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:: kolkhoz! ::
http://tanjajenni.twoday.net/stories/5223521/
May I present to you KPÖ's stronghold Untertilliach (T) - 272 residents.<br />
18,81 percent (via <i>Die Presse</i>, Mon, Sep 29th)<br />
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<img title="" height="150" alt="Untertilliach" width="400" src="http://static.twoday.net/tanjajenni/images/Untertilliach.jpg" /><br />
<br />
ha!<br />
Guess my next summer vacation is a no brainer.<br />
I strongly hope there is some red-flag-waving involved whenever they transfer their cattle to heigher pastures.
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2008-09-29T09:46:00Z
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:: IGUANODONS PREFER AGRESSIVE CANDIDATES ::
http://tanjajenni.twoday.net/stories/5202487/
And speaking of Ms. Karmasin - the only way to <i>actually</i> bring a little hilariousness into ORFs debate 'analysis' is imagining emo-pollster Karmasin wearing a dino costume. It gets me through it every time.<br />
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<img title="" height="294" alt="karmasin_dino_end" width="400" src="http://static.twoday.net/tanjajenni/images/karmasin_dino_end.jpg" />
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2008-09-19T15:37:00Z
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:: DUDE ::
http://tanjajenni.twoday.net/stories/5202419/
Wow. Poor lad struggles hard with conjuring up more than two words of the english language.<br />
There is just so much more fun in the American election. We're stuck here with only mildly entertaining Sophie Karmasin as comical diversion. <br />
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2008-09-19T15:01:00Z
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:: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! ::
http://tanjajenni.twoday.net/stories/5085602/
I love geckos. They are frail and translucent and all in all extraordinary precious little reptiles. Which makes them the perfect cast for this tragic masterpiece:<br />
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2008-07-26T11:02:00Z
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:: and it goes to
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http://tanjajenni.twoday.net/stories/5012549/
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TwoP is in the process of collecting nominations for their annual <a href="http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?s=08c42f7e7b13ebde23ba434f6112358a&showforum=1090">Tubey awards</a>, honouring the best and worst series this season. This would be mine:<br />
<br />
<b>Best New Show:</b> <u>Gossip Girl</u> - I guess that should be filed under 'Guiltiest Pleasure'. It's very relaxing. There is no chance to identify with any of the spoiled private school brats (albeit the undisputable greatness of some of them) which means your heart isn't in it, but you can enjoy the ride. Perfect.<br />
<b>Worst New Show:</b> <a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=cUZWg3jXlIk"><u>Big Shots</u></a> - there are no words to describe the utmost horrifying goulishness of this show. Whiny, rich white men in their midlife crisis stroll around the golfcourse and blabber nonsense. I suffered through one episode only because <a href="http://l.yimg.com/img.tv.yahoo.com/tv/us/img/site/37/08/0000003708_20060919210858.jpg">agent 'first of all my name is not Vaughn'</a> was part of the ensemble (obviously still unable to make rational decisions after Jennifer Garner left him to reproduce with Ben Affleck). And it was painful indeed.<br />
<b>Worst Returning Show:</b> <a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=jmY9qBKs6oY"><u>One Tree Hill</u></a> - Compared to this sleezy teeny-show 90210 had been a subversive, multi-layered and witty masterpiece on the cutting edge of contemporary youth culture.<br />
And if <u>Monk</u> is still on the air: I hate Monk too.<br />
<b>Most Improved Show:</b> <u>Lost</u><br />
<b>Least Improved Show:</b> <u>Heroes</u><br />
<b>Best Comedy:</b> <u>30 Rock</u><br />
<b>Guiltiest Pleasure:</b> <a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=SHvcsNUeXGs&feature=related"><u>Moonlight</u> </a>- man that was a bad one, but I watched nevertheless. Vampire turned private detective (hi, Angel). In love. With a mortal women. Groundbraking storyline. To add insult to injury it looked like it had been produced 8 years ago. Surprisingly it won the People's Choice Awards. Oh, and it got cancelled.<br />
