hall of Fame archive place on Rhode Island. What a job!
Wired (Sunday, 28 October 2012 15:44)
@Clijsters Corrie info! I was wondering what was happening with Sophie. Had heard she was in a car crash on the show and that was it. An interested in the new girlfriend!
Clijsters (Sunday, 28 October 2012 17:40)
@Wired I had a sneaky suspicion you followed the Sophie and Sian story. You're right Sophie was hit by a car last week. Her love interest will be her physiotherapist (Sophie damaged her spine and will have to learn how to walk again). Sian was actually mentioned a bit ago, she's moved in with a woman, the one she met on holiday and Sophie got jealous. So at least they mentioned her and kept her gay. Sophie and Jenna (her physio
Wired (Monday, 29 October 2012 04:40)
@faf Hope the weather is ok for you and Sandy doesn't affect you and your land!
faf (Monday, 29 October 2012 05:42)
@Wired thank you. I'm thinking about you and Libellule as well. Sandy want a piece of us all!
Clijsters (Monday, 29 October 2012 06:46)
@Wired My last post (#227) ended rather abrubtly. It's because I was typing it on a touch screen and I accidentally pressed 'send' instead of bracket. Anyway I'm back on a normal keyboard, touchscreens are so annoying! Yes so anyway, where was I? There are many issues involving this pairing because they are physio and patient, plus there's an ten year age gap, Jenna hasn't come out to her parents yet and to make matters even more complicated Sophie's Dad, Kevin, is attracted to Jenna!!! They haven't actually met yet, but I'll keep you updated:)
@Faf, Wired and Libellule hope you're all safe from Sandy and haven't had to evacuate your homes.
Clijsters (Monday, 29 October 2012 14:26)
Just seen Marbecca Folge 4172. Possibly the best episode yet and once you see it it's obvious why:)
Stay safe guys. I've been watching the storm getting closer on the news.
Clijsters (Tuesday, 30 October 2012 04:19)
I know @Libellule will have something to say about it so I wanted to get in first:) Folge 4172: Do Marbecca really think they are hidden behind a one inch width of wall? It's an open plan workplace!!!
Libellule (Tuesday, 30 October 2012 11:01)
@Clijsters #233: Totally! :D
hoppe (Tuesday, 30 October 2012 19:02)
@wired, libelulle, faf - are you ok? dunno if San is also affected by Sandy... I think of you.
faf (Tuesday, 30 October 2012 19:39)
@hoppe, Clijsters Thank you. I am fine...the rain and wind have settled for now. Its not over yet, Sandy is still circling around. Some of my friends in the NYC area are having big troubles though.
Libellule (Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:36)
@hoppe and Clijsters Thank you for your concerns. On my side everything is all fine too, no big damage reported so far from where I live. Aside from strong winds on yesterday night, we've been spared. It's a bit more South that they've been hit badly (Ontario mainly, for Canada).
And @San, I join hoppe in awaiting for some news of yours. Get out of the tennis court nursery where you've been using the excuse of Clijsters mean ball to hide and marbeccathon! :p We know that some episodes have everyone hit the play button several times in a row, that's understandable, but still... In case you're planning on hiding a bit further, Hoppe and I will resort to a tennis court sitting with worried-and-more-worried-Rebecca faces (the ultimate threat)! :D
Seriously though, did Sandy hit Texas? Is everything ok over there?
Clijsters (Wednesday, 31 October 2012 13:36)
Glad to hear you're alright @Libellule although I hear Sandy's moving north.
@San I hope you've managed to avoid the storm. I've seen pictures of snow storms in Tennessee.
@Wired thinking of you too:)
@Hoppe I see Lucy and Kasia won an award each at the soap awards. I also saw a video of Kasia accepting her award.
Clijsters (Wednesday, 31 October 2012 13:39)
@Libellule The ultimate threat of Rebecca's worried and more worried face! Very funny.
Wired (Thursday, 01 November 2012 21:02)
Hey all! @Hoppe, @Clijsters, @faf et all thanks for the shout outs. I am fine as well. We were hardly affected only rain and wind two days after Sandy hit NJ. My Mim is still stuck in NY though & hoping to make it back home to BC soon.
Hoping to catch up now that Halloween and Sandy are over!
Am glad everyone else is ok though no word from @San yet right? @faf hope your friends are ok too!
San (Saturday, 03 November 2012 16:16)
Does anyone know how to fix a broken content management system? Yea, me neither. Believe it or not I'm having more fun at work solving this problem than anything that I've done in the past month or so. Anyway, you may not know that 6 months ago I was promoted to web developer and put in charge of all of the websites (entire web presence) of the library. I have had no formal training in this, only a few of courses in grad school touched on it. Needlesstosay, I've picked this stuff up quick without a firm base in fundamentals, so I have to deal with a lot of self-doubt and second-guessing during the week. And by the end on the day, my brain is fried. @hoppe yes, I'm always reading the discussion, following everyone's links, keeping up with Marbecca, but I'm so tired of making decisions, even word choices and sentence structure is too much. Is that an excuse? No. But add long walks, my tennis season, and emmaing over the US election, that's how the days have run away from me. Sorry, guys.
Nothing but sun and blue skies here on the other side of the country. I've been through my share of tropical storm systems, only one hurricane, tho. My heart goes out to those in NYC and New Jersey. Very nasty system. My sis got a lot of wind and rain in Virginia, but there wasn't loss of power or much damage.
San (Saturday, 03 November 2012 16:18)
Btw, @hoppe, I enjoyed Ilse de Ziah very much. The one with her dancing with her cello, freaked me out for some reason. Too music video, I guess. I liked seeing her actually playing more. Have you ever seen/heard Zoe Keating? Very similar, but with a Mac and 10 loop tracks. She's a one-women cello choir! http://youtu.be/sG9H5E2JN3s
San (Saturday, 03 November 2012 16:21)
@Clijsters I'm calling it. You've won the 234 match of the century. I played like sh*t last weekend (and acted like it, too) that I have no doubt that it carried over into our match. Sorry about the racket abuse violation. No one should have to witness such a spectical :) The only bright spot in the weekend (2 morning matches, 2 loses - I play so much better under the lights) was that I sliced my way to win the 2nd set 6-2 after losing the 1st 0-6. The only problem with working at the Tennis Hall of Fame is having to live in Rhode Island :) Maybe, we should incorporate a Tennis Heritage Museum and Archive into the HAWOTS business plan. (Note: I didn't hurt my racket in my matches, I only cursed under my breath, wanting to hit something really hard because every time I tried doing it with the ball it either hit the net or flew out of the court. They call me Fraulein Unforced error :( String particles are very hard to harness.)
San (Saturday, 03 November 2012 16:22)
@Libellule I like to think of Rebecca's worried-and-more-worried expressions as sultry-and-more-sultrily-irresistible-puppy-dog-eyes. I say it's a very effective strategy. Exhibit A: Folge 4092 when Rebecca returns Marlene's scarf. Marlene couldn't even think about asparagus after that! And we all know where she ended up :p
hoppe (Saturday, 03 November 2012 17:56)
ah, San! cool to hear of you! It's good to hear WHAT is keeping you from posting, so we don't need to worry it's some crisis, depressiopn or whatever. Wow! cool, congrats on your promotion. Lol , maybe one day if I'm ready you can tell me how to run an own website ;)
and one day I will be ready for skype, then you don't havew to write down anything. Choosing words spontaneously live might be easier ;) although I'm not sure how I will make it, understanding + talking english in realtime, haha! my irish time is quite some time ago ;)
@all I'm curious what your take on Tristan and his recent reactions will be. I had a clash with someone, who was always understanding everything of Marlene, but was quite hard on Tristan, up to the point I let myself get carried away to say I found her way of looking down at Tristan to be repellent. I had a quite bad day.. and wanted to delete my comment, but.. funnily/magically I couldn't access the very page on which it was posted. I (still) always get to the first page of this thread if I try to access that page. All other pages are NO problem at all! LOL - what does that have to tell me???
hoppe (Saturday, 03 November 2012 18:02)
@Libelulle I always wanted to reply to your post '218 about Little Jimmy Scott - Nothing compares to you, but somehow the video doesn't play. the page is loading but the video isn't showing only a black screen - sorry :(
hoppe (Saturday, 03 November 2012 18:28)
@San thanks for the Zoe Keating link! No I didn't know her before... it's amazing. I love live looping. I think it's very interesting what sort of music people build on their own. Love Imogen Heap as well. And there's a german professor who does voice looping as well. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8MXw3Md9FI&list=PL835B1EB5CAB174E8 maybe I already talked of him ages ago ;)
hoppe (Saturday, 03 November 2012 18:58)
gosh, just found a blog of him - it sounds like there are a gazillion strange beings talking to you. If it wouldn't be so long + trickfilm wouldn't be so stressing I'd love to make a film to this ;)))
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx8sx64wfnc
faf (Saturday, 03 November 2012 21:41)
@San At least with the election the decision isn't difficult. Don't fret, it's going to turn out okay. Michelle O. emails me everyday to reassure me;)
@hoppe try this link for Jimmy Scott (thank you Libellule):
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xa4vbd_jimmy-scott-nothing-compares-to-you_music
I just added this and ZK's "Lost" to my ipod because having my gut wrenched is what its all about these days.
See if you can open this "stripped down" Imogen Heap. No electronic tricks but equally moving.
http://www.ted.com/talks/imogen_heap_wait.html
Wired (Saturday, 03 November 2012 22:54)
Just saw Marbecca Folge 4172 and @Clijsters #232 I agree - I think that was the sweetest thing I've seen in forever! Rebecca and Marlene are becoming quite the cute couple! I love how their relationship is progressing now.
Thank you @Libellule and @faf for these great music posts. I am always so happy to find music that moves me or hear that it has moved someone else. Music can transcend so much - it can evoke so many feelings and memories. Sigh. Love it!
San (Sunday, 04 November 2012 01:22)
@faf You're getting those emails, too!!! Here, I thought I was special ;) Maybe a better description, I'm Jennying about the election. Or maybe a mix, would that be Jemmaing? No, that sounds too wonderful. I wonder how the big game is going to go later today :)
@hoppe Thank you for the congrats! I would love to show you and everyone interested how websites work. It's a lot easier to explain in person though, but I'm sure we can figure out a way on Skype one of these days. That would be fun :)
Clijsters (Sunday, 04 November 2012 04:46)
@San Glad you're okay. Sounds like interesting work your're doing and you get to use your brain, even though it's fried by the end of the week:) I have to say I'm sad our match is over, don't get me wrong I'm glad I won, but I don't like winning that way. I was pretty shocked when you through your racket. I'll buy you a drink in the bar across the road and you can calm down:)
What's wrong with Rhode Island? Has it got a bad reputation, or is it just the thought of moving? Either way your idea of a Heritage Tennis Museum and Archive sounds wonderful. I love it!!!
@Wired I too am loving the development of Marbecca's relationship. Have you seen Folge 4176? Every episode seems to get better and better. How gorgeous does Marlene look when she comforts Rebecca at LCL?
Wired (Sunday, 04 November 2012 05:37)
@San Great to hear from you! Also fantastic that you are doing something new and interesting at work! The mechanic of websites are so foreign to me I almost think they are magic. I can use programs no problem but site development is way beyond my grasp. You're Dumbledore to me now! ;)
@ Clijsters I have caught up in full now and want to post more soon but Marlene is looking great! It's nice to see her smile so much more now with Rebecca. I don't know who does her make up but awhile ago I think they changed her eye make-up and her blues pop now. She is gorgeous. Also in a total Jemma move by me did you notice after her decision to leave Tristan at the alter her hair is pulled back until she's with Rebecca and then it stays down again? I think that kind of mirrors here state mind (?).
faf (Sunday, 04 November 2012 08:44)
I woke to the first snowfall of the season. Do you know what this means to me?! It means that after I watch the awesome Houston Texans decimate the inept Buffalo Bills in today's "big game", I will be breaking out my next Hah DVDs :) I'll take it slow. Need to make them last.....
@Clijsters Rhode Island is the tiniest of states and where @Dumbledore comes from EVERYTHING is REALLY BIG! It might be hard to adjust. I've heard that even the tennis balls are bigger in Texas!
faf (Sunday, 04 November 2012 15:57)
@Texansfan Great game *knucklebump*. Your team won the game and the point spread. Well done. Have I mentioned how much I miss hockey?
hoppe (Sunday, 04 November 2012 17:40)
Kasia has renewed the ebay selling of her special edition autograph cards. Now you can also buy it via normal bank check (not only paypal) ;)
@faf thanks for the DM link + also the Imogen Heap one ;)
nothing to say right now... I'm quite miserable... hope you all are better ;)
San (Monday, 05 November 2012 01:39)
@Wired Harry Potter references are totally lost on me but thank you. I assure you that websites, just like programs, are just files and databases :)
@Clijsters Having a drink in the bar is very nice. Love the atmosphere! Feeling better already. Thank you :) I hear Rhode Island is nice but it's a snowy state. Doesn't it make more sense to have our THMA where tennis can be enjoyed outdoors year-round? Our first exhibit will be 2 wooden rackets and tennis skirts thru the ages :)
@faf The Bills were more than ept. Unfortunately 3 FGs can't beat 3 TDs. I hear you, American football is alright. I have to admit I got bored and skipped the last minutes of the "big game" to watch actual football - MLS playoffs :p
Clijsters (Tuesday, 06 November 2012 03:50)
@Faf and San Ah I see the problem with Rhode Island. Just the 2 wooden rackets then?! I like the sound of it, in fact I've already been doing some research and we have to include the French superstar of the 192os Suzanne Lenglen, who daringly wore skirts that revealed her calves!!! She tragically died at the age of 39. @San Have you seen videos of her playing? She played like a ballet dancer, very graceful.
I'm off to London tomorrow to watch the ATP Tour Finals at the O2. So I'm very excited about that.
@Wired Interesting insight on Marlene's hair and no I didn't notice it. Although in the last few eps her hair has been up, but maybe that's because she's slept (several times:-)) with Rebecca. She possibly (I can't remember) wore it down in the episodes after she left Tristan at the alter up to when she slept with Rebecca and since then she's worn it up??? Yes I love her eye make up, she looks a lot happier now with Rebecca than she ever did with Tristan.
@Hoppe I hope you're okay. We're here for you:)
Wired (Tuesday, 06 November 2012 21:03)
Happy Election Day @faf and @San! Well I hope it ends up happy! We are watching the result closely in Canada too!
@Clijsters Yes I thought Marlene looks so much happier and more relaxed...well when she's not around Tristan. I'm pretty sure it's up or maybe I focused on her hair to stop from looking at her dresses. Funny scene when Rebecca tried to put on her sweater and couldn't figure it out at all in the bedroom. Even she is confused by Marlene's clothes! Have fun at the O2 too! ;). Details when you get back please. :). Also I jumped back to Corrie ( right when Sophie first came to hospital after the accident) to see how if goes with her and new girlfriend. New Ryan!
@Hoppe Hope you are ok. Sending good thoughts your way!
faf (Wednesday, 07 November 2012 20:55)
@Wired Election Day was nerve wracking but in the end women took charge and made things right. That's my take on it anyway.
Wired (Thursday, 08 November 2012 18:31)
Hey all! So I’m back again, I’ve watched Marbecca up to folge 4178 which I think is recent and I have processed and I have comments! I hope this doesn’t get to Libellule size post because that means I’m rambling but I just need to get it out!
So firstly: Marbecca!!!! I am on this train! I love the ride!!! I like how they have finally moved this story line along and I think so far they are doing a fairly good job. Of note and going back to folge 4151 I like how Marlene has developed a backbone, is not beabening anymore and seems a much stronger person – in total agreement with Libellule (#158). That being said I think there are still moments where I think her previous behaviour has come back and she becomes more pliant or bends to make allowances for other people and not herself namely for Tristan. For example, when she agrees to sell No Limits and feels she can’t even have coffee with Rebecca, Libellule you mentioned previously that you didn’t know how she could not be with Rebecca (199) but I think for those situations and especially with Rebecca, it is guilt that makes her stop. She has such overwhelming guilt thinking that she has done something so terrible to Tristan (leaving him at the alter) that I think she wants to compensate (overly so) by giving him No limits and not ‘putting it in his face’ that she’s with Rebecca. Tristan’s behaviour I think would also increase her feeling of guilt because his childish behaviour and his mean attitude towards her only proves to her how badly she hurt him and “broke him”.
Previously I think in the comments it was touched on how could Tristan be this way with someone he loves? I think that with deep love comes deep hurt and @faf had that wonderful post about what is love and @hoppe said something about that as well. Personally I believe truly that being in love can result in someone doing the stupidest things and thinking it’s ok. Being blind and justifying every kind of behaviour imaginable. Not for everyone but for some people. Is it ok? Not always. Does it happen? Yes! I believe that feelings happen and are never wrong. No one can really understand what that other person feels because it is in them and it is their own perspective. Tristan feels that he has been personally wronged and everyone was out to get him. Is that right? Not at all but it is how he feels so it is real to him. He does have a huge ego and he seems childish to me (remember his jealousy and his actions with Christian?) so he will act on his feelings publically and probably be blind to what he is really doing. I have seen my own friends do some inexplicable things that do not mesh with who I thought they were because they thought they were in love. Luckily it didn’t last and they did find the person they were meant to be with but it happened. I personally have not experienced this or acted like this but I still believe it’s out there and happens. I”m not sure what that means in terms of real love or actual love or not. More discussion on that after some drinks maybe…
Now it seems that Tristan has also had a previous mental break episode so this is actually following a familiar path. To me it explains his behaviour a bit more AND this is a soap so…well the craziest stuff happens. By the way, was I the only one who screamed NOOOO at the laptop when he cut the painting? That actually hurt me. I can’t even imagine writing or ripping up a book either. I hate it when art is ruined – even on TV!
So the great news is that they are now definitely together and apparently making up for lost time – I don’t think there is a scene where Marbecca aren’t kissing and looking deeply into each other’s eyes. I hope they keep this storyline going and no one dies, turns into a murderer, gets pregnant suddenly or moves to Australia suddenly. I think the actresses are getting more comfortable with each other? While they are no Jemma Marlene is at least touching Rebecca more and the kissing is getting better. Well I think…though with the previous attempts with those two it’s hard to see how it could get worse! :)
Wired (Thursday, 08 November 2012 19:47)
On a side note I also had these passing thoughts from folge 4151 onwards:
I love Tanja she is so funny and is surprisingly the person helping Marbecca out. I like how she is so mean but you can see her soft spot for Marlene. Great line after she gave Rebecca her job back!
I finally found out who Ricardo was! For some reason I thought he was some older friend of hers, I don’t know why I am having trouble with age but he seems much older then Rebecca for some reason
I liked Bella when she showed up at the wedding scenes. She stood up to the Lahsteins and seems tough. Nice to see another leather jacket besides Rebecca’s!
Regarding the sex scene it was bad and I can only guess it’s because it was a “fun” sex scene. Did they shoot it to show that they were finally together, could have fun and have a morning after? They sped up the film and made it comical to me. So I take it as fun and flirty and not serious. The previous sex scenes were serious and full of meaning because it was torture and only supposed to happen once. I think they wanted to have fun with this and make it different from other scenes. Subsequent ones have been small but that grey blanket seems to travel with them everywhere. Also how wide is that couch?
What song were they playing after the wedding and Marlene sees Rebecca come down the stairs? I think it was in HaH???
Marlene has the best parents EVER! They really stick by her, coming out and everything. Also when they meddle it is with good intent. The sisters are great together too.
Love how they want “normality” to shop and cook together. If only it was that exciting. Also kissing behind a photocopier?? @Clijsters is right they have NO space to hide behind!
Ansagar is evil
Who is Leonie?
Whew! Ok I think I’m caught up now and have it out of my system. Sorry for the mass post! It's like a dam and it just built up!
On a lighter note too - Horray USA!! @faf you're right it was nerve wracking! Michelle O knew what she was e-mailing though!
Clijsters (Monday, 12 November 2012 10:22)
@Wired I must admit when I first saw the length of your posts I assumed @Libellule must have written them:)
I love your thoughts. It sounds like Tristan has a lot of issues from his past, including mental illness so that makes his actions not justifiable but it makes more sense to the viewer and at least it shows continuity with the character. They certainly are making up for lost time, Marlene is wild!!! She's only got one thing on her mind;). It's just great to see them so happy and all loved up. Looks like there will be some good scenes coming this week. As for your questions, I can't answer any of them, es tut mir leid.
Corrie news: Sophie has now met her future love interest, which from your last post I assume you've seen. Neither of them know each other is gay and it is purely a professional relationship at the moment what with Jenna being Sophie's physio. What is obvious is that Sophie' dad (Kevin) likes Jenna and her mother (Sally) doesn't, so that will be interesting to keep an eye on. And yes a new Ryan, he's aged a bit and he can act (slightly) better thaan old Ryan:)
I had a great time at tennis. I saw a really good doubles match and Federer vs. Ferrer. The atmosphere was great, apart from I was sat near a woman who was clearly a Federer fan and she really got on my nerves!!! I'm not a fan of his and so tried to clap louder for Ferrer than when she clapped for Federer. I also went down to the river, the players arrive by boat, and there's a place to stand and the players walk right past you so I got some photos. I bought a nice T-shirt and a fridge magnet:)
faf (Tuesday, 13 November 2012 06:56)
Today is World Kindness Day. Run with it!
hoppe (Tuesday, 13 November 2012 12:50)
short note - @clijsters: Leonie is the cousin + girlfriend of the blonde guy Timo, he's the son of Ricardo + Leonie is his niece. yes Ricardo is quite a bit older...
sorry guys I won't be able to post that much anymore... :(
back problems are back... and internet doesn't do me good
but I hope you will do fine....
hoppe (Tuesday, 13 November 2012 14:48)
man.... I'm really not in a good shape .. I meant Wired of course ;)
Libellule (Tuesday, 13 November 2012 22:56)
@hoppe
I was just going to ask if things were better since last time when you wrote you were feeling miserable. I was so sad for you to read that and I'm very sorry for you after reading this latest post. I really hope you can sort out the situation soon, feeling amazing again both physically and mentally.
I thought a lot about you lately, having seen various inspiring art demonstrations, whether that be dance, paint, or music. I thought about how you talk about creative stuff, how you dived and what intents you put into the personal pieces/art projects you've shared here (paintings, the gong, video, etc...), and I find it fascinating and motivating. It brings me closer to the step I need to do to create again too, to actually act on personal art projects instead of finding lame excuses not to do so and being lazy about it. So, thank you for helping me reach that consciousness, even if you are not aware of it. :D
Take care, I'm sending soothing art vibe your way. :)
PS:If internet doesn't do you good because you're seated and it awakens your back problems, then maybe if you keep standing you could still do internet? I'm just joking, I just don't want you to be gone for too long that's all. ;p
Libellule (Tuesday, 13 November 2012 22:59)
@hoppe #265
Wait, if Leonie is Ricardo's niece and Timo is his son, then aren't Leonie and Timo blood related?
Libellule (Tuesday, 13 November 2012 23:09)
Wait again, re-reading my question it makes me realize that it would mean that Leonie and Timo are 1st degree cousins. Is that what you were saying when you wrote "Leonie is the cousin" or should I understand that Leonie is Rebecca's cousin?
Gahh, VL bounds are so confusing!:p
At the same time, it makes me think about something Angstar said in a vorshau for one of this week's episodes, seing Rebecca and Marlene together: "It stays in the family". Indeed! :D
Wired (Wednesday, 14 November 2012 15:33)
@Hoppe I'm so sorry your back is still not well - also sending healing thoughts your way. I hope you're not gone long too but make sure you're 100% when you do return!
@Libellule hmmm it does look like they are cousins according to Hoppe... Interesting. It seems the Wolfe family and Von L's like to keep their two families together a lot! Wonder what the next pairing will be!
@ Clijsters Waiting to see how Jenna and Sophie interact. The 10 yr age difference doesn't seem bad so far at first glance. Granted Sophie has only been lying down lately.
San (Saturday, 17 November 2012 15:02)
Hello! I've been partying since election day (with brief blackout periods). Seriously, I've realized my main problem. I'm watching videos on my small laptop, which is my typin' computer, and my multi-tasking has been considerably hindered. Maybe I need one of those TVs that hooks up to the internet.
@Clijsters The ATP Championships sounds like a good time! As long as great tennis is involved, you can't go wrong. I do know Suzanne Lenglen. I hear she used to drink cognac during changeovers :) Actually, Bud Collins (cooky tennis broadcaster here) many years ago wrote an article describing a fictional Lenglen-Graf match, which was quite entertaining. I think I still have the magazine issue somewhere. I wanted to find it online and share it but alas I couldn't :( But I did come across some great old tennis videos :)
More comments to come. But right now, I'm going to attempt to go clothes shopping. I need to find suitable attire for cold, damp weather. More specifically Seattle in December. Haven't the foggiest clue where to start. I don't guess any of y'all know anything about this :p
Libellule (Sunday, 18 November 2012 00:23)
@San
For Seattle (see if you can guess my wink at the must-have accessory :D): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls6YE8n8buM
(PS: I saw that show live -I was among the audience- and that was fantastic, loved it! Here's a version from afar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSLsk-eeOns&feature=relmfu )
For today, 18th of November 2012: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxXWgap6UCU
San (Sunday, 18 November 2012 01:48)
@Libellule I would say rain boots, but that seems like a stretch. So I'm going take your advice and order a couple of those stylish white hazmat suits for my trip ;p Now, I have the song in that last link in my head. I'm going to dream of opera puppet pyrotechnics now :) Those are the best dreams. Thank you! :)
wired (Sunday, 18 November 2012 07:56)
@San hello! Well you definitely had a great reason to celebrate! Seattle in December? You need to go farther south! :) The only thing I can recommend is rain gear, rain gear and some rain gear. Layering would be best.
@Libellule that was a neat video! Were they step dancing? I've not seen that done in rainboots before, here they usually have girls in kilts doing that. Montreal has the best shows! :)
faf (Sunday, 18 November 2012 08:33)
San! Happy Birthday!
Libellule (Sunday, 18 November 2012 11:58)
@San
I hope you had wonderful opera filled dreams. I woke up with this aria in my head! :p
@Wired
This is called Gumboots (dance), it originates from South Africa, from miners.
I did an initiation class once (that I really liked, but subscriptions were too expensive), and I ended up with bad bruises all over my ankles and calves!:p That's because you're constantly "slapping" your gumboots for the rythm and I guess I didn't have the proper technique not to "injure" myself at the same time + I was not wearing thick enough socks. :D
If you like to see some more, type in "Gumboots" on the great internets, it will give you a better idea of the traditional root of that dance and what they've very creatively and ingeniously done with it during that show.
Also, from the same company that participated to that event, and closer to you this time -geographically talking- :) :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k69CTVxaDqI&feature=relmfu
hoppe (Sunday, 18 November 2012 12:11)
Happy birthday! Happy birthday! to our favourite Houstonian tennisplayer and nowadays also magician!
(see in my sandbox ;) )
As you're able to shapeshift so easily I thought you could identy with this one as well. How does it feel to be a U?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGEWEDoze4w
Libellule (Sunday, 18 November 2012 12:18)
@San
I have another dance/song for you, completely different style: http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=osKLrBxqkuA&feature=endscreen
Shall we call them the chiCKmunks?
:D
hoppe (Sunday, 18 November 2012 12:20)
and btw. San, I found it amazing that you could split yourself into so many parts, come over to Germany and change the substance completely. Where did you put your soul???!!!??? :D
And at the same toime you were in Houston, working and reading/typing here... wow!
@Libelulle first video of yours doesn't play on my PC. but cool dancing ;)
hoppe (Sunday, 18 November 2012 12:22)
ahaha! Libelulle I stumbled about them too ;)
chickmunks is cool ;)
Libellule (Sunday, 18 November 2012 12:26)
@hoppe
Love what is in your sandbox (and the video link too), so funny! This might explain why San said she was not as efficient as a multitasker as she used to be. I mean, morphing into different substances must take a lot of time and energy. :D
But we're all eager to know the trick! ;)
hoppe (Sunday, 18 November 2012 12:31)
LOL... right?
love the last gumboot dance! must have been a lot of fun to splash around in the water. :)
Clijsters (Sunday, 18 November 2012 12:57)
@San Happy Birthday!!! Have a super day.
Clijsters (Monday, 19 November 2012 05:46)
@San Cold and damp weather? No I don't have any experience of that:) Like @Wired said I think layering is the way to go. Get a good waterproof coat and you can't go wrong.
I have a book by Bud Collins called The History of Tennis, so that's me sorted. If fact it came in handy last week in a quiz. It was my presentation night last week for my tennis club and I picked up my award for winning the ladies doubles, only drawback was I had to kiss an old man handing out the award. We always have a quiz at the end and my team lost by half aa point!!! Very annoying.
I've put some pictures of Lucy and Kasia at this years soap award and also a video of the lovely Lucy speaking to her Jemma fans. The translation is included in the description section.
Nice to see Marbecca have left the sofa behind and have finally made it to the bed! I was really impressed with the scenes this week.
Clijsters (Monday, 19 November 2012 18:15)
Sorry just realised I didn't put that the Jemma stuff is in my Sandbox.
@Hoppe I see you are back, I guess you couldn't stay away for long! Just as long as you're alright.
San (Tuesday, 20 November 2012 14:58)
Thanks, everyone! You made my birthday very special. Not much for brthdays. I like it best in the past or distance future, so now I'm quite content :)
@hoppe I don't know how the Aldi catalog discovered my secret. You mustn't tell anyone else because I use my thermocup-shapshifting to fight crime ;) It is quite tiring. btw, I have a couple of those thermocups, and they are most definitely great for at home and on-the-go! :)
So layers and rain gear are the #1 suggestions from the experts in the room. I'll see what I come across bewteen now and then. I think I'll just pack blue jeans, sweaters, scarf, hat, gloves, and my coat (which is waterproof) and it'll be fine. In fact, that's what I packed for visiting my sis in Virginia this weekend. It's kinda like a dry run for Seattle :)
@Wired Ha! There's not much more south I can go! It's actually quite warm here atm, and I'm looking forward to chillier temps. And, oh god, rain would be nice!
Wired (Wednesday, 21 November 2012 13:39)
@San Happy Belated birthday! Sorry I missed it but since you're not much for birthdays and I'm late then I will say "Happy Day!" Also beware what you wish for in Seattle! :P You will have to update us on the weather status and the effects of layering when you are there.
@Clijsters I have to catch up on Marbecca again but I'm not that far off. They made it off the couch and into a bed? Well much better then beside a photocopier! Also still waiting for Sophie and Jenna to actually have some sort of connection.
@Libellule Gumboots! I missed the slapping part of it for some reason but I did check it out on youtube and I love it! I always like dancing with rhythm directly part of it. I can see where the bruising would come from! It looks quite demanding!Since it's winter here and boot wearing weather maybe I should take that up as excercise! Well ok me just stomping and slaping myself...
@Hoppe hey how are you? Well it does make sense San can do so much (tennis, websites, RM 234, etc. etc.) that she must be able to hold it in somehow!
Clijsters (Thursday, 22 November 2012 09:02)
@Wired I think you'll be very happy with the progress Marbecca have made and I'm not just talking about upgrading from a couch (and photocopier) to a bed! As for Sophie and Jenna on Corrie they were on a little bit on last night's episode and Sophie was released from hospital. What is clear from that episode is that Sophie's dad is attracted to Jenna, could result in some cringeworthy scenes in the future! It's never going to be the main storyline on Coronation Street, as there is always a lot going on. However, I've read the storyline only really gets going in the New Year.
I've just watched an old episode of VL and Marlene and (old) Rebecca already knew each other, I didn't realise this. Even more weird is that Rebecca was creating a wedding for Marlene's wedding to Hagen. And guess what? it got ruined!!! This is how I interpreted the scene anyway, I may be wrong.
@All Just checking you've seen the pictures of Jemma in my Sandbox and Lucy's lovely message to her fans.
@San Your list of clothes sound very sensible to me. Don't forget your gloves!!!
hoppe (Friday, 23 November 2012 08:00)
Guys! GrundyUFA the producer of VL has started an own YT channel. Can somebody check if you are able to access the clips?
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXbZ1nEkreGpHSmMgj9aDd2kwVC7rgNFy&feature=view_all
btw. thanks again for all your well wishes. they touch my heart + thanks for your compliments Libelulle, speaking about me inspiring you ...
my back is still a nightmare, because of a malposition of my hip the scoliosis I had in the spine unwinded and as in a scoliosis there's also a torsion like you have in spiral staircases my back turned to the side. Now there's a lot of tension and the last week my spine kept moving and turning around and it was quite scary and painful and left me sleepless a lot - now it gets better a bit (not moving that much), but still it's not okay...I hope one day it will be fine again. Never heard of a case like that before...
Libellule (Sunday, 25 November 2012 01:14)
@hoppe
I saw that the other day, and yes, it works! Well for me at least, I have no problem accessing to it. Now I really have to properly learn German to enjoy the VL experience fully! :)
About your back, it sounds extremely painful. I'm sorry for you that you have to go through that. I wish you all the best energy for you to overcome this issue and gain back an healthy back. ;)
Clijsters (Monday, 26 November 2012 07:05)
@Hoppe I too can see the VL videos. It works in the UK! I didn't realise the extent of your back problem, I hope you're not in too much pain. Like @Libellule I too am sending positive energy to you, in fact let's send Jennergy to you!
@Wired Sophie and Jenna were on Friday 23rd Nov episode. Again just short scenes, but it's clear Sophie has a crush on Jenna and Jenna found out Sophie is gay.
@Americans Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and didn't eat too much turkey and pumpkin pie:)
Clijsters (Tuesday, 27 November 2012 03:27)
Jemma,Jemma,Jemma,Jemma,Jemma,Jemma,Jemma,Jemma,Jemma,Jemma,Jemma,Jemma,Jemma,Jemma,Jemma,Jemma,Jemma,Jemma,Jemma,Jemma,Jemma,Jemma,Jemma,Jemma,
Lucy Scherer,Lucy Scherer,Lucy Scherer,Lucy Scherer,Lucy Scherer,Lucy Scherer,Lucy Scherer,Lucy Scherer,Lucy Scherer,Lucy Scherer,Lucy Scherer,
Kasia Borek,Kasia Borek,Kasia Borek,Kasia Borek,Kasia Borek,Kasia Borek,Kasia Borek,Kasia Borek,Kasia Borek,Kasia Borek,Kasia Borek,Kasia Borek.
Just thinking about the wordcloud!
San (Tuesday, 27 November 2012 09:20)
Kasia, Kasia, Kasia, Kasia :p @Clijsters I've been thinking about the wordcloud, too! Ans how I needed to throw another Kasia, Kasia, Kasia,Kasia bomb into it :D I had a wonderful holiday with my sister filled with side-dishes, breaded, beer, wine, some turkey, a slice of pumpkin pie, and a few more slices on apple pie (not all on the same day, mind you). On Thanksgiving we gathered with friends and had a wonderful time. A 12-year-old narrowly beat me at table tennis, which was disappointing. Note to self: table tennis is a lot harder after beer, wine, and champagne. I think I vommed a little, ugh. Anyway, I'm catching a flight back to Texas today, which is sad. But there is good news! My jean, sweater, scarf, coat, and gloves combo stood the test of Virginia cold, so I think I'm good to go for Seattle next week :)
@hoppe I can view the VL youtube site here in the US as well. Wow, complete episodes, neat! Thanks for letting us know. Please, take care of yourself. Along with everyone, I'm sending you as much feel good vibes and Jemmergy as I can.
Oh yeah, @Clijsters, I did take a look at your sandbox, and those two are still freakin cute together, aren't they?! :)
@all I put a few pics from my trip to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in my sandbox. It's a HUGE hangar outside of DC.
Kasia, Kasia, Kasia, Kasia :)
hoppetosse (Wednesday, 28 November 2012 06:20)
thanks everyone,
San you can see the eps also on the official site, as far as I know.
http://mediathek.daserste.de/sendungen_a-z/439104_verbotene-liebe?buchstabe=V
hoppe (Wednesday, 28 November 2012 06:20)
they get uploaded about half an hour/an hour after the broadcast
Libellule (Wednesday, 28 November 2012 16:38)
@San
Regarding your sandbox pictures and you climbing in a Cessna, in the words of Emma: "Anhaaaalteeeeennnnnnn!!!" :D
And I join your statement for @Clijsters's Awards pictures/vids of Kasia and Lucy: definitely still freakin' cute together! Jemma is still warming my heart. :)
Clijsters (Thursday, 29 November 2012 10:06)
@San Glad you had an ace time at your sister's, shame about the table tennis loss though, but I guess all that alcohol isn't good for quick reactions. Love the pictures, I hope you didn't crash:)
@San Libellule Yes!!! Kasia and Lucy are just the best. I was really happy to see recent photos of them together. And it was just nice to hear Lucy mention Jenny Hartman.
Clijsters (Monday, 03 December 2012 12:22)
I've been watching clips of old Rebecca and her relationship with Miriam, wow on the kitchen table. I remember reading comments about that scene, but now I've seen with my own eyes. I can't imagine Marbecca doing that.
I hope everyone is well, I guess with Christmas just around the corner it's going to be fairly quiet in this room.
faf (Monday, 03 December 2012 12:29)
uh @Clijsters...you can't just put up a post like that and not include a link.
Clijsters (Monday, 03 December 2012 15:12)
@Faf Of course how rude of me to leave you hanging like that, making you imagine all sorts:-)
Here it is;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7p_now3G5Y
San (Monday, 03 December 2012 17:11)
I saw this a few weeks ago. Should I have said something? :p Old Rebecca is so young! Sweet scene with her father after.
Waiting for my flight to Seattle. Sounds like it's going to be an adventure. I imagine it will be very cold and dark when I get there. Wish me luck! I'll try to pass y'all little notes throughout the week.
Oh and @Clijsters and @Libellule I much prefer sitting in a Cessna on the ground. However being chased around the runway by a Mustang would've been fun :p
Wired (Tuesday, 04 December 2012 11:58)
@San Hope you have a fun and dry time in Seattle! From what I can see it might rain with a chance of rain. Well just remember layer, layer, layer which is not nearly as much fun as lacheln, lacheln, lacheln but you know....do what you can! Looking forward to reports and pictures (of you on the ground maybe chasing the Cessna instead of in one!) :)
@Clijsters The old Rebecca! She was young and tall then wasn't she? I remember talk about that too when it happened. I think I like the newer storyline much more! @Libellule what do you think? @Faf I think you saw the clip? Thougths? Also I do understand Corrie has other storylines but it did always bug me a bit that Sophie's is usually 8th on the priority...where is Jenna? Also I can do without Kevin sometimes...he mildly annoys me sometimes. Not sure why...sorry!
So Christmas is back everyone! Anyone have any exciting plans? I remember last year we compared our Christmas dinners. This year I'm back to traditional turkey and a few changes - no seafood this time. @Clisters you might like it! Also I might try @Sans apple vodka apples again... I still have the vodka and would like to experiment. Maybe.
Ok I'm off to hang lights and add to the festive season! I'm around and hope to be intouch more often! Still love hearing from you all! Cheers!
faf (Tuesday, 04 December 2012 16:06)
Sh*t Wired, my first thought was 'wow', then I slapped my own face. The opening kiss didn't move me as much as Miriam but the table dancing gave me a charge! It reminded me of that game "have you ever..." and if you have, then you drink. Have you ever, ever made out with someone on the kitchen table... and get busted?
*sip*
clijsters (Wednesday, 05 December 2012 05:23)
@San Have a super time in Seattle, I hope you don't get a hole in your glove! Keep warm.
@Wired it's great to hear from you, I hope you're well. It would be weird to see the old Rebecca and Marlene as a couple. I was reading that Rebecca is only meant to be 22 in the show, she certainly looks older than that, might have something to do with the actress being 30! Only Lucy can get away with that:) I really enjoyed episode 4195. My favourite scenes are them in bed together, just talking and holding each other. Now the full episodes are up have you seen the titles? Talk about cheesy!!! They are old as well, Rebecca isn't even on them and Marlene and Tristan are on together.
It is a shame about Sophie on Corrie, she's been on it for years but she's still a minor character. Jenna doesn't live on the street (I've no idea where she lives!) so I guess that's why she's hardly ever on. No mention of them in next weeks spoilers.
@faf you can't leave it like that, I think you should share with the group!
faf (Wednesday, 05 December 2012 09:28)
@clijsters We were not wearing pretty dresses and I did not have my hair in an 'up-do'. There isn't too much more I can say in a non-password protected environment ;) It was a really nice table though.
Isn't anyone else going to take a drink?
:)
Clijsters (Wednesday, 05 December 2012)
@Wired looks like I'm coming to yours this Christmas if seafood is off the menu!
I agree Kevin is sehr annoying!!!
@faf very interesting, the mind boggles:) at least it was a nice table. Luckily I don't drink!
faf (Wednesday, 05 December 2012 14:29)
@Clijsters Saying you don't drink makes this interesting because it does not exactly rule out the experience now does it? And you can drink anything if you really wanted to play the game...just sayin' :D
The table was really nice. Long. Blonde oak with ornate carvings all around the underside edge. Beautiful legs. Seriously. I am talking about the table. Really I am.
I was thinking I might crash someone else's Christmas dinner too. Save me a seat at Wired's table will ya? I will stay off of it.
San (Wednesday, 05 December 2012 15:27)
*just sitting* @faf Alas, such beautiful tables are very rare.
@Clijsters Hmm, @faf is right. I thought I saw your juice glass flinch. Do tell ;)
@Wired Christmas plans are always up in the air. Looking foward to a houseguest who should be arriving any day now :) Would you believe it's sun and blue skies in Seattle today! I'm in the center of downtown so the buildings are a slight obstruction. I like what I've seen so far :)
During the last panel we watched regional films of the Pacific Northwest. Fascinating stuff!
Wired (Thursday, 06 December 2012)
@faf New game! Ok just to be clear, it was on the table AND busted right?
@Clijsters welcome to my feast! I will also offer non cooked fruit desserts as well! @faf I have a Tim's for you at your plate and two dolls with a table to narrate your story about "the table"....
@San Happy Days there is sun! Great! How is the clear crisp air? What did they show on the films? When I hear Pacific Northwest I keep picturing huge mountains and extreme skiers . Just me?
San (Friday, 07 December 2012 01:02)
@Wired There was a lot of logging, salmon catching, and celilo falls footage with some pre-traffic-light city driving and quirky ski and hiking films. With a @faf doll reenactment, this dinner should be very entertaining :)
faf (Friday, 07 December 2012 08:02)
@Wired...yes.
@San I am constructing puppet theater scenery in my head from napkins and condiments.
I will need a tinch of cranberry sauce for Act II to tint the doll faces. Might need another pair of hands so if @Clijsters could put down her juice glass and help me out, I promise to entertain ;p
hoppe (Saturday, 08 December 2012 08:50)
grundy/ufa has put up an official Marbecca FB page
https://www.facebook.com/MarbeccaVL
the second one after an official Ansgar page ;-)
I personally am a bit tired of the story.... I often don't feel comfortable with the way they are depicted, there's a subtle tone of childishness and egocentricsm in their behaviour, which makes it difficult to really root for them with all my heart and I never am excitedly looking forward for new episodes like I did with Jemma :(
hoppe (Saturday, 08 December 2012 10:22)
there will be a Marbecca webseries :-)
the clip announcing it was already published to early on the youtube channel and is now put private.
You can see it on Monday again, I guess. Mittag + Novemberstern are thanked for the support in it, so I think there's no danger for their uploads :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMzBBXrbguk
hoppe (Saturday, 08 December 2012 10:30)
there's also a FB page
https://www.facebook.com/VLCreativeCamp
they are searching for people who are interested in helping to design a VL app for mobiles, ipads etc.
http://www.promiflash.de/verbotene-liebe-gestalte-die-app-zur-serie-mit-12120128.html
Clijsters (Sunday, 09 December 2012 03:03)
@faf San My juice glass is firmly on the table thank you very much, nothing to share here:) Even if I did, which I don't, nothing could compete with faf's table drama. But I would be very happy to stop drinking from it and help you faf, I think we may need some more cranberry sauce though.
@Wired non-cooked fruit dessert, my favourite! Can I place my order in for profiteroles?
@Hoppe I'm sorry did you say Marbecca and webseries in the same sentance? This is amazing! I'm looking forward to finding out more details.
Libellule (Sunday, 09 December 2012 12:39)
@Clijsters
I'm sorry but I have to disappoint you: profiteroles are not a fruit dessert, therefore it might not be on Wired's menu.:p It's a choux bun (=cooked) filled with cream or vanilla icecream and with "melting" chocolate on top. Now we could debate on to which extent vanilla and chocolate could be considered as fruits, that way Wired could add that onto her host Christmas table, and I would also be placing an order. :D
@hoppe
Same as Clijsters regarding the Marbecca webseries.
As soon as I read that, my mind wandered around our (my for sure) still desperate need for a HaH/Jemma webseries, with all the crossovers possibilities. Remember that in my mind, Juliette (Rebecca's ex) is Caro's sister. And also though we've never seen Marlene sing or dance or play (beabenning is not considered playing, except with everyone's nerves), she's supposed to be some kind of musicals'diva. Since she's no more the main part in Lily Rose now, but still sharing the "management" of the show with Tristan, she could produce another version of it with STAG. That would make things so much more interesting! :)
Like hoppe, I'm not as much excited as I was at the beginning with the Marbecca storyline development. I still like it, I'm still curious about it but I definetely miss Jemma intensity.
Also aside from Marbecca, there's not much happening on tv(/web) that moves me, nothing much to look forward to either it seems, and that's sad.
So now if you'll excuse me, I'll have a fruit dessert to cheer me up, in the form of chocolate squares and brioche. :D
Clijsters (Sunday, 09 December 2012 13:57)
@Libellule lol i see how my sentence doesn't quite make sense. I just forgot about the non-cooked fruit aspect. I know what profiteroles are, I've eaten plenty:) in that case @Wired can I please order both profiteroles and pavlova which is possibly the best desert ever. I'll have to play plenty of tennis to get rid of all those calories! Looks like everyone's coming to yours this year Wired I hope you've got enough room!
Wired (Monday, 10 December 2012 12:56)
Wow my party is growing! I like this! Profiteroles are amazing!! Great choice @Clijsters and @Libellule I'll have enough for you, me, Clijsters and all. Pavlova I have never had so @Clisters you will have to bring that. :) We can all work it off while watching you and @San play tennis on our newly refurbished tennis courts and cheering loudly while singing songs from Jemma.
