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The nominations are out! Not too much to be excited about, though…

Yes!!! James McAvoy (Best Actor - Movie, Drama), Marion Cotillard (Best Actress - Movie, Musical/Comedy), Ryan Gosling (Best Actor - Movie Musical/Drama), Saoirse Ronan (Best Supporting Actress), Casey Affleck (Best Supporting Actor), Best Original Score (Into the Wild), 3 nods for Pushing Daisies, Ruth Wilson (Best Actress, made for TV miniseries), Anna Paquin (Best Supporting Actress, made for TV miniseries).

NO!!! Where’s Emile Hirsch?!

Switzerland’s new #1 in the charts is such a beautiful song: Apologize by Timbaland (feat. One Republic). Click the link to watch the official music video.

I’m holding on your rope,
Got me ten feet off the ground
And I’m hearing what you say but I just can’t make a sound
You tell me that you need me
Then you go and cut me down, but wait
You tell me that you’re sorry
Didn’t think I’d turn around, and say…

That it’s too late to apologize
It’s too late
I said it’s too late to apologize
It’s too late

I’d take another chance, take a fall
Take a shot for you
And I need you like a heart needs a beat

But it’s nothing new - yeah
I loved you with the a fire red-
Now it’s turning blue, and you say…
“Sorry” like the angel
Heaven let me think was you
But I’m afraid…

It’s too late to apologize, it’s too late
I said it’s too late to apologize, it’s too late
I said it’s too late to apologize, yeah-
I said it’s too late to apologize, yeah-
I’m holding on your rope, got me ten feet… off the ground…

I’ve watched all 8 episodes within 2 days… I can see why it maybe hasn’t been exactly drawing the masses in front of the TV as they expected. But, in my opinion it is good enough and I certainly value Michelle Ryan’s good looks hehe. She’s a gorgeous lead and all in all it is a series to my liking. Reminds me of Alias - though that one had a faster pace. Lately, I’ve become extremely tired of patriotism in movies - in most cases it happens to be American ones. So far I’ve not become fed up with the way Bionic Woman portrays this aspect. I only hope we do get some more episodes next year! Maybe I should have waited with catching up on the series until the future of the series is confirmed…

I’ve finished reading ‘The Time Traveler’s Wife’ on Wednesday evening and it’s just an amazing story and told in the most fascinating style ever! I’ve been blown away by the depth of the story that I have not been able to start reading a new book despite having the time and some interesting books that I only just bought. I’d definitely recommend this book VERY much!

Not only do I think is the love story between Henry and Clare one of the most romantic stories I’ve ever read but also is it a very real one, it spans over so many years and the happiness, sadness and problems that fill their lives makes it anything but superficial. What I also like about the book are the philosophical ponderings. They are not forced upon the reader really nor are there a lot of them but the fact that they’re there raise the writing above the average novel. I might not agree 100% with Henry nor with Clare but their opinions appear logical and understandable to me. Time travelling can be such a pitfall because it offers countless occasions for plotholes. In my opinion, the way Audrey Niffenegger has dealt with it - as a genetic disease that can’t be controlled at all and also that you can’t really change the past nor the future - works very well.

I do not think that belief in the existence of God includes the belief that every single fact is pre-determined and part of a bigger plan, although I do think there is a bigger plan. However, I like the way Henry describes determinism, that the bigger facts etc are determined but leave room for free will - that it is the opposite of complete chaos. What if we combine these 2 ideas? Everything that appears determined (such as existence, laws of nature etc) were not determined by an unknown figure but by God? Well, let’s not go there now…

What I didn’t like so much at first is that the writer constantly cuts from one time to the other and back etc. It makes the characters more vague. But within only a few pages the characters are already very well developed despite that and I didn’t mind the time cuts anymore - in fact I loved them! There are many details and quotes in the book I’m already starting to forget so I think I’ll have to re-read it again.

I decided to not only list the films I’m watching but also the books that I’m reading. I can’t wait to see how long it takes me to read 100 books!

As stated on my list I’m not listing all my reading material - I read a lot, also a lot of magazines, books etc about big issues such as life in general, social environment, sociality, relationships, religion, history, philosophy… But what I’m listing is which books (mostly fictional) I’m reading just for my entertainment in my spare time. I tend to keep the big issues of life out of my internet life hehe