Schnuckelchen in London

07.07.10 1:0

noreply@blogger.com (SCHNUCKELCHEN) — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:58:00 +0000

NIE WIEDER PAELLA!

dabei...

noreply@blogger.com (SCHNUCKELCHEN) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:52:00 +0000

bin ich laut wahl-o-mat ergebnis sogar eine fdp-affine waehlerin. nicht-sozialistin trifft den nagel allerdings genauer auf den kopf.

angeblich (aussage in einigen kommentaren auf times online) wuenschen sich die englaender frau merkel als pm. und das ganz ohne invasion, 70 jahre nach der battle of britain! sooo unzufrieden ist man hier mit fuehrer brown.

fascinating.

wahl

noreply@blogger.com (SCHNUCKELCHEN) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:29:00 +0000

eine frau aus dem osten hat die wahlen in deutschland gewonnen. die deutschen haben die parteien gewaehlt, die sich in den letzten jahren am wenigsten verbogen haben. die cdu ist auf jedenfall christlicher als die spd sozial ist. und die fdp... dazu faellt mir wenig ein. ausser, dass man weiss, was man von ihnen erwarten kann. nicht viel. ich hoffe, ich muss frau schwesterwelles grinsegesicht nicht zu oft sehen!

ein blick auf die karte verraet, dass die spd noch viel schlechter abgeschnitten haette, wenn es nicht so viele kleine wahlkreise in nrw gaebe. und dass die linken im osten fast eine grosse koalition mit der cdu bilden koennten.

aber das wahlgeheimnis bleibt gewahrt! nicht mal meine omi sagt mir, wie sie waehlt.

wahl-o-mat re-sul-tat

noreply@blogger.com (SCHNUCKELCHEN) — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:24:00 +0000

gerade hab ich mich dem wahl-o-mat test der parteienvertraeglichkeit unterzogen. man muss ja sehen, wo man steht, ob links oder rechts, oder gar in der mitte. hier das ergebnis.

leicht schockiert ueber das augenscheinlich hohe mass an uebereinstimmung mit der fdp. das wird wohl an meinem *nö* zum mindestlohn liegen. und am selbigen zum maximallohn fuer banker. stattdessen sollte es eine mindeststrafe fuer veruntreuung von anleger- und steuergeldern geben (20 jahre sibirien?). denn mit hohem persoenlichen gehalt sollte auch hohes persoenliches risiko einhergehen. aber das steht in keinem wahlprogramm. und ueberhaupt, misch froocht jo keener. die piraten haben nur ein thema, und da stimme ich ihnen voll zu. aber die npd?! liegt's an meiner meinung zu sprachtests fuer vorschulkinder? hochdeutsch fuer alle, jawoll! wieviele bayern, schwaben, sachsen wuerden da durchfallen? mir egal, solange twitter-lingo nicht als deutschvariante akzeptiert wird.

in meinem fortgeschrittenen alter scheine ich immer mehr nach rechts zu ruecken. allerdings konnte ich mit erzwungenem multikulti und frauenquote noch nie viel anfangen. froh bin ich daher ueber meine geringe ueberschneidung mit spd-positionen. was sozialdemokraten in der regierung anrichten koennen, sehe ich schliesslich gerade in england. und die schroeder-spd hat in deutschland fuer die naechsten jahrzehnte genug gutes getan.

meine prognose fuer die wahl: bleibt alles beim alten. und was wird aus opel? hmmm...

leaving on a jet stream

noreply@blogger.com (SCHNUCKELCHEN) — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:02:00 +0000

as a huge meteor shower is passing the skies of london tonight, my wonderful boyfriend revealed to me why he wants to leave britain. it's not because of the bleak social prospects of this country, corrupt government or the surveillance cameras at every house and street corner. it's not for the rotten but extortionate education system, or the filthy streets.

no, it's because the sky is always overcast when there is an astronomical event happening.

any reason is a good reason.

men in england

noreply@blogger.com (SCHNUCKELCHEN) — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:48:00 +0000

i have often thought that to be a man in england is a hard lot. not only do they have to commute some 2 hours on cramped trains every morning AND evening so their kids can have a bit of lawn to play on that's bigger than a post stamp. they also never get out of their uniform, the suit, from the age of about 5. they have to earn the mortgage, earn the school fees for the kids, tuition fees... they are, in short, too busy earning a living to actually live. there are exceptions of course, but for the most part, i feel sorry about them.

but what's worse, since the 70s feminist movement, all men are potential rapists. since the ian huntley case, all men are also potential child molesters. they never had a chance to develop a normal relationship to the opposite sex, or to children. recently, the writer philip pullman made headlines when he declined a school book reading because he did not want to succumb to nonsense political correctness by paying for a police certificate that proved he was no paedophile. apparently, any adult in the vicinity of children needs to prove he is harmless now. the old legal principle of innocent until proven guilty has long expired and made way to a general, fundamental mistrust between the sexes.

