Roll around in the awesomeness!

[exsequar]

Yesterday was pretttttty fantastic, and I'm going to tell you why!

1. I woke up epically, ridiculously sore. Like, difficult to lift myself out of bed sore. That's not the fantastic part! The fantastic part is that I'm sore because of indoor soccer and every time I think of that it makes me smile. :D
   
2. SCIENCE!!!!1!!!1!11 Science totally WORKED for me yesterday, and I got this awesome amazing result that will guide my project into truly exciting directions. I am such a nerd but this was SO happy-making. I've been feeling a little blah on the science front lately so this was a highly welcome kick in the pants. It also means I get to start doing new and exciting experiment types, which is great cause I was bored of what I was doing before! YAY SCIENCE! I had a great brainstorming session with Jason (my boss) and we have sooo many ideas. *twirls!*
   
3. DIE NATIONALMANNSCHAFT! In the past few days, this amazing book has come to light called Die Spieler which is literally 200 enormous glossy pages of photographs of MY BOYS dressed up as old 40s crime drama film characters. SERIOUSLY. THERE ARE HATS AND SUITS AND OLD MERCEDES AND PIANOS AND CAKES AND PILLOW FIGHTS AND POOLS! STRIPPING IN POOLS! Um. They might have deviated from the crime theme a little bit in favor of NAKED WET FOOTBALLERS, but I am seriously not complaining. Unffffffff. One bit that should be delightful to any girl with a beating heart is the following clip, in which Mario says "Wow wow wowwww!" about Basti and Basti declares that "This is fashion!" Yes in English!
   
   
   ♥♥♥♥
   The only thing that sucks is that I WANT THAT BOOK SO BADLY but it is $55 with shipping from Germany. :((( I may cave yet...
   
4. Relatedly, all of my girls at loewsmiserables! (The fan community for the German national team.) Even though the World Cup is over, the fandom rages on with so much life and laughter and delight! I have made three posts there with over 100 comments of giddy glee and gifs and awesomeness. I love that place and I love our boys. <3333 It's really cool to feel so involved in a fandom - it's been a while!
   
5. Also relatedly, my #Ger girls on Twitter! I posted on Loews asking if people wanted a Twitter support group during the World Cup about 3 weeks ago, and what resulted was this super awesome group of girls with whom I have exchanged literally THOUSANDS of Tweets. It's been a blast. I love you guys. ♥
   
6. And the best for last... I went on a date last night! :D

So I already told the story about how a barista at my favorite coffee shop offered me his number but I ended up giving mine his later and blah complicated silliness! Well, we have been on two (~three?) dates since then! :D He (Matt) called me last week and asked if I wanted to go to dinner and a movie, and so we did, and it was quite nice. We saw Winter's Bone, the Sundance festival winner - a very stark and gorgeous film, I highly recommend it. Then we got dinner and drinks and capped off the night with a stroll by the river where we hung out on a bench at 2 AM! It was quite a lovely date, but I must admit that I wasn't feeling a zing - there were a couple things about him that rubbed me the wrong way, so I was having my doubts. But then yesterday he texted me and asked if I wanted to go out for dinner, and of course I wanted to give him a second chance so I said sure, and suggested this noodle bar next to his coffee shop that he loooves but that I hadn't been to yet. So I go to the restaurant and he's not there - turns out he locked his keys in his car, WITH THE CAR RUNNING, and is waiting for AAA. *facepalm* Lolz. He was only a couple blocks away so I walked there, laughed at him, and we hung out on the grass for a while waiting for the AAA dude. It was a beautiful summer evening so I didn't really mind! Then we went to dinner, and then to my house for a bit where I gave him my Empires and Gold Motel CDs because he's totally into little indie bands and I want him to LOOOVE them, and also my Dollhouse DVDs, aaaand everything was lovely! I think we were both a lot more relaxed this time and everything was just sweet and fun and he really makes me laugh a lot. I'm definitely, definitely fond and will be seeing more of him!

