so - i just watched the 10th episode of DOLLHOUSE - i am pretty sure you have heard about the show. its from BUFFY's Joss Whedon, with Eliza Dushku starring as a Doll - and no - i will not repeat a description of the whole idea behind the show because i am not wikipedia - if you don't know what its about - go there and find out or stop reading this entry because it will be primarily about it.

my god - its a stand alone episode

watching the trailer 2 weeks ago (yeah - don't even get me started on the one week hiatus the show had to take because FOX decided they prefer airing a REPEAT episode of prison break last week, but whatever) - i felt kinda worried. why? because it was pretty clear that this episode would be another stand-alone one .. and yeah - to be honest - the stand alones were pretty .. meh - up to now. the show was pretty strong when it was about the mystery behind the dollhouse and alpha - but the standalones - no - didn't like them THAT much.

but wow - this episode really nailed it. of course - the idea behind it sounded pretty lame. A woman was killed at the beginning and afterwords brought back as an imprint of echo - y? because she was a friend of Adelle and kind-a paranoid. So - she visited her funeral (who wouldn't wanna do THAT.. rofl) and than started to investigate her own murder.

sounds lame - it really does - but it turned out so well. Visiting her miserable family and being forced to see what they really thought of her - was great. best moment of the episode for me - when she had a conversation with her son (in echos body) and than her son thought she was hitting on him and flat-on kissed her - which caused her to nearly puke right into his face.

i really laughed like hell - and the rest of the drama worked well as well - the final twist - didn't even see it coming at the end.

i just found one

the melli/november and fbi agent storyline is always great - because most of the time, it works in its own little universe. the revelation of the last episode was, of course, earth-.shattering. he now knows that she is a doll programmed to find out how much he knows about the dollhouse - and he has to keep up the facade because otherwise he will be killed - which leads to really interesting scenes. but with the season (and possibly series) finale coming up, these won't play out that long

tophers special day

you know - i really don't like topher. i find the character or the actor (i am still not sure) pretty irritating. but this week, his storyline was great. he told Boyd that he'd need a doll for some kind of tests and he gave him Sierra - which he later imprinted with some kind of "best friend"-personality. they played, had fun, all normal stuff. later on, Boyd reports him to Adelle, thats when we as viewers realize that she is aware of the situation, but is giving him his special day (it seems to be his birthday) - because loneliness never helps in any situation. i think i can't exactly find the words for it - but i thought this little b-storyline really worked well

of course not everything is perfect, stupid

yeah - sure, there are hardly perfect episodes and this one is no exception - echos new handler really is a problem for me. not only do we hardly see him (i think he wasn't even in the episode) - which seems kinda strange when we think about the amount of screentime Boyd had, when he filled that position. but there was another problem in this particular episode - i hope this doesn't sound racist and stuff - but the first moment i saw the husband of the woman who was murdered - i thought that was echos handler . even later on, i was still not sure - which of course, seems rather stupid and side-by-side, they may differ a lot - but this didn't really work for me.

the ratings suck ass

yeah - and finally - i have to talk about the ratings, because they really really suck, omg. thinking running behind Terminator:SCC would be worse - now seems like a golden age of prime time - my god, prison break really tore down the night, barely scratching the 3 mio mark. of course, this is still not an excuse for Dollhouse to not be able to stand on its own feet - at least a bit. the episode had about 3 mio viewers which marks a new low - and to be honest - i don't see how fox could renew the show for another season :-/

so, these was my little rant about the episode - love you all :)
i always try to be my best ;-)

so - its me again. i thought it was about time to write something in here again. i mean its not like my live has changed or anything - i am still doing my internship - which i really like. i have learned so much there - it has been 2 month last week but i feel like i have learned more than in the 5 semesters of my studies.. but on the other hand, its pretty stressful. i always thought that i am a person who likes stress - and i really do. i like to organize things, i really like to feel like working - but you know - i am working as an internet-programmer - so there actually is not a lot of "organizing" going on - i am programming most of the time, which i like and stuff, but i am not really sure if this is really the stuff i'd like to do for the next 10 years or so..

