Indulge me #11 | Nappings, Studying & Relaxing

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I haven't been really active during the last couple of days or ever since the beginning of September, because, as you might suppose after seeing the picture above popping up, I have to study yet again. On the 24th and 25th I have my last two exams for this semester, afterwards I am finally done- well, until I have to study again starting in February and not to mention that university starts already on the 8th of October...

Anyway, some day I will be super rich and stuff, so in the end all the hard work and sleepless hours because I didn't understood anything at all will be worth it. Hopefully. 

While browsing instead of studying annual accounts, which is by the way a pain in the ass, I came across some interesting "nap facts for college students". You don't mind if I share a few with you, do you?

It makes you smarter
According to Dr. Matthew Walker of the University of California, napping for as little as one hour resets your short-term memory and helps you learn facts more easily after you wake up.

Abandon all-nighters

Foregoing sleep by cramming all night reduces your ability to retain information by up to 40%. If you can, mix in a nap somewhere to refresh your hippocampus. 

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You can't avoid that down period after lunch by not eating

Human bodies naturally go through two phases of deep tiredness, one between 2-4 a.m. and between 1-3 p.m. Skipping lunch won’t help this period of diminished alertness and coordination.

But short naps are the best

For healthy young adults, naps as short as 20, 10, or even 2 minutes can be all you need to get the mental benefits of sleep, without risking grogginess.

Don't wait too long

The latest you want to wake up from a nap is five hours before bedtime, otherwise you risk not being able to fall asleep at night.

When you want to read the whole article click here.

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What I really miss is strolling through the city with my camera in hand and taking useless, boring and artistically valueless pictures. And making videos. Well, honestly speaking I haven't done one because my room is a hell of a mess, I reorganised my book shelve and bought two new shelves to have more space, but unfortunately I got a wrong size so I have to go back and get the right one before I can put my books back... Right now they chill and relax all over the place, everywhere lays a pack. I am sorry about that. Hopefully I will get the right ones next week, if so I guess I might do a video at the end of the week. Don't know yet. Perhaps annual accounts have already killed me by then... 

Guess I have to stop complaining now and get back ~ have a nice one! 

 

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Indulge me #10 | "I love you"

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This is something I think about every now and then during the last couple of weeks : 

Saying "I love you" for the first time. 

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So when exactly is the right moment to say I love you, besides how do you really know if you are truly in love? Searching the web isn't satisfying, everybody advises to say it when one feels it. But isn't this suggestion the worst of all? We live in a generation where we confuse real love for lust, so the question is: Do we feel love or lust? And even if we know the answer, how shall we know when to say it?

Hitherto I pull myself back from saying these three somehow magical words, firstly because I don't know when to say it and secondly because I am afraid of the reaction. Isn't it a little bit too early to confess it, I wonder. The fast beating heart, the unbearing thought of losing him are not necessarily the proof that I really love him. I know how it feels to hear these three words while thinking it is way too early and saying nothing in response.
Furthermore I want it to be perfect. The mood has to be right, the location, of course, as well. Unless I am more than a hundred percent sure I will keep it to myself, because once said there is no turning back.

Nevertheless, there is one thing I look forward to the most: hearing him saying "I love you".
Yes, for me, these words mean something big.

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Last but not least, I want to share this song on here, yeah, it is more on the heartbreaking and sobbing level, but it is amazing!! Did I say how awesome and marvelous it is? .... Okay, I admit it, I am biased.
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Indulge me #9 | Food Pics

A few minutes ago I found these pictures I took on my birthday with my iphone- so please excuse the bad quality. ｍ（．＿．）ｍ

We were in a nice little Cupcake Cafe where we tested a few delicious cupcakes. Honestly, they weren't as good as I thought they would be, nevertheless I think I will go there again one day. In addition to two cupcakes I got me a Caramel Latte Macchiato which was super yummy. (●´∀｀●)

My first cupcake was called "Tiramisu Dream", but I forgot to photograph it, so I just post one of the cupcakes my friend got. ^.^
It was a red currant cupcake if I remember correctly - and no, we had no idea either why the topping cream was green... It was really delicious and I still regret I didn't bought one as well.

Next my Apple King (?) I'm not quite sure, I have troubles remembering names... Anyway, this cupcake was pretty simple. Inside were a few apple slices, on top some kind of a vanilla cream and a crown made out of  almond paste. It tastes good, but it wasn't something special though.

