hope_calaris: (Psych - Victory)
You remember the term paper about "Spaces in The Scarlet Letter - Landscape as a place for truths and secrets" I handed in last week? I already got it back today. I was super-nervous, because it's a bit too short for a "Hauptseminar" paper *cough*, but anyway, my prof didn't seem to mind, because I got a 1,1!!! The thing is, stuff like this simply doesn't happen to me, at least not in Germany (UL is a completely different matter). I'm never really good with term papers, because I like the structure of essays much better, and they suit my style better. So it's a nice change of pace to actually get a good grade on something I've written. And my prof was incredibly sweet in what she wrote as an assessment.
Tine, just like in class you have convinced me with your very good ability to work with the literary text. Your interpretations clearly show that you have given the text much thought. Fine!
I love the fact alone that she calls me Tine all the time (and I absolutely don't mind, she's the prof who got me to the FedCon for free). I also went and got my result for "Phonectis & Phonology", and I was completely flabbergasted that I got a 2,3 here. I knew that I had passed the exam, but I was expecting something more like a 3 or 3,5.

All in all, this gets the day a


We'll see if that holds true for the rest of the day, because the delivery service brought Hugo II back to me today morning. I'll wait till Ina is around to see if I need Andrew to break some computers again. Cross your fingers for me and Hugo II, okay?
hope_calaris: (Stock - Herz)
Gespräche zwischen Geschwistern ...

I.
(Martin und ich telefonieren über Skype, er sieht mich, ich seh ihn nicht; Martin hatte Thermodynamik als Fach im Studium)
Ich: "Erklärst du mir mal den 2. Hauptsatz der Thermodynamik?"
Er: "Moment."
(Stille)
Ich: "Googlest du das grad?!?"
Er: "Öhm ... nö?"

II.
(Ich ruf Gocker an)
Ich: "Kannst du mir bitte den Werkzeugkasten mitbringen? Ich hab doch noch keinen."
Er: "Der ist unsortiert. Was brauchst du denn?"
Ich: "Das weiß ich noch nicht. Ich brauch ihn für den Spiegel - den ich auch noch nicht hab."

III.
(auf der FedCon, Dani und ich sind gerade vom Mittagessen wieder da)
Martin: "Was gab's denn?"
Ich: "Hab ich doch grad erzählt!"
Gocker: "Das hast du mir erzählt - Muffins."
*Stille*
Ich: "Es gab Waffeln!"

PS: Unter diesem Eintrag findet sich noch ein neuer über Krefeld. Nur damit das keiner übersieht.
hope_calaris: (TW - By your side)
Wir sind wieder da aus Bonn. Ich bin totmüde, hab immer noch Schnupfen und werde gleich ins Bett gehen, aber ich wollte mich noch kurz zurückmelden: Gareth-Dadvid Llyod hat mich umarmt, ich hab mehr denn je Schwierigkeiten ihn in meinem Kopf mit Ianto Jones zusammen zu kriegen, Joe Flannigan und David Hewlett haben herrliche Stand-Up Comedy geliefert, der Kostümwettbewerb war phänomenal, die Programmplanung verbesserungswürdig, die Starphotos bräuchten eine bessere Zentrierung (ehrlich, niemand will meine Hüfte sehen - oder so viele Sterne), ich brauch eine ganze Stunde zum frühstücken, ich schulde Dani Geld (und sie mir mein GDL Photo - ich Dussel hab's in ihrer Tasche vergessen) und nächste Woche ess ich nur Obst und Gemüse.
hope_calaris: (Stéphane - Rainbow)
So. Stundenentwurf fertig, dran rumgekritzrelt, überarbeitet, Arbeitsaufträge erstellt, Folien gezogen, Stundenverlauf mit Fragestellungen formuliert, Übergänge geplant, Kopien gemacht, Luthers Biografie mit Piktogrammen gebastelt -- der Morgen kann kommen.

