And footballers still had long hair and dirt across their face

 Song: SWR 3 (radio)
 Book: Shauna Reid - The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl [German]
            J. K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
 Manga: ---
 DVD: Gilmore Girls Season 2
 Game: Pokémon SoulSilver (DS)
 Food: Lipton Ice Tea No Sugar Peach
 Weather:

I'd planned to write this entry last Sunday. And it would've probably sounded like the one below.
I went over to Jessica to watch Germany's first World Cup match. It was a great evening, 4:0 against Australia, I was certain we would win this thing  When I drove back to the central station to change busses I had to wait a few minutes. I saw quite a lot of people (considering that it was about 11pm), all wearing our national colors and singing and in front of a small shop a radio was blasting K'naan's "Wavin' Flag"  This may sound stupid but I was incredibly proud of my country  Yes, it's just soccer but it's uniting us!...It's uniting us so much that my bus got stuck because the streets were full of honking cars xD

Today (um...yesterday) was our second match...and we lost !! Against Serbia !! I've never planned to watch the whole match in the first place because I had my American Cultural Studies-class today, but it was so enthralling! (I guess nobody went to class today ) I mean, I don't even know where Serbia is! I'm not saying anything against them, they did a damn good job, especially their keeper was amazing, but I thought Germany was in a group with three "easy" teams  To be honest, I don't know much about soccer; while I was watching the match today at the "Taverna Academica" on campus, I felt pretty stupid because all the guys around me knew everything about the players and attacking-strategies and in how far a yellow card (oh yeah, the referee loved them ) was justified
*sigh* I guess we just blame it on the referee and move on  We're kicking Ghana in the ass and proceed smoothly towards the final - we're in it to win it! '54, '74, '90, 2010! 

We have to win. All the other teams I support are underdogs (although it looks like it's the World Cup of the Underdog. Brazil? Ha! England? Ha ha! France? *rofl*), they will never make it past the last 16!
So here's my "As long as they are not playing against us I'm a fan"-list:
United States (hello, I'm an American Studies-minor!)
Japan (I love this country since I was 12)
Korea DPR (North Korea) (they may be a dictatorial regime with cheering Chinese, but how they handled Brazil was really good!)
Korea Republic (South Korea) (I love their flag. And I love Asian guys. Does that sound racist?)
Netherlands (because it drives my dad crazy *lol* And we're neighbors!)

Mood: discontent

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It's physics, there's no escape!!

 Song: Alexander Rybak - Fairytale
 Book: Shauna Reid - The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl [German]
            J. K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
 Manga: ---
 DVD: Dawson's Creek Season 1
 Game: Pokémon SoulSilver (DS)
 Food: Lipton Ice Tea No Sugar Peach
 Weather:


WE MADE IT!!! After 28 years we've won the Eurovision Song Contest again!!! That's so amazing. I mean, Lena is great, but Texas Lightning or Roger Cicero (our entries in 2006 and 2007) also had great performances. I even think that Belgium (Tom Dice - Me And My Guitar) did better than us, Lena could've sung better and her outfit was great but a little in-your-face Maybe it was really her personality that made her win. It's only the second time that Germany wins this contest so this girl will be a legend If you're not from Europe you might wonder why I'm so over the moon (<- vocabulary I've lernt when I was in Boston *lol*) about it, but winning the ESC is big. It's even on my life to-do-list "Witness Germany winning the Eurovision Song Contest"  Now I can tick that off and believe me, after our terrible performance last year (yes, that's Dita von Teese next to that ugly guy on the stage! ) I never thought that this would happen anytime soon (I was about to change my citizenship ). We have so little patriotism in Germany because of our history (it's a long time ago but we talk about it in our history-classes a lot so nobody will ever do something cruel as this again), it's almost like it's forbidden to show the German-flag and be proud of our country, so this victory is more than just the right to host the ESC next year

And now we can concentrate on our next goal: Winning the Soccer World Cup! *evil laugh*

Mood: jubilant

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What is much?

 Song: Swirl 360 - Candy in the Sun
 Book: Joanne K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
            John Elder Robinson - Look me in the Eye [German]
 Manga: Meitantei Conan #20
 DVD: Gilmore Girls Season 2
 Game: Pokémon SoulSilver (DS)
 Food: Caffeine-free Diet Coke
 Weather:

I was kind of lethargic last semester, except for the last one and a half months were it was studying for finals and writing my paper about Reclam 24/7 - I was so stressed out, I could totally understand why Japan has the highest suicide-rate in the world... That's why I've tried to balance it out a little this semester. My presentations are earlier (on Monday I will tell my "The Materiality of the Book"-class how amazing digital printing is...) and there's just one exam I really have to study for. And to prevent the lethargy from coming back I've started to work on some web-projects I had planned for ages ← big procrastinator. For example, I'm cleaning up my fanlisting-collective and I've applied for Irma (W.i.t.c.h.) and Caffeine-free Diet Coke (Freunde bleiben by Revolverheld is still up for adoption!). For the former I've cut two PNGs (there's a shocking lack of HQ-W.i.t.c.h. pics out there!), which you can finde here

I've also added a ranking to the books I've read so far in 2010 (not much, I admit it!) and because I have nothing interesting to write about anymore I will tell you my opinions about them:

CARROLL, LEWIS - ALICE IN WONDERLAND
Read in: English
I've read it because I wanted to be prepared before seeing the movie (which wasn't that good and the 3D-version was a waste of money ) and I think it's okay. I like the Alice-style and all those merchandise and art related to it more than the actual story, but I'm planning to read Through the Looking-Glass too. There's also a book about the life of the real Alice I'm keen on reading and I guess it's always good to drop an Alice-reference here and there