All in all, it was a nice little cafe, but the cupcakes are a bit pricy especially considering they don't make them themselves but get them delivered and defrost them.  (・_・ヾ

The next day I met another friend to eat cake again ~ Even though I am allegic to lactose I wanted a cheese cake. Bloody hell, this was one freaking delicious one plus it looked super awesome.

I haven't really taken a lot pictures, it was so hot those days I could barely walk... However, hope you liked looking at tasty unhealthy food. (⌒▽⌒)☆
Speaking of unhealthy food, I ordered a pizza more than an hour ago, where the heck is the pizza-guy??!! 

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7 Things for 7 Days with Sprinkle Of Glitter | August

Here we are again with another 7 things to-do-list. My first and last 7 things post was in June, inspired by Louise who you definitely have to check out if you haven't already.
Afterwards I was pretty busy with university and life and the only thing I had time for was studying so there was no point in making a list. To cut a long story short: I love to-do-lists and have finally some time on my hands again (at least for a August) to spend my time with fun things ~

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In August I plan to do:

Film: It feels like a century when I made my last video. I won't only make tutorials but some other things as well :)

Exercise: Yes, again, but I really want to make everything out of August.

Reading: You probably saw my post about the Rory Gilmore Book Challenge.

There are still a few (11 to be accurate) books on my shelve I haven't read yet, so I plan to read them during August before I buy any new ones. p(*＾-＾*)q

Learning Korean: Even though I studied it more or less over a semester I can't recall a lot... 4 weeks should be enough to get back on the track... or on half of it.

City Travel: Being a student who has free access to public transport is pretty amazing, but till now I never really made use of it. My plan: Explore the cities around with a friend. :)

Zoo: I admit it: I love to watch animals, either in real or on television... yes, I watch those boring documentations too, especially about dinosaur, I freaking love dinosaur, unfortunately there are no in a zoo... Anyway, my boyfee invited me to Zoo and some super delicious Steak for my birthday and it will definitely happen during August!

Cooking: I always find a logical excuse for not trying out different recipes. Before I can cook any Korean food I have to have some supplies and dish thingy things, a griddle would be nice... oh I do it again. I'm going to invite my boyfee and cook for him a super delicious korean meal, I promise! (`･ω･´)ゞ

To be honest it was a little bit difficult making this list because I have nothing planned for August except enjoying every single minute ~
Who's in doing any of these goals or their own with me?

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Reading Challenge | Rory Gilmore

Sometimes I think about why I read or people, like my lovely boyfee, ask me directly why I spend so much time with books. Fighting against the allure is hopeless, so I just accept the fact I am a total bookaholic. Reading for me is about learning, educating myself and at the same time I am able to escape into another little world full of pure entertainment. Furthermore after finishing a book it becomes a part of my life, a part of me, because it changes my thinking and I grew through it. It affects the way I live and think and I can honestly say I become a better person each time I finish another book.

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But what does it have to do with "Gilmore Girls"? Everyone who watched this series knows Rory Gilmore is as much addicted to books as a bookaholic can be. During the seasons she reads a lot of different books, from classical to current literature. Since I lacked a good literature list to start with and because I wanted to get more into classical literature I decided to start this Reading Challenge featuring all the books Rory read on the show.

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Sooooo ~ I already read a few, but my plan is to finish another 10 books of the list at the end of the year. ^-^ 

