Twilight

When Ana first told me about the movie, I laughed and thought it's a "Buffy - the vampire slayer" type of movie...this is also what everybody around me thinks when I tell them about it :)

Ana sent me the 4 books from the collection before I got to see the movie and I didn't get her excitement...but...I am completely mesmerized now. Not only did I see the movie but I also read the first book...which is breath taking. I hope I'll get to read the second one on my way home...I will have a lot of time on train and in airports I guess...and I am really curios how the story will go on, especially since there's no movie on the other three books.

I don't know if the movie is a must see, but the book(s)is a must read.

I feel good about finding an Aarhus hobby in reading, since I didn't feel like really doing that at home. My next movie after book reading is going to be "The Cider house rules". Yesterday I saw the movie again with the girls and it's so full of emotion and compassion and lust for life...

It's always good-bye to somebody

Good-byes started as the holidays are getting closer. It's weird being an "international student"...Before coming here I was thinking about how my room mates would be, how my class mates would be...how all my new friends will be. I was sure there has to be someone I would not get along with or whose habits would piss me off...but here I am crying my eyes out for people I only know for a few months but feel so related to. The experience is just like the feelings that cannot be explained. Most of the people will be here next semester too, but others will not.

Tonight Mara left. Her imperfect way of being makes me already miss her. I stayed with her in her room as she was packing...concerning about the weight of the bag. I barely kept the tears when she hugged me and said good-bye. She said I should take it as "see ya'"...but I know chances are it's not going to be like that. I will miss everything about her...the talking, the funny walks we had, our stupid jokes...her camera :)...The photo she left for us on the fridge will make me feel like she's still here every morning.

I guess it's not just Mara...its realizing that at some point we will all have to say good-bye and the more time passes the harder it gets. This is different from saying it to people at home because I am more than sure I will see them again.

Long forgotten idols of a wierdo

While talking about piercing and tattoos, that I would like to get at some point in my life, I remembered about my long forgotten idols - the SG (http://suicidegirls.com/). I remember finding them when I was in Kiev, bored and searching the internet for interesting stuff. Back then, I liked them because my teenage self searching mind found them as a nice identity. The idea of Goth Pin-up Girls went pretty well with the music and the feelings I had. The site is a passage to another way of life. The girls are characterized by piercing, tattoos, weird hair cuts and vintage clothes...but also very innocent (Lolita like) glances and poses. It's like an intriguing girlish portal...and I still love the photos – back then you could access most of them because the website was new (now you have to pay).

Some weird things I like (weird because other people make funny faces when I do them or say them):

- eating with the knife, anything and everything (except liquid stuff) - this is something I get from my father and my grandfather :)

- rats - maybe because they are small and able to get into places, and harm unwillingly...just because they are rats + they are so smart (I don't know why people don't like them, I love them...I even had one...I hate it when I have to be there when people talk about killing them)

- polenta with french fries (aka mamaliga cu cartofi prajiti) - eaten together of course

- pills (they are small, round and colorful...how can you not like that?!) - I don't like them when I have to take them, because this means I am sick in some way...I like taking them randomly, whatever I want - whenever I want, they attracted me since I could barely walk :D

- going to the dentist (most people don't) - teeth are important, they define the smile...what would we be if we would be ashamed of showing our teeth

- playing with fire...and candle wax...I like reshaping it while it's hot and I love sticking my fingers deep in it...also in this category I love the smell of burning matches - the pyromaniac inside me spoke

- Ok...I guess the cleaning could go in here too...I love to organize things