Drusilla´s Day Dreams and Nightmares

Snape Night

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:58:52 GMT

Was awake for far too long, and now I cannot sleep. I blame all the bisquits! I shouldn´t have eaten them. I mean the first two were OK, but every single bisquit after that ...

There were many things I could´ve done better. On the other hand, the event started an hour earlier than announced at first (in GMT) and that confused me. The main thing was not remembered as often as he should´ve, and I partly blame me for it. I ought to have planned in advance, so that a minor inconvenience wouldn´t have lead me astray. But all I knew was that my task was to welcome people. And I´m not that used to JavaChat!

I have to admit, that at first I was very bored. And I bet any random member visiting the chat must´ve felt just the same. I did what I could which, I´m afraid, was not much. I don´t know who belongs to the licking inner circkle and - to be honest - am not interested about it either. I´m no fucking American teenage girl, and thanks Merlin for that!

I cannot help feeling a bit sad about some members that signed to the chat but never said a word. If everyone else knows each other and doesn´t seem to need or even want you there it´s easiest to hit the road and never come back :/

When I forgot my duties it was funny anyway, and I think the duties were taken care of more easily after that, too =D Too bad that next time I might not be able to be around :(

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:23:15 GMT

If you could be any creature, any mobile life form at all, which would it be and why?

Submitted By sula_sgeir

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I´ll be boring and say a cat.

But not any cat. A cat that was worshipped in ancient Egypt. Cats are gods/goddesses :)

Writer's Block: Planet's Rights

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:18:22 GMT

How do you feel about Pluto's recent demotion? Should it still be a planet?

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I think it should. I mean it´s always been, when I´ve been around.

French GP

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:54:47 GMT

Magny-Cours

Ferraris got an excellent start. Also Trulli kept his position as third. Toyota had some grief with the team’s former principal Ove Andersson, who was killed recently during an historic car rally in South Africa, so Trulli was wearing a black band around his upper arm and so did all the team. Also the car had a black line on it.

Button hurt his front wing and visited the lawn, but he just got to the pit to get a new wing and on the road again! What a pity, that about 13 laps later he had to retire as the only driver in the whole race. I really felt sorry for him.

Hamilton passed Alonso and slightly hitted his car, and not long after that he made his first pit stop. I wonder was the passing quite wise or was the stop due to the hit.

The first three had been the same persons practically the whole race through, but then Kimi got some mechanical problems: his right exhaust pipe was loose, and Felipe passed him. Weird enough, Ferrari didn´t take him in. The problem was probably one that would take too much time to repair.

Räikkönen went to the pit about 15 laps after the problem showed up. It was an ordinary pit stop with tyres changed and fuel added. They didn´t do anything to the exhaust pipe.

Massa was so far away from the second driving Räikkönen, that he could easily take his position as a first driver back after his last pit stop.

Only a few laps left, and we saw a most exciting battle between Trulli and Kovalainen. Heikki tried hard to pass Jarno, and I jumped up and down on the sofa screaming "noo!" Luckily Jarno win, and could dedicate the podium to Ove Andersson. I think it would´ve been unfair if Kovalainen would have ruined that.

Trulli, who got his own the national anthem played even he didn´t stand in the middle podium, looked happy. Tehee, the Italians must have had real cool time while all the persons on the podium were Italia-related somehow: two driving in an italian team and one being an Italian himself.

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:39:41 GMT

Circuit Gilles Villeneuve

Kubi won, for the first time, and I WASN´T THERE! I mean I didn´t even see it, not that I would´ve gone to Canada to see it.

But: HOORAY FOR ROBERT KUBICA!

He´s also leads in Championship points at the moment. Sooh exciting... :)

1 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber
2 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber
3 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault
4 Timo Glock Toyota
5 Felipe Massa Ferrari
6 Jarno Trulli Toyota
7 Rubens Barrichello Honda
8 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari

Pos	Driver	Nationality	Team	Points
1	Robert Kubica	Polish	BMW Sauber	42
2	Lewis Hamilton	British	McLaren-Mercedes	38
3	Felipe Massa	Brazilian	Ferrari	38
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Finnish	Ferrari	35
5	Nick Heidfeld	German	BMW Sauber	28
6	Heikki Kovalainen	Finnish	McLaren-Mercedes	15
7	Mark Webber	Australian	Red Bull-Renault	15
8	Jarno Trulli	Italian	Toyota	12
9	Fernando Alonso	Spanish	Renault	9
10	Nico Rosberg	German	Williams-Toyota	8
11	Kazuki Nakajima	Japanese	Williams-Toyota	7
12	David Coulthard	British	Red Bull-Renault	6
13	Timo Glock	German	Toyota	5
14	Sebastian Vettel	German	STR-Ferrari	5
15	Rubens Barrichello	Brazilian	Honda	5
16	Jenson Button	British	Honda	3
17	Sebastien Bourdais	French	STR-Ferrari	2
18	Giancarlo Fisichella	Italian	Force India-Ferrari	0
19	Nelsinho Piquet	Brazilian	Renault	0
20	Takuma Sato	Japanese	Super Aguri-Honda	0
21	Anthony Davidson	British	Super Aguri-Honda	0
22	Adrian Sutil	German	Force India-Ferrari	0

Note - Super Aguri withdrew from the championship after round four.

1	Ferrari	73
2	BMW Sauber	70
3	McLaren-Mercedes	53
4	Red Bull-Renault	21
5	Toyota	17
6	Williams-Toyota	15
7	Renault	9
8	Honda	8
9	STR-Ferrari	7
10	Force India-Ferrari	0
11	Super Aguri-Honda	0

Monaco GP

Sun, 25 May 2008 20:55:51 GMT

Circuit de Monaco

This race was almost a complete opposite to the Turkish GP. The weather was rainy, so nothing less was expected, though.

Kovalainen couldn´t get his car going when the warm-up lap started, so he had to join the race from the pit. Hamilton got a good start and passed Räikkönen who got a lousier start.

