It´s sanni-licious

[You´ll find my Wordless Wednesday entry here]

Yesterday´s mo-licious Mo-Show was all about MEMEs - featuring a Special Guest: the one and only Mimi, Queen of the MEMEs.

I can´t imagine this, but… just in case you missed it… (*ssssshhhh* don´t tell) you can listen to the archived version of the MEME Mo-Show (secretly).

In the MEME - time I´m going to amuse you more or less with 3 MEMEs I held back for “the day after”:

8 Things MEME - Part #271:
by courtesy of the inimitable Ian

1. I have to post these rules before I give you 8 more boring facts about me.
2. Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
3. People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.
4. At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.
5. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.
6. There is NO rule 6.
7. Failure to follow through with this meme will result in being run over repeatedly by the karma bus.
8.) Added by me: Since everyone has done this one at least 2 times, I will ignore the rules and tag no one. Feel free to tag yourself =)

Here are eight more random facts/habits about Sanni:

1. We´ve been to the Frankenheim Open Air Cinema in Duesseldorf, Germany recently - I enjoyed watching Quentin Tarantino´s “Death Proof”… I´ve always been a huge fan of tarantino´s morbid sh!†…

2. Speaking of Tarantino: I’m usually not attracted to John Travolta but I think he’s hot in the movie “Pulp Fiction”.

3. I knew how to read even before I first stepped into school. Thanks Mom.

4. When I was about 8 I won a contest: “Who could scream the loudest?” I won without finishing… most of the hundred+ adults present were sticking fingers in their ears, so the presenter ran up shouting: “You win, you win!” just to make me stop.
Today I ask myself: “Who sound of mind comes up with a screaming-contest for kids???”

5. I´m anti-manual, but I love having the manual when I can´t figure it out.

6. I´ve kissed a girl once. We met in a disco - she came over asking me:”Wanna kiss me?” and I did… better to say: we did. I guess our kiss made some people feel lustful. There was a photo-strech of us published in 2 party magazines =)

7. If I wear lingerie it has to be beautiful, e.g. with lots of laces

8. My “real” name is Sandra - some of my blogging friends already now this, especially those I have email contact with. Since I was a little one everybody named me Sanni… my parents, friends, teacher, co-workers, university professors… everyone. So when you would meet me anywhere, calling me “Sandra” to get my attention, I might probably not react to you - just because I don´t realize you mean me.

Seven…
… is brought to you by the unique Ian as well.
Seven…

…Things I plan to do before I die
1. Send a message in a bottle
2. Take my son Luis to New York City
3. Learn to speak a 7th language (fluid)
4. Grow my own vegetables after moving to a sunny country
5. Buy a round-the-world air ticket and a rucksack for a Blogosphere Meet&Greet (& *SMOOCH*)
6. Spend a whole day eating junk food without feeling guilty
7. Fly a kite

…Things I can do
1. Web design
2. Paint
3. Lock my legs behind my head (seperately)
4. Speak 6 languages
5. See-saw my nose
6. Love unconditionally
7. Organize

…Things I can’t do
1. Lick my ellbow
2. Knit
3. Pilot an airplane, better to say: pilot anything
4. Back-Flips
5. Resist shopping
6. Imagine to cut my hair off
7. Listen to music without singing

…Things that attract me to the opposite sex
1. A nice piece off ass
2. Neat hands
3. Bright eyes
4. Intelligence
5. Fine sense of humor
6. Deep voice
7. The size of his… heart! =)

…Things I say the most
1. “Ich liebe Dich” (I love you)
2. “Oh, ich brauche dieses Paar Schuhe!!!” (Oh, I really need these shoes!!!)
3. “Ich komme 5 Minuten spaeter” (I´ll be late… about 5 minutes)
4. “Fein gemacht, Luis!” (Well done, Luis!)
5. “Jersey, sitz! - Ich blog das…” (Jersey, sit! I´m so going to blog that…)
6. “Die Internet Verbindung ist schon wieder fratze!” (The internet connection sucks big time!)
7. “Scheisse” (shit)