to top it all, a suggestion today came from the prime sexist in government, harriet harperson. she attempted to boost her public profile by calling for targets on rape arrests and convictions. not sure what she is saying. there aren't enough rapes being committed, so more men need to be reported, charged and convicted? is she calling on women to point fingers some more? provoke more, if necessary? i have seen english women, and believe me, dear reader, they are not victims. they are the worst bullies, loud-mouthed, arrogant people you will meet, thoroughly to be avoided, and i haven't even said anything about style or taste yet. it must take a lot of alcohol and desperation to force yourself on one of them. so whatever harriet h. has in her mind (which is in dire need of therapy), if these rape targets are introduced, men will BECOME easy targets on the basis of nothing more severe than their gender.

alas... new laws like that have no chance of being passed before the next election, and then...

torn

noreply@blogger.com (SCHNUCKELCHEN) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:53:00 +0000

various feelings are wafting through me like a bad smell. there is a feeling of undeserving inactivity, aka boredom. then there is a desire to do something amazing, grand, the envy of the world type thing. and then there is the fear that i'm wasting my time, that i should be productive, should be doing something with my life. other than write a blog i mean. then again, i read somewhere the other day, while sitting idly on the sofa, that the end of retirement is near. we'll all work till we drop dead, and think back with misty eyes to the glorious days of our parents and grandparents who, the day they turned 60, dropped everything and spent the next 25 years in their garden. or in a wheelchair. but those days, what with recession and demographic change (i forget what role global warming played) are over! grit your dentures and zimmer frame your lazy ass to work!

but instead of being productive in my not even middle age, i'm looking for a new job. which really is pointless in july.

picasso found out

noreply@blogger.com (SCHNUCKELCHEN) — Thu, 28 May 2009 15:44:00 +0000

last monday morning. it's a bank holiday and we sleep in. i wake up around 9. the first ambulance sirens are greeting us, the sun is shining through the curtains. my lover's head is squashed against my head. as i look up into his face, he appears to have an mono-eye in the centre of his forehead. his nose has slipped to his cheek. and i'm thinking - this is what gave picasso his inspiration. he must have woken up one day with one of his *muses* just like i have, nose-on-nose, glanced at her crosseyed, and he must have thought: *i'm gonna paint that!...
but how will i explain my inspiration to the art world?*

apoliticus slogan

noreply@blogger.com (SCHNUCKELCHEN) — Fri, 22 May 2009 11:30:00 +0000

there is probably no honourable politician.
so stop wining and revolt.

patthabi jois

noreply@blogger.com (SCHNUCKELCHEN) — Wed, 20 May 2009 10:24:00 +0000

the founder of mysore style ashtanga yoga has died. i remember well the aching muscles my yoga classes in munich gave me. great!
10 sun salutations to patthabi jois.

revelation

noreply@blogger.com (SCHNUCKELCHEN) — Wed, 06 May 2009 12:14:00 +0000

guido fawkes' blog is the only one of all the newssites i browse (plenty of those!) where the postings are more interesting than the user comments. an achievement.

ein angefressenes schwein oder...

noreply@blogger.com (SCHNUCKELCHEN) — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:41:00 +0000

wie die schweinegrippe wirkt.

record

noreply@blogger.com (SCHNUCKELCHEN) — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 08:49:00 +0000

am i the last person in the uk that has not seen or heard susan boyle sing? putting her name forward for a special award: schnuckelchen.

slim or pay!

noreply@blogger.com (SCHNUCKELCHEN) — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:51:00 +0000

what countless tv shows, vogue, and fatbashing research (*fat people cause climate change*) did not achieve, ryanair made it happen: i am thinking about slimming down. why? according to spiegel online, the no-spills airline *is considering* an extra fee for overweight passengers. slim waists for slim wallets on the world's leanest meanest airline. what more motivation does a size 14 frequent cheap flyer need?
i wonder how will this be tested and enforced. simple, i guess: building on the cabin luggage test, just make all passengers test a mock seat at check in, and if there is some flesh spillage over the armrests, charge them.
what could be next...? life wests only for passengers with a bmi of 18 or less? not a bad idea!
thanks ryanair for pimping my flight!

PS: i considered the possibility that this was a delayed april fool's joke. but then spiegel online, germany's foremost news website, would have fallen for it. and after all, don't all ryanair announcements sound like jokes?

glue is the new chocolate

noreply@blogger.com (SCHNUCKELCHEN) — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:50:00 +0000

i used to be told, mostly by my married women friends, that chocolate was better than sex. now b&q offer a competitive product that claims to do the trick just as well. the only disadvantage: you cannot eat it.

dangerous maida vale

noreply@blogger.com (SCHNUCKELCHEN) — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:50:00 +0000

vegetarians: your live may be at risk round here!

noreply@blogger.com (SCHNUCKELCHEN) — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:37:00 +0000

office workers in the city have waved 10 and 20 pound notes at g20 protesters in the street. naughty naughty. but wait till you have to go home tonight, guys! anyway, the fact that they did not throw the money out shows how times have changed. the bankers have to hang on to even the smallest notes now! and that with an ever-falling sterling.

