The big two oh (20!)

Tomorrow I turn 20. So this is the last post in this blog - I will no longer be a teenager and thus no more teen speculations.

I had hoped to finish Les Miserables by now, but it's been on the shelf since school started. Instead I've been passing my exams, been on two boards, organising and working on parties, going to parties, hung out with my friends, tried to keep the weight I reached during the summer, been in a car accident and came out in one piece, been to the theater (King Lear), kept in touch with L who's in Canada and "gotten" a boyfriend. Quite a semester.

I'm looking forward to the twenties about as much as I feel angst for leaving my teenage years behind me. Which is a lot! Now I have to sleep as a nineteen year old for the last time.

xoxo
Friida

Back to School!

Sorry for no real update.. I've been meaning to write a good post about the movies I've watched this summer as well as something about this being a great last summer of teenage-hood, but.. Well, I've basically forgotten which movies I've seen this summer and now I'm one week into the school year and it's all crazy, so I don't really have time to write a longer post.

Might write something as my twenties come crawling closer, or if I manage to finish Les Misérables anytime soon (very doubtful).

xoxo
Frida

A month of vacation

Hi there, and sorry for being absent for almost a month!

I've been on vacation, first hanging with friends, then one and a half week with my family on Gotland, then friends and relaxing again and this week I went to Karlskoga (BodaBorg) and Örebro with my friends from gymnasiet (Swe equivalence of high school). The reason my blog has been so quiet is because I've only read (and finished) Swedish books (and I find it easier to review something in English if I've read it in English) and none of the movies I've seen (that I can recall at this time) I've been too lazy to write a review about 'cause they were just average.. I have been reading Les Misérables as well during this time, but I'm not even half way through yet (the battle of Waterloo slowed me down a lot). I'll try to get around to it before school starts again, so that I can provide you with a review! :)

Now I'm going to go shopping with one of my best friends! See you later!

xoxo
Frida

Last day of work, in half an hour begins the friend-packed vacation!

Hello!
Right now, there's only 30 minutes between me and my longed for vacation! (I know, shouldn't be blogging at work, but seriously - NOTHING to do here). The next few days will be packed with social activities, starting out with a dinner with a few of my classmates tonight, celebrating one of my best friends 20th birthday tomorrow, BBQ at my place with a few friends on Sunday, then celebrating another one of my bestfriends the day after her 20th birthday on Monday (yes, I managed to get two great friends born the day after the other - the anxiety for getting good gifts have been through the roof, and I'm still panicking), then off to Twiin's house on Tuesday for a sleepover. (Will you just look at that sentence?! Soooo long! xD) On Wednesday I'm gonna hit the gym with L, and then on Thursday I'll leave for Gotland! My family's leaving early Sunday morning, but I decided I can't live in an enclosed area with them for two whole weeks, so I'm meeting up with them Thursday evening. I'm so looking forward to this vacation!!! :)

When I get back, I'll have a week of not really doing anything/no pre-planned activities. Probably working out, hanging with friends, reading and working some more on my report for the work I've done this summer. Then off for a mini-vacation with my girls from IKG, which is gonna be super fun! I just hope everyone will join, otherwise I'll be the only one with a driver's license (by the way, I GOT MY DRIVER'S LICENSE - old news in my world but I guess I never wrote it here.. Got October 1st last year!), and it won't be as fun without half the girls..

As you see there's a lot of fun ahead, I just hope I'll remember to post something here once in a while as well! ;)

xoxo
Frida

RIP Cory Monteith

I found out about his death Sunday morning, when I was eating breakfast (right about the same time it got out to the public, for everyone to know, I assume). I still find it hard to believe. As a Gleek, I'm sad this had to happen, and I feel so sorry about all his friends and family, especially the Glee cast, most of whom will go back to filming season 5 of Glee in about a month (the premiere date of Season 5 has been delayed, probably 'til november). I'm not sad because I'll have to wait another few months for next season, I'm sad because he will have to die twice, the second time as Finn (how else would they solve this?) and the entire cast has to go through all of these emotions again. I just think they should be respected in their grief, so lay off haters.

