Jul 25

[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,

Sanni

And now…
… our moment of Homer J.:

Homer: Mmmmmmh… beer!


Jul 5

I´ve got this longing to simplify.
Everything.

Sometimes I wish it was as easy to organize my thoughts
as it is to arrange my closet.

Don´t be thinking this would be an easy task…

You haven´t seen my closet =)

Trying to clean up my clouded brain by letting out some random thoughts:

Spend my rare spare time reading Ian Healy´s The Milkman -
which definitely rocks. A detailed review will be up soon.
Grab your own Milkman if you haven´t already. It´s this summer´s must-read for sure. Indulge yourself - pure entertainment promised. Oh, you got one? Than watch the skies, cover your ass, go and get another!


Most of my fellow Blogger´s present a picture of themselves in their blogs. I really appreciate this. It´s so nice to see you in 2D. Some great folks decited to join Blogtalk Radio. Another thing that definitely rocks. It´s so exciting to
get to know the voice behind the 2D blogging friends:

The sexy Turnbaby was co-hosting Pointless Drivel Show #23 on Monday.
Fab entertainment! I really need to get the karaoke version of “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” as new mobile ringtone! Those one´s who listened to the show are surely curious to see our friend Trav´s nice piece of ass. Well, I can help you here. Recieved an anonymus hint - don´t ask! Click on the picture if you dare =)

Our brilliant friend Mo is hosting The Mo Show each Tuesday at 6:30 pm EST. Although it starts at 12:30 am in my part of the world I always try to stay awake and listen live. This week´s theme was Harry Potter Mania - perfect choice in my eyes ears. Yes, I´m a Harry Potter Maniac… so I challenged The Furry Diva to keep me awake. She did it… licking my nose til the show began. However, it was worth being licked (You´ll behave… not commenting this verbal slip, will you?). The show was mo-licious! Bonus: Our wonderful blogging friends Neila and Desert Songbird called-in! Looking forward to listen to your Harry Potter reviews soon. There will be reviews, huh? Please say yes. Would love to see this show added to my newest Mo-Show widget in my sidebar, listening again and again =)

Another rocking podcast on Blog Talk Radio is pretty Dr Blogstein´s Radio Happy Hour. We especially enjoy the shows our friend Vinny from The Big Leather Couch joins in. We listen to the on Wednesday morning, that´s why we´ve added the podcast´s feed to the sidebar, too. The Happy Hour is broadcasted at 3:00 am in Germany… can´t cope with that much “Stay awake, Sanni!”- nose-licking *LOL* - but I enjoy having my morning coffee with Dr Blogstein. ;)

Hoping the one and only Matt-Man will be infected with the podcast virus soon! Can you hear me, Matty? Go and pour some bagwine into Blog Talk Radio!


The Coffee2go polling station is a quite new theme. We request our reader to tell us how they feel and cast their vote while taking a coffee break in our little café.

It began when help was needed. Our chef de cuisine asked to love some food for my 33rd birthday. We knew we would end up with a burritos, filled with brats, steak and pizza and some six-packs… *LOL* See yourself:

[Click on the pie chart to enlarge]

Our next poll was included into another new theme at Coffee2go: The Coffee2go Top50. We were beating the heat by posting our Top50 Cruising Songs, asking you:

[Click on the pie chart to enlarge]

Let´s see… our vistors are off-the wall and of the road, love it deeper… wider… faster… harder… - in the backseat =). Not astonishing *snicker*

However, the German summer is hiding somewhere in the South of Europe. I didn´t do a rain dance - I promise. Tried to call summer by posting The Coffee2go Top50 Summer Songs.
In connection with the Top50 we asked you about your personal “summer vacations” preferences.
You can cast your vote on the lasted poll until the upcoming Monday. Please let us know about your ideal summer vacation - the results are pretty ugly so far. Do you all spend your summer vacations on the beach, playing Twister naked???


I´m beaming with pride to inform you I had to update my Rockin³ posting for the 2nd time. Why? My awesome neighbor and blogging friend Tink awarded my, too. Thank you so much, girlfriend! From now on my “official” title is

Ste Sanni of the Bratwurst, Rockin´Girl Blogger of the 5th degree

Additional thoughts on split personality:


My freshly pimped Evil Blogger Twin has been quite active, too. Besides her Dona Nobis Pacem-posting, she got her blog rated and posted some noise about her latest freak magnet experiences.
Please stop by if you find a minute - if you´re not afraid of addult language. She curses sometimes…


We´re planning a contest over at Pimp Your Blog - The Blog.
The first prize will be a free blog make-over! Anyone can attend. Further details and launching date will be announced next week. Hope you´ll enjoy!

Aaaaaah… I´m sorry I talked enough to make even coffee nervous today, but it felt soooo good to organize some of my thoughts. My little brain is much more relaxed now.
Next: Organizing my closet *snicker*

Espresso, anyone?

xoXOxo,

Sanni

And now…
… our moment of Homer J.:

Homer: Yeah, Moe, that team sure did suck last night. They just plain sucked! I’ve seen teams suck before, but they were the suckiest bunch of sucks that ever sucked!
Marge: HOMER!
Homer: I gotta go Moe my damn weiner kids are listening.




Jun 25

Gimme an “G”
Gimme an “R”
Gimme an “A”
Gimme an “C”
Gimme an “I”
Gimme an “E”

G is for Goddess
R is for Rendering
A is for Arousing
C is for Caresses
I is for Intense
E is for Embraces

In honor of Amazing Gracie
we´re serving Frozen Margaritas today. Let´s hop over, raise our glasses and celebrate the truely amazing lady´s big 6-0!

Happy, Happy 60th

Birthday, Gracie!

Wishing you a wonderful day [with Margaritas and cheesecake New York style =) ], my amazing friend!


xoXOxo,

Sanni

P.S.: Special thanks to MO for hosting Manic Monday. Counting the hours til THE MO SHOW!

And now…
… our moment of Homer J.:

Homer: Son, when you participate in sporting events, it’s not whether you win or lose: it’s how drunk you get.