Well i think i said a lot about things i don't like. I guess it's time to mention some of the things i like.
I like suits. Yes, i do like them a lot and i own quite a few. Now not everybody looks good in a suit. It doesn't suit some people if you will. But I look tremendous wearing one. A man of my status has to conduct and dress himself a certain way. And if you see me skip a line at the airport, it's because i can. It's because i'm not some flip flop wearing dude in shorts and a hawaii shirt holding up the security line. Yes, the "no liquid over 6 ounces" rule applies to you too. Arguing won't help you and "i didn't know" is not a good argument.
I like sit coms. King of queens, Simpsons, Two and a half men. Very funny. Some that are not so funny include george lopez. Also the dude on TBS, Frank tv, not funny! Maybe i don't get it, but we Swiss are said to have an exquisit sense of humor. There are some Swiss and German shows i like but i'll address that in a German blog.
I like the gas prices being low! Who doesn't?
Gallons of water. Yes, a plus in the US! In Europe you mainly have one liter bottles.
That's it for now. I'm sure i'l write more later!
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Saturday, November 29, 2008
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
What's new?
Actually not that much. After spending a week home in beautiful Switzerland I'm kind of back in the US way of things.
Thanksgiving is coming up. Now, somebody please explain Thanksgiving to me. Actually you don't, I looked it up on Wikipedia (what a great tool that is).
According to it, it's to "express thanks for one's material and spiritual possessions"
Exactly what we need here, a holiday that celebrates material possessions! That seems to be the number one theme over here! Who drives the bigger car and has the biggest house. Good thing that this is coming to an end, as I've seen a few Smart cars already here in Philadelphia. It's now cool to drive a smaller car and people who drive Hummers are getting booed! Did you know a Swiss guy came up with the Smart?
"Most people celebrate by gathering at home with family or friends for a holiday feast"
That's a good thing. I think people should spend more time with their families! A holiday about food can only be good, who doesn't like food? Also there's actually some good food, as in Turkey, which is btw. healthy for you. Just don't put too much of that sauce on it!
Sweet potatoes are supposed to be good for you too, so dig in. I don't like sweet potatoes, because I think potatoes are not supposed to be sweet. They're good just the way they are.
Just don't eat too much pie and stuff that has sugar and such in it. America is big enough... Which will eventually start another rant from me here, because it's ridiculous how many people are overweight here.
"religious undertones related to the deliverance of the English settlers by Native Americans after the brutal winter at Plymouth, Massachusetts"
So thank you Native Americans! We're sorry we continued to kill you off and put you into reservation.
Sorry we stole your money, and cheated you out of land for selfish purpose. After all this is the holiday celebrating possession! And yes, thank you for showing us how to catch fish and grow corn, but after we knew that, there was not much use for you guys. Well actually there is, thank you for running those casinos on your reservations! More gambling fun for the paleface.
And since most Casinos have all you can eat buffets, this comes full circle!
Thanksgiving, enjoy it! All we need for it to be a typical American Holiday, like Halloween, is that it needs to be more commercialized and pushed on other countries. There needs to be Thanksgiving themed clothes, house decoration and so on!
Oh wait... Also thank you Thanksgiving for Black Friday Sale! We love ourselves a good sale, don't we!
Me, I'm looking forward to turkey, corn bread and mashed potatoes. I'm Swiss, I'm neutral, and very European.
Thanksgiving is coming up. Now, somebody please explain Thanksgiving to me. Actually you don't, I looked it up on Wikipedia (what a great tool that is).
According to it, it's to "express thanks for one's material and spiritual possessions"
Exactly what we need here, a holiday that celebrates material possessions! That seems to be the number one theme over here! Who drives the bigger car and has the biggest house. Good thing that this is coming to an end, as I've seen a few Smart cars already here in Philadelphia. It's now cool to drive a smaller car and people who drive Hummers are getting booed! Did you know a Swiss guy came up with the Smart?
