Happy Birthday to MC's blog

Today MC's blog is running for one year already!
That was a fast year! Time is always running fast when you're having fun!


Hope all the readers out there keep coming back for more in the second year of existence!
Have much fun!

KISS rocked Vienna

You wanted the best! You got the best!
THE HOTTEST BAND IN THE WORLD! - KISS!



WOW!!!

That was a breathtaking show yesterday!
The greatest concert I've ever experienced!

And HAPPY BIRTHDAY ERIC! It's really great of you to celebrate your 50th birthday with the audience in Vienna in such a 'purrfect' show!

When KISS was in Vienna the last time I didn't know to much about them. I got 'infected' with their music shortly afterwards by my uncle. I love KISS! Their music is really hot!

I hoped for quite a long time that they would come back to Vienna so I could see them live someday and this year my dream came true! To bad I didn't have the money for one of those cool 'Meet & Greet Packages'. But maybe someday I will!

I was really glad when Paul apologized for not being here for such a long and promised to come back soon! I WILL be there!!!

As I said the concert was fantastic! Everything you could have expected was there! Fire, fireworks, bloodspitting and the flights of Gene and Paul and the firework from Tommy's guitar!

Songlist:

Deuce
Strutter
Got To Choose
Hotter Than Hell
Firehouse
Nothin' To Lose (Eric lead vocals)
C'Mon And Love Me
Parasite
She (Tommy Guitar Solo)
Watchin' You
Rock Bottom
100,000 Years (Eric Drum Solo)
Cold Gin
Let Me Go Rock 'N' Roll
Black Diamond (Eric lead vocals)
Rock And Roll All Nite

Encore:

Shout It Out Loud
Lick It Up
I Love It Loud (Gene spat blood and flew to rafters)
I Was Made For Lovin' You
Love Gun (Paul flew to back of the hall)
Detroit Rock City


I am really looking forward to see them again on their next tour!

Websites: KISS, Stadthalle
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MC listened to: KISS - Rock and Roll All Night
via FoxyTunes

Happy Mother's Day!

Best wishes to all the mothers out there!
Hope you all will have a nice day!


Picture taken from: The Jammer With The Hammer (blog)

Dinner & Crime: Wanderlust

Yesterday we were together with some friends at the castle Wilhelminenberg for 'Dinner & Crime'.



The castle Wilhelminenberg lies above Vienna and so you get a great view all over Vienna from the restaurant's terrace.

This was the first visit to 'Dinner & Crime' and it was really cool!

I don't want to tell too much and spoil you so I will keep it short allthough there would be a lot to tell!
In the show 'Wanderlust' you go onboard the MS Dinner the new flagship of Crime Lines. The actors involve the guests into the whole play. A lot of very funny characters are onboard this ship and everyone has a hidden secret.
The play is staged during the captain's dinner onboard. There is always fun and of course some serious arguing between the different characters until suddenly there is a murder. Now you get to see some exhibits and have to find the murderer and the motive.

Every table has to fill out a form in wich you write who did it and why. One of the tables with the right answers gets to win a round of sparkling wine and the table with the most creative (or dumbest - in a funny way) answer wins one too.

It was extremely funny and worth the money!
The dinner tasted also fantastic and they also have alternative meals for vegetarians.

Websites: Dinner & Crime, Castle Wilhelminenberg
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MC listened to: The Beatles - Lady Madonna
via FoxyTunes

10 years on the road

I could also say 'Happy Birthday' to my Audi but that would sound a bit weird.
On the 29. April 1998 my car was registered for the first time. Don't know when it left the factory, so the real 'date of birth' will be some days before.
After 10 years of duty it runs fine as new.

Websites: Audi.at, Audi.com
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MC listened to: Hank Williams - Jambalaya
via FoxyTunes

'God on a Harley' by Joan Brady

'Als Gott Harley Davidson fuhr' (German title)

This weekend I read this great book.

I bought it some time ago without reading the plot just because I liked the title. When I found it again in a drawer on Friday I saw that it had only 191 pages and was printed in a rather big font. So I thought it could be finished fast and was curious about the story that fits in such a small space. After reading the plot I was a bit worried that it could be just a love story with not to much in it, but after a few pages I recognized that there was a lot of depth inside and that it was not only about love in the common way.
I think a lot of people will find themselves - at least partly - in the protagonist Christine Moore.
There are some really good advice for a better live throughout the whole story.

