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neeterloveschenford · 3 years ago

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Thoughts on RNM 3x12 and 3x13

And now we are at the end. I actually took off work today because I knew I wouldn't be able to sleep and I wanted to have all day to write my review. (Obviously I needed it.) There were good and bad things. I am less annoyed today than I was last night. But there are still so many things that could have been done better in these two episodes. So I did things a bit different this time. I've got my list of things I liked and a list of things I didn't like. Followed by my feelings on what could have been done to make things a little more coherent. So here we go folks. Let's dive right in!

Likes:

I really loved the Alex/Max talk. I would like to see more of them together. They understand each other, just like Liz and Michael understand each other. Also, I never knew I needed the word handana in my vocabulary. But I did and now I will spend the rest of my life using it as often as I can.

How Max quiets the noises for Liz. The parallels between Echo and Malex this season. They are really leaning into the cosmic soulmate connections.

How respectful Kyle is of Isobel and Anatse. He understands that his feelings are his and he can’t project that onto Isobel. When she finally realizes her feelings, it’s going to be all the sweeter for her to know that he’s waited on her to catch up to him.

I love the relationship between Isobel and Maria. I don’t care what anyone says. The sisterhood between them is very special. I still have my problems with Maria, but she’s been so much better this season. It gives me hope for next season.

Same for both ladies' relationship with Rosa. I love how much all the ladies love and support each other.

The Malex bunker scene. To me, this is their new place. Both times they’ve been here this season they have communicated with each other and came to a place of understanding and support. I just love how much they’ve grown. And Michael worrying that Alex wouldn’t love him if he killed Jones just about broke my heart. They’re just everything to each other and I am completely here for it!

Isobel made a great OR nurse. The faith that she has in Kyle is wonderful. No wonder he’s falling in love with her.

Max’s brain probably is pretty boring. Jones is always there with the perfect burn. That’s why I’m going to miss him so much!

I know that everyone is going to bash Maria, but I don’t hate the fact that she figured out Kyle has feelings for Iz. I like the fact that they are friends. I wish we could have more friendship moments between all of them.

I also don’t have a problem with the fact that Maria was the one who found Michael. No one else had a clue where Jones had taken him, so it would have taken even more time for them to figure out where he was at, meaning he could have possibly bled out. So I’m good with it. There was no hint of Miluca. It was all about getting to Alex for Michael and Maria only had appropriate concern for a friend that was bleeding out in front of her. So I think it worked. Deal with it.

I loved the fact that it took Jones stabbing Michael to get anything out of him. That’s how strong Michael is. If he wasn’t such a psychopath, I think Jones would be quite proud of him. Even pushing his buttons with Nora he couldn’t break him with just his mental powers. I love how we are finally seeing how incredibly powerful Michael really is.

I want to know more about the triads on Oasis. Jones had one. So does that mean that everyone on the Oasis was part of a triad? If so, is this sort of like something that keeps the Oasians sane? Did they have to be in a triad for mental health reasons? Perhaps it’s kind of like what we would consider a healthy family dynamic here on earth. I am currently obsessed with how the Scandinavian countries are always the happiest countries in the world. And a lot of the articles I’ve read about it say that it’s because they put a focus on family and community that we haven’t had here in the states for many years. So maybe the triad is a way to promote happiness, family and community? I don't know. Kind of makes sense though.

I love the fact that after the pod squad saved Kyle, Eduardo, and Heath, Isobel cuddled Kyle along with Michael. Girl really needs to realize she has feelings for him too!

We can keep the pep talks with Kyle. He’s the wisest person on this show and everyone would live long happy lives if they would just listen to him.

I am kind of obsessed with how Max always uses Alex to get Michael to listen to him when he’s talking about Liz. They are leaning so hard into the cosmic soulmates angle. I love it. In all honestly, I’m kind of pissed we’re not getting some kind of soulmark story out of this!

I’m going to need Kyle to dance to Shania every single episode from here on out.

The second wisest person in Roswell is Rosa. Everyone should also listen to her. Must be a Valenti trait.

I don’t much care for Echo, but that was a super sweet moment between them. I love that they finally brought back the memory of Liz sharing her earbud with Max when they were kids. And it’s cool that that is the thing that allowed Liz to know which Max was Max.

Yay Alex to finally save the day! And it totally cracked me up that he tased him right when Jones and Max switched again.

