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Happy birthday, Ricardo!

Cheers!
(and I will remember to call you in the afternoon next year - not in the morning...)

update

long time, no post... I know, I know!

Here's a little update:
I saw The League of extraordinary Gentlemen the other night. I can't say that the movie impressed me but it didn't bore me either. The dialogues were pretty lame, though. But hey, it has a Mina in it.

Talking about Mina.. lots of Minas have signed my guestbook.

Henning Mankell writes books I have to read in a day or two.

One thing I like about going to the cinema is the very healthy dinner I can get there: nachos and cheese, popcorn and coke.

And since we are at it... when I went to see lXg, I actually wanted to see Kill Bill, which - of course - was sold out because it had just started playing here that day. Has anyone seen that one? Is it worth watching?

aliens!

When I came back from grocery shopping today (and I was only gone for like 20 minutes) I noticed that part of the street I live on had been closed. For no reason, it seemed. But then I saw this puddle of bright green liquid on the ground.
I'm pretty sure some alien just couldn't handle our lovely weather. Rain, rain and more rain.

if you're a smoker you better be blind

Recently, the look of cigarette packs has changed around here. Almost one third of the front and the back is covered with big signs (white/fat black border - we all know it might kill us, c'mon!) screaming: "Smoking may be deadly" or "Smoking ages your skin". It looks awful. I feel sorry for all the designers who spent their time on a good design only to have it messed up by the government.
And, do people really think a smoker will give up the habit/addiction because of that?! That is just ridiculous.

communication

This cold is doing strange things to my voice. It comes and goes as it pleases. And it sure sounds funny! But it is excellent for avoiding being interviewed on the street: "May I ask you a few questions?" "So'y I ca't talk..." "Oh, ok. Have a nice day."
The cold also seems to affect my parking skills. I am not kidding when I tell you it took me 15 minutes to park my car yesterday. I just hope nobody was watching my sorry attempt.

People write all kinds of things on houses or anything wall-like. Hamburg's buildings are full of messages that sound like aliens have just landed.
I found one of my favourite on a building in my street today, obviously written by a kid.
"The Pokemon movie costs 9,95."
I am waiting for some other kid to reply:
"I got it. Wanna watch it this afternoon?"