can't refuse

I know. Everybody does this. I've been using Instagram for a very long time now but I always refused to make this kind of posts. But one reason why don't post so often is that I actually never carry my camera around. I always complain how it's to heavy and big and so I always snap these nice little things with my iPhone which I never ever leave at home. So be prepared to see more Instagram posts in the future.

xx Katie

        

          

        

          

          

          

What are you looking at? 1. Huge book about making the Harry Potter films. Loved it. 2. The inside of my lovely new necklace. 3. I finally got myself white Chucks! 4. My cat holding her little feet while sleeping. 5. She likes watching the village. 6. Free time at university. 7. Beautiful stuff in a shop in Daaden. Wanted to buy everything. 8. "The Night Circus". Maybe the best book I've ever read. If you haven't, I definitely recommend it! 9. I got a new car and I love it. Oh yes. 10. Karl and I are together for 31 months and 5 days. 11. Waiting for the bus. 12. Some British guy was selling posters at university. 

twenty

Hello friends! Yes, I'm still alive. I turned 20 yesterday and had a lovely party with about 50 people of my friends and family. I really had the most wonderful time! And besides that I got the most incredible presents. ;)

Unfortunately I was too busy to take any photos during the party but I took a few of the buffet we had and in the middle of the night when pretty much everyone was already gone my friend Christian took a few funny ones of us. We were so tired and happy and everything at the same time. At least I was.

That's already it for today. I promise that I'll try to post more often!

xx Katie

i was in london

Oh yes, I was. Is it necessary to say that I absolutely loved it? I'm really sad that I'm back and I definitely will come back. Even though my sister and I did a whole lot of tourist stuff we didn't manage to see all we wanted to. Well, I took 200 photos and it's absolutely IMPOSSIBLE to choose from them to post but I decided to show you one photo of the food department in Harrods. It's a crazy place. I felt like in Willy Wonka's chocolate factory. 

Also, I spent a wonderful afternoon with the lovely Emma and her just as lovely flatmate Nadia. Thank you two again for being so wonderful! I'm already looking forward to seeing you again. x

You may see some photos of London. The week before I bought a nice and plastic shiny Diana F+ and took ten analogue photos. It was my first time ever taking analogue ones, so bear with my if they're absolutely terrible and I refuse to show you. 

What else is there to say? Well, I miss London. I think I'll need a little time to get used to being in the boring Westerwald again. No walking along Southbank every morning, no breakfast at EAT. and no Tube driving from A to B anymore.

Oh ja, das war ich. Ist es nötig zu sagen, dass ich es absolut geliebt habe? Ich bin wirklich traurig, dass ich wieder zurück bin und ich werde definitiv dorthin zurückkehren. Obwohl meine Schwester und ich sind ganzen Menge Touristenuzeugs gemacht haben, haben wir nicht alles gesehen, was wir wollten. Ich habe 200 Fotos geschossen und es ist absolut UNMÖGLICH, ein paar davon zum Posten auszusuchen, aber ich habe beschlossen, euch ein Foto aus der Lebensmittelabteilung von Harrods zu zeigen. Es ist ein echt verrückter Ort. Ich habe mich gefühlt wie in Willy Wonka's Schokoladenfabrik. 

Außerdem habe ich einen wundervollen Nachmittag mit der wunderbaren Emma und ihrer genauso wunderbaren Mitbewohnerin Nadia verbracht. Danke euch beiden noch mal dafür, dass ihr wo großartig ward! Ich freue mich jetzt schon darauf, euch wiederzusehen. x

Ihr seht vielleicht doch noch ein paar Fotos aus London. Die Woche vorher habe ich mir einen schöne Diana F+ gekauft und zehn analoge Fotos gemacht. Es war mein erstes analoges Mal, also verzeiht mir, falls sie schrecklich geworden sind und ich sie euch nicht zeigen will.

Was sonst noch? Ich vermisse London. Ich denke, ich brauche ein bisschen Zeit, um mich wieder daran zu gewöhnen, im langweiligen Westerwald zu sein. Nicht mehr jeden Morgen Southbank entlang laufen, im EAT. frühstücken und mit der Tube von A nach B fahren.

xx Katie

chasing cotards

I'm quick at posting this month, aren't I?
You know I am absolutely Sherlock obsessed. Seriously, I'm pretty much a Sherlock maniac. Ask my friends. So I follow the brilliant website Sherlockology on Twitter and Facebook. A while ago they posted the link to this website and promoted a short film named "Chasing Cotards" with the amazing Andrew Scott who played James Moriarty in Sherlock.
So I paid the 1,80€ and watched it. I watched it and I cried. This short film is of such magnificent beauty that you don't really how to feel. So please, don't be grasping, spend this ridiculously small amount of money and witness this indescribable beauty. You won't regret it. Promise.