…Celebrity Crushes
1. George Clooney
2. Robbie Williams
3. Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow
4. Jude Law
5. Zinedine Zidane
6. Angelina Jolie ;)
7. Matt-Man

…Songs I can’t get out of my head
1. Paint It Black ~ The Rolling Stones
2. Chasing Cars ~ Snow Patrol
3. Summer Wine ~ Ville Valo & Natalia Avelon
4. 1979 ~ Smashing Pumpkins
5. Since I Don’t Have You ~ Guns N Roses
6. My Immortal ~ Evanescence
7. The Sweet Escape ~ Gwen Stefani

…Things I do in the middle of the night but shouldn’t
1. Blog
2. Work
3. Watch the moon
4. Go skinny dipping
5. Smoke
6. Have nightmares
7. Grind my teeth

…Things I’d bring to a deserted island
1. My inner circle
2. DIY-guide: How to survive on a deserted island
3. All-in-once device suitable for every purpose
4. Coffee
5. Notebook
6. I-pod
7. Tons of books

…Shows on TV I follow
1. 24
2. CSI “where ever”
3. Boston Legal
4. House, M.D.
5. Nip Tuck
6. The Simpsons
7. Muppet Show

…Reasons the world is better off that I don’t carry a gun
1. I watched “Falling Down” - can you hear me, Burger King guys???
2. I have a short temper with assholes
3. I think most people are assholes
4. I don’t think you should kill something unless you are going to eat it…
5. I watched “Falling Down” - can you hear me, Burger King guys???
6. Manolo Blahnik shoes quite expensive
7. Luis might find it…

…Things I can’t do without
1. My inner circle
2. Coffee
3. Cigarettes (altough guilty to say)
4. Music
5. www
6. vacation every now and then

…Things that make life worth living a little longer
1. Once again: my inner circle
2. Getting pregant again (”Come on, sweets - let´s try making a baby girl this time…”)
3. Adventures waiting
4. Exploring new places
5. Dreams to come true
6. Becoming a granny some day
7. see “…Things I plan to do before I die”

…Things I used to do when I was younger but no longer do
1. Go to school - obviously
2. Wait for “Mr Right” (found him… or did he find me???)
3. Hang upside down from a tree
4. Wear belly tops
5. Base jump
6. Smoke weed
7. Overdraw my account

…Things that make it hard for people to like me
1. I got a strong willpower
2. I am lippy
3. Sometimes I´m bitchy
4. My sarcasm (Imagine a cute House, MD in high heels)
5. For the girls: my boobies =)
6. For the guys: I´m taken =)
7. My honesty: If I don´t like you, no fuss, you´ll know it

…Stages I’ve gone through in my life
1. Sweet (baby) doll
2. Pretty cool teenager
3. Got my cherry popped
4. Excited student
5. Girl with eating disorder
6. Selfemployed workhorse
7. One hot Mommy

Go on and tag yourself, darling bloggie people. This one´s easy and FUN!

The Archive MEME
sponsored by the incredible Travis:
This is how it will work:

Go back through your archives and post the links to your five favorite blog posts that you’ve written. … but there is a catch:

Link 1 must be about family.
Link 2 must be about friends.
Link 3 must be about yourself, who you are… what you’re all about…
Link 4 must be about something you love
Link 5 can be anything you choose.

Post your five links and then tag five other people. At least TWO of the people you tag must be newer acquaintences so that you get to know each other better…. and don’t forget to read the archive posts and leave comments!

About FAMILY: {Goodbye 2006!} - contains a Month-By-Month Review of… guess what: our year 2006

About FRIENDS: *F*R*I*E*N*D*S* - honoring 33 wonderful blogging friends on my 33rd birthday.

About ME: Bonds of Love: Crohn & Me - I´m an open book to most of my readers, but one thing only a few now ab out me. My live isn´t always good… let me introduce my personal Lord Voldemort: Crohn´s Disease

About SOMETHING I LOVE: Dominican Republic - I´ve got the travel bug. Got your toothbrush with ya? Good! Let´s hop over to the Dominican Republic!

About ANYTHING I CHOOSE: Guess who´s One - a little bit of everything… family, friends, me, something (someone) I love…

Who to tag?

