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walked around another 10km…got muddy shoes from walking through some park…In the park there was a peacock, a bunch of parakeets and two old people…the old people were having a conversation about birds…It was sort of cute, but you can just imagine that all old people everywhere have this same conversation 99 times in their lives…or maybe even 99 times a day…at what point do people stop having things to talk about besides weather, birds etc?

saw latest Coen Brothers movie…No Country for old men…rather liked it…moreso than most Coen Brothers movies on first viewing…I guess I need to watch it again…I see it got a bunch of oscar nominations…I also noticed I was the only one chuckling at the dialogue…I think the dialogue was uniquely rural (texas), and maybe that’s why I was the only one laughing…I just don’t know how the brits would “get” quite a bit of it…Brits tell me your impression of the movie…

After I walked past the theatre and decided I would come back later and watch the movie, I had an hour to kill so I walked into the nearest pub…Turned out to be an old man pub…There were 5 guys (all Scots I think) in there and they were all the locals I’m guessing…they knew each other, and 4 of them left so number 5 turns to me and we chat…He bought me a beer and told me to stay out of Stratford…Don’t go to the ATM at night…you’ll see….you’ll see…and it’s funny I mentioned going on vacation and doing the same things you always do because this guy goes to Austria “11 or 12 times a year” and drinks…i said you can do that here…
I soon left to get to the movie and they didn’t even start it on time…I think it was 15 minutes before the ads even started…jerks!!!!

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OK this time it’s really 23,01…
It’s 9:26 local time, and due to jet lag (damn you jet lag…you win again) I’ve been up since 6:30. I’ve already walked about 5 miles (lets just round that up to 10 kilometers). visited Starbucks, taken pictures at the cemetery…

and now I have to figure out what to do in London for the next 8 hours…if only there was stuff to do in London….oh well if I look hard enough I’ll figure it out…
I’m off again….

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it’s not really 23,01 since I’m in england as I’m writing this…and in england it’s still 23 something (that’s 11PM something for you people in the states)…
Thoughts so far….
Watched a bit of British Telly as I arrived at my hotel…there was some show on matching an obese person with a super skinny person…they were supposed to help each other or something…It was all I could do to not order Joey’s and settle in…

geez..the TV is on as I’m typing and apparently the “Hollywood Actor Heath Ledger” is dead…after calling him Hollywood they did note that he was australian born…well…at least the british press knows where the colonies rate… If someone had ever been in the states (oh really…you changed planes at O’Hare…that counts) that obviously rates much higher than them being born and/or living 99% of their lives somewhere in the southern hemisphere….

so instead of watching the Telly I decided to go walk about…I asked the hotel person where the pubs where and she said go left and left…You’ll see them…
I went left and left and was annoyed by pubs and the people that go to those pubs…so I went around the block and ended up going right and right…Found a tottenham pub…At least during the FA cup when tottenham wins 5-1 it was a tottenham pub….rather amusing watching the “passion” of football…I was annoyed by drunk people which makes me think of Bulgy II…who worked in a pub but didn’t drink…
anyways the chants were incredible…for Kat’s sake I won’t spell out the C word that was in just about every chant…except for WEM BE LEY!!!!!
and to that guy who was chanting…how many times was it really necessary to ask if there were any Arsenal in the pub…I could see from the first time you asked that there weren’t any…

so anyways I guess this means the next question is “Does doing the same thing you always to (yet by doing it in a different place) count as being on vacation?

and the observation is that I’m annoyed by pubs and people in pubs yet I still go…the food was good though, and there was a very cool old cemetery I walked by…I will probably go back with my camera tomorrow…to see how artistic I could possibly be…

and last night I was told that there’s a character in “P.S. I love you” that is me…My ego is not sufficient enough to make me actually see this movie…

Greek guy at mephisto brought kat 3 jager shots last night…Doesn’t he know that kat doesn’t do shots on a Monday…It’s 2008….

it seems a bit of spring is in the air…this means peoples moods will improve….crap!!!!

Does anyone know the etymology of dipshit?

I like how the British press just noted that Amy Winehouse was allegedly smoking crack…when they’ve probably shown the video 12 times in the past hour…I love the Limeys!!!

…and if anyone reads this closely and cares…I will not be seeing my long lost aunts this trip…the one with a car says she is leaving town…hmmm…do I believe her…

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I’ve actually read two books so far this year (Freakonomics and 1984). This is quite a step up for me…I finally started reading a bit more the last half of last year…Not sure if I read any books the year before that…
Freakonomics was interesting (pop-science book), but as usual I don’t know enough about their science to know if they’re telling me the truth (or if their conclusions are logical), but a good easy read nonetheless.

Is there a place where I can buy used english books in Frankfurt?

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there is some sort of rally going on over at Römer right now…It seems there are more cops than people, but I guess it’s the PDK or PRK or some such party (extreme right is what I was told by the starbucks person)…There have been a couple near fights already (I say near because it was just a bit of pushing followed by posturing…noone actually threw a punch), followed by chanting at the police…I’ve no idea who is pro and who is anti…everyone is wearing black…ah well Deutsch politics…

the cops here are way more relaxed than in the states…I think I would have seen tear gas and batons already in the states…

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Last night…Went to Chicago Meat Packers for Mel’s Birthday…did not RSVP and got scolded for it…;)
Happy Birthday Mel!