@faf Ok well then sorry I can't drink either. ;) Have you ever made out in a car and got busted though? *sip*
@hoppe Marbecca webseries! That also interests me because I would like to see where that would go and what that would add. @Libellule I agree, not much is on tv or the web it seems, and I am casting about to find something to interest me. Your idea of a webseries I would definitely pay to see!!! Marelene has never sung/danced/entertained at all has she? Here I thought I missed something from other episodes but it seems not! How I miss STAG!
Honestly though how could Marbecca be as exciting as Jemma unless they pull out a scene where Rebecca chases after Marlene who is on a speeding runaway train (the brakes dont't work) through the Alps, in a Ferrari, after she had a run in with an assassin who was trying to kill Marlene because he had lost all of his money backing her Lilly Rose play that has seemed to inexplicably never been produced even though it was reported in all sorts of magazine and trade articles. Rebecca would have to jump on the train as it was speeding along after putting on her magic leather jacket that has not been seen for 6 months but suddenly appears over her dress made of flowers and lace held together by her love for Marelene. THAT might get close to Jemma excitement.
Clijsters (Tuesday, 11 December 2012 10:50)
@Wired it's going to be one wild party!!! I will gladly bring the pavlova, it is a delight of meringue, cream and fresh fruit. You have one crazy imagination:) I thought @Libellule was bad enough:) I forgot about the refurbished tennis courts near you, how do they look in your professional opinion?
San (Tuesday, 11 December 2012 22:38)
@Wired *still not sipping* However, I did date a guy in high school who had a mattress in the back of his van. It was for his harp! Get your mind out of the gutter, ladies. He was a very serious harpist :)
I second @Clijsters, great Marbecca webseries action! I'd tune into that. I'd also tune in for Marbecca Go Grocery Shopping. Marbecca's Cabo Vacation Caper. Marbecca on the Orient Express. Marbecca Drunk Kitchen: Profiteroles and Pavlova. Marbecca Van Gogh Conservation. And any other mundane, slap stick, or action-packed thriller Marbeccatainment :) So I've been away from the story for a bit, am I correct that there hasn't been any story lately? Wait... change all the Marbeccas to Jemma and now I REALLY want to tune in!!!
hoppe (Wednesday, 12 December 2012 12:05)
the series will be a 5 eps one starting on 17th december on the youtube channel.
It will be about the two and their process of really showing themselves publicly, for instance going to dance
here's an info about it, ib german though :(
http://www.phenomenelle.de/kulturelle/interview-with-marbecca-vl/
hoppe (Wednesday, 12 December 2012 12:08)
ups sorry wrong link.
'I just post the text:
UPDATE vom Verbotene Liebe Pressebüro
„Verbotene Liebe“: YouTube-Webserie „Weil es Liebe ist … – Marlene & Rebecca“ gibt Einblicke in Rebeccas und Marlenes privates Liebesglück
Rebecca und Marlene sind verliebt – und das wollen sie auch öffentlich zeigen. In einer exklusiven YouTube-Webserie erhalten die „Verbotene Liebe“ Zuschauer jetzt Einblicke in das private Liebesglück der beiden Serienfiguren und können ihnen zusätzlich auf Facebook folgen.
Als Weihnachtsgeschenk für die „Verbotene Liebe“-Fans und als Dank für ihre Treue startet ab dem 17. Dezember die fünfteilige Webserie „Weil es Liebe ist … – Marlene & Rebecca“. Sie erzählt, wie Rebecca (gespielt von Tatjana Kästel) und Marlene (gespielt von Melanie Kogler) sich zum erstem Mal öffentlich zu ihrer lesbischen Liebe bekennen. Angst vor gesellschaftlicher Verachtung und der Kampf mit der Überwindung spielen in dem Webformat eine zentrale Rolle. Dabei verzichtet die Webserie bewusst auf die sonst aus der Vorabendserie gewohnte Umgebung rund um das Schloß und legt Wert darauf, beide Figuren in ihrem alltäglichen Leben zu portraitieren – fernab von Champagner und Adelsattitüde.
Heimlich verliebt ineinander waren die beiden Serienfiguren aus der ARD-Vorabendserie „Verbotene Liebe“ (montags bis freitags um 18:00 Uhr im Ersten) schon lange. Rebecca musste jedoch sehr um Marlene kämpfen, bis diese schließlich ihre Hochzeit mit Tristan platzen ließ und sich für Rebecca entschied. Jetzt führen sie eine glückliche Beziehung miteinander.
Was dem Zuschauer der TV-Serie bisher verborgen blieb, ist wie beide mit der neuen Situation umgehen. So glücklich das Paar in intimen Momenten auch ist, in der Öffentlichkeit fällt es vor allem Marlene noch immer schwer, zu ihrer lesbischen Liebe zu stehen. In den fünf Folgen von „Weil es Liebe ist … – Marlene & Rebecca“ bringt Rebecca ihre Freundin Marlene deshalb dazu, mit ihr Tanzen zu gehen und ihre gewohnte Umgebung zu verlassen. Im Club kommen sie sich näher, doch Marlene schafft es einfach nicht, den finalen Schritt ins Outing zu gehen. Nur langsam überzeugt Rebecca sie davon, dass sie sich nicht verstecken müssen und dass ihre Liebe etwas ganz Normales ist.
Pünktlich zum Start von „Weil es Liebe ist … – Marlene & Rebecca“ erhält der Zuschauer zusätzlich die Möglichkeit, dem Liebespaar auf Facebook zu folgen. Neben Serienfigur Ansgar von Lahnstein erhalten auch „Marbecca“ ihre eigene, offizielle Facebook-Seite, die sie regelmäßig mit neuen Inhalten füllen.
Die fünf Folgen von „Weil es Liebe ist … – Marlene & Rebecca“ sind vom 17. Dezember bis zum 21. Dezember täglich auf dem neuen „Verbotene Liebe“ YouTube-Channel international abrufbar. Der Facebook-Account ist unter dem Namen www.facebook.com/marbeccaVL seit dem 10. Dezember online.
hoppe (Wednesday, 12 December 2012 12:10)
ok third one ;-)
here is the text also in english (just scroll down)
http://www.phenomenelle.de/kulturelle/marbecca-goes-webseries/
hoppe (Wednesday, 12 December 2012 12:34)
an interview with tatjana, but this is now really only in German :-(
http://heutemalkreativ.wordpress.com/2012/12/10/interview-mit-tatjana-kastel/
hoppe (Wednesday, 12 December 2012 18:52)
finally JHeather Hogans seems to start taking interest in Marbecca... sooooo ... who knows... some more fun recaps coming soon?
faf (Friday, 14 December 2012 00:13)
@hoppe You lost me at " in Rebeccas und Marlenes privates "
@All A really cool thing happened yesterday. I got fed up with the gray and gloomy Buffalo sky so I ran away from it. Far away. I got on a plane, flew..oh about 1200 miles until it felt right to stop. Here is the cool part... when I got off the plane there was 234 San!! Sun and San! In the same place :) How great is that!? She came to the airport. Of course she knew I was coming but it still felt like a rescue operation to me:)
Thats not all. On the fly through the sky I had a nice JRM when Chasing Cars came up on my iPod. I was thiiiis close (imagine tiny space between thumb and forefinger) to chair dancing in my seat...at 12000 ft. :D
@Wired *sip*...and *feeling a little slutty*
San (Friday, 14 December 2012 15:54)
@faf If only I could've swooped down in my Cessna to make things more dramatic :) I am very, very happy that you're here. You're definitely 1 of my top 2 favorite house guests ever! Of course, @Libellule is the other :)
Libellule (Friday, 14 December 2012 19:08)
@faf
Since I've been lucky enough to meet the Great San in person this summer, I can tell you that you'll have a wonderful time over there! Enjoy every minute of it, it always goes by too fast. ;)
@all
I think we can all take turns to book a visit at San's, she's obviously the official 234 host and her place is starting to become more reknown than the Bergmann villa. :D
And how awesome would it be if we could all have a reunion together somewhere at some point, like at the Pestalozzi's? Wouldn't that be the perfect Christmas tale? :p
Talking about Christmas, am I the only one who deals with decorations and such at the last minute? Everyone seems like they're ready for it to happen tomorrow, with menus already fixed. On my side, keine Ahnung. :D
It probably has to do with the fact that I'm not really into Christmas time in general, it's not really a period I rejoyce for, aside the chocolate factor.
Actually I'm just realizing that I haven't taken my daily "black fruit" dose yet today. I have to make up for it right now!
"Square" cheers!:)
Libellule (Friday, 14 December 2012 19:14)
@San
I am very honoured to share this award with @faf, and this without jealousy. Well, only if faf consents to bring a bit of Texan sun up North when she comes back. We're freezing over here! -15C for tomorrow...
How is it for you Leute on the over side of the Atlantic ocean?
Libellule (Friday, 14 December 2012 20:22)
@hoppe
I had the patience to put every sentence of Tatjana's interview in Google Translate.
For the most part of the first third, it made sense.
Then at the second third, Google was tired and decided to stop making the effort of reordering verbs and subjects in the translation. Which created some hilarious phrasings. But I was still able to get the main idea.
And for the last third, probably supported by my laughs Google thought it was a good thing to keep going with the crazy ordering and phrasing. It also got completely confused with first and family names, desperately wanting to find it a common translation. Therefore the question which was supposed to be, I guess, "Was it difficult to embody Rebecca in your own way, without being too much influenced by Jasmin Lord (who interpreted the part before)?", became "Was it difficult for you to take that part and your influence without playing with Lord's jasmin?" :D
There must be an innuendo in there (it's about Forbidden Love afterall, just saying. -How dare YOU? What are YOU insinuating? Shocking! Ok-ok, I get out-, -Yes, I'm doing the Q&A here, no need for Google Translate- :D)...
This was towards the end of the interview and Google gave up on the last couple of questions after that, "eating" verbs. That became quite unintelligible and left me giggling. :p
Long live Marbecca! :)
hoppe (Sunday, 16 December 2012 14:57)
guys, I'm envious! I want to meet you too, but America is really far away and it takes quite some money away :( ;:)))))
but nevertheless I hope you have a great time together!
I once dreamed I was skyping with you.... maybe next year?
My back is still not okay... I think it'll be a long way till my body has adjusted to the new build up of my hip and spine ... one good thing though -> the scoliosis is gone now! LOL, but well the muscles and everything needs to adjust and on some days the tensions go down till my hands and feet ... grrr. But I think there's some deeper sense in it... lol .. I hope at least.
not much on the christmas front going on. in opposition to Libelulle I love this time of the year... generally (not so much this year though :D -> see above)... it's a time where I'm normally spiritually very connected and always wish and ask why it's not like that the whole year. Love the "Raunächte" - the 13 days between the years from Dec 21st ongoing. It's a time between everything imo. At least in our area where we have celsius minus degrees, it feels like the earth is going on a retreat into it's center. All the lively energy from the trees etc. is going into the earth and over the surface there's a very special wild and light athmosphere although it's so dark outside.
we had a week with -10C, but at the moment it's again about 8C to my relief. I slept very little and was working hard on not getting ill, put several layers of clothes on, when I left the house. Imagine me as an about 1,5m big ball - haha! no - just kidding ;-)
for your christmas meeting I could add some spicy mushrooms as a starter or whenever it is wanted. With ginger and sherry - it's yummy ;-)
San (Monday, 17 December 2012 16:33)
@Libellule I had a serious giggle myself reading your Google translate adventure :) I certainly wouldn't want to be accused of "playing with Lord's jasmin"! :D
Come one come all. I love having guests! But if you're like @hoppe and can't make such a long distance, I'm looking to travel more. I'll let you know if I'm ever be in your neck of the woods.
@hoppe Sounds like the spicy mushrooms might be good with chicken as well. I'll be very interested to have a taste. I also had a nice giggle think of you as a bundled up ball :) Sending you soothing Christmas warmth!
This is a cute video of Lucy. Along with Muppet chickens sings Christmas carols, it really made my day. http://youtu.be/3oOeLNJyZlM
Wired (Tuesday, 18 December 2012 11:15)
@faf Awesome you went for a trip and ended up at @Sans! Hmmm...I wonder if I could fandangle that one day so that when I get on a plane instead of heading home to my family for questionable fighting I could just end up at San's! She definitely seems to have Rm 234 in real life happening. @San Wizard can you work on a door sign with RM 234 outside your door so we can find you easier? :) Also @faf we can stop playing Have you Ever so you don't get too sippy...hee hee hee
@Libellule Oh Google translate - perhaps it should write for the new Marbecca webseries!
@Hoppe Remember to keep warm it's layers layers layers! And toaster pants! It is seasonal here right now 3-5 degrees celcius during the day so I'm surviving. @Libellule you have to come further this way for more temperate temperatures!
Also this time of year I do get excited mostly for two reasons - food and food. Apparently over the years this time of year is my excuse to eat food that is bad for me more often (candy, sweets, deep fried foods) and I end up planning on what I'm going to make/eat weeks in advance. Also I have young kids so that pretty much amps up any holiday by 100%. Throw in an old guy in a red suit giving out free presents and hey go nuts by another 50%.
Wired (Tuesday, 18 December 2012 19:27)
I just realized I was post 333. Does that mean anything? ;)
Clijsters (Wednesday, 19 December 2012 04:43)
I've just picked myself off the flooring after reading about @San's latest guest. I'm starting to feel a bit left out:) It does seem to be a regular occurence now. @faf I hope you had a great time with @San.
@San Thanks for the link to the video of Lucy, slightly weird but I'll watch anything with Lucy in it!
@Libellule over where I am it's curently 7C, so above average temperatures for this time of year. Last Wednesday it was 0C, but that's unusual. I love it when the sky is blue and it's all frosty, it's great to go walking in. However I couldn't cope with -15C, that's just ridiculous!
@All Have you been watching the mini Marbecca clips?
@Wired Sophie is next on Corrie Thursday (20th).
Clijsters (Wednesday, 19 December 2012 04:52)
I had a nice surprise last night. I put the TV on and started watching a programme I've never seen before called Last Tango in Halifax and it featured a lesbian storyline, which was very unexpected. I've seen it advertised but it never made reference to a same sex storyline. I'm not saying it was brilliant, but it was just nice to see. A woman in her 40s had just left her husband of 18 years and the father of her 2 teenage children for a woman. It showed a clip for the next episode and it showed the two women her two children and her mum sat round a table eating and it looked very uncomfortable! What's good about it is that the cast is made up of well known actors and it's on the BBC so a major channel and it's on at primetime viewing, so lots of people will be watching it.
hoppe (Thursday, 20 December 2012 07:29)
here is a first upload of Caroline + Kate...from Last Tango in Halifax - the longest I found ;-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWCSO6UuFe8
Clijsters (Thursday, 20 December 2012 09:46)
Thanks @Hoppe! Glad you know what I'm going on about:) It just took me by surprise because the same sex storyline seems to take centre stage, even though the main storyline is about 2 other characters. The clip you posted is of episode 5 and the last episode of the series is episode 6, which was on TV last night and it was more or less all about Caroline and Kate. It had been commissioned for a new series which will air next year.
hoppe (Thursday, 20 December 2012 10:52)
first part here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWCSO6UuFe8
hoppe (Thursday, 20 December 2012 10:54)
I think the series has a great humor... love you british people ;-)
San (Thursday, 20 December 2012 11:53)
I'm reminded yet again of the sad, painful reality that inevitably guests must leave :( I might have to withdrawal my invitation unless y'all promise to move in next door :)
@Clijsters That vid was pretty weird. I'll have to check out that series. Don't feel left out! I'm saving all my tennis for you :)
hoppe (Thursday, 20 December 2012 13:14)
awwh, San! don't be sad... well I know it is.... I once helped a friend in a B & B for several months and it really nearly killed me to always say goodbye again and again to a lot of very smart and lovely women.... :(
living next door would be fun! although I'm not sure if your summer temperatures are really my thing ;-)
you really have to tell us how you managed to come to Germany at Aldi !!! :DDD
hoppe (Thursday, 20 December 2012 13:16)
@faf and San ... a report please!!!
hoppe (Thursday, 20 December 2012 19:24)
wopw, you british guys have interesting well done stories.... here is a 3 parts crime story of 4 women solving a murder - or better a row of murders: The Bletchley Circle
first part here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da3sWyKOY8E&list=UUYNVD2UhSe9krao7yhgg7xg&index=5
two women in it who played lesbians before
Clijsters (Sunday, 23 December 2012)
@Wired Sorry, wrong info in post #335. Even though the spoilers said Sophie would be on Corrie she wasn't. In fact she wasn't on at all this week. However, I've read the spoilers for Christmas and Sophie and Jenna should be on:)
@San I'll move in next door! Although only if the temperaure drops by at least 10oC:) Last Tango in Halifax is described as a romatic comedy drama, so pretty much has all bases covered! It's essentially about a man and woman in their 70s who meet up for the first since they left school. They are both widowed and have one daughter each. They decide to get married and it's about the relationship between the two families as they meet each other for the first time. The daughters get off to a bad start. One daughter, Caroline the blonde one, has left her husband for Kate. Hope that clears it up a little bit:)
@Hoppe I only saw the first part of The Bletchley Circle, but it was very well acted.
faf (Sunday, 23 December 2012 12:11)
@All Okay, I met the guy next door to San. He was nice enough but not suitable for rooming with. I recommend San moves around some herself. And soon. This report on my time spent in Houston with 234 San has not been easy to assemble. I miss her. So when I sit down to think about what I want to say I get emotional. This was a lovely experience where I found happiness and joy, and even sunshine when there wasn’t always any in the sky. My first night in town we did this and it was a great time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLEqv_fATEI&NR=1&feature=endscreen
It was amusing to see all of those fans dressed in multiple layers of wool and fur for the 45 degree evening temperature. We northern girls save that stuff for the single digits!
While San dealt with the daily realities of going to work, I set out to explore. I didn’t get too far that first day when I discovered the perfect place to reflect and contemplate…located only a couple of blocks from her apartment. What seemed like hours of meditation later, I left this place feeling at perfect peace. Those are the only words I have for that.
On one very cool evening I was treated to a rooftop view of the colorfully decorated skyline. “Beautiful” best describes the moment. It gave me my first peak into why San loves her city so much. It is truly an extraordinary place with great energy and very friendly people. You would all feel welcome there and find it an attractive place.
From the first moments I arrived in San’s space I was able to recognize Libellule’s energy she left behind. You might wonder how I would know not having ever met her. There are just some things I know and no one can argue with me about. Some of you may understand this, while some of you will not. I felt it. It was powerful and it was lovely. She left her imprint in that space and that’s all I can say about that. I am now on a mission to actually meet real live 234 Libellule. If you see a pattern developing, you won’t be too surprised on the day I knock on each of your doors and say, “Hey! Its me!”
We had big fun being silly as you might have expected. To sashay down the “cat walk” that is the entry way to her apartment wearing her soccer spikes was pure and simple joy for me. I am easy to please. The smile on San’s face when she did the same told me she got the buzz too. It was really her idea in the first place ;p
I had the pleasure of meeting San’s sister. She was great. They behaved while I was there but I'm pretty sure the minute I left town they went nuts. Its just a vibe :).
I am not going to tell you everything we did because I am still clinging to those experiences and I believe its okay to be a little selfish sometimes. @San you can say anything you want.
What I will say you all already know. San is generous and beautiful and made me feel at home. She even entertained my imposing desire to experience textures by seeking them out and suggesting things that I might wish to touch. I always seem to have my hands on things. I never expect anyone to take this seriously so I’m usually sneaky about it. :) Weird, I know but this was a genuine and personal gesture I cannot recall experiencing from anyone so it reaches me very far down. I have put a few pics of those textures in my Franbox. Now that I think of it, I actually got yelled at for merely standing near something I had already touched and shouldn’t have but no one had noticed. I was just too close I guess…:D If that man only knew my hands were already all over that place before he even noticed me. San got yelled at too. She was lying on the floor at the time ;) She can explain that if she wants to.
Libellule (Monday, 24 December 2012 01:13)
@faf
This sum-up of your visit at San's makes me all nostalgic. That's probably why I couldn't manage to do that writing myself after my own visit last summer. Not that I didn't want to share with you all (though it's true that cherishing those moments means to be a little bit selfish in some way, and not tell everything ;)), I just couldn't deal with the aftermath (you know, when you're in a beautiful bubble and suddenly you're back to a longterm reality that is far less fun... :p ). I still haven't archived the pictures from my whole trip!... I'll probably do that next month, to start the new year on sunny vibes.
@all
I have family visit for the current celebrations. Christmas decorations were finally set up today. :D
In case I can't come by tomorrow to wish you all a jemmatastic Christmas eve and Christmas day, I do that now.
Heartfelt hugs and emmabeaming cheers! :)
Clijsters (Monday, 24 December 2012 09:26)
@faf thank you for your report on your stay at @San's. @Libellule it must have brought back some wonderful memories for you too.
@All I probably won't be around till after Christmas so I wish you all a wonderful time with good food, good drink (@San I'm looking at you!) and good company. Ho ho ho!!!
faf (Monday, 24 December 2012 11:35)
Today is Giant Polish Feast Day aka Chrsitmas Eve at my house. Things will get busy in just a few hours. Im tired already! I wish each of you...my dear and special friends...a joyous and peaceful holiday.
Will I see you tomorrow at Wired's table for some sure to please Masterpiece Marbecca Puppetdoll Theater? :D
Clijsters (Monday, 24 December 2012 14:37)
@faf of course, i forgot we were all going to Wired's for Christmas. I've left it a bit late setting off so apologies if I'm late arriving. Save some turkey for me:)
hoppe (Wednesday, 26 December 2012 09:50)
Hi everyone, still alive? not dead from a bursted belly ;-)
In January there will be a three parts familysaga on ZDF about the Adlon (Hotel in Berlin) - in this there's a story lesbian lovestory... I hope someone will upload it on youtube ;-)
hoppe (Wednesday, 26 December 2012 09:55)
here you can see one of the two woman in an interview about it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9DX-q4qOgU8
sorry, only german till now :(
Libellule (Wednesday, 26 December 2012 13:12)
@hoppe
Going for a walk right now to deal with that bloated belly. Just had a pear-chocolate dessert. :D
Thx so much for the interesting tv updates. At least we'll have a few things to look forward to on our screens for January.
Hope everyone had a great day yesterday.
I take a bit of Rm234 warmth with me to help with the freezing air around here ("just" -14C today, but still). :)
faf (Saturday, 29 December 2012 10:03)
@hoppe this is great news about your stubborn ailments. To finally have understanding and some physical results must be a huge relief. Carry that positive energy into the new year where you are sure to continue to heal. I think this may be a very good year for you!
@Wired I hope you and your little ones had a super amped up holiday party fest complete with Legos all over the floor and G-rated doll puppet theater :) Now with New Year's Eve approaching, take it up another notch and do it grown up style!
@Libellule Your heartfelt hug and emmabeam cheer was received and utilized to warm me through some pret-ty darn cold days. Well you know. I think you had colder temps than me. During the mid week we had a 14 inch snowfall. Expecting more over the next 2 days. Oh look...it's snowing now. I guess I will clean out the driveway and dust off my snowshoes.
@Clijsters Sorry we ate all the turkey. That was one really good Halifax holiday meal. You also missed out on the adorable doll reenactment of you and San playing tennis with a pea. The demitasse spoons made for awkward rackets but we made it work. @Wired sorry about what happened to your gramma's fine table linens when San missed that shot ;)
@San I kid :) and I still miss you but I've been able to manifest your sunshine into my mood by remembering how happy you seemed after the "free sample" excursion to that best liquor store in the world :) (Clijsters is looking at you)
hoppe (Sunday, 30 December 2012 00:21)
okay... I put some new stuff in the box.... although... you shouldn't probably look at it before new year's eve ;-)
hoppe (Sunday, 30 December 2012 07:25)
ok, I changed the things in my box, so you already can have a look! ;-)
hoppppppe (Sunday, 30 December 2012 08:23)
a new short from sistas inspiration (Lady Pochoir)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrGootWU-kE
Wired (Sunday, 30 December 2012 09:44)
Merry Post Christmas everyone! Sorry I was MIA for awhile. It's taken awhile to get kids off their sugar/present high and send off the in-laws. Also cleaning up after @San took time. ;) Checking in to say hi and Happy New Year! I'm here and you guys keepe sane!
hoppe (Sunday, 30 December 2012 14:02)
@Wired MIA? hmmm... more in absence? mostly in Abersoch? meaningful in awe? messed-up in absentmindedness? mixed into applepie? ;-)
Wired (Sunday, 30 December 2012 20:57)
@Hoppe Hey! Good ones! :). Actually Missing Interesting Adults ; Meeting In Antigonish ; Melting Ice cream Appetizers. ;)
Wired (Monday, 31 December 2012 22:01)
Happy New Year! May 2013 be joyous, healthy and happy to you all!
faf (Tuesday, 01 January 2013 08:58)
Happy New Year wishes for each of you! I'm excited about this year. Lets see what grows :)
Clijsters (Tuesday, 01 January 2013 09:19)
Happy New Year to you all! Let's raise a glass to a Jemmtastic year.
@Hoppe I don't know anything about River City so I looked it up. It is a soap set in Scotland and can only be seen in Scotland, so that's why I'd never heard of it. But I will have a look at it on YT, if possible, to see what it's all about. I'm very happy to read your back is improving.
Libellule (Tuesday, 01 January 2013 22:49)
Happy new jemmatastic year, everyone!
Another opportunity to kill the strawberries, yeah! :D
Love you all. :)
hoppe (Thursday, 03 January 2013 16:40)
@Clijsters really? I'm astonished.... imagining a bavarian series blocked for the rest of Germany! That would be really "strange". So why is that? I mean GB isn't as big as the US so that a country like yours could afford producing tv shows only for a part of the country, is it? Any idea why? Has this to do with Scotland's history, trying to be independent?
Sophie Mercer isn't a regular unfortunately - so this story is again one which won't last... I'm afraid. but who knows she seems to be popular, so maybe they get her back on track...
Clijsters (Friday, 04 January 2013 10:03)
@Hoppe I'm not really sure about why River City is only shown in Scotland. It is made by BBC Scotland so the rest of the UK doesn't have any rights to show it. From doing a bit of research it appears it is Scotland's only soap and they are proud of it being Scottish and feel that if it is shown in the rest of the UK it will lose its Scottish identity. It is only shown once a week in one hour episodes, so it can be seen as more of a drama than a soap as it isn't shown every weekday. Although I think as it started as a soap (it was originally on twice a week as half hour episodes) most people still view it as a soap.
hoppe (Friday, 04 January 2013 12:04)
aah, thanks Clijsters for the research + explanation. LOL a bit funny although I can understand this pride...., that they have a mancunian actress in the soap than (and I guess a lot of other not scottish actors too). How are they supposed to transport this scottish identity if they aren't scottish? ;-)
If it's only shown once a week it's even more amazing that they put this lesbian storyline in with so much screentime atm. cool!
Clijsters (Sunday, 06 January 2013 08:46)
@Hoppe Wired (I think you two both watched it, it's been so long I forget:)) anyway proof that Jen (Hollyoaks) is still alive! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8anwPfkxn64
I've read the spoilers and 16th Jan says "Jen offers Tilly an olive branch" so Hollyoaks haven't completely forgotten the storyline.
@Wired Sophie and Jenna have been on Corrie a bit, tomorrow's episode (7th) has Sophie kissing Jenna. So the story is gathering pace.
Libellule (Sunday, 06 January 2013 12:23)
So, how's everyone been doing?
Starting the new year on good notes?
On my side I ended 2012 and entered 2013 with a caronnie town cold, but I don't see in it any specific symbol other than a tough start of a winter, between freezing temperatures and snow hills (I've decided that above 50cm it can be called a hill :p). :D
On another note, as family visit is over and it always gets me nostalgic for a little while after, I've watched TV shows that hoppe has told us about (thanks to YT) to cheer me up. Yesterday night, that was Last Tango In Halifax. Had a good laugh. I found all characters nicely portrayed and endearing. And Caroline, the 45 year-old daughter of Celia (what I believe was the female main character), who's trying to figure out her love life (understand choosing between taking back her cheating husband or taking her affair with her female coworker to the next level)totally cracked me up! The woman is fierce! Strong, smart, snarky and vulnerable at the same time, absolutely perfect! Loved the actress who played her, she definitely should have her own show (and I couldn't help but found likeness in her face with the singer Adele).
Really,if you have a chance, go for it, it's a nice and sweet moment of tv. :)
Happy Sunday everyone!
Clijsters (Sunday, 06 January 2013 12:50)
@Libellule I completely agree, Last Tango in Halifax is brilliant. The actress that plays Caroline is called Sarah Lancashire and has been in loads of stuff. Her first tv role was on Coronation Street, she played a bar maid called Raquel and was very funny. But yes her portrayal of Caroline is spot on. As you said all the actors are first class. It was a surprise hit and had an audience of around 7million viewers which is excellent considering it was on Tuesday evenings. I believe filming of the 2nd series gets underway in March.
Libellule (Sunday, 06 January 2013 15:08)
@Clijsters
Thank you for the complementary info; as what I found on YT was only long bits of the serie (focused on Caroline and Kate story) but no full eps, there was no credits to know the actors'names. You've spared me the research. ;)
I just love the energy of this actress and the character she's portraying in LTIH. Really well written. Also it just hit me but the actress who plays Judith the alcoholic (with whom Caroline's husband cheated on) seems to be the same who used to play Emily's mother in Skins. How I love British tv!!! :D
I'm still wondering though, where was it shot? With your information regarding the cast, I would think it's from Scotland, but the only Halifax town I've known about is in Novia Scotia in Canada. In any case, landscapes are stunning! If only for that reason the show is worth a look. :)
Libellule (Sunday, 06 January 2013 17:19)
And in Marbecca-land, Folge 4207, have any of you seen Marlene and her trendy style with an ax on her shoulder? I would love to see her use it with her high heels. Am I the only one who felt her attractiveness power just multiplied by ten in a second with that fierce shiny ax on her shoulder?
Wouldn't she make a lovely Snow White's dwarf (Snow White being Rebecca)?:p
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fw4_JxmmJsI
I'm pretty sure she thought about axing Tristan's head instead of a Christmas tree.
That made me transpose the (virtual) scene in HaH, imagining Jenny with an ax on her shoulder too, fiercely walking towards Ronnie after another low blow from crowned Arschloch. Can you picture that as clearly as I do? :D Meanwhile Emma is singing "heigh-ho" in STAG auditorium...
Jemma 2013, still in my heart! :)
Libellule (Sunday, 06 January 2013 17:21)
Edit: 'has' any of you
hoppe (Sunday, 06 January 2013 18:50)
LOL at Jenny carrying the ax :DDD
uhmm, I'm not sure if you saw that I put a selfmade video in my box. maybe it's not your cup of tea... it's quite bad quality and very... well... meditative (sound is homemade too, so not perfect ;) )
btw. VL is putting german subs up now in the mediathek, maybe in future eps on youtube as well?
http://mediathek.daserste.de/sendungen_a-z/439104_verbotene-liebe?buchstabe=V
you have to click on the UT button
hoppe (Sunday, 06 January 2013 18:56)
Das Adlon is also in the ZDF Mediathek with subs...
http://www.zdf.de/ZDFmediathek/#/hauptnavigation/startseite
there's a little earsign in the right bottom
San (Sunday, 06 January 2013 19:08)
A funny thing happened on the way to the holidays... To sum-up, work got annoyingly needy before Christmas. Then before New Years, I got super sick after a lovely cold and windy evening tailgating with a thousand or so of my favorite college buds before the big game. @Libellule If you had a caronnie town of a cold, I had a Caronnie Town Cold times 5 or something :) I could leave the house for a week!
@Clijsters Good news! Apt 429 seems to be vacant, so you can move right in! A spacious one-bedroom with central AC! You won't even know that it's over 30C outside! Also, it has an Eastern exposure, so the inside temps will be signicantly cooler (perhaps 10C) than mine in the afternoon :) Have I mentioned the pool? It's one building over and very refreshing! There's tennis courts with walking distance. They don't have lights but they're really nice. I'm certain you'll learn to love the heat. Just remember to use the sweat, breeze, and shade that god gives you :p It's really not that bad. Ask @Libellule.
Anyway @faf is right, maybe I should move around more. On Christmas Day I watched a television marathon of people house searching. There was a couple looking for a home in The Azores! It seems like a really nice place :)
@Wired So sorry about the table cloth. How'd a thought slamming one tiny pea down on the table would've knocked over so many wine glasses! :)
I thought I could add to @faf's report but I find myself speechless. Instead I put some imagesin my sandbox that might round out her description. The Beer Can House is just that. A guy liked beer and sided his house with beer cans - http://www.beercanhouse.org/. And the Dan Flavin installation is a large room with neon-colored lights and blacklights running along the walls. http://www.menil.org/visit/flavin.php.
Libellule (Monday, 07 January 2013 01:14)
I swore to myself that I would go to bed earlier today but "Not-Me-Tube" wouldn't let me. :D I stumbled upon a German movie called "Schöne Frauen" (= Beautiful Women) and couldn't help but watched it all tonight. Really liked it. And fell in love with the cabaret singer's voice who appears on the second half/ last third of the movie. Low husky women voices in songs are just... swoon... :p Plus the lyrics were quite beautiful and "relatable" for me. I scanned through the credits hoping to get the singer's and pianist's names but couldn't decipher what was what and who was who.
I won't post the direct link in fear of risking to have the video down but you can find it under the title SF on dana/fairbanks/story (remove the slashes) channel. And there're english subtitles!
@hoppe if you get a chance to watch it, could you let me know the singer's name, bitte? :D That voice is haunting me...
Libellule (Monday, 07 January 2013 01:21)
@Clijsters
I concur with what San said about her building. Even if I haven't tried the pool nor the tennis courts. Yet, that is. I would need a second visit for that, I was too short of time to enjoy these last August, but could fully experiment texan heatwaves. And what I'd give to feel that again right now... ;p
Clijsters (Monday, 07 January 2013 05:58)
@Libellule You may have got mixed up with mine and Hoppe's conversation about Scottish soap River City. LTIH was filmed in Yorkshire, where the town of Halifax is, although I don't think any of it was actually filmed there. Filming took place in the towns of Ripponden, Skipton and Carlton in Craven, which are all fairly close to Halifax. Filming also took place in Manchester, which is not in Yorkshire. The Yorkshire sceneary is wonderful, I've spent many a happy time walking there. Check out post #345 for a brief overview of the storyline. I'm guessing Halifax in Nova Scotia was named after Halifax in Yorkshire like so many towns and cities in America and Canada were.
@San I'm liking the sound of Apt 429, mainly because it's an odd number! not to mention tennis courts in walking distance. If you spot a smaller than average woman walking down the corridor wielding a tennis racket - it's me!
@Hoppe and anyone else If you want to watch another excellent Bristish TV programme a series called Mr Selfridge started last night, based on a true story. It's set in the early 1900s and is about an American man living in London who opens up his shop Selfridges. It is the world's finest department store full of new and groundbreaking innovations such as how shops display its merchandise and new technology. I don't know if you are aware of the shop, but it is still there today in London. The acting was very good, many actors are known in the Uk and I think I have a crush on Zoe Tapper who plays Ellen Love in the series:) She has been in a TV adaptation of sarah Waters book Affinity.
hoppe (Monday, 07 January 2013 12:31)
@Libelulle it's the duo „Queen Bee“: Ina Müller (voice) and Edda Schnittgard (piano). they were quite famous some years ago. Ina Müller went on alone and had(has?) an own tv show. you can find quite some clips on notmetube ;)
hoppe (Monday, 07 January 2013 13:24)
here's one of her shows "Inas Nacht" where she invited one of her favorite musicians Beth Ditto + also later on Nina Hagen:
http://youtu.be/-ltmcR5FSLs?t=16m27s
hoppe (Monday, 07 January 2013 13:25)
I posted it because she speaks english with Beth, so you might understand a bit and get an impression of her
hoppe (Monday, 07 January 2013 16:40)
clijsters! happy birthday!!!!! hope you've got a lovely day today!
hoppe (Monday, 07 January 2013 17:41)
ok, a bit late, but I put a new years postcard up in my box ;-)
Libellule (Monday, 07 January 2013 19:06)
I would have totally missed that important date if hoppe hadn't said anything, so thx hoppe for the reminder and I join you in the cheerful wishes: HaHppy Birthday Clijsters!!! :)
Libellule (Monday, 07 January 2013 20:01)
I found this video hilarious! The editing with the music is quite brilliant:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RuR2qxKHmFg
Clijsters, that's for you! Happy birthday again. :D
Libellule (Monday, 07 January 2013 20:49)
@hoppe #383
Dankeschöne!!! :D
Libellule (Monday, 07 January 2013 21:53)
@hoppe
Just watched the interview and the obvious joy with which Ina Müller sings with Beth Ditto, from whom she seems star-struck in an adorable way, is really communicative!
And the woman is gorgeous!
In my new fantasy, she joins the HaH cast as a former acquaintance of Jenny, from London, from her drug past. She was her vocal coach when Jenny was Little Whatever (sorry I forgot that one. What was her artist name on the CD cover Hotte found?). Of course we learn that she had an affair with her student at the time (Jenny that is). Now she's supervizing STAG for a few months (as Bea had to temporarily suspend her function to manage her new Vice President responsabilities and fight Helena's next evil plan while still screwing Ben in the attic. Multitasking gets its limits too, you know). And she gets infatuated with her former student again, becoming ferocely (she's a cougar afterall) jealous of Emma, doing anything she can to make Emma's school life miserable. Which stirs up Emma's unsecurities again. Emma emmaing. And in an episode called Müller vs Müller, there's a (singing) face-off between Ina (the coach, that is. Still following?) and Emma, where Emma gets to show another level of braveness. Which of course makes Jenny even more in awe of Emma. Love, love, love! Love everywhere. Jemma love mulitplied by a jemma gazillion times!... :D
PS: Have you noticed how this comment is actually blatantly trying to influence the next wordcloud? What can I say, ethics are sometimes overrated... :P
Libellule (Monday, 07 January 2013 22:24)
Oh hoppe, danke, danke, danke! Yes, again. I just spent the last 45mn NotMeTubing Queen Bee, and I love them! I really have to stop now (it seems like I've found another musical addiction for the next while) but before setting for sleep:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_otQIzH_1C4
I don't understand a word but they make me smile big time nonetheless! :)
San (Tuesday, 08 January 2013 00:56)
@Clijsters OMJ, Happy Birthday!!! I'll just pop down to your apartment later with the cake. I baked it myself and iced it like a tennis court. Yummy! :D
@Libellule You crack me up! :) That is a great storyline filled with angst, jealousy, and emmaing, which I'm sure that Kasia, the wonderful Kasia of Kasia fame and supreme Kasia-ness, would play it beautifully :) I'm not forgetting Lucy. She'll do an excellent job as well :) I caught on rather quick to your wordcloud influencing :p Oh, and the Jenny's popstar name was Little Heart if I recall.
@hoppe Love the postcard. Happy New Year to you too :) Oh, And your experimental video! You were right, the snow coming down from the light is amazing. I can see why it caught your attention. So glad you captured it like that. I like the different layers of focus, especially the very blurry flakes (or perhaps droplets by then) on the lens. And the music, it sounds like wind chimes. I love wind chimes :) Thank you for sharing!
San (Tuesday, 08 January 2013 01:26)
@Libellule You must come for a second visit! And we'll just sit by the pool the whole time and not bother with going to the beach or exploring the city or stupid work :) We actually walked by the tennis courts in question. It was too dark to see them, and your tiny keychain torch was busy making sure we didn't trip on the huge cracks in the sidewalk :p
Clijsters (Tuesday, 08 January 2013 09:22)
@Room 234 Thank you very much for the birthday wishes. Special thanks to @Hoppe who magically realised it was my birthday:)
@Libellule thank you for dedicating that wonderful video of Marbecca to me.
And last but by no means least thank you to @San for the delicious birthday cake, are you sure you didn't buy it? because that icing looked very professional:) By the way are you getting exciting for the Aussie Open? Talking of Australian have you seen the heatwave and fires they're having over there? It's not good at all.
@Libellule I agree with @San your crazy story is wonderful and yes Jenny was called Little Heart in her pop star days. You've got one mad imagination! And nice work, I'm hoping the wordcloud will be very much influenced by your post:) Jenny Jenny Jenny!!!
faf (Tuesday, 08 January 2013 17:10)
Happy Birthday Clijsters! I really hope you had some fun with it. If you ever move to San's 'hood I might tell you were to look for the little "234" graffiti I left all over town ;)
San (Wednesday, 09 January 2013 09:55)
@Clijsters Don't be deceived. The cake was 100% San-made :p Not sure how much of the Aussie Open I'll be able to watch, but hopefully I can catch a few good matches. Who are the favorites this year?
@faf Did you make a graffiti map? It'd be like geocaching without the burdensome cache :)
Clijsters (Wednesday, 09 January 2013 10:24)
@faf thank you for the birthday wish. I'm intrigued like @San is there really graffiti of 234 out there?
@San Okay, I'll take your word for it, but I still have my doubts over how homemade it was:) As for the favourites, well Nadal is out so that leaves the big 3 Fed, Djokovic and Murray. And as for the women it's all about Serena. She's set herself a target of not to lose a match all year. She's out to win everything. And to be honest I don't know who'll be able to stop her.
faf (Wednesday, 09 January 2013 12:55)
Support group confession:
Lets see...I left a "234" mark (some with a little extra flare) on 4 airplanes, a road bridge, a foot bridge, at least three buildings, a very cool tree, a picnic table, and I can't even remember the rest because I started to get carried away at one point and almost got caught. San knew nothing about my escapades but I'm sure she would have bailed me out of jail. I thought about tagging an old bike chained to a post but checked myself on that one. At no time was anything of any value defaced. If there was already graffiti there, then I may have gotten a little competative with my colored Sharpies in my nerdy kind of way.
I do it all the time now. Chicago, Toronto, Key West, Houston... :)
I refuse to grow up.
hoppe (Wednesday, 09 January 2013 15:53)
LOL just LOL at my beloved 234ers!!! :D ;)
you are too funny. Libelulle's new HaH season with Müller and Müller is just amazingly hilarious! Soooo would love to see this Emma against Ina competition! I think Jenny would really be a bit troubled but in the end would be totally infatuated by Emma and her emmabeam and soundful emmanation of love and joy :) not to speak of her sweet emmaing before ;)
And faf, I'll have a look around... who knows maybe you learned from San to materialize overseas and I'll find some 234 tags here in my town then I just have to look around if I see someone doing the Jenny chair-dance ;).
thanks San! So glad you liked both my card and the video. I already thought the video was really shit (well the quality is ;) ), but it's nice that there are a few peeps who like it nevertheless :)
faf (Wednesday, 09 January 2013)
@hoppe Maybe...just maybe...you could do it yourself. Each time you chair dance or leave your 234 mark in an inconspicuous place you can bust out an emmabeam through the universe for everyone to enjoy :) The thing about all 234 s that move me is your magic! And 234 love of course. 234 s make me smile.
By the way, 234 s are among my favorite things in the whole world. Each 234 has found a way to express jemma love in a unique way. 234 is my favorite set of digits. I notice the number 234 everywhere. I look for 234 on house numbers. I look for 234 on store fronts. 234 has become synonymous with human love. This is why I please myself by leaving a 234 mark and a loving thought wherever I travel. I am also advocating for a significant 234 standing in the word cloud :)
Clijsters (Thursday, 10 January 2013)
@Wired Something you may like:)
http://www.afterellen.com/content/2013/01/out-dad-roses-first-video-diary
faf (Thursday, 10 January 2013 09:33)
I love love love Bomb Girls. I was able to catch the first episode of Season 2 that aired last week before it almost instantly vaporized. If anyone stumbles upon a link to episode 2 that aired last night (Canada) please fork it over. Thanks :D
Wired (Friday, 11 January 2013 16:02)
Hellllooooo!!!!!
I'm jumping in after reading only a smattering of posts:
@Clijters happy belated birthday! Yay Out With Dad!!! I need to see that! Is Sophie/ Jenna a thing yet?
@ faf we love you! Also I've been watching Bomb Girls recently too! Love it and it's Canadian so...you know...it's tha bomb! (You know I had to do that). ;)
Halifax, Nova Scotia and Halifax in Europe... Totally confused me. Living in the one I thought there was only one but the Diary of Anne Lister made me realize I was wrong (not new here). Now I need to see this other show too! Looking up origins of how we got the name and it's relation if any to the other Halifax.
Checking in again soon...
hoppe (Saturday, 12 January 2013 06:35)
oooh, lobe Bomb Girls too! So well written and acted. And love Betty. The actress shows her with intense emotional power and truthfulness... although I sometimes have problems to feel why she loves Kate so much... but maybe Kate will change a lot, now that she's away from her father's influence for good. It was an interesting turn that she herself pushed her father to death by accident. search for wishfulzen on notmetube... maybe I'll find the link for DM again ;-)
hoppe (Saturday, 12 January 2013 10:25)
ALI LIEBERT as BETTY McRAE - a little interview :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z81udPFGbo
hoppe (Saturday, 12 January 2013 13:04)
a nice more private interview with Ali from one of her friends ;-)
http://www.imagoodstory.com/search-engine-queen-ali-liebert/
hoppe (Saturday, 12 January 2013 13:25)
another backround video about bomb girls with the actresses of Betty + Gladys
http://www.toromagazine.com/features/on-set/toro-tv/9c472085-9328-d384-11a5-8326a08b88cf/Bomb-Girls/#anchorStory
hoppe (Saturday, 12 January 2013 18:34)
sorry can't get enough of the Bomb Girls ;-)
my god! isn't Meg Tilly playing Lorna amazing?!? I'm totally touched by her...what a beautiful sweet soul! she radiates a certain calm, unagitated kindness and at the same time such a roguishness, joy, playfulness and grace.... with shining eyes :-)
here's an interview with her:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW70TMJpWuU
Clijsters (Sunday, 13 January 2013 04:35)
@Hoppe wow someone's been busy! I haven't watched Bomb Girls but after hearing about it I think I'd better make an effort.