There were several minor collisions, of course, since the track was wet. Many people injured their front wings, Button, Rosberg and Glock to start with. Yes, one could say the front wings were very popular indeed. Timo Glock was the first one to change his Intermediate tyres to wet ones, if I saw right, the others continued with the intermediates.

It was around the sixth lap, when Hamilton hitted the wall and shattred his back tyre. Alonso did a similar thing on the next round. He changed wet tyres as he had to go to the pit anyway. Coulthard seemed to be anxious to become a taxi-driver, since he drove to the wall at the taxi- square. A Toro Rosso, Sebastien Bourdais, seemed to be desperate to become a taxi-driver, too, since he drove right to David´s car and hitted him away from that square. One Red Bull and one Toro Rosso, a crane for each, Almost a poetical sight. The energy drink company must´ve been happy for its drivers ...

Kimi was announced to get a drive through penalty for something like "Tyres not fully fitted ... 3 minute ....". He had his penalty pretty soon and came back to the circuit the situation becoming "MAS KUB HAM RAI HEI". Alonso collided with Heidfeld, just when we thought he was doing pretty well. One oughtn´t say nice things about him, eh?

Massa went "sightseeing" after slipping in a puddle and Kubica was on the lead. I so wanted him to win ... Robert, I mean. Heidfeld joined the Front Wing Changers Club.

Kubi´s first stop was on the 26th lap. Intermediate tyres. Kimi went sightseeing at the same spot Felipe had done earlier, and obviously hit something. At least he joined the Front Wing Changers after that. Back from the pit behind Sutil he came.

Massa´s first pit stop was as late as on 33rd lap. Kovalainen´s 1st on the 34th and Trulli´s 2nd on the 37th lap. Timo Glock hit the wall and had to make his 2nd pit stop. In between Timo´s hit and pit Fisi´s 200th race ended.

At 44th round Fernando Alonso was brave or crazy enough to change dry tyres. The circuit was still a tad wet, and more rain was possibly coming, but also his team mate changed into dry ones a couple of laps later. Here you could tell the diffence between a Champion and a rookie: Nelsinho got in trouble with his tyres and drove out.

Kubica´s 2nd and Sutil´s 1st pit stop at 53rd lap: dry tyres for both of them. Lewis had his 2nd stop aswell.

At 56th lap Massa had his 2nd stop, and couldn´t help Kubi getting in front of him while coming back to the track. There would´ve been 17 to go, if the two hour limit wasn´t reached before it (they drove 76/78) when Nico Rosberg ruined his car by colliding the walls.. Safety car again, like after the Red Bull incident. Heidfeld had to go to the pit anyway, even though it was forbidden, otherwise he might´ve run out of fuel. This was not the first time for him. Maybe in the next race he doesn´t leave it to the last minute.

About ten minutes left, and the Champion ruined both his and a person´s who had until then exceeded expectations race. Kimi lost the control of his car and collided Sutil, who was 4th at the moment. Both to the pit, of course. No chance to any championship points for them either then.

But Hamilton had one dream come true: the Monaco GP win. The beloved Robert Kubica was 2nd, and Ferrari´s smaller pilot Felipe Massa 3rd. The interesting part, even though I bet not many would have guessed even the top three result, was the next positions: Webber, Vettel, Barrichello, Nakajima, Kovalainen.

Hamilton looked so happy and Kubica looked so tall, especially next to Massa.

Hamilton got his trophy from Prince Albert, who I cannot believe is forever just a prince. Maybe it´s his first name: Prince Albert von Monaco? The awesome Kubi got his trophy from Princess Caroline, and Massa I don´t remember from whom.

Sat, 24 May 2008 11:41:16 GMT

Istanbul Park Circuit

The race was a bit non-eventful, and frankly I´ve been busy. Only a couple of lines ...

To my great disappointment, Fisi collided with Nakajima right at the start. Kimi obviously hit with Kovalainen as well, and got a lousy start the latter being forced to visit the pit when only two laps had been driven.

At least two passings I saw. Räikkönen passed Alonso. Hamilton passed Massa after driving behind him the whole GP at the lap 35/58. Massa won anyway, so no big deal, though.

Almost all my notes are about pit stops, so I can hardly make up anything else for this GP. Except that McLaren had an interesting three stop tactic. Might be because of Kovalainen´s accident or might not. It worked for Lewis, however, and he could keep Kimi behind him, even though the other Ferrari was unbeatable this time. Also BMW Sauber did very well Kubica being 4th and Heidfeld 5th.

Luckily the season is interesting so far. I hope Monaco will have more action, though.

Spanish GP

Fri, 02 May 2008 10:53:36 GMT

Circuit de Catalunya

It was a weird race: nearly half of the drivers retired, only twelve of them reaching the Flag.

Alonso had surprised everyone, including himself, by qualifying second but Massa, starting from third, passed him easily by sticking right behind Räikkönen at start. Almost as easy it seemed to be for Hamilton to get past Kubica at start.

Right after beginning happened also the two first retirements. Sutil started to spin in the middle of the pack of cars, and Vettel couldn´t help but crash into him. That was the end of the race for both of them.

Bourdais pushed Piquet out the circuit, but had to go change his front wing and -tyre aswell. His journey came also to the end pretty soon.

Alonso´s first pit stop was so early (16th lap) that he probably had had relatively little fuel while qualifying, on the other hand Massa came in only three rounds later and Räikkönen two laps after him. Right after Kimi was Hamilton´s turn.

I think Kovalainen didn´t even get a chance to make his first pit stop, since at the very same lap as his teammate had his, he crashed hard inside (!) the tyre wall. It looked real bad, and for some reason it seemed there were two Safety Cars on the circuit simultaneously. Maybe the other one contained some nursing staff? It kind of didn´t look as bad as Kubica´s accident last year, but somehow even scarier, because it seemed that the driver part of the car were inside the tyre wall, between tyres.

But wait a minute, what was this? Barrichello´s front wing was loose and it finally neatly fell off just a little before he got to the pit for a new one.