And no, I do not have a problem with Maria throwing the sword to Isobel. She is the only other person who is genetically capable of touching it.

I think it was interesting that Jones grabbed Max’s head with his glowing hands. Is a part of him in Max now? Just enough to make him more interesting next season? We can only hope.

The coat is back. The coat is back! THE COAT IS BACK!!!!!! I really like that brown jacket of Michael’s with the sheepskin collar and that beautiful embroidery on the front. I have missed that thing all season long. It was one of the only things that made me happy in s2. He looks amazing in it. And he was wearing it when Alex met him at the pony when Michael needed to talk about his mom and that Sanders was Walt. That would also be one of the few things that brought me joy last season.

Isobel is still the second biggest Malex shipper in all of Roswell. She is only eclipsed by Sanders.

I am still a little bummed that there was no kiss or I love you in front of Jesse’s statue, but the removal of the handana and the walking down main street holding hands was just chef’s kiss. God, I love these two so very very much! And this was such an important step for them. Sure being together at the pony is a statement, but if anyone gave them any trouble Maria would throw them out. By starting their forever away from their loved ones where anyone can see them they are telling the world that they are not afraid of what the future may hold. It was a very special moment.

It was super cool to see Shiri. I wonder if she’s going to be recurring next season. If so, that would be excellent. Now we just need Nick Wechsler to take a turn on the show. Majandra and Brendan can stay tf away with their crappy attitudes. (Which amuses me because they were my favorites from the OG. I actually watched CSI Miami for a minute cause he was on it briefly.) And who is this potential Tess character? I am intrigued. I know it’s not actually Tess. From what I understand she and Nasado were original characters to the OG series and they can’t use them because of copyright issues. That’s why “Tess” is always a person they went to school with that they mention but is never seen. But she can still cause lots of mayhem like Tess did. Hey, I wonder if that’s supposed to be Bonnie? Maybe she and Clyde were the ones that Jones woke up with the Lockhart machine! That’d make sense why they would be part of Michael’s story next season. They served the dictator and now that he’s gone, they are trying to be in league with his son.

Dislikes:

So were the three coffins supposed to be Michael, Dallas, and Eduardo? Or were they supposed to be Max, Isobel and Michael? I wish they had never done this storyline. Either that or had made it the actual storyline for the season. Once again they tried to cram too much plot into 13 episodes. At least this time it was like 5 plots instead of 27. Still better than s2.

It annoyed me that Isobel let Jones make her doubt Liz so easily. She knows all Liz cared about this season was saving Max and Maria.

Listen Jones. You need to leave Sanders be. Also, can someone go check on him? Did Maria?

There were a lot of pep talks this episode. Possibly two or ten too many? Especially since Liz and Heath had like five. I think they could have maybe kept it at two and then given us another Malex moment and lengthened the ones we did get.

I really wanted to see Alex do something besides poke at the Lockhart machine.

Why did we have the Frozen Mo’s talk with Heath? I know we had a lot of Echo, but that really should not have been something Liz confided to Heath. He’s boring and I only want him to live because it would upset Dallas if he didn’t.

I do not understand why we had Jones learning that Michael loves Alex more than anything if he never does anything to threaten Alex. Especially if he was going to die at the end. I don’t get it. Does anyone out there get it? If so, can you explain it to me? This was pointless if there wasn’t going to be any interaction between them. Yes, an injured Michael did rush to Deep Sky to give him the Lockhart machine to protect Alex. But still. Waste of plot if you ask me.

And of course we had to have another Harry Potter reference. Look, the first movie I ever saw in a theater was Return of the Jedi. It started an extremely long obsession with Star Wars. I grew up with it. I don’t think I could count the number of times I’ve seen Empire Strikes Back. It will forever be my favorite movie. But even after almost 40 years of being obsessed with something, I don’t use as many Star Wars references as these people use Harry Potter. It’s getting a little old y’all.

Yes, Eduardo. Jones can bend a bullet five times in a row. He can bend a bullet a billion times in a row.

Why does a super secret research facility only have one ultrasound machine?

Why are 7 or 8 year olds listening to Sledgehammer? I was 7 or 8 when this song came out and I hated it until I was an adult. I thought the music video was cool, but I would never listen to the song if it wasn’t on mtv.

When we finally get a present day I love you from Malex, it better be the most epic thing that we’ve ever seen. Seriously.