but whutever - last weekend, my flatmate and me bought some new shelves at Ikea for our own little "bar" - i really like it a lot. these walls always felt abandoned ... now i only have to get rid of this huge desk  *g*

yeah - thats it for today - i did drink some baileys before writing this so please excuse mistakes or sudden change of themes :)

love you guys, xoxo ;-)

well - couple of weeks ago, someone on my twitter account told me, that i should read WATCHMEN - and after all the hype from the movie, i went along and bought the graphic novel, not expecting anything because - frankly i had no idea what it was about and i had no idea, how credible the hype from the comic-geek-fanbase really was.

well - i just finished it and to some it up - it was a great experience after all. this is not a typical comic book - it is a miniseries consisting of 12 chapters (which are, of course, available as one book) which has a distinct beginning and ending.

its not like the xmen or spiderman comics, where you have this whole universe of story you should know about - there are these 12 chapters and thats it. which is kind-of intriguing- knowing that it has an ending takes the pressure of submitting yourself to another ongoing series. 



and well - right now, i am kind of sad that the story is over. the book was great, with a lot of twists and turns, great characters and a surprising story. so - guess what. now i am kind of sad that it was just a miniseries and that the story was not continued.

sure, the story has an ending, but not everybody dies, but of course, continuing the WATCHMEN would just take the originality the miniseries has had for years.

so - now i am really looking forward to the movie - i hope they'll release the dvd in the near future because i have to see it :)

so - lately i had one of those stupid dreams again where i was out having fun and than i started looking for my car, which is itself pretty random. and yeah - its just a car, so whatever. but well, problem is, i keep having dreams where i loose stuff. If its my car (and hell, who is stupid enough to loose a car? its not like you could drop it somehwere accidentally) or if its people.

i kind of feel lost right now - i mean, you don't have the have studied psychology to get what my "loosing dreams" are all about - loosing my mother with the age of 17 really damaged me, and i haven't fully recovered from that experience - but how can someone recover from something like that?

she was, for 17 years, the most important person in my life. and of course, we had the usual mother/son stuff going on, we fought like hell in my teen phase - but nevertheless, i loved her so much, thinking about it, i would have given everything for her - which is kind of embarrassing for a young male, but well, i don'T give a shit. my parents divorced when i was 5 oder 6 and she was the one person who has always been there for me. so loosing her to cancer when i was 17 - it left me hurt and damaged and i am still hurting. she has been dead for more than 5 years now - so yeah, i have given up on the fact that it will "someday be okay", because it is not, but yeah - we all have to live with our problems, i guess.

but don't get me wrong, i love life, i just feel empty from time to time.

wow - i just realized how easy it is to modify the lj styles with css - thankspowerofnature  for the tip :)

i plan on posting more regularly here again - but i'm still mostly using my twitter account :)

i am reading your posts though - and hopefully find time to comment

so - i am on twitter now - in case anyone is interessted, you can find me here: http://twitter.com/aliasnews

does any one of oyu guys have twitter?

wow - it will probably be nothing and everyone will end up beeing happy and stuff - but nevertheles - i just found out that LJ is in some kind of trouble and now panic is spreading that the site might actually shut down. You have no idea what i'm talking about? Well, take a look!

so - calm down, this is just IN CASE OF EMERCENCY .. most of the users seem to have created a back-up blog at insanejournal.com .. so we will still be able to contact each other IF lj disappaers (which is still highly unlikely but hey.. everything is possible these days)

So if you decide to do the same (which would be great, i love everyone on my flist and it would be a shame to lose each other) - please add me as a friend to your insanejournal acount - you can find mine here:

aliasnews.insanejournal.com

Spread the word :) But don't panic too much, i still think that LJ will not disappear

Hallo here i am again!