<b>Most Overrated Show:</b> <a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=DLvMGGnLbQw"><u>Pushing Daisies</u></a>, <u>Ugly Betty</u> - The first one has a surreal, fairy-tale look, affirming in every scene that it is in fact not real which I normally like. But the cute shtick gets old quickly and the kaleidoscope of forced strangeness in oversaturated colours becomes a nuisence. The second one is just plain dull.<br />
<b>Favorite Character:</b> <br />
Sayid (Lost), <br />
Gaius Baltar (Battlestar Galactica), <br />
<a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=QTj47rcuM-4">Jack Donaghy</a> (30 Rock) - alarmingly only men.<br />
<b>Least Favorite Character:</b> Jenny Schechter (The L Word) - easily the most obnoxious person ever put on television. <br />
<b>New Series With The Most Wasted Potential:</b> <u>Reaper</u> - one of the two new shows featuring a looser nerd becoming a reluctant hero (being a bounty hunter for devil and all).<br />
<b>Best Relationship:</b> Liz Lemon & Jack Donaghy (30 Rock)<br />
<b>Best On-screen Pairing:</b> <br />
<a href="http://www.buddytv.com/articles/Image/my-name-is-earl/earl-burn-victim-joy-darnell.jpg">Joy & Darnell</a> (My Name is Earl), <br />
Locke & Ben (Lost)<br />
<b>Worst On-Screen Pairing:</b> Meredith & McDreamy (Grey's Anatomy) - looking at the polls it seems like Jack & Kate (Lost) are going to win in a landslide. Someone posted "everyone & their sanity" (Battlestar Galactica) - ha!<br />
<b>Most Redemptive Character In An Otherwise Sucky Show:</b> <br />
Bree Van de Kamp-Hodge (Desperate Housewives)<br />
<b>Least Villainous Villain:</b> The Devil (Reaper)<br />
<b>Most Unwelcome New Character:</b> I guess there are some new regular folk with superpowers in <u>Heroes</u>, but I forgot all about them. That's how compelling this season has been.<br />
<b>Most Overhyped Big Name Guest Appearance:</b> Britney Spears (How I Met Your Mother)<br />
<b>Character Most in Need Of Being Killed Off:</b> Jack (Lost) - if only for my sanity, because I really liked him at the beginning and now I'm quite conflicted.<br />
Also: Henry VIII (The Tudors) - but, alas, damn history.<br />
<b>Best Guest Star:</b> Stephen Fry (Bones) - that had been last season, but as <a href="http://verstandverloren.blogspot.com/">Sternfahrerin</a> can undoubtedly confirm, Mr. Fry is genius.<br />
Also: Dawson, eh, James Van der Beek as Robin Sparkles' congenial <a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=FTyiXpgnFFM&watch_response">90ties pop-ballad duet partner</a> (How I Met Your Mother)<br />
<b>Best Sidekick:</b> <a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=7E2KP6jvdVE">Socks</a> (Reaper) <br />
<b>Most Painful Series Cancellation:</b> <u>Veronica Mars. Veronica Mars. Veronica Mars</u> - I don' care that this one is water under the bridge a.k.a. strictly speaking not eligible because it happened last season. I'm still pining. <br />
I have only seen one episode of <u>Aliens in America</u> and it looked like a reasonably intelligent and witty and warm coming-of-age / chauvinism deconstructing comedy, but I lost track. For the rest of the trash I don't shed a single tear. And giving <u>Battlestar Galactica</u> a definite ending was the best thing that could have happened.<br />
<b>Series Most Negatively Affected By The Writer's Strike:</b> <br />
<u>Heroes</u> - utter mess.<br />
<b>Best "Hell Yeah!" Moment:</b> Everytime Captain Jack Harkness <a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2Em7i9QLngU">kisses</a> one of his boy-toys (Torchwood). Bonus points if it is James Masters he is snogging. <br />
Also: Sun teams up with evil Mr. Widmore to get revenge (Lost)<br />
<b>Best "WTF" Moment:</b> One half of the cylon fleet gets blown up by the other half. (BSG)<br />
<b>Worst "WTF" Moment/Most Ludicrous Plotline:</b> Mr. scientific logic Zach turns out to be the apprentice of a mystic cannibal, whose identity is irrelevant, despite the fact that he was the big bad guy for two seasons. I could have written a better script while doing my laundry. Yes I really do watch Bones. It's the only crime procedural I can tolerate.<br />
<b>Most Painful </b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retconned">Retcon</a>: I wish I could contribue, because it's a great category, but I just don't remember this well.<br />
<b>Best Performance By An Inanimate Object:</b> the Vietnam War phone (BSG). All glorious vipers (BSG)<br />
<b>Best Season Finale:</b> <u>Lost</u>, I'm afraid<br />