How did Jones know the bats would show up? Also, how did Michael and Alex not remember the bats would show up? There was a whole episode about dead bats. I talked about the grossness of dead bats extensively when I reviewed that episode. How could they forget about the bats?!?

Why was Alex the only one who didn’t show up for the final showdown? I think it is really ridiculous that he wasn’t there. Or at least give us a reason that he wasn’t. Gives us a line about how he has to do something at Deep Sky that is crucial to their plan working. Anything. It doesn’t have to make sense. I have hand waved most of the science things this season. I could do it one more time. Make it make sense!!!

I hate that Jones is dead. I love him. He’s the best villain we’ve had. I’m sure we’ll get some flashbacks with Jones down the road. Especially since Michael is supposed to learn more about their home planet next season. But I’m going to miss his snarkiness.

Why is the timeline on this show always so wonky? It hasn’t been 15 years, people. Where can I apply to be the fact checker for this show? They are in obvious need of one.

I’m not going to speculate about the lack of Tyler in these two episodes. If it was because of covid or his anxiety, it’s frankly none of our business. I hate it when people speculate about celebrities' health. I’ve always hated it, but it bugs me even more since I started working in the medical insurance business. Mind your own beeswax people. That said, it’s kind of unreal how they can’t write things in a way that would explain why certain people are not where they are expected to be. If Alex was not going to be on the frontline of defeating Jones, it would be because he was doing something vital to that defeat somewhere else. If that had been addressed, then we all would have been able to handle it a lot better. I think if we were to ask Chris, then he would have said, “Oh yeah, Alex was at Deep Sky doing this and that.” And I ‘m sure that he was, but you can’t just expect us to make that assumption. At the pony, Isobel asked where Alex was. Michael told her that Alex and Eduardo were trying to figure out if Jones had actually sent a message with the Lockhart machine. That made sense. We knew why he wasn’t there and were informed that they were meeting up later for their first date. See, not that hard.

Final Thoughts:

I know I have a lot of dislike with these two episodes. I feel like we had so much good buildup with eps 8, 9, and 10, that we got ripped on the Malex front with 12 and 13. We had two beautiful moments, but we could have had so much more. I mean we had like 10 Echo moments. And I know that they are the main ship and that Malex were already back together, but they really need to spread the wealth a little bit.

All in all though, this season was a HUGE improvement over last season. It’s by far my favorite. And going into s4 we will have no lingering Carina ideas to deal with. (I am squarely blaming the whole Wyatt thing on her. She is, after all, the one who wrote 3x01.) So let the debating and theorizing begin! Hope y’all that are new to the fandom stick around. We are a total and complete mess sometimes, but this little crazy fandom got me through the worst of the pandemic. I don't know what I would have done if I hadn’t had you lovely people to flail about Malex with. So until s4, I bid you adieu! Happy hiatus and may it never last as long as the last one did ever again!!!

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polishgene · 5 years ago

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My Bad Coffee Travel Guide

There’s something incredibly reliable about good coffee shops. My own dependability on decent barista coffee is similar to that of a heroin addict relying on their drug dealer.

Yes, I say that, because not getting the right coffee can seriously ruin my day. And people who know what I mean, know what I mean.

So what’s so difficult about getting good coffee when you’re far from home?

For me personally, there are three relatively annoying barriers to live with:

One:

I’m not into black coffee and I don’t drink milk that came from a cow’s tit (how did we only just realise this isn’t natural?!)

Two:

I can tell good coffee beans from the bad a mile off.

This means I need access to a skilled barista who knows how to source good coffee beans and process them correctly as well as appreciates that silly milk alternatives such as soy, coconut or pea (nice try Sproud, but you’re not quite there) are simply not acceptable. They change the taste of coffee. Unsweetened oat (yes, I’m looking at you, Oatly Barista) is a good alternative - it doesn’t get in the way of coffee. Simple.

Three:

I want to sit down to drink my coffee.

That one may need a bit of explaining. What can I say, I just like to sit down and feel it sink in and stir that God-sent buzz into my blood. I don’t care to run along with a herd of angry commuters, not before I had my fix.

Yes, I’m that much hard work. And the sit down requirement stands in conflict to the previous two goals. The God Of Caffeinated People knows that if you manage to get a perfect oat latte, you’re most likely in a very busy cafe.

(decaffeinated growl)

Nevertheless, in 2019 all this fussiness can seem carefully marketed to.