@Wired Sophie and Jenna are not together, but they shared a kiss...sort of. Here are the scenes from the last three episodes. Hope you can view them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHFMGnpEIbw (7/1/13)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvnWHfcL1DQ (9/1/13)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl_kcbJtDes (11/1/13)
How's your research going on Halifax? Oh yeah Anne Lister, Sue Perkins presented a programme about her last year. I suggest you check out last Tango in Halifax, it's very good.
hoppe (Sunday, 13 January 2013 05:31)
@clijsters yeah, I've been ;-)
you can watch full epis of the first season's 6 eps on Msauthor08's channel (notmetube), if you are interested but there are also Betty + Kate clips, but I think the whole series is worth watching ;-)
234ers... one serious question to those who have seen San in real life... doesn't she look a bit like Betty? ;)
(I once saw your webisodes accompanying that film you co-created with someone else, San ;) )
Wired (Sunday, 13 January 2013 17:37)
@Hoppe Busy indeed! Ali Liebert is great and Gladys face reminds me of Hepburn a little. I don't know why. Maybe Betty is drawn to her seemingly sunny attitude? Betty seems like she needed someone to lighten her up! Also Meg Tilly is amazing. I have only seen her in Agnes of God and she was amazing in that too! Surprised she's younger then Jennifer though.
Also I'm so glad the reflexology worked for you! Yay 2013!
Libellule (Monday, 14 January 2013 00:30)
@hoppe
Shhh, you're gonna blow San's cover... :D
On a serious note, your art work is amazing! The video and the card, wow! You wrote under the River City actress video that you like artists with such a wide range of talents / ways of expression, but you seem very well "equipped" too: video, music, painting and so on...
I discovered 2 days ago a reality tv show that got me completely addicted and that you might like too.I usually hate those kinds of show, except when there's a true creative process to watch unfold. Which means I enjoy project Runway, and most of all the one I recently stumbled upon: Work of Art.
It's like being inside several artists's minds for a few minutes, and I can't stop being absolutely fascinated by all creative processes. How from words and emotions, people think of abstract concepts that they then translate concretely -sucessfully or not- into different material and with different media. I just LOVE this! :)
You can find all season 1 eps on pantomime16's channel (NotMeTube).
hoppe (Monday, 14 January 2013 21:36)
@Libelulle LOL... well I knew San's our magician ;-)
thanks for your praise, glad you liked it :)
and thanks for the tip with Work of Art - haven't seen a reality show like that before... (just saw one part now...) it seems very interesting...although I don't like shows like that in general very much (competition etc.), but this might give some inspiration too. Germany wouldn't have that idea... shows like that are normally only about music..so it's really cool.
hoppe (Monday, 14 January 2013 21:40)
@Wired thanks. yeah, Betty... it must have been quite hard in those days being a lesbian. I'm wondering if she knows other lesbians... in one season one ep she said hello to a woman in the music club which could've been a lesbian... I wondered back then about their connection.
hoppe (Tuesday, 15 January 2013 15:32)
jelly is back! Jelly is back! ...in all their sweetness and intensity!!!... a well written convo between them, now I only need the engl. subs for full delight ;-)
I just love it that art plays such an important role in it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBrenU3AOoI
hoppe (Tuesday, 15 January 2013 15:54)
Tilly:".... that Jen was the only other person who understood me"...
I think there's so much in the words Tilly says. They let me see her how she must have felt in all the weeks since the accident happened and in some way it explains afterwards (or can explain) why she wasn't onscreen with the others so much. She felt alone, not understood, left out, maybe she even avoided her pals, because she didn't feel like being a part of the group... she dissapeared soulwise and screenwise ;-)
a very clever and well written move of the writers to fill the long gap
hoppe (Wednesday, 16 January 2013 10:46)
if anyone is interested in the Alice character on River City and has a twitter account, you can sign a petition to keep Alice in the show
http://twitition.com/b8r2s
Wired (Wednesday, 16 January 2013 13:50)
Hey all! Checking in again with thoughts: It’s snowing right now and they say that we are supposed to get another 10 cm this evening. I’m wondering how weird it would look for a grown woman to go sledding tomorrow in the middle of the afternoon by herself. One of the perks of not working! :)
Also I’ve looked it up and apparently Halifax was named in honour of George Montgue-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax as he helped found our city in 1749. He was indeed related to the original Baron of Halifax, of Halifax in the County of Yorkshire (1698) thereby showing that of course Halifax, NS was named in relation to Halifax in the county of Yorkshire. No wonder I feel such a connection to you guys all over the world! Also reason 100 to watch Last Tango in Halifax!
By the way @Clijsters the tennis courts aren’t looking too good yet. They have taken off the old surface and leveled it with new gravel. Also they have these metal poles sticking up every couple of feet in a grid pattern on the court and that is as far as they have gotten. I think they will wait until spring to finish the actual surface. I can’t wait to see it when it’s done!
Wired out.
faf (Wednesday, 16 January 2013 22:15)
@Wired I certainly don't find anything weird about that! And sledding is much safer than skiing (your arse is already on the ground). Let us know how this works out :)
@who ever is paying attention. I've seen things fly out of San's hands. There is no way she would survive working in a bomb factory. As for similar features, I would have to see her hair up in a blue towel before I could comment on that :)
hoppe (Thursday, 17 January 2013 21:33)
has anyone seen the documentary "The House Of Tomorrow" by Shamim Sarif & Hanan Kattan?
It's about israelian and palestinian woman and their work for peace. I saw a few background clips on their youtube channel, here's an intro to the film
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOxzRqNVUXc
I sooo would love to see it!
Clijsters (Friday, 18 January 2013 05:16)
@Wired Nice research skills, very interesting. Have you watched Last Tango in Halifax yet? Thanks also to the tennis courts update. I'm slightly worried by the use of gravel and poles sticking out, but I'm sure they know what they're doing, at least I hope they do:).
We have our first proper snowfall today, I think snow is pretty much falling all overthe country.
@Hoppe Nice to see Jelly on our screens, and I love your quote "she dissapeared soulwise and screenwise", very clever:). However, I still feel it's just the same scenes between the two of them, a sense of back and forth without reaching any kind of conclusion. Jen is scared about her job and Tilly is never sure where she stands with Jen. Although I have read the spoilers and they are confusing but sound quite intense.
hoppe (Friday, 18 January 2013 06:05)
yeah clijsters, that's quite unsatisfying for me too, regarding Jelly. and I don't really see a solution for this messy situation. But I hope the writers find one. If not this time , the next arc when Jelly might be up again. I mean the writers play a lot with time on HO, right? Roles dissapearing for months and then setting in again. dunno. but nevertheless I still love to see them back on the screen - this art setting is just too tempting for me ;-) and I like both characters
hoppe (Saturday, 19 January 2013 20:19)
@clijsters
soph Mercer said about river city: "We can watch it in england its just on a different channel :) x "
just so you know -> last ep with Alice next Tuesday
hoppe (Sunday, 20 January 2013 02:59)
please sign
http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_frankenfish_r/?fp
The US is about to treat the world to the first genetically modified meat: a mutant salmon....
faf (Monday, 21 January 2013 08:28)
@hoppe petition has been signed. Thanks for all the Bomb Girl links. I love the era, the music, the costumes and the way the show delves into women's issues. I also thought it was pretty cool how everyone gathers around the radio for the hockey games, much the same way an American setting in the 40's would have everyone listening to a baseball game. I love hockey. This past weekend I was in Toronto to enjoy and art exhibit http://www.ago.net/frida-diego-passion-politics-and-painting
I found it facinating how Kahlo's head and face in each of the self portraits looked almost identical at first glance yet had nothing remotely similar upon close examination of the details. Her expression of tolerating pain never changed but each painting, specific to her face was so unique.
By the evening I was in a raucous pub for the opening game of the NHL shortened season. Toronto Maple Leafs vs Montreal Canadiens. Each Canadiens fan had a similar look of pain as well when the game ended while the Maple Leaf fans were just drunk and crazy! As a Buffalo Sabres fan, I watched all of this as though it was wacky performance art.
@all today is the Martin Luther King holiday observance. Anything MLK makes me think of Jenny and Emma, which of course brings me great joy. It is also our presidential inauguration, a source of joy for me as well because I believe our president understands human love and what that means. Today is also a national day of service but instead of volunteering for an organization like I usually do, this year I am staying home out of the SNOW STORM! and taking care of myself. Its the smart thing to do. Bitter cold temperatures, high wind gusts, and snowing like crazy. I will make up for it soon enough but for today there is really only one thing to do...
JEMMA!!
@Wired did you have your sledding adventure? By the end of today I will have enough accumulation to snow shoe. That's a work out I look forward to.
@Libellule Watching a little Work of Art has been inspiring. I've been thinking hard about some creative ideas I had tucked away. I may do more than think about this now.
@Clijsters and San Hockey makes me hungry for more spectator sport. Anyone interested in resuming play? My neck is getting stiff from your lack of volley, and the back and forth banter. San, I think it's your serve ;)
Wired (Monday, 21 January 2013 10:48)
@faf Happy MLK day! To celebrate Jemma style you should listen to some gregorian chants! About the sledding adventure....unfortunately it was a bust. The snow was awesome Wednesday night but by Thursday it began to warm up and the snow was mush. Not cool sledding! It is all gone now (even after another bit on Saturday) though I hear we may get your weather tomorrow so snow's coming! Happy snowshoeing! Tell us what you see out there! Toronto! Hope you didn't freeze your hiney off there! Ahhh hockey! Our national pastime - don't you love how we can bad mouth the players during the lock out and swear never to watch again but once that puck drops - it's on! Hope you enjoyed a Timmies too!
@Clijsters - sadly no I haven't wateched Last Tango in Halifax yet. Still on my to do list! Also I have no idea what they are doing on those courts either...but I'll keep you posted! I heard you guys have snow! Any sledding for you? ;)
San (Monday, 21 January 2013 23:40)
Great day today! No work, sunshine, and the Inauguration made me feel so happy and proud :) And on top of everything, two Texas gals (Beyonce and Kelly Clarkson) brought down the freakin house (i.e. National Mall)!!!
@Wired Sounds like they're doing a top-notch refurb of the courts! I did a little google search, and it might be a post-tension construction or just reenforced concrete. Either way, it should last for a long time. Lucky are those that will play on it! After all that research, maybe I should add tennis court construction to my dream job list :)
@hoppe Betty and I share blonde hair, dark eyebrows, and chubby checks. I can see how there might be a slight resemblance. I'm flattered :) It may not come as a surprise, with all the Andrew Sisters, Barbara Stanwyck, general old movie talk, and have I mentioned my affinity for radio shows, dramas and comedies? :) Like @faf, I have a great affection for the 40s era. For my history degree I focused mainly on the American and European homefronts. So this Bomb Girls is a real joy. Now I can start learning about the Canadian homefront! I have the series queued up, and I'm looking forward to watching it. Thanks @faf :)
Unlike everyone else apparently, I haven't seen one flake of snow this winter! Feeling a little out of the loop. That might change when I travel north next month, but hopefully I can pack enough Texas heat to give to @faf and @Libellule :p
faf (Tuesday, 22 January 2013 12:39)
@Wired I couldn't safely get to work this morning so I turned around and declared it a SNOW DAY!!! It is extremely cold outside but I managed to trek around the property without losing any bits. We have a lot of newly fallen trees in the woods. A few will require chain cutting to reduce the risk of fire. The summers have been quite dry so I have to think about that even if its currently blizzarding outside. Right now I am sitting fireside with one dog, two kitties, hot chocolate, and some cheese (because cheese goes with everything)...thinking about my next move :) It needs to be something creative.
@San Did you find any 234marks yet? Admit it, you've been looking :) That foot bridge near the duck pond might be the easiest one to locate.
Wired (Tuesday, 22 January 2013 14:17)
@faf It's a snow day here too! I think you made the right decision! I did go sledding with children but wiped out when I tried to snowboard on a toboggan. After shovelling the driveway I'm enjoying hot chocolate myself (sans cheese....no not that San).
@San You're on the move again! Awesome! I'm sure you have enough heat for everyone! ;). I think perhaps we also need to add to our map and now put in which 234 has travelled to see another in different coloured lines. With luck one day we will all be attached !
San (Tuesday, 22 January 2013 15:16)
@faf NO! I haven't found any 234s! There are 2 foot bridges near the duck pond - the fancy Tiffany & Co. one by the paddle boats and a more rustic one in the wooded area. I give the rustic one a real looking over, too :) A lot of inscriptions, but yours didn't pop out at me. Fyi, I don't think hot chocolate goes with cheese :)
@Wired Hands off my cheese :p I once told a friend I liked San as a nickname, and he said, "That's no good. It's 'without' in French." Guess, he thought I had more substance or something :) But I just don't feel like an Avec! Love the line idea! I'm sure it's easy to do in google maps. We can each have our own color, like we have individual icons pinned in the map!
San (Tuesday, 22 January 2013 16:11)
Just for fun, I averaged all of our Hi/Lo temps for toady. -3C(27F)/-8C(18F)!!! Sorry, guys, my temps can only do so much! 234-landia doesn't get above freezing :)
Wired (Tuesday, 22 January 2013 18:47)
@San Hey that's nacho cheese! Hahaha! And, what are we really "without" cheese? ;) I need to look at that map and find a central place we could theoretically meet at - besides Vegas where Jemmacon was gonna be. Then the lines would converge in the map at Jemmagedon right?
faf (Tuesday, 22 January 2013 22:21)
Uh Wired? I think that might be your house. Too soon after the table cloth fiasco? Hey, is there a ferry to Provincetown?! Now there is an idea!
@San I knew you would question my snack combination so I will say it in Texan: "chocolate cheesecake"
Cheese is life. And chocolate is...........life, too! :)
San (Tuesday, 22 January 2013 23:24)
@Wired It may not be mine, but it sure is gouda. Ooooooh! Don't get me started on cheese puns :p Lines will converge at Jemmagedon which leads to Jemmavana, I think. And we can consider central as well as equidistant locations. It would be interesting if there's a point on the map that we're all the same distances from. However far it is. Is it even possible? Makes me want to roll out a large map and play with strands of string :)
@faf Is that an example how your snack could be good or was good? Because in my mind you were dipping a wedge of cheddar in a mug of coco :p
Clijsters (Wednesday, 23 January 2013 09:19)
@Wired We certainly are having snow over this side of the pond, although where I am it hasn't caused much disruption. We've just had a few inches but it's been much worse in south Wales and in the south east of England. At first I thought sledding was a typo because I've never heard that word, but when @faf also used it I realised it wasn't a mistake. Over here we say sledging so not a million miles different. Anyhoo to answer your question no sledding/sledging for me.
@San I had the same image as you a wegde of cheese in hot chocolate, not nice. What do you say, do have the energy for another match? I'm waiting on the baseline ready for your first serve just in case. If not I'll help you hold down the corners of the map and we can have fun with some string:)
Wired (Wednesday, 23 January 2013 17:17)
@Clijsters Ah sledging! Interesting! Here that is like a sled but much heavier and not easy to steer. Bummer you should try it! ;)
@San Bring on the cheese puns I Edam up!
Clijsters (Thursday, 24 January 2013 04:08)
It sounds like sled and sledge mean the opposite In the UK and the USA/Canada. Sled here is large and wooden what you see Santa Claus riding in old Christmas films pulled by his reindeers so nothing anyone would own in this country. Whereas sledges are for one person to ride in and can be plastic or wooden.
@San good research on tennis court construction!
hoppe (Thursday, 24 January 2013 18:21)
for all Europeans reading here. there's a campaign against the privatization of our water.
I think it's just ridiculous and upsetting that mankind even think of making something which belongs to everyone (and not even only human beings!) private and speculate with it!
http://www.right2water.eu/
Clijsters (Friday, 25 January 2013 11:05)
@Wired of course a much simpler way of explaining sled is to say that here in the UK it is the same as a sleigh, at least it is to me!
Wired (Friday, 25 January 2013 18:28)
@Clijsters Now this is interesting! Haha! Because for us/me a sleigh is what Santa uses and is very fancy and made of fine wood, definitely not plastic, maybe with bells (ie. sleigh bells). Much finer then a sledge and never used to sled. ;) I will remember this for your next snowfall! That and car park (not parade)! Hee hee!
Wired (Friday, 25 January 2013 18:29)
CRAP! I meant parkade!!! Because we all know what a parade is!!!!
Clijsters (Monday, 28 January 2013 07:05)
@Wired I don't think I've explained myself very well:) I'll try again! I agree, for me and the UK a sleigh is the same as your definition, an ornate wooden sleigh for Santa. A sledge is used by children (and adults!) to slegde. No one I know uses the word sled, as sleigh and sledge are most commonly used, so there's no need to use it. I hope that makes sense:) I find it interesting that we share the same language but there are slight differences in spelling, pronouncation and larger differences such as completely different words.
Are you watching Jelly at the moment? It's hotting up and they were on quite a bit last week and are mentioned in the spoilers for a lot of January. Unfortunately it's not all good. Have you been keeping up to date with Corrie? Jenna and Sophie go on their first date this week. You've got a lot of watching to do and I haven't even mentioned Last Tango in Halifax!
Libellule (Monday, 28 January 2013 18:28)
@Wired and Clijsters
Your conversation on Santa's carriage cracks me up and reminds me of:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ3fjQa5Hls
:D
So, because I couldn't find any new interest (worth watching) on tv lately, I checked what was happening with Jelly. You guys know that I've never been really fond of them as I couldn't feel the chemistry, so my comment might be a little biaised, but how... boring of a storyline! :p
I mean it's like when I first discovered that couple, the storyline hasn't changed one bit. Writers should get lessons from HaH, or even VL, seriously. It seems to be back to the love-hate, passion-shame blabla with Jen becoming some despicable character, so frightened by people finding out about Telly and her and the implication on her carrier that she looses any sense of ethics and even humanity. Meh...
On the Marbecca front, nothing is happening at the moment, though R's father is supposedly dying and Tristan swore M's doom a few weeks ago.
What makes me smile though, is that a cold seems to have spread among the cast while they were shooting the current episodes. The game is to guess who will be contaminated on the next ep. :p I think it started with Marlene on Folge 4217 (kuddos to the actress for doing her work nonetheless. No one can play sick that well, you definitely see it's no acting. And as everyone knows what it is to be in that state, you just want to send her home to rest), then in 4219, that's Rebecca's turn and in 4220, Sebastian's.
The only thing left on tv that's a bit exciting "couple-wise" at the moment is Lost Girl (S3). Though to me the overall plot of each episode lacks depth and feels rushed most of the time. But the storyline between Bo and Lauren is quite good and the 2 have chemistry for sure.
Well, I also love Bomb Girls, but Kate and Betty are dancing around each other from afar, so that doesn't count.
Does anyone have a suggestion on what I should check onscreen? I so miss that time with HaH, the jemmaddiction that got me looking forward each episode, excited at each evening prospect of turning on my computer, diving into their storylines every day, and being in that bubble of amazement a few minutes a day...
hoppe (Monday, 28 January 2013 20:44)
well, libelulle... agree on Jelly :(
hmm... new ideas... have you seen the Alice and christina storyline? it was short but well acted, especially the alice part was interesting.
Something more fun but not an ongoing lesbian storyline is "Switch" also on frankie cat's channel. It's about 4 friends in their early twenties I'd say, one of them a lesbian, who are witches and have a coven together. they live in London, and try to solve their every day problem with spells and magic. it's quite funny, as far as I get it ;-)
but a good lesbian storyline??? hmm... not in sight.
I'll have a look at the Jelly spoilers... I always hope that one time they have to do it right on HO , but it seems it's totally messed up :(
San (Monday, 28 January 2013 21:50)
@Libellule You might have to just re-watch Jemmasodes :) I got nothing. When I get in this kind of mood, I just go back to what I know... books I've read over and over as well as movies and tv shows. Finding a new and unexpected story does have its thrills though.
@Clijsters and @Wired So sledging is not an extreme sport where people sled of the edge of a cliff and parachute to the base then? Good to know :) Now, if I've got this right, in the UK Rosebud would be a sledge while in North America it is a sled. (ah, Citizen Kane reference :) Despite that difference, sleighs are the same but rarely used by normal people on both continents. Probably won't come as a shock, I have never sledded, sledged, or sleighed before. However, I did slide down a glacier slope on a cutoff piece of plastic sheeting once. That was fun.
@Clijsters Just served one hard and wide to your backhand. Nice reach to get it back, but I confidently hit it into the open court. 15-0 :)
Clijsters (Tuesday, 29 January 2013 06:11)
@Libellule Who knew two people could have such an in-depth conversation on sleging/sledding and sleighing:) maybe contenders for the wordcloud!
As for Jelly, I do agree with you and @Hoppe it is the same story going round in circles. I don't watch Hollyoaks (only the Jelly bits) but the writing is pretty atrocious. It isn't a well watched soap in the UK and in fact a couple of years ago there were talks of it getting axed. But unfortunately I only watch Jelly because there isn't much choice. I think we shall have to do a bit of investigating and see what is out there. I have to disagree with @Hoppe about the River City story. I think it is badly acted (sorry Hoppe) and I don't find it convincing, mainly because Christina looks about 12 and Alice looks much older. But nothing has got me excited like Jemma did, I remember rushing home to watch Jemmasodes and looking up the spoilers. I used to think about them 24/7, happy days:)
@San You got it! Although I have no idea on your Rosebud reference:) Glacier slope, plastic, sounds a bit dangerous to me...but a lot of fun.
Nice opening serve, you really made me stretch. Wowser! Ace on the ad court. 30-0. looks like you mean business.
hoppe (Tuesday, 29 January 2013)
@clijsters yeah Christina comes across very young and she's not my type... I don't even think the two of them have the best chemistry, but I liked the character of Alice... it was just once something different. ;)
Clijsters (Tuesday, 29 January 2013 07:17)
@Libellule :D Thanks for the link. I was thinking the same thing the other day:)
@Hoppe and Wired the lastest scenes of the Sophie Jenna story off Coronation Street. Jenna comes out to her mum, who is negative to the news.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOqP1XRcI4A
San (Tuesday, 29 January 2013 10:38)
@Clijsters The Rosebud reference is a bit of a film geek joke I guess. It's from Citizen Kane (1941). This might (or might not) clear it up - http://youtu.be/fgd1ZgGalA4. I find it hilarious that there are t-shirts and mugs that say "Rosebud Was His Sled" It's the ultimate spoiler in cinema history, yet it really doesn't ruin the movie. That said, it's not one of my favorite films, but it is beautifully composed cinematically.
@Libellule Nothing like a little Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire to start my day :) I would've loved to see the rehearsals for that routine, wouldn't you?! Danke, chica!
San (Tuesday, 29 January 2013 10:43)
@Clijsters Drat! You were ready for the wide serve this time and hit a backhand winner crosscourt. I'll have to keep you guessing! 30-15. We're starting the match off with some quick points :)
Libellule (Tuesday, 29 January 2013 13:17)
@San
About the Ginger/Fred bit, I was wondering the same thing re-watching the scene. How long, how many shots (and how many bruises), it must have taken them to do that 2mn skating tap dance right? What amazes me is how they keep smiling throughout. I'd be so focused on avoiding to fall that my face wouldn't be that vibrant for sure. But that's no wonder as I don't even know how to "pull the breaks" on skates (I use gates to stop or whatever's on my way. Too bad if it's someone)! :D
Wired (Tuesday, 29 January 2013 18:50)
@libellule I’m with San on this one. If there is nothing new to watch I always go back to the tried and true shows and books. That’s how I know Jemma is so good…I can keep re-watching them over and over. That being said, did you watch Out with Dad and Anyone But Me? Those webseries weren’t bad. I’ve also watched Tierra de Lobos but you may have already seen those. Sorry I can’t remember. I keep on trying to find lesbian shorts that are good and that I understand as well.
@San Hmmm…glacier and sliding on plastic is definitely dangerous sounding, though it reminds me of sledding on plastic trays from the cafeteria and on those crazy carpets which were also pretty dangerous and crazy for kids.
@Clijsters I get it!!! ;) It took me awhile and you were clear, my reading was not! I am interested in this years word cloud too! Jenny loved to sled in Canada with Emma however Emma loved to sledge with Jenny in the UK though really they both (Jenny and Emma) would have been even happier with hot chocolate and cheese in a sleigh with Santa. By the way I was out walking today and just discovered our covered indoor tennis court!!!! Obviously I don’t play tennis since it’s taken me this long to find it but when I saw it I immediately thought “well San and Clijsters can play here while the Commons courts are being repaired!! AND they wont freeze their heineys off!” See how real your virtual tournament is for me now! :)
Fred and Ginger! Nothing beats them! I miss movies with that kind of dancing! Those were the days! I went about it backwards though and saw them as the Castle’s first and I was hooked ever since. Anyways, they make everything look easy! Though I like how they pretend to have trouble skating in the beginning and then suddenly they’re dancing on the skates. That’s me at the end – falling!! @Libellule Remind me to stay behind you when you skate so I don't become your stopping brake! hahahaha!
faf (Tuesday, 29 January 2013 20:11)
@Libellule and Wired I think you just formed the beginnings of a roller derby team! Now you just need a few more people (San, hoppe, Clijsters) and a cool name. Something like The CaroCrunchers or The Tuthrefore Terriers.
Did I mention that I live on a hill? On the next hill over they do this:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQWVlB7Px0I
It's an advanced technology derived from the inerts of a tractor tire. Some farm kid invented it.
Libellule (Tuesday, 29 January 2013 22:05)
Random musical discovery:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh5QycStLn8
I was websurfing (I spend way too much time a day procrastinating like that. But let's call it inspirational research, shall we? :p) on YT for new music and after a few clics was attracted by a clip"s thumbnail on the side : a still image of a girl's profile whose grace struck me.
Really like the music and the girl's voice reminds me of Joan Baez's, which I love.
Fact that the video was shot in Köln made me smile. The pre-sunset light is beautiful and makes me long for summer already. :)
@faf
LoL at the derby team and the names you propose. But how come you don't add yourself in the team players? Would you rather be the coach? ;p
I think my nickname should be Ronnie Helmet as I couldn't be stopped by anything or anyone, literally (except by falling off the arena), and I would be glued to my helmet in order to survive. Wired, since your derby winning technique would be to stay behind me, I think your nickname should be Sophie Syndrome. :D
Libellule (Tuesday, 29 January 2013 23:58)
If you all think of other movie/tv suggestions at any time, please share.:)
Because:
-River City /checked.
As Clijsters said, fact that the actress who plays Christina looks so young didn't get me much interested.
-Out with Dad / checked.
And yes, it is quite good and well acted. But they're waiting for funding for the new season I think.
-Anyone but Me / checked.
That was nice though the actress playing Aster was not really good, to my opinion. Plus I wanted her character to give it a try with her redhair bff (who seemed to be confused and fighting her attraction to Aster) with whom she seemed to have more chemistry than with Vivian.
-Tierra de Lobos / checked.
The 2 actresses are gorgeous and definitely have chemistry, and I like their storyline but new season has not started yet I believe.
Though lesbian couples who moved me the most on tv were by far Naomily and Jemma, I'd like to fall for a storyline set in adulthood.
I want something unexpected, where I can feel the chemistry from the get-go and have my heart excitingly beating at each episode, hoping the writers will skillfully develop the storyline in that direction. Real deep emotions; bow down at the acting, directing, writing, everything; fierceness, passion, vulnerabilty, and characters'growth. Is that too much to ask?...
hoppe (Wednesday, 30 January 2013)
@libelulle
there are a few films which are quite good
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYjIGveuEDI Tous le papas ne font pas (Not all papas do pee).... it's french with english subs
And some older german films...
Alles wird gut/Everything will be fine an older german film from lesbian filmmaker Angelina Maccarone. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=254uxkLZ9hE
Die schönsten Jahre http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5arqxFiJVcg
and a quite old film which I really like a lot: Die Konkurrentin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU4dNCvk87g shit!!! there is no subs !!!no subs for this great film :( only snippets in three parts :( -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wohdBg3BjE8&list=PLXecOSEytEqO2JjP-OOx9NjRW_PkNFhDk&index=1
hoppe (Wednesday, 30 January 2013 04:49)
some like the storyline of Kerstin and Sascha from Hinter Gittern (Behind bars), I think it's quite well played and you see old Luzie's mum Ms. Beschenko in her earlier days when she was a prisoner and fell in love with the doctor of the prison ;-)
www.youtube.com/user/HGKeSa
hoppe (Wednesday, 30 January 2013 05:37)
but... it's never ever so great and magical as Jemma are ;-)
hoppe (Wednesday, 30 January 2013 05:40)
libelulle is funny that you mention Naomily from Skins. Petra Bodenbacher mentioned Skins as one of her favs ;-)
hoppe (Wednesday, 30 January 2013 05:41)
it's
Clijsters (Wednesday, 30 January 2013 10:22)
@Wired How long have you lived there?! I can't believe you've only just discovered you have an indoor court! I think you should maybe have a game. Either that or practice for the roller derby:)But yes, I think me and San will be making a trip there!
@Libellule "I want something unexpected, where I can feel the chemistry from the get-go and have my heart excitingly beating at each episode, hoping the writers will skillfully develop the storyline in that direction. Real deep emotions; bow down at the acting, directing, writing, everything; fierceness, passion, vulnerabilty, and characters'growth. Is that too much to ask?..."
Yes.
Clijsters (Wednesday, 30 January 2013 10:27)
@Libellule :D I think you might be looking a long time to find something that moves you as you describe. I watched a film this afternoon called Gray Matters (I think it was called that). It was a comedy, so was nothing like you described above, but it was harmless enough. There wasn't actually a lesbian relationship in it, just a woman realising she's gay, so I wouldn't recommend it to you. In fact i have no idea why i even mentioned it:)
Libellule (Wednesday, 30 January 2013 12:16)
@hoppe and Clijsters
Isn't it sad that I feel like I've seen them all already, and quite some time ago at that. :p
-Tous les papas ne font pas pipi debout / checked
-Alles wird gut / checked
-Die Konkurrentin / checked
-Gray Matters / checked
-clips of Kerstin and Sascha from Hinter Gittern / checked (I remember at the time I saw it thinking: Luzi's mom went to prison, that would make an interesting backstory in HaH S2 :D)
The only left to see on the list is Die schönsten Jahre, which I plan to do tonight. :D
And Clijsters, the reason why you mentioned Gray Matters might be because there's a kiss between the 2 main lady characters (one is passably drunk and about to get married to the other one's brother, and that other one discovers her sexuality through that kiss). Just that. Because that was some kind of "unexpected" twist in the story, if I recall properly.
What annoys me is that we kinda have to settle for these superficial plots. Don't get me wrong, I love comedy and enjoy light movies like everyone else. But even from that perspective, there're so few that are really solid and "well constructed".
I guess I just really deeply miss the passion with which I was diving into HaH's and Jemma's universe. Because of the range of emotions they would go through and put the viewer through with them, I could feel vibrant, alive. That may seem exaggerated but really, it's not that I live in a fantasy world (well, sometimes I do. I'm a dreamer at heart, what can I say... :p), it's just that Jemma was so powerful it was creating sparks in the sometimes boredom of everyday life. I don't know if I'm expressing it clearly. Let's say that Jemma could "un-tame" anything.
So yeah, I don't want to get all nostalgic and bitter, but as hoppe said, things on tv are never ever as great and magical as Jemma. Because to me they don't succeed in transcending the screen/virtual aspect of things whereas Jemma was far beyond that. Here, maybe it's a better way to express what I wanted to express. :D
Wired (Wednesday, 30 January 2013 13:09)
@Libellule You have been busy! I agree with you I get frustrated with what is out there for storylines involving lesbians as it seems fairly limited. The only thing that gives me hope now are the webseries and shorts that are made online.
@Clijsters Word! Sadly I have been in this city for about 11 years and just found it now. Yeah I suck. :) Obviously I don't play tennis! I just finished watching Jelly up til yesterday's episode. I was hoping this would get a bit better too but Jen is not a good character! I was hoping when she was back on that her character might have changed for the better but it doesn't seems so. She threw Tilly under the bus!! I feel good that Tilly broke up with her and no sympathy for her character at all. Any word on the spoilers going forwards? Another girlefriend for Tilly please?
faf (Wednesday, 30 January 2013 13:39)
@Libellule I often return to PEPSI episodes. As a whole its not well written but they are always nice to look at. I stop watching before things get to be more than my sensitivities can handle. I think you are going to have to write a screenplay yourself because that is the only way to get any quality. There is a ton of creativity in this room. I’m sure we can all assist you with real, exaggerated, or totally imagined experiences of drama, passion, tragedy, intrigue, plot twists, more passion, pratfalls, and…shiiit…now that I thinking about it...some outrageously funny awkward situations I...I just can’t share here. :D Sorry. LMAO!
:D *tears* *can’t breathe*
faf (Wednesday, 30 January 2013 14:46)
I've got it together now. I calmed the weenusing with theme from Pisskiss.
Libellule (Wednesday, 30 January 2013 15:10)
@faf
You crack me up!
You know, being a demanding critic doesn't mean I have what it takes to do better. ;p But I certainly have talent to point out at what's not working. :D
However I sure feel the creativity power of this room (for starters the room in itself is an amazing group creation, our creation. Inpired and initiated by the sound of HaH and Jemma's energy, indeed, but still, WE gathered our sensitivities and made Rm234 happen), and it always help me get closer to my artistic aspirations. Challenge is to, one day (hopefully in the not-so-long future), be able to post here that I'm fully ACTING on them. :)
Libellule (Wednesday, 30 January 2013 15:12)
Edit: *it always helpS
Wired (Wednesday, 30 January 2013 17:08)
Ok I'm halfway through River City now...I like it so far but they sure got together fast! I thought maybe I missed an episode or something but I don't think so. I think they move fast in Glasgow! Alice also reminds me of Alex from Degrassi (another great Canadian show) who was part of a lesbian storyline with Paige = Palex.
@Libellule Ok my favourite short so far is this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qk9uYiRF0Q She Said Lenny. Has anyone seen it?
@faf So no drinking games again? hee hee hee Maybe we should get your to play out these awkward situations with those dolls from Thanksgiving.
WEENUS!
Libellule (Wednesday, 30 January 2013 17:39)
@Wired
Yes, saw it a few months ago and loved it! :D
faf (Wednesday, 30 January 2013 18:35)
@Wired I will host drinking games after the roller derby match (is that what you call it?) I'm thinking about the combination of a strawberry killing contest, doll charades (I'm bringing it all to this event), and a Jemma obstacal course, to include poltergeist ladder climbing and bicycle riding in Luzi boots. If Ronnie Helmet wears her helmet it should be all fun and games!
Loved "She said Lenny"
hoppe (Wednesday, 30 January 2013 21:03)
Jemma was love... it was like a spiritual (instead of political) movement or something - it felt so visionary in some ways. I'm still sad sometimes it's over :(
I'm wondering if this also had to do with it being a teenage story... I wonder how this could be transported in a story of older women...
one interesting youtube channel is this one:
http://www.youtube.com/user/wigs/
women's stories but no lesbian story I think - well I haven't found any. but one was amzing, but hard: Lauren -> with Troian Bellisario and Jennifer Beals ("When a soldier reports an assault, she is forced to choose between what she loves and what's right.") although it was difficult for me to understand people loving to be in the army and being so proud of their country (last bit is a typical german thing ;-) I found it amazing and deeply troubling.
San (Wednesday, 30 January 2013 21:41)
The last time I went rollerskating was last March. I wiped out taking a turn too fast. A derby girl (not my sister) ran over my fingers, and she was very concerned about that. But it paled in comparison to the very deep bruise forming in my knee. Give me enough time to slow down, I can stop just fine. I don't get fancy. So anyone who needs to can just hang on to me and we'll stop together. No one needs to get hurt :) Ok, since helping my sister come up with her officially registered derby name, I already have mine all picked out - Insanity Sane :) But if we're going for Jemma related names, maybe Jemma Jamma :D btw, @faf they are roller derby bouts.
About the glacier plastic sliding, the keyword is ONCE. It was in the Colorado Rockies, above 10,000ft elevation. The slope wasn't very big. Not even close to the tubing hills of faf-land. It was steepish, and I recall a boulder at the bottom. I wanted it to be over while I was sliding. When I stopped I had no interested in climbing back for another go.
@Libellule Ah, Joan Baez! You mentioning her made me look up my favorite song of hers "Diamonds & Rust" - http://youtu.be/GGMHSbcd_qI. Listening to the lyrics, it kinda describes your plight with unsatisfactory lesbian storylines in a way :) When it's good it's good like Jemma, but anything short of that is oxidized iron. At least that's how I read the lyrics. I was also thinking the same thing as @faf. If you're having trouble finding what you want, create it yourself :) Shall I bring my screenwriting software when I come up? Only a couple more weeks!!!
@faf I've always liked the idea of compiling a series of short narratives or moments into a screenplay/film. At first, they seem random/unconnected but make a whole and very intense story. I'm always interested in messing with the traditional concepts of plot. Your idea is certainly intriguing and definitely doable :)
@hoppe Troian Bellisario and Jennifer Beals, 2 of my favorite actors atm! I've been meaning to watch this short for a while. Thanks for the reminder :)
hoppe (Thursday, 31 January 2013 02:28)
I want to come too! how long will you stay at Libelulle's San? grrr...
making a screenplay together sounds like fun... but it needs magical parts like the little people, talking dogs, clowns, witches or an orange colour being or...whatever... lol
roller deby... hm... I'm not good at it, but as it is fictional I can pretend or I'm "hopeless hoppe" - haha!
Clijsters (Thursday, 31 January 2013 09:11)
@faf Libellule I also go to Pepsi episodes, I thought the chemistry between those two was wonderful, maybe, if I dare write it, even on par with Jemma. But yes, you have to know when to stop with Pepsi otherwise your eyes get all teary.
@Wired I'm not going to lie I am slightly horrified that you have only just found the indoor court after ELEVEN YEARS!:) As for Jelly, I have no idea what the writers are thinking and I think they themselves don't know which direction to go in. As for spoilers no mention of Jelly scenes, just the odd scene with Jen about school next week. Lucy Dixon who plays Tilly was in panto, (December-early January) which means there will be another lengthy break between Jelly scenes. How are you going with Corrie? I'm finding it a bit cringy actually. I think it's because Sophie doesn't seem mature enough, which makes me wonder how Jenna could be attracted to her, they seem an odd couple to me. Yes there's the age gap, but Sophie speaks like a 14 year old. They have their first date on tomorrows episode so I'll see what they look like as a couple.
I had never seen 'She Said Lenny', but I have now. I loved it:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTBPiIsWB_E Last nights episode.
@faf As for roller derby, I'm with Hoppe. Maybe Catastrophe Clijsters!
Wired (Thursday, 31 January 2013 09:57)
Pepsi!!! I haven't seen any of those scenes yet....I should go check them out!
@Clijsters I finished the Corrie scenes yesterday and am being open minded at this point. I don't really see the chemistry between the two girls at all either but I'm hoping the date thing will let them interact together and maybe show more chemistry? I miss Sophie with Sian. Those girls had chemistry and their storyline was so much better! I find it hard with such a time lag between scenes and with such short scenes that their story can't be developed. Also Jenna needs to learn from Rebecca how to give longing glances. She seems kinda wooden to me. I do like her coming out storyline if only it showed that she does have some passion! :) I fnished River City too and really liked those two together. The ending was very sad but they girls stayed true to each other.
Currently I"m in the middle of Last Tango in Halifax and it is brilliant!!!! I know you guys have already talked about it and I"m late to the party but WOW! The actress who plays Caroline is fantastic! the story is great so far! Will finish it this afternoon. Again I know this is repeating what you guys said so I wont go on...just you guys have the best taste!
@Libellule & San Ok your homework for your visit together should be to hammer out a script! Yay! @faf when you see @San you get to second edit. Final version should be put in a sandbox. Use of liquid inspiration, visual or edible is encouraged. Script must include one or all of the following: roller derby hijinks, epic tennis matches, a Cessna, a poltergist ladder, poison strawberries, magic color changing shoes, a pizza ballet, drug tests, calling on spirits, kidnapping, sledging and someone making out on a table and then being discovered.
@faf Only one I can think of is Wicked Wired..or Wishy Washy Wired. Depends on the day.
Clijsters (Thursday, 31 January 2013 12:34)
@Wired I'm really happy you're enjoying Last Tango in Halifax. Please do go on about it! The last two episodes are fantastic. As I've said before the acting is top notch. The four main characters (as in the elderly couple and their daughters) are
all very well known actors.
Clijsters (Thursday, 31 January 2013 12:36)
*all very well known actors in the UK.
Libellule (Thursday, 31 January 2013 12:56)
@San, bring on the software, hoppe and Wired gave us some serious homework to do! :p
So, because I couldn't sledge/sleigh/crazy carpet out to Texas, Texas is coming up to me for a few days in February.
And because I'm spoiled like that, New York state is joining too! Plan is for South heatwaves to melt the meters of snow we have over here while North wind dries the streets, that way everything will be ready for you all to come over at the same time! :D My place is tiny but I'm sure our warm Rm234 hearts will make it bigger. It will be like upgraded camping. So welcome everyone! :)
@Wired, editing from the Great faf can therefore be done at the same time. ;)
@Clijsters, I loved Pepsi! The 2 actresses were amazing. But yeah, end was tough on my heart too...
And I totally agree with you regarding Corrie. Saw a clip of Sophie and Jenna yesterday, and I couldn't feel the chemistry at all. To the point that the only thing that got me interested was Sophie's "retro style" blouse that I found pretty. :p
Clijsters (Friday, 01 February 2013 03:40)
@Wired I suggest you check out Pepsi immediately!!! You won't be disappointed. From what I remember there are a lot of episodes to watch, so my advice is to take your time and enjoy:)
@Libellule I too found myself focusing on Sophie's blouse! I thought I've never seen her wearing that before, perhaps the wardrobe department are giving her more mature clothes to wear to fit in with her new relationship:)
Libellule (Friday, 01 February 2013 12:49)
Watched The Night Watch yesterday. Not my fav adaptation of Sarah Waters' books. Maybe the novel is better, I don't know, I haven't read any of hers yet, but I loved the BBC series Fingersmith and Tipping The Velvet!
For The Night Watch (onscreen), I thought characters' development was a bit weak.
Has any of you seen it? What do you think?
On Marbecca-verse,the cold running among the cast seemed to have been dealt with. :p Things start to get a bit more interesting again, and you can feel that Tristan's humanity has not completely disappeared. Which is great cuz I like that character when he's "multi-layered" and not "mono-obsessed". And I think the actor is doing a brilliant job with it.
Actually I'm always impressed by how much most of the cast is seriously gifted. I mean for a soap, you could think that they wouldn't really bother with quality (being really good actors, that is). But bow down to VL. The only character (and by extension actress) I dislike, or let's say that doesn't move me (positively or negatively) one bit, is Clarissa's. It's not because she's a vilain (I love Ansgar and Tanja afterall), it's just that I can't feel any energy at all from her.
PS: @hoppe, do you know if Rebecca's father is really dying? I mean, does the actor playing that character want to leave VL for good and he's being written off the show, or is it a "drama stunt"?
San (Friday, 01 February 2013 13:18)
@Libellule When I heard that The Night Watch was only 90 mins, my jaw dropped. It's half of what Fingersmith and Tipping the Velvet were! And the book is just as long or longer. The plot as well as the characters are very complicated. I have not seen the film yet for that reason. Perhaps, since I've read the book (and enjoyed it very much... though not as much as Fingersmith), my memory might fill in the development shortcomings. Fingersmith is probably the best adaptation I've seen. Affinity was pretty good. Tipping the Velvet had some character trait swip-swapping that I felt went against the book. Flo was more experienced than Nan, which I thought was a very interesting dynamic, but in the film she was all timid! Very annoying.
@Clijsters I had 3 out-wide service winners in a row in a game last night. It was totally AWESOME! To keep us in the set no less. 1-0, your serve :)
hoppe (Friday, 01 February 2013 16:00)
@libelulle I didn't give you homework ;) . I thought this was meant as a groupswork. IF ... I bring my ideas in on my own. You are free to write and invent what you want ;-)
It seems that the actor of Ludwig is really leaving the show. He's not mentioned in the "Drehspiegel"of February (couldn't find an english equivalent - it's the list of actors and people of the production team involved in February. So I guess he's left for good. The actor of Sebastian is n't in it since months although he's playing, but he had some times off... so it might be he was forgotten or there is a special agreement on this.
I didn't like the nightwatch very much as weöll, as far as I remember - it's some time ago since I saw it. I couldn't really get in touch with the characters.
I like Jenna, but imo she's too old and mature for Sophie... I can't feel it either. would love to have another female love interest for her. ;)
did you see the last episode of Bomb girls? I'm wondering if this new young girl is invented as a future love interest for Betty. It would just be so typical storywriting as Betty and her have quarrels and big tension... anyone???
Wired (Friday, 01 February 2013 19:03)
Hey all! I finally finished Last Tango in Halifax and again I say brilliant!!! I admit I only watched the parts with Kate and Caroline but I want to watch the whole episodes too. The actress who plays Caroline is fantastic - as you guys mentioned and I loved how she could deliver her sarcastic/funny lines and then go back to drama in the next. Best line of the show that I saw "Yes Kate is her name...actually it's Zanzibar but we call her Kate for short". Love that! Her husband was a total ass and of course Sir Derek Jacobi was fantastic but everytime I see him I first think "I Claudius" and it takes me awhile to get into his character.
Also just saw the date scene for Jenna and Sophie. Train wreck! Well in the end there. I hate to say this but it looks like Sophie is actually the more mature one of the two at the moment. Sigh. This does not look good!
@Clijsters I did think that there were a lot of episodes to watch with Pepsi and I knew the ending was not great which could be why I haven't watched it all yet. Will definitely set aside some days to watch them!
@Hoppe I was wondering the same thing! I haven't seen the actual episode yet but the commercials I saw made it look like that might be the case. There was definite tension!
faf (Friday, 01 February 2013 21:19)
@Tennistuthrefores 3 out-wide service winners do sound AWESOME! Can't imagine what they are but I don't even care :)
Libellule (Friday, 01 February 2013 22:50)
@Wired
I saw that last clip of Corrie and I think you're right about Sophie being more mature than Jenna. Regardless, I can't feel any chemistry between the 2 whatsoever. Zero. None. Not even a single sparkle... :p
What I found strange is that Sophie took Jenna's hand in public (walking in the streets) like they were already an official couple. That Jenna is uncomfortable with this PDA and has a long way to go to be as out as Sophie is now is not my point. I was more thinking about the fact that they haven't even kissed yet. Well, not that I know of but I don't follow the storyline, so I might have missed that first kiss.