Und weil ich's kann und mich freue kommt hier der ES SIND NUR NOCH KNAPP DREI TAGE BIS KREFELD-Eintrag. Nein, ihr müsst nicht weiterlesen ... versteht ja sowieso keiner (außer einem kleinen, aber sehr feinen Kreis) wieso ich mich so auf ne Eiskunstlaufgala (kleiner Tipp: STÉPHANE LAMBIEL! ♥♥♥) freue, aber das hat mich ja noch nie aufgehalten. Ich hab zwar das Gefühl, [livejournal.com profile] faelkchen schon seit einer halben Ewigkeit zu kennen, aber Fakt ist, dass ich sie am Donnerstag das erste Mal in Farbe (und jetzt auch bunt) sehe - um dann gleich ihr Gästebett zu beschlagnahmen ... muwaahaa, da kenn ich ja nix. Aber keine Sorge, [livejournal.com profile] janiebj  kommt auch mit, sollte sich [livejournal.com profile] faelkchen doch noch als Psychopathin herausstellen. Also entweder gehen wir gemeinsam drauf oder werden sehr viel Spaß haben. Ich tipp ja mal auf letzeres.

In diesem Sinne:


Und weil die Woche danach ja noch nicht toll genug war, geht's anschließend zur FedCon! YEAH ME! Gocker! Martin! Dani! Marius! Ich freu mich.

PS: Am Wochende war Tine (und nein, ich red nicht von mir in der dritten Person und meine auch nicht die Anto-Tine) da und es war ganz wunderbar. Wir waren im Kino und in Zinnowitz und haben unterdurchschnittliches Eis gegessen und schreckliche Liedtexte gehört, aber hatten sehr viel Spaß. Wenn ich der ganzen Sache gerecht werden kann und gewillt bin in mehr als Großbuchstaben und Ausrufezeichen zu schreiben und mehr BIlder hochzuladen, werde ich dieses Wochenende auch noch in entsprechender Form würdigen. Bis dahin ... du bist meine Endstation ... lalalala.
hope_calaris: (Love Actually - Secretive)
Was ich heute getan habe:

# Essay für Romanticism & Sensibility beendet. Titel? "Four naked walls and a noble mass – ruins between transcendental and historical education". Klingt das nicht total, als ob ich Ahnung hatte? Yeah me. Wenn ich allerdings nie wieder was von Lady Morgan und dem wild irish girl höre ist es immer noch zu früh.
# hab mich für den Remix einer TOS-Folge fürs Reboot!verse angemeldet. Hab "The Conscience of the King" bekommen. Yeah me.
# [livejournal.com profile] khalaris hat geantwortet und wir fahren gemeinsam zur FedCon!!!! YEAH US! Ich freu mich auf den Spaß, denn wir hundertprozentig haben werden.
# hab angefangen für Irish Literary Revival zu lernen.
hope_calaris: (Enterprise - Best friends)
I'm back from FedCon XVIII in Bonn. It was packed full of people, it was thrilling, it was exhausting, it taught me about prejudices, it was crazy, but most of all it was a hell of a time.

I feel like sleepwalking just looking at the screen, but since I want to share my experience with you all I'm going to split my diary in several parts. You get the the first part today, all the other ones during the week.

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You know the drill. Click the links and you'll see some of the less blurry pictures I took (or the imdb page of the actor so you know whom I'm talking about). Have fun and let me know what you think. Please refrain from writing anything about the mirror universe incident during Connor's panel. He's a sweetheart and smells extremly good and I don't want to hear anything different in my world with rainbows and unicorns.

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May 1

We started the friday pretty early ... try 5:3o early. Which is prorably why we looked like this and this. The train ride actually wasn't that bad, even with some delays we got all our connections ... it's just that the floor moves underneath me everytime I'm in motion for such a long time. Blah.

Our hotel in Bonn was pretty nice and after we had checked-in we took the subway to the Con hotel, where we got our con bracelet and everything else we'd need or not need during the next three days.