Book list 

1. 1984 by George Orwell
2. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 
3. Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
4. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
5. An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
6. Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
7. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
8. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
9. Archidamian War by Donald Kagan
10. The Art of Fiction by Henry James
11. The Art of War by Sun Tzu
12. As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
13. Atonement by Ian McEwan
14. Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy
15. The Awakening by Kate Chopin
16. Babe by Dick King-Smith
17. Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women by Susan Faludi
18. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
19. Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
20. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
21. Beloved by Toni Morrison
22. Beowulf: A New Verse Translation by Seamus Heaney
23. The Bhagava Gita
24. The Bielski Brothers: The True Story of Three Men Who Defied the Nazis, Built a Village in the Forest, and Saved 1,200 Jews by Peter Duffy
25. Bitch in Praise of Difficult Women by Elizabeth Wurtzel
26. A Bolt from the Blue and Other Essays by Mary McCarthy
27. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
28. Brick Lane by Monica Ali
29. Bridgadoon by Alan Jay Lerner
30. Candide by Voltaire
31. The Canterbury Tales by Chaucer
32. Carrie by Stephen King
33. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
34. The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger 
35. Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White
36. The Children’s Hour by Lillian Hellman
37. Christine by Stephen King
38. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
39. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
40. The Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse
41. The Collected Short Stories by Eudora Welty
42. A Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare
43. Complete Novels by Dawn Powell
44. The Complete Poems by Anne Sexton
45. Complete Stories by Dorothy Parker
46. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
47. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas père
48. Cousin Bette by Honor’e de Balzac
49. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
50. The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber
51. The Crucible by Arthur Miller
52. Cujo by Stephen King
53. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
54. Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende
55. David and Lisa by Dr Theodore Issac Rubin M.D
56. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
57. The Da Vinci -Code by Dan Brown
58. Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol
59. Demons by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
60. Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
61. Deenie by Judy Blume
62. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson
63. The Dirt: Confessions of the World’s Most Notorious Rock Band by Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Mick Mars and Nikki Sixx
64. The Divine Comedy by Dante
65. The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells
66. Don Quijote by Cervantes
67. Driving Miss Daisy by Alfred Uhrv
68. Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
69. Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales & Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
70. Eleanor Roosevelt by Blanche Wiesen Cook
71. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe
72. Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn
73. Eloise by Kay Thompson
74. Emily the Strange by Roger Reger
75. Emma by Jane Austen
76. Empire Falls by Richard Russo
77. Encyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective by Donald J. Sobol
78. Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
79. Ethics by Spinoza
80. Europe through the Back Door, 2003 by Rick Steves
81. Eva Luna by Isabel Allende
82. Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
83. Extravagance by Gary Krist
84. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
85. Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore
86. The Fall of the Athenian Empire by Donald Kagan
87. Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World by Greg Critser
88. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
89. Fiddler on the Roof by Joseph Stein
90. The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom 
91. Finnegan’s Wake by James Joyce
92. Fletch by Gregory McDonald
93. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
94. The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem
95. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
96. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
97. Franny and Zooey by J. D. Salinger
98. Freaky Friday by Mary Rodgers
99. Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut
100. Gender Trouble by Judith Butler
101. George W. Bushism: The Slate Book of the Accidental Wit and Wisdom of our 43rd President by Jacob Weisberg
102. Gidget by Fredrick Kohner
103. Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
104. The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels
105. The Godfather: Book 1 by Mario Puzo
106. The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
107. Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Alvin Granowsky
108. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 
109. The Good Soldier by Ford Maddox Ford
110. The Gospel According to Judy Bloom
111. The Graduate by Charles Webb
112. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
113. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 
114. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
115. The Group by Mary McCarthy
116. Hamlet by William Shakespeare
117. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling
118. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling 
119. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
120. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (TBR)
121. Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders by Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry (TBR)
122. Henry IV, part I by William Shakespeare
123. Henry IV, part II by William Shakespeare
124. Henry V by William Shakespeare
125. High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
126. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
127. Holidays on Ice: Stories by David Sedaris
128. The Holy Barbarians by Lawrence Lipton
129. House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III (Lpr)
130. The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
131. How to Breathe Underwater by Julie Orringer
132. How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss
133. How the Light Gets in by M. J. Hyland
134. Howl by Allen Gingsburg
135. The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
136. The Iliad by Homer
137. I’m with the Band by Pamela des Barres
138. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
139. Inferno by Dante
140. Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee
141. Iron Weed by William J. Kennedy
142. It Takes a Village by Hillary Clinton
143. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë 
144. The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
145. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
146. The Jumping Frog by Mark Twain
147. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
148. Just a Couple of Days by Tony Vigorito
149. The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar by Robert Alexander
150. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain
151. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
152. Lady Chatterleys’ Lover by D. H. Lawrence
153. The Last Empire: Essays 1992-2000 by Gore Vidal
154. Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
155. The Legend of Bagger Vance by Steven Pressfield
156. Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis
157. Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke
158. Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them by Al Franken
159. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
160. Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens
161. The Little Locksmith by Katharine Butler Hathaway
162. The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen
163. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 
164. Living History by Hillary Rodham Clinton
165. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
166. The Lottery: And Other Stories by Shirley Jackson
167. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 
168. The Love Story by Erich Segal
169. Macbeth by William Shakespeare 
170. Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
171. The Manticore by Robertson Davies
172. Marathon Man by William Goldman
173. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
174. Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter by Simone de Beauvoir
175. Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman by William Tecumseh Sherman
176. Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
177. The Meaning of Consuelo by Judith Ortiz Cofer
178. Mencken’s Chrestomathy by H. R. Mencken
179. The Merry Wives of Windsro by William Shakespeare
180. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
181. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
182. The Miracle Worker by William Gibson
183. Moby Dick by Herman Melville
184. The Mojo Collection: The Ultimate Music Companion by Jim Irvin
185. Moliere: A Biography by Hobart Chatfield Taylor
186. A Monetary History of the United States by Milton Friedman
187. Monsieur Proust by Celeste Albaret
188. A Month Of Sundays: Searching For The Spirit And My Sister by Julie Mars
189. A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
190. Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
191. Mutiny on the Bounty by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall
192. My Lai 4: A Report on the Massacre and It’s Aftermath by Seymour M. Hersh
193. My Life as Author and Editor by H. R. Mencken
194. My Life in Orange: Growing Up with the Guru by Tim Guest
195. Myra Waldo’s Travel and Motoring Guide to Europe, 1978 by Myra Waldo
196. My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
197. The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer
198. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
199. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
200. The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin
201. Nervous System: Or, Losing My Mind in Literature by Jan Lars Jensen
202. New Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson
203. The New Way Things Work by David Macaulay
204. Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
205. Night by Elie Wiesel
206. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
207. The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism by William E. Cain, Laurie A. Finke, Barbara E. Johnson, John P. McGowan
208. Novels 1930-1942: Dance Night/Come Back to Sorrento, Turn, Magic Wheel/Angels on Toast/A Time to be Born by Dawn Powell
209. Notes of a Dirty Old Man by Charles Bukowski
210. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
211. Old School by Tobias Wolff
212. On the Road by Jack Kerouac
213. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
214. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
215. The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life by Amy Tan
216. Oracle Night by Paul Auster
217. Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
218. Othello by Shakespeare 
219. Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
220. The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War by Donald Kagan
221. Out of Africa by Isac Dineson
222. The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
223. A Passage to India by E.M. Forster
224. The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition by Donald Kagan
225. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
226. Peyton Place by Grace Metalious
227. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
228. Pigs at the Trough by Arianna Huffington
229. Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
230. Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain
231. The Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby
232. The Portable Dorothy Parker by Dorothy Parker
233. The Portable Nietzche by Fredrich Nietzche
234. The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O’Neill by Ron Suskind
235. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 
236. Property by Valerie Martin
237. Pushkin: A Biography by T. J. Binyon
238. Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
239. Quattrocento by James Mckean
240. A Quiet Storm by Rachel Howzell Hall
241. Rapunzel by Grimm Brothers 
242. The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
243. The Razor’s Edge by W. Somerset Maugham
244. Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi
245. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
246. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin
247. The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
248. Rescuing Patty Hearst: Memories From a Decade Gone Mad by Virginia Holman
249. R Is for Ricochet by Sue Grafton
250. Rita Hayworth by Stephen King
251. Robert’s Rules of Order by Henry Robert
252. Roman Holiday by Edith Wharton
253. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
254. A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf
255. A Room with a View by E. M. Forster
256. Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin
257. The Rough Guide to Europe, 2003 Edition
258. Sacred Time by Ursula Hegi
259. Sanctuary by William Faulkner
260. Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay by Nancy Milford
261. Say Goodbye to Daisy Miller by Henry James
262. The Scarecrow of Oz by Frank L. Baum
263. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
264. Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand
265. The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
266. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
267. Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette by Judith Thurman
268. Selected Hotels of Europe
269. Selected Letters of Dawn Powell: 1913-1965 by Dawn Powell
270. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen 
271. A Separate Peace by John Knowles
272. Several Biographies of Winston Churchill
273. Sexus by Henry Miller
274. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
275. Shane by Jack Shaefer
276. The Shining by Stephen King
277. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
278. S Is for Silence by Sue Grafton
279. Slaughter-house Five by Kurt Vonnegut
280. Small Island by Andrea Levy 
281. Snows of Kilimanjaro by Ernest Hemingway
282. Snow White and Rose Red by Grimm Brothers 
283. Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World by Barrington Moore
284. The Song of Names by Norman Lebrecht
285. Song of the Simple Truth: The Complete Poems of Julia de Burgos by Julia de Burgos
286. The Song Reader by Lisa Tucker
287. Songbook by Nick Hornby
288. The Sonnets by William Shakespeare
289. Sonnets from the Portuegese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
290. Sophie’s Choice by William Styron
291. The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
292. Speak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov
293. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
294. The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
295. A Streetcar Named Desiree by Tennessee Williams
296. Stuart Little by E. B. White
297. Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
298. Swann’s Way by Marcel Proust
299. Swimming with Giants: My Encounters with Whales, Dolphins and Seals by Anne Collett
300. Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber
301. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
302. Tender Is The Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
303. Term of Endearment by Larry McMurtry
304. Time and Again by Jack Finney
305. The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
306. To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway
307. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
308. The Tragedy of Richard III by William Shakespeare
309. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
310. The Trial by Franz Kafka
311. The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters by Elisabeth Robinson
312. Truth & Beauty: A Friendship by Ann Patchett
313. Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom 
314. Ulysses by James Joyce
315. The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath 1950-1962 by Sylvia Plath
316. Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
317. Unless by Carol Shields
318. Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann
319. The Vanishing Newspaper by Philip Meyers
320. Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray 
321. Velvet Underground’s The Velvet Underground and Nico (Thirty Three and a Third series) by Joe Harvard
322. The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
323. Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
324. Walden by Henry David Thoreau
325. Walt Disney’s Bambi by Felix Salten
326. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
327. We Owe You Nothing – Punk Planet: The Collected Interviews edited by Daniel Sinker
328. What Colour is Your Parachute? 2005 by Richard Nelson Bolles
329. What Happened to Baby Jane by Henry Farrell
330. When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka
331. Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson
332. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf by Edward Albee
333. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire 
334. The Wizard of Oz by Frank L. Baum
335. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
336. The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
337. The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
338. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