Anyway, they're going too fast, it's like they're burning crucial steps of intimacy (holding hands in this context is a very intimate thing for me), so I find it difficult to ship them.
@hoppe
About the homework thing, I was not talking about an awesome Rm234 group project where everyone would bring something "random", individual inspirations that would be geniously patched together at the end to make a brilliant coherent (albeit a bit crazy) whole. That would be grand! And funny. And I hope we can find a way to make that happen. :)
When I said homework I was just joking around the idea of writing a screenplay in a few days at San's visit, integrating all "storyline components" that Wired requested. I was visualizing San telling me she brought the software and me asking if that works like some kind of wordcloud (you enter the "components", press a button, and tadaaa, here's a script with a shape of a magic shoe!) :DDD
Libellule (Friday, 01 February 2013 23:10)
@hoppe
Too bad for Ludwig, I really liked him. Actually I think I like all father's figures (from around my own parents'generation)in VL.
Marlene's father for example, he's awesome!
For Bomb Girls, I haven't seen any 2nd season's ep yet (as you may remember I don't have a TV, so it takes me a bit of time to catch up with series, even if they're Canadian ones. :p ), but I thoroughly read Elaine Atwell recaps on AE, which I find hilarious. And there's currently a "debate" on that issue: What is the "purpose" of Reggie character? And most commenters, from what I could gather, don't want to see her hook up with Bettie. ;)
@Wired
Oh yeah, that reply was just brilliant. I LOVE British humor!:D
hoppe (Saturday, 02 February 2013 02:57)
@libelulle aahh! the pitfalls of a foreign language... sometimes I just don't all of the jokes ;-)
maybe we need to set a sort of frame for this screenplay? or San, is that not necessary? do you have a suggestion?
maybe I'll see what I can do about skype... not sure though if my internetconnection is good enough for it...
when will you meet? in about 2, 3, 4, 5., ... weeks?
hoppe (Saturday, 02 February 2013 02:59)
uhm... I think I give you another "get" for the first sentence
hoppe (Saturday, 02 February 2013 03:13)
gosh, seems I'd need to write something comical... just had the sudden idea of women who shapeshift (into cats?) but don't have full control.... just imagine you want to kiss your GF and well suddenly she's a cat, or about some sort of superwoman....well lets see ;)
hehe, maybe San's programm also has a function where you just click and change the type of play -> from drama to comic to soap LOL
Wired (Saturday, 02 February 2013 15:50)
@Libellule Holy cow that's trouble! Three 234s in one room across 4 states and two countries = 1 Jemmaboom! Well all three of you together would make the script writing much easier! hahaha! @San you need to bring your RM 234 doorplate right?
@Hoppe I was joking too about the screenplay though I wouldn't be surprised if a screenplay did happen spontaneously one night out of three 234s together in person. Just look what happens when all of us get together on the computer - JemMonopoly - let alone people getting together in person! If San has a program like that though that would be awesome! Going from drama to comic to soap in one click would be fun - though it reminds me of Corrie. :)
Speaking of soap - I am quickly catching up on VL too and I must say I like it. The actors/actresses are pretty good I think and I am still liking the Marbecca storyline. I like that they are still together, staying strong to their feelings and sticking up to Tristan who is vacillating between child and psycho at the moment. Marelene has certainly stopped Beabening too and I like. I still have more episodes to go though Libellule so I'm waiting so see Tristan change a bit. Of course no Jemma but not a Jenna and Sophie either!
faf (Saturday, 02 February 2013 21:12)
@Wired Did you see that? Libellule #481 said I was "Great". If there is any trouble at all it wont be from me. There was some talk about a Libellule vs San re-enactment of the Caro-Emma smack down at Pestalozzi. I'll try to get that on video. (I just made that up...there is no such talk :D )
Wired (Sunday, 03 February 2013 15:30)
@faf ssuuurrreee you aren't trouble! ;) Well get that Caro-Emma action on video! Wait that sounded bad... I think that was the only time Emma attacked someone right? Nothing beats those two sticking up for each other. That reminds me when Jenny threatened those girls who were trying to kick Emma away from the table. Lucy played that scene wonderfully...just counting to 3. Classic!
@Libellule I have finally watched all episodes up to date of VL and I"m still not sure about Tristan. He really can't let go of his jealousy it seems. Not only has he ruined the auction house but the stables too? @Hoppe Do you have any spoilers coming up? I read somewhere that Marlene's cold will develop into a storyline? She looses her voice? Also is that her really singing? @Libellule I liked Ludwig too. This past storyline really showed his humanity and love for the family. I like how he stuck up for Rebecca when they were discussing meeting the Sheikh. The camel dialogue was hilarious.
hoppe (Sunday, 03 February 2013 19:20)
@wired the singing of Marlene is playback it's not her voice and in some scenes you could see that very well... I always thought it's quite badly done. Yes, Marlene looses her voice and can't sing anymore... you can find all the Marbecca spoilers in english on this forum:
http://chierscheforum.iphpbb3.com/forum/31135132nx52154/marlene--und-amp-rebecca-new-storyline-f95/
Ludwig was great in the last weeks and at first when he came to VL, but inbetween he was written as a very narrow minded patriarch and his caring qualities were perverted. He didn't care about his children, but only for the company and how the family was seen in public.
The writers do this so often in the show, they turn around the characters just how they like them to be, so that they fit in the current stories. I my opinion they abuse the characters quite often... a lot of long time fans of the soap are quite angry about this way of handling characters.
Libellule (Sunday, 03 February 2013 23:06)
@hoppe
I agree for Marlene's playback, it was awful! So bad that it actually made me laugh out loud.:p
Not only that broke the supposedly moving aspect of that scene, but I also found the voice's choice questionable. I don't know, maybe the fact that Marlene's features are so delicate, but I was expecting a more "ethereal" voice. I find it even more difficult now to believe she's Leonie's vocal coach.
Marlene, get your girlfriend hire you as a fashion coach at LCL, you would definitely rock in that department! Plus if you're gonna lose your voice, that must be a sign that your real talent and professional future lies somewhere else. ;) (Btw, how lame of a plot? I thought VL writers were a bit more imaginative... Next Rebecca would have both hand paralyzed so she couldn't draw anymore. Pfff...)
Libellule (Sunday, 03 February 2013 23:16)
@Wired
I'm glad you're not fooled. I said faf the Great, not faf the Quiet. ;D
So I'm getting ready to welcome North and South tornados in less than 2 weeks now, woo yeah! :)
And you never know, it might turn out that it's actually Ali Liebert and her PR (wink @hoppe). :p
Libellule (Sunday, 03 February 2013 23:17)
Edit #497: *both handS
Wired (Tuesday, 05 February 2013 18:16)
Aha! Thanks @Hoppe & @Libellule that clears up her voice. I knew she wasn't actually singing in the scene but they usually dub in the voices in shows ( Glee) I just didn't know if it was actually her voice though. I agree I wasn't expecting that from her which is why I asked. Usually they pick someone who might pass as the actress! Anyhoo that is funny she hasn't sung ever (well ok that I saw) and suddenly she moved to sing and shortly thereafter she looses her voice? Of course!
It seems Tristan is getting all the heavy story lines - drugs, broken heart, photic episodes, cutting a Van Gogh, burning down stables, contests for a girl, dying father, failing musical....I guess they ran outbid ideas for Marlene! :)
hoppe (Tuesday, 05 February 2013 21:59)
@wired that's storytelling in soaps. and Marlene did sing before (see the backstory of Marbecca on ladiesofvl's channel)
Tristan was all psycho before. he was in love with his twin Helena and nearly raped her, but stopped himself. then he was totally envious of Helena's boyfriend Andi and nearly killed him. He had some psychichological help back then, but it was a strange story and a strange psychiatrist.
hoppe (Wednesday, 06 February 2013 07:25)
a new webseries coming up, but again about quite young lesbians
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTKlVOW8VqE
Wired (Thursday, 07 February 2013 22:06)
Hey all! So we are prepping for a big storm on this coast. They are calling for 30 cm of snow though the way our forcasters go I am actually expecting 5cm. :) Well I'll stock up on chips and beer anyway just incase.
So I just caught up on the latest on Bomb Girls and it is such a great show!! Ali Liebert is great and I'm so glad her character finally got to move on. I'm thinking Kate will never be her girlfriend but hopefully I'm wrong. @San You are awesome on tv! :)
@Hoppe I saw that trailer on One More Lesbian and it looks interesting. We'll have to see how that progresses. I hope it's good!
Libellule (Thursday, 07 February 2013 22:10)
Random discovery that has nothing to do whatsoever with any Rm234 favorite topics, but this thing is so crazy stupid it made me laugh, so I share:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=o2EDp6bZGac
:D
hoppe (Thursday, 07 February 2013 22:22)
Re: Bomb Girls .... I loved that moment when Betty showed that lady her room. "well, here you got a wall, fan, dresser, another wall, ..., ..., .... well, and a bed."
this was so adorable clumsy-shy-human, just endearing :)))
Ali aka San does a great job ;)
@San I hope you survive our comparings... kisses and cakes to you!!!
hoppe (Thursday, 07 February 2013 23:20)
what is that woman replying to Betty then? "What a waltz." ??? did I get it right? what does that mean in this context?
faf (Friday, 08 February 2013 07:01)
@hoppe "lots of walls".
Wired (Friday, 08 February 2013 16:46)
So it seems I may be storm stayed tomorrow. I'm thinking I might be able to sneak in some Pepsi. Does anyone have a good youtube channel that has the whole story?
How are you doing @Libellule and @faf? Did you guys get hit or is it starting with you yet? @San it's official we should move in with you. :)
hoppe (Saturday, 09 February 2013 15:05)
@faf ach, so!!! LOL ... lots of walls - that girl has humor and... it's so symbolic in that moment. good writing. I'm so excited that wishfulzen is now uploading engl. subs to the show, so that I can get every little bit now ;)
@wired go to pepsienglish1 ;)
guys... I have to tell you again, how lucky I am to have you guys here to talk + discuss things. I tried for a long time to post in a german tv-lesbian-stories forum, but it's not as fruitful and nurishing as you guys. With spiritual stuff I don't need to come, I just get no response on things which slightly go into that direction.... it's tiring if those things which are an essential part of you get no response - you guys rock! :)
kisses, kisses, wonderfishes
a hug, a hug and lots of luck
a dance, a dance, a glowing glance
...
and lots more for you :)
Libellule (Saturday, 09 February 2013 16:02)
@hoppe
Kisses, hugs, dances and lots of emmabeams to you too! Rm234 is definitely one of the most amazing things that happened in the last 2 years, my universe is richer thanks to it. So much beautiful humanity in here and wonderful things to share, thanks to all of us. :)
@Wired
Ok here. We had a snow storm yesterday but not that bad, only 15 cm. It's just the drop of temperatures again that is tough on the spirit.
But Pepsi is actually a very good idea to warm up the atmosphere, I might do the same as you. ;)
hoppe (Sunday, 10 February 2013)
Thursday OneBillionRising day
Everywhere on earth women meet to stand up against violence against women - are you guys joining?
http://onebillionrising.org/
vid on YT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl2AO-7Vlzk
I will on 6pm our time there's a gathering in the city ;-)
faf (Sunday, 10 February 2013 13:34)
@Wired The snow level isn't too high. A couple of thin pine trees blew over where they will sit until Spring clean up. Travel conditions had been very poor. Icy roads and white outs. Everything has calmed down now. Sun is shining brightly. Did you find Pepsi? Hot like chocolate, right Libellule? ;)
@hoppe I couldnt agree with you more about nourishment from this room. Most recently, I was watching a program and getting worked up about something personal. A generally uncommon story line has become a center issue, and hits close to home...dead on like a bomb, actually. It made me so uncomfortable. I paused for a long time wondering if I would follow the show anymore. I eventually put my connections together and remembered that everything happens for a reason and I should trust what I know. Instead of turning away, I imagined a room full of supportive friends watching along with me. Not so hard to imagine is it?!! Thank you for coming back when you did. And thank you for standing up with OneBillionRising.
Regarding "lots of walls": I was thinking hard about Betty's situation when you asked what was said and what it meant. She shows how a woman can be strong and confident, have her fears, and still bust out from those walls. No regrets. The scene was very well done I think.
@Libellule I enjoyed your random discovery :)
Wired (Sunday, 10 February 2013 14:23)
Happy Chinese New Year everyone!!! May it be full of prosperity and happiness to you all!
Well it seems we did get hit with that storm! 25 cm fell between Friday night and this morning and I am sore from shovelling it all! It is also still snowing today - not a lot but enough that I will still had to shovel some out today. Even Fergus needed a path dug out for him. I'll put pictures in my sadbox. Pretty much everything was closed yesterday including the banks and the liquor stores! That is unheard of!
Thanks @hoppe I did find Pepsi and watched the first 4 videos already. They are so cute!!! I like how Pepa comes out as a lesbian right away and there is no dancing around that fact at all. It just is. Can't wait to see more!
hoppe (Sunday, 10 February 2013 15:25)
@wired sooo much snow! We haven't had that much since a lot of years... well it might have been once in the past few years, but before there were quite some years where we had nearly no snow at all. Those pics remind me of my childhood - lots of snow like this every winter and me enjoying it. Nowadays I'm often torn... love the snow, winter without this whiteness is pretty depressing, but cycling in it or even trying to stay on your bike if it gets icy - not so cool ;-)
@faf agree about that scene - so well played by Ali Liebert.
And good idea, your way handling the show with imagination.
Atm I'm often working with connecting to that part of my self which is exactly that age which I'm old now (or also the real mature one) - as we often are stuck in a lot younger selfs, which are not really here in the here and now, but just old thoughts and feelings ;-)
this was a little trick Caroline came up with and the more I use it, the more powerful it gets. It's my real self... realated to the big "Me".
faf (Monday, 11 February 2013 19:43)
@ Wired Thank you!
@All Happy Chinese New Year! May everyone's journeys lead to Jemmeca! :)
Clijsters (Tuesday, 12 February 2013 05:19)
@Wired Watching Pepsi whilst snowed in sounds like heaven! As for Jenna and Sophie I still see Sophie as an 11 year old girl. I've watched her grow up on the show, but still view her as young. Although some people see her as mature, I really don't because she gets so angry when she doesn't get her own way and also her voice sounds really young.
@San Bit late but congrats on your three service winners the other week. As you know my serve is one of the weakest parts of my game so the only way I win points from it is when the opponent can't handle the complete lack of power and so overhit and the ball lands long:) Unfortunately you are now wise to this and stand inside the baseline when returning. This puts me off and I hit two double faults in my service game...but still manage to win the game 1-1:)
Libellule (Wednesday, 13 February 2013 15:34)
The last 2 or 3 nights I did a Pepsi tv-thon, thanks to hoppe's link.
And even though I stopped just before it completely breaks my heart all over again because I perfectly knew what was coming towards the end, these 2 made me cry a lot. Big time.
They made me laugh too of course, but still.
I kinda had forgotten how beautiful they were together, the intensity of their love, the intensity of their fights, the subtlety and complexity of their characters (that is to say their humanity), the chemistry between the 2 actresses, all of that resurfaced instantly as I rewatched from the very beginning of their storyline. And I became a fountain...
These 2 were also queens in the full-of-meaning-glances-at-each-other department. Gets me everytime.
I stopped watching about 4 or 5 eps before the final one, right when they're in full bliss of their love, preparing for the big day. I don't think I have ever seen a scene that says I-love-you-with-all-my-soul as much as when they're "eye-diving into each other" the night before the big day (ep63 on the channel, 103 in the serie I think), sligthly caressing each other's hand over a table, transmitting through that physicality the excess of love they couldn't fit in their looks. Maybe also to balance the whole feeling by doing a loop of energy between their 2 bodies, otherwise they would just have desintegrated each other, melted by the intensity of their own love. They're alone, the place's about to close, nothing exists aside of them right then at that very moment, and their bubble is so intensely radiating... You can't helped but being transfixed. Even Jenny and Emma, masters at eyes language, haven't succeeded in expressing pure love with such depth and power than these few seconds between Pepa and Sylvia, I think.
So I wept. I guess even the more knowing what was next for them. And I couldn't get my eyes off of them and I was thinking life is so short, and I wanted to freeze them so they couldn't move from that instant of extreme bliss...
And then there's this speech from Pepa's brother (as the team is preparing the girls some video wishes) about what it is to truly love someone and share your life with them, building something together. That your own life from then on goes way beyond just your own entity, it expands greatly and inspires magics as the other one becomes a part of you and you a part of them.
Heartwrenching.
At this point I couldn't take it anymore and decided it was a good time to stop watching before the tragedy. I needed to reach for a box of tissues anyway. :p Went to sleep with swollen eyeballs and a mangled heart. But it was worth it. I hope that you'll be as touched by this storyline too, Wired, but you know, brace yourself... ;)
hoppe (Thursday, 14 February 2013 19:10)
ok I just had to watch pepsi too, but am at the beginning. I love the beginning, brother Paco as the loving fool. Love that scene where he tries to read his letter to Pepa :)
Paco as the model for his artistic wife ;-)
oh, man, this series is funny :D
besides the fact they had this great lesbian love in the show :)
wired (Friday, 15 February 2013 07:53)
@Libellule Thank you very much for your thoughts on Pepsi. I did start watching it during the snow storem and @Clijsters it was heaven! I am where @Hoppe is (I made it a third through) with their first meeting for the second time, Paco seeing Pepa and on to Sara being shot. I agree Libellule those girls had so much chemistry together and I could see from the begining how Silvia was attracted - like a magnet or a planet, and couldn't pull away from Peppa's force. They are pretty sweet and sexy together! Unfortunately I wasn't able to continue (my regular boring life got in the way) but with your post I am definitely putting aside time next week to finish it. I am warned...tissues will be at the ready!!! I do know what is going to happen but I feel I have to watch it at least once to the very end...I expect alot of shouting on my end and "Why? Why?" followed by me being moody for the rest of the day. There is nothing better then a storyline and acting that can pull you in so much and make you care so deeply that you are affected for hours afterwards.
@Hoppe I didn't realize it was as funny as it was until I started watching it! The characters are great and the actors perfect! I loved Povedilla's bumbling ways but he is so sweet, and how Rita was shocked to be in the lesbian bar but then just got into it. She was funny in that scene! I can't wait to keep watching!
Libellule (Saturday, 16 February 2013 11:48)
Hi beautiful Leute,
Live frm white city, the royal sledge/sleigh/crazy carpet found its way to my place and everyone is doing fine. No HaH reenactment or crazy scenario yet, but lots of hilarious brainstorming.
Happy Saturday everyone!:)
Clijsters (Monday, 18 February 2013 10:44)
@Libellule I love your description of Pepsi, it's so beautifully written. You have really captured the beauty the two actresses possessed and it has inspired me to watch their story from the beginning. The trick is knowing when to stop:)
@All I have also watched the lastest episode of Bomb Girls, I have only seen that one but I think it must be the best??
Are you guys having fun with Libellule? I hate to think what kind of trouble you're all getting up to. Can't wait for a report:)
hoppe (Monday, 18 February 2013 21:49)
upps our first page 234.0 doesn't exist anymore... all our comments gone :(
gosh there were all our great analyses on it. JI just deleted them :(
an interesting film for you from Monika Treut ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GfgpDHcFoU
A mysterious love story between Hamburg and Taipeh. ;-)
hoppe (Tuesday, 19 February 2013 08:55)
ah, no the page is still there but has a new url
Wired (Tuesday, 19 February 2013 10:42)
Hey @Libellule! glad to hear everyone made it ok! Hope you guys are having fun and have some adventures! Looking forward to a report or hints at least! (Pleasssseee!) How is the screenplay coming? Hope you enjoy chocolate croissants or tiramisu maybe? Throw strawberries!
@Clijsters I think the last episode of Bomb Girls was the best mostly because the year of waiting for Betty to actually be with a girl finally came. It was a nice moment and I was glad they didn't just abandon her moment as an off screen revelation. There was one other episode I liked but I can't remember which one it was - it was where Betty was the poster girl for the "working girl" and she felt she wasn't really representing herself. It was a good episode and said a lot about Betty I think.
tamu13 (Tuesday, 19 February 2013 23:22)
hello everyone! remember me?? ahmm
glad to see this room still alive :)
Libellule (Wednesday, 20 February 2013 23:09)
@tamu13: Welcome back!!! :)
@all: So my 2 lovely guests have sledged back to their respective homes, leaving mine with the blues (well, the whites, as it's snow storming at the moment :p). I can tell you we had a true blast and killed the strawberries a few times, but before we can share more of that, the 3 of us need to catch up on some sleep... :D
Guten Nacht(/Morgen), everyone!
hoppe (Thursday, 21 February 2013 16:55)
hi tamu! cool you're back!
guys, I watched all Pepsi eps and really love the series. I think they have a very warm and lively athmosphere on the show. they care all for each other like a big family in the precinct - this reminds me a little bit of HaHe (totally different though ;))
Love emotional Paco who starts to cry so easily if he's really touched, that they all kiss and hug so much. the women are great and some of the guys are nice too (well Curtis was sometimes a bit nervwrecking ;)), but he's still a likeable character even he's a macho, because he's portrayed with humor. Anyway the hearty humor of the show... another thing which HaHe and LHDP have in common.
I also watched the season after Silvias death... and found it quite good how they dealt with the aftermath, all the grief and pain. It was a quite depressing season because of that (at least the first half), but authentic in this. Would have been strange if they just backed away from showing it so intensely.
I think I will watch the Silvia "pre-Pepa" clips as well.
Stumbled upon Laura Sanchez twitter and saw some quite good photoshots (stills, landscapes etc.) on it. As I don't speak spanish I'm not sure if she made them all on her own.
Here's one amazing pic of her where she looks like Frida Kahlo
https://twitter.com/bernardodoral/status/154574147173883904/photo/1
isn't that amazing?
@libelulle nice to hear you had lots of fun. wish you all a little hibernating sleep of a few days, so you are full on again ;)
hoppe (Thursday, 21 February 2013 17:32)
and a very charming film: http://vimeo.com/30222008
"Yo sigo siendo un niño" which seems to say: I'm still a child - if google translate did a halway good job. It seems to be a support video for childrens foundations.
I like the idea in it that every grownup still has this playful child in her/him :)
(and you see besides "Pepa" also "Paco" and "Rita" ;))
@Libelulle you're right about the eps shortly before the wedding. the looks at the beginning of ep 62 are amazing and which one is even more touching is on ep 60, where Silvia is doubting that a marriage/love can ever succeed, as she only experienced "failures" in being in a longloving relationship - herself and others around her.
Pepa looks with such a sincere deep and totally calm look at her, almost in pain/devastated that Silvia can say something like that and maybe devastated that their love might take that route one day too (she referred to relationships before in a speech to herself, where she said that relationships should come with a date of expiry like joghurts, because it always ends bad. And with this date you could enjoy every moment till the end better and not fool yourself with believing in an endless love.) http://youtu.be/4k3cNX4eDlY?t=7m42s
hoppe (Thursday, 21 February 2013 17:38)
another imortant avaaz petition, about rape in Somalia
http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Somalia_No_Authority_to_Rape/?slideshow
tamu13 (Friday, 22 February 2013 02:47)
@Libellule.. ty.. I miss the warmth of room 234 :D
@hoppe.. danke! after 1.5 years.. phiew :P
I discovered #Marbecca last week. new fans of "endlos weit" .. I'm soo behind..
the song itself remind me to "be mine" (piano version).. then, I remember this room :)
ps : @hoppe.. I dont have heart to watch pepsi after sylvia died *.*
Wired (Friday, 22 February 2013 07:55)
@tamu13 Welcome back!!! Great to see you! Rm234 is always a great place to come back to! :)
@Libellule Glad to hear you all had a wonderful and exhausting time! :) Hope you got some rest and the snow storm wasn't too bad! Frankly I'm tired of them now and would like to see some spring again!
@Hoppe I still haven't watched the rest of Pepsi but can't wait. Did Silvia end up with someone else by the end of the series or did it get that far. I think it was cancelled right?
@Clijsters Did you see that Out With Dad won for best Drama series at the Indie Soap awards in NY? Yay! can't wait for their next season. Also the father was replaced as well!
faf (Friday, 22 February 2013 08:32)
@tamu13 I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT YOU!! And here you are :) Its magic....
@All The video @hoppe posted of adults acting like spirited children sums up my experience with Libelulle and San. Huge amounts of delight constantly swirling. Simple, creative, and amazing childlike joy. 234s in the flesh are VERY funny. @Clijsters, I don't know if I would say we got into trouble. I will admit that I thought about it :P
In our few days together I have collected volumes of happy memories that will bring a smile whenever I need one, for as long as I live. In fact, every night I have fallen asleep with a grin on my face. How great is that?!
Libelulle is a extraordinary hostess. She introduced us to her bright beautiful city, a colorful blend of people bundled in their many layers of winter wear. Although everything was frozen to the touch, the energy was alive alive alive. There were Jemmagic messages on city walls! Words like Impenema and MLK. We walked and walked. And I touched things :D There was a rudimentary STAG stage were you could easily visualize a leather clad Jenny flying around :)
Each day Libelulle provided us with profound inspiring conversation, generous amounts of nibblings, and never ending human love. Add to this San’s equally splendid contributions and faf was high on awesome! We walked more. And walked again. I was so impressed with myself for keeping up as L lead us up her mountain...but then she mentioned that she was able to run up it. I was far more impressed with that! I can now cross “Jenny chair dance upon a mountain top in the moonlight” off my bucket list. I will not comment for anyone else (nor on their Hartmann moves) but the spontaneous gyrations under the stars made for a supremely magical moment :) The experience generated a powerful emmabeam projecting far out into the cosmos. Did you feel it?
Then it was time to leave. In the span of a few short hours San gained first hand experience navigating through two different types of severe weather systems. We left Canada during a conventional snowstorm of heavy, icy accumulation with poor driving, and then arrived in western NY to classic lake effect blizzard conditions. Now that was not fun. Like you @Wired, I've had enough.
I still haven’t caught up on my sleep and I have fallen way behind on my work but I just cant stop smiling. I ache quite a bit because I miss them so much...but then I just close my eyes and feel all of that Jemmajoy. Life is beautiful.
faf (Friday, 22 February 2013 09:09)
*Ipanema!
hoppe (Friday, 22 February 2013 18:48)
argh, guys... if I had known you'd stayed longer than over the weekend at Libelulle's....
about the Pepsi ending... I couldn't watch the last episode (last 4 parts on Pepsienglish's channel) too.... I once started it, but couldn't go through. But somehow I always was curious about it. To get a closure for me with this (at least one that feels like that atm ;-)) I decided to READ it. There's a LiveJournal pointed at on Pepsienglish's clips (in the info box) - where you can find whole episode recaps, also from the last one. I figured this would bbe easier for me than actually watching it and SEEing everything. Pics are so intense for me and I can't get them out of my head. I still was crying reading it, but it worked for me. It was less overwhelming than the actual film.
@Wired I suppose you mean Pepa not Silvia, right?
Spoiler
Spoiler - Spoiler
Spoiler - no, Pepa stayed solo during that last season. In the very last episode you can find a hint that there might be a new girl, but it's very open, as everyone is a lot hugging and kissing every else. So it's free to your interpretation if that girl might be a new love interest of her or not - which I think is a quite good solution.
Spoilerend
hoppe (Friday, 22 February 2013 18:55)
can someone please tell me - WHY you guys are so far away? really...
I was looking at plane prices just out of curiousity: they are between 600-1000 Euros to Houston. (in which city do you live Libelulle?). That's a bit less up to more than I have for a month :( ... wasn't on holiday since years, well normally I don't miss it. ;)
hoppe (Saturday, 23 February 2013 17:16)
oh, my god! :)
it's interesting to see Silvia's past. I'm in the middle of temporada 2 and she's really a little sweet psycho at the time. Being divorced from Lucas (she's in therapy because of that), she wanted to marry some other guy - but she can't let go of the first (Lucas was after being shot in a coma and couldn't remember everything afterwards - so Silvia thought he thought they were still together, so Silvia saw that as a chance to get back together). Now the second soon-to-be-husband is finally breaking up with her. When she finally finds out that the first (Lucas) really isn't interested in starting anew, she feels so down and lonely that she kisses the third (Gonzalo). Confused? right I'm too! :DDD
Silvia, Silvia!... but I can't be really angry at her for playing those games - she's just too sweet and confused herself and all the other characters involved playing it very symphathetic too.
with Gonzalo it will also be a back and forth later on as I heard. So the deep love to Pepa sounds very logically build. It seems like all her partnerships with men were quite a mess with always being one part in it who wasn't really that much into it / or just failing and Pepa was finally the person where she really could settle with and which was deep and truthful.
To see all those past struggles and her being really a little bit neurotic in a very endearing way, brings more depth to the Pepsi story for me.
hoppe (Saturday, 23 February 2013 18:50)
this is hilarious! sending you a virtual hug! ;)
http://24.media.tumblr.com/6a13de6c7c1b920e347cc9979b1f5452/tumblr_mijgppEuz91s6vpuwo1_250.gif
Libellule (Monday, 25 February 2013 12:25)
Hehe, sending some hugs back at you, hoppe!
I leave in Montreal, so not really close from faf's and San's places either. But that's actually what I find wonderful. Of course meeting 234ers in the flesh is an extraordinary thing, initiating moments full of magics. But even if I hadn't had those opportunities, I believe I would still feel fulfilled, happily "lifted up" at the simple thought of us all living all over the world (even if mainly between North America and Europe, if I'm not mistaken) and yet being able to gather in one unique place whenever we want, here, in Rm234.
Thanks to HaH and Jemma love.
Isn't it one of the most beautiful things? That despite languages barriers and geographical distances, we all created our own Pestalozzi schoolyard (with a giant emmabeam sculpture in the middle) to meet up and share little nothings or deep insights whenever we feel like it?
Love you all! :)
hoppe (Monday, 25 February 2013 16:17)
oh my! I just looked up the distance between Buffalo and Montreal which looks so close on the map... it's 100 kilometres less than the distance from the northest edge of Denmark down to Gibraltar! (exactly the same distance would be Aalborg to Gibraltar). WTF? To drive from one to the other you traverse 4 countries! Well... I feel like a naive little child right now (lol) - being totally astonished how big the US and Canada are. ;)
hoppe (Monday, 25 February 2013 16:22)
ok, forget the last post ... the online calculator seems to have messed up. It'sonly 512 km between Buffalo and Montreal ... sigh I'm relieved. I and old Europe aren't THAT smallsmized like a gnome ;)
hoppe (Monday, 25 February 2013 16:26)
actually... the distance I posted in #539 is quite exactly the distance form Montreal to Houston ;)
Wired (Monday, 25 February 2013 17:44)
@Hoppe you have been busy! True Montreal and Buffalo aren't that far apart though I remember a comedian from England once made a joke that he hated Canada because he could keep driving for days and he was STILL in the same country! LOL! In Europe you guys get to hope from country to country much easier! Heck that's all the travelling I've done in ages! I will be so excited when I get to go on a trip one day and actually exchange my money! :)
Clijsters (Tuesday, 26 February 2013 10:38)
Hello tamu13!!! Nice to see you in Room 234 again.
Glad you all had a super time together at Libellule's. Any chance of some photos?
@Wired I hadn't seen Out with Dad won an award. You mean there's going to be a new Dad?! Was it a huge fall out? Was he caught stealing the funding money? Or maybe he just couldn't commit to another series, that's probably more likely:)
Wired (Wednesday, 27 February 2013 18:29)
@Clijsters Yes there is a new Dad!!! LOL I hope he didn't take the funding I want to see season 3! :) LOL The old one had other "opportunities" I guess and the "new dad" is actually from another Canadian webseries apparently. I'll be interested to see how he turns out.
Wired (Wednesday, 27 February 2013 19:58)
Ahhhhh! I just had a Jemma moment! I was switching channels and suddenly heard "Sweet Dreams" and of course had to stop to see what it was. It was American Idol (I don't watch it) and one of the contestants was singing it. It is still so amazing how that song instantly brings me back to Jemma! Oh Jenny! Why did you sleep with Ben? Why??? sigh.
faf (Wednesday, 27 February 2013 22:13)
@Wired JRMs! Do you remember that short but spirited discussion about what Jenny could have been thinking then ...or that maybe she just wasn't thinking at all :D Good times.
@Libellule Im going to answer #538 with yes, this is one of the most beautiful things. Ever.
@hoppe @Wired @Clijsters and you too @tamu 13, I have revisited my old list of dreams. It's sort of a new thing that Im finding ways to actually achieve them. Reaching out toward them is my new tactic. San and Libellule are now actual textures in my feel for life :) but my recent travels are just a begining. I have many dreams and I will never experience them from home.
Libellule found the word I would choose. Feeling fulfilled by all of us coming together here, especially from far places, with interesting experiences, and other traditions, is exactly why I look at my dreams differently now. Together, at once. We all saw the same beautiful Jemma thing. For some reasons too big for me to understand (the magics), everything started to mean something. It really began to change when I stopped trying to tell other people about my favorite show and my favorite loves :)
@Clijsters I have a couple of pics to put up in a day or two.
Wired (Thursday, 28 February 2013 14:21)
@faf Yes I remember that discussion and to all came rushing back to me! It's amazing how music can bring back memories right? So quicky too!
Speaking of music, I'm off to Moncton so see Serena Ryder in concert tomorrow. Here is her latest video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz7jCY1cpHk I thought you guys might like it. She definitely gets me to want to move! I've seen her before in concert and she has amazing energy!
Hope you guys have a great weekend! I guess there is still some snow around and about for everyone, well except maybe @Hoppe and @Clijsters?
hoppe (Friday, 01 March 2013 13:36)
@Wired snow is gone here since a few days and I have to say I'm relieved. No need to take the bus anymore - I can always go with my bike again ;)
hoppe (Friday, 01 March 2013 13:42)
uhm ... if you are interested Lezsoapia has released a single shot of a german crime series with a little lesbian story in it ... the show is quite funny (well not all humor in it is mine (if you watch it you might see what I mean at the very end of the show ;)) it's on lezsoapia.blogspot.de. (they also are currently translating the old Franzi and Paula story on the Frapaepisodes blog) and there is more to come ... ;-)
Libellule (Monday, 04 March 2013 21:26)
A quick hello to everyone.
Nothing much to say because nothing much happening, whether that be in real life or on my screen. :p
The ronnie weather is getting on my nerves big time now, I've had enough! Lucky those of you who can already feel springtime gently knocking at your doors, please send it over here too... :)
G'nite, Leute!
Clijsters (Tuesday, 05 March 2013 10:43)
@Wired The snow here only lasted a couple of days! At least where I am anyway. There is still snow on higher ground like in Scotland. I don't get proper snow, not these days anyway. By the way AfterEllen are recapping last Tango in Halifax. How was the concert?
Wired (Tuesday, 05 March 2013 16:51)
@clijsters & @hoppe It seems we are all slowly loosing the snow..except Libellule! Sending super warm thoughts your way mon amie!
@clijsters The concert was amazing! Serena had soooo much energy and she had everyone on their feet! I had a great time and would see her again anytime. Went dancing afterwards that night then sledding/sledging the next day and a sat around a fire that afternoon in the snow. Will add a picture tomorrow. :). Good times!
hoppe (Wednesday, 06 March 2013 03:31)
a quite poetic french shortfilm:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jwLUGwYVmM
hoppe (Thursday, 07 March 2013 17:10)
guys... I'm not sure if I haven't raved about te shadocks and the great animation team of aaa production already. Unfortunately most of their stuff is in french, so I don't understand it myself. But when I was young my parents (esp. my mother) watched with us a german version of the shadocks on the third channel of public tv. Back then the series was still black and white, now they coloured it. It's one of the few DVDs I own... I purchased both of the shadocks in german dvds available ;)
They are really weird creatures and the commentator is crazy as well ;)
here is one clip in english language:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d3wCPYCGJ0
Libelulle, as you can speak french... could you tell me about what this clip is? it seems to be very good - it's called Le sang, which I found out means blood.:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbX98kGYpVs
hoppe (Thursday, 07 March 2013 17:25)
oh! and here is another very sweet and endearing one called Greli Grelo (Tiny Tinkle), which has an amazing scetchy style:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilIxlxhreFU&list=PLA59FDB1BE4ACAED7
Libellule (Thursday, 07 March 2013 23:00)
Ah, hoppe, Les Shadocks! (The voice over was made by a famous funny French actor named Claude Piéplu)
I don't want to sound like an old nostalgic lady but cartoons at the time were so much better than what new generations get nowadays! :p Not only in terms of visual quality (sure, there're some very neat stuff out there now, but there's no soul. Drawing, colors, everything is standardized. Basically it's like esthetic surgery, where women who have a nose or lips job all look the same afterwards) but also, and actually more importantly, in terms of content. Such brilliant educational material! With great humour!
One of my favorites was a cartoon series called "Once Upon a Time...Life" (they also did "Once Upon a Time...History" but history has never really been my thing. I'm really bad with memorizing dates). Take a look at the opening credits:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrBQii4P3vc
For the clip you posted, it talks about what blood is, how does it work in the body.
Here are the first 3 minutes translated (everyone's in for a bit of physiology today :D ):
What's the purpose of a heart?
Sometimes it's used to fall in love.
But it's also some kind of pump that makes the blood circulate (especially when we're in love -blush-). And blood, what is it then? Well,I don't want to disappoint you but blood, our blood, is primary made of 60% of water. With salts, proteins like albumin, and fats like cholesterol that are dissolved in it. This is what scholars call plasma.
Water then, but interesting nonetheless, because it carries billions of blood cells and others through thousands of kilometers of pipes that are the arteries, arterioles, veins, and capillaries, to maintain life in the billions of cells I'm made of, he or she are made of.
Red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, and antibodies surfing on the flow, it's worse than an highway at traffic rush hour!
For instance, you, red blood cell, what are you doing?
A red blood cell takes care of supplies. It went into the lung, it loaded oxygen, and now it goes to bring it to a cell. On one side the cell takes the oxygen, on the other side it takes glucose and fats from plasma, and then it does its cell's magic (work). But it's like a motor, it creates combustion, carbon dioxide essentially. And rather than leaving empty, the red blood cell loads the carbon dioxide! And bring it back to the lung.
Where I'm supposed to breath it out. Well, only if I get a chance to do so... (-kissing-)
Libellule (Friday, 08 March 2013 01:34)
For those of you who'd like to know what happens next in the cartoon, I actually translated the rest of it but sent it only to hoppe.
Didn't want to post a lenghty translation comment here, in case some of you might find the subject boring.
But if you're "dying" to know, I can sent it to all of you too.
I believe there's a wink at HaH(unintentional of course, most HaH cast were just toddlers at the time this cartoon was made). :p
Ok, I know, it might seem very far stretched, but I find it somehow related to our beloved show. Well I'm amazed at how hoppe, not understanding a word of that cartoon and being drawn to it maybe solely from the graphics / visual esthetic, randomly picked up an episode that I can link to HaH! Yes, it talks about blood, but also a lot about heart, and narration is full of puns with that word, especially towards the end. Like heart the organ, but also having some heart (being generous, and by extent loving and giving love).
Not sure if I'm clear, but magics anyway!
That is all. :)
hoppe (Friday, 08 March 2013 09:52)
thanks so much Libelulle!
yeah I was drawn to it because it seemed to be about love ... "the heart" and I realized that it was maybe describing chemical actions in our body. I thought maybe they would describe what happens in the body if you fall in love and bring both aspects together. But it seems a bit less sophisticated ;)
But still it's fun to see all those little parts of us being portrayed as little beings. It was surely NOT their intention at all but it has a bit of an shamanic appeal ;) LOL
And it's amazing how you can make a maybe normally seen as boring topic (chemistry) so funny and lively ;)
Anyway... I can see what you mean with the HaH connection...
I have read the full translation now and could fit the sentences to the original quite good. With your translation I was able to remember a few things french (I had it in school for 4 years, but I have to admit that I unfortunately never really had a thing for it. English was more my cup of tea (also thanks to the amazing english teacher I had a crush on ;) ) ... thanks so much, Libelulle!! <3
Maybe one day I'll offer aaa to do the subtitling.... :)
I'm surprised that you know the shadocks. Noone else in Germany I know has heard of or seen them. I think it was because my parents were art teachers that they picked up on things like that.
The third channel was at that time more specialised in quite special more cultural things. Before or after the shadocks there was a french learning series produced by german and french tv together: "Les Gammas". "Les Gammas" were three extraterestrials from the Planet Gamma, who had to make an emergency landing on Earth, more precisely in France and had to learn french. I found it quite strange back then, being about 6-8 years old, but it was quite a success at that time ;)
Here you can see how they looked like, people with very long hair dressed in white sacks ;)
http://youtu.be/Wc8Y2g1Qnw8?t=8m37s
Something like that wouldn't happen anymore on TV nowadays :)
LOL, I know this series "Once upon a time..." too.
I recognized it... one series which was shown was called: "Es war einmal... der Mensch". The merging from a fish to an ape and then to a human being running through scenes of history I can still remember as the opener.
Here it is with different music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wg1BgpcaS_U
I agree with you, Libelulle, on the design of trickfilms... the computer is to blame... that's why I'm always delighted if I see people who still or again work with old stop motion technique or at least let their computer animated films look a bit more "natural". There's often more magic and heart in them.
If any of you are into animations I have a playlist on my channel where I'm collecting interesting, more artstic animations.
hoppe (Friday, 08 March 2013 10:02)
sorry guys... now I'm in good old times bliss and was searching for the old "Addams family"... do you know them? They were so much fun ...
das eiskalte Händchen = Thing T. Thing ...;)
Here is the first ep
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io1YLhOa0O8
the series was also shown on good old "Drittes (3.) Programm" ;)
But... I can't remember that it had these laughing audience recordings in it... maybe it was left out as it was synchronized anyway... I find it quite distracting
now I stop pestering you with my old beloved series.
faf (Friday, 08 March 2013)
I only have a moment but I can't let the day go by without wishing each of you a "Happy International Women's Day"! :D
hoppe (Friday, 08 March 2013 19:17)
Have I already told you of the avaaz petition against bee poison = pestizides?
If so sorry. I think it's a very important one, as the bees are so important for our whole food chain and many plants and animals depend on it too.
If you are already an avaaz member you might have got that info for the campaign already, but it's a few weeks old. About 2.5 million people have signed till now.
http://www.avaaz.org/en/hours_to_save_the_bees/?slideshow
hoppe (Friday, 08 March 2013 21:44)
any chance to spread the word about the right2water campaign a bit more in european countries? In GB for instance there have been only 3,290 signers, but it would need at least 54,750 so that it counts as one of the countries who have enough votes.
till now it's only four countries who have enough votes: Austria, Germany, Slovakia and Belgium.
voting figures are here:
http://www.right2water.eu/sites/water/files/Latest%20figures%206March2013.pdf
hoppe (Saturday, 09 March 2013 05:18)
gosh.... I found an amazing site :) I came there via avaaz.org
featuring an interview with an 108!! year old survivor of the holocaust, still living on her own and being full of joy..
http://en.avaaz.org/986/100-years-of-wisdom-from-the-worlds-oldest-holocaust-survivor#utm_source=twitter_avaaz&utm_medium=social_media&utm_campaign=environment
then I went to the site where it's located and found http://www.karmatube.org
who collect all sorts of inspiring videos.
for example this one: the sand dancer:
http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=1499 ;)
hoppe (Saturday, 09 March 2013 05:36)
or this one:
The Secret Powers of Time: http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=1989
gosh, there seem to be a lot I need to stop :D
hoppe (Saturday, 09 March 2013 07:36)
or this one
http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2748
hoppe (Saturday, 09 March 2013 08:22)
ok guys, the others might be nice videos, but you can skip them... THIS one you need to watch! you american guys might know that guy and his concept already, but I'm blown away:
Nipun Mehta - "Designing For Generosity":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kpyc84kamhw
if this way of acting would take over the whole society it would dissolve capitalism...
the dynamic of becoming the well/source giving instead of seeing yourself as the victim/being in need. wow! real ongoing overall flow everywhere in the society.
I think I need to read more about ServiceSpace... :)
Wired (Sunday, 10 March 2013 12:14)
Heyyyyy!!!! Per Fran's post #561 happy belated International Women's Day!!!!
@Hoppe you have been busy and nostalgic it seems! That cartoon Les Shadocks looks interesting and @Libellule the translation you posted showed the humour of the show already I think. I hear you about cartoons not being the same anymore. Actually what boths me more is when the powers that be decide to "re-animate" a show with computer graphics. That drives me crazy! Not sure why they feel the need to do that!
In more mundane news nothing happening here..though I am willing the snow to melt by sheer mental power now since Mother Nature is taking her time! :) hope you all are having agood weekend!
faf (Monday, 11 March 2013 22:30)
Hellooo my loves! I haven't had a chance to peacefully enjoy any of the recently posted clips yet, but hope to very soon. On Saturday I will be going up to Hamilton, Ontario to attend my first opera. I'm pretty exited about it. I love the musical theater!! ;p I like Hamilton too, they have an IKEA. I just need to stay away from the horsemeatballs.
I've had a roller coaster day. Cant say for sure if I'm up or down at the moment. I was comfort seeking earlier so I ate a bunch of stuff...toast, Nutella, wasabi peas and almonds, cheese of course, tapenade (sans anchovies), a yellow pepper. I only looked at the avocado for a long time. Then I had cold spaghetti squash with roasted tomatoes and pine nuts. I ate that with chop sticks. No reason, just did. Then I came here :) I should have come here first.
@hoppe I remember The Addams Family. It came on right after school which I could rarely watch. Homework first!! In the land where I grew up we could only get 3 stations clearly. Two of them came across Lake Erie out of Canada. My personal favorite show was Roger Ramjet. I still remember the theme song.
Libellule (Wednesday, 13 March 2013 23:13)
@faf
Just because you were talking opera and I happen to be websurfing opera videos at the moment:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=Q3kzqzXHp2A&NR=1
(Next time you have a roller coaster day, think about shredding some fabric, it seems somehow more comforting than food, at least quite frustration-relieving ;p)
Isn't this interpretation mind-blowing? If you see anything close to this on Saturday, you'll definitely have a wonderful lyrical evening!
@Wired
Thank you for your warm thoughts, I gonna need them again from tomorrow on... Low temperatures and snow on the way, AGAIN!!! Didn't the flakes gods have enough fun already? Bring on the chlorophyll, NOW, or we might all end up like Lucia di Lammermoor!...
