The thing with examnesia

 I wish I could be 5 again. My biggest problems being the time I have to go to bed and how to count to 100. If I was 5 I would see the world as a playground. And I'd be shure that by the time I was seventeen I'd be all grown up and mature and cool and perfect. Also I'd be pretty, good at school and have a wonderful boyfriend (okay, that part's actually true).
 But I can't be my five-year-old self again. I'm seventeen. Maybe grown up, not mature and far from perfect. But I'm mostly happy. Until it comes to exams. I consider myself a great person. Really, I am quite confident and thankful for the great life I have. And I even consider myself quite intelligent. But then again, there are exams. My hands start to shake like crazy, my thoughts spin similar to a tornado and my legs feel like they're made of chewing gum. I feel like I can think of kinda anything I have ever learned. But nor of the answers for the questions the exam askes. I need to be put in a category, how good or bad a person I am seems to be equivalent to what grade I get. And I totally can't live with that! Why can't I just be seen as the person I am? Why can't my teachers take what I give them in class for the best they get? I even started doing homework in order to be better prepared. Didn't work. And why on earth can't it be enough for me to be a good driver in order to get my driver's license? I study hard, get all the answers right. Until I sit in the room with 15 others and fell like there's no air. So what is it? What is it that makes my brain blend every time I truly need it? I don't know. What I know is that when it comes to examnesia I'm probably the best example.

Kisses V

We Love... (500) Days of Summer

"This is a story of boy meets girl."

Kinda. Well isn't that more or less any random story? Boy meets girl and everything all over again So what's so special about this one? 

"The boy, Tom Hansen of Margate, New Jersey, grew up believing that he'd never truly be happy until the day he met the one. This belief stemmed from early exposure to sad British pop music and a total mis-reading of the movie 'The Graduate'. The girl, Summer Finn of Shinnecock, Michigan, did not share this belief. Since the disintegration of her parent's marriage she'd only love two things. The first was her long dark hair. The second was how easily she could cut it off and not feel a thing. Tom meets Summer on January 8th. He knows almost immediately she is who he has been searching for. This is a story of boy meets girl, but you should know upfront, this is not a love story"

First of all there's Zooey Deschanel. Second Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Enough for a good movie! Still, the way the story is told makes it extraordinary. It's twisted in a lot of ways, takes us on a journey that doesn't take us quite where we expect it to. Highs and lows, funny and sad. Tom (J. Gordon-Levitt) goes back to the beginning of his relationship after his girlfriend Summer (Z. Deschanel) dumps him. He tries to find where he went wrong within his 500 days of Summer. The movie makes you crack up and cry the next second.

Tom: What happens if you fall in love?
Summer: Well, you don't believe that, do you?
Tom: It's love. It's not Santa Claus.

I've seen this movie a few times now and I can tell there are a few more to come. Grab your best friend and some Ben & Jerrys and enjoy!

Kisses V 


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We Love... The Bookthief

 Finally I get to write something on my favourite books. My first all-time-favourite is The Bookthief by Markus Zusak. I must admit I read it in german but because it's originally an english book I assume the original version is even better.

 For all I know the book is not based on a true story but still inspired by true events: World War II. The story takes place in Munich, Germany. Young Liesel's brother dies on their way to Hans and Rosa Hubermann. She had to leave her mother behind because she was tracked by the Nazis. So Liesel starts a new life, alone with the not quite matching couple Hans and Rosa. She finds friends and lives a life as normal and exciting as it can be growing up during World War II. Liesel befriends Max, the Jew hidden in Hubermann's basement, survives bombardments and finds her way in the hearts of her new parents. What has the book's title to do with all this? Well, Liesel discoveres her love for books. The only problem: she can't read. So she trys to learn it. And as we all know learning how to read is a hard bit of work. And the books she reads are - who'd thought - stolen. Every book she posesses has it's very own and special story.

 You may think "WOW, another book about horrible WW II. Nothing I haven't heard or read before...". Sorry, you're wrong! The book is different than almost any book I ever read. Not only is Markus Zusak one of the most fantastic and gifted writers I know, also he gives the story a whole new twist by making someone very special the narrator: death himself. This may sound a little bit creepy perhaps but it's so beautiful to read. The whole idea to impersonate death and make him tell a story about a little girl living in a time where death is all arround is fascinating. The way the story is told is colorful, bright and comes to life the second you begin reading.



 The book is quite big which may seem quite overawing in the beginning but if you love storys that soak you in, storys that are told with words that draw wonderful pictures, than this book is a must-read for you!


Kisses! V