New Weird

[Regenbogen]

Sorry for the double post. It wouldn't let me edit the original post.

Just wanted to add: I also wasn't happy with the ending of the last Dr Who episode. Like what:

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he only gets one season? Or was it two? What a pity. I liked the new actor. And now what? Is Rose the new doctor now? Why? Not sure if I like that. And why did he just change? All the others had to die for the change to happen, and he did it just on his own? On purpose? Weird.

[Dina]

Hello Regen 

Re: Eternaut
Yes, Darín is the one playing Juan. He is super famous in Argentina and it stars in a lot of our movies. People is joking about how he is everywhere, they are saying his next adaptation would be Mafalda (Mafalda is a comic about a little girl) 
El tano Favalli ("tano" is short for "italiano" which of course mean Italian. We use that a lot. People says it could mean short for Napolitano too, as we had many inmigrants from Napoli but I think it is just for every Italian) is played by César Troncoso, which is not a very popular actor. I mean he was in many movies but it is not too famous. Darín was famous since he was a young man because he starred in some TV shows and was in a romantic relationship with a very famous and popular actress. All that was long ago, he reinvented himself as a serious movie actor.
You understood Inga because she is from Venezuela. She is a new character, and it is real that many delivery people are from Venezuela.
If you have any doubt about something Eternauta related, let me know.
Re. Doctor Who.

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He got two seasons. And I think there had been other Doctors regenerating and dying on purpose for the greater good, but I cannot check now. I did not like that he regenerated because I liked him, but my real rage was about Rose. I do not like her and I definitely don't want her as the Doctor.

[Regenbogen]

((((Dina))))

El tano Favalli ("tano" is short for "italiano" which of course mean Italian. We use that a lot.

Aaaaah, now I understand. I couldn't remember the nickname he was called. And when I tried to look it up, I was confused, because it didn't sound like either Alfredo or Favalli. So tano stands for Italian. That's very interesting. Thank you.

Dr Who:

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I have no particular feeligs toward Rose, but I also don't like ger as the Doctor. Ok, Capaldi did also play some pompeian guy before he became the Doctor, but Rose is an established character who already had a lot of screen time. I would prefer someone new.

Different topic: I am crotcheting a cute mini T-Rex for a fellow DF fan and good friend. I have a lot of fun with it. I guess he will be about 20cm long once I am done. Not sure if I am going to make a saddle, too. Probably not, I have given him some pink and blue colour on his back. And it would be hidden by the saddle, which would be a pity.
Well, dinosaurs are supposed to have been colourful. So, mine is green with brown dots on his belly and blue and pink stripes on his back. I hope I'll manage to make him stand on his own.
She will squeek of joy.

[Dina]

Yes, we have lots of things like "Tano". One of the characters in the Eternauta

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the one who dies first leaving the house to find his family

is nicknamed "ruso". Ruso is Spanish for "Russian", but in all probability, the character is not of Russian ancestry but Polish or Jewish. We also called pretty much every East Asia person "chino" (Chinese) no matter if they are actually from China or if they are from Japan, Korea or even Philippine (we had very few Philippine inmigration, but there are many Chinese, Japanese and Korean people).
I should probably are that we called "negro" every person with dark skin, like me, for example. I am what people in USA call Latino or Brown. But in Argentina "negro" could be a friendly nickname. Sometimes it is used with a derogatory intention but most people have a dear friend who is nicknamed "negro" you will notice for context.

About Doctor Who, yes, definitely.

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Even if the regeneration had been in somebody I like, for example, Martha Jones, I would have been irritated.

An amigurumi! Lovely! We have 3 of them (not done by me, I don't know how to wave). A baby Yoda, a BB-8 and a Pip Boy from Fallout. I am sure your friend will be ecstatic.

[Regenbogen]

Hi, weird!

Just dropping by. It is hot outside. Finally the rains have stopped. The kids have school holidays and are being lazy.😉

We have started watching Andor season 2 and like it a lot.

My mother's birthday is tomorrow and she wants a cake, so I'll bake one today. Just sent Micro out for eggs to overcome the laziness.

I'm still not done with the dinosaur, but I hope it will be finished by next week. I am proud of the coloured stripes, looks almost like the back of an European Garden Spider (Kreuzspinne).

Mini wants to visit an art museum in Munich next week. She's an artist. Doesn't need much to be happy: just food, drink and art supply, lol.

[Dina]

Hi  Regen!

