“13 Semester” was not on my January Filmlist, but since it plays at a University very close by and a few of my friends even study there, we decided to go and see it.

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Finally I can check off one of the films on my January-Filmlist: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. First of all I would like to say that I saw the movie in the original version (English) and that I will try not to spoil too much, if anyone who reads this, is planning to go to the movies him/herself. ;)

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As every other week, I listened to pretty much music this week. According to my last.fm stats, this week especially from one artist: John Mayer. I have been listening to his music for around a year now; I discovered one of his songs while watching a House M.D. episode on television and was immediately captured. For those who like nice, enjoyable singer/songwriter music with a touch of rock, I can only recommend him!

This week (Jan 11 – 17) I listened to two of songs each three times: “No Such Thing” (*click*) and “Dreaming With a Broken Heart” (*click*).

The first week of the new year is over and I decided to post the song, which I listened to most frequently every week. Maybe this way someone discovers a new song, or is reminded of a ‘good ol’ one. And I keep up to date on my music taste. I simply love last.fm!

This week (Jan 04 – 10): Patrice – “Dove of Peace” (*click*)

Welcome to the cruel world. The only movie theatre, which I know of, that shows movies in their original language is closing by the end of June this year! The building will be torn down and rebuilt – the movie theatre though will never re-open again. The nearby German movie theatre supposedly will be showing the original language movies after it closed, but it is not going to be the same.

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The year 2009 is coming to its end. Tonight I will be sitting together with my closest friends, having a buffet, drinking beer and simply sitting together, celebrating into the new year. Towards the end of the year, you can find many flashback shows, articles and stories all over the place. In this blog, you’ll also be getting one. But not the ones you have seen so far. This is my personal flashback of the year, what delighted me, what got me upset, and mostly the answer to the question: “Chrissara, how was your year 2009?”
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As I posted earlier (Film season is here), I am interested in seeing a few movies that will be released this season. Since I sometimes lose track and then later think ‘Oh no, you missed out on that one.’, I thought I could just share my plans with you and post my lists here. This is my list for January. The opening dates are the ones in Germany, so if you’re interested in checking the movie openings in your area, check out www.imdb.com. In the US movies should be in theatres a few weeks earlier! I am open to any other suggestions, or if you have seen one of the movies already, be sure to tell me if it paid off.

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After going to the movies last night, I realized that I have been to the movies three times within the last two weeks. Which means: Film season is finally here again! Additionally, in the previews before the main movie there were many movies where I thought “I have to see that one!” Probably will be spending many evenings in the movies this season again…

Films seen so far this season (1: worst nightmare; 10: needed on dvd immediately):
All Inclusive (6/10), Twilight – New Moon (7/10) and Zweiohrküken (8/10).

At least there is one good thing about friends studying all over the country – you have a reason to visit them and the cities itself. Which for my part I think we do far too seldom. We travel to all these different, foreign countries and totally forget about the country we live in. Many of us probably do not know much about the country we live in, or have seen many places within it. The last four days I took off to Germany’s capitol: Berlin.

My last visit to Berlin is a few years back, so I wanted to see all the “important” sights again. Continue reading “A visit to the German capitol”

What do you do on a rainy, misty sunday in Frankfurt? Right, you grab a friend and go to the annual book fair. Surely I would have went if it had been sunny, because what the Oktoberfest is to beer-lovers, the book fair is to book lovers.

This years guest of honor was China. Walking through I was not really aware of that; they were not as present as the last guest of honors had been in the past years. A reason for this may be the controversy concerning the human rights, or maybe I was just too busy with avoiding all the offers for magazine subscriptions. Continue reading “Books, Books, Books!”