1) the end of the semester is coming nearer and nearer so i am just writing like hell on my bachelor paper.. god i would give my liver for a already finished paper right now .. rofl


2) Brothers and Sisters 3x11 "A Father Dreams"

god, i love this show so much. its one of the best family-dramas i have seen and - well, the actors are great

the latest episode dealt with the fact that Kevin found out that he is the biological father of Tommys Kid - and because he had to an OP the episode before, Kevin needed some taking care of. So - his mother and his husband took care of him as if he was a little toddler, while he was struggling with "nightmares" of his biological daughter which even included a scene where Kevin was making out with Julia - really funny, rofl. although it seemed really strange that Julia was in his room when he was waking up .. and later on noone seemed to remember that she was even in the house at all. whatever, its julia, with 3 scenes she had 2 more than normal, so, we should just be happy and take what we get. Justin, on the other hand, was at school with his nephew where he presented him as "the person he admires the most, because he is at home all day, still living with his mom and playing computergames all day long" .. which well, did turn out to be pretty embarrassing for Justin. in the end, Justin and Kevin went to a fancy hotel to get some space, where Justin went right into another "Walker"-Intervention and Thommy asked Kevin to give up his rights as father of his child.

the episode was great, i really really love this show :) i am a little afraid for the fate of julia though .. i fear they will completely get rid of her now that they are not renewing the contract of Ghetty. The abscence of Rebecca was also pretty strange - considering that Justin had such an important part of the story. But, well - who saw that coming? I was afraid she will get downgraded to "justins girlfriend" after she was dewalkered - and ithe process is well on its way 



3) Desperate Housewives 5x11 "Home is the Place"

So, Desperate Housewives also returned. I think season 5 turned out to be pretty good - but well, it's not MUST SEE for me anymore, the episode was pretty good though - although i didn't get why Edie was so upset about Dave beeing married once before, i mean, his wife died and he is obviously heartbroken, i don't think that THAT big a deal.. but hey, whatever.

wow - the second post in a day - what a miracle.

but NOW something happened thats worth writing about: i was just called and informed that i got the internship at seam.at

i am so fuckin happy i cant even find the right words right now - as you all probably know, i am studying "Mediatechnology and Design" in the University of Applied Sciences in Hagenberg and for the sixth semester we have to do an internship and i was really nervous because the clock was running and i still didn't have one.

thank god i don't have to worry about THAT anymore - so i'll be really happy the next couple of hours or so and will then start to worry about the other stuff again

oh and btw: ich changed the style of my LJ to reflect the freezing temps out there - rofl

wow - so the new year has already arrived? omg, i can't believe how fast time is moving right now.

i know i have been pretty absent the past weeks from lj and i am sorry, i really am. there is so much going on in my life right now - but rarely anything i feel the need to write about. i have to work a lot for university because the end of the semester roars nearer and nearer and yeah - i don't even wanna think about it. there is so much work to be done

so this is just a short "i am still alive, don't give up on me" message - i will post more regularly again, i promise.

oh, and by the way: HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone - i hope the new year will be great and exciting 

love you all, bye

so - i have been absent from LJ the past couple of weeks and i dont know why. nothing interesting happened and i didn't feel the urge to bore you with my eventless life..

regardless.. there is some stuff i can talk about:

1) the date for the MEDIENGALA 08 is coming nearer and nearer.. am i freaking out a little bit? POSSIBLE!
wth is he talking about - you might think? Well.. i am in the organising (with a couple of other people.. okay .. not THAT MUCH other people.. lol) the mediengala 08 - a gala evening where the students from our university can hand in their best work .. and the best of the best will get awarded with the MEDIA CUBE.

am i nominted? NO.. but, who cares, i am organising the whole thing and its pretty exciting.. and the 14of of november is coming. there is so much work to do ... but yeah.. i am positiv that we will make it :)

2) i gut a haircut today and decided to make a pic.. and share it with you guys.


( pic )

yeah i know i am not the hottest person alive but, who cares *g*


thats it for the time being.. i promise i will start commenting right away :)

i love watching Saturday Night Live this season.. but the guest stunt of Sarah Palin led to one of the funniest things i have seen in my life. i have watched this thing at least 25 times and it still cracks me up *g*

Now ya dead, now ya dead

Cause I’m an animal, and I’m bigger than you

yo i' stefan, i'm out!!!! *rofl*

Stolen from palmolive5

[01] Do you have the guts to answer these questions and repost as The Controversial Survey? -yeah - obviously

[02] Would you do meth if it was legal? - hmm.. wait a second. never ever XD

[03] Abortion: for or against it? - for

[04] Do you think the world would fail with a female president? - no - why should it fail? intelligence doesn't depend on gender - it depends on the person itself

[05] Do you believe in the death penalty? - no, i think it's one of the most barbaric things still practiced in the "civilized world"

[06] Do you wish marijuana would be legalized already? - honestly? no, because i think it's a starter drug

[07] Are you for or against premarital sex? - rofl.. seriously? for - all the way XD

[08] Do you believe in God? - Sometimes

[09] Do you think same-sex marriage should be legalized? - Yes, why not?

