Stories from within that steamy minivan

Over a month has now passed since the unsteamy field trip and everyone gives less of a damn than ever before! But there are still some cool (nobody will agree) memories that want to echo in eternity online.

1. On May 16, we buzzed past a cute yellow hotel where, according to a native in the minivan, Nicole Kidman stayed during the filming of Dogville. How cool. I wonder if Joaquin stayed there while they were making It's all about love? OMG. I was too stupid to make myself remember the name of any nearby village thing, but I think I've got a coupla landmarks... Two hefty famous hills. If Joaquin returns - and I've never heard him say that he'd want to :D - I'll just have to drive around the hills for a few hours until I spot this yellow Star!Hotel! Yay! *lurks in bushes and fails miserably at stalking when joaquin chooses completely different hotel... or continent*

All the other fave actors are hotly welcome, too. :p

Then another minivan passenger claimed he had spotted Kidman while walking past (sure, sure) the London premiere of Eyes wide shut. Kewl. He said Tom Cruise was also at the scene, but too short to be visible behind the crowd. Hmm, I don't spend my entire cinema budget on Nic and Tom (...), but they would make good Celebrity Collection Trophies...

2. We often listened to the Remember the Titans soundtrack. Hmm, not too bad. *smokes pipe thoughtfully* I had one week to start believing that it was in fact packed with classic oldie-artists whose names I had heard 100000 times, but never listened to. Now that I was feeling old anyway, and developing some... fine... taste... I should look for more of their music to enjoy, and join the grumpy snobby mid-1900s music crowd, and become cooler.

I went home and googled some lyrics. Never heard about any of the artists with the better songs. Sigh. Poor wee wannabe snob.

3. On May 17 we were out on a long drive and U2:s City of blinding lights started on the radio. The sun flickered between mysterious tree tops. I was travelling in one of my fave parts of Sweden. The road was narrow and winding. I got high, mainly on U2. Happens a lot, especially when they take me by surprise. And FTR, I DIDN'T actually drive.

*wee u2-booming car swivels in zig-zag along road*

All right... Until I remember some more... *wheeze* Good-bye...

PS. Woohoo. I've been a Douriphile for 6 months today!

Meet me in the Styx

The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Fifth Level of Hell!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:

Level	Score
Purgatory (Repenting Believers)	Very Low
Level 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers)	Low
Level 2 (Lustful)	High
Level 3 (Gluttonous)	Moderate
Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious)	Low
Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy)	Extreme
Level 6 - The City of Dis (Heretics)	Very High
Level 7 (Violent)	High
Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers)	High
Level 9 - Cocytus (Treacherous)	High

"The river Styx runs through this level of Hell, and in it are punished the wrathful and the gloomy. The former are forever lashing out at each other in anger, furious and naked, tearing each other piecemeal with their teeth. The latter are gurgling in the black mud, slothful and sullen, withdrawn from the world. Their lamentations bubble to the surface as they try to repeat a doleful hymn, though with unbroken words they cannot say it. Because you lived a cruel, vindictive and hateful life, you meet your fate in the Styx."

Take the Dante's" Inferno Hell Test

I AM annoying!

I tested positive for annoyingness at AmIAnnoying.com. Furthermore, you must all go there and help (y)our annoying fave actors by voting! :O

What they had to say about me:

Points: 105
Our professional examination has accurately assessed you as being an annoying person. Your peers don't respect you, but you get a great deal of empathy from them. Now that you are aware of your little problem, take some time each day to try and correct it. Team Annoy's Bruce advises "Choose a friend who is equally as annoying as you and practice being 'not annoying' to each other. The people who deal with you on a day-to-day basis will notice a difference within weeks and may even invite you out to lunch to celebrate your progress."
Time Spent: 5:0

But, I recall watching some cut scene from Die hard many moons ago...

Hans: "Annoy them."
Theo: "What?"
Hans: "Annoyyyyyy them."

Ergle. Unless I dreamed it all.

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Anyway, it's June 6 somewhere, so HAPPY B-DAY JASON ISAACS!!! :D

Survey

Yay! Survey! I stole it from Sarah's blog. :q EVERYONE ELSE, DO IT TOO!!! Raaaaaaa!!

1 MINUTE AGO: - I deleted Sarah's survey answers from my cut-&-pasted copy
1 DAY AGO: - I had a post-exam surf-&-chat
1 YEAR AGO: - I remembered that it was more or less exactly 24 h since my Alan-spotting
1 YEAR FROM NOW: - *checks 4-year schedule* Species knowledge
1 WEEK FROM NOW: - Pre-faunistics anxiety
1 DAY FROM NOW: - Walking around downtown on a shopping diet, Hitchhiker's Guide in backpack
1 HOUR FROM NOW: - Digesting couscousandsoymincewithtabascoandcashewnuts and reading the Guide
1 MINUTE FROM NOW: - I will kill the couscous by throwing rocks at it
I HURT: - From aunt Flo's manhandling
I LOVE: - Animals, travelling, reading, movies, teh guys, taking pix, blah blah blah blah
I HATE: - Intolerance (of things that won't hurt anyone), promise-breakers, waiting for exams, exams, waiting for exam results, comp viruses, spam
I FEAR: - Disease, mutilation, failed exams, decay of VHS tapes, jellyfish, spiders, that I shall never see U2 live
I HOPE: - Nick and Brad will be guests at European sci-fi cons
I FEEL: - Generally high on biology, crush drug, garlic & light
I HIDE: - In black
I DRIVE: - Parents' corpse-brown-grey Volvo, but only once a week
I LEARNED: - To ask what harm any given action could do
I NEED: - A coupla billions should do the trick
I THINK: - About Alan
I DREAM: - About getting to The Goblet of Fire London premiere
I WANT: - Nick/Alan/Joaquin/Brad
I MISS: - My missing lucky/stalker baseball cap
I BELIEVE: - A glass of coke will kill me ded