"Most people celebrate by gathering at home with family or friends for a holiday feast"
That's a good thing. I think people should spend more time with their families! A holiday about food can only be good, who doesn't like food? Also there's actually some good food, as in Turkey, which is btw. healthy for you. Just don't put too much of that sauce on it!
Sweet potatoes are supposed to be good for you too, so dig in. I don't like sweet potatoes, because I think potatoes are not supposed to be sweet. They're good just the way they are.
Just don't eat too much pie and stuff that has sugar and such in it. America is big enough... Which will eventually start another rant from me here, because it's ridiculous how many people are overweight here.
"religious undertones related to the deliverance of the English settlers by Native Americans after the brutal winter at Plymouth, Massachusetts"
So thank you Native Americans! We're sorry we continued to kill you off and put you into reservation.
Sorry we stole your money, and cheated you out of land for selfish purpose. After all this is the holiday celebrating possession! And yes, thank you for showing us how to catch fish and grow corn, but after we knew that, there was not much use for you guys. Well actually there is, thank you for running those casinos on your reservations! More gambling fun for the paleface.
And since most Casinos have all you can eat buffets, this comes full circle!
Thanksgiving, enjoy it! All we need for it to be a typical American Holiday, like Halloween, is that it needs to be more commercialized and pushed on other countries. There needs to be Thanksgiving themed clothes, house decoration and so on!
Oh wait... Also thank you Thanksgiving for Black Friday Sale! We love ourselves a good sale, don't we!
Me, I'm looking forward to turkey, corn bread and mashed potatoes. I'm Swiss, I'm neutral, and very European.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Bestseller
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Thursday, November 20, 2008
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Top Chef
If you wanna taste the best food, you have to go to Switzerland.
I was just there last week, and I miss it so much.
Sometimes I don't know why i still live here. I set out to reach some big goals this year, and I wasn't able to capture them. The year is ending soon and my time to reach them is getting smaller and smaller.
On the other hand I found out some interesting things. America is such a messed up country. You guys think just because you elected Obama everything is going to get better. Well, I hate to break it to you, but years of miss management doesn't just turn around in a short period of time.
How many of you are in credit card dept? What? So many? But just go ahead and buy that new flat screen TV, I'm sure you can't live without it!
So guess what I learned. It doesn't help if you're patient, quiet and have manners. You have to be a total @ss, excuse my language, in this country. Just look at who's successful on TV. Look what America is watching! So many reality shows, and only the biggest idiots are on it.
While I was in Europe I talked to some people about this. They have like 3 reality shows on TV and that's almost too much for them! How many are on TV over here? More than 20 come to mind in the first minute! Watch something with content, where you can learn something! Seriously!
Somebody i know almost got in a huge fight in Germany, because people wanted to beat him up because he's from the US. It didn't help that he acted out of line. What else do you expect from an American anyway.
So see, Americans, you're not that great. You call America the greatest country, yet you haven't visited another one!
People who travel to Switzerland call Switzerland the greatest country. They like it more than their own. That's the mark of a great country!
I was just there last week, and I miss it so much.
Sometimes I don't know why i still live here. I set out to reach some big goals this year, and I wasn't able to capture them. The year is ending soon and my time to reach them is getting smaller and smaller.
On the other hand I found out some interesting things. America is such a messed up country. You guys think just because you elected Obama everything is going to get better. Well, I hate to break it to you, but years of miss management doesn't just turn around in a short period of time.
How many of you are in credit card dept? What? So many? But just go ahead and buy that new flat screen TV, I'm sure you can't live without it!
So guess what I learned. It doesn't help if you're patient, quiet and have manners. You have to be a total @ss, excuse my language, in this country. Just look at who's successful on TV. Look what America is watching! So many reality shows, and only the biggest idiots are on it.
While I was in Europe I talked to some people about this. They have like 3 reality shows on TV and that's almost too much for them! How many are on TV over here? More than 20 come to mind in the first minute! Watch something with content, where you can learn something! Seriously!
Somebody i know almost got in a huge fight in Germany, because people wanted to beat him up because he's from the US. It didn't help that he acted out of line. What else do you expect from an American anyway.
