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[kittydesade]

1. Warum kommt Herr Obermaier in den Deutschkurs? Für sprechen über Österreich.
2. Ist Österreich größer oder kleiner als Ihr Bundesland/Ihre Provinz? Ich glaube, ist kleiner als mein Bundesland.
3. Was sind einige der weltbekannten Klischees über Österreich? Dass Österreich ist das Land der Kultur, oder das Land der Musik.
4. In welcher Sportart ist Österreich besonders erfolgreich? In Ski laufen.
5. Möchten Sie in ein österreichisches Café gehen? Warum (nicht)? Ja, man kann gute Torte essen.
6. Warum ist die geografische Lage Österreichs politisch und wirtschaftlich wichtig?
7. Welche internationalen Organisationen haben Büros in Österreich? UNO und OPEC
8. Warum kann man sagen, dass Österreich ein Land er Kontraste ist? Urgh.
9. Herr Obermaier erwähnt einige berühmte Österreicher. Welche kennen Sie? Ich kenne Sigmund Freud und Mozart.



I have an unpopular opinion to register: I actually liked Sucker Punch. It did not disappoint me.

Sucker Punch, and I don't think I'm spoiling anyone by saying this, was a fantasy inside a hallucination inside a very, very basic plot. Girl is locked up by evil stepfather. Girl must escape. Girl escapes by retreating into a world of her own where the prison is more gilded, she has beautiful things around her to make herself feel better, and she has more power in her own right. She isn't as dismissed in a brothel as she is in an asylum. And through imagining her prison as a different sort of prison she imagines her escape route by being... a badass chick in sexy clothing with big powerful weapons who fights and kills monsters.

There are a lot of things I daydream about being. Some of them I'm working towards now: the musician, the linguist. But I'd say easily within the top five fantasy selves is a badass chick in sexy clothing with big powerful weapons who fights and kills monsters. Without a scratch. I went to Dragon*Con as Silk Spectre and Cheetara because I wanted to be a badass chick in sexy clothing with big powerful weapons who fights and kills monsters, because if I dressed up as such (in a setting where I wouldn't be looked at oddly for doing so) I figured, maybe it'll help me think of myself as such. Which will then boost my self-confidence, and so on and so forth. Note: Nowhere in this plan does it involve me castigating myself for not actually looking like Malin Ackerman or the living embodiment of a powerful catgirl. Fuck waiting for me to get my ass and the rest of me in shape, I'm going to fantasize about being that badass chick, and I'm going to make everyone else see it, too. Surprisingly, that worked. Really damn well.

Does Zach Snyder's movie have problems? I'm sure it does, no movie is problem free. For one thing, he's starting to look like he's taking after Frank WHORESWHORESWHORES Miller. But did I enjoy it? You bet your sweet bippy I did. All hail coping with stressful situations by imagining yourself kicking ass in full cinematic style. Complete with wise old mentor figure and over the top weapons.