Mittwoch, 30. November 2016

Mittagessen

Schnitzeltag (diesmal als erste Speise der Woche, da ich Montag und Dienstag krank war).

Gebackenes Schwein- oder Hühnerschnitzel mit Beilage nach Wahl


Und das gibt's dann (morgen) noch:


Ill^2

On tuesday I also stayed home since my migrane was getting better but still not bearable enough to go to work again.

Dienstag, 29. November 2016

Ill

This monday my migrane was getting the better of me, so I stayed home alone with it and called in sick at work. It's quite astounding which tasks will worsen your migrane and yet the best way to do nothing at all still doesn't make it any better.

Montag, 28. November 2016

Games and punch

On sunday we were invited to friends, but since my migrane was getting worse, I barely remember playing the games and going to the advent market.

Sonntag, 27. November 2016

Boardgaming away

This saturday we had friends over for boardgaming.

We started the afternoon with Scythe - a strategic worker placement game in an alternate timeline. All in all it was a bit confusing and complex and was met with various feelings.

Afterwards we played some games of Codenames - for fun and relaxing a bit.

Then we went into a haunted mansion with Betrayal at House on the Hill (incl. expansion).Zu

The conclusion of the evening was two games of The Game which we both lost quite narrowly.

Samstag, 26. November 2016

Too much work, too little spare time

This friday I worked much longer than usual and when I finally came home I didn't want to go outside anymore.

In the evening it was just couch time and watching tv series for us.

Freitag, 25. November 2016

Short evening

Yesterdaxy evening after work we were entertaining the cats, played some Guild Wars 2 and finally went onto the couch for MasterChef: The Professionals.

Donnerstag, 24. November 2016

Mittagessen

Und zum Abschluss der Woche noch einmal eine schwierigere Wahl.

Schweinsschnitzel "Zigeuner Art" mit Butterreis


Home working

Yesterday morning I went to the doctor to return the sleeping computer and discuss the results. Everything is fine and so we see each other again next year.

After the visit at the doctor I went to my parents' for a quick lunch and I got Schinkenfleckerln.


Back home I working home office until the sportive ladies arrived and wanted to do a run at Böhmischer Prater. So we both went as well and afterwards we had some selfmade pork wellington for dinner.

Afterwards we went onto the couch for one episode of MasterChef: The Professionals before the ladies left us. Following that we stayed on the couch and continued watching one episode each of QI and the most recent one of MasterChef: The Professionals before we went to bed.

Mittwoch, 23. November 2016

Doing the yearly checkup

Yesterday after work I went to the doctor to collect the sleep-monitoring-computer. This is used to do the yearly checkup on my sleeping condition.

Back home I then played with the cats and some Guild Wars 2.

Later that evening we went onto the couch and watched some tv series.

Dienstag, 22. November 2016

Mittagessen

Heute war die Wahl dafür wieder leichter.

Cevapcici mit Pommes Frites und Zwiebelsenf


Home alone with cats

Yesterday after work I was home alone with the cats, since me dear was out drinking punch with friends. So I played with the cats and did some chores.

After that I played some Guild Wars 2 and listened to some audiobooks.

Montag, 21. November 2016

Mittagessen

Die Woche beginnt mit Speisen, wo man nicht genau weiß was man essen will.

Sautierte Hühnerbrust mit Basmatireis, gegrilltem Gemüse und Rosmarinsaftl


Und so geht es dann weiter:


A trip through the city

This sunday my dear was roleplaying, so I went to the city armed with my camera and took some pictures for the photo marathon 2016. Right now I have 12 of 24 pictures taken and I'm quite pleased with the results so far.


In the evening we played a scenario of Arkham Horror: The Card Game and then it was couch time with some tv series.

Sonntag, 20. November 2016

Fantastic deals and where to shop for them

This saturday we slept longer and since I still was tired from the trip the day before, we decided not to go to the spielespass, the replacement for Spielefest. Instead we first went to Sichuan for lunch.


After that we went to Mariahilf to shop at myMuesli and Planet Harry.

We also stopped at Müller to buy the newly released story pack for LEGO Dimensions for the recently released movie Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them, which we started playing in the evening at home - I have to say it's quite funny.

Later that evening we just stayed on the couch and watched some tv series.

Samstag, 19. November 2016

Tired and happy for the weekend

Since I spent most of yesterday driving to and from Steyr for work, I was quite exhausted when I came back home. So no going to Mariahilf this friday, just some tv series on the couch and early bed time again for me.

