To all my girls out there!

 A truely inspiring poetry slam by a young student. It's so true!!
Enjoy!

xx V

We love... Beginners

It's 2003. Oliver is 38, single. His dad recently died of cancer. When his Mom died 4 years ago his dad - Hal - announced, that he's gay. They've been married since 1955, that makes 44 years. 

Hal: I don't want to just be theoretically gay. I want to do something about it.

Is what he says. And he does! He joins all sort of gay-communities and even falls in love. This is something Oliver can't say of hisself so far. That changes in 2003, the moment he meets Anna.

Anna: You can ask me anything you want.
Oliver: Anything? What's there?
Anna: That's a tree. And Cars. Another building like this one. People in the building like us, half of them think it's never going to work out, the other half believe in magic. It's like a war between them.

Anna is from France. Anna's an actor. Anna's beautiful. Unusual. Inspirational. Lovable. Human. Their lovestory is no Hollywood-lovestory. It just walks through the movie. It's usual and easy - it feels real. You don't expect anything to happen or not to happen. You just let them live. Their story is told concurrently with Hal's last four years before he dies.
Also from time to time we learn more about Olivers mother. She seems weird. Embittered. Self-determined. Loving but cold. I like her. she's true to herself. She's sad. More - she's melancholic. But she's a good mother. She doesn't lock herself into her room to be sad. She carries her frustration outside, lives it. I like her.

          Oliver: Our good fortune allowed us to feel a sadness our parents never had time for. 

   The movie's great, because it feels so real. You crack up, listening to Oliver talking to his Jack Russel. Watching Hal being gay in all that he is. Being truly happy this late in life. And just when you crack up most - you want to cry. About Hal's death. The tragedy of the family. Life. Unlike to most of the movies these days you don't feel like you've read the script before. It's unexpected. Just like life's unexpected. And it hides a lot of wisdom. Little maxims hidden behind some corners. Generationconflicts not screaming for attention but nudging in you're head.

Top 5 series returning this fall

I am a total junkie when it comes to series. Sadly (or good for my summer) most of my fave series take a break over summer... so here are my top 5 series returning this fall and when!

#1 and best: How I met your mother! 
 Season nine - the FINAL season - is coming up on 23rd of September. I hardly ever met anybody who doesn't like this series. If you wouldn't like HIMYM that would mean you don't love Barney's pick up lines, Lily and Marshall's hilariously adorable relationship, Ted's desperate believe in true love and Robins self-protection sarcasm...and that's only a glimpse of the awesomeness!

#2 New Girl 

 One girl, three guys, one apartment in Chicago. It's Zooey Deschanels charming nivity combined Schmidts narcissism, Winstons lostness and Nicks total being out of everything. On the 17th of September we'll learn the development of Jess & Nick's love-life and a lot more...

#3 Vampire Diaries
 Twilight almost achieved that vampires and werewolves were oh-so-middle-school-groupie-ish. Almost! The best and only savior of the coolness as well as the sexiness of vampires and werewolves are the stunning Salvatorebrothers. On the 3rd of October there'll be more Vampire-Hybrid-Werwolve-Sex, more love, blood and mystries...

#4 The Carrie Diaries
 I've already mentioned this lovely prequel to the beloved Sex And The City-Series earlier this year. On 25th of October it returns for season 3!

#5 Awkward. 
 A show I aswell told you about before. Jenna featuring Matty, Tamara, Jake, Ming & Co. make us crack up beginning 22nd of October this month. It's obvi going to be amazeballs! You're welcome.

 Hope you're as excited as I am!

 

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 


Pictures:  www.fanpop.com/clubs/500-days-of-summer/images/15216717/title/grow-fanart 
collider.com/500-days-of-summer-review/

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

We love... Pretty Sucks

Okay. Pretty doesn't suck. Maybe a little. In case your not pretty. There is nothing like not pretty! pretty is awesome! Flours are pretty. Trees. Roofs. Clouds. Rain. Citys. People. Pretty is everywhere. What else is pretty? This awesome brand called pretty sucks.
They make shirts and bags and a lot of other fancy stuff! Their quotes make me crack up every time.

Always be yourself. 

Unless you can be a unicorn. 

Than always be a unicorn.

 

prettysucks.

They sell over the internet and are a visit worth. Promise!

 rawr. 

It means "I love you" in dinasaur.

xxx V

We Love... AWKWARD.

Because it's so real! Awkward. is a MTV Show starring a High School teenager whose life is truely awkward.
 Jenna Hamilton used to be a quite normal teenager. Until she became "That Girl" that tried to kill herself. Accidentally. Adding up with the fact that she lost her viginity to the hottest guy in school and now having him as well as his best friend fighting for her make the whole situation arround the young blogger more awkward. What else is awkward? Let's see...

1. Her parents. They're kind of awesome. Far too young to be parents, what makes them kinda hilarious because they're a little swamped with all the responsibility and how to deal with the whole parenting thing.

2. Her BFFs. On the one hand we have Ming. A chinese girl who has trouble dealing with "The Mafia" because she's not a staight-A-student in contrast to all of the other chinese kids. On the other hand there is Tamara. All crazy, hyperactive and simply amazeballs! She has kinda her own language, parts of which you can check out on the pic.

3. The guidance counselor. She is...ineffable! Clogs and fannypack included. You have to see her!

4. Jenna's life. Of course!! All messed up with secrets, little white lies, gossip and random High School crap.


Summing up it could seem as if it's just another one of the random High School movies. IT IS NOT! It's down-to-earth and straight forward, hilarious and touching all at once. It's simply awkward.