I mean, all over the globe coffee culture is being taken to absolute extremes hitting an all time high with recent nitro cold brew and what not.

But let me tell ya. Having travelled a fair bit in the last two years whilst often working from cafes I feel I could write a book about bad coffee experiences.

The good ones? They’re good. You get your fix, lift your spirits and on with your day. It’s the bad ones you remember because for some reason they really f*** with you.

So here’s my completely biased and selected at random Bad Coffee Travel Guide. Here I go.

1. Surprisingly, there’s no bad coffee in Norway

This came much to my surprise but perhaps the best overall coffee experience I had was in Oslo and Bergen. Something about the seemingly cold, neat and annoyingly healthy Norwegians makes them perfect coffee addicts.

No matter how hard I tested the nordic coffee scene, I just could not get bad coffee in Bergen. And it’s not an insignificant detail that they have a way of pampering you with their waffles. It’s one thing to eat a delicious, warm norwegian waffle (whilst admiring the perfectly erect posture of your nordic barista). It’s quite another to be able to make one yourself, which I came across in a couple of cafes in Norway and wept with pleasure.

Fussy decaffeinated customer experience: 10/10

2. Obviously, there’s no bad coffee in Italy

We all hate Italy. It’s basically a country which has everything and one does struggle to think of a single reason why they shouldn’t just drop everything and move to Tuscany, or Puglia, or Veneto, or…

But if you are looking for reasons not to move to Italy (other than grown-up ones such as crime rates) quite possibly the hardest one will be coffee. They make espressos taste like mother’s milk and paint the gentle foam on top of each unmistakable cup with the finesse of Michaelangelo.

I tried catching the Italians off guard by ordering coffee in petrol stations, at busy airports or very near the northern borders. But no luck. Their coffee is so good, I prefer it in an espresso or alongato so I can savour it. And if I want my afternoon cappuccino, I don’t even mind a bit cow milk.

In Italy, I’m not even fussy anymore. They’re that good. It’s super annoying.

Fussy decaffeinated customer experience: 11/10

3. There’s almost no bad coffee in New York

To decrease your chances of getting a baddie in NYC, go Brooklyn. Brooklyn feels almost like the home of most of this world’s baristas so it’s no wonder I didn’t even have to ask. I just walked in and the person behind the coffee machine would just start making my coffee. They knew.

But even if you stay in Manhattan, you’re likely to be wowed: the Japanese themed, the minimalist, the artsy, the functional - whatever tickles your reusable mug.

The only annoying aspect of coffee drinking in New York is the price. No, it’s not actually $6,30 because you have to add a 20% tip. And no, it’s not an option, they make sure you feel like a d*** if you just give them a smiley face. And I hope you’re not hungry as that microscopic cinnamon bun might drive the final tag up to $12. And given that Norway, one of the most expensive countries in the world (especially when it comes to food) opened the list, this should hurt even more.

Get a day job, NYC.

Love you though!

Fussy decaffeinated customer experience: 9/10

4. There’s some bad coffee etiquette in London

I love London, me and her have a very special relationship. And there are some amazing cafes and coffee companies that make it really hard to get bad coffee. This applies especially to East London and Soho, but really you can dictate a pretty high standard throughout zones 1 and 2.

What I find difficult to live with sometimes is how tiny a lot of cafes are and how overcrowded they get. Somehow, if you go to a nice cafe anywhere else in the world you’ll be able to walk inside without shrugging your shoulders up against your body like a bobsledder.

Not in London though! The general expectation is: slide in, try not to breathe too closely to anyone, get your coffee and get out. Forget sitting down. And that takes a lot of joy out of coffee drinking.

But try Tap Coffee, Kaffeine, Italo or Story Coffee for an unmistakably sublime London finish and possibly even a seat.

Fussy decaffeinated customer experience level: 8/10

5. There’s some adorable coffee in Portugal

I know that some people would talk about France, and I do love dunking a croissant in my coffee, I’ll give them that. But for me Portugal does it better. Something about the size and choice of vessels (love having a small latte in a simple, thin glass!) as well as the pastry selection makes it extremely difficult to complain about.

The price of coffee in Portugal is an additional bonus. It’s as if someone had recognised espresso machine coffee as a very basic, if life-enhancing, commodity that should not be restricted to busy bodies and hipsters. In Portugal, the time you spend sipping on your tiny yet satisfying cafe au leche is unlimited.

