old Hollywood

... was a glamorous, witty, stylishly sophisticated world.

I mean, how about this funny, flirty dialog right here!

"That's quite a dress you almost have on."
-"Thanks!"
"What holds it up?"
-"Modesty."


But why, oh whyyyy do all of the lovely light and funny and sweet romantic movies have to be filled with singing and dancing for at least half of the movie time?

in My Fair Lady and The Sound of Music it didn't bother me since I watched them as a younger girl.
But now watching movies like Gigi or An American in Paris is just a pain since I have to scroll through all of the jolly gay music sequences.
I am at least in luck so far as to play the movies on the computer where scrolling forward is at least a possibility. Not on the TV, where it would be sheer torture.

Still, old Hollywood is a magical place, where I will be returning often.

and then a raccoon came

I finally understand the raccoon jokes of which I had to hear so many back in the day.
Thank you, Friends season 9.

My internship of six weeks has ended. During that time I read 12 books, wrote short texts on 7 authors, browsed through at least 20 manuscripts (including readig at least 4 complete manuscripts), edited a 60-page text (which by the way took me about four whole days to finish) and, not to forget, packed about 1000 postcards.

Such fun!

The semester has ended, the sun is shining, and although my happiness will be cut short in no time, I do think the spring and the freedom to just breathe and sit myself into the grass with a book will help get over what might just as well be the most difficult time of my live.

In any case, happy and in love, yours truly.


Also, very happy for Natalie Portman, who so very much deserves her Oscar.

:-)

(Witty and entertaining blog posts are most probable to follow in a few weeks)

Opossums and Crumpets

Now this is just adorably stupidly hilarious. Klick on this:

A cross-eyed, overweight opossum has won an unlikely starring role in coverage of this year's Oscars.


And also I discovered something so funny, so sad and yet so truthful and on-the-spot.
Here's the Oscar-winning short animation Harvie Krumpet, narrated by Geoffrey Rush.
Enjoy!
Which fact is your favorite?

Today I discovered I have a birthmark on the inside of my right palm.
Not only do I know of no one who has a birthmark inside of their palms, this one is an addition to the one inside my left palm.

So, obviously the chinese have a lot to say about these things.
According to a lovely site, I have the following:


Mole 6: This is the sign of a very ambitious person with big dreams. If there are other indications of success on your palm or paht chee chart, you could rise to great prominence.

Mole 26: A woman with unstable characteristics will have this mole. She will also have a tendency to overspend.


Love the first idea. Not great prominence, but perhaps the fact that I am allowed to do what I like to do and actually keep the bread on the table by doing that and only that.
About the 2nd... well, every woman is kind of unstable. Me - yeah, sometimes a lot, but I'm hoping to keep progressing towards growing out of that.
Oh, and when I rise to great prominence I will have the means to overspend.
So all in all - yay!

What kind of birthmarks do you have?

Here's an image of what they are talking about, for guys and gals:

And here are the other numbers. Scroll down for a view of the backsides.

Have fun! :-)

neben mir

I finally figured out why I have always had this unexplainable love for oriental music. Not because of the pretty clothes, the pretty make-up or the pretty long hair. And also not because I have such superior hearing skills that only 1/4 tone-music is up to my standards.

Because before bodies meet, souls already know it.
I have been prepared! :-)

If only I'd been prepared in my other skills including patience, poise and kindness. Thank God other people around me possess more of these skills.
So much to learn, so little time...


Anyway, this week I confronted my fear of the outer world - remember Chandler from Friends who jokes when he is uncomfortable, which is pretty much all the time? Well, a large bit of time, this has been me lately. Those of you who remember me when I was 16 would not believe this, but I think my apathy towards the outer world in this new environment has been, among other things, due to fear.
So on Monday after a while of not communicating with them because they are older and different from me, I decided to have breakfast with my colleagues.
Today I chatted up two young men who have been impressing me at school.

Back to my old self again.

So much to learn!

And it was a beautiful, sun-filled day.


In other news: had a test today. Went well. Just 2,5 weeks of internship and one written paper of at least 25 pages to go.
And then hello, relaxation week!

Also in other news: my mother is going to China for three weeks. Any ideas for cool souvenirs she could bring me?

Also in other news: I am so totally going to write a book. In English and in German at the same time. But that's a secret. I don't have time in the next six months for it. Or it will just block all the academical things I need to do out totally and ruin my future. Wooo!

Anyway, I hope the snow is backing off at home
and I miss you all.

xoxo!

Oh yeah, and just for you, here's an artsy picture of me.
You are welcome.


Seeya!

Kinder sind die Rettung ihrer Eltern

Franz Kafka says that children are the salvation or the rescue of their parents. Well, in that case I sure wish I got some soon because as the result of being not wanted by one parent and only part-time loved by the other because of her workaholic tendencies, I have the occasional mental breakdown.
Just to let you know. I don't think all people know this about me. I think only my boyfriends are allowed to see how mental exactly I am.


Anyway, I've been doing an internship at the Francke publishing house in Marburg. It's fun since I get to read manuscripts and tell the editor about their pros and cons, basically meaning I can read books and criticize them all. day. long. ha!
On one hand having to work through all the crap people think is worth being published is a waste of time, although somebody has to do it, on the other hand sometimes there are really good things that people should totally invest their money in. Of course, luckily I don't get to be responsible for that, I just get to point out that this would probably be awesome if published.

I am also not happy about turning into a caffeine addict because of having to wake up at 7:30 every morning - no, I still don't like the stuff, I just drink it because otherwise my eyes would remain shut -, but that will fade once I finish the 2nd half of my six weeks and get to sleep whenever I want. Ah, a bright future. Well, no, really a dark one because who could sleep in brightness?

Another good hobby of mine is napping at work. My desk is between two people who have their backs at me so there is no problem in stealing 15 minutes for the sandman. Actually this only happened once, but it felt gooood, so I might try and do it again if I get sleep-deprived from visiting seminars and doing the internship at the same time.

Doing two internships has been a mighty good experience, since now I believe my true calling lies in writing, as in journalism and academical writing, which means I should pursue the path of becoming a professor after all. In any case I want to pursue an academical career further. However working at a publishing house would finance me already and make life a lot easier. Maybe both at the same time... I am wonder woman, after all - but that's between me and you guys, ok?
So yeah, professional dilemmas over here. But life will solve them for me. All in God's hands.


And... where did the weekend go? I had two lovely evenings with my criminally handsome boyfriend, studied for a couple of hours, and already the sun has set and left me with little time before I need to start making salad as means to not starve during the 8 1/2 hours of the internship day. Oh, and did I mention I have a test on Tuesday? I'm so busy I forgot about it until yesterday evening.

In any case it is still very cold here, especially in my room, so I am waiting for the spring, as are probably most of you. I am anxiously watching the developments in the Arab world and keeping my fingers crossed for the heat to blow over by the time I plan to visit.
I also keep my fingers crossed for other things but that's a secret...

so many happy waves to all of you and at the end of my busyness I shall rise again! With even more sarcastic remarks about the world around me! Yay!

Yours Truly