Indulge Me #6

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Starting the day with applications at several places while thinking about one owns unknown future is not really canny, it is rather quite uncomfortable, at least for me. 

 

Speaking of uncomfortable, do you ever have those days where you  sulk in yourself and feel sad yet can't point out the reason? 

My day turned out like this today. I felt, and still feel, useless, wondered what I have done with my life all along and where it will lead me to. Is it my subconscious mind trying to communicate with me? There might be something bothering me on a different level, a level I am not fully aware of yet. 

As if this isn't bad enough, I also have a hard time believing in myself these days. It feels like I never do anything right. When I applied for university I felt confident and was assured it is the right path. Other students have no clue about their future, haven't thought about the job environment they would like to see themselves in in a few years. Not me. I started off with the best intentions, gave everything, but the outcome always went wrong. The world isn't working in my favour. 

Countless times I reconsidered my goals and dreams, lowered my sights so only really important things were left. It is more than a damper to my spirits, especially on a day like today. 

One thing you have to remember is that you have to live in the present and not in the past. I try to remind myself right now. I shouldn't be scared to start something based on my past, based on the outcome of other things. Instead I have to hope for the best. At the end of the day there is only one person I have to answer to and that is myself. Wherever my actions lead me to, I am the one who is responsible for my life. Yes, sometimes we have to make decisions which might not be wise, sometimes living on the edge brings one's whole potential forward. Nevertheless, we have to live with the consequences of our behaviour and decisions, so do I.

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7 Things for 7 Days with Sprinkle Of Glitter

While brainstorming about what to write about and share with the world I stumbled upon Louise blog and her recent 7 Things for 7 Days post. If you haven't already I suggest strongly visit her blog and dip into her little world. 

Now let's have a closer look at the mission: it resembles a new year's resolution list but instead of having a whole year to fulfill your dreams, desires and whishes (and probably forgetting about them after a few weeks...) you only have one week for seven different goals you set. 

Writing down 7 things you want to achieve in the next 7 days is not only a great motivation to actually do them but also to have the option checking later how far you got. 

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This week I plan to:

Exercise: My workout plan is pretty decent yet I now I haven't tap the full potential. I don't want to spend hours at the gym either but spending a few more minutes on cardio won't be harmful.

Study: After realising I haven't done anything during the last 2 years I finally have to get on the bandwagon and finish university. Well, this won't be possible in the next 7 days though but at least I can study for my upcoming exam in macroeconomics. 