The only “but”, which probably doesn’t even apply to that many people, is that the Portuguese don’t really care about pleasing the more refined taste buds. Unless you seek out an artisan cafe, you basically get what you get. It’s good coffee but on the whole it won’t knock your socks off like the Italian juice.

Oh, and forget about vegan milk in a real Portugese caf. They don’t give a sh** about that nonsense.

Fussy decaffeinated customer experience level: 7/10

6. LA doesn’t care that much about coffee

There’s a lot to be said about why living in LA doesn’t require that much coffee. First of all, there’s so much sun and jogging and freshly squeezed juices and kombucha on tap that a primitive caffeine fix is just not that essential. The it girl that trots around East Village with a paper coffee cup will swap it for a beetroot-celery-apple-ginger juice whilst she’s longboarding in Venice Beach.

And sure enough, I didn’t pay that much attention to coffee in LA. There was just so much else to do. Yet still, I don’t remember getting any noticeably bad coffee in LA.... well maybe apart from the one in Universal Studios canteen. But that only proves the point - if you’re shooting an exciting new series surrounded by industry top dogs (which - let me make it clear - I was not doing, I was taken around on a friendly tour), you don’t need perfect coffee.

You’re on a pretty sweet natural high!

Fussy decaffeinated customer experience level: 6/10

7. I don’t care about coffee in Cape Town

Coffee culture has a way of mirroring gentrification. If you’re in an ungentrified area in a city and come across an outlet with a bit of scandinavian interior design, thick wooden tables or recycled furniture as well as a shiny new cadillac-of-an-espresso-machine, you feel safer. It’s strange to find that in a place such as Cape Town, as remote and “ethnically complicated” as they come and yet delivering the perfect vegan froth at the snap of your fingers.

So yes, although they are scarce and make you feel a bit like you’re trying to stay in your european bubble, you can find nice and often worky cafes in Cape Town. But why the hell would you want to go there, when you’re also surrounded by so much beauty and adventure.

Take a coffee detox in Cape Town and hike up and down Table Mountain instead. Or drive up and down the coast and watch one of the most spectacular sunsets on earth!

Fussy decaffeinated customer experience level: 5/10

8. There’s some amazing coffee in Warsaw

Warsaw, my beloved hometown, has a difficult relationship with coffee. On the one hand, like everything in Poland it’s saturated with mainstream brands and coffee corporations. The first Polish cafe chain Coffee Heaven was bought out by Costa Coffee (insert puke emoji) and the more sophisticated Green Coffee was turned into Nero. This of course killed of most of the character that these independent Polish brands managed to create in their heart-warming outlets.

On the other hand, since approx 2015, smaller and more locally targeted cafes have been popping up all over the place. And most of them keep a fantastic standard of beans and make all sorts of coffee making techniques available to the general public. So I implore you to skip on Nero and try the likes of Cophi, Coffee Desk or Relaks.

Fussy decaffeinated customer experience level: 4/10

9. There is way too much bad coffee in Oxford

For a town hosting so much poignant brain power, Oxford has still a lot to learn when it comes to serving good coffee. It’s no secret that most English people are more into pubs than cafes and fair enough. But I seriously doubt that all those international scholars, prima sort professors and MBA high flyers run on builder’s tea alone.

Oxford simply has much more potential for great coffee experience - a well run cofee joint will immediately find customers. That’s why it’s disappointing that there are only a couple of decent joints scattered around it’s Harry Potteresque streets.

But you can prove me wrong - please send me your Oxford coffee list!

Fussy decaffeinated customer experience level: 3/10

10. There’s plenty of really bad coffee in Switzerland

I love Switzerland. The efficiency, the timely trains, the impeccable landshafts. Your mind can truly be at rest as the Swiss are taking care of everything. And yet, I dare say it does not apply to coffee.

Sure, you can find perfectly crafted cafes in Zurich, it is after all an extremely affluent Eauropean capital. But venture out anywhere and coffee turns into something resembling something a friend of mine compares to “milled mammoth bones brew”.

Why oh why, Switzerland?!

Fussy decaffeinated customer experience level: 2/10 Now, there’s really no need to venture out anywhere that goes below 2/10, unless of course you’re having the adventure of a lifetime and coffee is beside the point. But if, like me, you need the taste of a perfectly crafted coffee to feel grounded and complete at your destination, there’s no need to go there.