<b>Worst Use of Music In A Series:</b> <u>One Tree Hill</u>; - the whole series is basically a big, sappy music montage without plot.<br />
<b>Best American Accent By A Non-American Actor:</b> Hugh Laurie (Dr. House) - although I have never seen a full episode. Jamie Bamber (Lee Adama/BSG) emulates not too bad either.<br />
<b>Most Complicated Plotline:</b> <u>Lost</u> - looking into a Lost forum makes you serioulsly doubt your sanity. But <u>BSG</u> is a strong contender. Especially the cylon plotline baffles me to no end. Once again, what is it that they want exactly?<br />
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Since I'm <a href="http://diepresse.com/home/bildung/392698/index.do?direct=392692&_vl_backlink=/home/bildung/universitaet/index.do&selChannel=">out of a regular job</a> as of last Friday: If someone needs a personal TV consultant I'm clearly the right women for that assignment.</p>
tanja jenni
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2008-06-23T09:00:00Z
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:: someone repair my dilithium matrix stat! ::
http://tanjajenni.twoday.net/stories/4983206/
WWDC Keynote (via <a href="http://live.gizmodo.com/">Gizmodo</a>):<br />
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<img title="" height="266" alt="2008wwdclive168" width="400" src="http://static.twoday.net/tanjajenni/images/2008wwdclive168.jpg" /><br />
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I have to say number 2 sounds convincing. And if the 16GB model buys me a direct line to Mr. Spock I would consider that too.
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2008-06-10T08:14:00Z
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:: the weaving queen ::
http://tanjajenni.twoday.net/stories/4930300/
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Wenn AltphilologInnen in studienfernen Sparten arbeiten:<br />
<br />
aus dem Praskac Pflanzen-Onlinekatalog:<br />
<b>Rose 'Pauls Himalayan Musk' </b><i>(Kletterrose, hellrosa)<br />
Zart lavendelrosa, später weißlich verblassend, halbgefüllt, kleine Blüten in hängenden Büscheln, überaus wüchsig und halbschatten - tolerant, remontiert bei Rückschnitt nach erster Blüte. Im Epos 'Odyssee' beschreibt der griechische Schriftsteller Homer im 8. Jahrhundert v.Chr. das Leben der schönen & treuen Penelope, der Frau des Königs von Ithaka.</i><br />
<br />
... weil eine gekonnt eingeflochtene Erwähnung archaischer Mythologie noch niemandem geschadet hat.<br />
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Als eine jener Menschen, die es nie durch die <i>Odyssee</i> geschafft haben wäre ich für etwas obskurere Informationen dankbar - am besten in der Clematis-Sektion, die ich noch vor mir habe, z.B.:<br />
<br />
<b>Clematis Viticella</b><br />
<i>Mit feinen Trieben und glockigen, violettpurpurnen Blüten eignet sich die Italienische Waldrebe zum Beranken von Pergolen, Mauern und Rankgittern. Waldreben generell lieben lichten Schatten oder Halbschatten sowie humose Böden. Im 11. Gesang verschlägt es Odysseus ins Land der Lothophagen (Lotosesser). Die vergessen - machenden Drogen ruinieren die Moral der Besatzung. Rückschnitt am diesjährigen Holz, erst im Sommer.</i><br />
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p.s.: eigentlich sehr passend, dass sich die <i>Odyssee</i> in die Kletterrosen eingeschlichen hat, denn das einzige, an das ich mich von meiner 15 Jahre zurückliegenden Semi-Lektüre erinnern kann, ist die 'rosenfingrige Eos', die Morgenröte - eine der coolsten Metaphern überhaupt.</p>
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2008-05-16T10:33:00Z
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:: die augen ... ein wenig enger vielleicht ... ::
http://tanjajenni.twoday.net/stories/4917757/
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Das Netteste am Layout-Dasein für Menschen ohne visuelle Ambitionen (sprich: mich) ist die 0,2 prozentige Wahrscheinlichkeit, dass der eigene gutmütig-surreale Blindtext von Redaktion und Lektorat übersehen wird. <br />
<br />
Noch erfüllender - aber nur ein gangbarer Weg für jene, die in üblen Medienkonglomeraten beschäftig sind - ist der subtile Sabotageakt in den Marginalien:<br />
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<img title="" height="233" alt="08_05_phantomN2" width="340" src="http://static.twoday.net/tanjajenni/images/08_05_phantomN2.jpg" /><br />
(<i>Österreich</i>, Do., 8. Mai 2008)