The “old-timer”:
- Queen Mimi, because her blog´s full of wonderful posts… and hey… she´s the Queen of MEMEs
- Mo, because he´s only 40+ MEMEs behind *snicker*
- Bud, so he doesn´t have to steal it on Sunday… Oh, I did missunderstand the “Sunday Stealing”? Hey, I´m German ;)

The (not so) “newbies”:
- BAAAHHH!!! - I know Maria is very busy - BAAAHHH!!! is about to start soon at the NY International Fringe Festival… (WOOOOOOO! Go and get your tickets today, folks! This ought to be great!) but I´d love to read her answers…
- Danielle - she´s got 300+ super-postings and I haven´t read all (yet)

Congrats, you made it. Espresso anybody???

Catch ya,

And now…
… our moment of Homer J.:

Homer: Mmmmmmh… beer!

I´m sorry, I can´t be wordless today - I´m far too excited!!! Finally…Tickets are on sale for

Get your tickets today…they are going fast!!!

Please visit my wonderful friend
Maria or the BAAAHHH!!! homepage
for further information - thank you!

xoXOxo,

And now…
… our moment of Homer J.:

Homer: Marge, there’s an empty spot I’ve always had inside me. I tried to fill it with family, religion, community service, but those were dead ends! I think this chair is the answer.

The 90s

Did someone ever flashy-thing you?
Well, you´ve had enough of the 90s when the following signs fit to you:
- You try to enter your password on the microwave.
- You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of 3.
- Cleaning up the dining area means getting the fast food bags out of the back seat of your car.
- Your idea of being organized is multiple colored post-it notes.
- You find you really need PowerPoint to explain what you do for a living.
- You normally eat out of vending machines and at the most expensive restaurant in town within the same week.
- The concept of using real money, instead of credit or debit, to make a purchase is foreign to you.
- You e-mail your son in his room to tell him that dinner is ready, and he emails you back “What’s for dinner?”
- You haven’t played solitaire with a real deck of cards in years.

The 90s were marked by rapid progression of globalization following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. Key forces shaping the decade were the recession of the ’80s, and the advent of PCs in middle-class homes, resulting in the rise to prominence of the internet. The Internet would go on to revolutionize modern culture, and has served as a major medium for the integration and the spread of popular culture in the entire world.

Youth culture in the 1990s was characterized by environmentalism and entrepreneurship. Fashions were often individualistic, tattoos and body piercing gained popularity, and “retro” styles inspired by fashions of the 1960s and 1970s were also prevalent. Some young people became increasingly involved in outdoor activities that combined embracing athletics with the appreciation of nature (such as kayaking, rock climbing and snowboarding).

In 1990, the World Health Organization removed homosexuality from its list of diseases (!!!). US TV shows like Will and Grace, Friends, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Ellen featured gay characters. Movies like The Birdcage, In and Out and Kiss Me Guido saw mainstream success, and celebrities like k.d. lang, Rob Halford, Elton John, Melissa Etheridge, Amanda Bearse and George Michael all spoke openly about their sexuality. U.S. President Bill Clinton generally held a pro-gay rights viewpoint.

The Grunge trend exploded due to the success of grunge bands such as Alice in Chains, Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden. It was characterized by wearing flannel shirts, torn jeans, Doc Martens, Converse high top sneakers and long, straight hair. The fashion hit an ironic point in 1993, when the flannel clothing these bands wore (because it was cheap and warm and most of these musicians were very poor) became high fashion accessories. Post Grunge bands would later gain widespread popularity by bands such as Foo Fighters and Creed.

A ban was lifted on anti apartheid parties and Nelson Mandela walked free after 27 years in prison.

Homer Simpson arrived on our TV sets, along with his wife and children and Supermodels refused to get out of bed for less than $10,000.

The UN stepped in to intervene when Iraq invaded Kuwait. The Gulf War was the first televised war and more than ever before was fought from a distance - using remote-controlled missiles as a part of a strategic bombing campaign.

The world was mystified by ‘crop circles’, which first appeared in Britain but were soon reported across the world. Explanations ranged from human hoaxers and freak weather conditions to messages from an alien intelligence.

