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Waiting for mails...

...isn't easier when you know that you won't get an answer anyway. mad

Come on, if someone sends you a mail and it is clear that she expects an answer, is it really so hard to type three words and send it back?!?

Well, I guess it is... rolleyes

Logic isn't logic

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Hmm... can anybody tell me why for the new albums of Kaizers Orchestra and Die Ärzte, I definitely did NOT want to hear ANY song (except for the singles, of course) before the albums actually came out - but with Skambankt, I just can't wait? And I'm excited as soon as another song is played on the radio and can't wait to get it ripped and listen to it and write down and translate the lyrics? That's missing some logic, somehow, and I have no clue what it means... Am I more anxious about the new Skambankt album than I was about the Kaizers or DÄ albums? Or less anxious? Is it just because of the fansite? (But then, shouldn't it be the same for die Ärzte because of the fanclub?) Or should I just stop wondering and listen to "Kom Hell" again? bigsmile

Gnaah...

I don't use my mobile very much. Only when I'm on tour or when I need to contact people that are not online regularly. So I get a call on my mobile maybe once a month, and a text message maybe once a week.

Now I'm waiting for an important SMS. And no, I just sent the request this morning, so there's no reason to worry yet. But of course I DO worry. But now my mobile finally beeped! happy

And of course, it was some other completely irrelevant message. Argh! Please, come on, answer. NOW! sad

Long time no post

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Why no posts? Well, mostly because I don't want to write post after post about waiting for that stupid album... *grr* Which I still haven't heard, by the way. =:-(

By now I've ordered it on cdon.com, but they didn't even manage to ship it yet. If they don't ship until tonight, I'll cancel the order, as there is just no way it will reach me before I go to Norway... mad

Apart from the "I still don't know the new album of my one favorite band" part, the weekend was great. Even though running a fanclub of my other favorite band is often a big hassle and really annoying, meeting the rest of the team is a lot of fun. And we really got to some conclusions, so it was worth spending the first weekend of spring (in February! =:-o ) almost completely inside, in a room without window... and during the breaks, everybody would storm outside into the sun. =;-)

Oh, and we found out that it is possible to drink 19 bottles of champagne during one weekend. With 17 people, with 8 of them not drinking any champagne at all and a few of the rest drinking only reasonable amounts. Luckily, I was one of the latter. bigsmile

I HATE amazon!

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It's the second time they screw up. *grr* And I have to be lucky to get the album before I go to Norway for the concerts. cry

Oh, and swedenbooking doesn't answer. Great. down

No mail today...

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Gnaah, I'm waiting for a mail again. More precisely for two mails, and actually, I'm not waiting for the mails this time but for the actions related to those mails.

Number 1: "Your order has been shipped." I doubt the new Kaizers album will arrive tomorrow if they don't ship it today... but well, who knows. Probably they just found out they can't ship it at all, and they just wait a bit to tell me... *grr* (Pessimistic? Me? Never. bigsmile )

Number 2: "Here is your booking number." Why is it impossible for Europeans to buy tickets on the website of the Swedish train company? And why don't they manage to WRITE it somewhere that they don't accept non-nordic-or-american credit cards? No, I have to go through some weird booking site where you send all your information by mail and hope that they book the right train and don't charge too much... Oh, and obviously they take some time. *grr*

Waiting is part of the fun...

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OK. So who came up with the idea to pre-release albums? mad

I mean, I can understand everybody who does not want to wait long for a new album. Of course, everybody wants to hear the new stuff as soon as possible.

But for me, the coolest thing about listening to a new album I've anxiously been waiting for is to hold it in my hands, open it, leaf through the booklet, and then put the CD in the stereo (no, NOT the computer, that comes later) and sit down, listen through the songs and read the lyrics at the same time. Very quiet, very "nostalgic".

Now, compare that to listening to a album preview on MySpace... doh
You start a song, you don't have the lyrics, you don't have ANYTHING to look at, so probably you'll start surfing around soon 'cause it's too boring to just listen. If you are unlucky, the song breaks and stops a few times. And it's really bad quality anyway.

For me, this really ruins the experience. A CD is more than just sound files. And I just don't want the sound files before I have the CD, I want the whole experience.

A lot of people see that differently, but I can't understand that. That's why I ignored the new Die Ärzte album that was out on the internet weeks before it was out on CD. And I will ignore that Kaizers Orchestra have put up Maskineri on their MySpace already. And with it, I'm gonna ignore all the comments and discussions around it - which might actually be a really good thing. wink

I'm gonna wait for my CD.

"We regret to tell you...

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... that the delivery date for your order "Kaizers Orchestra - Maskineri" has changed."

*grr* Well, okay, then I'm gonna cancel the order after all and hope to get it quicker from some other shop...

"Your order will be shipped February 19. It should reach you February 20."

Uuuh - wait. It was supposed to be shipped on the 20th? yikes

So, no need to regret, I think I can live with that, somehow... yes

Waiting...

Does it help to click on refresh every minute if you are waiting for a specific e-mail? *sigh*