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missyCola @ 9:53 pm Kategorie: USA & Well-informed-D-
New York City hat 11 Buchstaben.
Afghanistan hat 11 Buchstaben.
Ram*sin Y*useb (der Terrorist, der bereits 1993 damit drohte, die Zwillingstürme zu zerstören) hat 11 Buchstaben.
George W. B*u*sh hat ebenfalls 11 Buchstaben.
Könnte ein seltsamer Zufall sein. Aber es wird noch besser:
New York ist der 11. Staat der USA.
Das erste Flugzeug, dass in eines der Türme flog, hatte die Flugnummer 11.
Dieser Flug hatte 92 Passagiere. 9+2=11.
Flugnummer 77, das ebenfalls in die Zwillingstürme flog hatte 65 Passagiere 6+5=11.
Diese Tragödie fand am 11 September statt. Oder, wie es heute genannt wird, “9/11. 9+1+1=11. Das Datum entspricht der Telefonnummer des amerikanischen Rettungsdienstes 911. 9+1+1=11.
Kein Zufall…! Lies weiter und denk weiter darüber nach:
Insgesamt betrug die Anzahl aller Opfer in den entführten Flugzeugen 254. 2+5+4=11.
Der 11. September ist der 254. Tag im Kalender. Und wieder 2+5+4=11.
Das Bombenattentat in Madrid fand am 3.11.2004 statt. 3+1+1+2+4=11.
Diese Tragödie fand genau 911 Tage nach dem Attentat auf das WTC statt.
Wieder 911, wieder 9/11, wieder 9+1+1=11.
Jetzt wird es aber wirklich unheimlich: - Öffne ein Word Dokument und mach folgendes: - Tippe in Großbuchstaben Q33 NY (das ist die Nummer des Fluges, der zuerst in die Zwillingstürme einschlug), - markiere Q33 NY, ändere die Schriftgröße auf 48 und ändere die Schriftart auf wingdings (1).
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New York City has 11 characters.
Afghanistan has 11 characters.
Ram*sin Y*useb (the terrorist, who already threatened 1993 to destroy the towers) has 11 characters.
George W. B*u*sh has 11 characters as well.
It could be just coincidence. But read on:
New York is the 11th state of the USA.
The first plane that flew into one of the towers had the flight number 11.
This flight had 92 passengers. 9+2=11.
Flight number 77, which also flew into the towers, had 65 passengers. 6+5=11.
This tragedy happened on September 11 or how it is written today, “9/11″. 9+1+1=11. The date correspond the phone number of the american rescue service 911. 9+1+1=11.
No coincidence! Read on and think about it:
The number of kidnapped victims of the hijacked planes was 254. 2+5+4=11.
September 11 is the 254th day in the calender. And again: 2+5+4=11.
The bomb assassination in Madrid happened on 11.3.2004. 1+1+3+2+4=11.
This tragedy happened exactly 911 days after the attempt on the WTC.
Again 911, again 9/11, again 9+1+1=11.
Now it really becomes eerie: Open a Word document and do the following: Type in capital letters Q33 NY (this is the flight number of the first plane that crashed into the twin towers), highlight Q33 NY, change the font size to 48, and change the font type to wingdings (1).
4.July 2007Heute unabhängig anderswo am 4th of July
missyCola @ 8:24 pm Kategorie: Natey&Cola & USAHappy 4th July and enjoy the party, Mr. Natey!!
I hope your car makes it. I’m curious how the decoration on it looks like.
Zur Erklärung: heute ist ja der sogenannte Independance Day, drüben, in den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika. Mr. Natey & friends nimmt an der Parade mit eigenem umgebautem bzw. dekorierten Auto teil. Vielleicht erinnern sich einige aus unsere Zeit aus Santa Fe und an den alten Volvo, der entweder eingeschneit oder kaputt war. 
Vielleicht bekomme ich noch Fotos, dann kann ich zeigen, wie es aussah.
Gerade jetzt wird dort drüben kräftig gefeiert! Ist ja des Amerikaners wichtigster Tag im Jahr. Da kommen alle zusammen, egal wo sie gerade auf der Welt befinden bzw. wo sie wohnen. Alle kommen dann extra für die Feierlichkeit zurück in die Heimat, um sich zu treffen und um gemeinsam zu feiern was das Zeug hält. Verrückt sind sie schon…die Amis. 