Goal: Reading & taking notes (for) all 15 chapters and perhaps start with exercises.

Working on my recipe book: Yes, I tend to write down recipes of food I would love to lie in (sounds gross...) plus I plan to start a Korean Food Challenge next month. Until then I have to get a few more ideas.

Read: When I was younger I used to read a lot, right now I try to get back on the track. Currently I'm working my way through Nora Roberts "Daring To Dream". I already read the German translation a few years ago but since I like original versions better I had to buy it. 

Organise: Especially my life and my plans. I am one of those persons who want too much in no time, you can imagine it's not possible, far from it, it leads to more problems and misunderstandings. I have to rethink what I truly want, that includes lower my sights and focus on important things.

Gift: My brother's birthday is around the corner so I have to think about something nice, perhaps driving school lessons? 

Clean: Thanks god I live far away enough that my Grandmam can't see my window, otherwise she would go wild. I'm still able to look through it, I mean, I live on a high street so there is alot of dirt and exhaust fumes... 

This week I will concentrate on my life and won't be bogged down by small uncontrollable things. Deep down in my stomach I feel a depression coming upwards but I will try to cut negativity out so I will be a little bit closer to my goals in 7 days.

Who's in doing any of these goals or their own with me?

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Instagram Diary #1

You can already see that I decided to hop onto the Instagram post bandwagon which is liked by a lot of bloggers lately. I love art so I do have a lot of interest in pictures displaying the daily life of others as well. Plus the nosey part of mine is satisfied as well. 

Nearly everyone knows Instagram, if not: Instagram can be called a social network site based on photography where people from all over the world share their life in pictures with others. 

Taking pictures and editing is not only a lot of fun (well at least for me) but also a quick and easy way to share things you are interested in and like with not only your friends and family but with everyone who is willing to take a look.

Above you can see a small collage of images from the last days in none specific order. 

Feel free to follow me on Instagram :)

@chuchuanni
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Indulge me #3

Lately I spend a lot of time alone. It's not that I haven't the opportunity to meet up with friends I just enjoy being alone more. Perhaps you know this feeling where you don't want to talk to anybody, where you don't want to be bothered, you don't want to force a smile and make them believe you're happy. This is how I feel right now, I am already used to it. Every now and then I have to live in my own little world, not because I face any problems, just because... well honestly speaking I don't know what's wrong either.
If you experienced it you know what I mean, if not, well, then I don't really have a clue how to describe and explain it. Being alone is everything I long for currently and I can't hide it. Yesterday I was at my boyfee's home and he asked me several times what's wrong. He didn't took "Nothing" or "I don't know" as an answer and kept on asking, even though he might have felt he won't get a satisfying answer.
I have no idea how long it will taket this time until the feeling is gone, from my experience I guess a few more days. Until then all I can and will do is waiting.

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If you wonder how I spend my times being all alone: watching korean dramas and listening to movies while walking or driving around. I love it. The music gives me the feeling I am in a different world while exploring the city.

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Actually right now I only wait for the month to end. I planned to savour every single day, this sounds corny I know, but living every day to the fullest. Yet all I do is counting the days until I get my new camera. I want to make new videos and refilm the old one, I want to take pictures.

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Oh and something that is on my mind recently: Isn't it weird how much our name matches us? Even though we couldn't choose it? I talked to Jacky about it earlier too.
I don't think it is just because we are used to it so we can't imagine another name. I do believe a name is more than just our name. It describes us.
For instance, my name is Annika.
Originally from Anna (Hebrew) it is often used in Sweden, Germany, in the Netherlands as well as in England. It is not bold, unique or outstanding, yet I love the meaning behind it. "Sweet-faced", "God has favoured me", gracious and merciful. I would say it does well at describing me.

So... what if our personality depends on our names?

Let's end this post with one of my favourite songs by Big Bang:

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Wishlist

Every year I make up a wishlist with some things I want to buy and achieve during the year. Let's have a quick look on the wishlist for 2012 :)

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First: a new camera. As you may know I am one of those crazy chicks on youtube who does stupid videos telling the world how to (not) apply make up... I enjoy it a lot, but the quality of the cam I used to use isn't good enough so that I can't work with it properly. I love my camera since I got it from Suzi. :) After looking through guru blogs and their youtube pages and videos I decided to get my hands on a Canon EOS. Yes indeed, Suzi does use this camera as well, but hands down, her videos are always in high quality. It's not a bargain, but I can do more things with a reflex camera than just shooting HD videos.