Ich bin ziemlich schnell im Posten diesen Monat, oder? 
Ihr wisst ja, dass ich absolut besessen von Sherlock bin. Ernsthaft. Fragt meine Freunde. Ich folge der brillanten Website Sherlockology bei Twitter und Facebook. Vor einer Weile haben sie den Link zu  dieser Website gepostet und einen Kurzfilm namens "Chasing Cotards" mit dem wunderbaren Andrew Scott, der bei sherlock James Moriarty gespielt hat, promotet.
Also hab ich die 1,80€ bezahlt und ihn angeschaut. Ich habe ihn angeschaut und ich habe geweint. Dieser Kurzfilm ist so unfassbar schön, dass man gar nicht so recht weiß, wie man sich fühlen soll. Also bitte, seid nicht geizig, zahlt den lächerlich niedrigen Preis und seid Zeugen solch unbeschreiblicher Schönheit. Ihr werdet es nicht bereuen. Versprochen.

xx Katie

P.S. I know it's almost two years old but I only recently discovered it trough Sherlockology.

sometimes i sing

You may know that sometimes I dance. For a few years now in my Musical group, ballet and through our living room. What you may not know, is that I also sing! I have a band with a few friends and we cover nice songs.
Well, we rehearsed again last week and decided to film some of our acoustic songs. And here they are. I have to say that it was really spontaneous, that's why I look like crap in my huge Dublin hoodie, without any make up and with weird hair.
As I am never satisfied with what I do, I don't like my singing in these but I really, really hope that you like it, though. Please tell me what you think!

Guitar: Philipp
Cajon: Jannik
iPhone 4 being a camera holder: Sebastian
You don't see him but he usually plays the bass: Marius

Ihr wisst vielleicht, dass ich manchmal tanze. Seit ein paar Jahren in meinem Musical Verein, Ballett und durch unser Wohnzimmer. Was ihr vielleicht nicht wisst, ist dass ich außerdem singe! Ich habe eine Band mit ein paar Freunden und wir covern schöne Lieder.
Letzte Woche hatten wir wieder Probe und haben und spontan dazu entschieden, ein paar unserer Akustiksongs zu filmen. Und hier sind sie. Ich muss sagen, es war sehr spontan und deshalb sehe ich auch so vergammelt aus, mit meinem Dublin Pulli, ohne Make-Up und mit komischen Haaren.
Da ich ja niemals mit dem, was ich tue, zufrieden bin, mag ich mein Gesinge hier auch nicht, aber ich hoffe sehr, dass es euch gefällt. Bitte sagt mir, was ihr denkt!

xx Katie

showing around my christmas presents while saying goodbye to 2011

So this is 2011, right? It has been a wonderful year with a whole lot of big changes in my life. 2012 is promising to be even better, for I'm planning on visiting 3 of the biggest cities in the world: Paris, London (for the first time! anyone up for a little meeting?), New York. Karl and I may finally find a flat and live together and I'll be in the middle of my studies at Uni Siegen. Sounds quite exciting, doesn't it?

I got some really really lovely christmas presents and I love them so much that I just have to show them to you!

This is what Karl got me. I freaked out. It's the whole Harry Potter series on Blu-Ray in this most awesome wooden box with the Eldar wand on top. There were only 4000 of them and Karl really got one.

This is what my parents got me. A pretty, golden Fossil watch. I love it and I think it suits me so well. I feel twice as pretty when ever I wear it.

This is what my godfather, his wife and his daughter, who's at the same time my goddaughter's mum, got me. The Harry Potter books in English! Hardcover and in a pretty box. Now I can finally read them how they were originally written. I only owned them in German so far.

And these books I got from Karls family. It's "The Vintage Tea Party Book" (if you read the most wonderful WishWishWish, you know it), "Der perfekte Kleiderschrank" (translated: The perfect closet) by Nina Garcia, a Cupcake Decoration Set and a Cupcake recipe book (you cannot see it, sorry).

And my sister got my a lovely make-up bag, a necklace and a sculpture named "The Dancer". I didn't take photos of these ones. I actually don't know why. Maybe I will later on. We'll see.


And this is it. The last post for 2011. Thank you for reading this blog and I hope I'll see you again next year. Have a wonderful New Year's Eve tonight! And don't forget to watch "Sherlock" tomorrow. I have to wait until Monday. It will be hard to avoid Twitter tomorrow night if I don't want to read any spoilers, won't it?

I love you.

xx Katie

EDIT:P.S. The very first picture shows what I wore New Year's Eve.