Am 4. July zeigen die Amis wie stolz sie auf ihr Land sind. Naja, das steckt eigentlich dahinter, obwohl ich mir sicher bin, dass es oft einfach nur als Feiertag genutzt wird, wie hier bei uns Himmelfahrt oder der Rosenmontag. Dort, wo Mr. Natey wohnt, gibt es eine riesen Parade, die in Athens (glaube ich) stattfindet. Dabei ist Mr. Natey nicht wirklich stolz auf sein Heimatland (aber lassen wir das). Ich denke, es ist wie bei uns mit den Karnevalsumzügen, bei denen ja die Umzugswagen, zu einem bestimmten Thema geschmückt, aufmerksam machen wollen. Naja, der Herr Natey aus Maine macht das mit seinen Kumpels auch und sieht den heutigen Tag auch wohl eher als Möglichkeit alte Freunde wiederzusehen (einige sieht er meist nur einmal im Jahr, zum 4. Juli, da sie halt in der Welt verstreut wohnen), und um gemeinsam Spaß zu haben. Dann proste ich euch mal über’n Teich zu! Cheers!
Hurra, wir leben noch…
missyCola @ 6:19 pm Kategorie: Natey&Cola & Pix & Santa Fe & USAVor zwei Nächten haben wir, bzw. ich, fast unser kleines Haus niedergebrannt.
Nein, ich habe nicht wieder mal das Öl in der Pfanne zu heiß werden lassen und ein kleines Feuerchen verursacht…wir haben ja dank Nathan seit einiger Zeit ein Schildchen über dem Herd, auf dem zu lesen ist: “Please don’t burn the oil”. =)
Ich hatte meine Unterwäsche per Hand gewaschen und sie dann abends allesamt über einen Kleiderbügel gehängt; also ein paar Sets neben- und übereinander. Der Kleiderbügel hängt bei uns an einem langen Band von der Decke, so dass er vor unserer Gasheizung hängt. Dann hatten wir einen Film geschaut und später waren wir dann mit anderen Dingen unter der Bettdecke beschäftigt, bis Nathan dann aufsprang und meinte, ob der Nebel in unserem Haus Qualm sei. Ich war ziemlich erschrocken, als ich die Schwaden sah. Man konnte kaum noch was im Haus erkennen. Panik. Nathan hat dann Fenster und Türen aufgerissen und mit einem Stück Pappe ziemlich lange herumgewedelt, um den Rauch aus dem Haus zu bekommen. Irgendwie war die Situation lustig als auch überhaupt nicht komisch zugleich. Wir hatten gerade einen Tag zuvor unseren Rauchmelder von der Wand genommen, weil der zu sensibel eingestellt war und bei jedem Anschalten unseres Gasherdes bereits Alarm schlug. Der Rauchmelder hätte bestimmt schon ne halbe Stunde eher Alarm geschlagen.
Nun ja, aber komisch war es schon, weil ich schon die Schlagzeilen im Kopf hatte….’Junges Paar vergnügte sich bevor sie sich gemeinsam das Leben nahmen, weil Ihnen die Visabedingungen das gemeinsame Leben in einem Land einfach zu sehr erschwerte’…oder so ähnlich. Grins. Ich habe mir dann meine Klamotten angeschaut und da war nichts Verbranntes zu sehen. Gar nichts. Seltsam. Nathan meinte dann, dass es das Waschpulver gewesen sein muss. Er meinte, dass die Chemikalien des Waschmittels eventuell das Kokeln verursacht haben könnte. Ich glaubte das nicht, denn erstens haben wir ein Ökowaschmittel was nur aus Kokussnuss- und anderen Ölen besteht und zweitens, weil die Sachen nichts Verbranntes an sich hatten. Wie kann denn bitte etwas ein kleines Haus komplett zuqualmen, ohne die Stoffe der Materialien zu beschädigen? Ich glaube, dass es eher die Synthetikfasern in meiner Unterwäsche waren, die den Qualm verursacht haben.
We did it…
missyCola @ 7:39 pm Kategorie: Natey&Cola & Pix & Travel & USAWe hiked, dragged ourselves, complained, nearly passed out and barely made it out of THE CANYON! These words are from a magnet that I bought as proof and for memory of our hiking event. Yes, we did it and we survived.
As you can assume, we are back from our Arizona trip. It took me quite a bit of time to go through our tons of photos, choose the good ones and upload them. Sorry, if you have been waiting for so long. Here are the pictures:
The Grand Canyon is a about seven hours drive from us.
Most of the photos were taken from out of the car…
Still in New Mexico…on the road…
Then we thought we saw Uluru (Australia’s famous rock) in New Mexico’s desert…
Along the way we saw many mile-long trains:
Then, welcome to Arizona:
Road trip to Arizona
missyCola @ 11:36 pm Kategorie: Travel & USAWe are going on a little trip for the weekend (Friday - Sunday). We will explore Arizona and the Grand Canyon, yay!
Cross your fingers that our old car does not brake down. I wanted to travel down to Mexico to jump into the Ocean, but the risk to brake our car is too high, so we decided to see one of the natural wonders of the world.