You're welcome! V

We Love... The Art of Getting By

 This is what I love vacation for. You have time for things you truly want to do! For me it's for example watching movies that have been on my list for ever (I have lists for everything). My dad was nice enough to let me order some movies on amazon lately so I even got to watch them legally.
 Yesterday I watched The Art of Gettiny By, a wonderful coming of age movie starring Freddie Highmore and lovely Emma Roberts.


 Set in Manhattan the story focuses on George, a senior in High School who has trouble figuring out the sense of (his) life. We are all going to die anyways, so why bother with homework, graduation, college...? Problem here: his parents as well as his teachers don't exacly share his views. Instead of doing homework he doodles all of the time, everything and everywhere. His Books are full with monsters and a beautiful mess set free from his messed up mind. But one day he covers for a girl, somking on the schools roof. They get to meet and she seems to who understand or at least admire him for his view on life. Sally.

"

Sally: I have fears but I thought they were pretty run-of-the-mill: pain, death.

George: Not me. I fear life.

 Of course they become friends. She - beautiful, popular, openhearted - showes him - withdrawn, artistical, pensive - the "normal" teenage life and fun in life while he introduces him to his world of doodles and art and a lot of thoughts and worries. Naturally he falls in love with her.

"  

Sally: Are you okay?

George: I'm allergic to hormones.

Sally: What hormones?

George: My own.

 But he is shy and inexperient as he is he seems to screw it up. And she does too, kinda. Both overvelmed by their feelings drive through the rollercoaster of almost beeing grown-up. But only almost. 

"

Sally: You know we're going to be together one day, we just have to sort through all of our messed up issues first, and you have a lot of girls to sleep with to get out of your system.

 For me, a coming-of-age-movie-lover, it's one of the stories that give you this warm fuzzy feeling. You will smile. And then you will smile even more - because you realize you are smiling. 

xxx V

We Love... The Great Gatsby

 I am stunned! After reading "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald (even the english edition!) I had to see the movie yesterday. I was stunned! Carey Mulligan's dresses, Leonardo DiCaprio's charmingness, the awesome partys, the language...everything was absolutely perfect. I would even dare to claim the movie's better than the book. Maybe better's the wrong word. It just...brings everything to life so perfectly. Greater as you would dare to imagine it. 

 A friend of mine probably got it right by saying "It's more of a fairytale than a story!". Perhaps that's why I enjoyed it so much: I adore fairytales! Especially when they come to life in such adorable pictures with the great dresses,jewellery and...everything!

 Another great thing was the music. Throughout the whole movie there was no song I didn't enjoy. Every song goes right through me. My faves are Lana Del Rey's "Young and Beautiful", "Love Is Blindness" by Jack Black and "A Little Party Never Killed Nobody" by Fergie, Q-Tip and GoonRock. The dancing was excessive and fantastic, for me especially 'cause I used to dance LindyHop and Boogy Woogie, which are styles from the 20s.  

I don't fancy Leonardo as a person - but I love him as an actor. And in this sweater.

Here you can check out the whole playlist:


Jay-Z: "100$ Bill"
Beyoncé and André 3000: Back to Black" (Amy Winehouse cover)
will.i.am: "Bang Bang"
Fergie, Q-Tip and GoonRock: "A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got)"
Lana Del Rey: "Young and Beautiful"
Bryan Ferry and the Bryan Ferry Orchestra: "Love Is the Drug"
Florence and the Machine: "Over the Love"
Coco O of Quadron: "Where The Wind Blows"
Emeli Sandé and the Bryan Ferry Orchestra: "Crazy in Love" (Beyoncé cover)
The xx: "Together"
Gotye: "Hearts a Mess"
Jack White: "Love Is Blindness" (U2 cover)
Nero: "Into the Past"
Sia: "Kill and Run"

Let me know your thoughts on my new favourite movie.

Sunny-weekend-kisses V

We Love...the first days of summer

Or spring. I don't know what it looks like in the rest of the world. Okay, northern hemisphere. Not California etc. I mean the normal world with average winters. Only this winter wasn't what I want to call average. It lasted until Saturday. Saturday was to days ago. What the ...??? But now - finally - I'm sitting in the sun, birds tweeting around me, grass tickling the bare parts of my skin. Is there anything more beautiful than the days after a long, cold winter? No! The first days are the best, you worship them much more and it feels like they'll last forever! Enjoy the sun as long as you can...

xxx V

We Love... The Carrie Diaries

TCD is a prequel to the beloved series Sex and the City, both based on the books by Candace Bushnell. We both read TCD Books and totally fell in love. But we have to admit: the series are even better!! Starring the power-loaded Anna Sophia Robb as 17-year-old Carrie Bradshaw, trying to rule her chaotic teenage-love-life in the sub-urbs while living her exciting Manhattan-intern-at lawfirm- / Interview Magazine, totally rocks The CW's serie.

The thing I probably love most about this more or less chickflick is the 80s setting. Not only Carries gorgeous wardrobe filled with glitter, tulle and pastel-colours but also the stunning partys and the people not constantly fixated on their mobiles.

Another great thing about TCD is Sebastian Kydd - Carries on and off BF - aka Austin Butler. With his blond hair (okay, usually I'm totally NOT into blondies), his cheeky smile and his simple and cool appearence...he is just a-mazing!

xx V