Here is cold, as it should. Winter is coming.
I hope your mom has a great birthday and enjoys her cake.
That is so awesome about Mini. I hope she spends a lovely time in the Museum.
Also, let the children be lazy! At least for some days. It is their reward for their hard work.

[Regenbogen]

@Dina.
Don't worry, I let them be lazy. To some extent. But I won't allow them vampire tendencies for the whole week. Meaning staying awake until dawn and sleeping until late afternoon, lol.

I made chocolate muffins and a summerly refreshing pink raspberry curd cheese cake.
In the evening she wants to take us to the Greek restaurant which is only a few minutes on foot from her place.

I hope that the weather will hold. They say there could be thunderstorms which is quite usual during early summer heat.

[Dina]

I still love to do that (staying awake until dawn or even more and then sleep). I do it pretty much all the Saturday. I would be a relatively happy vampire.

Your cake and muffins sound amazing! I hope your mom and the whole family has fun.

Monday is hubby's birthday. This year I will buy the cake because I want a decorated one, that looks prettier than I can do.

[Regenbogen]

@Dina: Happy birthday to your hubby!
I hope the cake will be delicious.

We finished our leftovers yesterday.
The whole weekend felt like an orgy. I can't remember when I stuffed myself like that the last time. It was also our wedding day yesterday and my husband and I went to a sushi restaurant. After that we just rolled ourselves to the sofa and stayed there until bedtime, lol. So, today I need to do something for my body. It will be some gymnastics, maybe some biking of the weather holds and then I promised Micro to help her with her room. Almost all toys out so that she will have the space for a new bed. The old bed will go to our new neighbours.
 

[Dina]

He says "Danke schön". I think he enjoyed his day, especially because this year it was a holiday day (the actual day is the remembrance of the passing of one of our independence heroes and it is today, June 17, but they moved the non-working day to the Monday in order to create a long weekend.
The cake was delicious! We have leftovers.
How about your mom's birthday?

I am glad you enjoyed your sushi.

So, are you becoming friends with your neighbors?

[Regenbogen]

My mom's birthday was great. We had the cake, which was too much. Then we went to the restaurant and after that her neighbours came to visit her and we stayed a while because they are fun people. My mom doesn't like to make a fuss out of her birthday, so she just prepared some bread and dips to go with the sparkling wine.

We already knew our new neighbours, because she is our other neighbours' daughter and we've known her as a child. Especially because we've already been friends with her parents even before we became neighbours, lol. They were the reason we got this house.
When the previous owner died, he had no family of his own, and his siblings needed to sell the house. None of them lived nearby anymore and none of them could afford to pay all the others off.
At first they offered it online and they wanted to have a family with kids in there, because of sentimental reasons. They said, they had a wonderful childhood in this house and they wanted some other kids to enjoy this as well. Very adorable.
At first they had an interested family, but there was a sudden problem with the bank and the family could not buy the house, so they decided to put the advert offline and think about a lesser price.
Then our neighbours told them that we were nice and looking for a house in the area. We wanted to live somewhere closer to family with a train station, a bakery and a kindergarten nearby and had been looking for a while now but nothing affordable would come up. So they invited us and liked us and decided to sell the house to us for the lesser price.

We had a lot of luck with this.
By the way: the other family also got their house: they managed to build one into her father's plot.

This was all shortly before the prices went so ridiculously high. Nowadays it would be at least three times as high as when we bought it.

[Dina]

That was so amazing and I am so glad it worked for your family.

And great about your mom's birthday! I think a nice visit of some neighbours with not too much fuss is a perfectly fine way to celebrate (after the family meal, of course).

[Regenbogen]

And now I am transforming Micro's childrens' room into a teenager's room. To say I am almost done would be exaggerated, but one can definitely see progress. Maybe the little neighbour girl would like some toys and books, too. I plan to keep the special stuff for future grandchildren, lol. Like the best books, all the Lego, and some dolls. And of course the matchbox cars. I loved my matchbox cars and my husband loved his. Now we get them back.

I also have some beetles of different colours (two of them blue), but they have always been in the living room, lol. The kids were allowed to play with them under the condition that they are returned to their place on the shelf when they are done.
There is also a scull on this shelf.

[Dina]

Ah, I hope Micro enjoys her new room! And that she appreciates your hard work.
So interesting about the beetles, that is original.

Today has been a sunny, not really cold day, but the night is really chilly. Thank God for the heaters.