Is this the end of the world?

Could be. It has been snowing all day long, but mainly horizontal, because we have a really stormy wind around here. I was so scared using the elevator in the house I live in, the wind is so strong that there are frightening noises in the elevator shaft... But seven stories of stairs are a lot. And the wooden wall in my room shakes a bit when I have my window open. So I hide myself in the university where the wind blows through the windows even if they're closed. I don't want to see their bill for heating costs... Plus, it is sooo cold.
This evening I have the opportunity to see Sherlock Holmes again with a few good friend of mine. I haven't decided yet whether to go or not. I really liked the movie but going out in this weather situation? I don't know. No matter what, I have to get something done for work now...

P.S. (Maybe a picky one) Of course, the post title is meant in a non-serious way. I write this P.S., because Haiti and the things happened and happening there just came to my mind... The people there are totally entitled to ask that question.

Milk

I hardly can keep my eyes open, but I have to share some thougths about the movie I just saw: Milk. Sean Penn plays the main character Harvey Milk, who was a gay politician in San Francisco in the 1970s. He fought for the rights of the homosexual community, first in his quarter Castro and then in the whole USA.
On my way home thoughts rushed through my mind, but now I can't quite capture them... The movie deeply impressed me. I admire Milks brave to never give up although there were a whole lot of barriers, he even got threats to murder him if he won't stop. I was touched by several scenes in this movie, which I don't describe here in case anyone hasn't seen the movie yet. For the same reason I won't tell the ending, although I wish I could.
Of course I know, that there are a lot of people on this planet who don't exactly share my opinion of a just world and human rights or whose opinions even might be contrary to mine. Nevertheless I was shocked by statements made by Milks political contrahents, saying that they want to take away all civil rights from homosexual people and that there is no place on earth for them. These might not have been the exact words they used, but the movie is based on a true story, so the general message should be the same. I absolutely don't have any words for that.
Reading through the post again I am not sure if it really expresses my thoughts but right now there is no better way to fomulate it. This is not because of the foreign language, my impressions and feelings about this movie are just a bit chaotic. Maybe there will be a more structured post in a few days...

Playing around

I just spend about an hour on changing the blog design, trying different colours, text sizes etc... This dragged on more and more, because I discovered a really cool website, where you can get the most beautiful blog designs. It's called The cutest blog on the block. In my opinion, the title really hits the point ;-)
But now I have to get up and out. We had about 5 cm of new snow last night and now everything is melting, so I have to find the drains on the courtyard and free them from snow and ice, otherwise, the melted snow can't go anywhere. I haven't seen so much snow in the winter in the last ten years or so... At the moment, everybody has stopped being excited and thrilled and has come to terms with the weather. But we're close to being annoyed of and swearing about it.

Still wondering...

...does everything that I write down here, have to make sense? Hopefully not ;-) At the moment, I'm smelling like a bakery, because I just took a egg liqueur cake out of the oven. That's a cake my mother baked a lot when I was a kid and everytime I eat it, it reminds me of wintertime in my childhood. It tastes really good - it includes quite a lot of chocolate ;-) Actually, I wanted to write about the movie I saw on thursday. I didn't really want to go to the cinema, because I had to get up early the next morning, but my friends finally convinced me to come with them and I have to say, I'm glad they did. We watched "Sherlock Holmes" and it was gorgeous. I laughed a lot, it was thrilling, fast and ironic. Robert Downey Jr. did a really good job as Holmes and I loved Jude Law as Watson, because in this movie, he wasn't so cocky and plane as in other movies I've seen him in. All the actors act very british in my "prejudiced" eyes and I just like the black humor of british movies. And, on top, everyone is dressed very elegant and looks quite impressive. Hopefully, there will be a sequel.

P.S.: I'm working on my reviewing skills, too.

No. 1

Okay, that's it. I finally dared to do it - as you can see. Create a blog and write. Or better: trying to write. As for my english skills becoming worse after leaving school I decided to train them. I hope this good intention will last longer than just a few weeks... I'll do my very best. Just a few more words about this experiment: I hope to fill this with thoughts about things I've recently read, seen or experienced and like you to join me in discussing this stuff. So please feel free to comment!