Circles

Another few pages of my drawing journal.

Red and Black - Scanning help needed!

Some weeks ago I drew these two pics in my drawing journal. I´m really having a hard time trying to catch the real colors. The red is actually a bright but dark red. There are streaks of gold which blend into the red.
Any ideas how the get a better result?

Scanned:

Scanned with text:

Picture taken with flash:

Right Pronounciation

One of my favorite artists is HR Giger. If you want to know how to pronounce his name check out the video posted below. :)

Werkstattkino (Movie Craze)

See the small table on the pic? Right before the movie starts, someone puts a small cash box and a crate of beer and juice on the table. That is where you buy your movie tickets.

Werkstattkino: (Fraunhoferstraße 9, München, Tel.: 089/260 72 50)

Movie:
January 18: Paulas Geheimnis (Paula´s Secret)

(Movie Craze & This Diary Will Change Your Life 2009)

Maxx (Movie Craze)

Maxx: (Am Isartorplatz, München, Tel.: 018 05/24 63 62 99)

Movie:
January 15: Zeiten des Aufruhrs (Revolutionary Road)

(Movie Craze & This Diary Will Change Your Life 2009)

Monopol (Movie Craze)

Monopol: (Feilitzschstraße 7, München, Tel.: 089/38 88 84 93)

Movies:
January 12: So finster die Nacht (Let the right one in)
February 03: The Boss of It All

(Movie Craze & This Diary Will Change Your Life 2009)

Staircase - Unter der Treppe

End of December 2008 I watched a funny play by Charles Dyer, about the problems of a gay couple at theater ... und so fort. You can read more about Staircase at wikipedia.

Studio im Isabella (Movie Craze)

Studio im Isabella: (Neureutherstraße 29, München, Tel.: 089/271 88)

Movie:
January 4: Stella und der Stern des Orients

(Movie Craze & This Diary Will Change Your Life 2009)

Movie Craze

Instructions in week 1 of the book "This Diary Will Change Your Life 2009":

"Make a New Year Resolution that no one in history has ever made before."

I usually don´t make any New Year resolutions, but an idea came to my mind almost immediately: I want to visit each and every movie theater in Munich in the year 2009 (which makes about one new theater every week - considering vacations, sick kids, etc.). Probably I´m not the first one to have this idea, but it is something which I would love to do and I´m sure I can follow it through. 

List of movie theaters in Munich which I´m going to visit at least once this year:
Done:

2009

2010

2011
2012

To do:

Maxim-Programmkino: (Landshuter Allee 33, München)
Neues Rex: (Agricolastraße 16, München)

Ten Years Ago...

... (one of my New Year´s Resolution) is running again. Hopefully I´ll manage to post daily to Ten Years Ago until the end of the year.

This Diary Will Change Your Life

2008 I bought a copy of the book "This Diary Will Change Your Life 2009" by Benrik. To promote this book the designer duo Ben Carey and Henrick Delehag literally stuck a guy onto a billboard in London. Watch the video below:

'Guaranteed to make you smile' - "The Times".

'Playing along with this book might not make your life any better - but it sure as hell will make it more interesting' - "News of the World".

Another one of their extreme self-help books is Lose Weight! Get Laid! Find God!": All-in-one Life Planner. I like the title!

New Year´s Resolutions?

I usually don´t make any New Year´s resolutions, because I´m pretty sure I would break them. But this year I do have some plans.

1. I want to get through a full year of Ten Years Ago. (Last year I managed to keep up with the daily posts until June only.)
2. Open this letter soon.
3. Best of all: Visit all movie theaters in Munich in one year (which makes about one new theater every week). But more to that in another post.

Update:

1. Try some Macarons.
2. Get more exercise.
3. Follow my own intuition and wishes without adjusting to others too readily.
   

Gifts and Presents

2008 ended wonderfully. I had a lot of fun with the Advent game and enjoyed the gifts and cards I received too.
Thanks to Dawn (card), Steffi (card and a wonderful bracelet - where did I put it for the picture??), Steve (for his little booklet), Sterntau (postcard) and David (I received his little comic, which I will be posting about later).
Even better: This year I received Chanukah gifts from Benjamin. Usually I´m in charge of taking care of the gifts for the family, but this year I was lucky. I received loads of great gifts from him. What a great, great surprise. Thanks!

I received The lugubrious Library by Edward Gorey,


Conversations with Picasso by Brassai,

Schande by J. M. Coetzee,

Craft Inc.: Turn Your Creative Hobby Into a Busines by Meg Mateo Ilasco,

365 Days: A Diary by Julie Doucet,

Promod Long Leather Gloves,

and a voucher for a movie theater and more RAM for my MacBook Pro. What really touched me (or should I say "moved me to tears") is the book "Conversations with Picasso" by Brassai. I´ve been wanting this out-of-print book for almost 10 years, but it hadn´t been affordable (around $400 used) for me. I almost forgot about it, until I received it a few days ago. Thanks, babe! This made a wonderful start into the year 2009. :)

Happy New Year 2009!