So see, Americans, you're not that great. You call America the greatest country, yet you haven't visited another one!
People who travel to Switzerland call Switzerland the greatest country. They like it more than their own. That's the mark of a great country!
Monday, November 17, 2008
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Europe
So i haven't been writing for a while. Mainly because i've been in europe for the last week. Right now i'm sitting in the london heathrow airport waiting for my flight back to the US to board.
Yesterday i wrestled for the Saarland Wrestling Organisation in Germany. Me and Marc Roudin represented the Swiss Money Holding and won a 4 corner tag team match. It feels good to be back where i started and team with my teammates. Speaking of, an american reunion of me and Ares still has to happen!
In the last 7 days i have been to England, Germany, Switzerland, Germany again and now i'm on my way back to the US. It's not a gimmick, it's true, i travel the world. I do what other people dream of.
It's time everybody understands that. I'm not here to play, i'm here to win! And i will stop at nothing to do so.
Ok, my flight is boarding now. I shall finish this when i touch down in Boston.
And i'm back! Chikara today. Watch for pictures!
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Yesterday i wrestled for the Saarland Wrestling Organisation in Germany. Me and Marc Roudin represented the Swiss Money Holding and won a 4 corner tag team match. It feels good to be back where i started and team with my teammates. Speaking of, an american reunion of me and Ares still has to happen!
In the last 7 days i have been to England, Germany, Switzerland, Germany again and now i'm on my way back to the US. It's not a gimmick, it's true, i travel the world. I do what other people dream of.
It's time everybody understands that. I'm not here to play, i'm here to win! And i will stop at nothing to do so.
Ok, my flight is boarding now. I shall finish this when i touch down in Boston.
And i'm back! Chikara today. Watch for pictures!
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Saturday, November 1, 2008
Music / Musik!
Music plays a big role in our lives today. Every TV show has their theme, every commercial has one and we listen to the radio on the way to work.
We also listen to our MP3 players in the gym and sing in the shower. There are "Don't forget the lyric" shows on TV and quizzes about songs on the radio.
And who could forget the new favorite past time of everybody? Karaoke! Or did you think I'd say Guitar Hero? Well, guess what, both include music!
Now I'm from Europe and we have a slightly different Music taste. It sometimes takes a while till a song form over here finds it's way over to Europe and vice versa. A couple of years back it took longer, now days with internet and global media it doesn't take that long.
Since I like music a lot, but don't claim to be a music genius or critic, I listen to the European single charts aswell. Now it's interesting how many songs in the respective country's native language are in their single charts. And of course they're only popular, or way more popular, in that specific country.
Which makes me wonder if the different states over here would speak another language, would the music vary from state to state? Actually I'm pretty sure that in heavily Hispanic populated areas, there are more Spanish songs on the radio and there would be more Spanish songs in the charts if they'd do charts per city.
Enough talking, more music!
I finally added a music player to my myspace profile! You can check that out at www.claudiocastagnoli.com or myspace.com/claudiocastagnoli But, it doesn't just play when you load the page (yes I hate these), it just plays when you click play!
And I loaded it with 5 songs for now. I think that's a good number. I'll exchange songs when I find new ones I like.
What it's there for is to play some songs you might not hear in the US. I heard them listening to European stations and I like them for one reason or the other. So here are my 2 Rappen to each one.
1. Jimi Blue - Keys to the City. He's the son of a German Actor and this song is just fun to listen to. Yes it has a little German accent and the text is not too deep (actually not at all) but hey, that makes it fun! Apart from that, this song is the theme song to the german TV show "Dance Star".
2. Scooter - Jump the Rock (feat. Status Quo). Yes, I hated Scooter when I grew up. Why? Because all it is it's some simple techno beat and some dude yelling. This song has the popular Status Quo song "whatever you want" mixed in. But the rest didn't change (in over 10 years!!). Maybe it's because I lived over here for a while now, but this song reminds me of Europe... You gotta love bad techno...
