ps: so the guy next to me on my flight way back was a belgian footie journalist covering the kirin cup (belgium x chili x japan) and he filled me in on the results of the other leagues since i hadn't been following anything at all. wolfsburg? wow. and koln's in mid-table. what does hennes think about this?
He's frigging happy, Hennes. He's looking forward to see Poldi next season, too (had Köln been relegated the contract with Poldi would have been automatically annulated). *g*
Hope you'll get over your jet lag soon! Do you have a few days off now or is it straight back to work?
Haha, am actually quite okay with Wolfsburg winning. My goal was second place ever since the Schalke game, would have found it quite embarrassing to win the league after such a season to be honest. And anyone is better than Stuttgart (yes, I'm aware we'll pay them a ridiculous amount of money now for a man who can't even score against Liechtenstein).;))
Hope Poldi will do well for you guys though I'm almost sure of that!!:))
Hal!!*waves* How was France? Did you have a good time despite all the work?
...you do? not that i've been following him, but last i heard (and it was a good few months ago, yeah), he seemed to be one of the most overrated players in germany, or so some of the reporters/commentators said. ;)
but anyway. if hennes is happy, i'm happy♥
as for work, being a free-lancer, it's always on and off at the same time. at least i get to control some of it though! thanks for asking and hope work's been fun for you too. will you be covering the transfer madness during off-season?
I think it's exactly the opposite: He's one of the most underrated players in Europe because of his (very, very, very bad) Euros. The guy has got everything: height, technique, power and goal instinct. IMO he's about four times as good as Toni, for example.
If he fails in Munich then I'll be the first to come here again and say "Oh God, how wrong was I.." but as I said, I think in Bavaria they'll have a lot of fun with this guy. ;)
ah, sarah. so you're no stuttgart fan. *ggg* again i've been out of the footie loop here so i don't have any effing clue, but what, by your analysis looking back, made your boys fall behind? kinda curious.
cannes started out okay, but then got crazier as always. the thing is, the first major screenings start at 8:30 with the last ones mostly starting around the 22:00 hour mark with parties after them, and of course there are a good few many midnight screenings too. i luckily don't have to do meetings like when i was in distribution (usually kick-starting the day with breakfast meetings around 8-9 am), but my work now tends to collide with day time screenings i want to go to, so it's always a case of staring at the schedule to try to figure out how to cover all the competition entries. i think i did pretty well this year though. missed a grand total of 4 films (and none won prizes, not that that indicates whether they are worthwhile or not) although i had to cut a few too many short (i wanna see the second hour(s), dammit!) due to work. and i did the smart thing and preferred sleep over socializing most nights. for someone used to 8-9 hours of sleep, that's the only way to make the morning screenings. *g*
i'm looking forward to you guys' reaction to inglorious basterds as a portion of it is in german as your probably know and plays with languages. definitely one for those with linguistic!kinks. *g*
Hee no, no Stuttgart fan at all. I guess there are several reasons for them not reaching their highest potential this season. Main one is Klinsmann obviously but I don't want to be one of those fans who put all the blame on him, the players are at fault here, too. The ongoing discussion about his coaching abilities gave them more than one good excuse to not play up to their full potential. Team spirit seemed to be lacking as well and we were relying on Ribery far too much. And to be honest, and I never thought I'd say this, I wouldn't mind him leaving now. I do really like him and he's a funny good-natured guy mostly but his attitude doesn't seem right when the team is under pressure and he is feeling uncomfortable with results and the like. The other main problem was our horrible defense, nothing seemed to be working there.
Wow, that does sound like a really stressful time you were having there. But missing only 4 films sounds like quite the achievement if I dare say so. I saw a documentary on this year's Cannes the other day and they said with the financial crisis hitting hard the whole festival did not seem as glamorous as in years before, is that true? From the outside it still looks quite glitzy but then again German tv tends to concentrate on Paris Hilton and her appearances on the red carpets there. *rolls eyes* Hope you still enjoyed your time and it was successful in terms of your business!!:))
Have not really heard much about that film yet but at the moment I feel like the world is passing by without me noticing anyway, hee. *kicks her stupid MA thesis*
hmm, i did read/hear stuff about our dear franck and i think i know what you mean about his attitude. weren't there also rumours of possible transfers? oh and the defence. i remember now how you were upset by that. maybe you should lure back metze perhaps. :p ooh and did i just see good ole oli blasting klinsmann?? and who is this louis van gaal?
re:cannes, well i think the overall attendance dropped due to the economic crisis and swine flu scare, but they had less hollywood films in the main selection resulting in less hollywood actors attending. the biggest redcarpet was probably tarantino's inglorious basterds, which is where paris was spotted, as it drew most of the hollywood celeb types in town. the film market side was suffering as expected, but i was quite surprised to see that the number of non-festival/market people pretty much were consistent with the other years, meaning that on certain days, you couldn't take a step without bumping into someone blocking the street. i heard the hotels didn't enjoy full occupancies with their usual 11-nights minimum x triple the normal rack rate fees and the restaurants were much easier to book/find, but there was enough going on. i think it'll be venice that will be hit for the worse. they're going up against toronto day for day which will mean they'll probably lose out on many hollywood studio films who prefer to launch they're product in north america for economical reasons. we'll see.