One of the best thing about a SciFi con is that people get to show off their beautiful costumes and it doesn't feel out of the ordinary to take a picture with Qui-Gon Jinn or the Storm Troopers. You also get proven wrong on all the prejudices you ever had. Sadly, I don't have a picture of it, but while we waited in the autograph line for Robert Picardo I noticed some boys in front of us you'd usually picture in a sports car driving to the solarium or to the hair dresser to have their hair bleached blonde. And what did they do? Fangirling! The whole nine yards! Yes, these boys even gave German mustard as a present to Picardo. Adorable.

The whole evening Patrick (not my Patrick, but a lovely guy anyway) walked around in his "Q"-costume and people wanted to take pictures with him ... why the heck didn't I take a picture of this? Aehm ... so you have to live with this. Patrick is the guy in red and black with the hat.

One of the first panels (panel = the star is on the stage and everyone in the audience who wants and is brave enough can ask a question) I went to was with Jeffrey Combs. He imitated the early Kirk with his long range gestures and accentuated speech. It went something like this (imagine with waving hands and lots of pointing fingers):

"WHAT - IS - THIS - ALL - ABOUT - I - DO - NOT - KNOW"
He finished this sequence and then went on with:
"And in the second season the writers got clever and made Shatner do this (once again with all the gestures):
SPOCK - EXPLAIN!"

Some time after six they showed our fanfilm ... with no proper introduction and no sound for the (for the plot important) first few minutes. I have a lot of nice things to say about the organization of FedCon, but their technique department is't included in that speech. It just sucked big time. *le sigh* Anyway, people laughed at the right spots and I think they had fun. Later some of them talked to Patrick and Co about it, so I will say it all went well in the end.

After that came the Opening Ceremony. I texted [livejournal.com profile] rei17 after it and I think my message went something like this: "BEST.THING.EVER."
Because you know what they did? WHAT THEY SHOWED US? NO? Ha, I won't tell you ... just kidding. It started weird with Marc something, the Master of Ceremonies [henceforth called M.o.C.], who wanted us to get our cell phones out of our pockets and turn them off. Ooookay ... well, I wanted to enjoy the Con, so I did what he asked. Then he said to put away your cameras and so on and I started wondering ... finally the staff closed all the doors (and the boys swore they saw night visions) and they showed us 28 freaking minutes of the new STAR TREK MOVIE!!!! It took my breath away. I'm scared I won't remember to breathe for two hours on Wednesday which would be kinda ... suck, you know. The film was packed with action, humour and the best special effects I've seen in my whole life. Star Trek morale or not, I'm sure I will enjoy this movie immensely and it will revive the franchise for a next generation.

When the lights went on again the actual introduction of the stars (and some people I still have no clue who they were) began. John Billingsley came on stage without a shirt ... not the only cloth he lost during the Con I can tell you. Robert Picardo talked German and asked for a new show to ruin (Stargate: Atlantis [SGA] being cancelled without no apparent reason and sadly he came to late to ruin Battlestar Galatctica [BSG] cause it had already finished its run). I don't remember which one, but one of the actors of BSG made us all stand up and answer to his "So say we all" with a loud "So say we all" in return (for all of you who've never heard of it, the sentence is a kind of "Amen" in BSG). Nichelle Nichols was the last one to appear on stage. She's one "old, old, old, oooooooooold ... sexy lady" - that's her talking, not me! But seriously, she's the grande old dame of Star Trek. She talks endlessly about important and interesting things and nobody ever disrupts her, because ... you know ... it's Nichelle Nichols! I think the Ceremony ended with standing ovations.

The last thing on that day was by far the most funniest thing for me during the whole convention. At the beginning of his panel John Billingsley came on the stage looking like this. I'm not sure why he did it, but I think I remember it being connected to have taken his shirt off earlier and not doing the same thing twice. Anyway, his wife, the most lovely Bonny Friedericy, got on stage as well to get her husband to put his pants back on. What followed was a brilliant hour long late-night comedy show including quotes from Billingsley like this (to a questioner at one of the mics): "Behind you is a woman who either wants to ask a question or is romantically interested in you" and John and his wife trying to distract Marc whatshisname, M.o.C., while "pantsing" (to pull his pants down) him. I can't do these two justice, but I'd be the first one to buy tickets for their show. They're hilarious.

tbc ...
 

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