[10] Do you think it's wrong that so many Hispanics are illegally moving to the USA? - hmm - i am not american, so i think i should not judge about that

[11] A twelve-year-old girl has a baby. Should she keep it? - Well, i think thats up to her and her parents.

[12] Should the drinking age be lowered to 18? - i dont think the "official drinking age" counts that much - teenager are consuming alcohol anyway

[13] Should the war in Iraq be called off? - i think it was wrong to start it, but on the other hand, it would also be wrong to just get all the troups out instantly.. because they would leave a huge mess behind - they have to finish the job

[14] Assisted suicide is illegal: ... no, as long as the one dieing really wants do die XD.. i know there are cases hard to prove, but if they are sick and know they will suffer really hard, why not give them the easy way out?

[15] Do you believe in spanking your children? -i want to be honest, so - yeah, i think there are cases where a spank could be necessary. of course, thats only last resort, and i do not approve the abuse of children..

[16] Would you burn an American flag for a million dollars? - rofl, why not? i am not an American citizen, so, yeah, i would absolutely do that XD

[17] Who do you think would make a better president? McCain or Obama? - Obama :)

[18] Are you afraid others will judge you from reading some of your answers? - No, if they don't like the answers we can talk about it, if they just wanna bitch, they can fuck off :)

hi you guys!

i am back.. here.. at lj. my god, this was a tough month. as i've already told you.. i was working this month but i didn't anticipate that this job would take over my freaking whole life. i didn't have time for ANYTHING.

i worked in Wels.. so i got up at 6:20 and arrived at work at 7:50 .. than had to work .. til 5 pm .. mostly ate dinner at my families' and arrived at home at 7 pm.

i was tired as hell because i was on my feet for the majority of the day and .. so, yeah, that was one month of work.

the work itself was really fun, altough routine started to kick in halfway through and i started to think that it could be boring doing stuff like that for your whole life XD

but yeah - now its over, i've got my money and the uni will start next week.. i have to find a topic for my bachelor-paper and finally start applying for the internship we have to do in our last semester.

so, please forgive me for not being that active the last month, i am starting to comment again right away :)

Hi ho!

1) I am not really sure if i have already talked about it here - but i am working for a month (September). One week has gone by and it was, again, an interesting experience. I have been working during my summer breaks since i have been 15 or 16.. and every year i really enjoy it. I mean .. not that i am happily dancing through there .. but it is always something different than the study-stuff.. and after so many years of.. learning, i am always happy to just be able to WORK.

This year i am working in an office but i also have to help out in the warehouse department and of course - i m not an trained office executive and so the work is not THAT complicated (typing stuff in, working through the mail, filing stuff away, helping to take inventory, picking AND preparing the presentation maps for the bike-convention at the end of the month.

so - my point is.. the work is not really very head-strong .. i don't have to THINK that hard.. and - even if that sounds stupid - i really enjoy that. its great to just go to work, do your job and than go home and be done with it. You don't have to do homework .. or learn stuff for the next test.

during this time i am always thinking - why the hell did i not just do an vocational training for an office post.. i really enjoy working in this environment and.. whatever. these are just random thoughts and i will not stop my studies .. but yeah.. they are just there.

2) I have just finished watching the THIRD AND FINALE season of Millennium .. and i really loved that one. After the disaster the second season was.. they really picked up the game and improved so much. After they killed of Franks Wife in the second season finale.. the writers just left a mess and the new ones really did a great job of dealing with that.

Of course, he has lost his wife and the group turned evil.. which was strange and shouldn't have happened, but in the end, it turned out great. Frank returned to work for the FBI and they gave him a female partner (played by Klea Scott) - which gave it even more an X FILE feeling. The new dynamic of the show was great and i loved the fact the group turned into this fully evil thing which kind-of messed up the first season.. but whatever.