Finally Heikki was been carried away on a stretcher. He waved and seemed very much alive. The accident had been really weird, though. His left front tyre just seemed to freak out and explode. Hooray for McLaren, eh?

Car 3, Heidfeld that is, got a 10 second punishment. For what, I don´t know. Soon after that Alonso´s car slowed down and smoked, he drove aside and it started to flame. Bad luck for Fernando at his home race :( Well, some fan got to console him.

Twentyfive to go, and Nico Rosberg drove aside for some reason. Even though no car parts were lying on the road, that area got yellow flags, maybe just in case.

Twentyone to go: Heidfeld´s 3rd pit stop, one lap after that Massa´s 2nd and still one more: Kimi´s and Lewis´s.

Thirteen to go and Timo Glock collided David Coulthard and damaged his front wing. Also David´s left back tyre was damaged, so I think both of them had to visit the pit one extra time.

1	1	Kimi Räikkönen
2	2	Felipe Massa
3	22	Lewis Hamilton
4	4	Robert Kubica
5	10	Mark Webber
6	16	Jenson Button
7	8	Kazuki Nakajima
8	11	Jarno Trulli
9	3	Nick Heidfeld
10	21	Giancarlo Fisichella
11	12	Timo Glock
12	9	David Coulthard
13	18	Takuma Sato
Ret	7	Nico Rosberg
Ret	5	Fernando Alonso
Ret	17	Rubens Barrichello
Ret	23	Heikki Kovalainen
Ret	19	Anthony Davidson
Ret	14	Sebastien Bourdais
Ret	6	Nelsinho Piquet
Ret	20	Adrian Sutil
Ret	15	Sebastian Vettel

Juan Carlos, the king of Spain, presented the 1st trophy to Räikkönen. Now that there was champagne again, after last time´s non-alcoholic drink, Kimi took a sip, smiled and took yet another.

If I have to complain about something, it´s Kubi not reaching the podium this time. I´m happy about Trulli, Button and - especially - Webber. And of course for Kimi and Lewis, not to forget Felipe. They did an excellent work.

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:54:41 GMT

Bahrain International Circuit

Kubica had the pole, for the first time. Actually, it was first pole position for BMW as well.

Being not used to it, no wonder Felipe could easily pass him right in the start. On the other hand, it was Massa´s job that could be on the list of replaced ones, so I guess I was happy for him :/ Also Kimi passed Robert in a while. Kubi talked about the oil on the circuit (from Vettel´s car) being the reason for those easy passes, when the interviewed them, and I think I believed him.

Hamilton got a lousy start, too. It seemed he just couldn´t get his car running. If that wasn´t enough, he also lost his front wing by crashing into Alonso. He went to get a new one in no time.

I think after Kubi´s first stop from third position he came back to the circuit as 9th.

Coulthard and Button collided when there was 39 rounds to go. Jenson lost his front wing, but it seemed he was the one to blame for the accident. He went to the pit to get a new one, but just a couple of rounds later he retired, right between Kimi´s and Felipe´s first pit stops.

Twenty six to go, and Hamilton - who had spent at first a long loong time behind Super Auguris (!) and passed them for a while ago finally passed Fisi becoming 13th only to take his pit stop right after that. Looked as wise as Kimi´s passing Heikki - was it in the last race? - and maybe more: Lewis shaked his fist at Fisi! No reason to, when you´re on the same lap. Tut, tut! He came back between Massa and Räikkönen, only one lap behind. Luckily he didn´t try to cover Kimi.

Nakajima was probably the only driver with one stop tactics; he made his stop when 25/57 was left. Five laps later Timo Glock passed Fernando Alonso! One lap from that was Kimi´s 2nd stop. I don´t seem to have written down when was Felipe´s 2nd pit stop (mainly because I obviously thought I would find it at the Official site :/) but couldn´t be much later, I suppose.

BMW-team was on double lead, maybe for the first time. Kubi first, Heidfeld after him. Kubi took his 2nd stop when only 16 laps were left - came back 6th - and Nick got the honour of being the on the lead. He obviously enjoyed it, since his 2nd pit stop came three laps later. Back he came as 5th, after Kubi.

There still was one guy between Ferraris and BMWs that hadn´t had his second stop: Heikki Kovalainen, who was driving as third. There were only ten laps left when he went to his second pit stop. He came back 5th, after Heidfeld.

Massa won, Räikkönen was second and Kubica third.

Kimi leads the drivers´series and - a bit surprisingly - BMW leads the team series. This will be an exciting season, since ...

Pos	Driver	Nationality	Team	Points
1	Kimi Räikkönen	Finnish	Ferrari	19
2	Nick Heidfeld	German	BMW	16
3	Lewis Hamilton	British	McLaren-Mercedes	14
4	Robert Kubica	Polish	BMW	14
5	Heikki Kovalainen	Finnish	McLaren-Mercedes	14
6	Felipe Massa	Brazilian	Ferrari	10
7	Jarno Trulli	Italian	Toyota	8
8	Nico Rosberg	German	Williams-Toyota	7
9	Fernando Alonso	Spanish	Renault	6
10	Mark Webber	Australian	Red Bull-Renault	4
11	Kazuki Nakajima	Japanese	Williams-Toyota	3
12	Sebastien Bourdais	French	STR-Ferrari	2
13	David Coulthard	British	Red Bull-Renault	0
14	Timo Glock	German	Toyota	0
15	Jenson Button	British	Honda	0
16	Rubens Barrichello	Brazilian	Honda	0
17	Nelsinho Piquet	Brazilian	Renault	0
18	Giancarlo Fisichella	Italian	Force India-Ferrari	0
19	Anthony Davidson	British	Super Aguri-Honda	0
20	Takuma Sato	Japanese	Super Aguri-Honda	0
21	Adrian Sutil	German	Force India-Ferrari	0
22	Sebastian Vettel	German	STR-Ferrari	0

... and ....

