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Wednesday, 11. March 2015
An awesome picture
ell, 18:18h
Isn't it?
Before you ask: No, I did not make that, although I wish my graphic-skills were already that good.
This and some other pictures were made by the graphic artist Nick Acosta who took famous shots from the last two Star Trek movies and put the original Enterprise in where the 'new' version had been. With that he's not only fullfilling my (day-)dreams, but also that of a lot of other Trekkies and Trekkers who (rightfully) think that the ship design from the new movies looks terrible.
You can find all of the pictures he made, plus a small animation showing the process of creating them here.
PS.: I now have a new desktop-picture.
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Tuesday, 10. March 2015
Star Trek Live In Concert
ell, 17:39h
So actually I wanted to write about school and how unnerved I am about my classmates and how I'm still not learning for the test on Thursday, but then I came home, opened my browser, which always opens to twitter and found this:
Star Trek Aniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall
To make you fully understand this, I have to state a little pretext first. About a year ago Michael Giacchinos Star Trek Life In Concert-Tour was in Swizzerland, and it would have been perfect to go to, but due to unfortunate circumstances evolving out of wisdome-teeth, birthdays and parents, we weren't able to go. Here I maybe should clarify that we is usually Liz and me, at least when Star Trek is concerned.
About a week ago I then spotted the first announcement of the Star Trek Aniversary Concert Tour on twitter, where it was also said that it would only tour in the US (what do I do with 100 cities in the US, when I can't get there), but there would also be a preliminary concert in London, in the Royal Albert Hall. Back then of course there was nothing on the page of the Royal Albert Hall yet, but the information-flow regarding this event is increasing, and I am hopeful that we will go there, if I get free time, that is (but I'll find some way...)
Until then I'll go on watching Star Trek.
As I had too much to count I finally dismissed most of it and only will center on the temporal incursions and my Shuttle count.
2 temporal incursion.
Shuttle-count: 1 destroyed, 1 in service.
Star Trek Aniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall
To make you fully understand this, I have to state a little pretext first. About a year ago Michael Giacchinos Star Trek Life In Concert-Tour was in Swizzerland, and it would have been perfect to go to, but due to unfortunate circumstances evolving out of wisdome-teeth, birthdays and parents, we weren't able to go. Here I maybe should clarify that we is usually Liz and me, at least when Star Trek is concerned.
About a week ago I then spotted the first announcement of the Star Trek Aniversary Concert Tour on twitter, where it was also said that it would only tour in the US (what do I do with 100 cities in the US, when I can't get there), but there would also be a preliminary concert in London, in the Royal Albert Hall. Back then of course there was nothing on the page of the Royal Albert Hall yet, but the information-flow regarding this event is increasing, and I am hopeful that we will go there, if I get free time, that is (but I'll find some way...)
Until then I'll go on watching Star Trek.
As I had too much to count I finally dismissed most of it and only will center on the temporal incursions and my Shuttle count.
2 temporal incursion.
Shuttle-count: 1 destroyed, 1 in service.
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Saturday, 7. March 2015
Back on the horse
ell, 21:06h
You may not think it from a Nerd-Girl like me, but I'm acutally a horse person. And I guess I'm a bit nerdy about horses, too. My favourite horses, although I've never ridden one yet, are the two meter tall, rather slim, but still heavy Shire Horses and their scottish relatives, the Clydesdales. I like driving as well as riding and, nerd-point, I can talk hours about horses, driving, riding, draft-horses, horse logging, breeds and, for some reason I don't really understand myself, the genetic of horse-coat-colors.
And until a few years ago I've been riding, even more or less regularily for some time.
In the last few weeks I have noticed that I definitely need some sport to keep myself active as especially my back-musculatur is by now practically non-existant. So I thought, why not start riding again? (And this time somewhat more regularily.)
It took me one month until I could settle on a stable, and gather all my riding-stuff (helmet, pants, bootletts and breeches) from the different corners of basement closets and the saddle-room of a friend of mine where I used to ride. Now today I was back on the horse, for the first time in about four or five year, the horse being Safir (the German word for "Saphire"), a ten-year-old, 1.75 meter chestnut gelding.
For all those not as aquainted with horses as I am: A gelding, or gelded animal is a male animal, that has been castrated and a chestnut is fox-colored horse. Now Safir had the annoying habit of just stoping and standing sometimes in the way of "We're done, can I go now?" Also he used it as an excuse that he had to pee. In the whole 45 minutes of the lesson, he stopped whole 3 times to pee.
But all in all it went well, I even managed to gallop without a lunge (more or less). I only think I'll have a lot of muscle ache tomorrow... But that only means I got to train more, meaning: Next saturday I'll be back.
Recent Star Trek stats:
He's dead, Jim: II
Fascinating: III
I can't change the laws of physics: I
Dammit Jim I'm a... : I
Hailing Frequencies open: II
Most illogical: I
You're the doctor, doctor: I
Kirk to Enterprise: V
Kirk without shirt / with shirt ripped: IIII
I've stopped to count the dramatic facial lighting, there's just too much of it...
1 temporal incursion.
Shuttle-count: 1 destroyed, 1 in service.
And until a few years ago I've been riding, even more or less regularily for some time.
In the last few weeks I have noticed that I definitely need some sport to keep myself active as especially my back-musculatur is by now practically non-existant. So I thought, why not start riding again? (And this time somewhat more regularily.)
It took me one month until I could settle on a stable, and gather all my riding-stuff (helmet, pants, bootletts and breeches) from the different corners of basement closets and the saddle-room of a friend of mine where I used to ride. Now today I was back on the horse, for the first time in about four or five year, the horse being Safir (the German word for "Saphire"), a ten-year-old, 1.75 meter chestnut gelding.
For all those not as aquainted with horses as I am: A gelding, or gelded animal is a male animal, that has been castrated and a chestnut is fox-colored horse. Now Safir had the annoying habit of just stoping and standing sometimes in the way of "We're done, can I go now?" Also he used it as an excuse that he had to pee. In the whole 45 minutes of the lesson, he stopped whole 3 times to pee.
But all in all it went well, I even managed to gallop without a lunge (more or less). I only think I'll have a lot of muscle ache tomorrow... But that only means I got to train more, meaning: Next saturday I'll be back.
Recent Star Trek stats:
He's dead, Jim: II
Fascinating: III
I can't change the laws of physics: I
Dammit Jim I'm a... : I
Hailing Frequencies open: II
Most illogical: I
You're the doctor, doctor: I
Kirk to Enterprise: V
Kirk without shirt / with shirt ripped: IIII
I've stopped to count the dramatic facial lighting, there's just too much of it...
1 temporal incursion.
Shuttle-count: 1 destroyed, 1 in service.
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