3. Bushido - Ching Ching. This song is in German. Even if you don't understand you might like it. When I grew up I listened to many songs I didn't understood. I still listen to songs I don't understand completly (Spanish, French, etc). This song is basically about how it's hard to grow up in the streets and why people who don't live in the streets never understand why people do certain things. But don't mistake this for just hateing or bragging, it has a good message and the text is really good.
4. Maria Mena - All this time. Maria is a 22 year old Norwegian woman. This song is from her first internationally released album "Cause and Effect". Two of her songs were featured on "So you think you can Dance" over here in Seasons 3 and 4. So she might not be completly unknown over here, but I think this song has hit potential. Great song!
5. Guru Josh Project - Infinity 2008. A remix of Guru Josh's 1989 hit "Infinity" DJ Klaas remixed it and now it's Infinity 2008. Well it rocks! So here's my key philosophy, a freak like me just needs infinity!
That's it for now!
Oh, if I could have one other song on there it would be the "Baby come back" from the Swiffer comercial! Yes, the song that the mob's singing! Or more the mariachi band...
We also listen to our MP3 players in the gym and sing in the shower. There are "Don't forget the lyric" shows on TV and quizzes about songs on the radio.
And who could forget the new favorite past time of everybody? Karaoke! Or did you think I'd say Guitar Hero? Well, guess what, both include music!
Now I'm from Europe and we have a slightly different Music taste. It sometimes takes a while till a song form over here finds it's way over to Europe and vice versa. A couple of years back it took longer, now days with internet and global media it doesn't take that long.
Since I like music a lot, but don't claim to be a music genius or critic, I listen to the European single charts aswell. Now it's interesting how many songs in the respective country's native language are in their single charts. And of course they're only popular, or way more popular, in that specific country.
Which makes me wonder if the different states over here would speak another language, would the music vary from state to state? Actually I'm pretty sure that in heavily Hispanic populated areas, there are more Spanish songs on the radio and there would be more Spanish songs in the charts if they'd do charts per city.
Enough talking, more music!
I finally added a music player to my myspace profile! You can check that out at www.claudiocastagnoli.com or myspace.com/claudiocastagnoli But, it doesn't just play when you load the page (yes I hate these), it just plays when you click play!
And I loaded it with 5 songs for now. I think that's a good number. I'll exchange songs when I find new ones I like.
What it's there for is to play some songs you might not hear in the US. I heard them listening to European stations and I like them for one reason or the other. So here are my 2 Rappen to each one.
1. Jimi Blue - Keys to the City. He's the son of a German Actor and this song is just fun to listen to. Yes it has a little German accent and the text is not too deep (actually not at all) but hey, that makes it fun! Apart from that, this song is the theme song to the german TV show "Dance Star".
2. Scooter - Jump the Rock (feat. Status Quo). Yes, I hated Scooter when I grew up. Why? Because all it is it's some simple techno beat and some dude yelling. This song has the popular Status Quo song "whatever you want" mixed in. But the rest didn't change (in over 10 years!!). Maybe it's because I lived over here for a while now, but this song reminds me of Europe... You gotta love bad techno...
3. Bushido - Ching Ching. This song is in German. Even if you don't understand you might like it. When I grew up I listened to many songs I didn't understood. I still listen to songs I don't understand completly (Spanish, French, etc). This song is basically about how it's hard to grow up in the streets and why people who don't live in the streets never understand why people do certain things. But don't mistake this for just hateing or bragging, it has a good message and the text is really good.
4. Maria Mena - All this time. Maria is a 22 year old Norwegian woman. This song is from her first internationally released album "Cause and Effect". Two of her songs were featured on "So you think you can Dance" over here in Seasons 3 and 4. So she might not be completly unknown over here, but I think this song has hit potential. Great song!
5. Guru Josh Project - Infinity 2008. A remix of Guru Josh's 1989 hit "Infinity" DJ Klaas remixed it and now it's Infinity 2008. Well it rocks! So here's my key philosophy, a freak like me just needs infinity!
That's it for now!
Oh, if I could have one other song on there it would be the "Baby come back" from the Swiffer comercial! Yes, the song that the mob's singing! Or more the mariachi band...
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