09-14-2001, 06:31 AM | #21 | |
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How've you been?? ------------------ Melusine, Sultry Elflet, High Queen of Fluffies, Archbabe of the OHF, LH and HADB Your voice is ambrosia Amy Brown Fantasy Art |
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09-14-2001, 07:34 AM | #22 | |
Red Dragon
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Thank you very much for the warm "reception". At the end of August I finally managed to have the topic of my final thesis registered with my universtiy/faculty. I also have begun another job, parallel to the one teaching German. The new one is being the "regional manager" for a company that acts as kind of broker between, mostly, Australian universities and German students interested in studying there. Between my two jobs and my final thesis I have been/ are/ will be/ ought to have been/ should get very busy indeed. How are you ? Still not in the right condition for lifting up Rikard and hurling him into the North Sea as the well-deserved punishment for all his impertinencies ? On Rammstein: you might not be aware of it, but their reputation here in Germany is a rather "spotty" one. They have been excused of promotiong fascist ideas or of at least exploiting and abusing the appeal of a fascistic "esthetics". I don't know their music well enough to make a fair judgement if those accusations are substantiated and justified, but I wanted to tell you that you might get some strange looks if you mention them enthusiastically to some Germans. ------------------ So long ! R³ - proud to be the official spokesman for the most noble Lady Bilqis, Desert Rose of Ironworks Btw, the cow is queuing in the slaughterhouse right now ! [This message has been edited by Ramon de Ramon y Ramon (edited 09-14-2001).] |
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09-14-2001, 07:48 AM | #23 | |
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Wow, your life sounds very busy indeed! I'm glad you've found the second job, it sounds like a good one! Whew, only the thought of the amount of work you're probably doing makes me faint...you rightly guessed I still can't administer righteous punishment to Rikard, on the contrary, my health's even further deteriorated I'm afraid... Hey I'd be interested to hear your thesis topic, what exactly will it be about?? About Rammstein, actually they are more left- than rightwing, politically speaking, if they even concern themselves with politics at all. Sometimes accusations are just false, and I know from numerous interviews they shouldn't even for a minute be associated with any fascist sympathies. That said, I do think their band name is utterly tasteless. However, that isn't wholly deserved, because their song 'Rammstein' is just their way of dealing with that tragedy. Anyway such misunderstandings come into being so easily... I remember so many people who thought "Links" was a reference to their political views, whereas if they'd listen to the actual lyrics, they'd heard: "Sie wollen mein Herz am rechten Fleck/Doch seh ich dann nach unten weg/Dann schlägt es links". Of course it *is* using the word ambiguously, but that's always been their style. I actually think some of their lyrics are exceptionally good! Edit: as an illustration of the pathetic state I'm in: had to use backspace every other letter when writing this post, and still had to come back to edit out mistakes! ------------------ Melusine, Sultry Elflet, High Queen of Fluffies, Archbabe of the OHF, LH and HADB Your voice is ambrosia Amy Brown Fantasy Art [This message has been edited by Melusine (edited 09-14-2001).] |
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09-14-2001, 07:49 AM | #24 | |
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09-14-2001, 08:15 AM | #25 |
Jack Burton
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I call that beginners luck!!!
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09-14-2001, 02:52 PM | #26 | |
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09-14-2001, 03:10 PM | #27 | |
Red Dragon
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I am awfully sorry to hear that your health has even further deteriorated - I had hoped so much that you had gotten at least a little better over the past few months ... That must be so very frustrating ... *Hugs* You seem to know much more about Rammstein - both about their music as well as about their public image problems than I do. On my final thesis: I will only talk about that briefly in order not bore you or others to death. It is about how the German federal states market themselves abroad (mostly to [potential] foreign investors) and especially on the communication strategies they employ in that effort. (The exact German title is: "Kommunikationsstrategien im internationalen Standortmarketing der Bundesländer"). Well, don't blame me - you were the one who was careless enough to ask. Take care ! Guido ------------------ So long ! R³ - proud to be the official spokesman for the most noble Lady Bilqis, Desert Rose of Ironworks Btw, the cow is queuing in the slaughterhouse right now ! |
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09-14-2001, 03:18 PM | #28 | |
Red Dragon
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... okay then, from now on I shall address every lady with "Dearest Melusinchen". ------------------ So long ! R³ - proud to be the official spokesman for the most noble Lady Bilqis, Desert Rose of Ironworks Btw, the cow is queuing in the slaughterhouse right now ! |
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09-14-2001, 03:20 PM | #29 | |
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09-14-2001, 03:22 PM | #30 | |
Red Dragon
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------------------ So long ! R³ - proud to be the official spokesman for the most noble Lady Bilqis, Desert Rose of Ironworks Btw, the cow is queuing in the slaughterhouse right now ! |
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