RIP Cory

The book that I shall not name

Okay, so last week I finished a book, but I will refrain from writing it's title or the name of the author, as he happens to be an old teacher of mine. And I'm pretty sure he google's himself once in a while, and while I never really appreciated his teaching abilities I still respect him enough to not hurt his feelings by talking about his book. If he stalks me enough to find this small blog in the middle of nowhere in cyberspace, then so be it.

While the core plot was... fascinating, I found it disturbing to read something written by an old (both in the sense that he has passed a certain age and the fact that he is no longer my current teacher) teacher, especially when he writes in first person and the narrator is a seventeen year old psychopathic girl. I think most people who read something written by someone they know, but don't know really well, will understand what I mean. There is something unsettling about knowing what goes on in that man's head, especially since I know whose head it goes on inside. If that makes sense.

Apart from it being weird to read because someone I know wrote it, I also found the topic of brutal serial killing and lesbian orgies not really to my liking. And it was too much of the wholesome mormonism (should be noted that said author belongs to the Mormon church, adn teaches psychology - just like the serial killer-teacher leading his little group of students in a serial killing spree). Also, there are the typos. Grammar and spelling mistakes everywhere! I mean come on, how did the book even get published with that many typos?! Fine if there are two or three mistakes in a book, but not two or three in every chapter - on average (the book was more than twenty chapters). That just annoys the hell out of me, grammar/spelling Nazi as I can be sometimes..

Ok, so I guess it doesn't really matter what the book is called, since I won't recommend it to anyone. If you're intrigued anyways (by the serial killing and lesbian orgies and what not), write a comment below and I might reveal the book's identity to you.

xoxo
Frida

Anna Karenina

This post was supposed to be up on Sunday, but I've been really busy so I didn't get around to writing it until now. It is therefore more than two weeks (almost three I think) since I saw Anna Karenina, the movie based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy.

It is done as if everything took place at a theatre stage, with changing scenery and change of outfits being done "behind the scene", and this is brought to its extreme in the beginning of the movie, making it difficult to get through the first half hour of the movie without turning off the TV. I actually had to see the movie in two sittings, 'cause I grew tired of it after an hour. However, while the first part was confusing and a bit tiring to watch, the second half turned out to be really to my liking. That's not to say it didn't grow even more confusing.

If you've managed to miss what the story is about: Anna Karenina is a married woman in Russia during the 1800s. During a trip to Moscow she meets Vronsky, a cavalry officer who falls in love with her. She is fighting her feelings for him (for about half the movíe) but they eventually become lovers. The story is about love and fidelity, about how one can do anything for the person that they love. Not only between Vronsky and Anna, but also between many other characters in the story. It takes a rather dramatic turn when Anna finds out she is expecting Vronsky's child, and from there it feels as if there is nothing but a downward spiral.

I think Keira Knightley fits in the role of Anna, and Jude Law does a terrific job as her husband, Count Alexei Karenin. However, I am very torn in my feelings towards Matthew Macfadyen as Stiva, Anna's brother. He does a great job portraying the character, but I just can't get it out of my head that he is our beloved Mr Darcy with a ridiculous mustache. The rest of the cast also does a very good job (great job casting director!), and my only problem is that it is soooo obvious that Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Vronsky) is not a natural blond.. It just looks wrong.

I might have not cared too much for the film (which gets a 2/5 from me, I think), but it made me want to read the novel. I think the story is good, the movie adaption is just very confusing, and I'm hoping the book will bring some clarity.

xoxo
Frida

Moulin Rouge!

Last Saturday (I thought it was Friday, then I realised I spent Friday night catching up on Once Upon a Time - will post about that later) I saw Moulin Rouge! for the first time. I know, as a fan of musicals I should have seen it before, but I just never got around to it (actually there are several musicals I have yet not seen, many of which I would like to see this summer so reviews may pop up).  