Pos	Team	Points
1	BMW	30
2	Ferrari	29
3	McLaren-Mercedes	28
4	Williams-Toyota	10
5	Toyota	8
6	Renault	6
7	Red Bull-Renault	4
8	STR-Ferrari	2
9	Honda	0
10	Force India-Ferrari	0
11	Super Aguri-Honda	0

Malaysian GP

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 22:17:27 GMT

Sepang F1 Circuit

Both McLarens got penalty of 5 positions, so Trulli and Kubica started from 3rd and 4th! This was going to be interesting.

The race didn´t start well for Bourdais, Glock and Rosberg. Sebastien drove to the sand when first lap wasn´t over for him, and Timo and Nico collided with each other soon after that. Both got to the pit to get new front wings, if I remember right, but while Nico got back to circuit, Timo´s race was over. I felt very sorry for him, because last week he was doing pretty well until his car seemed to get mad just a few laps before the game was over.

There was an interesting battle between Alonso and Coulthard, Fernando trying to get past David. Nick Heidfeld passed them both while they were busy, but finally Fernando got past David, too. A little later Sutil drove to the grass and stayed there.

Massa had his first pit stop and came back on the circuit behind Kovalainen. Heidfeld and Trulli had their first stops aswell. Räikkönen took his first stop one lap after Massa and came back behind Kovalainen and in front of Massa. The situation was "1. Kubica, 2. Hamilton 3. Kovalainen" when Lewis had his first stop. Troubles with a tyre on the pit, and his stop took twice the usual being 19,9 seconds. He pretty much lost the podium in that situation. Kovalainen to the pit one lap later. Even though also his stop lasted a little more (10,2) than usual, no troubles in sight. Shortly after that was Kubi´s first pit stop, and back on the circuit he was as third! This looked good.

Alonso to the pit, Coulthard to the pit. No problems, as far as I could see.

When there was 26/56 to go, Massa´s car drove to the sand, back first. There he was, stuck. Sad start for the season for the little man, no better than last week, even though less own mistakes. Eihteen to go, and Kimi had his second stop. Back on the circuit behind Kubi.

Fifteen to go, and Vettel´s car smoked and flamed. His race was over. Heidfeld and Alonso both had their 2nd stop. Thirteen to go, and Kubica´s 2nd stop, back as third, after Heikki, who hadn´t had his second stop yet. Twelve to go, and Hamilton had his second stop. Back to the circuit as 5th, behind Trulli and in front of Heidfeld. Eleven to go, and Kovalaine had his 2nd stop and came back to his "place", as third, that is, after Kubi.

Hamilton tried to chase Trulli to the end, but Jarno didn´t give up. So he was fourth, which is best that he could reach today and with Toyota :)

Kimi won, Robert was second and Heikki third. Go, Robert, go! I believe in you.

Didn´t have time to reread or edit, I hope this didn´t become a disaster.

Australian GP

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:08:11 GMT

Albert Park

In spite that some of my favourite drivers - Fisi to start with - were unlucky today, the race was most exciting. Not a dull moment, I would say.

Felipe got a lousy start, but Kimi passed several drivers in a short time reaching the 8th position starting from 15th. There was some mess at the start. At least five cars were involved, among them Fisi, Button and Webber, whose car was still being desperately tried to be repaired, since it was his home race, several laps later. Too bad, it didn´t work, and the official score shows that he retired before the first lap came to an end.

There came Kubi´s and Hamilton´s first pit stop ... Lewis came back to 4th position after his stop. Kimi had been trying to pass Barri for a while, and finally managed to.

Trulli got problems at the pit. He jumped out his car and pointed at something. I read at the Official site, that his battery was overheated. And I almost blamed the kangaroos ...

Heidfeld passed Nico, when they had their pit stop. Kovalainen got back to the circuit after his first pit stop in front of Räikkönen and behind Hamilton, to second place.

Massa collided Coulthard; David´s car shattered. Nervous, eh? Safety car again, because of David´s carparts. When the safety car was about to leave, several cars went to the pit, Alonso among them.

Kimi seemed to be also a bit nervous: he was eager to pass Heikki, and finally did so, but his car took a too long line and ran offcircuit. Bad day for Ferrari, especially since Massa retired soon after that. Sato retired as well.

Hamilton came back behind Barrichello after his second pit stop. At the moment Barri was doing fine, but his luck didn´t last and he spoiled everything by driving with the red lights on from the pit from his last pit stop.

When it was still 14 laps to go, the newbie Timo Glock from Germany ruined his car. It seemed that the car imagined to be a kangaroo, the way it bounced. Looked really bad, the car passing the circuit the way you know the driver is nothing but a passanger anymore. "His head moves," my brother said and I was relieved. Nothing to be compared with the great Kubica-accident, though. Needless to stay, there was the Safety Car again. Kovalainen and Alonso went to the pit at the end of this Safety Car round. I´m not familiar with the new rules yet, but it seems you may go to the pit as soon as the Safety Car is about to leave. Nakajima and Kubica went to the pit simultaneously to get a new front wing, but unlike Kazuki, Robert had to stay at the pit.

Räikkönen retired when there was only four laps to go. I wouldn´t have believed I would ever say this, but: poor Ferrari. They had more unluck than they deserve, maybe? Or had they been telling off their drivers too much, and only deserved what they got?

Bourdais was about to be The Frenchman, but his car started to smoke when there was only 3 rounds left. Sad for him, an excellent newbie entry he was about to have.

There was a tough fight about the fourth position when only one lap was left to go. Heikki passed Fernando, but then Fernando passed Heikki aswell.

On their way to Podium Lewis and Nico huggled each other and jumped the way you could tell they were friends from childhood, with similar dreams. Heidfeld was a bit outsider in that scene, even though it was him who came second.

Lovely race, and I was glad for the elf (Nico) that he finally made it to the podium in F1 series :) Not to mention, that Lewis got an awesome start for the season!

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 11:27:55 GMT

I have never understood people who want to spy and - especially lie about - complete strangers. Do they feel they have some divine power by doing it, or are they simply bored with their usual war games and such? If they would use their energy for example to studying instead, I bet they would become something more than mere crooks. What a waste to use your talents that way.