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Es könnte natürlich durchaus sein, dass der Exekutive aufgrund der nicht mehr existenten akademischen Malausbildung nur mehr die vom internationalen Kunstmarkt schon wieder verdauten, desillusionierten AbsolventInnen der Medienklasse zur Verfügung stehen, um Phantombilder anzufertigen. Vielleicht fließen breits nicht unerhebliche Summen von Mitteln des Innenministeriums, die eigentlich in neue Tretgitter für die EM invenstiert werden hätten sollen, über undurchsichtige Kanäle in die Aufrechterhaltung des figurativen revivals. Das wäre ein super job. Wachtmeisterin Jenni hier ist für den <a href="http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/turnerprize/history/">Turner Preis</a> zuständig. Das Beste aus zwei Welten quasi.</p>
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2008-05-09T11:19:00Z
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:: ma'am president ::
http://tanjajenni.twoday.net/stories/4916056/
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Note to self: 50 Prozent Zollanteil am Endprodukt machen selbst beim lächerlich niedrigen Dollarkurs fiskalisch keinen Sinn.<br />
<br />
Hier also 23 mittelgut in das Phantom meines nicht vorhandenen nerd-Daseins investierte Euro:<br />
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<img title="" height="265" alt="08mai_roslin1" width="182" src="http://static.twoday.net/tanjajenni/images/08mai_roslin1.jpg" /> <img title="" height="265" alt="08mai_roslin2_small" width="171" src="http://static.twoday.net/tanjajenni/images/08mai_roslin2_small.jpg" /><br />
<br />
<i>'sensible solutions for desperate times.'</i> so say we all.<br />
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<b>p.s.:</b> es hat drei Fotos gebraucht, bis ich endlich Teile meines Rückens und nicht nur den Wäschenständer im Nebenzimmer erwischt habe. Irgendetwas dürfte mit meiner Hand-Augen- Oberkörper Koordination schwer im Argen liegen. Das erklärt vermutlich auch meine yoga Tapsigkeit.</p>
tanja jenni
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2008-05-08T14:49:00Z
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:: of course ::
http://tanjajenni.twoday.net/stories/4850184/
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An age-old tale: If you want to stay pretty, dont let no big ol company buy your sorry fanbased grass-root ass.<br />
<br />
As exemplified with shocking clarity here:<br />
<br />
<b>old:</b><br />
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20040526062946/http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/"><img title="" height="309" alt="apr08_twop_old" width="397" src="http://static.twoday.net/tanjajenni/images/apr08_twop_old.jpg" /></a><br />
(click)<br />
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<b>new:</b><br />
<a href="http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php"><img title="" height="315" alt="apr04_twop_neu" width="397" src="http://static.twoday.net/tanjajenni/images/apr04_twop_neu.jpg" /></a><br />
(click)<br />
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Oh, <a href="http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php"><b>Television Without Pity</b></a> how I loved thee. And then, one day, <i>Bravo TV</i> which is owned by NBC which is owned by <i>General Electrics</i> decided it a wise move to smother a witty and ironic place with a buckload of money. And the founders, probably amazed just how big their little recap-site has gotten, decided to accept said money (as I would have probably done) and buy themselves airy lofts and health insurance. Not a particularly staggering narrative. But I got attached and my heart got broken a tinsy little bit. <br />
<br />
As I said in my indignant 50-year-old-Burgtheater-suscription-<br />
holder-appalled-by-those-filthy-new-ways-of-directing forum post: The site's strenght was <i>written</i> content. I'm not sure if this is a fact that needs to be camouflaged that heavily.</p>
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2008-04-09T11:47:00Z
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:: who wants to be a cylon? ::
http://tanjajenni.twoday.net/stories/4839005/
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<img title="" height="152" alt="08apr_bsg" width="397" src="http://static.twoday.net/tanjajenni/images/08apr_bsg.jpg" /><br />
<br />
squeee! <a href="http://www.scifi.com/battlestar"><b><i>Battlestar Galactica</i></b></a> the final season premiers Friday April 4th at 9/10C.<br />
<br />
... und trotz ein paar verpfuschter Episoden letztendlich noch immer eines der elegantesten TV-Produkte ever made. <br />