For those of you who don't know: it's about a young writer named Christian (Ewan McGregor) who goes to Paris just before the turn of the century (19th-20th) to write about the bohemian revolution - beauty, freedom and above all (in his eyes) love. He meets a theatrical group, led by Toulousse, which asks him to write them a play, and get Zidler to agree to put it on/sponsor it. Zidler is the owner of the brothel - Moulin Rouge - across the street, and the best way to get to him is through Satine (Nicole Kidman) - the star of the Moulin Rouge. Through a series of misunderstandings Christian and Satine meet and fall in love. The show is to be produced. They just have one obstacle (or so Christian thinks): the duke producing the play is in love with Satine. 

I liked it. I thought the beginning would make me epileptic and the "Like a Virgin"-number was like bad Glee on crack (I got the Glee association from them actually doing that cover in the first season, otherwise just some bad singing on crack) otherwise I rather enjoyed the musical numbers. Come What May and Your Song are definitely my favourites, but that might be because I've heard and liked them before. (Come What May with Klaine, I mean come one, of course I love it). The dance group I'm in at KI have done Roxanne as a number, and I just like that so much so I found the number in Moulin Rouge a bit all over the place. I liked the plot and the characters, and I think the casting director did a good job in getting Kidman and McGregor as the leads. In total, the experience of the movie was maybe a 3 out of 5, but cut the Like A Virgin and the intro and it probably would have gotten a 4 from me (it should definitely be added that I'm always too nice when rating stuff). 

Some of the music: 

 Come What May
Really bad Glee on crack (Like A Virgin)
El Tango De Roxanne
Your Song

xoxo
Frida

The Beach by Alex Garland

This was supposed to be posted on Monday, so "yesterday" refers to last Sunday. Don't really know why, but it just got saved as a draft instead of being published.

Yesterday I finished reading The Beach by Alex Garland. That's the main reason I didn't post anything at all last week (I put it off 'til the weekend and then I really wanted to finish the book, and when I did I just went to sleep), but this week I'm back with at least three posts so I hope you'll forgive me.  Let's move on to the review! 

The Beach is a fictional travel book about a young man, Richard, who's given a map to a secluded beach on an island in the marine park in Thailand, a real traveller's untouched paradise. With the help of two French traveller's he tries to find the mysterious beach, all the while having the ghost of the man who gave him the map haunting him as a figment of his imagination. A man who committed suicide just after giving the map away, and who one later finds out was one of the first to set foot on the beach. Reaching the beach is an adventure  the three travellers, but it seems like the real journey begins when they actually arrive. 

At first I found the book a bit dull and I had a bit of difficulty getting into it, but as the three travellers set on their way it got easier. Except for their first weeks or months or however long it was (the passing of time is somewhat confusing in the book, but that just contributes to the characters' confusion with the same issue), which was a lot less than exciting to read, the story actually held a lot of suspense. Some bits and pieces were extremely gruesome (at least to me, I might be a bit squeamish, but I don't think I'm more sensitive to these things than the average person) so if that's not your piece of cake, maybe I shouldn't recommend it. Otherwise, I do. I think it's an especially good read if you read it in the summer, or during your own travels, but what do I know? I read parts of it sitting in on an underground-train getting to campus and parts of it sitting in the shadow on our back porch trying to avoid the heat. I might have enjoyed the latter more simply because I had the day off, not because the book gave a better reading experience that day. Or the most exciting parts of the story coincided with my afternoon reading in the sun. I don't know. Overall I think I give it 3/5, sadly knocked down because of how hard I found it to get into the plot.  

The "you have to read this fantastic book"-quote on the front cover of the book that most top-sellers have (or famous authors who live on their previous work) said something like "has all the makings of a cult classic". I think it was Nick Hornby who said/wrote it (no, actually I know it was, it just sounds better if I come off as less of a miss know-it-all). I don't really know what a book has to have to be a cult classic, but I think he's right. Most books I've read that are classics or modern classics (or whatever they are with the word classic in it) have a pattern of confusing me, being a bit difficult to get in to for about twenty to fifty pages and then I like it. Sometimes I love it and often I stay confused about things even after I've put the book down. Maybe I'm a bit too young or too Swedish (I know! Horrible thought!) to get references to make the story more clear.  