The end was kind-of messy though. Frank and his daughter had to run from the group, Peter Watts has been killed by the group and Emma Hollis (Franks new Partner this season) became head of the FBI department and joined the group after they offered to heal her father from Alzheimer's (which they did). They were setting up a really interesting situation for the next season.. and then, Fox cancelled the show. Bummer. In the seventh Season of X FILES Frank and his daughter returned to "end the storyline".. but "Millennium" (as the episode was called) was just a cheap excuse to bring FRANK BLACK back.. and into the X-Files universe. The episode was just strange and did not really end any of the storylines..

Right now there are rumours flying around the possibilities of a "Millennium" movie.. which would be really great. I am sad that the show is over :(

3) oh - and BY THE WAY - the austrian soccer team KICKED the french-teams ass!!! muahahah.. we won 3:1 - that's just SO GREAT. i mean, i am not really a big soccer fan and don't have a "team" or stuff, but if i have time, i am watching the WM-qualifications .. and our team kicked ass yesterday. i am so happy right now :) hopefully, this wasn't just a one-time-spike *g*

have a nice day :)

hi ho

1) well - on the 31 of august i have to hand in my last project for the forth semester of my studies.. and actually.. i cant wait to end that semester. i am sick of it right now. it's not like we had a shitloud of work during the actual semester.. but they also give us work during the summer-holidays? god.. hate them right now ... SO MUCH

2) on the other hand, i will start to work on monday .. for one month. I am actually looking forward to it, finally being able to stop thinking about my studies all the time, worrying. and maybe i am kind of strange - but i really get kind of sick of being at home all this weeks right now.. i need to do something. and doing stuff which has nothing to do with the university.. i am so happy. yeah. and getting some money is not bad ether :)

3) hm.. my "stepmom"'s birthday is on saturday and i've already bought her some presents (books) .. but i also offered to make a cake (i am into making cakes lately.. it is SO easy and everyone is so thankful and happy.. and they are great *g*) .. and she told us (me and my dad) that she doesn't want any presents .. so i am kind of confused if i should still give them to her or if a should just keep them for christmas.. :-/ god.. i hate it when people say "i don't want presents".. i never know how to deal with that ..

4) my sleep-circle is totally screwed up right now... i am always up to 4 o'clock in the morning.. thats so.. wargh.. but yeah - my summerjob will change that anyway *g*

love you all :)
Stefan

So - i just found out that STARGATE: ATLANTIS will be ending after its current fifth season is finished.. WTH. Sci Fi is ending the two biggest SCI FI shows they have in ONE FREAKIN YEAR? First they canceled BATTLESTAR GALACTICA and now they do the same to STARGATE: ATLANTIS?!

I am so mad right now. And you know what? I am not even such a huge fan of SGA.. actually, this show was really flawed - they got rid of strong, good characters like Dr. Beckett and Wierr and kept garbage like Tylar and Ronan .. They added Sam from Sg1 in the forth Season only to make her a shadow of her former self.. she didnT' act like Sam at all, she was just Wierr with another face.

And after Taggert's contract was over - no, they didn't go back to Higgins (Wierr) to bring her back (because everyone knows they just got rid of her to add Sam to the cast) - no, they brought in THE DOCTOR from Voyager to be head of the Atlantis expedition. Do i like him? Yeah, sure, he is great - but i wanted Wierr back.. but no, that's not the only flaw this show had.. it was just, all over the place. The characters were weak, the set began looking cheap after overusing the same ones all the time, and yeah.. there were stories where i really had to scratch my head - what were they thinking?

But, you know - as a sci fi fan, you don't have that much going on right now. BSG is on its last hiatus right now.. and well, Stargate: Atlantis is airing its final episodes.. there is no other real sci fi show out there. Damn.

OH yeah - Sci Fi ordered a third Series in the Stargate Universe.. called, "Stargate Universe" *g* - which basically sounds like a ripoff of "Voyager" and "Sliders" .. but hey.. as a sci fi fan, one has to give it a shot at least (i even gave Andromeda a chance.. ) - but i am just sick right now.