I will give the result for the PiCola quiz (see previous post) when we are back. Please make your guess!
Mau, you are not right, sorry.
Have a nice weekend everyone!
It is supposed to be warm and sunny here. I hope.
Sunscreen and sunglasses are packed.
Byeeeee….
Snail mail surprise
missyCola @ 7:20 pm Kategorie: Family & Friends & Santa Fe & USAAfter almost seven weeks (!!!) the package that my dad send me end of 2006 finally arrived. Well, in two weeks I already will leave the US again. In the package was a anti-allergy (anti dust mite) mattress cover, a few coffee filters (because I could not find size 4 filters in December 2006) and a cream. It probably took so long because the package was not sent as a gift and it probably got stuck at the customs office. I could not see if someone opened it, but why the hell does it take 6 weeks and 4 days for a small package with 2kg (~4.5 lbs) weight?
Thanks dad, for your effort and your good will, but…*fg* accidentally you sent me the wrong mattress cover. =)
I know that you won’t read this, because you do not have internet at home, but maybe my dear sis (who hopefully reads this) can tell him that?
Dad, you sent me the mattress cover of my very old mattress; the one that we already threw away. I just kept the cover for whatever. I know, you could not know that. I think it is funny. However, even if it was the right cover it would not fit on our current mattress, because we change our bed from the bad uncomfortable futon mattress to a nice thick luxurious queen size mattress, that we found in the storage shed outside. This new mattress is too thick for my allergy cover anyways.
Still, when we opened the package, it was a big laugh!
The moon
missyCola @ 2:08 pm Kategorie: Pix & Santa Fe & USA
…reminds me of the moon in Australia, because it is the same upside down. Weird.
…erinnert mich an Australien, weil die Mondsichel nicht steht, sondern auf dem Ruecken liegt. Eigenartig.
18.February 2007Damn, we have a….
missyCola @ 12:11 pm Kategorie: Arts & Poetry & Natey&Cola & Santa Fe & USA
in our
mouse drawn by mr. n., house by missy c.
Weather chaos on Valentine’s Day
missyCola @ 5:48 pm Kategorie: Natey&Cola & Pix & Santa Fe & USAThe weather is totally weird here in New Mexico. When you think it is already spring and sometimes as warm as it could be summer (remember my sunburn), then the weather forecast reports about a huge snowstorm and you do not want to believe it.
Well, the forecast was right and we got a lot of snow, right on Valentine’s Day.
Valentine’s Day, either you love it or you hate it. Mr. N. and I owe it to chance that this day always is our half-year anniversary. This year we had our two and a half year anniversary. Wow…time flies by fast.
N. had a day off and we wanted to do something; go on a trip. When I looked out of the window in the morning it looked like this:
It snowed a little bit, but it did not look like the snow will stay long.
Although it was not recommended to drive on the roads that day, we gave it a try and packed a sleeping bag and warm clothes in the case that we get stuck in the snow. ;o)
We drove on the so called “Turquoise Trail”, one of many trails south of Santa Fe. After half an hour we thought, well, we cannot see much, because it is so foggy because of the snow storm. “Nice” car drive through a white-grey landscape where you could not even see the mountains any more. Too sad. We had a good time though. I will post some of the photos soon when I have more time.
The weather climate changed immense on our journey. While we had only a little bit of snow in the beginning of the trip, it snowed heavily later. The roads got worse and we were happy that our car still has the snow tires on.
At home we relaxed a little while and afterwards we drove into town (Santa Fe) to eat dinner at our favorite sushi place, the Kohami. It snowed very bad on the way. It was an exhausting drive, because N. could not see much, but we could make it in time (did not lose our reservations).
Because of Valentine’s Day they had many guests, the favorite tables had been taken, but by chance our favorite table became free when we arrived. The former guests just left. Lucky us.
We ordered our favorite sushi and waited. After about 20 minutes the waitress brought us a Miso soup for free. We didn’t know why, but we guessed because we waited a little bit longer until the food came. It was not long, in my opinion. I mean, it was their second most busiest day of the year and I can understand that they have more guests than on normal days…but we were happy with the soup. Yummy. In the end we payed less than we expected. Again we thought they might have taken stuff off the bill, because of our waiting for the food. The staff at Kohnami is very nice and very friendly. We love that place.
Happy and full we went home. It did not snow that much anymore. Good. But we saw at least five accidents on the way back and police car lights everywhere. New Mexicans do not know how to drive, was N.’s conclusion. I have not seen that many accidents on one day before. Ok, it snowed a lot, but the roads weren’t icy. They just had a layer of snow. If you don’t brake hard, you don’t slide. If you leave enough space to your front man you don’t slide into him. N. said it is much better to drive on fresh snow than later when it becomes flat and icy.