Clijsters (Thursday, 14 March 2013 10:41)
@All Just popping in to say hello!!!
@Libellule I'm freezing and its 5C, I don't know how you survive when the temperature dips below freezing.
@Wired Sounds like you had a fantastic time at the concert. Keep those happy memories:)
Wired (Thursday, 14 March 2013 20:56)
Hey everyone! I'm pretty late but...HAPPY PI DAY!!!! Hope you have an "irrational" day! ...and have some pie!
hoppe (Friday, 15 March 2013 17:25)
do you guys watch Lost Girl? what do you think of Tamsin? I really start to switch teams. Think she's a more interesting character than Lauren and is more equal to Bo in terms of power. Lauren is written a bit pale comparing to her...
San (Saturday, 16 March 2013 12:41)
Hello everyone! It been a while, hasn't it? In fear of adding word cloud's "sorry" appearance, sorry for the absence. I'm starting to feel like myself again. This room is so great and the people in it are so abso-freakin wonderful that to be so near (easy) then so far (hard) from you all makes me want to - I don't know - not be so far away. I returned from Libellule's and Faf's and quickly busied myself planning my next trip. @hoppe Funny you should mention Gibraltar ;) Give me a day, and I'll have some pics and memories from my visit up north for y'all.
@faf Your first opera! How lovely. You're in for a treat. I remember my first time. I was 10. It was Mozart, Cosi Fan Tutte, Feb 1988, on a school trip. I was so excited but afraid I'd have to miss it because I was sick the days leading up to it. I even had a dream that I was late and had trouble getting to my seat. I wore a black skirt with tights and a black Esprit sweater with white stars that used to be my sister's. I thought I looked pretty awesome. Wow, I remember quite a few details :) Hmm, don't remember much about the actual production, tho. Only it was very funny, colorful, and a lot of courtship shenanigans and disguised identities. Whoa! This album cover seems gratuitously suggestive - http://www.classicalarchives.com/images/coverart/3/0/3/f/723721200954_300.jpg :) I certainly would've remembered that!
Till later, ladies.
faf (Saturday, 16 March 2013 22:17)
And so it grows hoppe. By his I mean our relationship to each other. You speak as though you and I might never meet in person. Ever since the first day I "walked" through the door of room 234, I have grown more and more intimate with each of your spirits. And since that first day, I have personally grown healthier, stronger, and richer in ways my spirit could never have recognized without each of you. Does it matter so much if things that could happen some day have not happened yet? Placing my arms around my friends is indeed a beautiful thing but it is not the only beauty. Please try to rearrange this disconnect you are feeling. Reach out with your heart and feel everything for what it really is. Also...I must confess to you that I am a large part of the reason why the Skype thing didn't happen. I apologize for your disappointment. I will make it up to you when I meet you some day. xo
San (Sunday, 17 March 2013 03:28)
I'd like to clarify when I say "near (easy) then so far (hard)," I refer to both recent and future times when we're together. I know that the conversation and comfort of being with you will be easy. Then what follows is the inevitable parting and distance, and I've found this to be very, very hard. I say this with each and every one of you in mind. It would be nice to fix the distance part, like starting an artist colony on the Australian Outback or temprant, malaria-free tropical island somewhere. I love y'all but I don't like mosquito-spread diseases :)
faf (Sunday, 17 March 2013 10:49)
@Libellule I loved the part in the clip (post 570) where she rolls down the steps. Roared laughing over that!
@San Welcome back! That is some album art work. Leaves an impression. My opera experience was interesting. The story itself was bland and a bit corny but the musical experience was exceptional. I would also say that the set design and lighting were perfect (I'm always a bit critical of this). The best part for me was that I could hear (often a problem) and feel the music and it was beautiful. Funny you should mention Gibraltar.
@Wired Happy St Drinker's Day! Drink some pie!
@Clijster don't be such a stranger now. It's your popping in that helps keep this place warmer than the stinkin' air outside. Today the sun has come but cripe it's cold.
@hoppe I have the more recent video links you posted lined up for later today. I need to run out for an important lunch date now but I look forward to "me" time this evening :)
Have a great day everyone!
faf (Sunday, 17 March 2013 20:54)
@hoppe The designing for generosity TEDx video was amazing (post 567). I love the concept. To know it has been tested and is alive is quite encouraging. I like the idea that a bond between two (people) synergizes and adds value to the pair making them worth more than two. That very principle applies to our relationships within this room. Here I can often feel kindness and generosity for the sake of kindness and generosity only with a twist of Jemma (like symmagy, right?:)), which in turn makes me want to be nice to even the pissiest people who do not come to this room.
A side note: Im a huge TED fan. I attended a TEDx conference last fall as a guest of a speaker and I can tell you, each speaker on the program had so much passion that by the end of the day everyone in the audience was ready to go out and make some kind of positive change. Great stuff.
hoppe (Friday, 22 March 2013 14:07)
guys... a very artistic as well as a bit strangely poetic animation from "Bezalel" - a wellknown for it's animations (I think) israeli academy of art and design.
"Blue whale" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGttg4rGoMg
Love how the grandpa becomes a whale just from sitting at the sea all time. And that moment where noises become a rhythm/music ;-)
hoppe (Friday, 22 March 2013 14:16)
if you watch it... what do you think it means that "the grandpa was hiding the sea" first and that the girl could see it in the end? Is the sea a metaphor for the eternity here? Like the grandpa was claiming it for himself and now that he's dead, the girl gets access?
faf (Friday, 22 March 2013 16:51)
@hoppe I love homework! Here are my thoughts. Grampa was really big, like many small children might see their gramps. A larger than life giant who is so easy to pay attention to thatmshe might not notice the everyday landscape of the sea just being there. Maybe grampa's presence hid it from her point of view. He also sat between her and the window, literally blocking her view of it. Once gramp was gone, she noticed the sea. As I might notice the sea when something grand is gone and I might look out for something to fill the space. Or use it to contemplate about the void that is left behind.
faf (Friday, 22 March 2013 16:53)
*...that she might....
hoppe (Friday, 22 March 2013 19:18)
yay faf! you put it in the right words... what I wasn't able to put in the right words and added some more insight to it.
"love homework" ;-) LOL ... me too!
this has made and still makes this room alive :)
just saw an Eckhard Tolle vid, he can be so freaking hilarious, love his giggling about the games of the mind.
hoppe (Friday, 22 March 2013 19:22)
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Libellule (Wednesday, 27 March 2013 00:28)
A quick hello before going to sleep.
hoppe, I second your #586 comment: sending my love to you, like to everyone in this room.
I know it can be a little bit heartbreaking sometimes when entering the room and seing everyone is mia. But hey, that's just how things go. It doesn't mean that we don't think about each other. Well I can assure you that on my side, this room and all within it are present in my thoughts every single day. Even if I'm out of touch for a while.
I also think it is beautifully evolving. Despite the end of HaH a long time ago (so it seems now), the lack of interesting "screen" material to discuss on (at least lately), and the course of our respective personal lives, we are still here and we still find ways to share (whatever it is we feel like sharing). I believe it's room #4 and we're past 500 posts. This, in itself, is already amazing to me.
And I know I'm repeating myself (sometimes it's good to insist on certain things) but knowing there's this door opening on this sacred haven that I can push anytime I need a boost of inspirational energy is such heartwarming. I don't see our silences are being threatening to that in any way. I actually believe they are contemplative. :)
Tonight I pushed 234 door because I needed some soothing energy (can someone please urge springtime to stop beabenning, it's screwing up all my good spirits! :p), and that's exactly what I got.
So thank you, to all of you.
Big heartfelt hug.
Clijsters (Wednesday, 27 March 2013 09:22)
I just want to reiterate @Libellule's post and let you know that although I haven't been in Room 234 as often as before I still read everyone's messages and think about you all daily. The Uk is having some mad weather at the moment. Snow at the end of March! It is complete madness. This time last year it was 21C which again is abnormal. Everyday is just cold and it's supposed to be Spring. I'm lucky where I am, but further north and on the Isle of Man they have no electricity and sheep and lambs are dying by being buried in the snow. In other news filming for Last Tango in Halifax should start in June, hopefully the weather will be warmer by then.
Libellule (Wednesday, 27 March 2013 12:11)
*I don't see our silences AS
Libellule (Wednesday, 27 March 2013 12:21)
@Clijsters
I hear you! What the Caronnie Town is happening to Spring this year? I can tell you that 6000km away from you is the exact same seasonal frustration.
Every day we're longing for the snow to finally melt; damn, it's time already!
But yeah for the filming of LTiH! I desperately need Caroline's fierceness to grace my screen again. :)
Clijsters (Wednesday, 27 March 2013 13:33)
@Libellule there's no end in sight, apparently it's going to stay cold until at least mid April! Summer is going to have come and gone at this rate. We will have to warm ourselves up in Room 234.
hoppe (Wednesday, 27 March 2013 17:25)
@clijsters + Libelulle same here!
Not as horrible as dying animals, but we had snow too these last weeks. Since weeks a was like oh, but next week it will get warmer in the forecast, and then I saw again the temperatures being low under 0° centigrade! I'm so done with the sound of scrunching snow!!! Over Eastern it's supposed to be at least a bit over 0° and stay there (about 4-6°) the next weeks - yippieyeah! :D
Crazy wheather... it's really time we change this world... using less energy and the right one...
But it's so hard if those big companies just don't show any responsibilty :(
hoppe (Wednesday, 27 March 2013 18:26)
just watching a report about the waterindustry... a lot about Nestlé in the beginning, how they buy lots of wells in the US and fake scientific reports which were bad for them at first (dangers for the invironment (dry out) if they pump to much water), for example in Colorado. A big fightere against Nestlé seems to be John Graham. The responsible commitees were afraid that Nestlé would sue them - that's the way Nestlé got it's way... they buy 4 liters for 4cents and sell it for 10Dollars! It's really unbelievable...
It's a pity that the report is in German, well but maybe there are good reports about that in the US too. (or maybe you can figure out what the original american people are saying?
Here is the link:
http://www.ardmediathek.de/wdr-fernsehen/die-story/wem-gehoert-das-wasser-weltkonzerne-im-wettlauf-um-die?documentId=13766052
If I see it on youtube with subs one day I'll tell you...
Wired (Thursday, 28 March 2013 19:47)
I just want to say I am here and reading though I haven't been able to post. I always always think of this room and you guys whatever I'm doing. Much love and hugs from me here though I'm silent I am here!
faf (Thursday, 28 March 2013 22:30)
Okay then, it's unanimous. We are all here...always reading, sometimes only able to check in, or fly by...but mostly thinking about, appreciating, and forever loving each other...daily :D THIS IS MY REAL FAMILY!
Gather round kids, Clijsters has the right idea. Gather round and warm yourselves 'cause its still stinkin' cold out there. Well, for most of us ;p Come on San, get closer. We need your sun and your crackin' smile.
(((group hug)))
Bomb Girls has started up again. Betty engages in a little hanky panky as she continues to explore and grow. I just want to give her a big "you go girl!"
faf (Friday, 29 March 2013 13:58)
Omj! I can see the sun :D Snow is melting off the roof. Im not sure how to behave. Wow, that was some group hug!
Libellule (Saturday, 30 March 2013 04:00)
JRM tonight! I was at a concert, a women trio singing jazzy retro style songs, a bit like the Andrews Sisters. With that style they covered some old songs but also some more "modern" ones. And at some point they struck up "I'm a survivor, I'm gonna make it, I'm a survivor, keep on survivin'"... It sounded familiar right away though I was not really able to recognize it fully, but then one of the girls belted out that chorus alone and it distinctly appeared: that's STAG! Wait, no, that's CARO fiercely singing! And it made me think about "weenus". And also about that hilarious scene where Caro is auditioning for STAG in front of Emma, Luzi and Bodo, with Emma literally punching Caro's chest with the binder of songs, and Luzi and Emma being incredulous about Caro's actual singing talent after her performance. Love, love, love! Sweet nostalgic love.
I can tell you I had a huge "stupid" (as from the others'perspective) smile on my face in the dark of the theatre through the whole tune.
Sending this emmabeam your way, Leute. ;)
Wired (Sunday, 31 March 2013 08:26)
Happy Easter all! Am currently on my way to a sugar high "helping" my kids with their chocolate Easter eggs. The sun is shinning! The snow is melting! The birds are singing! @faf I'm there with you! Spring has sprung!?!?!
@Libellule That concert sounds fun! I love JRM and grinning like a fool over the added level of enjoyment you can get from a moment. Weeeenus!
Clijsters (Sunday, 31 March 2013 14:02)
Happy Easter to you all! Bright skies here too, but it's still a bit chilly.
faf (Monday, 01 April 2013 07:31)
Happy Dyngus Day everyone! (not an April Fool's joke either-look it up)
@Libellule Isn't it amazing how a JRM can take over all of the muscles in your face forcing a beam you just couldn't contain if you wanted to? I haven't had one in a while but when I do, all I can think about is how no one else "gets it"...except for a very select few scattered across the earth. Joy :D
@Wired and Clijsters......winter is back today. It may be around for another day or three but I have been promised warmer temperatures with sunshine again by the end of the week. I have exhausted my healthy coping techniques and will resort to heavy drinking and throwing things around if this sh*t doesn't end soon.
hoppe (Monday, 01 April 2013 22:59)
a little gif-portrait is in the sandbox ;-)
a belated Happy Easter to all of you!
hoppe (Tuesday, 02 April 2013 11:44)
just had a more in-depth look at San's newly added 5 pics. Love all of them for different reasons ;)
1. seeing one of you in person :)
2. being high up on a mountain is always uplifting - and - cool design!
3. looks like a sacred room - imagining you three (faflisan :DDD ) on those three chairs... did you do a Jenny-chair-dance over there???
4. ooh! uuuuh! this looks like a lot of fun - what drawing, storytelling, messing with candles creative game did you play over there? :D
5. that's magical... shadow puppetry staged on a lampshade ... reddish light....
a a a a h h h h m m m m y e s .
I think I have to do something creative for you - you Muses ;)
San (Tuesday, 02 April 2013 15:17)
@hoppe I've been meaning to add captions to those :) You're not too far off! I'll make a point to add descriptions tonight. Or maybe we can do a "caption this..." game :p Unfortunately, I've been preoccupied lately. Doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day!
Clijsters (Wednesday, 03 April 2013 03:54)
@Faf Pure blue sky here and no wind, but it's still cold! There is very little warmth in the sun. There have actually been forest fires in Scotland because of the lack of rain and dry ground, I don't understand how the fires started because of how cold it is. No one suspects arson though.
@Hoppe Looks like the Jelly storyline is coming to an end and HO have messed it up again. Here's a link to today's episode;
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s13/hollyoaks/spoilers/a467802/3573-jen-finally-gets-her-comeuppance.html
Are you still watching Marbecca? I haven't seen it for months, I think the last episode I watched was the fire in the barn.
hoppe (Wednesday, 03 April 2013 10:56)
yeah, Hollyoaks sucks big time :( Jen is written totally mean right now. grrr
And Marbecca are still on the soap but are quite in the background right now. So not much going on there - I think next week there'll be some scenes with them.
Clijsters (Wednesday, 03 April 2013 12:54)
JRM moment! Just turned on the radio and what should be playing, only Talking bout a Revolution by Tracy Chapman. Happy memories of the beginning of the Jemma love story. Sometimes I wish we could go right to the start and relive Jemma all over again.
San (Thursday, 04 April 2013 10:10)
@Clijsters Did you wrap a blanket around you and sing along? :) Ah, to relive Jemma would be wonderful! I'm playing tennis tonight for the first time in 3 WEEKS! I'll let you know if I'm a force to be reckoned with, and we can pick up our match. Where are we, 1-1 in the 1st? Taking our sweet time, aren't we?
Cheers, everyone!
Wired (Thursday, 04 April 2013 17:52)
Spring spring wherefore art thou? Sigh, skies are deceptively warm looking but once outside it's chilly! Can I throw my winter coat around in anger? I almost wish I could be like those young crazy guys who walk around in shorts pretending it's summer.
@clijsters another JRM! Yay! Did you want one of those magic blankets that suddenly stop your shivering? (Especially with this weather!). I was just thinking Marbecca myself and Jelly and Corrie! Tho Jelly did loose me awhile ago. Perhaps I'll catch up this weekend.
@ San hey! Saw 5 seconds if Bomb Girls that happened to show Betty and thought of you. Hope you get some relaxing time in soon! I was also looking at out tennis courts and wondering when they will finish them so I can take pictures! :)
Libellule (Sunday, 07 April 2013 17:12)
@hoppe
Thank you dearly for inviting us into your spiritual dreams and journeys!
I understand the feeling you must have had at the time.
And the area seems indeed gorgeous!
I once, in my teenage years, also did a bike trip in a very hilly/mountainous landscape. I remember the physicality of it pushing the mind's limits. You climb in pain, "pulling" and holding to your bike like a rabid person, and when you finally reach the top, you just feel like crying. That might actually even happen literally, sometimes tears flow spontaneously without understanding fully why. Out of fatigue, out of pride for not giving up and making the effort till the very end, but also because most of the time what Nature offers you in rewards is just stunning.
And genuine beauty is always moving. :)
Clijsters (Monday, 08 April 2013 02:49)
@Wired Spring is not upon us, at least it's not upon me! It was a nice weekend, but the cloud and cold weather has returned yet again. As for Jelly, my advice is don't bother. It was an extremely disappointing ending and a major anti-climax. Although it looks like Tilly and Esther may get together. However I won't be holding my breath for a decent storyline.
@faf Thank you for the reminder of the return of Bomb Girls, some lovely person posts the whole episodes on You Tube.
@San I hope you made a winning return to the tennis court. My league matches start in 3 weeks time, I think I'll still be in the 2nd team. Our match is still 1-1, slow and steady that's my motto:)
San (Tuesday, 09 April 2013 23:56)
@Clijsters It was very cold and windy the other night. I like serving into the wind because I just let it rip and it usually stays in, instead of going long :) And as I've been telling everyone who didn't know they were listening... I had 4 aces! 3/4 out wide in the deuce court - to your backhand. So yes, it was great return to tennis. Let me know if you were able to return those serves. If not, 2-1, your serve :)
Has everyone had a chance to check out the pics in my sandbox? I finally added captions, but if anyone else has better captions. Please, share :) Good Night, Lovely Lively Wonderful Ladies!!!
Clijsters (Thursday, 11 April 2013 03:10)
@San I had no chance on those serves, too much swerve! I have seen your captions in your sandbox and I'm up for a game of snow tennis, luckily I've improved my volleying:)
@All Last Tango in Halifax is up for a few awards at the BAFTAS. Anne Reid is nominated for best actress, Derek Jacobi is up for best actor, the wonderful Sarah Lancashire (who plays Caroline) is up for best supporting actress and the programme itself is nominated in the best drama series category. The winners are announced on 12th May.
Wired (Friday, 12 April 2013 09:02)
@Clijsters & @San Now that it is actually sunny here I am going to try to take pictures of out tennis court in progress.
Great news about Last Tango in Halifax!! I hope they do well! They are continuing on for another season (is it a season? Do 5 episodes make a season?) I think aren't they?
C (Friday, 12 April 2013 11:02)
@Wired I was thinking of your tennis courts today, it would be great if you could take a photo of them, them me and San can analyse them! Finger crossed for Last Tango, I don't know what it's up against in each category. 5 episodes do indeed make a season although there were actually 6 in the first season, oh and we call it a series this side of the pond:)
Clijsters (Friday, 12 April 2013)
That is me in post #617, I pressed send by mistake before i'd finished writing my name. :)
Wired (Friday, 12 April 2013 21:28)
@C (hee hee I kind of like that! I have another friend I call T) aha! Series = season! This explains why I would get a bit mixed up with each "series" of Skins!
I know you guys don't want to hear this any more but....IT'S SNOWING RIGHT NOW!!!! AHHHHH!!! (Beating head against snow shovel...). This is it....I'm moving in with San!!!
Libellule (Saturday, 13 April 2013 13:38)
@Wired
Same here... I can tell you that seing a white carpet everywhere around puts me in a Ronnie mood...
I even had to put on my snow boots AGAIN yesterday! (who would have thought? It's mid-April, damn it!)
San, be ready to welcome all of us "up North" who are ranting at this screwed up weather, we're coming!:p Bring on the Texan heatwaves!!!
hoppe (Saturday, 13 April 2013 16:05)
thanks, libelulle! good to know you can feel and know the situation ;-)
short note - my old pals from lezsoapia have started to publish a new little storyline from "Hinter Gittern" in their Franzi & Paula hiatus. you can find it here:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWnWWI-TqTscNo0jr_Otpe8R0LJMmtYsF
or here:
http://hgepisodes.blogspot.de/
Clijsters (Monday, 15 April 2013 09:49)
@Wired and Libellule Spring has arrived...sort of. The sky is blue with just a few clouds although it is windy but the temperature is up to 15C and the daffodils are out! I've just played tennis and it got pretty warm.
@Hoppe I've not checked out the link in your last post, but I will do.
Wired (Tuesday, 16 April 2013 13:36)
@C lucky you! Though it is getting warmer here and I am hopeful that Spring is here finally and will stay! Cheers!
Clijsters (Wednesday, 17 April 2013 10:04)
Hey @W, not quite the same ring to it! I've just watched the latest Bomb Girls episode (well the scenes with Betty in) and I feel so sorry for her. Teresa has gone and Kate is forming a new life for herself. I didn't watch any of the first series, (season!) so I was wondering if we, the viewer, know anything about her family??
Libellule (Wednesday, 17 April 2013 12:19)
Leute, it's Spring over here, finally! I kid you not. I can see buds on the tree by the window. Buds! (*clapping joyfully*)
Ah yes, I feel alive again! :D
faf (Wednesday, 17 April 2013 18:16)
Post 625 makes me smile.
@Clijsters Would you like to know about Betty's background, or Kate's? We know nothing about Theresa.
@hoppe Two Saturdays ago, you inspired me to take my bike down along the Niagara River. Stinkin' cold but beautiful. This past Sunday I juggled some chain saws ;)
@San Do you think that anyone has added to the shadow puppet lamp shade scene? If we got that thing spinning we could've made an action movie!
Clijsters (Thursday, 18 April 2013 03:22)
@faf Any information on Betty would be welcome. Thank you.
San (Thursday, 18 April 2013 10:30)
Uncanny! I beat up lockers just like Betty, too! Do the similarities ever end? :p
@Wired, @Libellule, and all Come on down. Please. I have all this Spring that I don't know what to do with. Need help :) It's a cool 25-30C.
@Clijsters "C" Goodvolley Had only one ace last week and a couple service winners. Oo, and whacked a few topspin backhands that surprised everyone. I still haven't gotten my timing on your serve, and your smirk and fist pumps as my shots fly long is starting to annoy me. I'll get it eventually, just you wait :) Still on serve 3-2. Bring it!
@faf I wonder about the shadow pupps, too! Or if the place has burn down due to shadow puppet flammability. I'm sure @Libellule would've told us if there was a tragic fire, tho. I would love to say that a good spin would make an action movie. Without getting too deep into motion image technology and the possibilities of the lampshade being pure magic, I'm afraid it would just be a blur unless we synchronisticly blink really fast, like 15-24 times a second :p However, next time we're in a cafe, we totally need to do a mixed media animation project :D
faf (Saturday, 20 April 2013 22:13)
@Clijsters We learn the most about Betty's history from this episode. It's a good one so I recommend you just watch it rather than hear my bits.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PP-26mUJrAE
I woke up to snow on the ground. If fact it snowed all day. I didn't cry about it though. Or throw anything.
San (Sunday, 21 April 2013 15:48)
@Clijsters The Wall is hard to beat! This is how I'm practicing - http://www.wimp.com/volleydrill/ :)
Libellule (Tuesday, 23 April 2013 00:48)
Be warned Leute, I need to rant today! And the content of this rant has some LG and BG spoilers.
First, I'm soooo disappointed by last week Lost Girl s3 finale. I won't develop, but it felt short.
Also I'm mad at Bo (yes, I'm mad at a fictional character, that's not the first time ;)) and her emotional immaturity. Supposedly she's deeply in love with Lauren but she doesn't know where "they "took her" so she doesn't even bother looking. Sounds like a "whatever" to me. I don't think she has shown real caring or understanding of her lady lover's feelings yet.
Grumpf, meh, and other annoyance sounds...
Second, I'm pissed at Global tv executives for cancelling Bomb Girls. Great writing, strong and empowering female characters leads, amazing acting, so why? Why does quality tv always get axed while we're fed with some more meaningless crap each year?
Decision-makers should seriously reconsider the way ratings are analyzed, because nowadays most audiences are not watching "live broadcasting", they access shows through "side ways", mainly online. And the beauty of it is that it widely broadens the audiences.
Anyway this news sucks!
So for the rest of the year, it seems like there's nothing for me to look forward to on my screen. No series to tie me over.
That's really sad, because I believe (good) tv can enhance our ability to dream.
Ok, rant over. :p
Clijsters (Tuesday, 23 April 2013 04:53)
@San your reaction skills impress me, you almost look like a former grand slam winner:) Believe me you need those skills to beat me! Although if you slam lockers when you're in a bad mood I might just let you win...only joking. Anyway I do believe it's 3-3 after an uneventful last game.
@Libellule This is terrible news about the cancellation of Bomb Girls. I haven't seen much of it, but it appears to be a really well written show with a great cast. It does make you feel sad when you look what other shows are on the TV that do not match up to the quality of Bomb Girls. Keep positive, there might just be a fantastic show just around the corner that we don't know about yet.
@faf Thanks for the YT link to Kate's background. I am currently watching, or at least trying to watch all Betty and kate scenes. It's just a shame it's been cancelled.
Clijsters (Wednesday, 24 April 2013)
@Libellule At least there will be a 2 hour episode that will be shown early next year (at least so I've read) to tie up loose ends, so Betty and Kate may get a happy ending together, or maybe that's me being optimistic.
@faf I think I've now seen all Kate and Betty scenes. I didn't realise Betty kissed Kate or that they were responsible for
Kate's Dad's death. It has been most enlightening.
hoppe (Saturday, 27 April 2013 18:17)
noooooooo! Bomb Girls cancelled!...
I loved this show.
Clijsters, the whole show is really worth watching. I so loved Meg Tilly in it and all the other girls. It was nearly like HaH for me in terms of loving each character :)
why all good and spirited shows get axed????? grrrr!
well, as I'm not much online nowadays and this is one of the best decisions I've made in the last months, I will miss it a bit less...
bye for now...
hoppe (Saturday, 27 April 2013 18:21)
upps - forgot: Monsanto urgency call!
avaaz:
"It’s unbelievable, but Monsanto and Co. are at it again. These profit-hungry biotech companies have found a way to gain exclusive control over the seeds of life – the source of our food. They’re trying to patent away varieties of our everyday vegetables and fruits like cucumber, broccoli and melons, virtually forcing growers to pay them for seed and risk being sued if they don’t."
http://www.avaaz.org/en/monsanto_vs_mother_earth_loc/?tRYNMab
Libellule (Sunday, 28 April 2013 18:03)
Sharing some sun with all of you.
Today I went out with a tanktop. And flipflops! Isn't it wondeful?
Lots of people everywhere sunbathing on terraces, having cool drinks or ice creams. I looooove this atmosphere!
I'm ecstatic! :D
Clijsters (Monday, 29 April 2013 09:08)
@Hoppe I have been watching the whole show and you're right it is fantastic. It is a real shame it has been cancelled.
@Libellule I am very jealous! It's still overcast, windy and about 11C where I am. But in the south of England temperatures at the weekend were up to 21c and it was sunny, so it's a real north/south divide. Spare a thought for some places in spain, they have had snow for the last few days which is crazy.
@All I'm looking forward to watching the final episode of Bomb Girls but also a bit sad. We shall all have to share our comments on it.
San (Wednesday, 01 May 2013 00:21)
Looking on the bright side, thank goodness I won't have to hear that annoying voice of Gladys' latest (last might be the better word) boy toy. Ugh, he was all over this ep. I have more to say, especially concerning the amazingly loose loose-ends, but I'm very tired and need to go to bed. I like the name Gladys. It reminds me of my all-time favorite joke. Only Kermit the Frog and Liza Minnelli do it justice: http://youtu.be/K_h5zkuBwig?t=2m37s Makes me laugh every time :) Good Night, Ladies.
Clijsters (Wednesday, 01 May 2013 10:59)
@San I haven't had time to think about the final episode of Bomb Girls, so I too can't comment. However, I have to say that that can't be how it ends for poor Betty, she deserves a lot more than jail. What accent is Gladys' chap meant to have?! It is truly terrible whatever it is.
@Libellule I feel like all I have done for the past couple of weeks is discuss the weather, but I have to let you know that the hedgerows are green, the blossom is out in full force, the fields are full of animals and the sun is shining. Yay!
Libellule (Sunday, 05 May 2013 20:58)
@Clijsters
I feel the same, like an old rambling granny obsessed by the forecast! :p
To our defence though, the weather can make such a huge difference in the way we take on a day. This week for me for instance has been quite meh in terms of news, events, or daily life, but the fact that it's been like summer nearly everyday helped me a great deal going through it and keeping my spirits from sinking.
It seems easier to tackle problems when the sky is bright blue and nature is blossoming all around. Strangely enough I feel less vulnerable/less sensitive to vexations when I can be bare feet. :) Yes, flip-flops are my all time favourite shoes, why?... :D
Sunny hugs to all of you.
faf (Monday, 06 May 2013 11:15)
@All Although I havent posted a comment in a while, I visit here daily to find balance against the sucky people. Libellule's bare feet remind me that I have everything I need to keep them in their place. Just add a JRM or TRM and everything becomes manageable again.
-Sometimes...at work...I reach into my bag and pretend Im packing a handgun, only to pull out a tissue.
-This gorgeous sunshine brings with it hours of back breaking labor at home. My favorite work clothes are my ripped up "Emma!" jeans
-I just realized that my new running shoes (No, I do not run-don't be silly) are light blue. They dont look like Emma's magic kicks but Im counting on getting some magic out of them anyway :)
-I drive by athletic fields every day. When ever anyone is playing tennis, I am certain its Clijsters and San going at it. I think I even saw someone toss a racket once ;)
-hoppe came along on my last bicycle ride.
This goes on every day. So I hope you all dont mind living in my head like this. It keeps the sucky people from moving into it :)
I love you xxoo
Clijsters (Wednesday, 08 May 2013 04:19)
@Libellule Exactly. The weather does often reflect your mood. As soon as the sun comes out everything seems a whole lot better. I could actually wear a t-shirt and shorts yesterday, it was gorgeous. Unfortunately it's back to rain today. For the past few years in England we haven't had seasons, everything just merges into one. For example it may be nice for a few days, but then it's cloudy and cold for a long time. Last year we didn't have a summer, it was just wet. Although luckily the sun did appear for the Olympics, but for the most part it was rubbish weather. Summer in England last for one week, so you have to make the most of it.
@faf That was me and San you saw. San got really angry after she didn't capitalise on 4 break points and she just lost it. She went mad! She threw her racket and went storming off.
@San I hope you've calmed down:) My team won our second tennis match, so that's two out of two now! Also, I have a pair of Wimbledon tickets!!! They are for the first Wednesday on Centre Court no less, so I am super excited about that.
San (Wednesday, 08 May 2013 09:37)
@Clijsters Are you saying one of those tickets is mine?!!! So shall we meet up on the Tuesday before? You pick the place. You know the area :D Yes, I got mad, but I'm good now. I normally don't abuse my racket like that. Sorry. I usually just hit my head with my racket as an intimidation tactic. Funny thing, last Thursday, I did kinda threw my racket (more like dropped it in anger). It was very windy, gale force! And I didn't handle my opponents' personalities very well. I need to work on centering myself better before entering the court. Keep up the winning! How does it look for the rest of the season? Are you gonna win them all?
Still think about Betty being all noble and taking the wrap for Kate. That sucks and it's really annoying. Betty wanted to tell the truth in the first place! Ugh, the #1 thing I learned watching soap operas: DON'T LIE!!! It never ends well :)
faf (Wednesday, 08 May 2013 10:31)
@Clijsters and San I KNEW it was you two! I was certain of it when I saw that racket dropped in anger :D
Clijsters (Wednesday, 08 May 2013 12:53)
@San You took the hint, yes a ticket is for you! Sure just pop over on the Tuesday and we'll sort it all out. I'll meet you at the train station. I have to say I am very calm on court, even if I hate my opponents. On Monday I got hit TWICE by the same opponent. It was by a man (we were playing mixed doubles) and the first time he hit a volley really hard right at me (I was at the net as well) and it hit my arm youch! The second he volleyed it again right at me and it hit me in the stomach. Well I was not amused. He said sorry but I didn't even look at him. But I kept calm. So yes so far so good. I could be confident I say yes we will thrash everyone in our sights, but I doubt it, there's still lots of matches to play. But it has given the team a lot of confidence which I think is very important.
Clijsters (Wednesday, 08 May 2013 12:57)
@faf you rumbled us!
@San Betty has got to be the best friend ever.I feel sad everytime I think about what she did for and has given up for Kate. But you're right, lying on a soap is a big no no. The truth always comes out in the end.
San (Wednesday, 08 May 2013 17:05)
@Clijsters That guy sounds like a real jerk! Sure, that's a high percentage play to hit at the person at the net, but still. I commend you on your calm. Not sure how I would've reacted. Maybe just pump my fist when I blast a forehand by him :) Can't wait for you to show me the ins and outs of The All England Club! Are the strawberries and cream overpriced?
Clijsters (Thursday, 09 May 2013 09:45)
@San I haven't even got a bruise from where he hit me, so I'm very disappointed about that, not even a war wound to show anyone!
Surprisingly the strawberries and cream aren't too expensive, coming in at £2.50 and you get a lot of them and they are really tasty. What is expensive is one slice of pizza. A slice costs £7 and it tastes horrible, we will be staying clear of that. I suggest we get there at opening time (the gates open at 10:30) and have a relaxed stroll around the outside courts before it gets really busy. We should take our own packed lunch in with us and we can eat it early on Henman Hill. Then we shall take our seats on Centre Court and watch some terrific tennis and can tell each other how we could play better than that:)
San (Thursday, 09 May 2013 15:22)
@Clijsters We are totally on the same page! You just described how I like to spend my days at tennis tournaments and water parks :) Might have to share a S&C with you (or you can have your own and half of mine). Sounds like a lot. I'll let you know how tennis goes tonight, if it doesn't rain. Can't believe you didn't get a bruise! You're just too tough for war wounds :) I have a couple of scars (right shoulder and elbow) from that time I ran into the fence. I'll show them to you right after we laugh at Whatshisname's pathetic forehand down the line :D
Clijsters (Sunday, 12 May 2013 09:53)
@San How did your tennis go? I bet you aced it. I hope no jerks hit the ball right at you. I'm glad you approve of the itinary and the more strawberries for me the better!
@All It is The Baftas tonight, remember that Last Tango is nominated but it's up against stiff competition from the likes of Scott and Bailey. I think I will be watching it live tonight, so I will give you up to the minute results.
Clijsters (Sunday, 12 May 2013 14:20)
@All Best drama series was the first category and I am pleased to report Last Tango won and the lovely Nicola Walker and Sarah Lancashire were on stage but didn't make the speeches that was left to Anne Reid.
hoppe (Sunday, 12 May 2013 16:21)
cool that Last Tango won... yeah!
About Lost Girls last ep... I wasn't as dissapointed as you Libelulle. As I said before my interest and attention switched a bit to Tamsin-Bo, as Lauren isn't an equal partner for me to Bo in terms of power(s). It always felt like an uneven dynamic and Lauren was written a bit pale. If TPTB had empowered her more or hinted something which would give her mystic powers as well, it might have been different, but instead they brought Tamsin into play.
And this was interesting to watch in the last ep. I also was glad to see Aife and ...? (irish dark fae guy who helped against the Garuda - don't get his name right now) again.
Lots of things stayed open to solve in the next season...
I liked Bo disspearing and emerging on the Wanderer card.
@faf like it how you live with us ;-)
San (Tuesday, 14 May 2013 23:46)
@Clijsters you were kidding about the up to the minute reporting! Did Last Tango win anything else? My tennis improved significantly this past week. SO much I think I could've broken your serve if it wasn't for your pesky tenacious walliness :) You kept running everything down! Stop that! My serve was unbeatable, so you still haven't broken me either. No jerks, but my backhand volley kept finding the net. It was so ridiculous, I just had to laugh :) Every 2 strawberries for you, 1 for me.
There's some art cars in my sandbox. We had a parade here in town. I think there's a car or 2 that's perfect for everyone in the room :D
Clijsters (Wednesday, 15 May 2013 10:17)
@San Lol I never joke:) Last Tango didn't win anything else, but it did well to win in that category. I can confirm that the filming of series 2 will begin on 10th June. I know what it feels like when vollies go in the net, with me it's usually my forehand volley. Great, now we know each others weaknesses! I'm getting you up to the net pronto! I like the term walliness, new verb for the dictionary. I think it's 4-4.
Nice photos in your sandbox, the parade looks fun. I think I can guess which car suits me the most, were they really tennis balls stuck all over the car? I have to say I loved all the cars. Does that parade take place every year?
San (Thursday, 16 May 2013 00:14)
@Clijsters Here comes another Thursday. Maybe this week, I'll have the complete package to break the walliest of them all and take the set :) I instantly thought of you when the tennis ball truck rolled by. Thankfully I was able to take a pic in time! It's called "Break Point" which is what you'll be facing pretty soon :p
This was the 26th annual art car parade. It's the oldest and largest in the world! If anyone is thinking of visiting, I suggest including the 2nd Saturday in May in your plans. Because it's a lot of fun :) Looking at the line-up of cars #234 in the "ReclinerCar." I was hoping for a more inspirational entry but I guess it's still creative. If you're interested, here's the line-up with crappy thumbnails - http://www.thehoustonartcarparade.com/2013-lineup/.
hoppe (Thursday, 16 May 2013 20:43)
right2water has made it!!!
8 countries (7 were needed) collected more than the necessary amount of signatures.
http://www.right2water.eu/news/first-ever-european-citizens-initiative-make-it
Wired (Friday, 17 May 2013 05:48)
Ola!!!!
Look out! fly by posting...
Well I'm back and man I have stories! Sorry I was MIA everyone but I have been paddling like mad to get back to this place and I'm getting closer - yay!!!! Right now long story short: no job, cleaning house etc, moved a friend, went to Victoria,BC moved my brother, got a job, dog sitting, started job, now I'm off to the New Brunswick cabin for the long weekend.
After this weekend things settle down finally and I can get back to my favourite people! You guys!
Will be back...am here...hi everyone!!!! Waving from a far but getting closer...
Libellule (Saturday, 18 May 2013 01:22)
Yay, @WIred, great to see you again! And yay for all these news! Congrats for the job!
What's not clear though is if you found the job in Victoria while moving your brother or if it's in Nova Scotia where we last saw you. ;D
Have a happy sunny week-end y'all!
faf (Sunday, 19 May 2013 07:04)
Ah...to sleep with the windows open :)
Oh! To wake up to the smell of maple flavored bacon!!! :D
Wishing you all an amazing day.
faf (Friday, 24 May 2013 09:14)
Ssssllleeping with the windows open last nnnnight was a big mmmisssstake. I woke up curled in a ball like Emma on the kissing sofa!
Wired (Friday, 24 May 2013 18:36)
@faf clearly you need one of those magic blankets Jenny had.. No windows open here otherwise I'd get a flood in the bedroom!
@libellule Hi!!!!! Good to see you, :) right, the job is in Halifax but they confirmed it while I was away in Victoria. Can't tear me away from Nova Scotia...I enjoy the Maritime way of life too much now. How goes it for you? Festival season is soon isn't it?
@C & San (ohhh that's like sea & sand! No it doesn't take much to excite me...). They have started work on the tennis courts again. They are surfacing it now and it is looking good! I took pictures of it previously but want to go back now for updates - sadly that is how long it's taking me to post pics...
Gotta get out the galoshes for this weekend. Hope you all have a great weekend. TGIF!
hoppe (Monday, 27 May 2013 14:19)
has anyone seen Orphan black? canadian series?
excerpt:
"Orphan Black is about clones: a particular set of young female clones, scattered throughout the world, a few of whom have banded together to figure out who and what they are. Sarah (Maslany), a former foster kid from the U.K. who is trying to get her life together with the help of her gay foster brother (Felix — the gifted Jordan Gavaris), is the main character, who finds herself entwined in the show’s opening scene when she sees her doppelganger Beth (Maslany) jump in front of a train. There’s also Alison (Maslany), a suburban soccer mom; Cosima (Maslany), a science grad student trying to root out the mystery; and Helena (Maslany), a hollow-eyed, self-mutilating Ukrainian. There are more...."
from here: http://www.buzzfeed.com/kateaurthur/iorphan-black-interview-tatiana-maslany-john-fawcett
Cosima is a lesbian - her scenes are uploaded on youtube.
It seems to be a great show, I only saw the yt snippets...
hoppe (Monday, 27 May 2013 15:54)
article on AE
http://www.afterellen.com/2013/05/tatiana-maslany-gives-us-scoop-orphan-black-clones-and-cosimas-bisexuality
hoppe (Monday, 27 May 2013 15:59)
ok, have to correct myself Cosima is bisexual, not a lesbian ;-)
Clijsters (Tuesday, 28 May 2013 08:49)
@Wired It's super to hear from you and congrats on the job!!! Sounds like it's been an exciting time for you. Good work on being our tennis court operative.
@San how did the match go last Thursday? My team had our first loss of the season, but I won 3 out of 4 sets so I had a good night.
Wired (Tuesday, 28 May 2013 20:12)
@Hoppe I had heard of Orphan Black but because it was with a strong female character. I didn't know one of the clones was bisexual until I saw the clips loaded on line. Have you watched it Hoppe? Thoughts?
hoppe (Tuesday, 28 May 2013 22:55)
@wired I only saw the clips, so I can't really say anything about the whole series, but... it seems to be an interesting one. I already found it amazing to see Tatiana play two of the characters and how natural it seemed, that they spoke with each other. And I didn't have the impression that it was her twice, but that these women were really two different beings. And I like the little geeky, open and charming character of Cosima with her dreadlocks ;-)
I'd love to see the whole series as you don't get the entire plot only with the clips, but well, I also don't want to spend that much time in front of my computer anymore - so ... it might be for my best that I can't ;-)
I found it heartbreaking when Cosima found out that she was deceived by that blonde. She played it really great :) and the blondes regret seemed genuinely - so I'm looking forward to more of them (although the blonde is not really my type... but CC (cute Cosima) is - LOL
San (Thursday, 30 May 2013 17:24)
Hiya @Wired! Welcome back! You had a busy and productive MIA :) Oo and a new job to boot!!! Congrats. New jobs are so exciting. Kinda wish I had one of those but I'll settle for embracing new work projects for the time being. Very eager to see the progress on the courts! @C and I will book our trip for the inaugural match :D
Speaking of tennis, @Clijsters I've been playing amazing tennis the last two weeks! In fact, the phrase "she's on fire" was bandied about the court :) My serve was solid. Smoked many service return winners from the forehand (as usual) AND backhand (happy surprise) sides. I might have put you on the robes during your serve. Since we're both playing so well, I'll let you decide if I was able to finally break you for the 1st set or not. I know I was close :p So what is it - 6-4 or 5-5? Congrats on your victories, btw! Too bad the team lost but we all know it's really about the awesome feeling of personal successes :D The team better step it up!
@hoppe I'll have to look fir Bkack Orphan sounds interesting, albeit a little confusing. Clones can do that :) Does one actress play all of them? I like to see that you take what little computer time you gave to check in and give us smiles and share interesting stuff you come across. Thank you! I can certainly understand limiting time in front of the computer. That's my day job :p At night, it's very centering to do other stuff, like art and (dare I say) napping :)
@all So I'm writing this on a plane to NYC. And will post (have posted since you're reading it now) right before I catch another plane to Spain! @faf and I are traveling together and we're taking y'all with us :) We've never been to Europe before so @hoppe and @Clijsters, we'll welcome your energy for guidance. Thanks in advance :D Love you all and expect travel updates and many pics! This is the dry run. Our next visit will be an England - Germany adventure to see friends, and hopefully we can bring our North American friends along with us :D What do you say @Libellule and @Wired? Everyone in the boat!
hoppe (Thursday, 30 May 2013 19:03)
@San oh my, you are travelling again! I'm curious :)
If you ever come to Germany - well I don't know where to put you ;) but one can rent a holiday flat from the company which rents out my and other flats. It's called Baugenossenschaft (housing cooperative). Every member of the Baugenossenschaft is entitled to rent one of those holiday flats for guests for a few days, a week or so...
@all Ilse de Ziah has made a new amazing magic music (cello) video!
It's called cloud dreaming: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmxasAgLURM
hoppe (Thursday, 30 May 2013 22:19)
or this one - sigh...
Vienen Los Pajaros
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzKh6eKTJkw&list=PL470968F21F1945D4
oh... here is the full concert:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMp5PF7jems&list=PL470968F21F1945D4
Wired (Sunday, 02 June 2013 15:39)
@san &@faf on the road again!!! So very awesome! We expect many Jemma adventures, magic blankets, light puppet shows and general carousing. Feel free to post fly by comments and talk about the food. I am again living vicariously through you all!
Speeking of: @libellule how are you enjoying our weather now? Go sun and warmth! @C Wimbledon soon!! How's the tennis? @hoppe I love it when one actress plays many roles remind me of the cylons in Battlestar...
It seems we skipped spring here and jumped to summer this weekend! Hurrah! Spent the weekend on patios yay!
hoppe (Monday, 03 June 2013 19:45)
in Passau the water is higher than ever before, last highest watermark was in 16th century normally the water is around 5 or 6meters now it's around 12,5m
here is a news: Brennpunkt Hochwasser
http://www.tagesschau.de/multimedia/video/video1309940.html
hoppe (Tuesday, 04 June 2013 17:46)
there was a nice little lesbian story on one of Germamy's crime series: Notruf Hafenkante. Lezsoapia has uploaded it on their youtube channel. It started very well and was well written, but the end is a bit... well you don't know where it could head to. Dennenesch Zoudé was alspo only a guest role, but who knows if she will come back. As always with the good translations of utubeere ;-)
hoppe (Wednesday, 05 June 2013 07:40)
guys - an amazingly well done artistic animation and storytelling:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XWUnh1fS9k
hoppe (Wednesday, 05 June 2013 17:44)
new series of Skins creators: Dates
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbKn3G0R6gg
faf (Sunday, 09 June 2013 11:32)
Man, I could get used to this traveling at a slow relaxing pace, eating delicious food, being all touristy and stuff.