Ended up being like a weird social experiment created just for my observation. Watching people you know interact with each other in large groups is sometimes interesting (when you’re used to seeing them in small groups or alone)…Always more so when you have one person who knows (and is conversing with) people that don’t really seem to like each other…the person in the middle has to make a choice and watching the moral (for lack of a better word – the attempt to not pick a side) struggle is fun.

Other observations:

Some people are easily influenced.

Some people are weak.

Some people are drunks.

Some people smoke too much.
sidebar- I really hate when people stand in the doorway of the train smoking a cigarette – whilst holding the door open- throw the cigarette out then exhale onto the train. you’re all jerks and I hope you die alone and painfully.

On a negative note…

I had a burger at chicago meat packers…This burger I had at chicago meat packers was a piece of crap. let me rephrase…When I say this burger I had at chicago meat packers was a piece of crap I mean IT WAS THE WORST BURGER I HAVE EVER HAD IN GERMANY…WHICH IS TO SAY ITS TIED FOR THE WORST BURGER I’VE EVER HAD…EVER! The other one was at a Z league Football game in England…Dullich Hamlet…However that burger I can accept because you don’t go to minor league football games for quality food right? I think that cost me 2 pound (3e)(4$), whereas the crappy food at chicago meat Packers was overpriced…(please note my heavy use of Chicago Meat Packers and the word CRAP – this is for the benefit of search engines everywhere…I only hope that someone will type in Chicago Meat Packers and read my review….Let me summarize my review CHICAGO MEAT PACKERS IS CRAP!!!!!).

Out of context quotes from last night:
2.0: “This place makes me uncomfortable…”

Me: “Your dad goes to Chicago Meat Packers to pick up GI’s?”
(ok…I misheard a conversation I wasn’t even listening to…but I still said it).

On a not positive note…
Someone said I look like Mr Magoo…Great!!!!

oh I see it now…

All in all it wasn’t as bad as I make it sound. Everyone was nice it was just the “beef” that put me off…

who is that girl who keeps calling me Bob from Bob N Judy…I tried searching on Bob and Judy but I find nothing…Is this an insult? Can someone tell me about Bob n Judy? I think it’s a Brtitish TV show…

Matt, was that a comment saying you can write this crap in your sleep

anyone have ideas to share on cheap/free entertainment in London?

Another b-day party tonight…what’s this about…I thought most birthday were 9 months after valentines day…pfffftttt

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I was trying to think up something stupid to make people stop thinking about the ambiguity of the donut comment…but I came up with nothing except:
what’s more difficult…taking off the sleeves of a dress shirt when they’re still buttoned, or putting on the sleeves of a dress shirt when they’re still buttoned…

Discuss!!!

that’s the intelligent thing I came up with..pffffffftttttt

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I was asked by a colleague today if I was originally from Britain…
I said my grandparents were and she said
“it shows through…you have a very british humour.”

that pretty much makes my week…It must’ve been all those Benny Hill episodes I watched with my nan on Saturday nights…oh wait…that wasn’t Benny Hill on OPB that was Rowan Atkinson in all his forms (Black Adder, thin blue line etc)…Benny Hill was KPTV….
I guess OPB also had Keeping Up Appearance, Fawlty towers, etc…

Can someone please explain the black british weather girl on CNN??? She’s hilarious…the only parallel I can draw is of course Quest…
When I first came to DE he (Quest) was actually sitting on the newsdesk. and in the states you obviously don’t know him, but he’s so bloody happy it’s hilarious…I think he was reporting on some tragic event, and most news people will lower their voice and act somber (see Anchorman) when reading about something bad, but not Quest…happy as can be…Good man!

I can take no credit for this (sanne), but I think it’s cool…

I kept smelling donuts at work today…I was never a big fan of donuts, but smelling this really made me want one…
Sanne did make me try a Berliner once…I think it’s a jelly filled donut…that was quite good…

Sanne: I want to be your donut…

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This just in…my mouth just had a nervous breakdown…
i shall recover…give me a week or so…

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I think some people read this page a bit (WAY) too closely…How can I possibly negatively judge people who think this page is witty or whatever it is…I shan’t…

Julia: what does a unicorn look like when it bowls
joe: me…
julia: you’re skinny…like gay skinny…

ahhhh…liquid soap…Thanks for the liquid soap that will now rescue me from the germ factory that apparently is my soap dish…it’s a miracle I survived this long with a bar of soap that was purchased in the states over a year and a half ago…

spent almost three and a half hours on the phone to France last night…This was not planned…how am I supposed to move files around when I’m on the phone like that

joe: i’m a simpleton
sanne: yeah, you are – in a very complicated way

sex and chess really do belong together

Guess what….
chicken butt!!!!

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