In conclusion, a good story about traveling, Thailand, the ultimate travelling destination and how things never go the way you plan. Especially if you don't know how you want your plan to go. And just a bit of love. Read it. (Or see the movie, I guess that works too). 

xoxo Frida

Not really a Wallflower, more like a Social Bird

It's crazy!
This week I've met like fourteen friends, and some of them I've met several times, like Linn, whom I met for lunch and went to the gym with, or Kalle (I met him three different times!). I'm exhausted. Included in these social activities was a sleepover at my Twiin's house (it's like we're back to our normal Tuesday routines, without the bollywood-dancing) and a BBQ-party last night. It's all very much fun though, so I shall not complain.

If I've done more? I've been working, cleaning the house (which looks like I haven't cleaned it all two days later), reading My Sister's Keeper (finsihed it today, and I cried for like a good half hour, for full "review" see earlier post My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult) and working out. And that's pretty much it! Getting some Glee songs right now, so I'm gonna listen through them (again!) and might post something about my favourites of Season 4 later. And maybe something about Season 4 as well?

xoxo
Frida

One last summer

I'm back baby! (And with a new font, since I've heard the last one was difficult to read)

This last year I've been super busy with med school, an expanding social life (that my fifteen-year-old-self would have wished for) and activities with the school's student organization. That's the reason I haven't written anything since I started school in September. Two weeks ago was the last (and only) test of the semester (which I recently found out I passed!!!), and I'm officially on summer break! So, now I'm back with reviews, bursts of "intelligent" opinions and other tidbits of my life. 

The post's title.. Yeah, since my user name's Friida93, it is kinda obvious that I was born in 1993. This means my years as a teenager will effectively end this year in December, and the point of having a blog called "Speculations of a Teenage Girl" will sieze to exist. I might start another blog, if I find energy, time, inspiration and whatever else I might need. So, this is the last summer I will post new things in this blog, and I hope I'll get some interesting things out there (highly doubtful as I'm spending the summer at my uni campus, doing research, and when I'm not there I'll spend time hanging with friends or working out - but I have a pretty long reading list this summer and some movies I really want to see, so you'll probably get some reviews, if nothing else). Also, I might add reviews of some of the few things I've seen or read this past year (pathetic, really, how little I've read). 

Ok, with promises of the future I end this post to get back to some pointless watching of TV-series.

xoxo

Friida93

Those were the best of times..

I'm sorry I haven't written anything in a while, but I am now a med student and it involves lots of social activities as well as remote studying/completing assignments. I've had a fun week and I think I'll try to squeeze in reviews later (probably sometime in the weeks to come) about what I've seen/read these last couple of weeks.

The reason I felt the need to write right now, however, is that I just started processing that my now-ex-classmates (from Gymnasiet) are never going to be my classmates again. I won't ever be in the same class as my Twiin (one of the most important people in my life), which means not meeting her on a daily basis. And it just hurts so, so bad. I met her and a couple of friends (also ex-classmates) for a sleepover last night and we parted, what, 3 hours ago maybe? And now I just miss her so much it physically hurts. So now I'm processing graduation.. I'm sort of glad I didn't process it when it happened, since crying this much on the actual day might have been a bit of a downer..

So, to all my friends: I love you and miss you, and I am so, so, so enourmously happy that I ever got the privilege to meet you, and get to know you. To my ex-classmates: I miss all of you (yes, that includes the most annoying of you too, that I seriously disliked), because together we were a class, and there is so much from our last three years together that I will look back to with a smile on my face. Even though it hurts now that it's gone, I am happy that it ever happened. Now I'm ready for new experiences, and I hope something as amazing as my last three years will happen again.

xoxo
Frida

Movies, Plays and Books

This past week, during which I have been as awful as ever at updating this blog, I have read Alice in Wonderland, seen Captain America (twice) and Hunger Games (for the second time) as well as seen the play The Greedy (L'Avare) by Molière and in the writing moment I am watching Wuthering Heights. So, as you see, there's quite a lot to comment/review.