Film star River Phoenix died, and John Wayne Bobbit gained a new acting career after his partner performed a little home surgery that left him needing stitches in a rather tender area.

American Football and movie star OJ Simpson was pursued live on TV by police trying to arrest him for the suspected murder of his wife. He was later acquitted on live TV.

A car accident in Paris killed Diana, Princess of Wales. Nineteen million viewers watched the funeral coverage on TV.

The birth of Dolly the sheep, the World’s first cloned mammal became the most memorable scientific event of 1997.

Tiger Woods became the youngest winner of the Masters Tournament, aged 21 and Tyson began biting off earlobes.

Bill Clinton became the centre of a sex scandal. His affair with Monica Lewinsky became public knowledge after a friend of Lewinsky, Linda Tripp, secretly recorded conversations in which Lewinsky spoke of sexual encounters in the White House.

Ol’ Blue Eyes himself, Frank Sinatra, died at the age of 82 in 1998.

Viagra promised a cure for sexual impotence which affects one man in ten…

… and the first Harry Potter books were published. WOO!

The 90s were the decade in which I turned 18 - wearing a wonderbra and drinking alco-pops. I so wished someone would find a possiblility to transfer some fat from my behind to my boobs =)
So I tried to dance my a$ of in the discos:

Coffee2go´s Top 50 Songs of the 90s:

1. Losing My Religion ~ REM
2. Every You Every Me ~ Placebo
3. When I Come Around ~ Green Day
4. One of Us ~ Joan Osborne
5. You Ought to Know ~ Alanis Morrisette
6. Iris ~ Goo Goo Dolls
7. Self Esteem ~ Offspring
8. Black Hole Sun ~ Soundgarden
9. More Than Words ~ Extreme
10. 1979 ~ Smashing Pumpkins
11. Groove Is In The Heart ~ Dee Lite
12. Vogue ~ Madonna
13. Tom’s Diner ~ Suzanne Vega feat D.N.A.
14. I Can’t Make You Love Me ~ Bonnie Raitt
15. Lithium ~ Nirvana
16. One ~ U2
17. Jeremy ~ Pearl Jam
18. Rockafeller Skank ~ Fatboy Slim
19. Mr. Wendal ~ Arrested Developement
20. Wonder Wall ~ Oasis
21. Song 2 ~ Blur
22. Janie’s Got A Gun ~ Aerosmith
23. (Everything I Do) I Do It For You ~ Bryan Adams
24. Tears in Heaven ~ Eric Clapton
25. Give It Away ~ Red Hot Chili Peppers
26. Ironic ~ Alanis Morrisette
27. Sexy M.F. ~ Prince & The New Power Generation
28. Killing Me Softly ~ Fugees
29. I Wanna Sex You Up ~ Color Me Badd
30. Hear The Drummer Get Wicked ~ Chad Jackson
31. Under The Bridge ~ Red Hot Chili Peppers
32. Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) ~ US3
33. It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over ~ Lenny Kravitz
34. Jump Around ~ House Of Pain
35. No Rain ~ Blind Melon
36. Wicked Game ~ Chris Isaak
37. Can’t Help Falling In Love ~ UB40
38. Into The Great Wide Open v Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
39. Don’t Speak ~ No Doubt
40. Missing You ~ Puff Daddy & Faith Evans
41. Canned Heat ~ Jamiroquai
42. Buddy Holly ~ Weezer
43. Nookie ~ Limp Bizkit
44. Why Don’t You Get A Job? ~ The Offspring
45. Insane In The Brain ~ Cypress Hill
46. Cowboy ~ Kid Rock
47. Firestarter ~ Prodigy
48. Bed of Roses ~ Bon Jovi
49. Bitter Sweet Symphony ~ The Verve
50. Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover ~ Sophie B. Hawkins

Please cast your vote and let me know which is your favorie 90s “invention”!

Bonus: Eureka - ages later I found the answer:
This one´s for Chrissie =) NIEPI!

See ya’all soon!!!
~xoXOxo~

And now…
… our moment of Homer J.:

Duff book of records: Springfield is now the fattest city in the U.S.
Homer: Woo Hoo. In your face Milwaukee.