There is a 234 message for y'all (San's been influencing my dialect) in Seville, Cadiz, Tarifa, and now Ronda. Onto Granada in the morning. Pics will get to my franbox when I return to my laptop. Love, love, love each of you.
Clijsters (Tuesday, 11 June 2013 05:18)
@San and faf, well I just can't believe you guys are in Europe!!! I hope you are soaking up the culture and experiencing the wonderful sights of mainland Spain. I'm with Wired, what amazing food have you eaten? I really can't wait to see the photos.
@Hoppe I've seen the photos of the flooding in Central Europe, it looks really bad. I hope water levels have now dropped.
@San I must admit my first thought was that our match is 5-5, but since you have been on fire and especially if even your backhand is working the first set deserves to be yours, so 6-4 it is. But watch out, I'm coming for you in set number two! The team came away with a draw last night, but I won all my sets, so the team haven't stepped it up yet! By the way I hope you're not getting coaching at La Manga:)
@Wired How are you? Have you started the new job yet?
After 3 gorgeous weeks, the rain returned today:( Hopefully it's just a blip and fingers crossed it will improve by the time Wimbledon comes around.
Wired (Thursday, 13 June 2013 21:25)
@C You know with San's travelling and food she'll be slower and out of shape...she may be stopped by the Wall! :)
@Hoppe I had good weather but it seems the cool temperatures and rain are back. I'm going to see the silver lining in this and be glad my lawn will grow. I saw the pictures of the flooding too, amazing!
@faf Can't wait for the pics! When will you be back? Hmmm now it's like a treasure hunt to go where you and San went to see the messages!!!
@C I did start my new job and I must say I seemed out of shape to work again. I was very tired the first few weeks ( I started May 6th...I know I shouldn't complain). So far I love it! Though it's the same type of work, the people in the new office are much friendlier and actually talk with one another. The hours are much more flexible too. I'm sure I'm still in the honeymoon stage but I do like it so far. Also I've been told I "fit in like a dirty old sock...". I'm going to take that as a good thing. :). I didn't realize how much my old office took the fun out of me either. I hope I keep liking it! Ask me again in 3 months...
I went to a new store the other day that specializes in European food and they had a candy aisle. I was hoping for a Chocofresh bar ( though I know you didn't like it Hoppe) but unfortunately they didn't have one. I actually miss those commercials!
hoppe (Monday, 17 June 2013 19:59)
ok, guys - I will delete posts of me which are too private, next time I'm online.
Just so you know and don't wonder.
Wired (Thursday, 20 June 2013 16:58)
Hey Hoppe, ok hope everything's ok for you!
@C WIMBLEDON!!!!!!
hoppe (Monday, 24 June 2013 19:38)
hi wired,
I would leave my comments like they are, if everything gets password-protected...
C (Tuesday, 25 June 2013 03:38)
@Hoppe I'm sorry to hear you're not feeling very good. I suggest you have a good rest and even thought it's hard, to stay away from Room 234. Your health is the most important thing.
@Wired Wimbledon has begun!!! I'm so upset Nadal lost in the first round. His knees looked in a bad way and he was practically limping at the end of the match. A load of British players lost on day one, so no surprises there! I'm off to London today, so I'll tell you all about it when I get back. Hope you're still enjoying your new job.
faf (Tuesday, 25 June 2013 06:31)
Hola leute :D! My first week home after two weeks away have been no fun all. I wont complain any more about it, thats just the facts. Spain was amazing in every way. Better than I ever imagined. The weather was sunny. And there was sunshine. And it was sunny. Only once did I have too much of a good thing they call Sangria. Paid a price for that ;p Seville had the prettiest people I've ever seen in one place. Glowing happy naturally attractive people. I think I could live there and just people watch. Tarifa was everything I had hoped and much much more! Music everywhere. Colorful kites. More pretty people. I looked across at the mountains of Morocco and knew I was somewhere special. The ocean...the sea...the ocean...the sea. (and ps: the sea is much colder than the ocean. I checked). It got better after that!
I fell in love with the view from the mountains in Ronda. I fell in love with the textures (OMJ THE TEXTURES!) in Granada. I absorbed so many textures and vibrations that I got a little overwhelmed. The food was always pleasing. The Mojitos were pretty stinkin' awesome too. And the best part? I had the most suitable travel partner :) San surprised me with her Spanish. Hardly any Spanglish at all! She guided me well with her confidence and vast knowledge of public transportation, something I have no experience with. I could not have guessed that we were so compatible when it came to style of travel and pace. It worked out perfectly (for me). She seemed very pleased as well, but thats her story to tell. There are 234 messages all over Andalusia ;) And dance! Oh, we did some dancing alright :D Damn, I had a good time! Pics soon, I promise. This going back to work thing is so inconvenient!
Wired (Tuesday, 25 June 2013 21:43)
@faf Super awesome to hear your trip went so well! I know that work thing sucks right? ;) well you're back in time for summer so mix a pitcher of sangria, squint and pretend you're back in Spain.
@C Yay court side! Hope you have an awesome time at W. Tell us how the strawberries and cream taste and how many tennis stars you get to see. Also quick make your prediction who will win men's and women's. if you're right you get a chocofresh. :)
@Hoppe Take care of yourself! Love to hear from you but your health is most important. Hope your back gets better soon!
Wired (Monday, 01 July 2013 20:30)
Happy Canada Day!!!! Celebrate Canada with a cup of Tim's, eating a maple product, or having a Canadian drink or eating/wearing something red & white! Wheeee!
Cheers! :)
faf (Tuesday, 02 July 2013 06:20)
I celebrated by eating 2 Timbits and I wore a red top! Oh Canada!
ps check out my franbox
Wired (Tuesday, 02 July 2013 20:24)
Ah Timbits! Question is what kind??? :)
Fran those pictures are amazing!!! I'm sitting here going wow! Whoa! At my computer! That must have been so awesome! Also your fingers must have been itching to touch some of those textures. Next time right? (Bring a big ladder....) Thanks for posting those. That is great!
FYI @San & @C you are both now able to play on our tennis courts here. They are finished and look great!!! Will take pictures soon and post as well. No really I will!
Libellule (Friday, 05 July 2013 00:39)
Hello lovely Leute,
It's been a long time, I know. I can't even say that I was busy, simply "lost in my bubble"... ;)
@Wired: I'm still out of work. But it's not a choice anymore. I took nearly a year off, I needed it, I don't regret it, but I think I overestimated my capacity at the time to find another job as soon as I felt ready. I'm facing a different reality. Obviously there's something I'm not doing right, as my searches and diverse applications haven't led me anywhere yet. So at this stage I find it tough to keep self-confident and motivated.
But I was super happy for you when I read your description of your new work environment (#659)! This is exactly how I'd like to feel for my next professional adventure, what I'm still hoping for. (So wish me luck and please ask the job fairy to hurry up, I'm getting impatient. :p)
Merry work honeymoon to you! I wish you an emerald* wedding with this one. :D
In other news, festivals season has indeed started. I just LOVE this!
Unfortunately the weather so far hasn't made it easy to fully enjoy all the different outdoor venues. Summer is quite late to really settle this year. Currently expecting a big storm. Let's hope for a true bright sun to enlighten our days after that. :)
*Emerald is 40 years. I picked up that one because the sound of the word is close to Emma. This could actually be renamed emmarald from now on, so Jemma would have their own gemstones, I mean jemstones. ;)
@hoppe: Sorry to hear health is unbalanced once more. I hope you can find what you need to feel great again.
Regarding the deletion of some of your posts, I understand where you come from. Do what you feel you have to do to be the most comfortable with what you see in Rm234, the words you left. That's the beauty of this place, the freedom we all have with the content we share.
It's good though that you told us, so nobody thinks there's a hacker playing around with the countdown of our jemmageddons. :D
About the tv shows you talked about a while ago, I've only seen bits of Orphan Black but I've liked it so far. It's incredibly well played by the actress who does all the different clones. And I have a really soft spot for Cosima character and I like her relationship with Delphine.
I didn't access to the whole show, so the plot was a bit difficult to understand for me, but from what I could gather it really seems well-written and interesting, and I'd like to look further into it.
I haven't watched Defiance, but I read HH recaps on AE to keep up to date. I watched a very short clip of the interaction between Stahma (Jaime Murray) and Kenya (Mia Kirshner) the other day, and wasn't really drawn to it.
Unlike the episode of "Dates - Kate and Erika" that I watched entirely a few days ago. On a purely aesthetic point of view, the whole thing was just wow! First the 2 actresses are gorgeous, but mainly it is the way it was filmed, I found the photography direction stunning. At a lesser degree I also liked the script.
I know some female viewers were pissed by the special treatment (meaning more sexual) for this lesbian storyline compared to the other dates, but I haven't seen the other episodes so I can't tell. @Clijsters, what do you think?
@C and San: Outdoor tennis courts at their full in here at the moment too. I always think about you when I stop by to watch the different players. I imagine that the game would be fierce with the 2 of you opposing. :)
On a completely different note, I dreamt about Marbecca last night. Yup, not Jemma but Marbecca. And I haven't watched a vid of them for a while.
It was really weird. And exhausting, it felt like my brain kept active the whole night. :p That's because there was an investigation, I can't remember about what, but Marlene and Rebecca were involved. I got to talk to both of them, I was trying to help them, especially Marlene I think. She was in trouble the most, though it didn't seem major. At some point she fell on the ground, on the edge of a stream in the sunny woods, while running from something. She was wearing a classy black suit (with fashionable high heels, of course, that's Marlene after all. Even in dreams she's smokin' hot. :D). I think Rebecca and I were watching that scene from a distance, while in a heated discussion, standing behind a castle rampart.
It seems dramatic but it was not, I mean it was not a nightmare. It was just agitated because of lots of running around, trying to find clues and understanding what was happening exactly. Which I don't remember at all.
Feel free to interpret the significance of this dream for me. :p
Maybe there's a part II for it that will unravel tonight.
So gute Nacht everyone! :)
hoppe (Friday, 05 July 2013 07:47)
Hey libelulle,
I will give my 2 cents the last time I think, because I really don't want to discuss private and deeper things in an open space anymore - so this site looses it's importance and sense for me...
the first thing which comes to my mind is that Marlene lost her job - no, her vocation! Maybe this is what it is about? One part of you fighting and running from things concerning the job? But remember that another part (Rebecca) has found and knows her own calling and lives it, so maybe those two parts can talk and help each other... :)
Libellule (Friday, 05 July 2013 10:54)
@hoppe: I love your insight for that dream! :D
I'm gonna reflect on that for sure. Thank you. :)
hoppe (Sunday, 07 July 2013 16:37)
stand with Edward Snowden - if you haven't signed, here's your chance ;-)
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/stop_prism_global/?fp
Libellule (Monday, 08 July 2013 00:27)
@hoppe: I've catched up with Marbecca, and it seems that Rebecca is having a very tough time at work lately.
Do you think I should consider this fact and interpret my dream under a new light? :p
PS:Tanja cracks me up. That woman is evil, but it's difficult to hate her. Whatever the low blows she's up to, she's brilliant!
For instance I loved how, in Folge 4316, she snaps at Rebecca, who's stating that a creative process is not that simple, with: "If it were simple, you would be overpaid"...
I honestly don't know how Rebecca can manage to work with Tanja on a daily basis and to keep up with the pressure (well, she's actually on the edge of a burn-out at the moment, but still, she's coped bravely so far), but from a distance I can't help but admire Tanja unapologetic ways. :D
Libellule (Monday, 08 July 2013 23:36)
Just watched Skins Fire. I really, really, really shouldn't have. What have they done???!!!...
What was the point of bringing back these beloved characters for such (lame) storyline? Don't get me wrong, it was well acted, but the writing was just bad, well, lazy and inconsistent to say the least. Predictable, uncreative, boring, loose and pointless.
Such a waste...
So to make peace with what I just saw (and unfortunately can't "unsee") and my true infinite awe and adoration for Naomily (also deep love for Skins generation 3 = seasons 5 + 6), I've decided this was all happening in Effy's head in one of her latest schizophrenia crisis. Never did actually occur.
Here, settled.
Now I can forget about it (and there's no way I'll see another Effy's delirium ever again) and go back to the glorious and sacred memories I have of Naomi and Emily.
These 2 hold a very special spot in my heart, along Jemma. To me, they represent the essence of love.
So I'll always be very protective, there's no way I'm gonna let anything ruin them for me. Vade retro stupid twists and disjointed storylines!
Cheers, to Jemma and Naomily, the most brilliant and inspirational couples of all times! :D
hoppe (Saturday, 13 July 2013 08:58)
interview with Marbecca on Christopher street day in Cologne
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-o3T5K43EgE
it seems is if there would follow another one with Tatjana as they said in the interview, we have asked asked Tatjana this already, what can you Melanie tell us about the future of Marbecca?
Maybe there will be subs soon...
hoppe (Saturday, 13 July 2013 09:04)
if you scroll down on this page you find an english summary
http://www.phenomenelle.de/kulturelle/marbeccacolognepride-2013/
hoppe (Saturday, 13 July 2013 10:50)
a hilarious movie? or show? with a lesbian character
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rORD6OKYMEc
hoppe (Saturday, 13 July 2013 10:52)
@Libelulle #173 NO! :)
btw. Tanja is one of my favourites too ;)
faf (Sunday, 14 July 2013 22:53)
@hoppe the clip from Offspring was hilarious. Especially the day dream in the boat :D Looks like a good show. Wonder if we'll get to see more.
hoppe (Monday, 15 July 2013 19:36)
@faf did you see that there are two more clips already? it's an ongoing weekly show ;-)
hoppe (Monday, 15 July 2013 20:37)
here's a clip about the sensual aspects of Marlene Scheizer aka Lucy Scherer in "Sturm der Liebe". I think it's lovely + funny :)
hoppe (Monday, 15 July 2013 20:38)
well I should post the lik as well, don't yu think? ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9vxoc3pdGU
C (Wednesday, 17 July 2013 05:53)
Just thought I'd pop in and say hi! Many parts of the UK are experiencing hot weather, not only that but it's lasted longer than two days which is unheard of:) I can actually go outside in shorts, a t-shirt and sandals-mad!!! After not having a Summer last, this year has more than made up for it.
@San Wired Wimbledon was fantastic. I was there on so called 'Black Wednesday' as seven former world number ones were knocked out. I saw Federer lose, which was a brilliant match. The strawberries and cream were delicious and they hadn't gone up in price. Everything about the day was perfect. I even had time to visit the British Museum, although I actually wasn't too impressed. It's just not my period of history, it was too ancient. Sorry but Greek and Roman pottery doesn't excite me!
@Wired ...tennis court pics!!! :)
C (Wednesday, 17 July 2013 05:56)
By the way, I love how my name has changed from Clijsters3, then to Clijsters and now it's just C;)
hoppe (Wednesday, 17 July 2013 10:09)
@C be cautious that this C isn't dissolving as well. then it gets difficult because you might think every means you ;-) this can lead to severe stress :DDD
hoppe (Wednesday, 17 July 2013 10:11)
shit this sites deletes any gaps between words which are are more than one click on the tab. I mean all the gaps between words ;) gap ..... between ..... words ;-)
hoppe (Friday, 19 July 2013 13:24)
guys, nfb has some amazing films in their repertoire.
this one here is stunningly done in terms of drawing techniques. It's quite dark, and as I'm not a big fan of dark films at all, I'm a bit divided, but it's still amazing...
one viewer has posted the translation of the poem in the beginning of the clip - it's from Rumi:
"I went insane, Love found me and said
'I am here, cry no more, curse no more, say no more'
I replied 'O Love it is other than thee which I fear'
Answered 'There is none but me, say no more'" Shams - Rumi
here's the clip caled "Forbidden Tree"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b50Q93pXMF4
hoppe (Friday, 19 July 2013 22:14)
bombgirls40 uploaded the piper/alice story of orange is the new black - I think it's quite well written and acted although I sometimes don't understand every word.
Here's part one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NG0bTnk0xk
Libellule (Tuesday, 23 July 2013 15:20)
@hoppe
I'm completely hooked at Alex/Piper storyline in OITNB. Watched their interaction and bits of the show on the channel you indicated and loved it. Like you, I miss some words, I don't understand all the dialogues, but these 2 characters don't really need to talk for us to see their chemistry, it's quite blatant.
Also Alex's voice: swoon!... :)
Actually I think I'm in love with her character. :p
At 1st I thought I would be moved by Piper's fragility and turned off by Alex's drug runner past, but after watching them evolve over 13 eps, turns out Piper's is seriously self-centered and manipulative, while Alex is really mature and deeply sensitive. Of course, she's also got some flaws but they are way more likeable than Piper's to me. :p And that voice, really, that voice... And that smile. And those eyes and glasses (and the way she sometimes places them on the top of her head), aw, lovely, just lovely!...
C (Wednesday, 24 July 2013 06:25)
@Hoppe Thank you so much for the link to the Piper/Alex story. I was aware of the story due to AE, but I hadn't bothered reading the recaps because I didn't know any of the characters so the recaps just confused me. However, now I am watching it and I am loving it! I too miss a lot of the dialogue, but I don't think it's important.
@Libellule I know what you mean about Alex! Her voice! I've heard that voice before (I'm sure lots of people have her voice) but it's really annoying me because it's so familiar but I can't think were I've heard it before. And as for the glasses. I love how she puts them on the top of her head, I don't know why I just do! Anyway I'm up to part 7 so I'm off to watch some more:)
fnf (Wednesday, 24 July 2013 07:06)
Okay. I bit. But I only took a quick peak. Very niiiice :) Alex's voice might be familiar if you've ever watched "That 70's Show". The character's name was Donna. Redhead. Ring a bell?
San (Thursday, 25 July 2013 12:05)
Hola! Remember me, I'm SAN :D I could bore you with tales of my trying to get work done and entertaining my sister for the past month, but I'll spare you :) I put some pics in my box!
@Clijsters I'm afraid @Wired is partly right. While my travels made me more trim, fit, and faster than ever before, I developed a nasty case of tennis elbow while carelessly lugging my suitcase around Spain. I apparently have terrible luggage technique. Despite the pain, I played the week after I returned home, and I was still borderline amazing :p However, a couple of weeks ago, the pain was so excruciating I had to resort to a two-handed backhand and thought seriously about working on my lefthanded game. No worries though, I believe I will start feeling 100% soon, and I'll have a two-handed backhand and a solid ambidextrous game that will make me unbeatable :D Due to the learning curve and obvious pain, @C you definietly took the 2nd set 6-3 without batting an eye. I fought hard, but you really went in for the kill, and I admire that :) Injury timeout!
btw @C Loved our day together at Wimbledon! You were an excellent guide! And, I'm sorry, I didn't end up giving you half of my strawberries and cream as I promised. They were just too ridiculously good :D What a thrill it must have been to be there to watch Federer lose! Now, that Andy's won, what will everyone talk about now?
@faf Are you @fnf now? Or do we have a new 234 in the room? :D
San (Thursday, 25 July 2013)
Now about my time in Spain with the wonderful @faf... Similar to what she expressed, it was an amazing experience that I will cherish always. And I still devote quite a bit of time day dreaming about it. And I'll do it again in a heartbeat! The people were kind and very patient with my Spanish. Beautiful country with beautiful people. By train and bus we traveled all around Andalusia for 16 days. The recent train crash hits very close to home. How awful!
We landed in Madrid and just as soon as we could figure out how to leave the airport (which took well over an hour just figuring out that we needed to go to a completely different terminal building!), we took the hi-speed train to Sevilla. The first night, a Friday, we experienced a traffic jam in the narrow, winding streets due to two competing religious processions complete with dirgey, very serious, heavy-on-the-doom music. This must happen all the time, right? We spent a wonderful 5 days there. Walked, enjoyed the sun, loved the shade, sat in the gardens, tried to shake some oranges out of the trees, and drank sangria. As @faf's pic documents, I had fun playing cowgirl on the playground near the Plaza de España :) I love riding those springy animals! Early on we discovered a beautiful and very distinctive tree that rose above the landscape and served as our primary landmark to calibrate our location. (btw, did @faf tell you she can navigate effortlessly through any city in the world? Well, she can.) From Sevilla, we took the train further south to Cadiz, the port where Columbus set sail and ran into America! We sat on the beach for hours. Looking out to the western horizon of the Atlantic was humbling. Nice seeing it from the other side :) The next day we took the bus further south, the southiest you can go in Europe, to Tarifa, a wonderful low-key surfer town. It was our vacation within a vacation, so we relaxed, walked around, enjoyed the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, ate paella, and drank more sangria (btw, Did @faf tell you that I totally warned her about that 3rd litro de sangria? I totally did :p). Hated to leave Tarifa. It was SO beautiful! But from there we made our way up to the small hill town of Ronda. I'm not going to lie, we needed to do laundry and the temps were freezing! So we did some emergency shopping for something warm to wear, which made us very proud owners of various pieces of Spanish football club attire :p After 2 days in Ronda, we were off to Granada, the land of the Alhambra! ...and where pomegranates (at least cast-iron ones) line the streets! We spent 5 wonderful days here, and the place where we stayed was nice enough to do our laundry, so we had clean clothes again! Yay! As everywhere we went in Spain, Granada was beautiful. We walked to and fro the Alhambra until we finally got tickets and experienced the its textures and artistry from the inside. The last day in town, we bought cups, water, limes, some snacks, and ice at a supermarket and just sat the afternoon away in a shady promenade, watching people and enjoying the atmosphere. The next morning, we had to catch the train back to Madrid. We spent Saturday evening around the palace. Beautiful sunset!!! But then Sunday came. It was a day of racing around airports on two continents with a nice relaxing plane ride over an ocean in the middle :) Then, we were back at our respective homes, trying to get back to the every-day life. No fun at all! I'm still trying in fact. You all with with us the entire time we were in Spain. We felt you near. We packed you up and took you everywhere! I hope y'all enjoyed the trip :) Love you and I've missed you so much these past few weeks. *kisses and hugs* all around!
fAf (Monday, 29 July 2013 11:51)
@San Apparently I've been hacked by this "fnf". She also ate all of my cheese and hid my umbrella this morning. And she obviously has been using my laptop to watch steamy video clips.
Beautiful recap btw :) Remember that message I was writing for Room234 when the police came by on horseback? Remember how you tried repeatedly to warn me but I could not hear you? Remember when you had to bail me out of jail for vandalizing public property?
@All Okay, that last part didnt really happen ;p
C (Thursday, 01 August 2013 10:43)
@San Whooo!!! It's great to have you back in Room 234. Your write up of your time in Spain was a joy to read, I felt like I was nearly there with you and faf. Thank you so much for the report, it's sounds like you had a amazing time and created some wonderful memories. I of course have fallen out with you because of the strawberry incident at Wimbledon:)
Missed you too San!!!
San (Thursday, 01 August 2013 10:43)
@fAf That "fnf" sounds like fun! Can you get me her phone number? :p Yes, I remember the mounted police riding through the park. A person can only say "Police... police" so loud before attracting attention from the aforementioned Police :D Next time we need a code phrase, like "badgers at 234 o'clock!" or "geese, geese!" or "kumquats!" or "rolling oranges!" Take you pick :)
@C Still wearing shorts and sandals? I got a nice tan at the beach last week. Ok, so it was a sunburn but now it's a nice tan :)
San (Thursday, 01 August 2013 10:47)
@C We posted at the same time! hehehe Great minds think at the same time, eh? So so sorry about the strawberries!!! How many times do I need to apologize before you forgive me? Please, please forgive me! They were SOOOoooooo delicious!!! :)
San (Saturday, 03 August 2013 14:05)
Wow, just noticed this room is over a year old! We've slowed down a bit. But that's alright. Still love everyone very much. Just doesn't feel like it's been a year.
faf (Monday, 05 August 2013 18:27)
This just makes me laugh and laugh. Not even sure why :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY_8MTxrWDI
Wired (Tuesday, 06 August 2013 04:53)
Zoom --*waves*---whoosh
Still here! Happy Anniversary everyone (one year in this room) cake and confetti!!
Just wanted to say I'm here and still reading and checking in. This summer has been busy but is slowing down soon (whew!). I miss you guys!!!
C (Wednesday, 07 August 2013 06:04)
Happy Anniversary!!!
@Wired You just had to get post #700 :) Nice to know you're still around during your mad Summer.
@faf I have seen That 70s Show but only a few episodes so I don't think that's where I've heard her voice before, although I had no idea it was the same actress, wow she's all grown up! At times her voice sounds a bit Scottish to me!
@San I will forgive, but I'll never forget, so be warned! The weather went downhill for a week, but the sun is back although it's no where near as warm as it was in July, but it's pleasant enough.
@Hoppe it's German season in the UK! On the TV there's different programmes all about Germany and its people. For example one programme is about German food, on another one a married couple go and live in Germany for a short time to experience what life is like in Germany. There are so many stereotypes of Germans, i.e. very efficient, no sense of humour, very serious, so the programmes are designed to find out what modern Germans are like and if they fit these stereotypes.
@All I don't know if you are aware but Lucy Scherer has been playing Sally Bowles (Cabaret) at the theatre in Berlin.
Libellule (Thursday, 15 August 2013 00:27)
Gaaaahhhhh, just read the worst tv news EVER!!!
It seems that Laura Prepon who plays my beloved Alex in OITNB (yes, MY. Haven't you noticed how smitten I was over her in my #689 post? :p) won't be returning to the show (just a few minor appearances on season 2 and that' would be it).
I'm gutted. So sad. How am I gonna get my Alex's voice fix now? And be hypnotized by her whole look? And swoon at the way she would put her glasses on the top of her head? Did I tell you that I also love her black hair? (And actually I think it suits the actress best than when she coloured her hair blond or red).
Anyway, what I wanted to say, I mean beg for, is: Oh please, Alex, please, don't go, come back already!!! :)
Libellule (Sunday, 25 August 2013 19:22)
Hello lovely people,
How is everyone doing?
Just a quick stop to my favorite Room before diner, I'm starving! :p
Not much to share, pretty slow on the vibrant emotions atm, and nothing much appealing on screen as far as I am concerned, but feeling good and energized nonetheless! :)
Sending great vibes and emmabeams your ways. Mwah!
hoppe (Sunday, 01 September 2013 17:03)
@C thanks for your reply!
I tried to answer your email today, but it seems your email adress is already invalid, I got a mail delivery message that the delivery failed. So thanks again :)
C (Wednesday, 04 September 2013 09:12)
@Hoppe Thanks for the post, although your email to me should have worked, I haven't changed my address, so that's strange. Anyway I'm glad you got my message.
@Libellule Sending you emmabeams too! And to everyone else!!
I hope everyone is well and are enjoying life.
@Wired I'm sure you said something about posting photos of the new tennis courts:)
Libellule (Thursday, 19 September 2013 21:39)
Hello my dear Leute,
Time flies and life is quite busy at the moment...
I guess it's the same for all of us, which is why the Room is so silent. Still doing my daily visit no matter what. :)
Started a new job a few weeks ago (finally!). Completely different from what I used to do but I like it. Mostly I like the pros that go with it: no stress, no overtime, and close from home. The team is really nice; I'm surrounded by artsy people from very diverse backgrounds and roots, which is truly inspiring.
Big con though: it's minimum wage salary, so it won't be viable on the long run as I can barely cover my basic needs/expenses (rent, bills and food).
But for now I'm happy with it. I find it a smooth re-acclimation to the job market. it's also a good way to re-build my professional self-confidence.
And who knows, maybe it will actually lead me to a completely fulfilling stage in my career?...
Jemma power! :D
Btw, Wired, you told us to ask you again 3 months after your new job if you were still in honeymoon mode. So, are you? :p
Hoping everyone is doing great.
Sending sunny September beams to all of you.
hoppe (Sunday, 22 September 2013 12:45)
I found an interesting sci-fi, more artistic, low-budget lesbian webisode: Frequency
watch here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/KVWorks1
Wired (Sunday, 22 September 2013 16:53)
Hey all!!! Emmabeams back at you all too!!! I totally can't believe it's the last week of September! I seem to have gotten into a time machine!
I do owe pictures and a work update for sure. It's coming up tomorrow!. In the meantime hugs for all and yay Libellule! Go for the pros of the new job!
More to come soon!
Wired (Monday, 23 September 2013 21:08)
Hello all my 234's!!! Sigh I missed this place! Sorry I've been away so long and so off and on though it seems we are all slowing down a bit. As I've always said I still drive by and read but haven't been posting. The summer was busy and time flew by but you all have always been in my thoughts!
@San amazing update on Spain with faf. Since I couldn't be there that was really the next best thing!
@C Wimbledon! That San hogging the strawberries!
@faf just tell that fnf that "it's nacho cheese!" (hahahaha I know corney but I love that one!) Those darn police always disrupting your 234 messages!
@Libellule always great to hear from you!!! Congrats on the new job! I think it can be good to go back to simpler things and going back to a basic job might be just the ticket. Also who knows where it will lead you. All things happen and our paths aren't known until you go down them. Who would have thought watching a German soap online would lead me here to you all? :) I wish you all of the luck and good job karma in the world.
@hoppe hope things are going well for you and the family. one day at a time. I love that you're still here....also what??? Alex is gone??? Nooooo!!!!!
So my quick update is that yes (perhaps weirdly) I am still on a work honeymoon! I still like where I'm working and I love the company. It's the same business as before but the corporate culture is so different! I am working hard and keeping it in line since I'm still very paranoid about being fired. Once bitten twice shy I guess. I'm hoping that will end soon though. On the plus side my old office is apparently falling to pieces and I am very glad I'm out of there. It turned out all right after all and I feel I am where I should be. You'll have to ask me again in 3 more months I guess!! :)
Life itself is pretty busy. Since we only have 2 months of real summer here in the Maritimes we gear up for it early and try to keep it going for as long as possible! The summer flew by as I was busy working and trying to go out, camp, hosted my 2 nephews and my niece ( a week each) and hit some local events here as well. It was a good time but busy! I'm glad for the fall with it's beautiful colors and slower pace!!
As promised @C I'm gonna post my pictures of our new courts. My pictures really don't do them justice they are very very nice!!! I always think of you guys when I pass them. I'm also gonna add some other pictures for fun because why not?
So I'm back guys and will post more often because you are my even keel. I look forward to fall with you all!!! Keep it coming guys. But if not...we're all still around. I feel the love! :D
C (Tuesday, 24 September 2013 04:35)
It's great to hear that people are still around!
@Wired I'm really glad to read you are happy in your work and that you've had a wonderful summer.
Turns out Alex might not be leaving OITNB. There are all sorts of rumours flying around, so fingers crossed she will be a main character in the next series.
My reason for posting is because last night I was watching tele and what comes on? Only an advert for Wicked and who should it show? Only Lucy Scherer!!! It was advertising tickets for Wicked as it's coming to Manchester. It was just really good to see Lucy on British TV even though it was for two minutes and in an advert, but hey it made me feel good and I of course thought of all of you. So I did a bit of research and Lucy is in the official advert for Wicked even though she last played Glinda in 2010 and that was only in Germany.
Libellule (Tuesday, 24 September 2013 22:32)
@C: I love that you did an investigation on the ad. Reminds me of the balcony and all the looking for clues at the letters significance for the Rebecca outdoor extract with Lucy Scherer. Good times! :D
@Wired: Awesome! Might turn out I was right with my emerald "job-wedding" wishes then. ;)
@hoppe: Like Wired, hoping things are going better on your side.
Hopefully, along with its radiant colors, Fall will bring joyful and vibrant news for all of us. :)
@faf: Did you, by any chance, meet Alex in jail when you vandalized Spanish public property? If so, I hope you told her to get her smoking hotness back on the screen for OITNB season 2! I'm having some serious Alex's voice and pulled-up-on-the-head-glasses withdrawals, and seeing her for a cameo won't do...
@San: Outdoor courts are still open though temperatures have fallen down lately, and it's dark by 7pm already. Saw a lookalike the other day and thought for a minute it could be you playing. But she wasn't fierce enough, so I didn't stop for very long. Her match was not interesting enough to watch. :p
Wired (Wednesday, 25 September 2013 21:27)
Hurrah Alex may be back!!! That's some good gossip at least! Any news on Last Tango in Halifax? They are finally showing it here though I've seen it all online already!
The Jemma Investigation Team! That was it wasn't it?? Sigh...good times! I didn't think Lucy was in Wicked now though I would buy tickets for that! Reminds me of a great tumblr account I follow with Lucy in Wicked on it. :)
C (Thursday, 26 September 2013 10:54)
@Libellule and Wired I got a bit too excited when Lucy appeared on my screen! It's probably the first time she's ever been on British TV. It seems strange that her Glinda has been picked to be in the official advert for Wicked. As I said she last played her three years ago and that was only in Germany not in the West End or Broadway productions. She's obviously the best:) Ah yes the JIT, good times indeed:)
No news yet of when the new series of Last Tango in Halifax will air, but it has been advertised, so hopefully it won't be too much longer. I'm hoping for good things!
Wired (Tuesday, 08 October 2013 19:22)
@C I'm hoping they keep going where they left off on Last Tango in Halifax I really liked that show!
So it's October already and our weather is starting to cool down here in Halifax. It's also Thanksgiving this weekend. Turkey time!!! I'm off to the in-laws cabin this weekend for one last time of canoeing, fishing and campfires. The leaves are also changing which makes it gorgeous out. Yay!!
@San How's the weather for you now? @Libellule how's the new job? @Fran how's life treating you? It's Pumpkin Spice muffin time at Tim's! @C Any new shows out there for me to watch?
Well will keep you all in my thoughts when I'm by the fire this weekend...wearing my toaster pants... :)
hoppe (Tuesday, 08 October 2013 19:32)
lezsoapia is uploading old "Die Konkurrentin" with typical utubeere-quality subs over the next 4 weeks. first part already on their blog
Wired (Friday, 11 October 2013 23:44)
@Hoppe oh thanks!!! I love those subs!! Any comments on the show?? I'll have to check it out. How are you doing???
C (Monday, 21 October 2013 04:58)
@ Hoppe Unfortunately I haven't had time to watch "Die Konkurrentin" but I'm planning on making time. I've just had a quick look at the plot and it's made me want to watch it...In fact I think I might start watching it right now! I hope you're alright.
@Wired How was Thanksgiving? I love the changing colour of the leaves, it's so magical! As yet I STILL don't know when LTIH will air, I'm guessing mid to late November. They're keeping us all waiting:) As for any new shows, I've drawn a blank, sorry I have no recommendations.
So here is a question for you Americans, is the murder case involving Lizzie Borden still well known in the US? I'm very interested in true crime, especially unsolved murder cases, and the case of Lizzie Borden is a particular favourite of mine. I was just wondering if it's still talked about, referred to etc...
@San Wired My local courts are being re-surfaced, so I won't be playing on them until the New Year, so I shall have to pay and play indoors.
C (Monday, 21 October 2013 12:34)
@Wired I've just read on AE that the second series of Last Tango will start in 2014. I don't know which source they've got that info from and I'm not sure how true it is.
Wired (Thursday, 24 October 2013 04:41)
@C I hope Last Tango is on in the new year. I am surprised there is no info. It had done well last year right? Also Thanksgiving was great. The fireside was absolutely freezing though, 4 degrees at night was cold for me!!
Halloween is upon us soon. I've been busy decorating the house and staying away from all of that chocolate!! I am surprised as always how fast time goes! Anyone else feeling my time warp?? ;)
Happy Thursday!
C (Wednesday, 30 October 2013 12:17)
@Wired According to The Guardian the new series of Last Tango will start 19th November, which is much better than the New Year. Again I don't know if it's 100% we cent true but we can but hope.
hoppe (Wednesday, 30 October 2013 18:19)
Bomb Girls film will definetely come!!!
http://www.afterellen.com/the-bomb-girls-movie-is-coming/10/2013/
C (Wednesday, 30 October 2013 18:53)
@Hoppe This is amazing news about Bomb Girls the movie! I never thought it would really happen. This is good news indeed. It'll be nice to see Betty again, she's a great character.
hoppe (Thursday, 31 October 2013 10:11)
yeag clijsters, right? :))))
here's another article about the little wonder ;)
http://www.autostraddle.com/bomb-girls-movie-is-actually-really-happening-everything-is-beautiful-202678/
C (Tuesday, 05 November 2013 08:45)
@Hoppe Thanks for the extra article.
@Wired It's been confirmed, the new series of LTIH will air on Tuesday 19th November on BBC1!!! An episode will air on Christmas Eve at prime time, meaning millions of people will see it. Yay!
C (Friday, 08 November 2013 11:06)
Hi I hope everyone is well. Below is a link to the trailer for LTIH. Hopefully it will work for you, if not Caroline and Kate are only shown in one scene together with just the one line uttered by Kate; "I want a baby".
http://www.tvwise.co.uk/2013/11/tv-trailer-last-tango-in-halifax-season-2/
C (Thursday, 14 November 2013 02:30)
I've been getting all excited with the return of Last Tango next week and the confirmation of Bomb Girls The Movie that I've been re-watching clips of them both and it's made me even more excited!
In other news Sophie off Coronation Street is going to have a new love interest this Christmas. I'm not particularly interested as I think she's an awful actress but I love Corrie so I'll be watching it anyway.
hoppe (Friday, 15 November 2013 15:47)
I copypaste from youtube:
"Everybody listen! November 16, 2013 is the YouTube Boycott! for a full 24 hours don't go on YouTube and maybe then Google will understand that we the viewers have the power to make YouTube what it is! Share this with everybody you can! Copy paste it everywhere! Spread the Word! We the viewers can make a difference!" some aditions from me: "
it's about the new commenting system and that you're forced to use google+, which is quite bad to understand and you don't really know how the connections work"
Wired (Monday, 18 November 2013 20:38)
@C what news!!! I missed all of that and just read your post. Last Tango is back and bomb Girls movie?!? Holy cow I've been under a rock! Must catch up tomorrow. Also since Sian left I've been off Corrie. I'm hoping for a love interest at least Sophie's age tho and with chemistry?!?
@all hi!!! Waving from behind my pile of papers on my desk... Funny I think I liked the not working thing last year better.... ;)
C (Tuesday, 19 November 2013 06:09)
@Wired Hi to you, yep Last Tango returns tonight, talking of Last Tango here is a nice interview with Sarah Lancashire (Caroline)
http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/sarah-lancashire-says-role-last-2806599
Ha ha yeah a bit of chemistry would be nice for Sophie and her new girlfriend, we're not asking for much are we?!
Work is keeping you busy then?
@San I think I've won the tennis match by default, you've obviously run off scared:)
San (Tuesday, 19 November 2013 10:07)
Hey @Wired, @C, @hoppe, @Libellule, and @faf!!! I've been lurking :/ Kept wanting to reply but not before doing my homework first. Now I say screw homework! I want to talk to my friends again!
@C I ain't scared! Played tennis for the first time in months last night. I was so happy to hit the ball again. My tennis elbow has healed :D As far as the match, it's been so long, I don't even remember what the score was. I say you won! Not only because of your magnificent play, but your devotion to the room and keeping us informed about Last Tango. I was able to watch the first season when it aired here. Love it!
Ooo, and to answer your question about Lizzie Borden. Yes, it's still a story that makes the rounds on TV and books, especially during the latest "Trail of the Century" of the month. Such an intriguing story! I have a book with some of the crime scene photos in it. Back in college my Lizzie Borden mystery interest crossed with my "Bewitched"/Elizabeth Montegomery obsession. Have you seen the made-for-tv movie from the 70s,The Legend of Lizzie Borden? It went on the theory that Lizzie was naked when she killed her parents! Scandalous! Just look at the poster - http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WU4NHQjfxTA/T1OdGkuU4EI/AAAAAAAAC8g/rw_wu0AAVKE/s640/the+legend+of+lizzie+borden+poster+cult+movies+download.jpg
C (Wednesday, 20 November 2013 10:39)
@San Why thank you, I won't argue with you I was the best and I deserved to win the tennis match:) So I watched the new episode of Last Tango and it was very good, but not many scenes with Kate and Caroline in, but there were some! It focused more on Nicola Walker which is no bad thing.
Thanks so much San for the info on the infamous Lizzie Borden. Her case really does fascinate me. I'm going to get a book on it for Christmas. I haven't seen the TV film with Elizabeth Montgomery in it, but yes very scandalous!! Have you seen they're making a new TV film of it with Christina Ricci? See link below;
http://www.themarysue.com/christina-ricci-lizzie-borden/
Looks like they're going for a glamorous angle, I can't see it being very realistic.
Wired (Monday, 25 November 2013 21:46)
@C. Hahhahaa! I loved how you graciously accepted that win! ;). Now the question is: do you get a trophy??
@San Awesome you are back with a racket in your hands!!! Bomb girls movie...you're a movie star now!!!
So @C yes busy with work. Now I find myself travelling more then last year to see clients but nothing far just sudden sometimes. I know it's Thanksgiving for you @San & Fran but Christmas is in full swing for us. Found myself hanging from a doorjamb suddenly when hanging lights this past weekend. The fun is just beginning it seems! ;)
C (Wednesday, 27 November 2013 05:22)
@Wired What can I say I'm always gracious when I win:) A trophy, now there's a super Idee! I think @San should make me one:)
It's good that you're busy with work, as long as you're not too busy and away from home for too long. Are you enjoying your work?
Are you guys able to watch the new series of Last Tango on YT? Are you reading the AE recaps? The second episode was on last night and had some lovely scenes with Caroline and Kate, I just love they way they look at each other sigh...
faf (Wednesday, 27 November 2013 08:02)
SNOW DAY!!!!!
I'll be catching up with my Jemmafriends and goofing on YT today :D
After I blow some white stuff out of the driveway. See ya later!
faf (Wednesday, 27 November 2013 23:09)
I wasn't able to find anything for the current season of Last Tango so I just went ahead and enjoyed the older clips. During my search, I stumbled upon the car wash promo for Lost Girl. I had been told it was entertaining. Now seeing it I have to agree ;-)
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. C, Wired, San, hoppe, and Libellule- I would like you to know that I am so very grateful for each of you. I haven't posted in awhile but you are no less in my thoughts than you were when we all first gelled so long ago. It's unbelievably amazing where this Jemma path still continues to lead me.
@Wired Hanging from the door frame?! You are out of control with this holiday stuff ;)
hoppe (Thursday, 28 November 2013 17:29)
faf, look here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h-ma4u-b5I :-)
faf (Friday, 29 November 2013 16:56)
Danke hoppe. That was good stuff.
hoppe (Saturday, 30 November 2013 13:06)
a touching article by MARIA BELLO, who came out as... "bi"? or "whatever"? tlking about partnership and love in a broader way.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/01/fashion/coming-out-as-a-modern-family-modern-love.html?_r=0
hoppe (Monday, 02 December 2013 22:56)
isn't Rachel Scarsten as teenage Tamsin hilarious? :D new episode 4.04 of Lost Girl is out ;-)
and new news of Laurens/Karens past - and Bo's blood decision - and Crystal - and.... seems to be a good season! :-)
Wired (Tuesday, 10 December 2013 19:22)
Hello all! Happy holidays!
@faf How was your Thanksgiving? Jemma catch up, Lost Girl and Last Tango? Good times indeed!! @Hoppe so the new season of Lost Girl is good? I finally watched season one (yes I'm woefully behind) and hope to watch season 2 this holiday. It just started to snow for us tonight!! @faf did it get too bad for you?
@C yay trophy!! Also I know you're just gracious period. :) yay Kate and Caroline!! Are those scenes up on YT yet??
So as I was hanging from the doorframe I also realized how short I am because I was thinking "man that's far down!!!"....but really it's not. Sigh. :)
C (Friday, 13 December 2013 12:52)
Hi @Wired How much snow have you had? I can watch full episodes of Last Tango on YT, hopefully you'll be able to view them too even though you're in Canada. I must warn you though episode 4 is quite difficult to watch. But I'm sure everything will work out between Kate and Caroline. Do you Know Out With Dad is back? I only found out today. I've watched six episodes of the third series today and they are of a higher quality than the first two series. It's on another break, but will be back in the New Year with the rest of the third series.
faf (Sunday, 15 December 2013 08:14)
Hi kids! I just finished watching the Out With Dad series. I've had several SNOW DAYS! over the past week. Time I have. It has not really stopped snowing since Tuesday. At last measure I'm up to 53". 53 inches is 134.62 centimeters. I have not cried yet but Im getting close. There are nice warm soft things to look forward to that keep me from breaking down and sobbing about it. But I AM crabby and everyone is an arschloch
@Wired my Thanksgiving was quite nice and very traditional. And my turkey turned out perfect!
Wired (Wednesday, 18 December 2013 18:26)
@C & @faf so we really had our first official snow day today. I think 15 cm fell but it rained as well and that was all on top of ice from Sunday. Holy snowdrifts Batman!! @faf I feel for you!!! That much snow is no longer magical and it is just a pain in the arschloch! They are calling for more for us on Sunday. We'll see how that goes!!! Though it was a snow day I still made it to work as well. I lost the toss to stay home!! Oh and I suddenly pictured Jenny & Emma sledding. Not sure why but I think they'd be cute doing that. I digress...
I heard Out With Dad was back and I'm super excited. Better production quality sounds great too! So are you guys Team Vanessa or Team Claire? Oh no! Kate and Caroline? I sense crisis... Hopefully they'll make it through!!
So I haven't had time to catch up on anything BUT I get a week off work so I'm hoping for time to watch some shows. I can't wait!!! Any plans for you guys or time off?? Besides being snow bound @faf?
faf (Tuesday, 24 December 2013 22:21)
Ah Christmas Eve. I have a joyous peaceful moment to call my own. I am going to use some of it to wish each of you a very Merry Jemma Christmas :D
C, Wired, hoppe, San and L, you are in my thoughts and in my heart.
Peace
San (Wednesday, 25 December 2013 11:34)
Great! a day off work when everything is closed! Awesome.