For a review on Hunger Games, see my previous post on the matter; Hunger Games - The Movie, but if you want to know more about the others, please keep reading.

Captain America

Upon the request of one of my dear friends I rented Captain America for our "movie afternoon" last Thursday, and that was the best suggestion I've had in a long time. It was a fantastic movie with action, comedy and a wee bit of love and tragedy. And lots of hot guys! At least three of them (Dominic Cooper, Chris Evans and Sebastian Stan). ;) I also loved the character of Agent Peggy Carter. I mean she's a kick-ass, beautiful British woman, what's not to love?

A definite 4 out of 5, maybe even a 4,5. If it wasn't for the fact that I'm not too into super heroes, and some things were just a little bit.. I don't know.. off? I would totally give it a five. I really recommend it to pretty much anyone who likes a good movie. :)

The Greedy
A great play by Molière, that I saw with my father Saturday night at The Royal Dramatic Theater (Dramaten) in Stockholm. There's something special about going to a play instead of a movie. The talent of the actors is so much more captivating, somehow. And if you're under the age of 26 like myself, a ticket will only cost you 100 SEK (less than a 3D movie at the cinema!), no matter where you sit. For anyone in Stockholm, I really recommend that you go see the play!

Alice in Wonderland

I read Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
this week, and have just started reading Through The Looking Glass. It's not a very long novel, in fact it might be short enough to qualify as a short story with just about 100 pages (in the edition I have). However, it is quite an interesting read, and it is quite a lot like a dream (which is what it is I guess). Also, there are quite a few things that are present in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland (duh!).

If you have nothing to read and have this book available, you should definitely give it a read!

Wuthering Heights
Well, just finished it, and boy was that I waste of time. Hundreds of shots at nature and dying animals, and the interesting part of the story started more than halfway (an hour) into the movie. I was hoping that it would motivate me to start reading the book that it's based on (which I got for Christmas last year, or maybe the year before..), but it didn't.

It would be generous to give the movie 2 out of 5... So, settling for a tiny 1, and NOT recommending that you see it. If you don't love the book that is, then you might like the movie too, I don't know..

xoxo
Frida

Just One Look

Just finished Harlan Coben's Just One Look, which I started reading Saturday afternoon (after finishing Dalton). If that time frame (which includes lost time due to spending the weekend with my Twiin - and during the time I spent with her I didn't read anything, and taking a break in reading the book yesterday to read more fanfics, as well as normal sleeping yesterday) is not a hint to how nail-biting the book was, then I don't know what is. Like always with Harlan Coben (who is one of my favourite authors - did I mentioned he tweeted me?! Some time ago I wrote something about the opening line in The Innocent, "You didn't mean to kill him", which possibly is the beat opening sentence I've ever read, and he responded with something like "enjoy the rest of the book"! Ok, enough rambling..) the language pulls you forward and the plot unfolds in such a way that it's difficult to stop reading. If you've ever read a stand-alone novel of Coben, you know what I mean. There's also the way he has several characters in focus and you won't know how they're all connected until the last couple of pages (and it's often a very surprising connection at that). I love it.

The difference between the previous novels of his that I've read and Just One Look, is that the main character (if you can say that there is one, which I think you can) is a woman. Ok, scratch that, I just thought of two other novels where you could argue that the lead character is a woman. Anyways. Grace Lawson is this suburban mother and painter with a nice life and then her husband goes missing after seeing a photograph from his past, and she's determined to find him. Grace's wit, if you could call it that, is a great contributing factor to the book, and it gives a fun edge to even serious situations. Also, her annoyance with perfect housewives and suburban mothers is hilarious.

