Feel The Rush? Slow Down Your Life Before You Trip!
Today I stumbled upon
this article in the Wall Street Journal:
"Once a week, members of a Wellington, New Zealand, book club arrive at a cafe, grab a drink and shut off their cellphones. Then they sink into cozy chairs and read in silence for an hour.
The point of the club isn't to talk about literature, but to get away from pinging electronic devices and read, uninterrupted. The group calls itself the Slow Reading Club, and it is at the forefront of a movement populated by frazzled book lovers who miss old-school reading.
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The Thing About “Love”: Clear Your Heart And Let Go
Love is a complicated thing. It's the ultimate goal - we chase after it every day, no matter if we are single and looking for a partner, or if we are in a relationship looking for acknowledgment from our partner. Love is the key to happiness. Our life can only be fulfilled if we love someone and be loved in return.
But this is only one side of love. Love can also be toxic. We fall in love with the wrong person all the time. Sometimes only our pride is hurt, if we are in too deep, our heart, and in the worst case even our body if we happen to get stuck in an abusive relationship.
How do we recognize wrong from right? Will we lose a one time opportunity if we let go too soon?
Every case is different, I'm sure of that, but I have experienced the following:
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The Importance Of Being Alone
When you talk to friends or family about their biggest anxieties, being alone is often one of them. When you're in a relationship, you fear abandonment, when you're single, you strive to find the next guy (or girl). Being alone is equaled as being a failure. You're not in a relationship because you're not attractive enough, sitting alone at home on a Saturday evening means you don't have any friends, etc. This is a failure of society. It is automatically assumed that the lack of company isn't the person's own choice....
It’s Movie Trailers Time! The 15 Upcoming Movies You Shouldn’t Miss!
The upcoming months will have a ton of great movies again. Here is a very small selection of this huge list of appealing trailers raiding the internet these days. I've intentionally left out the third Hunger Games movie and The Hobbit, considering that everyone already knows about them. If you don't, there's no hope....
From Under The Dome to The Strain: How Adaptions Are Taking Over TV
In times when the Vampire Romance was taking over young adult female's hearts, the release of
The Strain in 2009 started a refreshing new trend in the genre: Vampire novels going Horror again with new modern characteristics. Guillermo del Toro, director of Pacific Rim and Pan's Labyrinth, and Chuck Hogan created a masterpiece with their debut trilogy. Vampirism as a disease which transforms their hosts into brutal monsters taking over the world - a great mix of Vampire fiction with a post-apocalyptic backdrop. Only a year after, in 2010, Justin Cronin released his first Vampire novel
The Passage - a tome that spans over several eras after a similar post-apocalyptic invasion of the undead and also the first novel of a trilogy.
Now, in 2014, Cronin's final installment of
The Passage Trilogy has yet to be released, but
The Strain has already taken over another medium: the TV Screen.
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Movie Review: Maleficent
When I went to see
Maleficent I expected a simple and slightly boring Disney movie, but what I got was so much more!
The re-imagining of Disney's
Sleeping Beauty tells the classical tale from a different point of view: it is the tale of the antagonist - the evil fairy Maleficent.
Angelina Jolie is starring as the main character, while Elle Fanning stars as Princess Aurora. Sam Riley, Imelda Staunton and Sharlto Copley can be seen in supporting roles.
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Movie Review: “Godzilla” – The Cons of a MUTO Picnic in San Fran
Last weekend I went to see THE movie of the year: "Godzilla". Apparently half of humanity saw it as well, cause my Facebook timeline has been full of "Godzilla"-themed statuses since its release day. Considering that I love action movies, especially with big monsters, I had high expectations. Did it live up to them? Before you read this review, be aware that it contains major spoilers!...