Now I can tell you a lot of the reasons he's awesome, since this appears to be continuing. So he's a super experienced barista at my favorite coffee shop, which = free coffee and also he's a coffee nerd, which I find AWESOME. He got his degree in "general studies" at UMich after transferring from a couple places, and that included mostly English but also Womens Studies (!!!!) and a bunch of other random stuff. He's from a tiny town in upstate Michigan. He loves Firefly and Arrested Development and knows way too much about way too many indie bands (though he's not TOO pretentious about it). He's good friends with most of the people in the local music scene. He rooted for Germany in the World Cup (mostly because his boss is German, but still!). He smokes quite a bit of pot but is smart about it, haha. He wants to get his MFA in POETRY. I just. How is he real! I looove that he's a nerd so we speak the same language, but he's a totally different KIND of nerd than I'm used to. It's extremely refreshing to spend time with someone who isn't a scientist!

SOOOOO that's my life right now, in a rather long winded nutshell! Soccer = awesome, science = awesome, fangirls = awesome, German fussballers = awesome, and new boy = awesome.

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Comments

[anamie-me.livejournal.com]

Hahaha. Soccer = awesome, science = awesome, fangirls = awesome, German fussballers = awesome, and new boy = awesome.
You forgot 'and you=awesome'

I love fandom! And HOLY SMOKES that video. I just about simultaneously hyperventilated, combusted and orgasmed. ♥♥______♥♥

Hurray for lovely boys and coffee dates \o/

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

HAHA, aw, thanks girl! *g*

LOL I KNOW RIGHT?! It's really hard to know how to RESPOND to that level of adorable/awesome. You saw the full making-of video over at loewsmiserables right? Because it is NOT TO BE MISSED. :D

\o/

[pushingyouaway.livejournal.com]

YAY SCIENCE \O/

and yay new boy!

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

\o/ \o/

[wolkenfuehlen.livejournal.com]

Awesome life is awesome! :D :D :D

I have the Strenesse book from four years ago and OMG it is so pretty! Whyyyyyyy must they always be so expensive though? :(

Anyone who manages to lock the keys in the car with the car still running is too adorable and dorky to be true. So yay for Matt! :D

[fandomonymous.livejournal.com]

Oh my god, the '06 Strenesse shoot. I love the new one but there is something just so CLASSY about the '06 shots. (Or maybe I'm just a sucker for Timo in a white suit...) The one thing I haven't seen from what's out there on the Internet are solo Lahm shots, which make me sad. Were there any?

[wolkenfuehlen.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean! The new shots look great, but the '06 shots were just so...simple? BUT SO GOOD. ♥
I don't think there were any Lahm shots at all, solo or otherwise? I can't quite remember why, but could it be he wasn't considered a definite part of the squad when the pics where taken (early '06?)?. I really have no idea......

[fandomonymous.livejournal.com]

Actually, now that I think about it, that was right around when he was injured (I still can't believe he was wearing a cast while scoring the opening goal against Costa Rica!) so that would make sense.

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Awwwww, he was? MY LITTLE TROOPER! ♥♥♥

[wolkenfuehlen.livejournal.com]

Did they really take the pics that late though? I always thought they took them before the official squad for the WC '06 was announced, since a handful of people that are in the shots weren't in the squad...... aaaaah, I hate not knowing these tiny things! :D

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

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Oh man, are there any picspams of THAT one? I didn't realize there was another BOOK! I'm so glad Germany appreciates the beauty of its football team, hahaha.

LOL, it was pretty adorable. He got out to check if he had parallel parked well, and reflexively locked his door. SILLY. I enjoy him. :)

[fandomonymous.livejournal.com]

I know the German team does regular shots with Strenesse before major competitions. I think there was one before Euro '08 as well, though I can't find any evidence of it.

Here are a whole ton of the '06 Strenesse shoot. This is why I'm still fond of Ballack after all the wank, and admittedly Timo being groped by everyone in a white suit is kind of what made me a football slasher. *flals*

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

In which you? Are my hero! :D The Schweinski ones are too cute, especially when Jogi's scolding them. <333

I must say I prefer the lavish concept of the 2010 one though - so many interesting and unique costumes and settings for our boys to play in!

[fandomonymous.livejournal.com]

I'm a bit of a minimalist (and I think anyone who willingly puts Mueller in hairgel has something WRONG with them), so it took me a while to get used to the ~lavish~ nature of the 2010 set. It felt like a strange RP more than a fashion shoot. But now? I can't tear away.