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Second: To be honest I have no idea what happened to me but since I am with my amazing boyfee I changed (and still change a lot). In the past I did enjoy the company with my exboyfriend of course, but I never wanted to meet him more than two or three times per week. Now I literally die when we can't see each other one single day, it's hilarious. To complete my lovey-dovey behaviour I definitely need a pair of those matching crewnecks by happily ever after apparel. Shame on you tumblr, I found these pictures on my dashboard. I don't know whether my boyfee will like it, but you know how life goes, some people have to be forced into doing what's good for them. :D

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Third: THESE SHOES ARE BLOODY AMAZING!! Thanks to Melissa and one of her endless OOTD videos I saw these wonderful platform peep toes. Hence I am only 5'4 I love to rock heels, mostly platforms, they are really comfortable. The only downside: I don't know if Justfabships to Germany - right now it looks like they only ship within the US and Canada...

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Fourth: More / New brushes. Lacking inspiration and new ideas is one thing, but when you don't have enough tools to work with it's a desaster. I already have made experiences with those brushes you can get online from Hong Kong, some of them are nice but a lot are useless and feel horrible on the skin. But that's another story. Every artist needs good brushes, so do I. Not necessarily MAC brushes (they're hella expensive... Jesus), but some brushes by MAC are worth their money. Some days ago I made a list which brushes I definitely need right asap and decided to get them from Sigma. Some MAC brushes will find their way into my brushroll as well, but not at the moment.

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Fifth: Trip to London. Being away from school and my english teacher for almost 2 years leaves one's mark. Furthermore I want to work outside of Germany once I'm done with university so I definitely have to train my business english. British colleges offer lots of different courses in different fields, I still debate which one would be the best. A language course sounds pretty boring and sometimes I still regret I haven't applied for the London College of Fashion. Unfortunately the businees administration courses only last a few days, but they do offer a fashion design summer course as well, which sounds pretty interesting. My summer semester break is long and I won't go on a vacation, so this is a nice and suitable alternative.

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Sixth: Being this caring girlfee I am (at least I try my best... :D) plus my addiction for healthy food take me here: I want to cook more. For myself as well as for my boyfee and my friends. Yesterday I stumbled upon this bloody awesome blog by Sally and directly fell in love with her recipes. Fresh, healthy but at the same time easy/moderate. I am a perfectionist and hate to try out a difficult recipe because it never ends like it should. Sally does a great job, you should check her blog out. :)

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Seventh: fit and healthy. As you already may know I am in the middle of a lifestyle change. Not only did I changed my diet I also exercise regularly and do everything to live healthier. For me the loss of nearly 4 pounds / 2kg is already visible, but I am not done yet. I will join the gym in may which not only includes cardio and strength workouts but I also want to try out Tai-Bo, Tai-Chi and Pilates (and Yoga of course) and hopefully will stick to it so that I reach my goal in the end of June.

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Eighthly: Become a better person. I am afraid that this might take a couple of years but it's never too late. Who's fault is this? My boyfees. :D He is such a nice and warm-hearted person, I really don't think I deserve him. I won't change my meanie attitude I have towards weird people... I mean, they are really weird, like weirdweird...weird. Not this Ryan-Higa-weird, that's cute and I am like that as well, but like... you know. Anyway. I just want to become a little more grateful, live happier and love fullier. Be nicer and stuff.

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Ninth: holland lop. This is something I thought about over and over again. After my little bunny died in January 2011 I felt alone. He lolloped everywhere I went and stayed by my side when I sat on the floor to watch TV or so. But when he went to heaven, my little heart broke in thousands of fragments and I never felt ready for another bunny. However, cuddling and playing with a little bunny is one of the most amazing things in life. My boyfee already said it would be "funny" to have one... and imagine those super cute pictures I could make with a little bunny LOL.

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Tenth: Sewing Machine. Again it's Melissa's fault because of her DIY videos I planned to try it myself half a year ago but haven't done it yet. On youtube are tons of DIY tutorials, but my favourites are the ones you find on the Threadbanger channel. They provide different styles so everyone should find something interesting. If you are interested in those kind of videos, you should check them out. :)

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