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Dass es eine ganze Minute verworrener Synapsensprünge gebraucht hat, bevor ich den Konnex Promobild - letztes Abendmahl etablieren konnte spricht für meine hartnäckige Resistenz gegen religiöse Thematiken im Allgemeinen und Bildfindungen im Besonderen. Ich hätte schwören können, es gibt einen Jaques-Louis David, der nicht nur als Zitatenquelle gedient hat, sondern 1:1 mit der Komposition übereinstimmt. <br />
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<a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bild:Serment_du_jeu_de_paume.jpg"><img title="" height="157" alt="08apr_david_ballhausschwur" width="397" src="http://static.twoday.net/tanjajenni/images/08apr_david_ballhausschwur.jpg" /></a><br />
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<b>J.-L. David</b>, <i>Ballhausschwur</i>, Musée national du Château/Versailles, 1791<br />
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Das ganze harte tableau-vivant-artige* Gestenspektakel - postrevolutionärer Klassizismus 101. Seltsam. Irgendwo muss eines dieser patriotischen wir-deuten-mal-schnell-römische-Geschichte-<br />
aufs-Zeigeschehen-um Stücke hängen, von dem das Sci-Fi Channel art department abgekupfert hat. <i>Lucius Tarquinus Priscus klagt seinen Bruder der Entführung der Vestalischen Jungfrauen an</i>. Oder so. Aber Six als Jesusfigur macht die fanboys/girls und hardcore Storyline-Exegeten sicherlich glücklicher und ist letztendlich in Anbetracht des psychotischen Cylon Monotheismus auch um vieles schlüssiger.<br />
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<a href="http://www.rhetorik.ch/Aktuell/07/08_02/a.jpg"><img title="" height="198" alt="08mar_leonardo_abendmahl" width="397" src="http://static.twoday.net/tanjajenni/images/08mar_leonardo_abendmahl.jpg" /></a><br />
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Dominikanerkirche Santa Maria delle Grazie/Mailand, 1494-1498<br />
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* Ich plädiere ja für die Wiederbelebung dieser wunderbar kurzweilig bildungsbürgerlichen Kollektivunterhaltung. Obwohl selbst bisher nur einmal dabei - als Gruppenfoto während der Londonexkursion und dann gleich <a href="http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/6/65/450px-GoldCalf.jpg">Poussin</a>, mit <a href="http://www.simonho.org/images/London/London_BritishLibrary.jpg">Blakes Newton vor der British Library</a> als goldenem Kalb samt Reigentanz und Hrn. Prof. als Moses. Wo ist dieses Foto abgeblieben? Vom Assistenten zensuriert? Vermutlich. <br />
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<b>p.s.:</b> weil mir squeeeee! als nicht 100% adäquater Ausdruck erschien, um meine Battlestar Aufgeregtheit zu vermitteln, war meine Google Anfrage gerade <i>outcry of astonishment</i> (sowiso falsch, weil ja eig. <i>excitement</i>) und was sind die ersten vier Treffer? <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benvenuto_Cellini">Benvenuto Cellini</a>. Meine Google Paranoia kickt ein. Ich bin sofort überzeugt, der Moloch weiß, was ich studiere. Letztendlich schreibt Cellini bloß über das kunstgeraubte Salzfäßchen:
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<i>When I exhibited this piece to his Majesty, he uttered a loud outcry of astonishment, and could not satiate his eyes with gazing at it. (...) we dined gaily together, placing the salt-cellar in the middle of the table, and thus we were the first to use it.</i>
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Für mich besser wäre gewesen: <i>he uttered hoiza! a loud outcry of astonishment</i>, das hätte ich dann sofort genommen.</p>
tanja jenni
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2008-04-04T20:15:00Z
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:: cough ::
http://tanjajenni.twoday.net/stories/4833789/
<img title="" height="234" alt="08mar_paestum_orangen" width="312" src="http://static.twoday.net/tanjajenni/images/08mar_paestum_orangen.jpg" /><br />
<br />
Back from rainy, snowy Southern Italy with a cold and sore throat as it shoud be. Needless to say blogging via mobile phone didn't work. Finally I wanted to give in the blessings of communication technology a try and they failed me. Darn. But my Ericsson makes shitty pictures anyway and if forced to look at 2500 year old temples at least the quality should be satifactory. As soon as I'm fit again and our flat stops resembling a surreal plastic-covered place in limbo, reserved for germaphobes - light sinners in the eye of the lord (the walls get painted), I'll do it properly.