MA thesis! *hands you a big bag of koala cookies mixed with pink panther marshmallows* when is it due and how far along are you?
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He's frigging happy, Hennes. He's looking forward to see Poldi next season, too (had Köln been relegated the contract with Poldi would have been automatically annulated). *g*
Hope you'll get over your jet lag soon! Do you have a few days off now or is it straight back to work?
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Hope Poldi will do well for you guys though I'm almost sure of that!!:))
Hal!!*waves* How was France? Did you have a good time despite all the work?
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Poldi needs to be motivated and spoiled, then he's a good player. And the chances of Köln spoiling the kid are higher than in Munich. :D
I have a high opinion of Gomez, tbh. 30 millions are way too much but I think you'll have fun with him.
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...you do? not that i've been following him, but last i heard (and it was a good few months ago, yeah), he seemed to be one of the most overrated players in germany, or so some of the reporters/commentators said. ;)
but anyway. if hennes is happy, i'm happy♥
as for work, being a free-lancer, it's always on and off at the same time. at least i get to control some of it though! thanks for asking and hope work's been fun for you too. will you be covering the transfer madness during off-season?
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If he fails in Munich then I'll be the first to come here again and say "Oh God, how wrong was I.." but as I said, I think in Bavaria they'll have a lot of fun with this guy. ;)
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cannes started out okay, but then got crazier as always. the thing is, the first major screenings start at 8:30 with the last ones mostly starting around the 22:00 hour mark with parties after them, and of course there are a good few many midnight screenings too. i luckily don't have to do meetings like when i was in distribution (usually kick-starting the day with breakfast meetings around 8-9 am), but my work now tends to collide with day time screenings i want to go to, so it's always a case of staring at the schedule to try to figure out how to cover all the competition entries. i think i did pretty well this year though. missed a grand total of 4 films (and none won prizes, not that that indicates whether they are worthwhile or not) although i had to cut a few too many short (i wanna see the second hour(s), dammit!) due to work. and i did the smart thing and preferred sleep over socializing most nights. for someone used to 8-9 hours of sleep, that's the only way to make the morning screenings. *g*
i'm looking forward to you guys' reaction to inglorious basterds as a portion of it is in german as your probably know and plays with languages. definitely one for those with linguistic!kinks. *g*
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I guess there are several reasons for them not reaching their highest potential this season. Main one is Klinsmann obviously but I don't want to be one of those fans who put all the blame on him, the players are at fault here, too. The ongoing discussion about his coaching abilities gave them more than one good excuse to not play up to their full potential. Team spirit seemed to be lacking as well and we were relying on Ribery far too much. And to be honest, and I never thought I'd say this, I wouldn't mind him leaving now. I do really like him and he's a funny good-natured guy mostly but his attitude doesn't seem right when the team is under pressure and he is feeling uncomfortable with results and the like.
The other main problem was our horrible defense, nothing seemed to be working there.
Wow, that does sound like a really stressful time you were having there. But missing only 4 films sounds like quite the achievement if I dare say so. I saw a documentary on this year's Cannes the other day and they said with the financial crisis hitting hard the whole festival did not seem as glamorous as in years before, is that true? From the outside it still looks quite glitzy but then again German tv tends to concentrate on Paris Hilton and her appearances on the red carpets there. *rolls eyes*
Hope you still enjoyed your time and it was successful in terms of your business!!:))
Have not really heard much about that film yet but at the moment I feel like the world is passing by without me noticing anyway, hee. *kicks her stupid MA thesis*
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re:cannes, well i think the overall attendance dropped due to the economic crisis and swine flu scare, but they had less hollywood films in the main selection resulting in less hollywood actors attending. the biggest redcarpet was probably tarantino's inglorious basterds, which is where paris was spotted, as it drew most of the hollywood celeb types in town. the film market side was suffering as expected, but i was quite surprised to see that the number of non-festival/market people pretty much were consistent with the other years, meaning that on certain days, you couldn't take a step without bumping into someone blocking the street. i heard the hotels didn't enjoy full occupancies with their usual 11-nights minimum x triple the normal rack rate fees and the restaurants were much easier to book/find, but there was enough going on. i think it'll be venice that will be hit for the worse. they're going up against toronto day for day which will mean they'll probably lose out on many hollywood studio films who prefer to launch they're product in north america for economical reasons. we'll see.
MA thesis! *hands you a big bag of koala cookies mixed with pink panther marshmallows* when is it due and how far along are you?
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