Wed, 26 Dec 2007 01:12:10 GMT

I made an ancient "What ship you would be" test at a site with not so convincing tests (the other results were completely insane).

This was about from year two, and the maker had obviously thought of it as an impossible ship, so it probably was the most likely one could get. Actually, most people had got it! I still like the result.

I feel... lost!

Sat, 22 Dec 2007 21:36:18 GMT

I think I´ve lost the ability to feel almost anything, except pain. I don´t fall in love anymore, I don´t trust new people I meet.

I´m beginning to get worried about myself. Does this mean I´m losing my mind or simply that I´m getting older?

On the other hand, I´ve slept too little last night, so this might be the tiredness speaking again. I´ll try to come with some more cheerful thoughts in a few days.

Brazilian GP

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:42:43 GMT

SAO PAULO

What a race! *whistles and screams and jumps up and down*

At the Qualifying Massa had been the fastest, Hamilton, Räikkönen and Alonso right after him.

The start was perfect for Ferrari with Massa covering Hamilton so, that Kimi could quite easily pass him. Massa continued in the lead followed by Kimi. There was a battle between Hamilton and Alonso during which Hamilton drove off the circuit and lost several positions becoming 8th at that moment. It was almost unbelievable. I mean he hasn´t made many mistakes his first season, but now that it would´ve mattered ... Maybe it was the pressure, he was nervous. No wonder, after what McLaren did at the last race!

Yamamoto crashed to a Renault, and after a while there was Fisi and Yamamoto simultaneously at the pit, so it had to be him :(

All of a sudden Hamilton´s car went extra slow and he went down to 18th ... Oh no! Now let´s keep the faith on Kimi, I thought. I also noticed Webber retire, but didn´t pay much attention, because there was the Championship people were battling for.

Massa´s first pit stop, then Räikkänen´s and Alonso´s. Button retired in between and Hamilton went to the pit for the first time, even though one would´ve thought he´d better get there right away after the car slowed down. Well, someone told me that he had pushed the wrong button and had to reset the whole driving system himself as he drove. No wonder he was slow for a while!

Sutil´s and Davidson´s cars seemed to dance ballet ... well, to dance, at least. I cheered for Kubica, when he passed Alonso. Hamilton went to the pit to change from soft tyres, I´m not sure whether they put more fuel. I think I had also lost count on what position he was at that point.

Kovalainen crashed the wall. Sad enough, since he was about to be the first driver to drive to the flag in every race of his first season or something. Well, now he wasn´t. I moaned when Kubi had to get to the pit from third position, since it probably meaned he wouldn´t be on the podium plus that Alonso most certainly was going to be there. Poor Barrichello had to retire in his home race ... I wonder whether he has ever reached the flag there.

Time for the first three drivers´ second pit stop. Felipe went there when there was 21 laps left, two rounds later Fernando. Three laps was enough for Kimi to get enough extra seconds to drive to the pit and back from there in front of Felipe.

When there was only 10 laps left Nico and Heidfeld battled and Kubi passed them both! After that the excitement was whether the Ferraris could keep Alonso behind, and what was Hamilton doing farther beyond.

Räikkönen passed the finish line, followed by Massa. It seemed to take ages before we were sure who would be the third guy on the podium, but Alonso it was. Rosberg, Kubica, Heidfeld ... and, finally, Hamilton. Also Trulli got one point, but we were busy counting points by then.

And this year´s F1 Champion is... *drumroll*

KIMI RÄIKKÖNEN!

Warmest Congratulations!

Chinese GP

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:49:35 GMT

Shanghai

I know I´m terribly late with this, but I´ve been either extremely lazy or shockingly busy. Maybe it´s good the season is soon over.

This time the whole race was interesting! Rainy weather is good, if there´s not too much of it. There was a Massa/Alonso battle right in the start. Davidson and Barrichello collided, but continued the race.

Kubi passed Webber, Vettel passed Kovalainen, Trulli passed Kovalainen ... Who said drivers never pass anymore? Obviously Davidson´s car had suffered from the crash, because he retired after merely 11 laps.

Hamilton went to pit at 15th lap and came back 4th, behind Alonso. Massa did his first stop two laps later and came back 6th, then Alonso one lap later and Räikkönen one lap after him.

Ralf passed Nico only to collide with Liuzzi and spin just a little later. Mark Webber went to pit to change dry tyres. Kubi had his first pit stop on lap 25. Massa went to pit to change tyres. Ralf spinned and Sutil crashed the wall. Webber went to change dry tyres, soon was time for Kubi´s first pit stop aswell, then Massa went to pit to change tyres. Ralf spinned, Sutil crashed the wall.

Kimi and Lewis battled and finally Kimi passed. Most impressed I was about Renault´s team work, when Fisi and Kovalainen passed Nico from both sides so that the young Rosberg drove out the circuit. He didn´t retire, though.

Then came the sad part! McLaren didn´t let Lewis come to the pit, even though his tyres were all worn out, and it might have costed Hamilton the Championship! For two laps he drove rather slowly and then they finally took him in, but it was too late. The car floated to the gravel trap on a pit lane turn!

The good thing in this was, that as the Championship is not won yet, the exitement will remain until the last race, but the bad thing is that it might be Alonso again. And he has being such a complaining diva I wouldn´t want him to win again.

After Kimi and Fernando did their second pit stops Kubi was on the lead and I was about to start cheering him when he drowe to the lawn! NOOO!! Not fair. He would´ve deserved to win :(

Räikkönen won, followed by Alonso and Massa. Despite his misfortune, Hamilton still has 107 points after this race, Alonso 103 and Räikkönen 100. Any of them can win.

This Sundays race will be most interesting! There are three drivers competing about the Championship: Hamilton, Alonso and Räikkönen. This hasn´t happened in ages ... I cannot remember this exciting season, but I surely can recommend the race: watch it, it´s Historical! Especially since you might have to wait for my review until the next season =P

F1 Japanese GP

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:50:14 GMT

FUJI SPEEDWAY

The race started behind the Safety Car and it seemed to last ages. I was already afraid the Safety Car might win the whole race!