Freitag, 18. November 2016

Quick and boring

Yesterday after work I was quite exhausted and since I have to go to Steyr today for my job, we went to bed rather early after watching some tv series.

Donnerstag, 17. November 2016

Mittagessen

Auch keine schlechte Auswahl am Donnerstag.

Hühnerfilet mi Mango-Ananas-Chutney und Basmatireis


Mittwoch, 16. November 2016

Mittagessen

Was kann an einem Schnitzeltag schon falsch sein?

Gebackenes Schweins-/Hühnerschnitzel mit Beilage nach Wahl


Not much to tell

Yesterday after work I went to my parents' for dinner and I got some tasty Kaiserschmarrn.


Afterwards I went home and entertained the cats. After some chores we went onto the couch for our daily tv series.

Dienstag, 15. November 2016

Mittagessen

Und es gibt wieder einen Burger!

Classic Burger mit Wedges

(kein Foto gemacht)

Film Review: Doctor Strange

Yesterday we went to the movies again after quite some time, for the latest Marvel adventure: Doctor Strange


The egocentric neurosurgeon Stephen Strange - sorry, Doctor Stephen Strange - has a quite serious car accident and almost loses his life in the process. But instead of being grateful to still be alive he starts to put things in motion to get his old surgeon life back, but his hands have taken too much damage in the accident. So he sets out to find some other way of healing in Tibet, but he finds so much more and realizes that there's a whole other world out there as well.

It's a rather nice character introduction movie from the Marvel universe and Doctor Strange is a quite interesting and funny kind of guy. Benedict Cumberbatch plays this very, very well and you could almost say that this character was made for him like Iron Man for Robert Downey Jr.

Although some scenes look like the audience or the director were having a LSD trip, it all works together very well and you almost think it to be some kind of real thing.

Conclusion: a very, very good Marvel movie, which gives me hope for future movies with the Doctor (not THE Doctor, another one, which seems kind of strange)

Montag, 14. November 2016

Mittagessen

Wochenbeginn mit einer interessanten Auswahl.

Schuhbecks Currywurst mit Pommes


Und so geht's die Woche dann weiter:


Arkham Horror - it really is a horror!

Yesterday at lunch we were at Klaghofer and had some great Martinigansl (roasted goose).


Back home we were so stuffed, that we had to lie down for some time before we could do anything again.

So time later we then tried out the new Arkham Horror: The Card Game and we even survived the experience! I have to day the mixture of story/roleplaying and board game is really well done and I liked to very much, especially since the game was quite unforgiving and hope was soon lost - as it should be in a Cthulhu game.

In the evening we went onto the couch as usual for some tv series.

Sonntag, 13. November 2016

Star Trek: Ascendancy - play through the whole day

This saturday we stayed home - except for some grocery shopping. In the afternoon we had a friend over and we played Star Trek: Ascendancy for the whole day. This is a strategy game with a lot of possibilites and therefore not one of the short kind of games.

Initially I wanted to buy this game as well, but after playing it I think I'll pass on this one.

In the evening we went onto the couch to watch some tv series.

Samstag, 12. November 2016

Friday's shopping trip

This friday after work we went on a huge shopping trip to Mariahilf. We started wih some lunch at Westbahnhof with some burgers from Burgerista.


After that we went to GameStop, where I only got one audiobook although it's been quite a long time since I last bought some. On our way to Mariahilferstrasse we stopped at Starbucks for some refreshments.


Well fed we went on to myMuesli - for the weekly resupply - and then to Planet Harry, where I got some nice new games, especially the new Arkham Horror: The Card Game. Well packed we then went on to get our dinner from Temaya.

Back home the cats wanted their share, so we had to feed them first and afterwards we also were allowed to eat our sushi for dinner.

After an exhausting day we then went straight onto the couch to watch some series in the candlelight.


Freitag, 11. November 2016

Going postal?

Yesterday I got a call from the post office, that our absentee ballots have been found and are ready for pickup. We will see today if that's really true.

The rest of the evening I spent as usual with some cat entertainment, some computer games and some BBC series on the couch.

Donnerstag, 10. November 2016

Mittagessen

Und so geht diese Woche der kulinarischen Enttäuschungen zu Ende.

Gebackene Champignons mit Sauce Tartare


What a year!

Yesterday was the second day of 2016 where I went to bed relaxed - in the hope that the general public will do the right thing - only to wake up to another disaster.