FREY, JANA - SCHÖN
Read in: German
Jana Frey is famous for writing books about every serious problem under the sun (anorexia, pregnancy, being a Jehovah's Witness, doing drugs, being in jail etc. etc.) that a teenager can have. Many of them are based on a true story but this one doesn't and it shines through a little. Helena, the protagonist with a snub nose and an "ass-like" chin, wants plastic surgery because she can't stand her reflection anymore. I could really feel how depressive she is and it made me very happy that God just gave me a round face (so I look always fat in photos ) and slightly protruding ears (other people have bad-hair-days, I have bad-jug-ear-days ). But she's popular, she doesn't get bullied in school, has lots of friends and two guys who are more or less in love with her - and that's just unrealistic. I've been to a relatively liberal high school, but you couldn't walk through it with such a face and not been called names or something of that sort Teenagers are cruel! I don't want to give away the end but let's just say I didn't get what I had expected

HARTL, BARBARA - DREI GROSSE SCHRIFTSTELLERINNEN
Read in: German
Three short biographies of the goddesses of children's literature: Cornalia Funke, J. K. Rowling and Enid Blyton. Very interesting, especially for me who I am still somehow want to be a writer And concerning Enid Blyton, this read was very disillusioning. Just a few months ago I've read her autobiography The Story of my Life where she writes about her perfect childhood, her perfect marriage, her perfect family etc. and know I find out that 80% of this was a lie The only perfect thing in her life was her career, she was a great businesswoman but a terrible mother and human in general. This knowledge won't stop me from re-reading The Twins at St. Clare's but I'll see everything in a different light...

KOLLOCH, BRIGITTE AND ZÖLLER, ELISABETH - HUNGER, HUNGER
Read in: German
How the idea for this book was born: "Hey, let's write a serious book for teens! What are teens dealing with? Man, that's such a long time ago...I've got it! Eating disorders! Everybody more or less has one, so the book will definitely sell! " - "Great idea! But anorexia got so mainstream, why don't we write about bulimia? It can't be that difficult, you eat, you vomit, you feel bad and end up in rehab  Oh and let's write in diary-style; that seems more real and maybe people think we actually know something about the topic! Haha!" - "But we can't just write about eating and vomiting, isn't there more behind such an illness?" - "Yeah, you're right, some soul-stuff...maybe we could just add some poems? Aren't depressed teenagers writing poetry all the time?"
Do I have to say more?

TOKIO, MARNELLE - MORE THAN YOU CAN CHEW
Read in: German
It happened multiple times that I got to bed way too late because of this book! First I have to say that I love books about eating disorders. I know that's weird, but other people enjoy reading about murderers who are killing half of Sweden's population! And they use way less sarcasm than Marty does, an anorexic-bulimic who was put into Camp Eat-a-Lot and analyzes the sick world around and within her. It's not your typical "I'm fat but I want to look like those photoshopped supermodels so I guess I just stop eating"-story (I've read a lot of them), Marty is ill because of different reasons. And finding out what they are is what she's pursuing in this book. I strongly recommend it to everyone who's interested in eating disorders, because it starts where most of the other books end (hint for authors like Mrs. Kolloch and Mrs. Zöller: Just because you put someone into rehab doesn't mean (s)he'll live happily ever after...)

Man, I've just put my new yellow Maybelline nail-polish on and skipped the base coat...I look like I've got the yellow fever...

Mood: happy

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Part of where I'm going is knowing where I'm coming from

 Song: Markus Lanz (TV)
 Book: Brigitte Kolloch and Elisabeth Zöller - Hunger, Hunger
            Barbara Hartl - Drei große Schriftstellerinnen
 Manga: Meitantei Conan #20
 DVD: Gilmore Girls Season 2
 Game: Pokémon SoulSilver (DS)
 Food: Caffeine-free Diet Coke
 Weather:

Summer-term started about a week ago and I guess this term will be better than the last one. This time I attend eight courses instead of nine and have Wednesdays off  But more important is the fact that I have Cultural Studies I now, which is why I'm studying American Studies. It's about politics and history in the early days of the States (although I prefer the 20th&21st century), there will definitely be a lot of studying for the final exam, but I hope it'll be fun
In Book Science I've got into the courses of Prof. Füssel and Prof. Bläsi which are both exactly how I've always imagined lecturers: totally dedicaded to and passionate about their subjects, ignoring everything else and a love for teaching 

I've also seen a few movies lately, one of them was Kick-Ass, my first sneak preview! I would've never watched it on purpose, so I was really surprised cause it was so damn cool!! It was the best that could've happened! Now I'm addicted to sneak-previews (and they are cheaper than regular movie-tickets, which cost half a fortune here in Mainz!).
Today I went seeing Remember me which was kind of...I don't know It is very grown-up, Robert Pattinson shows that he is much more than Edward (by the way, I hate the Twilight-book! I haven't finished it yet, but I have never before read a story that was so poorly written!  From now on, it's only the movies for me!), but the end was totally out of context! It also occured to me that the film had no story at all!
I really recommend "Kick-Ass" (especially if you're on the nerdy-side), but you're not missing anything if you don't see "Remember me"

And because college starts slowly and there isn't much work yet, I've found time to make some new icons for you guys - enjoy



Mood: fat, I've eaten too much...

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