Massa spinned during the safety car, and went to change the tyres. I didn´t notice Räikkönen spinning, but he went to the pit aswell, and the Ferraris got poor positions for that spare pit stop. Strange enough, there was a new rule about tyres they had forgotten to tell Ferrari, and they had had wrong tyres because of that!

Wurst was the first driver to get his car shattered on the slippery circuit. Button had totally lost his front wing and Sato´s front wing was lopsided, but weird enough, it seems that Button made only one pit stop despite of this! He drove several laps without the wing, though, so maybe he could go like planned. Sato, however, stopped thrice, this front wing changing stop being the most dramatic one: his car was in flames when he left the pit and I was screaming: Get out of that car! The rain was still so forceful that the fire calmed down, but it looked real bad. I mean: water shouldn´t be of much help when the fuel´s on fire?

Räikkönen passed Ralf almost simultaneoulsly as Massa passed Trulli! Ferrari versus Toyota, lol?

After their pit stops Alonso was 8th and Hamilton 3rd. Obviously Fernando had had some troubles.

Kubica passed Kovalainen. Those guys always have good battles, but this time it seemed easy. Well, the circuit was still wet, so maybe Heikki didn´t see Robert.

Vettel was on the lead for quite a while before his pit stop. He came back in front of Kimi.

When Webber was on the lead, followed by Hamilton and Kubica I thought: If this would be the final result, that´d be interesting. Interesting, well yes, but then Kubi collided with Hamilton, and Kovalainen passed them both. I wasn´t very sad, though, when Vettel collided Alonso. Soon there was another if-they-came-to-the-flag-in-this-order thingy with newbie Kovalainen on the lead and the old-timers Fisi and Coulthard right after him. Renault has finally got their car in shape? Or was it only that they were better in the rainy weather?

Kubi got a Drive Through penalty for the accident, and I protested aloud. They were racing, weren´t they? It could´ve happened to anyone! I noticed that Fisi was on the lead for a short time, but almost guessed I was only day dreaming, lol!

Yamamoto spinned. Alonso spinned and retired! There were so many McLaren pieces on the circuit, it was time for the Safety Car again. Vettel isn´t obviously too used to rainy weather, since he managed to collide Webber behind the Safety Car! Webber had to retire from 2nd position, and didn´t seem to be too happy for the situation.

Davidson retired. Räikkönen passed Coulthard. There was only three cars ahead of Kimi, Massa being the one right in front of him, when Felipe went to change the tyres to the pit! There were only 9 laps left, and he came back to the circuit 9th (however he could pass a couple of drivers, and ended up 6th). Well, Ferrari still tries to get also the drivers´ Championship, and Massa had only 77 points, while Kimi had 84 and Lewis 97, three races left ... They shouldn´t do these things, but they do. I think at this point of the season it is quietly allowed, too. And technically they didn´t tell Massa to let Kimi pass him ... I´m biased, I like Kimi more than Felipe, lol!

Heidfeld was unlucky enough to retire from 8th position when there was only two laps left.

There were two interesting battles at the last moments: Kovalainen versus Räikkönen and Massa versus Kubica. Kovalainen and Massa won those battles and even I might´ve wanted those battles to end the other way I cannot say they were not entertaining. Actually the Massa vs. Kubica battle was so interesting I didn´t even notice that Coulthard and Fisi came 4th and 5th! This was a funny race with an extremely boring start and an equally exciting end.

1. Hamilton
2. Kovalainen
3. Räikkönen
4. Coulthard
5. Fisichella!!!!
6. Massa
7. Kubica
8. Sutil

F1 Belgian GP

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:42:57 GMT

Spa-Francorchamps

So McLaren lost all the teampoints for the season, and are not going to get any points in the remaining races, either. Hamilton and Alonso, however, were allowed to keep their points and are still racing for the Championship.

The race went without surprises: First four of the drivers reached the flag according to the qualification: Räikkönen, Massa, Alonso, Hamilton. On the other hand, that was kind of a surprise.

Poor Fisi had to stop at the first lap. I´m not sure whether he got even to the circuit, because he had some problems... So, when another one who´s been there like forever, Coulthard, retired I somehow remembered that he would´ve already done so, maybe because he did so at the first lap last week.

The most exciting part of the race was the Kubica/Kovalainen battle. It happened even two times! Unfortunately Robert couldn´t pass Heikki for the second time and was left to the most annoying position, 9th :(

I would´ve wanted to hear what Alonso and Massa were plotting while following Räikkönen to the podium. I mean we were sure they planned to give Kimi a thorough shower, then they didn´t. Who spied who?

Italian GP

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 16:50:54 GMT

Monza

I was so sad for David Coulthard that he had to retire already in the first lap. And I had just asked my brother who he thought the person with the scottish flag in the audience cheered for ... I ought to ignore the flags, I think something similar has happened before both with British and Brasilian flags, if I remember right.

Kimi had had some bad luck before the race, he had crashed into the wall on Friday or Saturday, so he had a sore neck. All the pressure of Tifosi was on that neck after Massa retired after only 10 laps.

McLarens were quite invincible, though. At one point Kimi was ahead of Hamilton, but he passed so easily that I wonder whether Kimi could look at the mirrors at all, lol!

Alonso, Hamilton, Räikkönen, the result was OK (even though I hoped for Kimi or Lewis to win). Kubi was fifth, like so many times before, not a bad result. Webber got the lousiest position this time being 9th. Trulli and Fisi *weeps* 11th and 12th so the Tifosi were not the only dissappointed italians on Sunday, I guess.

SS is keeping me busy nowadays

Sat, 08 Sep 2007 12:03:14 GMT

Today it is surprizingly quiet, though. Only 16 members online last time I checked!

I´m SSFC´s Go-Go Pressie and our FC has become quite lively lately. I enjoy it, of course, but I cannot deny it also means more work. I´m not complaining, though, I love our FC and I love Severus Snape. I also love all our Officers, both the old ones and the freshly engaged.