i wouldn't mind joining the protest, but there are so many little groups and causes out there, it's hard to see what i want to identify with. protest against climate change? i'm sure mr climate change is shuddering with fear... anti-war coalition? these guys are only a few years late. how any powerful momentum can be created with so many different, and often opposing groups, is beyond me. i have studied the basics of marx and lenin (east german education!) and i know one thing: a common objective is needed, as is a *vanguard* party. however, these protesters only know what they don't want (important but not enough) and there is no such thing as a leadership, the face and mouth of a united protest, anywhere to be seen. easy game then for the established politicians to fiddle on while the world burns a little more.

o-ba-ma ap-ril fool

noreply@blogger.com (SCHNUCKELCHEN) — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:05:00 +0000

obama is in town and the sirens have not stopped since last night. the prez'dent arrived last night around 8.30 via chopper and *decoy chopper* (quote my boyfriend) at his sleepover at the american ambassador's residence, next to regent's park and therefore not far from us! we could have invited him and his wife (and their decoys?) to a cup of tomato soup! just the cheese sandwiches would not have been well divided by 4... next to the us residence is also london's great central mosque. there's irony for you.

today will see countless (well, about 20) motorcades rushing up and down the main arteries into and around central london, transporting world leaders attempting to play april fool jokes on each other. i hope, no i'm sure, the media will keep us abreast on the best jokes and the scores.

april fool!

eyeball roller of the week

noreply@blogger.com (SCHNUCKELCHEN) — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 10:50:00 +0000

propping up the incompetent und die ddr

noreply@blogger.com (SCHNUCKELCHEN) — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:56:00 +0000

*it only stands to reason that where there's sacrifice, there's someone collecting the sacrificial offerings. where there's service, there is someone being served. the man who speaks to you of sacrifice is speaking of slaves and masters, and intends to be the master.* - ayn rand, atlas shrugged.

there are a lot of quotes appearing on my blog lately. i'm collecting opinions on the *economic crisis* at the moment, and i find that it was all there, described in fiction and philosophy, a long time ago. there is really nothing new about this situation. only our memory is short. or are we surprised that the inevitable finally has happened?

ich aergere mich ueber deutsche newssites, die diese krise als die schwerste zeit seit 1929 beschreiben. meine omi hat den 2. wk und die jahre nach 1945 miterlebt und wuerde dem wohl widersprechen.
ich erinnere mich an die wendezeit 1989-90 in dor ddr und kann mit grosser bestimmtheit sagen, dass der wind bei uns im osten damals schaerfer wehte als 2009. da wurde nicht verstaatlicht und gerettet, da wurde im kurzen prozess privatisiert und abgewickelt! was heute passiert, ist ja ddr light! marode wirtschaft, monatelange wartezeiten auf autos (fiat 500, vw polo), hohe gebaerpraemien (elterngeld) und eine ostdeutsche kanzlerin. da faellt mir glatt das naechste zitat ein:
*den sozialismus in seinem lauf... * - sie wissen schon.

delusions

noreply@blogger.com (SCHNUCKELCHEN) — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:49:00 +0000

usa, 1974: *if the president does it, it is not illegal.* (quote richard nixon)
uk, 2009: *the prime minister has said it is not acceptable and therefore it will not be accepted.* (quote harriet harman)

career opportunity

noreply@blogger.com (SCHNUCKELCHEN) — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:46:00 +0000

sebastian (30) is from dessau in east germany, therefore used to be almost my neighbour, and now lives in london, where he works as a butler. his masters are mainly investment bankers and other nouveau riche people with status anxiety, but sebastian himself is a traditionalist from his deferential attitude down to his impeccable manners. discretion is tantamount to butler honour. so far in summary my impressions from an interview in sueddeutsche.de

i was quite shocked at first to find a fellow east german that sounded so... uncritical, unpolitical and outright fawning over his rich clients (in fact, the words famous and rich featured a lot in the interview). then again, maybe the east german experience makes people perfectly suited for this type of employment. i remember a class reunion last october. 20 years! as we exchanged notes on our lives over the past 10 years since our last get-together (who has no kids or more than 3 kids, who is divorced, has the most money, is even famous?) i realised that my fellow ossis had secure jobs in the civil service, the health service, those who were self-employed were employment-lawyers... in other words, they mostly had played a safe career game. i was slightly bored, and very disappointed.

is this craving for job security a ddr legacy? did i miss something? the idea of safety and security over professional and personal fulfilment escapes me. i hope i'm not the only ossi who feels that way. but where do i find those who chose a life not tied to a safety line?

happy english family

noreply@blogger.com (SCHNUCKELCHEN) — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:50:00 +0000

as seen by titanic.

definition of crisis

noreply@blogger.com (SCHNUCKELCHEN) — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 12:14:00 +0000

by antonio gramsci, italian political theorist and communist: *the old is dead and the new cannot be born*
a spot on analysis of uk politics and society.

freedom of expression

noreply@blogger.com (SCHNUCKELCHEN) — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:38:00 +0000

fitna video on google

because i'm fed up with the double standards and haphazard gut feeling that this country seems to base decisions on (*if we are threatened with a demo we'll gladly sacrifice freedom of speech for quiet streets*). here's the video by dutchman geert wilders, called fitna, that the recent commotion is about.
it's not great, but it shows how religion does cloud people's minds and reduces them to mindless robots.
judge for yourself. as you should!