The plot:

At thirty-seven, Christine Moore had a world-class case of burnout: a frustrating career, a few dead-end romances, and a less-than-perfect figure. Little did she know her life was about to change completely . . .
Everybody is developing continuously and that doesn't only apply to human beings, it also applies to the almighty force commonly called God or something like that.
God recognized that not everything was going like he had planned and that he was often mistaken. So he is out to help every single person and now its time for Christine's life to be improved.
He comes to her in the shape of a biker called Joe on his Harley-Davidson and so begins Christine's journey, a voyage of the spirit that frees her to appreciate each precious moment of life - and reveals to her six wondrous precepts that lead to the deepest peace and fulfillment we can ever know.

I can only recommend this book to everyone!

Website: Joan Brady
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MC listened to: Guns 'N' Roses - November Rain
via FoxyTunes

back to school (3)

WOW! That was fast!
As I wrote earlier today that I took the aptitude test just last Thursday and this evening I received a call from my mother who told me that a letter from the FH had arrived. So I rushed to her to open the letter. Didn't think that there would be the big YES or NO in it, just something about how I did on the test.
When I opened it my heart raced a hundret miles per hour and I was pretty shaking. I pulled the letter out of the envelope and directly in the subject line it read 'entry confirmation'.
I REALLY MADE IT!
All that's left to do is to fill out the 'study entrance declaration' and bring it to the FH and then - starting at the 2. September - I will be an official student at the FH Wiener Neustadt.

Website: FH Wiener Neustadt
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MC listened to: AC DC - Thunderstruck
via FoxyTunes

The Rat Pack @ Magna Racino

On Saturday we saw a great show at the Magna Racino in Ebreichsdorf.


Sammy, Frank & Dean - The Rat Pack

A fabulous show with really great impersonators of Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sintatra and Dean Martin.
I would have never thought that it could be that fantastic! Not only the voices were really close to the originals, also the movement and behavior seemed to be very genuine.
In the first part of the show they brought great hits like 'My Way', 'Mr. Bojangles' and 'Volare' and told stories of the lives of those three marvelous entertainers.



In the second part of the show they came back on stage in smokings. And gave a perfect show with a really high fun factor and a lot of digs at the drinking behavior of Dean.

I put both show parts into one video this time but had to split it due to youtube's 10 minutes limitation.

Part 1


Part 2


Of the three shows I've seen at the Racino so far this was the best! It was just unbelieveable.

There was also a special guest among the audience, Frank Stronach the boss of Manga was sitting just two tables away from us. Not that he's such a big celebrity but it's nice to see VIPs in person.

The dinner was also wonderfull again.

Before the first show part we had the appetizer - smoked salmon tureen with marinated shrimps, salad and dill-mustard-sauce - and the soup - strong cattle soup with native olive oil and dumplings.
After the first part of the show we were served the main course - chicken piccata with pumpkin seed balls on tomatoe and basil sauce.
After the show it was time for the dessert - a small piece of cake, raspberry mousse and vanilla ice cream.
Tasted great!

I love the ambience at the Racino! It's always a pleasure to be there - especially with such a fantastic show!

Website: Magna Racino
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MC listened to: Frank Sinatra - You Make Me Feel So Young
via FoxyTunes

back to school (2)

Last Thursday I took the second step on the way to become a student at the FH Wiener Neustadt - the aptitude test.
I was really nevous the days before; I think that was because of the fact that I didn't know what it would be like and that there was nothing you could have prepared in advance.
As soon as the test had started it was like always, nervousity was blown away and it was no problem to focus on the test; and afterwards I have to say it was rather amusing.
Some of the stages didn't make to much sense to me in relation to the study.
This time was the first time in my life I had the feeling that I even solved some of those damn number rows - where you are given some numbers which have a logical run and you have to find the pattern and put in the next following number. But on the other hand I think I completely failed the German part. I think there will be some right answers but they only by luck. Some of the words I have never heard before.
End of the week I should get the test result.


Website: FH Wiener Neustadt
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MC listened to: Sting - Englishman In New York
via FoxyTunes

seven years of love

Today Julia and I celebrate our 7th anniversary.

Julia, I love you soo much, I want to be with you forever and for always!