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wolfhourr · 7 years ago

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100 questions

I was bored af and tried to do these questions.

1. Is a kiss considered cheating? ya.

2. Have you ever faked an orgasm? Not one I could think of

3. If you could have one superpower, what would it be? probably flying

4. Do you think you are going to be rich in 7-8-9 years? hopefullyyyyy

5. Tell us some funny drunk story. Oh my god I know so many but a bunch of friends and I were celebrating midsummer and we had this wooden cross which we’d decorate with branches and flowers and one of my friends (he’s got long wavy hair) stole my flower crown and carried that cross halfway home through half of the town we live in and it was like half past 1 in the morning and the people on the streets were shouting ‘oh my god it’s Jesus’ all the time and that was freaking hilarious

6. Why are you no longer together with your ex? long distance isn’t cool

7. If you had to choose one way to die, what would it be? I don’t think of shit like this often but I’d like to have it quick and simple

8: What are your current goals? becoming a pro in photography (concerts mainly) and drone videography (basically shooting aerial footage for music videos and movies, that would be the most rad thing)

9. Do you like someone? I actually like a lot of people

10. Who was the last person to disappoint you? ugh, there are a few people who do that frequently but mostly band members

11. Do you like your body? parts.

12. Can you keep a diet? Nope I’m pretty weak regarding food

13. If the whole world listened to you right now, what would you say? Stop fucking killing each other and try to love everyone regardless of their origin or religion or sexuality or views

14. Do you work? I study Scandinavian Studies but I’ll be working as an aupair in Finland starting in August 2017

15. If you could choose only one food to eat for the rest of you life, what would it be? This is the toughest freaking question anyone has ever asked

16. Would you get a tattoo? I actually have 5

17. Something you don’t mind spending all your money on? concerts, cameras, things that make me genuinely happy

18. Can you drive? what? A car? A person insane? Like a fucking champ

19. When was the last time someone told you you were beautiful? my best friend aka Julienne that gorgeous shining bean

20. What was the last thing you cried for? my dad being my dad

21. Do you keep a journal? I have a scrapbook where I put random little things like receipts from vacations or stuff like that in and I also print out mini photos for it

22. Is life fun? What kind of question is this? Life’s an up and down

23. Is farting in front of people irrelevant? as long as they don’t hear it and you can smell it away

24. What’s your dream car? VW Golf R in metallic dark blue

25. Are grades in school important? As long as you don’t fail the class entirely or get kicked out of school it’s fine. Grades are so fucking overrated these days

26. Describe your crush. Ahahahaha he’s suuuuch a dork, especially whenever he’s drunk haha no but seriously he’s a dork and he get’s pretty touchy then

27. What was the last book/movie that really impressed you? uhh, can’t rememberrrr

28. What was your last lie? I really don’t lie often but maybe I said I wasn’t feeling well just to avoid going out with some friends

29. Dumbest lie you ever told? I think there are a lot of dumb things I told so I can’t really think of one specifically right now

30. Is crying in front of people embarrassing? depends on the people but generally yes even though it shouldn’t be

31. Something you did and you are proud of? my photographs of band members

32. Favorite cocktail? Not tasted all of em but I love Mojitos

33. Something you are good at? sleeping, eating, taking photos, being dumb

34. Do you like small kids? depends on the kids

35. How are you feeling right now? stuffed with lunch and tired but generally fine because life’s good

36. What would you name your daughter/son? daughter: Ebba son: Heinz-Ewald!

37. What do you need to be happy? music, positive vibes and photography

38. Is there someone you want to punch in the face right now? I’m a very non-violent person so nope.. maybe Trump tho

39. What was the last gift you received? my grandma bought me a new handbag yesterday and it’s fabulous

40. What was the last gift you gave? frozen flavoured water to my beloved Fachschaft

41. What was the last concert you went to? A Finnish band called ‘Wake The Nations’, I had the pleasure to take pics for them there hehe

42. Favorite place to shop at? C&A, H&M

43. Who inspires you? Sawyer Hartmann & Logan Henderson, actually a lot more human beings

44. How old were you when you first got drunk? I’m pretty good with alcohol so I have to drink a ton to get drunk and I’m a poor student so basically I was 20 (and I still am 20 lol)