I joined David Tennant fan club because I missed him watchin OotP. It is keeping me busy, too, even though I´m a mere member, because it seems that it is about to die. I hope not. I love Tennant. Members make the club, so I´m trying to be an active one.

Shelley-love left me the responsibility of F1-thread, and I´m doing my best to keep it alive.

Thus I´ve completely abandonned my RP-charrie Zaza, whom I love maybe even more than my original character Drusilla. I´m starting to think maybe she should stay away all of her third year and come back as a fourth year.

This is easier for me to accept now, because I had already thought the term was over, since there was this "never" thingy next to school, but one day I realized there had only been some re-arrangements. Now we have to know what´s in which floor! Interesting ...

I still have that icon of Zaza with dread locks I got from some FC as Christmas present. I had thought of using it on her third year, but now I think it´ll have to be after she comes back.

I´m sure I´ve forgotten something, but does it matter, lol?

In the Real Life some people seem to have decided I´ve got a crush on a guy ... Does he look like Snape? Nope! Is he a genious in Potions or Dark Arts? On the contrary =P Well, what do you think? Do I? Like NOO-OOO!!!!!!!

Turkish GP

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:52:20 GMT

Istanbul Park

Kimi got an awesome start, and left both McLarens behind. Actually, if I remember right, Alonso got a lousy start and was left behind by Kubica and Heidfeld. Kubi somehow lost it at some point, because he was only 8th, while Heidfeld became 4th.

I didn´t make any notes, and poor Webber was the only one I saw retire (I bet he´s starting to get frustrated), so this will be a short review.

Much to my surprise Vintantonio Liuzzi didn´t retire this time. My brother and I almost started betting on what lap he would ;) The unlucky Jarno Trulli spinned at the start and ended up 16th, after Liuzzi!

Actually, Fisi had something to do with Jarno´s spinning, he says Jarno had braked very suddenly in front of him and that he had nowhere to go. So it looked like, so we can only blame the circumtances. Fisico got the most annoying placing being 9th. Not the first time this season. I wanted to pull my hair for that.

Most of the race, or at least long time it was Massa, Räikkönen, Hamilton, and it seemed that they would drive to the flag in that order.

Poor Hamilton, like it would be easy to use that word speaking of the Lucky One. This time he wasn´t lucky, though, but got one of his front tyres badly injured. As it happened right after the pit lane, he had to tour almost whole circuit with broken tyre. Luckily he managed to the pit and became 5th after all, so he´s still on the lead. But Alonso is only 5 points behind, so I´m biting my nails and wriggle for the rest of the season, I guess. Massa and Räikkönen are not too far behind, so any of those four lads can be the champion. Exciting season, I would say.

Finally, the podium. Felipe won, Kimi was second and Fernando third. I think saw many Italian flags in the audience during the race, so maybe they can comfort themselves that even though none of their drivers got any championship points in this race, at least their F1 team came 1st and 2nd.

Deathly Hallows

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 16:02:08 GMT

This is not a review. I´ve got one message to the Author.

Don´t kill your favourite villain if you don´t want him to become a hero

I´m sorry, I really am. I thought you knew that much. I still respect your work. Send my love to Severus, because now I know he is real ...

F1 European GP

Sun, 22 Jul 2007 21:24:09 GMT

Nurburgring

The rain ruined the race for some drivers, but at least it was interesting.

First it all seemed so good: Fisi got a great start from 13th to 8th, Kimi could keep his pole and so on, but as soon as the rain started, the troubles started, too. Kubi spinned with either Heidfeld or one of the Williamses, if I saw right. This might´ve been even just before the rain started. Fisico lost several positions, I believe, by visiting the shores of the circuit.

Everyone had of course to get to change their tyres because of the rain, except for the rookie Markus Winkelhock. He might have had wet tyres already from the start, and that´s why he was on the lead in his first race in his home country! Good for him. Too bad his race was over after only 14 laps. His engine seemed to be on fire, but the official site gives hydraulics as the reason. He lived a whole career in one race, lol!

Soon started the group flight from the circuit.: Button, Sutil, Hamilton, Rosberg, Speed, Liuzzi, they all drove to the sand at the same point, one by one. Hamilton succeeded to keep his motor running, and was able to continue, but the others had to retire.

The red flags were on, and the race was interrupted after only four laps were driven. Restart was the name of the game, and Winkelhock started from first position with his Spyker! He has replaced Albers, who left the pit with the fuel pipe just a few races ago ... I wonder whether that was the reason to fire him.

About ten laps after the restart was the end of Winkelhock´s journey, and five laps after that Heidfeld crashed to Ralf, who had to retire. Talk about Deutche drama! One of our favourites, Takuma Sato, retired only one lap from that.

There was an interesting battle between Fisi and Lewis. Giancarlo didn´t give up easily, but I guess McLaren is just so much better than Renault this year, that it was only a matter of time Hamilton would pass him. They were both left without points, coming 9th and 10th. And Fisi had such an awesome start at first ...

Maybe most surprised I was about Hamilton not only being left out of podium but right away without points after 9 podiums in a row! I´d like to see someone try to beat that record!

Kimi´s car died, or slowly turned off, when there still was 25 laps to go. It looked really sad. The official site gives hydraulics as a reason for this, too.

When the rain started again, there was this interesting Massa/Alonso battle, which Alonso won. Yay for Fernando! Their cars touched each other and Alonso was like "Tut, tut, naughty boy!" to Massa, showing the camera the injuries his car had suffered and pointing at Massa. Felipe seemed to take this very seriously, even though to me it seemed that Fernando was only joking. They were shouting at each other in spanish! It looked very amusing, but the most amusing thing was maybe the sulky Massa in the top 3 interview. He really is a hothead, huh?

But I was soo happy for my Webber finally reaching the podium after so much bad luck. I was jumping up and down and shouting when it seemed that Wurz would pass him in the last minute. My fault, probably, I went to make a sandwich for myself and didn´t give my full attention to the race, lol!

