If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun

something is up

in the mood for something really stupid

I mean off-the-charts stupid

update:

one of you guys just went running through the Alps for a couple of days

the same did start her new job in huge company, international waters and scary structures

another one just moved back to her hometown to start working and feel at ease in known surroundings

Sam is still whispering with the elephant, I think they are making fun of me in a great way, I am sitting on the sofa, legs in a knot, hair in bad shape and a big grin on my face

I am puzzled about having to drive a HUGE car for the next three months. Bothered would be another expression for it, Köln is not made for such stuff. but I started thinking of what could fit into a Toureg:
- a baby pony for a short ride
- a desk
- 50 liter of Pudding times ten
- 80 popes?
- 200 Editions of Julia Childs Cook books (hopefully that is not too heavy)
- Sam´s worldwide family member, imagine the furry chaos

- any other suggestions... here is the space to indicate me if you need my services :)
Love you guys,
Birgit

what are you guys up to?

Hey, so much fuzz from my side, it´s your turn if you please.

What makes you smile these days.
What´s your favourite food at the moment.
Where´s your favourite person right now.
What haven´t you found yet?
Do you feel too that the star you were born under was smiling when it saw you?
What film would you like to watch right now?
When was the last time you
- sang under the shower?
- jumped into a lake?
- zapped through a season of your favourite tv show?
- Hugged an animal?
- hugged your neighbour?
- cursed until you had to laugh about it?

HUGS, B

Live rich, happy and hot

Marie Forleo is my personal heroe for years now.
- a major business woman
- happy
- bouncing on the sofa.

All she says is: live here, right now, every situation is exactly as it should be. Live it whilst being open to everything around you and see how the universe unfolds.

My apologies for the strange subject, forget about rich in the sense of dollars, even though she might refer to it!

It´s strange: every time I remember to apply it, it feels that the echo is awesome.

If you feel like shaking it a little along with Marie, Laura, and Jay-Z, scroll a little on

Marie´s website

Have fun out there. I know I will try to!!!!!

Mark, baby!

Hey, does anybody know where to get high resolution pictures from Mark Rothko?

I have been discussing with somebody that I would like to have a copy of one particular painting in original size on canvas and am not sure how to approach this, is there some kind of global archive for these things?

Dennis the gorilla

Please don´t tell Sam.

Close to my office, there is a supermarket I go to during breaks.
Right in the entrance, there is a gorilla, sitting all calm ont he top of that pyramid, and is so cute. I am convincing the staff to call him Dennis and it seems to be catching on.

For two or three weeks now, that peluche is doing a marvelous job:

- Showing off bananas, water melons.

- wearing a hat.

- making me greet him silently

If we tell Sam I will have to take him and I don´t think he is ready for the office or the supermarket yet! Even though I am getting a feeling that some of my colleagues would have a blast with him, let´s check it!

Smoothie´s toast incident

Italians have a saying for fancy things: this thing is so *chose an expression* it for sure can cook coffee...

After a rainy night, the sun came out. It was a Sunday morning. I arrived at my car which was half parked under balconies. On the hood (I mean the front part of the car with the motor), an entire slice of toast was sitting there, pristine, beautifully soaken, in the brightest white, perfectly complete, starting to get - that´s right - toasted on the edges because the sun was heating up the black paint-job.

I had to laugh so hard about poor Smoothie, its car friends for sure are giggling now guessing that this one might not be able to cook coffee, but for sure get some serious toasting done.

soonissimo 2.0

Man,
is has been such a long time since I was ready to communicate with you guys.

A lot of stuff has been going on. Apart from a new job, re-structuring a few things that made my life bumpy, good stuff is coming.

Sam is good. Sitting with his piggy-bank-the-elefant-and-soon-to-be-given-to-their-rightful-owner in the window sink and having fun about what is going on in the patio.

Work is good, I am slowly allowing to be as good as it can be. With interruptions, but things bother me less and less.

My grandmother finally found her peace, thanks to all of you for your condolences. Since she is in peace, I am too: The time before that was not easy, but I am happy I had a chance to see her a couple of times.

Found some treasured friends like Anisa and Laura from my time in Rome.

I am spending hour over hour creating copies on all of my favourite fotographies. Never had actual albums to put my past into the proper shape. I found the following:

- a picture of the cutest back EVER of a cow I depicted in Goa/India (the female ones do have horns, don´t they?)
- a typewriter with an actual typewriter in the midst of a munsoon in Mumbay around 4.30 in the afternoon, protected by an umbrella
- a picture of a blueish postcard on a yellow wall in my old appartment that makes me smile all the time
- dozens of black and white fotos from sessions with my friends throughout the years
- travelling, travelling, travelling fotos
- boyfriends! God Lord, so much fun!
- the preferred dog on the planet
- parties where the complete appartment had painted walls due to themes we had given out and a strict dress code

wow

I am really amazed at how full my life is. And since starting with those albums is from scratch, I am sure I will be able to tell you the one or other hilarious story about the encounter with a scots man in Hamburg who made me laugh all night last week, why my car sometimes makes me laugh or even why I feel sad for the one or other reason.

This is soonissimo 2.0 in gear. Get ready for the good stories.

A hug to all of you.
B