It seems neither shoot really knows what to do about Philipp, though, which makes my Lahm fangirl self quite sad.

[wolkenfuehlen.livejournal.com]

Are you sure there was a shoot in '08? I was just thinking about whether there was one, but I really can't remember. Wouldn't we know any pics? Siiiigh. :( We need more pretty pictures of the boys! They better make another shoot for the Euro 2012! :D

[wolkenfuehlen.livejournal.com]

:D

I think the DFB has realized a long time ago that we don't just appreciate football, but we also appreciate the pretty people who play it :D

Awwwww cute :D

[fandomonymous.livejournal.com]

I'm glad things are working out for you! I finally got the kick in the pants I needed to work to make my own life stop sucking quite so hard, and it'll hopefully translate into something.

Your Die Spieler posts have been the highlight of my life right now, gotta say. *flails* "Come on Basti, come on Basti~" And loewsmiserables is just an amazing, fantastic place. I love that people are trying to keep it alive despite the lull between now and their friendly.

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Kicks in the pants are so nice, aren't they? It's so easy to cruise through life, but wake up calls are really good. I hope yours works out. ♥

HEE, I'm so glad! They've apparently improved many lives, which makes me happy. :) My inbox has never been so thoroughly and continuously flooded before! All I can say is thank god for Gmail threading!

I think NONE of us are ready to let go of our boys just yet. Who cares if they're not playing at this exact moment in time? :) I'm sure we'll drift away for a bit during club season, but the love will stay strong!

[figletofvenice.livejournal.com]

OH MAN ANNE, BASTI'S LITTLE "THIS IS FASHION" IS THE CUTEST THING I HAVE SEEN ALL DAY. IN THE PAST THREE DAYS EVEN! ♥ ♥ ♥

also, yay boys! he sounds awesome! I love nerds. ASK HIM WHO HIS FAVORITE POETS ARE!! i.e. I am very curious. is that weird? I have no poetry friends, and also I AM CURIOUS.

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

THE WAY HIS VOICE GOES UP ON "FASHION" KILLS ME WITH GLEE. KILLS. ME. OMG. AND THE WAY HE PLOPS THE HAT ONTO HIS HEAD AND OVER HIS EYES. BASTI BE MORE CUTE I DAAAARE YOU. I love the whole sequence because he starts to seriously say "this is fashion!" and then he LAUGHS AT HIMSELF and decides to make it campy! BASTIAN. BASTIAN SCHWEINSTEIGER. C'mere and lemme squish you. :D

LOL I will even though I will have no idea who he's talking about! I'm quite fond of him, really. A little bit giddy even? WE'LL SEE. :D

[figletofvenice.livejournal.com]

EVERYTHING HE DOES IS CUTE. IT'S BECAUSE HE'S BASTIAN SCHWIENSTEIGER.

p.s. also I want a fic where basti is bastian from the neverending story!!!! I haven't read the book and haven't seen the movie in forever, but JUST THE IDEA OF IT makes me happy. :(

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

OH DARLING bless your heart. Isn't the name Bastian just delightful? BASSSSSTIANNNN. *rolls around in it* Man, I read the Neverending Story like a MILLION YEARS AGO. I think I should read/watch it and just giggle at the name BASTIANNNN the whole time. :D

[figletofvenice.livejournal.com]

I LOVE THE NAME BASTIAN. I really, really do. AND ANNE, WHY OH WHY DO I THINK OF ALL THESE IDEAS THAT I CAN NEVER WRITE? I want it so much. :( :( :(

he'd start to forget things about himself! and someone would have to remind him. >:)

[anamie-me.livejournal.com]

*butts in*
HE IS SO CUTE OMG. Also, that is an amazing idea.

Also also, how is it that we both like the Mannschaft and GK and we're still not friends? We're on the same combat_jack team too! This is a travesty.

[figletofvenice.livejournal.com]

I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW YOU WERE INTO THE FOOTIE THING! obviously this should be remedied.



now, seriously, who do I have to pay to get this neverending story au written?

[obsessive24.livejournal.com]

which is literally 200 enormous glossy pages of photographs of MY BOYS dressed up as old 40s crime drama film characters. SERIOUSLY. THERE ARE HATS AND SUITS AND OLD MERCEDES AND PIANOS AND CAKES AND PILLOW FIGHTS AND POOLS! STRIPPING IN POOLS!
!!!!! Need!!!!