tanja jenni
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2008-04-02T19:05:00Z
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:: childhood hobbies ::
http://tanjajenni.twoday.net/stories/4767835/
<b>88.6-Moderator</b>: Ab morgen wird ja der Sarg von Tutanchamun in Wien ausgestellt (ich denke: <i>wirklich? das Original?</i>) wir haben auf der Wohnen und Interieur Messe Prominente gefragt, was sie über Tutanchamun denn eigentlich wissen. (ich denke: <i>was machen Prominente auf der Wohnen und Interieur Messe?</i>)<br />
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<b>Gery Keszler</b> (gerade von der 88.6 Produktionsassistentin mit einem Spikzettel ausgestattet? Ägypten-Afficionado? Indiana Jones Fan?): Tutanchamun, ägyptischer Pharao der 19. Dynastie, sein Vater war Echnaton, auch bekannt als Amenophis III. (ich unterbreche das Wäschezusammenlegen kurzfristig und schreie durch die leere Wohnung Richtung Radio: <i>Der Vierte, du Idiot!</i>)<br />
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Punkt 1: Anscheinend beginnt mein Transformationsprozess in die exzentrische ältere Dame früher als gedacht.<br />
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Punkt 2: Wirklich elegant wäre natürlich <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neues_Reich"><i>18. Dynastie</i></a><i>, du Trottel!</i> gewesen.
tanja jenni
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2008-03-07T17:18:00Z
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:: disclose ::
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Nachdem Aneignungshandlungen via Internet so mühelos funktionieren: '<i>An Afternoon Comment Division</i>', erdacht von <a href="http://www.pajiba.com/comment_diversions/">Pajiba</a>, um das emotionale Band zwischen Web-Publikation und LeserInnen zu hegen und zu pflegen, transferiert in eigene Gefilde zur zukünftigen Selbstgestaltung. Heute aber (lethargiebedingt) noch mit Fremdfragen: <br />
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1) The movie you are proud to say youve never seen? <br />
2) The movie you are embarrassed to say youve never seen? <br />
3) The movie youve seen but desperately wish you could undo?<br />
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1) <b>Proud</b>: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116695/"><b>Jerry Maguire</b></a> (Cameron Crowe, 1996) - auch hier wieder ein seltsam unerklärlicher Hass gegen Mr. Cruise, gepaart mit einer um vieles rationaleren Abneigung gegen Sportfilme und kitschige Lebensphilosophie. Ich wünschte, ich hätte in dieser Kategorie Spannenderes zu bieten (<i>Star Wars Episode I, Forrest Gump, Pretty Woman</i> et. al.), aber irgendwann habe ich mich selbst zu cinematographischer Mediokrität verdammt.<br />
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2) <b>Embarrased</b>: <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Seltsam_oder:_Wie_ich_lernte,_die_Bombe_zu_lieben"><b>Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb</b></a> (Kubrick, 1964) - seit 15 Jahren. seriously.<br />
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3) <b>Undo</b>: Mit <i>2001: A Space Odyssey</i> (Kubrick, 1968) hätte ich vielleicht die oben erwähnten 15 Jahre warten sollen (wie auch mit Die Leiden des jungen Werther - eine Referatsthemenwahl, die vor den Augen einer ungläubigen Deutschlehrerin das worst-case Szenario öffentlicher Peinlichkeit nach sich gezogen hat) aber <i>undo</i> wäre hier vermutlich zu dramatisch. Auch jugendliches Unverständnis hat Potential. Viel passender jedoch folgendes Triumvirat 'romantischer' 'Komödien':<br />
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<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427229/"><b>Failure to Launch</b></a> (2006, Matthew McConaughey, Sarah Jessica Parker): Ma und Pa engagieren Expertin, um längst erwachsenen Sohn aus ihrem habitat zu entfernen. Hilarious.<br />
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<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0350028/"><b>Raising Helen</b></a> (2004, Kate Hudson, John Corbett):<br />
Karrierebewusste Mittzwanzigerin erfährt wahren Wert des Lebens (Fortpflanzung) erst nachdem sie unglücklicherweise die Kinder ihrer tragisch zu Tode gekommenen Schwester erbt und sich in Pastor Sexy verliebt. Hilarious.<br />