Bottom line? I want a new Star Trek show! Stargate was always just a "stand in" .. but "Enterprise" was bullshit and the new movie - heading into this "Prequel/Remake"-territory again.. makes me just wanna smash some executive's head..

well - so i'll stop whining right now, back to my real life.. i have to buy some groceries. Have a nice day :)

so .. here we go:

1) Uli and I wanted to go to cinema yesterday and watch "Narnia 2" - but there were laterally millions of people and we didn't get her free cards (she is working there) - so we decided do go home and watch JUNO. It was really fun though - Peter, my flatmate, joined us and it was a really fun evening. JUNO is great, little movie with lots of sarcasm and truth to it .. and ellen page, jennifer garner and jason bateman were SO great in their parts. You should really give this movie a chance in the slight possibility that you haven't seen it already

2) i've reinstalled SKYPE yesterday because a very good buddy wanted to talk. i didn't want to at first because i thought it could be kind of weird.. but hey, i thought i would take a chance and see where it goes.. so i installed it and waited for him to show up... but he didn't. so - later at night, 2 other friends asked if i would be interested and it was great though - so, of course, my good buddy heard that i was skyping and is really pissed now because he thinks i didn't want to skype with him but i did with others so .. it's kind of a pissy situation right now and i am really sad because i kind-of understand why he thinks that but i really installed skype for him in the first place and now all is fucked up.. and.. well - hopefully the situation will resolve soon.. i am already sick of it

3) some years ago a bought a "cross trainer" and yesterday a finally motivated myself to get my lazy ass up there again .. so i worked out and afterwords felt really .. good, surprisingly. Of course i have to train to be able to stand up there longer - but i am really happy that i found that motivation again :)

ly, Stefan

Hi guys!

well, i've just finished watching season 2 of "Millennium" - and if you are just thinking "Hu?" - it's a show from the X-Files mastermind Chris Carter about the profiler Jack Black - who worked for the Millennium group to solve brutal murders of serialkillers

Well - at least in season 1. There have been drastic changes to the show in the second season - chris went back to the x files and some other guys took over the duty as show runners - but they changed the show so much it actually felt like watching an entirely different show.

First of all - Jack's wife and family was an integral part of the show for its first season. They were the counterpart for the dark, disgusting world of his work - his wife Kathryn and his little daughter Jordan lived with him in their yellow house - a place of heaven.

Well - that's something they got rid of. Kathryn left Jack and the yellow house.. and jack moved to his own house. For a show were the two main characters are Jack and his wife - that was a bold move. Even more - not showing her at all for at least one quarter of the episodes.

But there was an even greater change to the show - they turned the millennium-group upside down. In season one, this was a group of highly skilled investigators. In season two - they turned into a mysterious society who wanted to take control of the world and predicted the end of days and stuff like that. Sounds strange? YEAH - it was. And it made no sense whatsoever - considering what they did in season 1. I mean, why should a group like that even be interessted in solving crimes? Thats just stupid and made no no no no no sense.

but the most drastic one happend in the finale episode of season 2. they actually killed of cathryn. of course, i knew it was coming. i've read about it in wiki and .. yeah - they haven't used her properly at the beginning of the season, but nevertheless - it's a huge mistake in my opinion. in every episode she was not in, you had the feeling that something was missing. some integral part of the show was just not there. and you have to realize - that's not an ensemble show like BUFFY .. Jack and Cathryn were the only people in the main titles.

but in the end - at least it gave them the opportunity for the best scenes of the show yet. The moment where Jack tells Cathryn that the group had given him vaccin and that he got one more from laura (a colluege who went crazy after learning the truths of the group) - Cathryn told him to give it to their daughter .. and of course - in the middle of the night, she wakes up, bloddy and with the knowledge, that her end is very near. she says goodbye to them and goes into the woods to die - which is so heartbreaking. the last scene of the show i jordan waking up and finding her father (Jack Black) sitting by the window - deeply shocked and grieving - his hair turned white. yeah - i cried as well..

so, that it for this season - one more to go

Season 2 of Millennium gets 6.5 out of 10 possible points :)