A long part of the interstate, which goes to our home, had been closed because of the snow storm (or because of all these accidents).
We were on a slow road next to the interstate and then, since the interstate was closed, we had all these crazy drivers in front of us. I wondered how less distance they leave to their front man. No wonder, why they crash easily into each other. Weird NM drivers. They live in the mountains and should know how to drive on snow.
Well, at least we arrived safely at home.
I did not want to believe it, when N. on the following morning said, “it snowed a lot last night, hon”. He heard a loud “oh noooooo” from me. What I then saw, was this:
We got the same amount of snow that we had with the last snow storm. It is so weird. A few days ago I got a bad sunburn while sitting outside, and now all this snow again. It is too early to put the winter clothes away…too early.
Hope you had a good Valentine’s Day.
Hannah, thank you very much for the nice e-card!
Health issues
missyCola @ 7:53 pm Kategorie: Diary & Santa Fe & USAI was 16 and went with my best friend A. to Rendsburg (a small town near my home town in Germany) to get my belly button pierced.
My friend wanted to get a piercing through her tongue. We both were a little bit nervous because back at that time (it was 13 years ago), the whole thing with piercings was quite new in Germany and there weren’t many professional studios who offered this modern stuff.
A. and I arrived at the address and looked up into the sky. We stood in front an ugly sky scraper in a very poor looking neighborhood. It made us feel uncomfortable, but now that we are here, we want to do it. We opened the front door and went inside the house into a small hallway. There weren’t stairs, only an old and not really reliable looking elevator. We looked at each other, both frightened. We tried not to touch the dirty and stinky elevator too much, hopped in, pressed the button for the floor that we needed to go to, and waited for our journey to death…or better journey to the piercing experience. I don’t know how, but we made it. The piercing guy opened his door and we went inside. A lot of different smells reached our fine noses. This was not a piercing studio, it was just the living room of a weird guy. Weird, because he had two or three very fat long-hair cats, his flat looked kind of messy and anyway this place looked dirty. I doubted that this was a good idea to come here. The guy was friendly and told us how he would do it and gave us a few thick photo albums that showed his work. It showed people who pose with their new piercing or tattoo. A lot of these people were (half-)naked. Either man or woman, we could see all kinds of external sex organs with sometimes so many piercings that there was no skin left ‘free’. To look at these photos didn’t give me a better feeling. I didn’t know what to think about the piercing guy. I hoped that it would be enough only to life my shirt a little bit to get my belly button pierced. A. was first. I saw how the piercing guy put on latex gloves, started to do preparing antiseptic things, pushed one of his cats between his legs away (with the gloves! yummy..)…and finally my friend A. had a piercing through the tongue. Then it was my turn. He sprayed ice-spray on my belly to make it numb. The pain of the ice-spray was worse than the actual pierce. All done.
That is all I can remember from that day, when we got our first (any my only) piercing. I never had any infections with it (although the whole process in that dirty environment was weird). I never took my piercing out, not even when doctors wanted me to (e.g. when my knee was x-rayed).
Last week Mr. N. went to an acupuncture appointment in town. I accompanied him. The “acuboy” (as I call the acupuncture guy here) was very friendly and explained his work procedure to me. Why he uses the different needles and what happens when he does this or that. Very interesting. I always wanted to know more about acupuncture and have never seen it ‘live’. After a long talk about health issues and Chinese medicine I asked him what he thinks about metal in a body, like piercings. He said that there are different theories and one is that, especially with belly button piercings, it blocks the ‘chi’ flowing in one’s body. Hmmm.
I thought that I have a lot of health issues since…yes, since I am 17/18 years old. That was when I got hay fever and one by one all my other allergies. This was the first time I thought about a relation to my piercing with these allergies. I never took it out for a longer time so how shall I know? The talk to the acuboy influenced me quite a bit. I removed my piercing in the morning of the day when I got my sunburn. Now I have a quite large hole in my skin. 
It looks weird…without it. I lived so long with it that I think my belly looks totally different now. But it is maybe only my view. N. (always diplomatic) said I look fine with or without it. He likes Cola belly. ;o)
If you go back to the post called ‘Die Sonne brennt’, you can see my belly without the piercing. It is not the best belly picture (and don’t look in my face!), but you can see the hole. Sigh. I didn’t ever think about removing it before I will be pregnant and it grows out or so.
Well, I will see, if I feel better without metal in my skin. Anyway, belly button piercings only look good in a well-trained, strong, and muscular belly… I think, nowadays, it is cool to not have a belly button piercing. Yeah! Back to the roots, back to nature, back to a plain beautifulness of a body…whatsoever I already convinced myself.