First there was Brexit this year. You go to sleep and think "the Brits won't do something stupid and leave the EU", but they've done it.

Yesterday it was the the Americans turn - you think "they won't vote an idiot their new president" but they did. So the next turn is for the Austrian people to vote Norbert Hofer their new president and the whole world will call us a Nazi-state. Well, the problem is a disgruntled mass of people who want to teach the high and mighty a lesson, but don't understand the consequences of their actions and won't have them either. That's democracy for you!

But enough of political stuff, let's go back to something trivial. Yesterday after work I was at the post office and wanted to collect our absentee ballots. Although they were sent by registerted mail, the responsible post office wasn't able to find them. Well done Austrian Postal Service - you are now offically back leading my personal top 10 of disgust!

When I came back home again, it finally was business as usual: cat entertainment, playing computer games and watching some tv series.

Mittwoch, 9. November 2016

Mittagessen

Na endlich ist Schnitzeltag!

Genackes Schweins- oder Hühnerfilet mit Beilage nach Wahl


MasterChef is back!

Yesterday after work I went to my parents' for some nice dinner in the form of Apfelstrudel.


Afterwards I went home and after some playing with the cats and on the computer we went onto the couch for some BBC tv series, including the season start of MasterChef: The Professionals.

Dienstag, 8. November 2016

Mittagessen

Auch nicht wirklich eine bessere Wahl am Dienstag.

Gebratenes Putenfilet auf Cremigen Gemüse mit Pilawreis


Getting better

Yesterday after work we didn't go to the cinema as planned, since my dear was getting better but not good enough for going out.

So we stayed home with the cats and entertained them before watching some series on the couch.

Montag, 7. November 2016

Mittagessen

Die Woche ist noch jung und wieder ist die Auswahl eher bescheiden.

Hühnerragout Züricher Art mit Hörnchen


Und wesentlich besser geht es dann auch nicht weiter.


Ill still

On the second day of her illness, my dear and me stayed home again and repeated the day before: chores and baking - one could almost think it's already Christmas because of the smell of cookies.

Sonntag, 6. November 2016

Almost ill

Since my dear was ill, we stayed home on saturday and relaxed. I did a bit of chores and some baking, but nothing too fancy. In the evening we watched some tv series on the couch, supported by our cats.

Samstag, 5. November 2016

Friday - with a hint of ill

This friday I went shopping right after work. I visited myMuesli and Planet Harry and shopped at a local store for bakery tools in the inner city.

On my way home I stopped at Temaya for fish, which was distributed at home among the hungry souls.

In the evening my dear was at the opera and I was home and entertained the cats and played some Guild Wars 2.

Freitag, 4. November 2016

Gaming and watching

Yesterday evening we went to Guild Wars 2 to continue our quest for the legendary staff Nevermore.

After that we played with the cats and then went onto the couch to watch the most recent episodes of Legends of Tomorrorw, The Flash and Arrow.

Donnerstag, 3. November 2016

Mittagessen

So toll ist die Auswahl heute nicht gewesen, deswegen

Pizza speciale (Tomaten, Schinken, Champignons & Salami)


Happy cats

Yesterday I was at my parents' for dinner and I got some tasty pancakes.


After that I went to Fressnapf to buy food for our cats. Later back home we just had a relaxing evening on the couch with our tv series.


Mittwoch, 2. November 2016

Mittagessen

Das heutige Mittagessen war das erste der Woche und dann gleich

Gebackenes Schwein-/Hühnerschnizel mit Beilage nach Wahl


Und dann geht es noch so weiter:


Roles and how to play them

Yesterday we were allowed to sleep longer and after that we started preparing for the roleplaying session in the afternoon.

While my dear checked water and rescued a mule, I went to Guild Wars 2 and later listened to some podcast.

In the evening we watched the BBC episodes of The Great British Bake Off, Have I Got a Bit More News For You and QI on the couch.

Dienstag, 1. November 2016

It's Halloween

At Halloween we were invited to a party by a dear friend and there was a sleeping Great Old One.


After we got some really tasty food we went on to gaming. First up was a small cottage which was killing werewolves and villagers alike.

After that we invented some Codenames for our respective agents in the field. The conclusion was fitting for the event again: Zombie Dice.

In the end of the party we watched one episode of a BBC tv series: Hammer House of Horror and after that we went home to our cats, who already waited for us.