See The Sun

I watched some films recently I had high hopes for but was really disappointed in. Which is always so much worse than when you watch films you expect to be bad just for fun. I’m Reed Fish: I can see what they were trying to do but it just so didn’t work. What a horrible mess this movie turned out to be. Atonement: Ok, it looked absolutely breathtaking. The acting was good too. But as a whole it didn’t do anything for me, I was just bored most of the times. There were scenes that really moved me but whatever came next ruined it for me. Especially to have that monologue after the final ‘twist’ was IMO a bad move. Evening: Great actresses & actors, basically a great story but as a whole it was boring me so much. Of course it’s not that interesting to have one HUGE secret and turn it all into huge drama - but to have the potential of something like that, start building it up and then to totally trivialize everything is such an equally lame way of doing it IMO.

Also, there are quite some things about my ‘new’ life that turned out to be rather anti-climactic… But I suppose it’s a good lesson in humility.

I’ve kept going and going and going for about a month now - doing a huge amount of things (mostly IRL) and household chores - so I’m very tired at the moment, esp. mentally. Yesterday, being absolute low point so far. Which, as luck would have it, was the day the in my mind so eagerly anticipated accidental meeting with a certain person finally happened… Apart from saying hi and the obligatory enquiry after our well being (which all in all took 30 seconds) nothing happened. Again, such an anti-climax.

My first day at work after my big move. I really need to get back into the habit of a regular day again. It’s only been the weekend plus the paid day of absence I got yesterday but still, it feels like an eternity. Anyway, all my stuff got moved and I’m more than halfway through sorting everything. There are still almost all my clothes, some of the kitchen stuff and my DVDs and CDs that need putting where they belong.

Another story is the old apartment. The people who do the renting are being more than complicated and want me to pay more rent than I think I owe. Working as I do in the same line of work I obviously know the law and want them to adhere to it. But it’s such a nerve racking issue I’m beginning to think it’d have been easier to just pay the rent a bit longer. Still, what do we have laws for if people just override them?!

I’m all hooked up with internet again so expect some catching-up-updates on my sites soon.

WOW! Marion Cotillard recorded a song I’m so happy and am constantly listening to the song. It’s called ‘The Strong Ones’ and is available for listening and downloading on Love.Cartier.Com in the section LOVE Music. Parts of the proceeds of selling LOVE bracelets are going to various charities around the world apparently. Congrats Marion! Keep going on!

Other than that I’ve watched the complete series of ‘Bones’ and am totally in love with it. I love the character of Dr. Temperance Brennan and her relationship with Booth. And isn’t the humour in the series the greatest?!

CBS cancelled Moonlight. I was so sure it would get renewed I was really shocked - as was the cast. They’re trying to get it picked up by another TV outlet…. Keeping my fingers crossed. But should by some unfortunate turn in the bumby road ‘Moonlight’ has been on ever since its beginnings Sophia be no longer part of the series I won’t watch. What’d be the point?! Esp. since I was getting the impression Alex was a bit bland and Beth more and more only just Mick’s accessory. Anyway, far too early to write this chapter off and to be really critical. Let’s wait & see.

As of Friday I won’t have my regular internet connection anymore. Just so you know. On Saturday I’m moving house and will then have to figure out how to set up internet. I’m really excited to start a new chapter in my life! As of Thursday I now am also a proud owner of a car Though I’m not sure how wise the decision was to get a car seeing as how prices for gas are only increasing…

I realized today I still have a ton of them. They’re from about 2003 up to 2006. There are some one-page clippings among them but also cover-stories. If anyone is interested I’m looking for ca. $5-15 + shipping costs. This collection is nowhere near complete but there is some fantastic Scarlett J. coverages and I imagine anyone who’s only recently started to collect would be happy to add this - may I say - large amount of clippings… There are also some photographs included in the collection.

Here some pictures (I haven’t taken a picture of every single clipping):

Where you gonna sleep tonight?
And you’re singing the songs
Thinking this is the life
And you wake up in the morning and your head feels twice the size

Well, out of all the various options there are to change my life but not so much that it’d be completely different I seem to have settled on one. Move closer to where I work and get a car. Last Thursday while working - and honestly not thinking about my life plans - it suddenly came to me who I could move in with. I have a very good friend who I’d love to live together but if she’s going to move it will be in the directly opposite direction of where I want to go. But: my brother is living in a relatively large appartment with 2 bedrooms in addition to a large kitchen, a living room and small storage room. And when he has his friends visiting - which to my knowledge he often has - I don’t think the apartment would feel too confined. I’m pretty sure I’d be able to be on my own if I wanted to. We’re meeting next Sunday to talk about details and what not and until then we’ve said we wouldn’t tell anybody. However, I’m getting more and more excited about this so I feel I have to blog about it.

It’d allow me to save quite a significant amount of money on rent (even though I already live cheap), pay only half for electrics, internet & telephone (probably) and apparently health insurance and tax would be a bit lower too. There are also other costs which get greatly reduced by not living alone - such as food. And - given that I’ll have a car - I’ll save at least an hour every day (!) on commuting time. I think the time it currently takes me each day to get to work and home again is what’s bothering me the most. However, part of my activities would still be centered close to where I’m living now - and of course a lot of my friends would remain there. But I could still quickly drop by at my parent’s or one of my friends’ place to avoid travelling back and forth too often. And of course I’d be living a lot closer to my sister - whom I currently would love to see more often very much.

Buying a car - and of course paying for gas, insurance and tax - will however use up pretty much all my current savings. And I actually want to save money for a big overseas holiday next year. So, as of today I have to stop my one (huge) indulgence: buy DVDs and magazines and clippings off Ebay & Amazon. It’s not something I’ve ever really been able to afford - but I figured whatever I didn’t spend on clothes etc - I’m so not a fashion person - I could spend on that. While I’ve always been able to pay all the bills etc I am now left with somewhat scarce savings. It will be very hard to break the habit of completing my clippings collections. It’s something I’ve been doing ever since I got my own credit card - which was in Spring 2002. So I thought a fair compromise would be to only buy magazines that are available at my local newsstand - theoretically I could still spend a fairly large amount of money that way but I’m probably bound to miss out on a lot of features because I’d only learn of them once the new issues are up. And compared to the prices on ebay (it’s mostly the shipping costs which are making it all so expensive) it’ll still be a lot cheaper. Oh, I’m so going to miss getting stuff from Japan, Australia and Spain - and getting one-day publications from the UK, the US, France… In any case I’m determined to save a lot of money!!! I just have to be careful to not give money my every thought or talk about it constantly. That’s not the kind of person I want to turn into!