And to your favourite song
We sang along to the start of forever.
June 30
Music
It all started with a Dolce vita playlist on the way to McPom, green on the left, fields on the right, poppies and fresh tomatoes, strawberries, potatoes and corn, and lakes and trucks. There was also the surf chill playlist for the evening campfire because the guitar/ukulele is just right.
Surprisingly, the summer rewind playlist was created for me by the superpower Spotify.
Movie
Germany:Denmark was a personal disappointment, predictable but still disappointing, plus an undeserving, frustrating England:Slovakia, and a predictable, okay Spain:Georgia.
Thrilled by Becoming Karl Lagerfeld (hugely disappointed by Andy Warhol's caricature).
I swear that Kaulitz and Kaulitz was a trip toward taste aberration, which doesn't happen anymore. But I mean, they are likeable, the twins, the mice, but unfortunately it doesn't appeal to me. Nevertheless: "Team Georg".
Robot Dreams is at the top of the list. Just like open-air movies in general, if the sun is shining.
Other Inspirations
A drive through Brandenburg could have its charm, in the sense of letting your mind wander and chugging along behind the trucks. But it can also massively increase your stress levels when you suddenly have colleagues in the car with whom you have very little private contact. That's exhausting. Moving house at 35 degrees also drains your energy, even if it definitely has a lot of positive aspects!
Highly recommended: Sunrises on the canal with fantastic friends!
July 1
Omg, it's already July.
Music
Mhmm, is it the weather? Is it the lack of energy due to too much soccer? I can't say, but a lot (!) of time is spent on podcasts/comedy programs/documentaries. So not much more than with soccer, that's just out of proportion. Urlaub, Urlaub in Italy!
And fell asleep with the 3 Fragezeichen for the first time in a long, long, long time.
Movie
I AM SO! SORRY: Sorry, but France:Belgium was a tragedy. But nothing beats the embarrassment of the Portugal:Slovenia game. I really wonder where these emotions come from because I COULD JUST FUCKING GIVE A FUCK; but they are there. Stupid UEFA. I'd rather drink soda in an outdoor movie theater. Question: Where does this style come from now, movies about the older woman who is independent, divorced, and has children, but then falls in love with a guy who is the same age as her daughter. Where does that come from, Nicole Kidman? Anne Hathaway? Explanation, please!
Other Inspirations
Aww, we had a great podcast recording, that was really fun. And my short movie may be one step closer to being finished.
July 2
Music
Stick with it. Maybe I should record a soccer podcast after the fact, BECAUSE I'M STILL SAD: Or maybe it's just the weather.
The Conon O Brien episode with Werner Herzog is great fun and very inspiring.
And I'm starting to like the audio stream of the European Championship more than watching the games on TV.
Movie
Romania:Netherlands sends the dejected Romanians home, but they shouldn't hang their heads and MAN WHAT A GAME!!!! WAS IT TURKEY:AUSTRIA PLEASE?
Go Turkye!!! That was really fun.
Other Inspirations
Man, can't it really be summer now?
And friends who actively support you in things that you simply can't do on your own are quite a treasure in life. And the fact that we now have a 2-day break from soccer is only good for our health.
July 3
Nope, man. When it's gray, do I just stay in bed?!
Music
Starts with Bömchen and Lulu. Nothing productive, a bit of podcast here, a bit of comedy there, but very indecisive.
Movie
A fantastic documentary with Margaret Cho, Eddie Izzard, Todd Glass, Richard Pryor, Sandra Bernhard - Out Standing, about gay/queer comedians.
Other Inspirations
No soccer means simply recharging the batteries, a bit of yoga here, a bit of ukulele there, early to bed.
4th of July
Happy 4th of July!
Music
Yeah yeah yeah music! Due to the rumor that Paramore is Taylor Swift's opening act (19 days to go) good old Into You, followed by Panic! at the Disco and the Rock n Roll Playlist and the GbR Song lecker Bierchen, or is that now a new discovery - Fun, Fun, Fun and Led Zepplin is also back on the list and to make the mix really colorful a bit of Erobique.
Movie
Stand Out is of course the answer to the documentary and has a very colorful variety of jokes.
Other Inspirations
In the hope that the European Championship won't leave me without a purpose and that summer will finally come and I'll quit and become a WOMBATS walker.
Nice to see you next week.
Bussi Baba,