It is not my favourite book by Harlan Coben (that is and will probably always be Hold Tight), but it was very good. I really recommend that you read it, even though I don't quite know how to grade it (I've found that grading stuff really isn't my strong suit). Maybe a 3,5 or 4 out of 5.

xoxo
Frida

My Tardiness, and Dalton

I must apologize for how bad I have been at updating lately (well, in the last week), and I blame it solely on the existence of a certain fanfic. You see, while I have been working out and then spent time just being lazy, most of my time was consumed by Dalton by CP Coulter. It is an absolutely fantastic fanfiction, which sadly isn't complete yet (but it's getting there I hope), and I have been reading it this past week (finished it yesterday morning, and then went to Twiin's house).

If you're in to fanfics, or at least good ones, I really recommend you read it (if you have the time). It can be found here, and the author CP Coulter has a blog (where the last published chapter can be found, among other Dalton-related stuff) on cpcoulter.com. The fic is about Klaine, and Kurt's life in Dalton after he transfers (in Furt).

The review I sent to CP Coulter (slightly revised to remove big spoilers and to make sense):


This last week I started and finished Dalton (incl. the latest update which I only found through cpcoulter.com), and it's kind of been an emotional rollercoaster. Let me start by saying that it is one of my favourite fanfics and probably the best written one (with no offense to other authors of course) with an intricate plot and interesting and developed characters. It is, to say the least, amazing, and I am in awe of your talent. It is literally awesome.

I am surprised that I hadn't read Dalton before (though I've certainly seen a lot of references to it throughout the Klaine fandom, which is the one I mainly belong to at FanFiction.net) and I just marvel at how it has expanded so much that it now has its own little fandom. Which it deserves of course. The plot, how the different relationships are built up, and different parts of vital information is given at the right time to build the tension even further, making it difficult to stop reading (I got cramps in my hand from scrolling since I was reading it on my iPod touch). How the relationships developed and the introductions of new characters is what I liked the most, I think. Oh, the characters. Well, that calls for a new paragraph.

I think it is a great interpretation of Kurt and Blaine as characters based off of Glee, and they're amazing and all that, but what's really great about Dalton is all the OCs. The Tweedles (I love the Alice in Wonderland-theme, just as a sidenote), Reed, Dwight, Chaz, Logan, Julian, Derek, creepy Adam (great character study, even though he creeps the living daylights out of me and I therefore hate him), all the parents/families, and all the other students (like the Hanovers - oh, and I also love the houses). Oh, and Shane and Micah (and the rest of the Fab 5). And the teachers! There are just so many great characters that you created yourself and I just love (almost) all of them. It's so hard to choose a favourite! (The Tweedles and Reed are definitely up there, but I don't know, so is Shane and Chaz and Dwight and Han and... oh what the h*ll, they're all growing on me in their own ways). Their own stories are moving and inspirational and even though I might not be very able to relate to any of it (at least not yet), I think you're so fantastic for writing their stories, because some people actually reflect themselves in that. I also adore your version of Wes and David (and Katherine, love her), and the "brief" participations of New Directions. I am just so moved by all your characters and this story in its entirety.

I did say that it has been somewhat of an emotional roller coaster. The plethora of feelings that the reader goes through while reading (because I doubt this is just me) are so versatile, that sometimes it is difficult to figure out what you really feel (sort of like Reed at times I guess). The twins and all the shenanigans and randomness in the Windsor house (well, not just the twins, but all Windsor boys really) just makes me smile and often laugh out loud in astonishment of their stupidity (and the casualty it is met with). They keep me amused (and often chocked), while deeper feelings and past storylines of many characters have me cry, feel compassion, anger and annoyance, they have me sit on needles and even makes me scared at times. I think I've felt every possible emotion to some extent when reading this fic, and that is absolutely astonishing. I must admit that during parts of the story I cried like a baby. And upon hearing songs "featured" in the story the waterworks can start up again (which happened yesterday morning).

