Sushi, Shopaholic - Die Schnäppchenjägerin

Went to the sushi joint the concierge recommended. small place, a sushi bar and three long tables where everyone sits together. I sat with a group of german women who spoke no english and had an asahi while i waited for a space at the bar. a space opened up. the sushi chefs were both japanese, and the waitress spoke no english. so, i said to the sushi chef "omakase" and he said hai and made me a plate of like kindergarden beginner ass sushi; a roll of tuna and rice, a shrimp sushi (?!), a salmon, a tuna, a whitefish. I ate this and then decided to stop the omakase bs as he sucked at it and order myself. i got spanish mackerel through much pointing at the glass case and even managed a salmon skin hand roll through sign language. The fish was good and fresh and flavorful, the chefs used too much sesame seeds and sauced more than they should.
overall, it was a c+ sushi experience.

went to the cinestar at potsdamerplatz to see a movie. caught the late show of confessions of a shopaholic, which i had missed in its US release. its a terrible movie. now, many of you probably already assumed that, but i didn't. I am quite an isla fisher fan; she's great in the lookout, has great comic timing in wedding crashers (shes married to borat it would be hard not to), and shes just a treasure in definitely... maybe. but shes downright terrible in this. this was either shot while she was pregnant or too soon after shitting out that kid, because she looks absolutely terrible. soft in all the wrong places, her face looks bloated and tired, her skin looks terrible. you can see her foundation in every shot, yet still remarkably the bags under eyes. its the first movie ive seen her in where she actually looks her considerable age. of course, a lot of the blame for this needs to go the the dp for shooting her so poorly, but still, yikes, isla, get some sleep or something.
the film is a miserable 2 hours, full of bullshit sitcom threes company shit like her being mistaken for a waitress at a big dinner so she is given a tray of food and what does she do? well, she tries to wait the tables of course, instead of saying "you stupid fuck im a guest at your goddamn dinner take this tray and stick it up your ass". oh, and a collection agent follows her around the whole movie, and much hilarity ensues as she hides in clothes racks to avoid his deadly gaze instead of just saying "fuck off leave me alone" which they are then legally required to do. anyway, terrible movie, a waste of all talents involved.