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How is it that by searching for Nina Hagen pictures my little puppy Lily comes up in the search results????!!!

For the next 2 weeks I will be housesitting for a friend of the family. I am kind of looking forward to it. You see, I housesat about 6 or maybe 7 years ago for my old friend Christine’s family. Her Mom and Dad went on vacation and they wanted someone to keep their dog company and feed the cats. It was nice being on my own and being able to watch whatever I wanted to on TV. I spent most of my time surfing the Web on my old 486 laptop with the 28.8 modem and monochrome screen. I remember one evening Audra’s friend Chris called to talk. I told him I was housesitting and I asked him, “So, what are you up to?” He replied, “I am playing with my Newton.” Chris always struck me as such a nice guy and this just really freaked me out. I stammered and sputtered and found a reason to get off the phone. It was only later that I found out a Newton was the precursor to the PDAs of today… silly me!

This evening I was watching, The End of the World in Our Usual Bed in a Night Full of Rain and I noticed that Giancarlo Giannini and Udo Kier bear a striking resemblance to each other.

I didn’t mention that “Carlton” finally emailed me 2 weeks after our date. In the email, he casually mentions that he burned the CD he promised and it only needs a receivers address for the envelope. Ouch! I guess he doesn’t plan on getting together again, huh? He also wrote, “My life is not currently in well managed state” and “I need to increase my study rate about 10 fold.” I am thinking he included the last two bits just in case I didn’t catch his drift. No matter, I think it is very classy of him to send me off with a lovely parting gift. The only question that I have is do I reply to his email or just leave it go? We will see, I’ll figure something out.

Tomorrow is the New Jersey German Heritage Festival featuring a concert by the one and only, Heino (the albino). I soooooo want to go but Lisa is working and a German Festival is not a German Festival without my sister. In fact, this evening the Monkees are playing at the Electric Factory. I wish we could go but Lisa is bartending. Actually, I might have gone without Lisa if only I had found out earlier about Micky and Davy.

Turkish Couple Wants to Call Baby Osama Bin Laden
BERLIN (Reuters) – A Turkish couple living in Germany who want to call their child “Osama bin Laden” have been refused permission by German officials but will lobby a judge for a change of heart.
Names are only accepted for registration in Germany if they fulfil certain criteria. A name must clearly identify the child’s gender and must not ridicule the child or be offensive. “Hitler” is banned as a name for that reason.

Pitch Dark Bar Opens for Blind Dates
BERLIN (Reuters) – Diners at Berlin’s newest restaurant cannot see what they are eating and have to be guided to their table by blind waiters because the bar is pitch black.
The restaurant, which opened Wednesday, aims to make guests concentrate on senses other than sight.
In the “unsicht-Bar,” which means invisible in German, diners cannot choose complete dishes from the menu but can only indicate whether they would like a fish, meat or vegetarian option.

1. Expense Reports
2. Write letter to Silke
3. Call Aunt Helen.
5. Stop Procrastinating.

On another note, I think Kelly is going to win. Don’t get me wrong, I like Justin (he is a hometown boy) but the judges really seemed to rally around Kelly last night. We will see. (I would like to see Kelly win, but mainly because she has wide hips)

Yesterday was lovely. So many people remembered and emailed me- it was such a surprise and I was really touched! My mom made halubkis for dinner (they are Slovak) and for dessert we had chocolate mint ice cream cake!!! After the meal, my mom gave me the Kingtinued CD and a red sweater. It was great- everything was great!

I guess the best birthday present came in the afternoon when I went to the mall. I was tired of hanging around the house and thought I would go to H&M; and have a look around. At the mall, as I was walking toward H&M;, I felt someone trailing me. I looked over to see a man trying to catch up.
“So you are still in the area and still single?” he said.
“Excuse me?” He seemed to know me but I didn’t know him.
“So you are single and still in the area” he repeated.
“Do I know you?” Maybe I went to high school with him?
“Of course you know me, Donna. You work for #$%@.”
“Oh, I am sorry, I meet so many people at work” I was really shocked he knew my name and my company but it seemed reasonable that I may have met him at a trade show or at a seminar I conducted.
“So, you are single, huh?” he said, yet again.
Suddenly, a young woman holding a toddler runs up to us and the guy says, “This is my daughter and her…Nanny.”
Then without warning, the man starts to yell at me: “So you like chicks, do you? That’s it, isn’t it? You like CHICKS!”
I was absolutely stunned- this outburst came out of nowhere. I could only manage to say: “That is entirely unacceptable, UNACCEPTABLE!” and I darted away, walking as fast as I could to the nearest shop. Once inside, I hid behind some racks of clothes. I tried to resume shopping but I couldn’t. I was completely and utterly stunned by the situation that just unfolded. It really didn’t make any sense. I guess he was flirting in his own weird way and when I didn’t react, he decided it would be great fun to humiliate me in front of the mall. Odd, isn’t it?

Regardless, it was a good day.

The time is in. I am now officially another year older.

Yesterday I was watching Asian Variety Show which I do most Sunday mornings. They were showing musical numbers from older Indian movies- I would guess the 60’s and 70’s. Typically they broadcast clips from current movies. How did I know that the clips from yesterday’s show were older? The quality of the film and the men’s hairstyles. What really got me is that other than those 2 things NOTHING ELSE HAS CHANGED! The songs sound the same, the fashions look the same, the type of beauty of the stars is the same. I just don’t get it. I need to find a Bollywood Web site that is in English.