Mlle Sophie Pofie

In der Gelateria!

An ice cream cone with two scoops: one walnut, one caramel Popcorn (yum!)

Ich versage in meiner Mission, alle Eissorten zu probieren, weil Caramel-Popcorn zu doll Hammer ist.

#HeartOverBrain #JavaLand

Okay okay. Genug emotionale Erpressung. Ich gelobe, mindestens ein (1) Eis übrig zu lassen.

You snooze, you lose.

Das andere heißt Twister und schmeckt nach... Gute Frage 😂

A cup with two scoops of ice cream. One kinda looks like toxic waste

Challenge für #JavaLand: Wer schafft es zuerst sich durch alle Eissorten zu probieren ohne Bauchweh zu bekommen?
Caramel Popcorn ist jedenfalls schonmal eine klare Empfehlung von mir.

Der französische Themenbereich im Europapark Rust, im Vordergrund ein Brunnen mit einer Ballerina-Figur, deren Rock aus Wasser ist, im Hintergrund ein paar französisch aussehende Gebäude und eine komische große Kuppel.

Ich sag's mal wie es ist. Freizeitpark-Atmosphäre>>Rennstrecken-Atmosphäre. ♥️♥️♥️
#JavaLand #JavaLand2026

Happy belated "thank god it's on a Sunday this year so we won't have to do anything about it" day to everyone celebrating! ♥️

The other local supermarket has just reopened after major renovations and changed the entire layout (which I hate like the next neurosparkly person) but hear me out - they put the chocolate across the aisle from the period products and that's some customer oriented design that I can get behind.

I only have one: enjoy! Twirly and flowy and twirly flowy are so much fun.

Two stacks of shopping baskets at my supermarket. One black, one pink.

My local supermarket has introduced flirt baskets: take a pink one to signal you're open for a flirt.
That's a cute idea at first glance, right?
Except when all black baskets are taken. Because signalling I'm open to be flirted at when I'm not just doesn't feel *safe*.
I guess it's a girl thing.

Ah, then welcome to the glorious world of flowy!
Also, may I introduce you to twirly? 🥰😂🥰

Lol, I didn't read that right so I thought this was your skirt and I was gonna get indignant on the skirt's behalf because that skirt is proper flowy!

Except, I keep calling these two people angels. They're not. They're*humans*. Kind, friendly, encouraging humans with a big heart.

And boy do I love humans sometimes.
9/9

She calmly said "You're doing great."
How kind, how sweet, how encouraging!
Now, I didn't really need saving in that moment like I needed back then. I would have just laughed it off. And yet, or maybe even more so because of that, the kindness stuck with me. One casual remark to make my day.
8/

... not two minutes later, my shoelaces became untied. While I kneeled down to re-tie them I joked "boy, I'm behaving like it's my first time speaking in front of an audience, aren't I?"
And that's where the new angel came in.
7/

Four years ago me would have been on the edge of tears. But not new and improved me, no. Take your time.
So I started the talk with a "quick show of hands, who just noticed my embarrassing oopsie?", giggled it off, and did my thing.
But then...
6/

...when I wondered why my presentation wasn't projected to the screen even though I swear I know how to plug an hdmi cable into an hdmi socket. I'm a tech professional FFS.
Reader, I had blocked the projector lens with a laptop I had moved to the side to make space for mine.
5/

So yesterday. I spoke at a local meetup and leading up to it, things hadn't been going great. Got stuck in traffic, arrived late, forgot my clicker, I had 10 minutes less than I thought, the room setup made it impossible to see my notes and I had made an absolute fool of myself...
4/

To this day, the angel's advice is my mantra when I speak. "Take your time." Also its corollaries: All will be okay. Mistakes can happen, that's fine. The audience is on your side. Authentic trumps perfect. You can do this. Relax and enjoy the ride.
I even have a "take your time" bracelet.
3/

I have a lot more talks under my belt now. Small events and big ones, track talks and keynotes, podcasts, epic PowerPoint karaoke battles and even a comedy open mic night.
I've found my voice and grown my confidence as a speaker.
2/

A few years ago, I wrote on twitter (in the before times) about my first ever in-person conference talk. I had had a blackout mid-talk and was saved by a literal angel in the audience who broke my panic freeze by saying "Take your time".
Yesterday at a talk, I met her angel colleague.
1/

Gorgeous, friend! ♥️

Selfie of me in front of an oop conference banner.

Hello OOP conference!

In my younger, more partying years. I walked up to police officers while tipsy at Karneval and told them how convincing they looked. I thought I was hilarious. They didn't.
Apparently I wasn't the first one to come up with that kind of joke. 😂

I was nearly murdered by the Karneval people at the train stations and the regional trains but now I'm on an ICE train and it's much calmer. However, there's a Bundeswehroffizier and two police men in full uniform sitting around me and I. Must. Not. Compliment. Them. On. Their. Funny. Costumes.

Currently sobbing because my mum told me #PeppaPig was worried when George got hearing aids and Mama Pig said not to worry he'll find his favourite sound and when he starts speaking, his first word is "Peppa" and idk man PMS is one hell of a drug.

I've officially entered my villain era except my villain era is just me saying stop being a d*ck towards me when they're being a d*ck towards me.

Announcement lady just said "we're hoping after that we can leave shortly. Well, shortly is probably a lie, but, well... after that".

She gets it.

Reasons for the delays today include (but are not limited to):
- the train overshooting the station and having to reverse (+25mins)
- people getting on the train, followed by "official measures"?!? (45 minutes and counting)