At the podium it seemed that Webber and Alonso were good friends, also the interview gave me that impression. Cannot be quite sure, of course, but it is good if they are. The interview looked funny, as I said, with two hobbits and Aragorn, lol! I decided Massa was Sam and Alonso Frodo. You can only guess who was Aragorn then ;)

Maybe the funniest thing about the race was, though, when I had joked to my brother, maybe when the second shower was on, that there were witches and wizards on their brooms with cans of water pouring it to the circuit, and then there was this car part that looked like an airconditioned wizard´s hat! "There was the castle," my brother pointed out. So is Durmstrang in Nurburgring after all ...

In all, a sad day for Kimi and Lewis, but a big hug to Mark, you did awesome :)

I ought to write these things right away after the race, otherwise I will have computer and time problems and such. I´ll have to write Britain and France for me some day, when I´ve got time. If I find my notes and remember anything, that is.

Bad boys are not always even cute ...

Sun, 15 Jul 2007 13:57:52 GMT

I just spent a night with a friend of mine, whom I would call a Real Bad Boy ... We watched TV ... No! I watched his TV! He was mostly far out himself ... I felt I was Hermione and he Grawp. How romantic =P What I´m trying to say is that I know enough bad boys not to be in love with any of them, lol! I understand some of Rowling´s comments about them very well.

But I don´t think Snape is a "bad boy", I think Sirius is. Severus seems to obey the laws to avoid unnecessary troubles with the authorities and Sirius just don´t give a damn, because he´s a spoiled brat! I´m myself tired of rebelling against everything, eventhough rebelling still seems to be my everyday hobby :) But only because I have to ;) I don´t rebel just because rebelling is cool or I happen to be bored ...

I´m looking forward, fearing, awaiting, and every possible word one could think about now when we have less than a week before we´ve got the Book in our hands. I am afraid ... I don´t think less will do than a big hug from Snape himself ;)

Luff y´all!

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Sat, 14 Jul 2007 14:37:09 GMT

A movie is a movie, and I´m grown-up enough not to claim it all should be like in the Books ... =D

I liked the calmness. Even though I loved the Goblet, I thought it was a little bit too fast. Am I right or am I right, but I think the robes came back? This was more on the same level with the 1st and 2nd movie. I liked ...

Some scenes were too fast, though. Like the one where Tonks made noses or the Marauders bullied Snape. I´m the last person to want Snape to be bullied, but I surely would´ve wanted to see properly the gits that did it =P

It is obvious that they are trying to make Sirius to seem like some kind of a messiah. Especially after this movie he will be, if he already wasn´t :P You could hardly notice he was among the bullies, let alone one of the main ones. He was being the Understanding Adult to Harry all the way. And - finally - he died in front of Harry after Bella´s Avada Kedavra and - instead of just vanishing behind the veil - he was taken straight up to heaven, just like the Christ himself. Forgive me if I yawn!

Luna was brilliant! I have to confess that I didn´t believe in her when I saw the first pictures of Evanna Lynch, but she was perfect. She managed to bring out the both sides of Luna, too, the loony and the intelligent one. If I´d ship, I´d´ve just become a Harry/Luna shipper if I already wasn´t ;)

Umbridge I deeply hate in the books, too, and she managed to be annoying in the movie, too. Not as threatening as in the Book, though. Maybe it would´ve helped, if Imelda Staunton would´ve really looked more like a toad? The twins looked at her the wrong way, almost like they would´ve had a crush on her, lol! What a disgusting thought ... However, she reminded me of some irritating ladies I´ve met in the Real Life, so she was pretty easy to hate. The thought about the twins liking HER also helped ... ;)

The twins were a handsome dude, double, as usual. You could easily think them as one ... :D What great fun they must have had in the leaving the school scene! Or maybe not. They didn´t really fly those brooms, now did they?

The Thestrals were almost cute. Not scary anyway. I´m not quite sure whether it was a good thing or a bad thing.

Grawp was also almost cute, giving Hermione the present. Ring, ring, lol!

I hate movie theatres filled with Muggles, even though I seldom let it disturb me. Those bloody Muggles laughed at wrong scenes =P I was one of the few who chuckled at Ron when he told Grawp to stay away from Hermione =D They were so cute ... To be young and in love again, lol!

I have to say Harry trusted Mad-Eye with a bunch with complete stangers all too easily having mostly seen the fake Moody. Which reminds me that I´m really hoping Rowling has brought the soulless Barty Jr. to the last Book, just to see Tennant on the screen again ;) Funniest thing Moody did was his asking Padfoot: "Sirius, are you barking mad?" I howled with laughter.

Dumbledore was a bit better than in the last too movies, maybe because in this movie he was also supposed to be as Gambon already was in the previous two ones: a distant authority, rather angry perhaps. I liked his fight with Voldemort, too. Give him, Albus, go!

Snape was Snape from the first hearing of his voice! There was an audible sigh, but it of course might´ve come from my throat alone, since most of the spectators were - obviously - Muggles, lol! Teaching the occlumency he was strict but gentle (and we ought to remember Rickman is the only person who knows all about Snape until now, like that would mean much, since we know how clever Severus is in hiding his feelings), and seemed to be frustrated about Harry being just like his father. And ... NOW A REAL SPOILER; DON`T READ IF YOU HAVEN`T SEEN THE MOVIE YET ... It was Snape who told Harry that his first love, Cho Chang, had been fed some veritaserum to tell about DA!! Not directly, but in Harry´s presence. Harry must´ve felt terrible about that until then. This might only be in order to gain Harry´s confidence, but Snape knew from occlumency lessons Harry loved Cho -> he told in Harry´s presence that Cho had drank veritaserum to get the confession out of her -> Rowling is a sly little bitch and lets them give us all these little bits just to make Snape guilty after all, just a week before the Book is released? *asks Snape whether he wants to be her teddybear* *gets to sleep* =P

Maybe the best thing about the Phoenix was that, in my opinion, it was visibly British again after two more Hollywoodlike movies. Me liked a lot, I think ^_^