It does give me time to drop in and say "Hey!" to my best friends! Always thinking of y'all. Hope you're having/had a very, merry Christmas. It is currently Mostly Cloudy and 11C, 64% humidity with 13 km/h winds. It should get up to 16C. Obviously, to me those numbers sound very cold and windy :D
Wired (Wednesday, 25 December 2013 18:47)
Hey Rm234!! Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas!!! We were lucky enough to get a white Christmas this year but not a storm so I'm pretty happy! Hoping you are all spending time with family, loved ones or doing whatever makes you happy!!
hoppe (Friday, 27 December 2013 15:08)
Hello everyone,
I hope you had a wonderful christmas :-)
I just watched the last episode of Last Tango to Halifax. Did anyone already watch it and can tell me the conversation at the end when Kate asks Caroline to dance with her?
Caroline says: This is like, uhm... Kate: What? -> the convo afterwards... I didn't really understand, but it's the most important part of it :-)
what a sweet kiss in the end... Hach! Die beiden sind knuffig! ;-)
hoppe (Saturday, 28 December 2013 14:41)
I loved the little joke on LTiH...
"Have you ever seen a banana jumping?"
"No."
"Me neither....... I think they are doing it at night." ;-)
Libellule (Tuesday, 31 December 2013 08:26)
Hello my lovely ones!
How is everyone? I've missed you all, it's been so long since last time I could leave a comment.
So sorry I wasn't on time for Christmas but I thought about the Room nonetheless. Currently on vacation at my family's for the end of the year celebrations, and I can't access internet very regularly.
First, a shout out to Hoppe with a huge danke schön for the great animated gif Christmas card! :)
Second, all the best wishes for each one of you for New year's eve! Let's kill the strawberries all together at midnight, making the New Year full of Jemmanamic beauty! :D
Sweet Heartfelt Collective Hug!
C (Wednesday, 01 January 2014 04:34)
Merry Christmas everyone (only slightly late) and Happy New Year!!!
Thank you to Hoppe for the Christmas Card, it brought a smile to my face:)
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and celebrated New Year in style. Here's to 2014 and more amazing room 234 memories.
@Hoppe The conversation on LTIH between Kate and Caroline went like this;
Caroline: Is this like...urm...forever?
Kate: To quote Prince forever is a mighty long time...you know in theory.
I don't quite understand it, but it makes Caroline smile so it's all good. I suppose Kate is saying forever is a long time so anything can happen, but she's willing to take the risk.
I loved the kiss at the end and everyone's reaction to it. Hopefully we'll see happier times between Kate and Caroline in series 3.
hoppe (Wednesday, 01 January 2014 04:50)
Happy New Year everyone!
Hope you had a fantastic New Years Eve or a small and soothing one or "one with bananas jumping" ;-)
Glad my little gif made you all smile, thanks everyone :-)
@C really? this was the convo? ok, I don't get it either ;-) but as you said the most important thing is that Caroline smiled afterwards... or wait, maybe the point is "in theory" ... like theoretically yes but practically, in reality "with you time will fly like nothing - as it's so great to be with you"
faf (Thursday, 02 January 2014 06:25)
Happy New Year everyone!
It's my plan ;)
Wired (Thursday, 02 January 2014 19:15)
Happy New Year everyone!! I admit I spent it at home watching tv - but I was warm and cozy!! So happy me!! Also I stayed up until midnight so another bonus!!
@Hoppe & @C I finally checked in to AE and saw the pic of the kiss on LTiH. It was so nice!!!! Liking forward to watching it one day.
Also does anyone have thoughts in Nikki and Nora? I'm considering subscribing to Tello. Should I??
@faf Cheers to New Years and are you snowed in?
@Libellule Waving frantically!!!! Hi!!!
We're preparing for a blizzard here AND my in-laws are at my house. So basically I get a storm outside and inside. I hope I survive! :)
C (Friday, 03 January 2014 04:55)
@Wired I am team Vanessa when it comes to Out With Dad. Even though Claire is probably better for Rose as she's comfortable in her own skin, but I feel sorry fro Vanessa and she deserves happiness with Rose. Have you seen OWD? What did you think of the series overall? How are you coping storm wise? And I mean in-laws as well as blizzards:)
@Hoppe I like your explanation of what Kate meant, I'll go with that! I really don't know how I'm going to cope another year waiting for the third series.
@faf How are things your way? Have you been out measuring the snowfall again?
Wired (Monday, 06 January 2014 18:34)
@C I have seen Out With Dad! I actually like it and am pretty happy it's Canadian. I have seen the first two seasons but not the third yet. I liked the first season the most and am team Vanessa as well. I hope she gets a chance to be who she is inside. Probably why I liked the first season more...she was in it more often. I can't wait to watch the third season! Anyone else watching OWD? Production was better than I thought it would be as well.
So I survived the blizzard and in-laws. It was pretty bad and shut down the city for the day! I was lucky my office closed before I even got there but my wife had to go in. They lasted until noon and then I drove her home. It was a whiteout! Luckily I got a new car in Oct so I was able to navigate in all of that snow. Thei in-laws didn't stay long but them coming at the end of vacation made us on edge. So end of holiday, two extra people and two extra dogs did me in!
How was everyone's holiday? Any New Year resolutions, hopes,dreams or plans?
faf (Friday, 10 January 2014 10:43)
@C Happy Birthday! (one recent day-not sure which)
@All Too much snow...too much cold...I quit! I'm leaving for a warmer place. I will let you know where when I settle :D
@Wired Holidays were nice, thank you. (We should receive awards for surviving in-laws and blizzards)
As for resolutions, hopes, dreams or plans? See above.
Wired (Monday, 13 January 2014 18:08)
@faf So have you found your sunny clime yet to settle down in? Or did you just stay put for a bit because now it's warm!!! All of the snow is gone in Halifax and it feels like spring!!! Crazy!!
@C happy belated!!! Hope you had a good one!
BTW I decided last night I'd finally watch season 3 of Out With Dad but would start from the beginning again. Man that is a good show!! I am definitely team Vanessa and really hope she gets to be who she is AND gets together with Rose. Not a big fan of the new Dad though. What do you think of him? Also it was funnier then I remembered. I love the parts where they show their thoughts "talking to them" and they mentioned Polkaroo!! Ah good Canadian tv!!
I did stay up much too late last night watching OWD (it was that good for me tho) So my next marathon -Last Tango In Halifax -will have to wait a few days so I can recover. @C you mentioned another season do LTiH? They announced that already??? Yippee!!!
C (Tuesday, 14 January 2014 04:40)
Hi guys Thanks for the birthday wishes (it was on Tuesday 7th Jan) I had a nice time :)
I've seen how much snow and how cold it's been over your side of the pond on the news and how one state banned people from driving because it was so dangerous. In the UK we've been having floods (though not where I live luckily). In Australia it's been 43oC, just when it's the Australian Open. It's been so hot that players have said their plastic drink bottles are melting when they place them on the court.
@Wired I don't mind the new Dad in OWD, I think he's settled right in. I guess because he's different he may some getting used to, but I think he's alright. I'm really glad Vanessa has got more airtime this series so far and I really hope she gets a happy ending, she deserves it.
A third series of LTiH has been confirmed and Sally Wainwright has started writing it. But I'm guessing we'll have to wait till November until we get to see it. But at least we get another series!
Wired (Thursday, 16 January 2014 18:15)
Gadzooks that's hot when water bottles melt! Reminds me when I first heard about cows passing out from the heat in Japan once.
Yeah I guess I have to get used to the new dad. I am wondering where Vanessa's story will go now and can't wait for March when they hopefully show the second half!
I wanted to watch the full episodes from season one is LTiH but can't get them online. Oh we'll I may go through iTunesbor just rewathch the Kate/Caroline scenes before season two.
So had anyone seen Frozen? I know it's a Disney show and for kids but I've seen it with my kids and I really loved it. Good story, strong female characters and great songs!!! Made me miss the old musicals!!
Wired (Tuesday, 21 January 2014 17:23)
@C Did you see "Vanessa's Story" trailer on the Out With Dad YouTube channel? Looks pretty intense and heartbreaking!! It will be playing parallel to OWD. I hope she comes back to OWD! Gadzooks!!!
Also getting ready for Blizzard the sequel.... :)
hoppe (Tuesday, 21 January 2014 19:43)
@wired I'm thinking of you and everyone else who's affected by those weather insanities....
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read here:
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/24_months_to_save_the_world_dec_nondon_3/?vc
hoppe (Tuesday, 21 January 2014 20:49)
maybe you like to try and support an alternative search engine, which is planting trees in the rainforest with 80% of it's income. The rest is used to cancel out it's CO2 emissions done by ecosias servers and your own computers and searches and som for salaries for the employees.
http://www.ecosia.org
hoppe (Tuesday, 21 January 2014 20:52)
you also can do some online-shopping via eco-ads and links - with this some percent of your payment goes to ecosia ;-)
C (Wednesday, 22 January 2014 10:32)
@Wired No I haven't seen Vanessa's Story on YT, but guess what I'm going to do right now! Thank you for the info. No I've not seen Frozen, sorry!
hoppe (Thursday, 23 January 2014 00:03)
if you want to support the lesbian web series "Easy Abby", so that there will be a next season, go to indiegogo here:
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/season-2-easy-abby-hit-comedy-series
h (Wednesday, 29 January 2014 17:17)
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Libellule (Friday, 31 January 2014 22:56)
OMJ! Where has January been?... It went by at a crazy pace over here, and before it is completely over (15mn countdown... :p), I wish you all a wonderful new year!
May that one be under the powerful Jemma star, full of love and beautiful perspectives in all aspects of our lives!
Jemmanamic hug to all of you!
PS: And now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to hide in my bed for the weekend, in complete denial of the new snow storm coming...
This winter is so WTCT (What the Caronnie Town)!... Oh Emma, beam all you can to warm those of us up North! :D
faf (Monday, 03 February 2014 12:54)
@All As Wired likes to do, I'm flying by for a quickie. I've given my last snow report (hopefully) as I've moved to where there usually isn't any. San isn't the only one who can now report on extreme temperatures...that is when ever I get to experience any...it's been pretty cool so far.
@C, H and W I'm out of work atm so maybe I can catch up on some episode viewing in between job searches.
@Libellule Thanks for the well wishes and Jemmanamic hug. Here is a fun music video that might warm you up :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Sxv-sUYtM
Wired (Tuesday, 04 February 2014 18:30)
@Libellule Waving hello with my snow shovel!!! I'm with you in the whole snow denial thing! We have another one coming tomorrow it seems or as we now say "snowstorm? It must be Wednesday!"
@faf Super glad and jealous that you are in a warmer clime!! Though lately even in the Southern States there is cooler weather and snow. @San are you keeping warm? I don't think you've had your usual balmy weather! @faf let us know what you end up watching and what you think. I'm still catching up!
Speaking of..any one managed to watch Nikki & Nora? I think you have to pay to see it so I'm hesitating.
@C I heard Sophie's new love interest has arrived. Any thoughts!? How are you doing???
@Hoppe I see you're posting so I hope you're personally doing well. Though the world needs help doesn't it?
Back to prepping for Snowmaggedon...again!!! :)
Ta!
hoppe (Wednesday, 12 February 2014 04:21)
https://twitter.com/PattyPapp/status/433305046005317632/photo/1
@wired thanks for asking... I'm getting through, but not in the best way ;-)
hoppe (Thursday, 13 February 2014 21:34)
guys... how is life in Great Britain with all the masses of water? and how are you in south US? and everywhere else with extreme weather?
I hop you are well.... fortunately we had no extremes causing damages in our area - only the warmest winter since years...
I think of you
C (Sunday, 16 February 2014 07:56)
Hi Hoppe it's good to hear from you. I hope you're doing okay, we're all thinking of you and wishing you well. Luckily the floods are in southern England so I'm well away from danger.
Hi Wired the acting from Brooke Vincent who plays Sophie off Corrie is just cringy, which makes the storyline cringy. So yeah it's not great. They're not together as a couple yet though.
I love Ellen Page's speech. She was nervous but I thought she came across really well and good on her I say!
Wired (Thursday, 20 February 2014 18:23)
@C Super glad to hear you are ok and far from the floods. Wasn't sure where you were exactly in relation to the floods. It's pretty bad over there! Here I was complaining about snow!
I did catch a bit of Corrie and find it interesting how Sophie is quick to love after a quicker kiss. Is that just me seeing that?
Was very surprised and happy to hear Ellen's speech. I had heard from a friend that she was gay but she had never confirmed it out loud. The nervousness in her voice broke my heart. Have we all felt that way at some point when coming out? I know I have but it was not in front of an audience. I think it can only get better for her now. I hope so!
Cheers!!
Also go Canada in Men's hockey tomorrow in the Olympics! I'm not a huge sports junkie but the Olympics always galvanizes my Canadian pride!
Sweet dreams 234s! ;)
C (Wednesday, 05 March 2014 05:44)
Just dropping in to say hi to everyone! and I hope you are all well.
@Wired On Corrie Maddie sure has got under Sophie's skin quickly. I don't find it very realistic as I don't understand how Sophie can be attracted to Maddie who constantly lies to her. But I guess there's a connection there.
I have nothing else to say apart from keep smiling!
hoppe (Wednesday, 05 March 2014 18:44)
I can understand it. I think she sees something in her what Maddie can't show. And tbh - Maddie is the first girl I find interesting and with potential with Sophie. Sian was too silky/sleeky? = without edges and too beautiful for me, the next was an interesting charcter but too old for Sophie (I would have loved to see this woman with another a bit older woman ;-) ) and Maddie is just an interesting character and I find the actress is doing a quite good job (a lot better than Sophie's actress)
C (Thursday, 06 March 2014 13:13)
@Hoppe yes I think Sophie is intrigued by Maddie. The actress who plays Maddie is a much better actress than Sophie which helps the storyline. It appears that Sophie is the only person that has taken an emotional interest in Maddie and genuinely cares about her. Maddie isn't used to this kind of attention.
hoppe (Friday, 07 March 2014 08:21)
bomb girls movie is coming!!!
http://globalnews.ca/news/1190446/bomb-girls-facing-the-enemy-tv-movie-set-to-air-march-27/
http://www.afterellen.com/bomb-girls-movie-announces-release-date/03/2014/
hoppe (Saturday, 08 March 2014 23:17)
seems like the Sophie+Maddie story has some future ;-)
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s3/coronation-street/news/a543251/coronation-street-plans-long-sophie-maddie-storyline.html
I think this can get interesting - so maybe I can forget about Brooke's bad acting and just enjoy Amy's ;-)
Wired (Sunday, 09 March 2014 20:31)
It was sunny and warm today....dare I ink spring has sprung?
@C I agree I feel Sophie's romantic interest in Maddie a bit quick to catch but that's soaps right? I can see Maddie's interest in Sophie because as you've mentioned no one has really connected with her before.
@Hoppe Sophie definitely see's something in Maddie I wish they would show us more! I haven't seen the latest scenes but I hope they are good. What do you think?
Can't wait to see Out With Dad and hoping Vanessa comes back ok.
C (Monday, 10 March 2014 10:43)
@Wired The weekend and today has been gorgeous here too, fingers crossed it will continue. I wore shorts and a t-shirt outside to play tennis the first time this year today. I too am looking forward to OWD and Vanessa's story.
@Hoppe thank you for the link I've not read it yet but I intend to read it now.
hoppe (Monday, 10 March 2014 18:37)
oh my goddess! I think I'm totally smitten with the acting of this new actress and/or her role (Amy Kelly aka Maddie)! There's a scene in todays broadcast, where Maddie is waiting outside at a housecorner for Sophie to come back and tell her if she can stay the night at the Websters house. I bet she'd be able to fill a 5 minutes scene with this nervously waiting look without loosing tension... (well, maybe I'm exaggerating, but she really plays cool very well AND at the same time you can see her real emotions beneath and in other scenes you just see her lively face expressing so many different emotions - she's an open book -> reminding me with this of Kasia, although she is a totally different type)
Wired (Monday, 10 March 2014 19:25)
@C Yay you played tennis for the first time this year! Spring maybe has sprung!!!
@Hoppe I have to admit that I haven't seen enough of Amy acting yet to comment. I'm not sure if I'm missing more or if her scenes are really that short. Anyways, I hope to see more and I hope they develop this story a bit more and in detail then the usual Corrie treatment. :)
So I was tooling around the internet and I found out that on Verbotene Liebe Dana Wolfe and Jessica Stiehl are a couple???? What is that about? Is this an actual relationship? Anyone know? Just wondering....
hoppe (Monday, 10 March 2014 20:47)
@wired no, they are not a real couple. they are just good friends. Jessica is the mother of the child of Hagen, which is Dana's missed husband. they had a ONS. now the only thing of Hagen which is left is this child and Dana wanted to be with him and have the possibilty to adopt him. so they decided to marry and fake a lesbian relationship in front of the youth welfare service. It's a ludicrous story.
as to Sophie + Maddie - I always watch the little scenes of them on the Sophie Maddie channel as the user is hearing impaired and therefore luckily puts subs up - and yes it's just short bits - maybe I just have a soft spot for types like Maddie ;-)
h (Monday, 10 March 2014 20:50)
@Wired + C we had great wheather this weekend too! about 20 degrees centigrade :-)
hoppe (Tuesday, 11 March 2014 18:45)
a tumblr with Sophie+Maddie gifs
http://sophiemaddie-cs.tumblr.com
Wired (Tuesday, 11 March 2014 21:16)
@hoppe Thanks! I was wondering what was happening on VL and that floored me! If that's the story then yes it's rubbish. Are Marlene and Rebecca still together? I see them together but not really together....
I'll find the Sophie Maddie channel but I think they are the same short scenes. I wish they would make them longer! Haha! You have a type! :)
Lucky you with the warm weather! We made it to 0 degrees today and flurries +rain. We still have snow on the ground. I am officially hating winter now!
C (Wednesday, 12 March 2014 13:54)
@Wired whoops! Just to clear things up I've played tennis plenty of times outside but the other day was the first time I've worn shorts outside. My fault, blame me and my poor use of the English language :) the UK has had a really mild winter, hardly any snow at all. The Sophie and Maddie scenes are short especially compared to other storylines. I do like Sophie's Mum Sally and her boyfriend Tim, they are quite amusing. I watched a bit of Marbecca today for the first time in ages and to be honest it looked like nothing has changed. Rebecca's brother (I've completely forgotten his name!) is still making life difficult for Marbecca.
@Hoppe that storyline sounds awful. Do you still watch VL and if so do you think it's running out of ideas for new storylines?
C (Wednesday, 12 March 2014 13:58)
Can't believe I haven't mentioned The Bomb Girls movie! I still can't believe they've made one. I can't wait to see it, hopefully it will be put on YT and not blocked.
hoppe (Wednesday, 12 March 2014)
VL get's worse and worse - the storylines are without a good buildup, the characters get changed just for the sake of a short term goal in a story, no build up of the stories from the center/heart of the characters. It's boring, unlogical and they keep writing the characters so that you can't really symphatize anymore.
@C really, other CS storylines get more screentime? grrrr - shit... Ijust hope it gets more - I really think this could be an interesting storyline - a lot of inner and outer struggles just arising from the character of Maddie - they won't need to invent strange outworn outer problems like cheating for a long time if they do it good :-)
C (Thursday, 13 March 2014 13:42)
@Hoppe yes Sophie is not a main character at all. She can go for a couple of weeks without being on an episode. Even characters that have no storyline get more screen time than Sophie. A few more younger characters have joined the show so she now has more people to have scenes with. Otherwise she's usually with Maddie/Sally/Tim/Dev (her boss). There are more major story lines on Corrie so Sophie and Maddie are relegated to minor roles. I like your thinking on future stories for Sophie and Maddie. Maddie clearly has lots of issues which will make their relationship very testing.
hoppe (Thursday, 13 March 2014 14:17)
@C I was also thinking if Corrie was copying from Hollyoaks with this homelessness story. I think Phoebe and ??? the gay friend of Tilly? what's his name? were homeless too in the beginning - they made for interesting stories and I think they were/are quite popular roles, aren't they? (at least I liked both;-))
hoppe (Thursday, 13 March 2014 14:21)
seems like youth homelessness is a topic on tv and in the public consciousness in GB but in the US as well. In Germany you never hear about it, don't know if it's really not existing at all...
Wired (Thursday, 13 March 2014 20:37)
@C Ah so that is why the scenes are so short! I agree with you and @Hoppe Maddie does have a lot of issues and it could make for a much more interesting story and I could see Sophie and her having a relationship that would make more sense. Fingers crossed!!!
@Hoppe I have to admit gay youth homelessness hasn't been talked about much in the Maritimes but in Toronto (where Out with Dad is filmed & based) it might be discussed more.
Yay I saw my first Bomb Girls movie promo!!! Any word if the two girls get together???
PS am also watching Los Vecinos en Guerra - Valentia and Augustina for fun
hoppe (Saturday, 15 March 2014 14:50)
@wired I tried a few clips with those 2 (V + A), but this does nothing to me. I don't buy them the lesbian relationship
hoppe (Saturday, 15 March 2014 19:30)
ok, have to correct myself - in the end I believed them ;-)
Wired (Sunday, 16 March 2014 17:00)
@Hoppe LOL! I was right there wih you. Wasn't fond of the beginning but by the end it was better. I loved the relationship between Agus an her Mom.
Wired (Tuesday, 18 March 2014 21:21)
Ok I kind of don't understand Maddie. She seems hot and cold pretty quickly and suddenly wants to jump into be with Sophie. Is it me? Am I missing backstory here?
hoppe (Tuesday, 18 March 2014 22:11)
I think Maddie is just not able to have a proper relationship to anyone at the moment - she's not used to have some real closeness to anyone, being all on her own and having a mother who's mentally ill. So I think she's quite ambivalent about it, wanting some closeness and sex very much, but at the same time fears it a lot. She doesn't want to be hurt - her way of protecting herself is running away or being aggressive/insulting/provocative. If you aren't used to being close with someone, it can be quite shaky to suddenly experience it. I understand why she's acting like she does. And who knows... maybe she didn't really want to sleep with Sophie so quick, but just said it to provoke Soph, as she knew that Soph wouldn't embark on it? Well, nah... then she wouldn't have looked like she was understanding nothing at all, after Sophie left her alone on the sofa ;-)
At the moment this storylines is one of the most interesting for me... she's quite a little hellion ;-)
hoppe (Thursday, 20 March 2014 08:03)
uh... I just wish Corrie would give a few more secs for each scene... sometimes just 5 secs would make a big difference... it's so rushed that you can't really take it in properly :-(
C (Tuesday, 25 March 2014 07:01)
@Wired Are you watching Out With Dad? The new episodes are on the official OWD website together with Vanessa's Story. They are released on Tuesday's and Thursday's.
@Hoppe and Wired No Sophie and Maddie this week on Corrie, but they are mentioned next week. I know it's frustrating to have such short scenes between these two, but that's the way it's going to be for a long time. There are much bigger storylines going on and Soph and Maddie will always play second fiddle to the bigger stories. Plus as I've previously said they are minor characters so they don't get much screen time.
@Hoppe I love your explanation of Maddie, I couldn't have said it better myself. I especially agree with your point about being aggressive/ insulting as a way of protecting herself. Sophie is going to have to be very patient with Maddie. But I believe they have a future together, plus we know Corrie's producer likes the actress Amy Kelly who plays Maddie.
C (Thursday, 27 March 2014 13:20)
@Wired I hope you know how lucky you are, the Bomb Girls movie is being shown tonight :) I hope I'll be able to find a way to watch it. I'm hoping for good things with Betty.
Wired (Friday, 28 March 2014 20:29)
Look at us over 800!!
@Hoppe I'm with @C you've clarified Maddie a bit more for me. Also even though there are only short scenes at least now they are showing scenes where they show the girls connecting a bit moreand how Maddie pushes buttons to protect herself. Now they are definitely a couple (Maddie said girlfriend!) I'm inrterested how Siphies Mum will take it.
As a side note I thought it hilarious how when Sophie first asked for Maddie to stay "one" night her Mom knew it would be more. How long has Maddie been living there? I'll have to see what that line was.
@C I have been watching OWD!!! What do you think of Vanessa's episodes? It seems heartbreaking and I still hope she finds her way back to Rose. Also don't kill me but I only got a chance to tape 3/4th of the show and I haven't watched it yet. I'm scared to see Betty's final situation...
By the way....I officially hate snow! We just went through our third (?) blizzard!!! Sigh....where is Spring???
C (Tuesday, 01 April 2014 05:15)
@Hoppe and Wired Sophie's Mum found out about Sophie's and Maddie's relationship in last nights episode (31/3) and surprise surprise she didn't take it very well. I've read the spoilers for next week and I think they're in every episode.
@Wired I'm loving OWD!!! Vanessa is in a terrible situation. It's almost unbearable to watch, she is so alone and can't trust anyone. She is completely out of her depth. Did you see the last Vanessa episode? She saw Rose out on her double date, that was heartbreaking. Although Claire is lovely I still hope Rose and Vanessa can be together. Vanessa really needs some happiness in her life.
As for Bomb Girls I have read the reviews on AE and Autostraddle. I am disappointed as Betty and Kate don't become a proper couple, but they do have a special relationship which they haven't lost.
I can't believe you've still got snow! Spring has sprung here with temperatures up to 18oC and lots of buds on trees and hedges. However the weekend temperatures are meant to fall to 15oC.
I've kept meaning to ask what YT channel did you watch Valentina and Augustina on?
hoppe (Tuesday, 01 April 2014)
hehe, yeah, Sally found out by Maddie telling her. "what are they doing then?" Sally asked Kevin, wanting to know for what Soph needed the money she got from Kevin... Maddie: "Each other".
Sally: "but you're not gay" Maddie: "well, I am giving it a damn good go!" this is sooo Maddie :D
the storyline is heating up - it might be an interesting next week - well, more an interesting 15 minutes!!! haha :D
also watched OWD - it's really well done for a webseries - and Vanessa's episodes really shook me - seems I didn't see her last one watching the double date. If Vanessa get's Rose, Claire needs a good written end - so she's fine too :)
watched some Betty+Kate scenes on yt - yah, no lovefeast for them, but good friendship - I think it's more true to the characters this way. I never saw Kate as gay or bi. I was just glad to see Betty again :)
@C about the V + A , I can't remember - just search on youtube for them, I found them that way
still love the Frequency webseries... ;-)
hoppe (Wednesday, 02 April 2014 09:18)
interesting selfportrait of Amy Kelly ;)
http://amy-elizabeth-photography.tumblr.com/post/80688131754/me-myself-and-i-c-amy-elizabeth-photography
Wired (Thursday, 03 April 2014 20:25)
@C look for a channel called "weepy-eyes". All episodes of Valentina and Agustina are there with English subs.
I'm trying to find Patricia and Lucia episodes with Wnglish subs. Have you guys watched this? I found a channel on YT with all scenes but only 4 have English subs.
Oh can't wait to watch Corrie and catch up!
hoppe (Friday, 04 April 2014 06:07)
@wired
here are quite a few subbed, but at some point they stopped subbing
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK0o-kyilIe1bGAvAwRJjiw
and they start to block the later ones
well yeah ... spanish is a world language (like english as well) so nearly no one cares to sub it, although there are so many people who speak it ;-)
hoppe (Monday, 07 April 2014 19:18)
something for Libelulle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V_7UeMYpao
it's french with no subs - dunno if it's worth watching ;-)
Libellule (Friday, 11 April 2014 21:47)
Hello, hello everyone! Meine Lieben!
So happy to be able to wave at you all, without a shovel in hand, now that the snow has nearly all melt down. After the last late snow storm, like 2 weeks ago, I was in such a state of despair I decided to hibernate until Spring finally settles in. I went for a full chocolate and comfort food home strike. :p
I've been thinking a lot about you, Wired, wondering how you were doing up East, as this crazy winter hasn't spared you either...
I've just checked next week forecast and it's gonna be IN-SAAAaa-NE on this side! In the sparse of a few days, we're gonna experience the 4 Seasons weathers and it won't have the beauty of Vivaldi. ;) Like summery temperatures with pouring rain on Monday, and the day after we'll lose between 10 and 15°C and it's gonna snow. AGAIN... For Jemma's sake, enough of this already!
But let's not think about it, might be some late April's Fool from a random intern at the forecast center (here's hoping)...
Let's focus on the good instead: I started biking again this week! Completely exhilarating! :D
It feels so empowering after the last 3 months spent deep in the funk (yup, this winter has been that bad over here, to the point of a general population depression. I'd say most probably the worse winter in the last 10 years).
And aside from the comfort food, I couldn't even compensate with feel-good videos or interesting storylines to follow...
I lost track on Marbecca after Mittag's channel went down (a while ago), I don't even know what's happening on VL anymore. Hoppe, any worthy insight?
Lost Girl is over till next year and I was globally quite disappointed with the whole 4th season (2 or 3 eps aside). Was not really into it anymore at the end. Hopefully they'll redeem themselves on the 5th with a more stellar writing.
What else?...
I've been watching a few Maddie/Sophie vids but I find the story boring. And I don't see any chemistry between the 2 actresses.
OWD is quite good, but short, and therefore not enough to satisfy "my "hunger". :p
There're a few new web series out there now, like Starting From Now, which I find ok (except that the "tortured"/beabenning character Darcy that's starting to get on my nerves big time), or Dot's Hole, which I honestly find quite lame.
Nothing else much.
I randomly stumbled upon some Jemma vids the other day, and it's been so long since I've watched one. Oh the nostalgia! Those 2, still holding a very precious place in my heart...
But I can't help but craving for some new content.
So I clicked the last link you sent, Hoppe. Well, don't waste your time there, absolutely not worth watching! The acting is horrid, as the production, and the storyline is so lame I was mad at myself for spending some time watching this. Actually it might have been better for non-francophone viewers feeling "lost" without subtitles, that way they could easily invent anything better than the actual storyline. :D
Wish you all an awesome week-end.
Huge Spring hug!
C (Saturday, 12 April 2014 07:36)
@Libellule it's great to hear from you again. I'm sorry to hear you (and Wired) have had such a harsh winter. Here's hoping to a bright spring full of sunshine, blooming flowers and lots of bike rides! I'm currently watching Agustina and Valeria on YT and i'm enjoying it. I know what you mean about Corrie. I think Maddie is quite good but I really wish (and I know I've mentioned it a few times) that a different actress played Sophie she is truly terrible.
@Wired thank you for telling me about the Weepy Eyes channel. I'm really getting into the story between the two women. The only annoying thing about the two actresses is the amount of time they spend messing with their hair and running their hands through it. I find it really annoying! I do like Agustina though!
hoppe (Saturday, 12 April 2014 09:53)
@libelulle sorry to have put you up for a bad viewing experience. I didn't even start to watch it as I wouldn't have understood anything ;)
sorry as well for you + wired for this harsh winter, e had none really this year (but I didn't mind, because I thought of my mother who could leave home without the snow and had not to stay inside all the time - ANd I also could use my bike instead of using the bus.
Well, I'm eagerly awaiting next season of canadian orphan black and also hopingfor a better next season for LostGirl - you are right, I wasn't so much into the 4th seaon as well - I missed their cool solving cases together - it all felt a bit falling apart, but well that was the intention a guess - so there's hope for a better season 5.
you can watch the last bits of marbecca on her new channel mittag1234100 or all on Novemberstern75's channel. But it's really dissapointing. Most people think that the writers yesterday just ended the whole story in a quite lame way and that there won't come more in future. Since over a year they put Marbecca totally on the sideline and now they just found a qiuck way to end it. with cheating without really shown regret and now a quick cheat from the other side and whoops they find out that it was already for a long time bad (this wasn't really shown only a few hints , nothing fleshed out) and suddenly agree on that it's over. Stupid writers :(
well there's a bit strange brasilian story on DM, but i find it a bit boring ad I don't know if the two ever get toegther. It's about a rich daughter who's a photographer (seems like she's a star photographer) and a married woman (with a kid), who fall for each other. It hassubs though...
search for Clara e Marina on dailymotion, but really don't expect too much
did I mention that the lezsoapia are uploading old Canna episodes with more background material? but it's just their normal slow but quality pace - one 15mins upload per week
hoppe (Saturday, 12 April 2014 10:02)
upps I think it would need to say:
put you up TO have such a bad viewing experince ;) ???
hoppe (Saturday, 12 April 2014 10:16)
there's also a story on youtube of a crown prosecutor called Janet King - she's a lesbian and her private life is partly shown in the series.
first it was "crownies" go to butternutsnaps, then her charcater got an own show called Janet King!!!! wich I find amazing that a show is created around and named after a lesbian character. You find those new eps on different channels it just started I think.
Well and maybe you want to give frequencies a try? I dunno if anyone of you had a look into it, maybe you didn't like it and therefore never commented on it. it's here:
https://www.youtube.com/user/KVWorks1
then... Nicole from Shorty got a new story - which "seems" to go a bit longer with Harper, but well we know how Nicole's stories were written in the past - I'm carefully optimistic ;-)
first part here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYQOk9LHN9A&index=89&list=PL3CFB022DA933EAA0
Starting from Now I find a bit lame and boring - it's always just about cheating and a setting where a pair get's in trouble because of a third person.
Libellule (Saturday, 12 April 2014 21:51)
@hoppe
What, there's cheating involved in the Marbecca love story?!!!... Noooo, why ruining things this way? I know that it's part of reality, cheating does happen for some couples, but haven't we seen it all already on tv? So predictable and annoying. And most of time it's out of character. Can't they be more creative in the way they write the ups and downs of a fictional pairing?
If it's all what it's about, I won't lose time catching up with Marbecca then. ;)
For the other stories you're suggesting, I have to say I already gave them all a look. :p
I'm even up to date with the Nicole+Harper storyline. It's "entertaining" (since I haven't found anything better atm to watch and really keep my interest for) but I don't feel the chemistry between those 2 either.
As for the Brazilian story, I don't know if it's the same show we're talking about but I stumbled upon a vid the other day and thought it was soap at its worst. So cheesy. :p I didn't want to bother to go through all the eps of the built-up of their story, so I gave up. (Can you tell this winter has made me so impatient with everything? :D)
Frequency I checked a while ago, when it started actually, and never could really get into it.
Sigh...
I'm gonna websurf some more (=totally procrastinate) in hope for a great random love story discovery. :)
G'nite, you all.
C (Wednesday, 16 April 2014 06:41)
@Hoppe Wired thank you for introducing me to Agus and Vale I loved their story. So much chemistry between the characters, they couldn't keep their hands off each other! I'm sad the series ended, but at least in our minds we can believe they are together and travelling around Argentina.
@Hoppe Libellule I have given Harper and Nicole a go, but with Shortland Streets track record I won't get my hopes up. Plus they aren't that believable as a couple, I see no spark between them. I too have been watching Starting from Now but as Hoppe said it's a bit rubbish.
@Hoppe I had no idea Marbecca were over. Who cheated and with whom? What a rubbish and predictable end for a couple that had to fight so hard to get together in the first place. Very disappointing.
Wired (Thursday, 17 April 2014 22:02)
@all WHAT....Marbecca over? Cheating? Sigh...I'm with @C so predictable. Will now eat Easter chocolate me thinks! :)
Kirsty (Monday, 21 April 2014 17:26)
Hi guys...so, did I miss anything?
Well, I missed you all, how are you all doing? Would it be ok if I came into the room again?
hoppe (Monday, 21 April 2014 17:46)
no, you didn't miss anything... as this room is nearly dead. No San, no Fran, some Libelulle, wired, and C.
Well and if you missed this so much, why didn't you write?
Everyone is writing this, but for me it doesn't mean anything, it's just words.
The "sanctuary" was a big illusion....
hoppe (Monday, 21 April 2014 17:49)
But anyway, you are still welcome to write your two, three, four cents ;-)
And don't take my rant too serious... it's just how it is :)
hoppe (Monday, 21 April 2014 18:02)
okay - and now the nice welcome, because I really was glad to see your name!!! :-)
How was your life the last... year? ?
What are the flowers doing?
Kirsty (Tuesday, 22 April 2014 02:12)
Hey hoppe. I know, I feel bad that I was away so long but I often thought about room 234.
Lots has been happening in my life. I have found a wonderful lady and we've been together almost 2 years now. I lost two of my grandparents unfortunately. And gained a new nephew. I also joined a samba band with the busiest, craziest social life. They are my new family and it was where I met my girlfriend. I also sold my shop and am working for the family company now which is a bit different from floristry as it's a plastics company.
The sanctuary wasn't an illusion. It happened at a time in my life when I needed a group of people like you guys. I was in a sad and lonely place and it was great that I had this. Then I found others things took up my time. Now I realise that I don't need you guys like I did before but I want to hang out with you and keep in touch. If that makes sense...
I also neglected Marbecca. I catching up using Novemberstern's videos but am only on part 112. I have an inkling about what is happening just now though, can't wait to catch up. Marlene has really changed for the better since she has been with Rebecca, I think she's great :)
hoppe (Tuesday, 22 April 2014 15:11)
@Kirsty it will be interesting what you'll say to the latest developments and the months before.
Because there were very few scenes over a long time and everyone even people who didn't like Marbecca said it was badly written and a lot wasn't shown...
to the others... I'm not vey keen on explaining what was going on with Marbecca, as I found it really bad writing (not only the cheating, but that you couldn't see any sense in it (no reasons were shown so that it was halfway believable) and now both of them act on the show as they were never together and nothing happened to them and their relationship. I'm just glad I already jumped off the Marbecca boat long ago - I just lost interest, although I was still watching the show.
So if anyone wants to know more you unfortunately have to watch it ;-)
Libellule (Tuesday, 22 April 2014 22:29)
@hoppe
It always saddens me when I read words like the ones you wrote on #818 because I find those statements judgmental.
I understand your perception on things and your need to say your disappointment, because the Room and its content, what it has become, might not correspond to what you'd like; but what I don't understand, however, is the need to question the authenticity of how the Room started initially or the sincerity of what it represents for others.
This Room, to me, is STILL a sanctuary, whether you believe it or not, a sacred place that I truly care about. Nevermind if I don't comment for months in a row, I could keep silent for a year, that wouldn't change the fact that Rm234 and its soul (=all of us) are very dear to my heart, and that my thoughts wander around here very often.
We all have different reasons for keeping hanging around or not, popping up when we need it, looking for something in particular maybe (like a certain vibe, comfort, genuine kindness, or just ranting on bad tv writing for our favorite fictional stories :p), and offering back what we can (which sometimes means just a mere "hello there") when we can, that's the randomness of our respective lives. The beauty of it all, actually. No expectation, no obligation, no justification.
Love me some Rm234, pure beam! :)
@Kirsty
Welcome back!!! I would have put a nice flowers bouquet on the "Room's table" for the occasion if I could have, but over here nature is still quite desolate: no colors, no flowers, not a single leaf in the trees, no green at all (this is not an innuendo for "oregano" :D)... Oh Spring, where art thou? ;)
Kirsty (Wednesday, 23 April 2014 03:14)
@ Libellule
No worries, I have some daffodils and tulips in my garden, I have put some of them in a wee vase on the table. A touch of Spring. We have had lovely weather here over the Easter weekend. 20degrees!! Amazing for us at this time of the year but pleasant nonetheless.
I was a little taken back by hope's comment but I understand why she said it. I'm happy to be back here though :)
Kirsty (Wednesday, 23 April 2014 06:24)
@ hoppe Thanks for your Sophie and Maddie link in #784, I may keep an eye on these two now.
Also in Eastenders, Sonia Fowler is going to hook up with her friend . I don't watch this but might have a wee look just to see how they handle this storyline. If it's just going to be a quick storyline to get viewers in or something they'll develop.
www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2611027/SPOILER-ALERT-EastEnders-Natalie-Cassidy-lesbian-fling-Mick-Carters-sister-Tina-despite-quitting-gay-storyline.html
hoppe (Wednesday, 23 April 2014 08:35)
@libelulle well then I just don't understand your sincerity - deeper thoughts can only be shared about a soap and when this soap is over the deepness is gone.... and if I miss something I get in touch with it - that's how I act on things (if I have the possibilty to do so). And... yes, I overreacted AND it's just my perception...
well, maybe I should just stop writing and maybe come back in case my life gets better one day... IF it does.
two funny Marbecca clips
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8P1sCXzV-8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzlVbEmP9Yg
the first already with subs (unfortunately not the best english, you might not understand everything)
hoppe (Wednesday, 23 April 2014 08:40)
and maybe you + the others have a different sincerity with the ones nearby - at least my attempts to join real time contact went nowhere ;-)
h (Wednesday, 23 April 2014 08:56)
@Kirsty
it's lovely to hear that your life went so well (apart from the grandparents) , be happy :)
faf (Wednesday, 23 April 2014 13:02)
@hoppe Libellule nailed it. Aaaand you have no idea what this sanctuary has gifted to me. I might be able to explain that soon enough, and even then, I wonder if you will understand.
@all We are not dead. I think of you guys almost every day. I'm just in a different "place" for a little while. I will be back soon :-*
faf (Wednesday, 23 April 2014 13:04)
Oh and @Kirsty Welcome back!!! :D
San (Wednesday, 23 April 2014 15:22)
Dang, I missed a lot! It'll take me a day to catch up on the posts. @faf and I are busy moving into a new place. My wonderful apartment will be demolished in October :(
Hiya, @Kirsty!!!!!!
faf (Wednesday, 23 April 2014 15:33)
*sigh*...or maybe San can explain it ;-)
Kirsty (Wednesday, 23 April 2014 16:23)
Hey @San!!
@San and @faf Congrats you guys :D x
Libellule (Wednesday, 23 April 2014)
@hoppe
"deeper thoughts can only be shared about a soap and when this soap is over the deepness is gone"
I completely disagree with that. It's like saying that there can't be depth in the past or depth in discussing about past things. For instance, the fact that HaH is over since a long time ago doesn't mean that what I took from it back then doesn't still nurture me. The fact that we barely talk about Jemma anymore either. This whole adventure, HaH, this Room, all 234ers, made me grow in ways you don't know, and it is still making me grow. A lot. Maybe it's not your case, and that's fine (as I wrote previously, we all have different reasons for keeping hanging around or not) but putting others' burst of appreciation down won't bring you anything better.
Nobody can, nor want to, force you to feel something you don't feel. If you don't feel sincerity in my words, so be it, I'm certainly not gonna try to convince you. Just remember that each one's perception is not a universal truth, at best it's a mere local truth, valid in the limits of what we can really see, of what we really know. And nobody knows much about others in life in general, what's happening in their head and heart, even the ones they feel the most connected to.
You don't have to (nor anyone has to) consider this place a sanctuary, a spiritual haven, or a sacred energy if you don't sense it as such, but please don't disregard those who do.
Libellule (Wednesday, 23 April 2014 20:19)
@faf + San
I join @Kirsty in this celebration! Congrats! How about a STAG dance, everyone?
Jemmanami has definitely started. :D
Kirsty (Friday, 25 April 2014 03:15)
Quick everyone...to the chairs!! :)
Ok, I'm almost up-to-date with Marbecca :( Rebecca you silly, silly girl. You fought so hard to get Marlene. I find this a little out of character though and am accepting this for the plot twist that it is.In a soap such as this they have to have bumps in the roads for couples, it can't be plain sailing all of the time. I would like them to get back together though, eventually. Did anyone else see a little spark between Caro and Marlene? No? just me then. I've googled pictures of the actress and she's gorgeous. I presume they're going to do a plain Jane to stunner transformation on her soon. A little like they did in Neighbours with Jane Mangel many years ago. ( not sure if those over the pond will have seen this but @Clijsters3??)
Wired (Friday, 25 April 2014 21:46)
@kirsty Welcome back!!!!! Super awesome to see/read you back!!!
@faf & @san mazel tov!!!
@All clearly I have to catch up! Commenting soon
Fly by wave!
C (Wednesday, 07 May 2014 08:50)
@Kirsty I am finally saying hello Kirsty!!! Sorry it's taken me so long I can only apologise. I feel like Room 234 hasn't given you much of a welcome considering you've been away from us so long. Anyway, congratulations on your relationship, it sounds like you're happy and in a god place. I haven't seen Marbecca in a long time and I think I'm a bit scared to see how it all falls part. So Kirsty are you suggesting that Marlene will begin a relationship with Caro or is that just wishful thinking? :) It will be interesting to see if Marlene will have a relationship with another woman. I don't even want to know Tristan's reaction to Marbecca breaking up, I can imagine he was very smug. I love Neighbours! and still watch it today. I know what you mean with the plain Jane thing. As for Sonya on Eastenders I don't think I'll be giving it the time of day. Maddie and Sophie on Corrie get on my nerves a bit, but I am interested in seeing how things develop between the two of them.
@Faf & San are we going to get any details?!? ;)
@Everyone The actress Sarah Lancashire (Caroline off Last Tango) and the writer Sally Wainwright were on BBC Breakfast discussing their new drama series that has just aired on BBC1 (it's called Happy Valley) but they of course mentioned Last Tango. They revealed that filming will begin in July and the third series will air, like last year, at the end of Nov/beginning of Dec, meaning the final episode will be on Christmas Eve. They showed a clip of Last Tango on BBC Breakfast and it was from the wedding when Kate and Caroline get up to dance.
Wired (Thursday, 08 May 2014 20:29)
Hey all.....aaaannnnddd....I'm back. So I read the comments previously and wanted to say a whole bunch but after dithering around for awhile I guess simpler is better.
I just wanted to add in my two cents to say that this place has definitely changed from when we first started and it was all about the soap. We had some pretty amazing conversations that moved from a tv show to many many other topics and discussions. I've learned German here, how to play tennis, the difference between a sleigh and a sled, about different foods, likes and customs from other people and basically how to have a good time on the internet. We've chair danced here, performed pizza ballet, I've gone through a job loss and I've travelled to different countries through you guys. I haven't skyped, talked in person or met anyone of you face to face but I still like to think of you as friends. Heck lately I haven't been writing much at all either. The one thing I found here and that I still find here is that we can talk about anything and there is no judgement or someone telling me I'm crazy. Heck you guys haven't even said a word when I don't post forever and then come back again. When I don't post I still think of this room and feel what I felt when I first came here - acceptance and sincerity from everyone. We've gone our separate ways now that the show is over and don't post as much but I still feel the 234 vibe here. @Hoppe you speak to what you feel and experience here and I respect that. That is what makes this room still great for me. I just wanted to post my view as well...and I guess I need to relearn the word simple too! :)
enough of that...so @Kirsty a more hearty welcome back from me too! I am sooo very very happy to hear you are already at year 2 with your girlfriend. I guess new isn't the word any more?? Also quite a change of job from florist to plastics. Are you ok with the change? Super cool with the Samba band! We have one here in Halifax and I am always dying to join in. Unfortunately I don't have the time now to do it but it is on my bucket list. Every time they play I want to dance! I'm sorry to hear about your grandparents as well. Hugs to you. Regarding Marbecca, sadly I fell off of that train when the storyline started to slow down as Hoppe mentioned. I combed the internet and have since been watching Out with Dad and Valeria and Agustina. Also am back on to Corrie thanks to @C.