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

I KNOW RIGHT. You can look at a making-of video (including PILLOW FIGHTS AND POOLS OMG) at this post (the comments are FILLED with gifs, it's delightful. There are 256 comments! I'm blown away!) and a small selection of the photos here and here. It seriously looks like the most unf-worthy book OF ALL TIME EVER. I want it desperately but I'm not sure I can spare the $55. SO I JUST PLACED MY ORDER. Who ever said I was supposed to have self control? I'm 22 and have a salary! I will be impulsive if I want dammit!

If you want it, the cheapest option is Amazon.co.uk! You can find it HERE. :D I think this book might be one of the best things that ever happened in one of my fandoms, haha.

[obsessive24.livejournal.com]

I will be impulsive if I want dammit!
Of course!!! What is money for, after all, if not to make you happy?

The pics and videos are amazing!!!! Oh, I'm so tempted.

[sugarlungs.livejournal.com]

I love those boys, I love our little twitter group, I love loews, I love this entire entry! ♥

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Yaaay! ♥♥♥

[scottsnbritts.livejournal.com]

by noodles bar I'm assuming Noodles & Co? And by coffee place would you mean Espresso Royale?

ALSO I WANT DIE SPIELER SO BAD.

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Oh no my dear, we are talking far more hipster! The coffee shop is Lab, which opened in March on Liberty across from Dawn Treader. It sells the Chicago coffee brand Intelligentsia and is far and away my favorite place in Ann Arbor. :D Right next door is the Tomukun noodle bar, which is a cozy Asian fusion place and it's SOOOO TASTY. Om nom nom nom nom. I imagine I will be spending a lot of time at both places, hee! You should definitely check them out if you haven't!

I PLACED MY ORDER FOR DIE SPIELER TODAY. I HAVE NO SELF-CONTROL.

...we could have a viewing-and-squealing party if you wanted? :D?

[scottsnbritts.livejournal.com]

uh yeah, I spent most of march preparing for my finals and trying super hard to get an A on a german project. It made for very few trips out for food. But yes, I'll definitely check them out!


UM. YES PLEASE.
Only it will have to wait until early September because I'm living at home for the summer. I'll be back in A2 by the 4th though! Hello first game of the season, get here now please because I'd like to pregame asap. just sayin'.

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Hee, that's okay! Lab is just so wonderful, all light wood and huge windows and so much sunlight. The boy I'm dating has longish brown hair and is quite tall, you'd recognize him right away if he was your barista. :) And one of the owners (Toby) is German! He's delightful! Basically everyone is awesome. Oh yeah and the frozen yogurt is FANTASTIC!! Fruit flavors (like lychee! om nom nom) with a fresh fruit and cereal toppings bar. Looove.

...I think they should pay me to advertise, hahaha.

Ooh, okay! We will plan on it! :D And oh man, GIMME MORE GERMANS NOW WORLD, PLEASE. I'm kind of excited to have a fellow mannschaft fan in A2, ngl. :D

[fandomonymous.livejournal.com]

Butting in to say: LYCHEE IS AMAZING. I will take lychee-flavored over just about any other fruit. You should come visit me in Florida sometime, the farmer's market here actually sells fresh ones during the summer season! SO GOOD.

[pau494.livejournal.com]

SCIENCE WORKING OUT AND A NEW BOYYY (can I just say that I love you for always giving guys a chance? I also love you because you're amazing, but yeah. I admire that about you!) AND SHVEINSHTEIGAAAAAH. THIS POST IS FULL OF AWESOME.

I walked around my house for a couple of days all "SHVEINSHTEIGAAAH. Bastian SHVEINSHTEIGAAAH!" and now my dad lolz every time I say it. And he felt the need to inform me that there was something about him in the paper today. He called Basti my new friend, lololol. I've also become quite fond of Poldi's face in the last couple of weeks. IDEK. *hands*

RAY RAY APPROVES. And he'd most definitely make an inappropriate comment about you being sore!

LOVE LOVE LOVE.

[modillian.livejournal.com]

Awww, new boy. :)

GO GO GERMAN TEAM! Mostly I just enjoy picspams of them though, I am not a very deep fan. :P