45. How old were you when you first got high? never got there

46. How old were you when you first had sex? never got there either

47. When was your first kiss? 2013 lol

48. Something you want to do until the end of this year? staying in Finland haha

49. Is there something in the past you wish you hadn’t done? A lot of embarrassing things honestly

50. Post a selfie there are photos of me on this blog come on

51. Who are you most comfortable around? my best friends of course!

52. Name one thing that terrifies you. insects

53. What kind of books do you read? none honestly

54. What would you tell your 12 year old self? “Nick Jonas won’t marry you and never fall for boys, they won’t value your good heart”

55. What is your favorite flower? white roses

56. Any bad habits you have? I have many, can’t choose

57. What kind of people are you attracted to? ugh, I deffo don’t have a specific type of person, it really strongly depends on the person. It can be the metalhead in one of the other Fachschaften and it also can be the hot model or the mysterious musician whose head is in the clouds 99% of the time. As long as the person treats me right and isn’t suuuuuper weird it really can be anyone.

58. What was the last thing you cried for? didn’t we have that question already

59. Is there something you don’t eat? Some food that truly disgusts you? Yaaaaa. I hate mushrooms, any sort of fish, snails, insects, basically all that stuff that Germans don’t eat, and oh yeah we have that thing called blood sausage here which is the most awful thing ever

60. Are you in love? all the time

61. Something you find romantic? lying in the grass at night time staring into the sky and talking is something I wanna do with someone special

62. How long was your longest relationship? 6 months? long distance I mentioned that

63. What are three things that irritate you about the same sex? - why do girls bath their faces in tons of make up EVERY SINGLE DAY like I don’t even wear more than mascara EVER - why do girls have to be so disgusting when it comes to public toilets and stuff - arrogance

64. What are three things that irritate you about the opposite sex? - superior behavior - beards - can’t think of the third rn

65. What are you saving money for? for my further studies in October 2018

66. How would you describe your bad side? bad..?

67. Are you actually a good person? Why? I always try to be nice to people and approach them without any prejudice and I try to make people feel good in my presence

68. What are you living for? music and photography haha

69. Have you ever done anything illegal? I parked illegally a couple times lol

70. Do you like your body? check out question 11

71. Have you ever made someone feel bad about themselves intentionally? I strongly hope I haven’t

72. Ever sent nudes? lmao nope

73. Have you ever cheated on someone? In my mindddddd lol

74. Favorite candy? Ferrero Rocher. I’d die for them.

75. Is there a blog you visit every day or almost every day? Tag it! nopeeee I’m sorry I’m lame

76. Do you play any computer games? What’s your favorite? I used to play Rollercoaster Tycoon and Sims 2-4 a loooooot

77. Favorite TV series? Riverdale!!!! And the old German series ‘Wege zum Glück’ which is such a soap opera but I’m a sucker for it still

78. Are you religious? Does God exist? There have been so many “coincidences” that make it hard to believe he isn’t existent. And also there’s so much positive stuff in my life right now, I think he led me where I am right now.

79. What was the last book you read? Did it impress you and why? I read a Swedish book from Henning Mankell about murders and it was cool

80. What do you think about vegetarianism/veganism? everyone is allowed to eat what they want, I don’t even careee

81. How long have you been on tumblr? since 2011/12, not sure

82. Do you like Chinese food? every now and then, yes.

83. McDonalds or Subway? Megges!

84. Vodka or whiskey? V!

85. Alcohol or drugs? only done alcohol so that’s it for me

86. Ever been out of your province/state/country? of course!!!

87. Meaning behind your blog name? it’s my favorite song by the Swedish band called ‘DNKL’

88. What are you scared of? not finding someone to spend the rest of my life with

89. Last time you were insulted? I tend to suppress things like this

90. Most traumatic experience? being taken away from my grandparents regularly when I was young

91. Perfect date idea? it has to do with sunsets and the ocean

92. Favorite app on your phone? Instagrammmmm

93. What color are the walls in your room? white

94. Do you watch Youtube? Who is your favorite youtuber? I love the vlogs from Lex&Los and I am obsessed with the videos of the Swabian comedian Dodokay.

95. Share your favorite quote. boy there are so many I can’t even come up with one right now

96. What is the meaning of life? finding that one passion and doing everything to live that passion every day

97. Do you like horror movies? N O P E

98. Have you ever made your mum cry? What happened? probably my birth has made her cry at some point

99. Do you feel lucky or special in a way? the way some bandmembers treat me is truly something special hehe yes

100. Can you keep a secret? for sure!

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