@C and @San The weather here has FINALLY made it above zero with sunshine and I saw people playing tennis on our new courts. Man do they look snazzy! Thought of you guys immediately when I passed by and wished you could try them out. GAH OWD is not on until maybe June again? I'm hoping Vanessa makes it back home again and gets with Rose! My emotions! :)
@faf & @San.....soooo you guys are in sunny Texas? Hoping the move went well and sorry to hear the old place is getting demolished @San!
@Libellule Waves hello!!!! ****** How are things going for you with the new job? Are you finally defrosted now too and enjoying some spring weather? I have not watched Frequency but was going to...now maybe not.
So not much else happening here. It is spring and finally warm. I am overjoyed and have suddenly found myself wanting to BBQ like mad! It' our long weekend next weekend as well for Victoria Day. I will be up again at the in-laws cabin and more than likely enjoying beverage by a campfire once again. Ah spring how I love thee! :)
Wired (Saturday, 17 May 2014 16:45)
Well happy Victoria Day weekend Rm 234!!! Just wanted to say hi and hope everyone is having a great weekend. It seems spring is here wih 23 degree weather!! I am very excited!
Cheers and I'll see you by the campfire!
C (Sunday, 18 May 2014 14:47)
Sarah Lancashire has just won a Bafta for best supporting actress for Last Tango (Nicola Walker was also nominated) and in her speech she said "if you get the chance kiss Nina (Kate) and you won't be disappointed"!
@Wired been similar temperatures over here too! Doesn't life feel better when the sun is out?! :)
Wired (Sunday, 18 May 2014 17:26)
@C That is brilliant!!! Great Sarah one and love that speech! You're right as we'll, life definitely feels better with the sun shining!
Libellule (Monday, 16 June 2014 04:49)
Hello my dear 234ers,
Hope everyone is good. As usual, time flies and next thing you know a month has passed...
Pro of this however: It's festival season, yeaaaahhh!!! Music everywhere, happy people on terraces, picnics, bbqs, sunscreens' fragrances in the air (mosquitoes' repellents too :p), and most of all, my fav shoes time: flipflops! Long live the sunny days, I feel alive again!!! :D
Thinking to all of you, I'll bring you with me in my heart to all these amazing free outdoor concerts, get ready!
Big joyful hug!
Libellule (Saturday, 21 June 2014 17:53)
Ladies, ladies, ladies,
Great "tv" news! Just discovered a new web serie from Quebec, it's extremely well done and produced. It's like a fake documentary following the lives of a group of lesbian friends with real documentary bits on the local community intertwined. First season (8 eps) is accessible online for free (I don't know if it's geoblocked or not, though), and there're english subtitles: femininfeminin[dot]com
My fav ep is ep 5, the story between Alex and Anne, because it feels the most touching and organic to me. And hello chemistry!... :D
I've "marathoned" the serie yesterday nite, that was a perfect way to enter the week-end. :p
Happy first day of summer, everyone!
Sonnigen Kuss xxx
Wired (Friday, 04 July 2014 00:25)
Hey! Hey!! A belated Happy Canada Day to Libellule and tomorrow is July 4th for Fran and San, Wimbledon for C and San, Samba for Kirsty and summer inspiration for Hoppe, World Pride and welcome to summer for everyone!!!! (insert confetti, champagne and strawberries here). WHEEEEE!!!!!!
It seems to be slowing down here now so I thought someone should post for July! :).
@Libellule Hi! A new series is most welcome. Will have to try to find time to marathon it myself. Work has been crazy busy so I'm working weekends and nights sometimes, plus starting to study for an exam. With summer vacation it's crazy busy. We just came back from World Pride in Toronto too. That was very busy but very interesting too! Lots of people and hot! @C you would not have liked it!
Anyhoo just saying hi to anyone looking in and sending hugs out to all.
Love ya!
Kykky (Wednesday, 09 July 2014 22:16)
Hallo to everyone !
I hope I do not disturb you.
I ve been here before and I have seen this pages born time ago. I really appreciate the atmosphere of this place and also find interesting your analysis .
I want to let you know that a friend and I have opened a little web site to help people to find Jemma fan Fiction all in the same place and easily :
http://jemmafanfic.weebly.com/
As a Matter of fact we think that there are a lot of beautiful stories but are in different places and not so easy to find .
Until now we have added all the stories written in English .
We hope that if you know some other writers you can suggest us. As well , we are waiting an help to add also the best German written fan FIC :)
It would also be great if we can add them and write a little description of the story :)
Also, we publish the interview to the writer . We have 2 until now and we hope to be able to post one interview per month . We also are happy of you want to suggest who you like we interview and if you send us your questions :)
Finally, there is a new section called "studying Jemma". If you agree I added as links your Jemma dictionary and also the analysis of Jenny's accessories . I think they are interesting and worth to be known from people ! But if there is any problem just tell !
Now we are adding informations on the section "parallelisms " and also in this case we will be happy if u can help!
So I hope you will spend some minute to our web site and if you want to be a part of the team that is added new to it !!!' We are always happy to have new friend !
Thanks ,
Kykky
Wired (Tuesday, 05 August 2014 03:15)
Hello? Ola?..
Tumbleweed blows by.......
Waves frantically! Just checking in as I usually do. Sensing this place is resting now. If so, I just wanted to wish everyone a great summer. Warmth, sun and strawberries! Have a cozy fall and a warm and comfortable winter.
Hugs to you all!!!
Wired
C (Wednesday, 06 August 2014 13:12)
Hello Room 234!!!
Waving frantically to @Wired I'm around here too:)
@Kykky Hello, I've had a look at your website and it's impressive. I don't read fanfic so I can't add anything to it, but keep up the good work and keep Jemma alive!
So I decided to find out what happened between Marbecca. I haven't seen any clips of them but I found a good fan site that has detailed descriptions and photos of each episode so I now know why they split up. I have also been getting up to date with other lesbian stories. I've watched all Piper and Alex scenes in series 2, am up to date with the story between Gail and Holly on Rookie Blue (I love this couple) and am watching Sophie and Maddie on Corrie, but nothing much going on there.
x
hoppe (Friday, 08 August 2014 18:24)
right now
international peace meditation - over 100,000 people - with Deepak Chopra and others.
if you wantto join:
http://globalmeditation.chopra.com/
log in and have a live stream gathering
Libellule (Saturday, 09 August 2014 17:41)
Hello everyone (waving at 360° :D),
I hope you all are having a great summer!
Over here the frenzy of festivals is over and the city is on a much quieter beat. Like this place, as Wired sensed. I guess we are all trying to also get some rest. And maybe waiting for some new inspiration?... ;)
Like @C, I've caught up on pretty much every current tv lesbian storyline, and, well, shrugging my shoulders... A few touching moments here and there but nothing as impassioned as Jemma has been meaning to me for sure (yes, @Kykky, keep Jemma alive! :) ).
In some ways, this lack (of intense emotions) in virtual stories could be a reflection of my own life at the moment. Looking for some fulfilling changes, professionally mainly (but that's also valid for some more personal aspects of my life, general relationships for instance, whether that be romantic or not), I'm getting impatient at the very slow pace of things on those matters... I'm aware that I've confessed the exact same thing in the Room a while ago, but that's the cycle of life I suppose...
In a few weeks it's gonna be the one year anniversary at my "new" job and I'm seriously bored over there (@Wired, job honeymoon must have lasted 2 months at best... :D). I'm not good with redundant tasks at work, and even if it's in a creative field, I've been doing the same thing over and over again, with absolutely no perspective of evolution whatsoever in that company. And it's killing me! So I keep on trying to find another opportunity, a "real" new job, with real possibilities and real exciting challenges. I need more open horizons! :p
In order to "soothe" my head space, I've been wanting to take some vacation at the end of the summer. Changing my environment for a while would do me good, but traveling tickets are so expensive during that time that I have to reconsider my plans. At least I got some family visit for a week at the end of July that really rejoiced me. What about you guys, any awesome vacation project to share?
It's been a weird year for me so far. The first half was quite tough, and now I can sense positive changes are on their way. I've seen them giving some new vibrant colors to close people's lives around me. On the one hand, I am definitely very sincerely happy for them, they shine, it shows and it's inspiring, but on the other hand I'm also anxious that I'll be left on the sidelines. I don't want to be just an audience member of those wonderful shifts in my dear ones' lives, I'd like to experience them too!
I'd like to already be on a more nurturing path, that's what I'm saying, but I also know that I have to let things happen in their own timeline.
Any advice to make that easier? :p
Huge 234 hug!
hoppe (Tuesday, 12 August 2014 14:27)
on Deepak chopras website, there's a free 21 Days meditation which has started yesterday. If youre interested.
https://chopracentermeditation.com
Each day is available for 5 days.
Maybe that's a little help for the next days, libelulle?
Kirsty (Saturday, 16 August 2014 17:54)
Hi,
@Libellule - your festival frenzy has made it's way to Edinburgh. We are mid-way through our festival season. I went to see George RR Martin give a talk at the book festival last week and have tickets for 3 other shows. One comedian, one improv comedy and one lady who sings in the style of famous singers. And, yes, there has been much samba drumming.
I hope things pick up for you. It's easy enough to say that things will change and they probably will but I know that the waiting can seem like forever. When my ex left she took with her her family and all of the friends we had (as they were her friends first) I only really had my dog and my shop. I decided to start a class to meet people and maybe even meet Someone. So I started my drumming. There are about 50 people in the band and I would count about half of them as my friends now. And I met my girlfriend. I am so pleased I took that decision. I'm not a great people person so it was a bit of a leap but it has paid off.
Oh, so I also went to see some events in the Commonwealth Games recently which were interesting.Scotland did well.
I'm completely fixated by Piper and Alex from 'OITNB' just now. I love Alex's character. She seems to have a lot of depth and is a little bit like Jenny to me. She's sort of seen and done it all, been involved with drugs etc. but deep down though she's scared. She loves Piper though. I've only recently got round to watching the show and am only on episode 3 of season 2. Should get another couple of episodes watched tonight. If it was up to me I'd just watch them all 'til I watch done but my other half has a limit of 2 at a time max. grr
Just popped by to say hi. Hope everyone is well and enjoying the summer. :)
Libellule (Sunday, 24 August 2014 07:14)
@hoppe
Heehee, thank u for the suggestion, it would definitely be a good way for me to get a sense of balance at the moment.
The last 2 weeks have been very busy, and I'm so tired that keeping my perception of things/events open to the positive is being challenging...
@Kirsty
Yes, that's exactly that, "the waiting can seem like forever"... :p
I love your personal story, that's awesome (and encouraging)! Sometimes we do indeed need to push ourselves out of our comfort zone. And when things finally work out, the reward is greater. So I'll keep that in mind. Also music and love is the best combination, STAG members would confirm. ;)
NB: I completely relate to your Alex fixation. :) She's supposed to star in every ep of season 3, so I'm looking forward to that.
hoppe (Tuesday, 26 August 2014 02:10)
wow, Kirsty --you were lucky and it seems like it was supposed to happen. Not everytime you decide to open up again and meet people and go to a course you'll find your new "other half" ;-)
So I congratulate you to this good luck, the right sense for the right thing maybe?
@libelulle those mantras Deepak is working with are helping me a lot (not sure though if it's the mantras or just the space I dive into, when connecting to this "event" which is shared by so many people and someone like Deepak ;-)
on a another worser note, a new outcry on AllOut just reached me:
from AllOut:
"Dear XXX,
I was electro-shocked at a gay 'cure' centre in China. Doctors hypnotized me and said they would 'shock the gay' out of me. Thousands of people all over China are suffering like I did.
I've decided to go All Out and take the clinic to court. People are supporting me by staging brave public stunts showing how gay 'cure' clinics are dangerous scams.
Dr. Margaret Chan is the head of the World Health Organization (WHO). If we can get her to speak out against anti-gay 'cures', her influence as an international authority who's from China could be felt strongly here. It could help convince officials to finally ban these dangerous gay 'cures.'
Will you sign my petition asking WHO Director Dr. Margaret Chan to speak up now and condemn gay 'cures' in China?"
https://www.allout.org/end-gay-cures-china
hoppe (Tuesday, 26 August 2014 23:02)
a very charming, creative, funny short from some italian Ladies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flVGPxDl3vU
Kykky (Monday, 01 September 2014 18:35)
well
@C
I did not read Fanfiction too....but then... :)
Let's give a try. Just a little one.
Maybe read this:
http://owl-wishes.livejournal.com/5387.html
this story is about how Emma dealt with her attack...something the show did not show us....
It is so perfect and well written.
Do not say no....
:)
Kirsty (Friday, 12 September 2014 09:40)
New German soap couple alert - http://www.afterellen.com/german-soap-gute-zeiten-schlechte-zeiten/09/2014/
Haven't looked at Youtube yet, hopefully someone will be documenting their story. Someone commented that the writing was way better than 'Marbecca' and the actresses had a lot of chemistry between them so I'm hopeful it's good.
On another note, I'm currently wrestling with what to vote in my Independence Referendum next Thursday. It's scary and exciting at the same time to think that this time next week we could have voted for Scotland to be it's own country. Still torn but still have a few more days to think about things.
hoppe (Sunday, 14 September 2014 14:24)
Hi, Kirsty, you won't find Anni and Jasmin from GZSZ on youtube or DM - unfortunately. It's from the private company/broadcaster RTL, which are very hard with uploads. The older story of Franzi and Paula was taken down a lot of times (they were on GZSZ some years ago, but it was a lot worser storyline than the one of Jasmin and Anni.
There are people on the l-chat and maybe there is a facebook group, where you can join to watch the story...
h (Sunday, 14 September 2014 14:26)
oh, and a good connection to your heart and intuition for this big decision! I'm curious how this vote will end :)
Kirsty (Sunday, 14 September 2014 21:55)
Hey Hoppe,
Oh that's a shame about GZSZ. I'd had a look on Youtube and found some compilations but not much.
Thanks for the best wishes. Great Britain will not be the same after this week, whichever way the vote goes. Things are going to change.
hoppe (Sunday, 14 September 2014 23:23)
@kirsty....just ask Bubu Bubu from youtube - here is one video of hers - she seems to know how you can get the clips ;-)
h (Sunday, 14 September 2014 23:24)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ymht1lrktY
Kirsty (Monday, 15 September 2014 15:08)
Thanks hoppe. I will do that :)
faf (Friday, 19 September 2014 20:10)
@Kirsty I'm not sure where you stood in the grand vote but I know that either way the results must be emotional. Keep your chin up and party on, you know, like it's your birthday or something ;-)
@everyone else Helloooooo *blowing kisses around the room*
Wired (Saturday, 20 September 2014 06:07)
Helloooo!
Hey everyone stopping in to say hi!
@ Kirsty thinking of you too after the vote. Hoping all is well for you or at least having a pint to get through the changes ahead whatever they may be. Also yay for you and the new girlfriend! Still drumming along together happily?!?
Summer has been busy for me and change coming soon I think. Hopefully it will end well! Plan for October is to catch up on what's out there online. From the sounds of it maybe relive old shows.
Anyhoo waving back to you all and happy we're still around - faf, C, Libellule, Hoppe, Kirsty, Kykky and anyone else! Salut!
C (Wednesday, 01 October 2014 17:00)
Hi guys! We're still all about :)
@Wired Out With Dad is back! All 8 episodes are ready to watch on the official site, the ending is fantastic.
@Hoppe I hope you are well and have had a productive summer. I'm with @Kirsty - it's a shame GZSZ isn't easy to find. I haven't tried the link you provided yet though.
Hello to all as we move in to Autumn/Fall the days are getting shorter which I don't mind because I love shutting the curtains, its like shutting the world out. I hope everyone is well.
C (Wednesday, 01 October 2014 17:06)
@Hoppe I've just watched the link you gave @Kirsty in post 862. I feel like it's going to end bad because it looks like a story of lesbian falls in love with straight girl, do they ever work out?? But I'm going to enjoy the ride anyway!
C (Wednesday, 01 October 2014 22:29)
@Hoppe and Kirsty Anni and Jasmine have so much chemistry and are a million times more affectionate than Marbecca. Watching these two makes me realise just how stiff Marbecca were with intimate scenes, it always looked uncomfortable, but these two actresses look realistic as a couple.
Wired (Thursday, 02 October 2014 04:48)
@C Hurrah!!!! Out With Dad is back! I'm so excited! Good ending too? I can't wait to watch this weekend. Maybe I can catch up on Corrie and this new show! As well.
Welcome to October everyone!
Kirsty (Saturday, 04 October 2014 22:35)
@faf :) Thank you, I had a lovely day and was thoroughly spoiled.
Except by the result.I have to say, I voted for independence but didn't get it. There were a lot of people who voted for the status quo because they just didn't know what would happen if Scotland got it's independence. The media did it's part in frightening people with scare stories about what might happen. But it's over now and we shall see what happens next..
@c and @Wired I hadn't heard of 'Out with Dad' and had to look it up. Looks good, I might give it a go sometime.
So, American folk - does anyone know when the next series of 'Orange is the New Black' will be on? Have they even started filming it?
C (Wednesday, 08 October 2014 17:55)
Hi! So I'm becoming a bit obsessed with Anni and Jasmi off GZSZ. I've found a really good site where there are recaps, pics and it's just a really great place to keep up to date with the story. One of the best things about this couple is they act like a couple even when they don't have to i.e when they are in the background of a scene they still have their arms around each other or are kissing each other. They seem very comfortable with each other.
C (Friday, 10 October 2014 11:34)
My obsession continues!!! Below is a wonderful video of Janina and Linda (the actresses who play jasmine and Anni on GZSZ). I think it is hilarious and if it doesn't make you fall in love with them I don't know what will :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDiFD3gACsI
@Wired According to my calculation the 3rd series of Last Tango in Halifax should begin 18th November :)
Wired (Saturday, 11 October 2014 04:21)
Woot! Last Tango in Halifax season 3! @C I wasn't able to catchup on OWD - I have to do this and GZSZ! @Kirsty please checkout Out With Dad and let us know what you think.
Happy Canadian Thanksgiving to everyone! Once again I'm going to freeze my heiny at the last campfire of the season. I'm thankful for my family and friends - near and far, old and new. Especially that this room is still happening. Hugs and cheers to you all'
Wired (Saturday, 11 October 2014 04:27)
@Kirsty Orange is the New Black season two was released June on Netflix. It's out now! :D season 3 is expected June 2015.
C (Monday, 20 October 2014 15:58)
Hi @Wired how was Thanksgiving? I'm guessing cold!
I hope everyone is well
Sending happy thoughts to you all
Wired (Friday, 24 October 2014 04:27)
@C Heya!! Thanksgiving was indeed cold! We did manage some campfires but I didn't stay up until the wee hours like usual. :( It was beautiful and sunny tho! Now we are experiencing rain a plenty! How goes it on your side of the pond?
Wired (Saturday, 25 October 2014 07:21)
@C Just finished watching the rest of Out With Dad (2am!) and you were right that ending was fantastic! That is one part that makes this show so good. I missed Vanessa interacting with Rose. Awesome ending!!!! Hoping there is a season 4. Now on to GZSZ if I can get it...
hoppe (Sunday, 26 October 2014 01:36)
franziska friede in a little clip playing a lesbian couple who wantds to adopt a child - sorry TWO children, khm hmm. ;-)
https://t.co/QBgnzmnpMK
hoppe (Sunday, 26 October 2014 01:37)
translations in the comments
hoppe (Sunday, 26 October 2014 19:45)
There's a brand new anti-gay group based in France called "Manif pour tous." They want to stop marriage equality. They want to take children away from lesbian and gay couples. They believe the only valid families are married, different-sex couples with children.
They're planning new events across France and beyond. Their vicious messages are spreading quickly across Europe and taking up huge space in the media.
Will you sign now to tell world leaders to oppose the Manif pour tous and stand up for ALL families?
https://www.allout.org/en/actions/family-equality
Wires (Monday, 27 October 2014 02:07)
So I'm looking to start watching GZSZ but I can't find any videos that go episode by episode. Does anyone have a spot for that or is there on the compilation videos? Just checking! :)
C (Wednesday, 29 October 2014 20:22)
Hi @Wired The weather has been unusually mild for the time of year around 18C up here but a balmy 22C down in London. I agree I love Rose and Vanessa together. I do feel sorry for Claire because she's such a great girl and a fantastic girlfriend, but Rose and Vanessa have so much history together.
Now then as for GZSZ I haven't been able to watch it by episode like Jemma and Marbecca because all videos put on YT are taken down immediately. Therefore I've been relying on 3 things to keep me up to date;
1) The L Chat forum. On here are translations of each episode and people post gifs which helps to understand and follow the story.
2) This website http://teamruhse.tumblr.com/ has amazing recaps with pics and I highly recommend it.
3) the compilation videos on YT
All these three used together paints a really good picture of the Anni Jasmin story.
Plus a new forum has just opened dedicated to this story. To find it go on the last recap on the Team Ruhse site (6th October) and you'll find a link to it there.
If this isn't enough there apparently is a way to watch episodes of GZSZ but you have to sign up to something. It's explained on the L Chat site. It's currently on page 709.
Type in Anni and Jasmin in your search engine and all these sites should come up on the first page.
The two actresses seem to be really invested in the story and reach out to the fans on FB and Twitter (not that I'm on either). I really do recommend following this story even though it's more difficult to follow than Jemma and Marbecca because it's not posted on YT, but it is a million times better than Marbecca. They don't look terrified of touching each other like Marbecca did!!!
Wired (Saturday, 01 November 2014 02:43)
Happy Halloween everyone! Hope you had a scary and fun evening!! (Or that the Great Pumpkin did visit you!)
@C thank you for you recap and instructions. Honestly it helps me to stop looking for something that isn't there (episode clips) and enjoy what is - recaps and compilations. Now off to the Internet!
Cheers!
Libellule (Sunday, 02 November 2014 16:58)
Hello everyone,
Did you all have a nice Halloween day? I run by the park on Friday afternoon and saw a giant pink bunny walking her dog with a rainbow tutu. :D
Had a big smile on my face for the rest of my jog!...
Outfits like that were favored this year because it's starting to get freezing in here. But there are still a few leaves on some trees, Nature hasn't started to hibernate yet, huge sigh of relief... And when that happens, thanks to @C indications to follow "Jasminni" (?... Do they have a couple name?), I'll feel a bit more prepared to go through at least the usual December funk. Plus I intend to binge on Jemma, my fav heart ointment ever... :)
Big warm Rm234 hug!
C (Thursday, 06 November 2014 16:16)
@Libellule I can't recommend Janni? enough. To be honest I'm not sure what their couple name is. I'll have to get back to you on that one. I think I've seen people simply call them J & A. Anyway they are fab! A Jemma binge, that sounds like bliss. I might join you. What am I saying? of course I'll join you - it's Jemma!
Has anyone watched the YT video I posted of the GZSZ actresses back in post #872? Or is it just me that's obsessed by it?! ;)
I'm not really in to Halloween, I guess it's more celebrated in America and Canada. I have read up on the history of it (the nerd that I am!) and it's very interesting. I'm more of a fan of bonfire night or Guy Fawkes night which is 5th November. That's more fun, there are fireworks involved.
@Wired yeah it's no good looking for something that isn't there :) I really hope you like the story.
@Kirsty Hi have you seen Out With Dad yet? Any thoughts?
The weather has suddenly turned colder and the now the clocks have gone back the days are very short.
Wired (Wednesday, 19 November 2014 04:56)
Happy mid November!!! @C sadly I still haven't watched J&A yet. :( gotta find time to do that! Once I do I expect to be as effusive as you. Let me know too if there is a official "name" for them. :)
Kirsty or anyone...thoughts onOutWith Dad?
@Libellule I am with you on a yearly Jemmafest. I too think winter is a good time for this. I feel the need for some flying sneakers and pizza ballet!
Hugs to you all as well! Rm 234!
C (Tuesday, 02 December 2014 14:32)
@Libellule and Wired I think the most popular name for Anni and Jasmin is Janni. However, in one episode the two characters are banging on a door and shout 'it's us Jasanni' so they have given themselves their own name and used it in the show! They're in no episodes during December in case you're wondering why they've gone quiet.
@Wired Looks like I was wrong (and I never like admitting that!) Last Tango usually starts in November and ends at Christmas, but this year it's only starting at Christmas time.
I hope everyone is well, I can't believe it's December already! Love to you all :)
Libellule (Sunday, 07 December 2014 04:47)
OMJ, close to the end of another year already!....
Busy time at the moment, so just a quick hello with a funny Norway commercial I just stumbled upon :p :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REHz61SThz0
Thinking about you all.
Rm234 hug.
PS: Also, I don't know if you watched it already, but there's this Brazilian webseries called RED. And one of the two main lady characters reminds me of Lucy Scherer. Guess which one :D :
http://vimeo.com/redwebseries
Wired (Thursday, 11 December 2014 02:39)
Happy December! It is amazing how time flies! Though we are having a monsoon now so it doesn't quite feel like winter here. @Libellule I'm sure you feel differently!
Libellule (Saturday, 13 December 2014 04:45)
@Wired
First snow storm of the season! Started snowing on Tuesday and it hasn't stopped since. Here comes the shovel-ballet... :p
I'm not feeling it this year, lacking energy at the moment to face the weather's whims. Plus it's dark at 4 pm now, huge (negative) impact on motivation...
I just feel like cocooning home with comfort food and watching videos. Actually that's exactly what I'm gonna do right now! :D
Have a nice week-end, everyone!
Libellule (Saturday, 20 December 2014 05:52)
OMJ, OMJ, OMJ, we are only 6 days away from Christmas!... Which means a new year is very close. Already!...
I hope you are all in a good place in your life, ready to kill the strawberries with an emmabeam. :)
In preparation for this cheering moment, how about we joyfully pizzaballet in the Room? So here, with no pizza but with nude liberating Jenny chick dance moves:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9ZIF_S9YIc&index=2&list=PLwPA79LM_6cAR0ayOM7AG7riaDJ996q6W&shuffle=3284
(Asaf Avidan - Love it or leave it)
Sunny hug to you all!
Wired (Thursday, 25 December 2014 05:48)
Merry Christmas Rm 234!!! Sending you all hugs and Emmabeams today!
Thanks Libellule the pizza ballet has begun! You need toove farther Rast. We have had zero snow and they aren't predicting any either. No shovelling...but I plan to cocoon with comfort food and movies anyways.
Cheers to you all!
Wired (Thursday, 25 December 2014 05:51)
Wow that was like "twuu luuuve" from Princess Bride! Stupid spell check - I meant "you need to move farther East"! :D
Libellule (Thursday, 01 January 2015 23:16)
Happy New Year, Rm234!
Jennytastic wishes to all of you, may 2015 be filled with tons of emmabeams!
And love, love, and more love all around, that's what the world needs the most. :)
Sunny heartfelt hug.
xxx
Libellule (Thursday, 01 January 2015 23:21)
@Wired #892-893
Are you sure it's the spelling check rather than the comfort food you were having at the moment you were writing? :p
C (Tuesday, 06 January 2015 11:06)
A belated Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to Room 234!!! I hope everyone had a wonderful time.
@Wired The 3rd series of Last Tango began on 28th Dec and I am pleased to report that Kate and Caroline are in a very happy place together. AE are recapping it, so far they've recapped one episode although two have aired. Here's a quote from the 2nd episode: Caroline: "Can I tell you how grateful I am to you for giving me the strength and courage to stop hiding" (said of course to Kate) plus they reminisce about the 'you're magnificent' scene from the first series. How wonderful is that?!
hoppe (Wednesday, 14 January 2015 02:40)
there's a new canadian film coming, which sounds very interesting:
The Amina Profile
"Amina Arraf, a pretty Syrian-American revolutionary who’s having an online affair with Montrealer Sandra Bagaria, launches the provocatively named blog A Gay Girl in Damascus. As the Syrian uprising gains momentum, the blog attracts a huge following. But it’s Amina’s subsequent abduction that sparks an international outcry to free her.
Telling a detective story that involves various intelligence agencies and top-tier global media, the film travels from San Francisco and Washington to Istanbul, Tel Aviv and Beirut to meet the key players in this quest to reveal the real Amina. This thoroughly modern tale of technology, love and news-as-spectacle questions the ways in which people connect in today’s virtual world.
The Amina Profile is part love story, part international thriller, and a gripping chronicle of an unprecedented media and sociological hoax."
trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12PWndMRx2s
hoppe (Wednesday, 14 January 2015 19:34)
from AllOut:
"Dear Friend,
Imagine being rushed to the hospital but refused treatment because of who you love. In just a few days, Virginia will consider a law that allows doctors, teachers, and all companies to deny service to gay, lesbian and bi people under the guise of “religious freedom”.
The bill is going to a critical vote. If we succeed this week in convincing members of the committee to vote ‘no’, it will never see the light of day. We need a giant public outcry right now to show the committee that citizens in Virginia and around the country are paying attention.
The vote is looming - we only have a few days to go All Out and stop the bill.
Can you add your name to this petition to tell the voting committee to say no to this anti-gay bill? We’ll urgently deliver the signatures to each committee member right away:
https://go.allout.org/en/a/virginia "
and another one:
"In less than 24 hours, Europe will vote on whether to denounce a new anti-gay bill advancing in Kyrgyzstan. If passed, anyone could be thrown in jail for saying something deemed “too gay”. Now a Kyrgyz politician even called for all gay and lesbian people to be publicly executed.
Europe gives hundreds of millions in development funding to Kyrgyzstan. If the EU protests the anti-gay law, politicians in Kyrgyzstan will take note. This could be enough to stop the law.
The vote is less than 24 hours and a key member of the European Parliament has agreed to deliver our petition to the Parliament just before the vote. Sign to call on Europe to denounce this new anti-gay bill:
go.allout.org/en/a/kyrgyzstan "
hoppe (Wednesday, 14 January 2015 19:46)
new link for the Amina Profile trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSMKXg0qSpU
C (Monday, 19 January 2015 17:21)
Just because I wanted us to get to 900 posts :)
Wired (Wednesday, 21 January 2015 01:49)
Post 901!!! Question is will we make it to 1000 by the end of the year? Happy 2015 rm 234!!! Have been busy already and am now recovering from all of that comfort food. It is addling my brain @Libellule called it. :)
@clijsters I finally found some Jasmin and Anni....love them!!! Desperately trying to get the whole story now because it looks good. Also great news on Last Tango. I saw briefly that they were recapping on Afterellen. Did you see Heather Hogan moved to Autostraddle? Waiting for Out With Dad too one day to start again.
Hope everyone is well and 2015 looks promising to you all!!!
C (Wednesday, 28 January 2015 16:03)
@Wired Yay so glad you found Anni and Jasmin! You've got a lot to catch up with them though. But it's worth it as they're so good together.
I didn't know Heather Hogan had jumped ship to Autostraddle, I never really go on that site but perhaps I'll go on it more often now.
As for Out With Dad it looks like we'll have a long wait. I've been on their website and it sounds like they need funding for it to happen.
I don't know if you know of 'Starting from now' - it's an Australian web series and the 3rd series has been uploaded on You Tube.
As for Last Tango...well I don't want to ruin it for you but it takes an unexpected twist. The final episode airs here on Sunday 1st. It's looking like a fourth series will get the go ahead as it's still getting decent viewing figures.
I hope you are all well on the east coast, the news here has shown the storm that hit you guys, I believe it's not as bad as forecasted and I hope that's the case.
C (Thursday, 29 January 2015 11:33)
I don't know if anyone watches Call the Midwife but one of the nurses is a lesbian. It was hinted in the last series and it has now been confirmed. Nothing much has happened yet but it's something to watch out for. The gay character is called Patsy if anyone is interested. The programme is set in 1960 so she is hiding her sexuality back at a time when homosexuality was illegal. At least it was for men, being a lesbian wasn't seen as a real 'thing' so being a gay women was never made illegal as people believed lesbians didn't exist.
faf (Friday, 30 January 2015 04:54)
Hi kids :-) I know...it's been awhile. I have been thinking about you, knowing all along you've been carrying on having a good ol' time. I don't watch many shows anymore. Any at all, lately, but I really liked the few clips of Call the Midwife I had seen last year. I will have to catch up and "find the lesbian" So lesbians didn't exist back then! Who knew!!
Sending you all loads of sunshine :-*
Wired (Tuesday, 03 February 2015 03:50)
Greetings from the land where "if it's Tuesday a storm must be coming!" :) Have just finished shovelling the driveway of snow and now bracing for freezing rainfall warning. Luckily the last blizzard warning wasn't actually bad so hopefully it will be the same tomorrow! When is spring? @faf (waving frantically- HI!!!) I'm sure one of many reasons you may be happy to be in Texas is you don't have to deal with all this sn*w anymore! @Libellule how are you faring?
@C Yes I love Anni and Jasmin but still frustrated I can't find the whole story in chronological order. The type A person in me is very strong. :). Otherwise they look like a great story! Am piecing it together still. I have seen the first season of "Starting from Now" but stopped. I should catch up! Call the Midwife I have not heard of. Hmmm....must find. Also I did hear about Last Tango In Halifax and I'm not impressed.
Lately been checking out minor show pairings like Root and Shaw. Also watch Carmilla the webseries and really liked that. The dialogue while dramatic is good. Cute show.
Off to bed now. If it's a snow day I may catch up on more shows! Hoping to keep some of @faf's sunshine....
Wired (Thursday, 19 February 2015 04:19)
So with all of this time indoors do to the amazing ice and snow we've gotten I was able to finish Starting From Now. Great show! Liked that one as it picked up in season two! Also caught up on the odd tv show pairing.
Hope you all are doing well. Hoping spring comes soon!
hoppe (Friday, 27 February 2015 06:02)
From AllOut - North Ireland might get an anti-gay law
"Dear hoppe,
Imagine being refused housing because of who you are. Or told you’re too gay to stay in a hotel. Or turned away from a restaurant on a date.
That’s what Northern Ireland would look like if the powerful Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) were to get their way. They want to add an anti-gay clause to equality laws that would allow businesses to refuse service to lesbian, gay, and bi people.
Now All Out members have a chance to help. The DUP has asked for feedback on their anti-gay amendment by February 27. A huge global outcry will show that refusing service to gay people isn’t OK. Not in Northern Ireland, not anywhere.
The consultation closes in 24 hours - can you help? go.allout.org/en/a/northern-ireland
Pro-equality politicians from Sinn Fein and other parties have teamed up to stop the anti-gay amendment. But it will still go to a vote. A huge response to the DUP’s call for feedback could push more Assembly Members to vote for equality. And it’ll put off anti-gay parties - from Northern Ireland and around the world - from proposing anymore anti-gay legislation.
The clause states that businesses could refuse service where someone feels they are required to “endorse a same-sex sexual relationship in violation of his/her faith identity.” This means that a gay couple could be refused the rental of a house or be kicked out of a restaurant, just for being in love.
The deadline is February 27 - sign now: go.allout.org/en/a/northern-ireland
Last month 166,551 of us signed All Out's petition against the anti-gay bill in Virginia. This law would have allowed doctors, teachers, and all companies to deny service to gay, lesbian, and bi people because of “religious and moral convictions”. Our partners in Virginia delivered all our signatures straight to the head of the voting committee - and they heard us. The subcommittee voted against the bill unanimously, so it will never see the light of day.
When we stand together for equality we win - will you push back against another scary anti-gay law? go.allout.org/en/a/northern-ireland
Thanks for going All Out,
Andre, Guillaume, Lucy, Oscar, Rose and the rest of the All Out team.
C (Friday, 27 February 2015 12:35)
Hey @Wired! I know, it's so frustrating not being able to watch Anni and Jasmin in order with subtitles. But hang on in there they are a great couple and 'Team Ruhse' do a great job with recapping the story.
I've had a little peak at Root and Shaw the show looks terrible but I'll persevere. What is Carmilla about? Is it worth watching?
Last Tango was a bit of a disaster but we had some lovely moments between Kate Caroline before... well you know what. I'm hoping for happiness for Caroline next series.
As for Call the Midwife it's definitely a slow burner but the last two episodes of the current series air the next couple of Sundays so I'm hoping this story will get more air time.
Spring is just around the corner!
@faf I know who knew Lesbians didn't exist! How wrong they were! Lol how are you going with 'spot the lesbian'? Any luck? I think after this week's episode it'll be obvious.
Wired (Friday, 13 March 2015 02:45)
Hey all! Well after much ice and snow we are still waiting for spring to come!
@C did you see that OWD have a new series out? I can't tell if Kate is playing Rose or not. Carmilla is based on a vampire book but the series actually doesn't show anyof that hype. It's filmed as a vlog and only shows a dorm room. I didn't mind it as something light and entertaining. Each episode is 5-7 mins so not long. I liked it.
@anyone can I move in so I can experience spring? :)
Libellule (Tuesday, 17 March 2015 04:55)
Hello everyone,
Hope you are all doing good!
On my side, fatigue due to overwork is taking its toll (started a new job a few months ago that is quite demanding), and also where the Caronnie Town is Spring?... I'm sooooo longing for Nature's explosion of colors...
@Wired: I actually have to find a new place in the next two months, so I'll join you in moving in anywhere where Spring starts earlier and there's no shoveling involved after February. :p
Took a break from all that madness for a little serenity dip in Rm234. ;)
I can't visit as often as I'd like, but rest assure that I still think about you all as much as before. I deeply miss HaH, Jemma and its storylines; yes, still after all those time and jemmageddons!... In my recurrent quest for vibrating and engaging lesbian love stories, I recently stumbled upon a German tv movie that you might also enjoy: "Ich will dich". (@hoppe: Maybe you've already seen it?)
You can find the whole thing on UT (version without subtitles), and DM (version with English subtitles). I found the chemistry between the 2 actresses to be quite believable.
And on that note, since it's bedtime for me, I'm gonna replay some of the scenes in my dreams (if you watch the movie, you'll know exactly which scenes I'm talking about. :D).
Big Rm234 hug!
hoppe (Tuesday, 31 March 2015 21:19)
@libelulle
yeah, I watched it and had some quite controversal discussions about it ;-)
I like it too, but for me there were also points where for example the one role wasn't flashed out to me enough. For me there was lacking a bigger picture why the two of them were drawn to each other in the long term.
I'm totally invested in "The 100" right now.
First I was a bit suprised of myself as this is a quite hard show in some ways. It's about a postapocalyptic scenario on earth set about 150 years in the future.
The struggle to survive are hard and difficult choices are to be made. Lots of fights, a group of people who are draining others of their blood, because otherwise they would die...
But.... a lopt of awesome female characters - a bisexual lead role (Clarke Griffin as tzhe leader of the sky people who came to down to earth again from space to see if it was safe to live there again and a lesbian commander of the grounders (the trigedakru = people of the woods), who have quite harsh ways to survive. (I'm still torn about that, because normally I don't vote for any sort of pressure and violence. But on the other side this show discusses all those difficulties how to choose and how to protect yourt people in a great way. The show doesn't go for easy solutions.
right now at the end of season 2 it's uncertain if Lexa (the lesbian character) will return in season 3 as the actress Alycia Debnam-Carey already signed for another show, before they knew if "The 100" got renewed. But the showrunner Jason Rottenberg tries to negotiate. It's alspo unsure if there will be more of "happy" Clexa-couple - as the show in general is quite unpredictable. But it was an interesting ride till now.
And what's quite interestiong that the writer give a lot insight into the ways of show writing - especially Kim Shun and Shawna Benson (they both have tumblrs) - the show is written by a good 50% women!
So ... I'm not sure if will like the show - it's VERY different from HaH and Jemma. But I found it interesting.
The first season was a bit lame at it's beginning (very teenie stuff like -> it's aired on the CW)n Second season is better and sees Lexa in episode 6 for the first time.
Michelle 1 has put up lots of clips from the eps of season 2 - the ölater eps are the whole ones...
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGNFrEJbrSqJ8NsbN9iOujQ/playlists
well, I'm interested what you will say ;)
Not sure though. Maybe you'll like it maybe absoluetly not.
hoppe (Tuesday, 31 March 2015 21:28)
it still airs in GB on E4 - the last episodes.... it's on tonight at 9pm your time ;-)
hoppe (Wednesday, 01 April 2015 11:52)
well maybe I should add, that you won't see a full blown relationship. I think for me its more that I find the characters and general setting and questions interesting.
I just read that Alycia is coming back in se4ason 3. Not sure to what extend though.
Wired (Friday, 03 April 2015 21:49)
Hello RM 234 and Happy Easter! Welcome to the weekend of chocolate and all things rabbitty!
So there is still snow on the ground here and we are all heartily sick of shovelling. I now choose to keep my eyes to the sky and look at the sun and blue instead of at the ground with all of the white. @Libellule You have to move again! I hope it is not too much of a hardship! Perhaps we should stalk @Fran and @San and move down south where there is hardly any snow. :) I also hope your new job is not so demanding all of the time! That is no fun! I hear you as well on the continued love of Jemma. My daughter was sick the past two days so while she was sleeping I've revisited the show again. Man I miss that show too. I miss the show, the singing and dancing and the magic blanket and shoes.
@hoppe I have been watching "the 100" too. That is a very interesting show and I do like how they show a very natural progression or reason for many things that happen on the show. It certainly makes you think about humanity.
@C have you seen the new Kate Conway is a Jerk shows? Certainly tongue in cheek but very funny (I think).
As always hope you all are well!
Wired
faf (Saturday, 04 April 2015 00:13)
Happy Easter to All. Come on down, y'all ;-P
hoppe (Saturday, 04 April 2015 17:09)
Happy Easter to all of you from me as well ;-)
@wired great to hear you like The 100 too.
If anyone is interested in fanfic there are is one which adresses the whole reincarnation thing in a two chapter story. I think it's an amazing work.
"move on me" http://archiveofourown.org/works/3267515?view_full_work=true
And one which is an alternative universe (AU) story, also dealing with the reincarnation/Commander spirit chooses the next leader-thing, in a more scyfi way (it's all about blood and genetic modification - it's very complex and well thought through and adresses some aspects which I'd know from told shamanic experiences.
"Entanglement" http://archiveofourown.org/works/3336023?view_full_work=true
In both the characters are quite well drawn...
I never was a big fanfic reader but those really got me ;-)
Wired (Monday, 25 May 2015 04:11)
Hey everyone! (Looks around hopefully...)
Just stopping in to shout out and say hi. Spring has sprung and summer isn't far behind!
Great news Out With Dad is back and Carmilla is finished taping. Sadly the 100 is delayed until next spring,and I can't wait to see the movie Carol. I amsurei'mmissing lots but that's all I have my radar. Anyone else?
I hope you all are well and gearing up for summer. Tennis season is starting and I think some people are moving/have moved? Well have a great spring/summer everyone. Enjoy every moment we have, do what makes you happy!
Wired
Kirsty (Wednesday, 24 June 2015 23:31)
Hey @Wired!
Hope everyone's well. Just popped in to say hi. Does anyone have summer? Could you send some over here please! :) Having said that, it's half past ten and only just getting dark so we are getting some of the benefits of summer her. Just binge-watched three episodes of 'Orphan Black' season 2. My other half's away to Prague for the week with her work - tough life, eh- so I'm getting on with my shows. I know I'm a late-comer to the programme but I think it's fantastic. The actress who plays most of the characters is just so good.
Looking forward to Wimbledon now. Andy Murray's in good form and seems in a happy place just now so I'm hoping he gets to the final at least.
Wired (Wednesday, 26 August 2015 20:24)
Hey hey hey!!! Well surprisingly it's the end of summer already!! Hi everyone!
@Kirsty I hope you found summer and your other half had a good time in Prague (despite work). Summer came to Halifax, NS and we have actually had humid weather so far. I dare say it's hot enough for @Fran and @San! @Kirsty and @Clijsters I hope you enjoyed Wimbledon. What did you think about the tournament?
So for me I had a great summer and I think I'll have more time in the fall to catch up on shows like Orange Is The New Black, Carmilla and Orphan Black. Tatiana Masalany is amazing though isn't she? Any others I should follow? Well I hope all is well and though this room seems pretty slow I wish everyone the best and hope another show like HaH may come along to reunite us again!!!
hoppe (Saturday, 26 September 2015 21:55)
Shawna benson, one opf the "the 100" writers just did a periscope again.
It can be watched for the next 24 hours here:
https://www.periscope.tv/w/1kvKpNYrvXmJE
And here:
https://www.periscope.tv/w/1MnGnBVBqOoGO
it's not as great as the last one where she talked about Grounder politics/ethics versus Arker ethics/politics in depht, but it's still nice.
She's got also a great blog, where she writes about storywriting in general and also in regards of "the 100": http://shawnambenson.tumblr.com/
hoppe (Sunday, 11 October 2015 10:13)
look at this wonderful artwork
https://twitter.com/BanksyOfficiaI/status/650086774451011586
you can even meditate on it.
the children = the light, love, truth, "god"/higher self
the grown up body made out of wire = the ego, the concepts about you as a person
the ego which is separating itself and also shields itself and the love which stays open, reaches out, even if the conscious ego is doing the oposite
faf (Wednesday, 02 December 2015 11:05)
Hellooooo ladieeeees
I needed a place to put this, and this seemed like the right place
"Breathe sweetly and deeply. As you inhale, remember that the calcium in your bones and the iron in your blood were originally created at the core of a red giant star that died billions of years ago.
As you exhale, allow your perfect animal body to gentle explode with luminous gratitude. Feel streams of orgiastic compassion flowing out of your wild heart in spiral hallelujahs . . . . "
San (Thursday, 07 July 2016 19:37)
Emma!
faf (Monday, 23 January 2017 11:01)
On Saturday Jan 21, San and I went to the Womens March in Austin (Texas State Capitol) with 50,000+ of our "sisters". We got to share with a few new friends how we met. Telling our story brought you (y'all) into the spirit circle with us. We are fighting hard with #TheResistance with the same passion as Jenny and the gang. My daughter marched in Buffalo. San's sister marched near her city. Our friends around the country and world protest with us. I sing "Fuck you" around the house because it calms me down ;-p
We are sorry this creep has happened and we are absolutely standing up to the xenophobic, racist, misogynist, homophobic, conman, racist arschloch.
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