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<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0163187/"><b>Runaway Bride</b></a> (1999, Julia Roberts, Richard Gere): Gere und Roberts, unterwegs ohne Rücksicht auf Verluste, um auch noch jene Pretty Woman Fans, deren Dedikation die Pubertät überstanden hat, eines Besseren zu belehren/in Häagen Dasz Depressionen zu stürzen. Ein quasi-edukatives Unterfangen. <br />
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Hollywood, meine RomCom Toleranzschwelle ist beängstigend hoch, das kann doch nicht so schwer sein.</p>
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2008-03-07T12:28:00Z
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:: what to watch? ::
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If I understand US TV-scheduling correctly it is now midseason, the time when most of the standard fare is on hiatus, the time when the public's response to (<a href="http://abc.go.com/primetime/cashmeremafia/index?pn=about">crappy</a>) new <a href="http://www.nbc.com/Lipstick_Jungle/">projects</a> is tested and the time for <i>American Idol</i> to rule it all. To put it simple: The weeks to hit the library. But I need my moving images (preferably in their TV-variety) so that's out of the question. <br />
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<b>Lost</b>, which has started late this season, is still on and amazingly managed to produce episodes able to rekindle my very diminshed faith in it. On the other hand it's quite easy to love a show in which the most relatable, sane and competent character earns his living as an Iraqi torture-expert in the Republican Army. 40 minutes covered. Not enough.<br />
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The <b>Sarah Connor Chronicles</b> look good (furthermore it's Sci-Fi which makes me per se very lenient and forgiving, unless of course you just want to be a <a href="http://www.scifi.com/flashgordon/about/">bad parody</a> or your intentions were honourable while your <a href="http://www.nbc.com/Bionic_Woman/about/">execution suffered</a>) but I have to catch up with the mythology before I start that one. Potentially 40 minutes more covered. Not enough.<br />
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So I made up my mind and tried out last seasons <b>Jericho</b>, which got cancelled (wonder how that could have happened) but miraculously reemerged for another year in 2008. It must have been a very disorientated and drunken deity that decided to interfere in this resurrection. <i>Jericho</i> managed to mess up its great premise (small Kansas town deals with the consequences of an atomic strike against 25 North American cities) to a degree I thought not possible. Domestic conspiracy! Nuclear winter! Anarchy! Food shortage! No communication! That should have been wonderful. But the writers (probably funded by North Korea or the French) decided to paint a gripping picture of a rural America inhabited by retarded dimwits not able to do a single sane thing in the aftermath of destruction. Which damned town waits three months until someone decides it could be advisable to mount their (abundant) horses and take a ride into the neighbour village to see if there are lets see ... any news out there whats going on in the world? Not to mention the airfield! with the small planes! right around the corner and the pilot-trained prodigal son who would have been able to fly them? Pfff. <br />
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Furthermore they got their science wrong and that's always tricky. Of course the viewers are going to consult the internet and do some research (like I did). The only positive consequence of that show is me now knowing exactly how to deal with fallout, how to build a shelter in my backyard for just US$ 1500 and how to protect my lifestock from radiation (it detoriates 1/10 for every 7 times older it becomes. That is, unless it's a dirty bomb). Yes, there are a lot of crazy <a href="http://www.radshelters4u.com/index3.htm">survivalists</a> out there. And the <a href="http://www.fema.gov/">FEMA</a> isn't exactly forthcoming with information. So if something happens, send your carrier pigeon to me, but only after the fallout got cleared away, preferably by rain.<br />
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<a href="http://www.tudou.com/playlist/id/370588/">Jericho</a> on tudou<br />
<a href="http://www.tudou.com/playlist/id/2777493/">Lost</a> (s3+4) on tudou</p>
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2008-03-06T16:03:00Z
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