I did say that I can't quite relate to anything in the story, but I found that now, towards the end, that I can. To some extent at least. I recently graduated from the swedish equivalence of High School and now me and my friends are scattering. Most will remain here in Stockholm but it will never be the same again. Me and two of my best friends were probably a bit like the Windsors in school, we were definitely the kind of crazy girls. And through reading Dalton, I think it has helped me somewhat to realise that we won't be the same again, and it has definitely helped me cry about it (I often find it difficult to process and cry about things in my own life, but can project the feelings and cry to a good but sad book or movie - or in this case a fanfic). So, thank you (CP Coulter), for giving me that.

xoxo
Frida

The Fry Chronicles

I finally finished The Fry Chronicles! It's Stephen Fry's autobiography of his twenties (late 70s and the 80s in Britain), and I don't know how long I've been reading it (two or three weeks maybe?). Why did it take so long, you may wonder? Well, I cannot say that Fry is a bad author, he certainly has a way with words, but I'm 18, and I think the is equivalent of being too young to really understand what the hell he is on about. I have virtually no knowledge of the humor scene in Britain during this time (well, I have a much better understanding now than before I started reading the book), and I think that is a very contributing factor to why I struggled to finish the book.

Fry writes "... but the business of autobiography is at least to strive for some element of self-revelation and candour" (pg. 224), and let me tell you, this book is filled with self-revelation., and in some cases revealing things about other people (such as Hugh Laurie, which, I must admit, interested me). So, in the case of it being "gossipy" as proclaimed by The Times, there is much truth.

If you have any interest in the subject of British college life and Fry's career in his twenties (and all that comes with it) or you're just interested in broadening your vocabulary, I do recommend that you read The Fry Chronicles. I don't know how to rate it though, because I haven't made up my mind of whether or not I like it.

Now, on to the next book!

xoxo
Frida

Great Expectations (and pictures)

Right now I am HAPPY!!! :) I'll talk to one of my best friends soon on Skype (she's in China, and I miss her terribly), and there's a new episode of Pretty Little Liars, which I'm going to watch later. Good things to look forward to indeed! :)

Also, I just have to add a quick note that all the pictures that I've "published" on here that are "official" (such as book covers, pictures from TV-series etc.) and don't look anything like being mine, well, they're not. I don't own the rights to any of those pictures, just using them for entertaining purposes to the few people who might come across this blog! All rights belong to whomever (that's not me)!

xoxo
Frida

Madagascar 3

Today me and my brother went to the movies to see the relatively new Madagascar 3. In this one they try to get back "home" to NYC again, leaving Africa and catching a train with circus animals in France. The train is heading to London (with a stop in Rome) where the circus is auditioning for a contract to tour the states. All the while they're hunted by some crazy ass woman with a desire to kill and behead Alex (the lion). It is a fairly interesting story with some great twists and turns, and I must admit that I was a bit worried about how it was going to end, which means the end was a bitg unexpected and I love that.

Madagascar 3 definitely passed in the category of a good children's movie. I think I give it a 3 out of 5, because of nice jokes for adults, keeping the kids entertained and some really cool 3D effects (which I haven't seen in a while, so I almost recommend that you see it in the cinema if you want to see it). It absolutely made for a nice afternoon with my brother! :)

xoxo
Frida

Ryan Murphy

Ryan Murphy is one of my favourite men right now! He recently published two more never-before-seen-scenes from Glee! :) One from the episode Hell-O in Season 1 (Hello Twelve, Hello Thriteen) and the other from the latest season's Michael episode (I Want You Back). I just gotta say that I love sassy Blaine in the end of the latter, and the former made me hate Jesse a teensy bit less (I do like JGroff though, so no hating!).

If you've missed this awesomeness of newly-released-scenes, here you go:

The "Hello 12 Scene"
The "Warblers I Want You Back Scene"

Also, I recomend that you follow Mr. Murphy on Twitter: MrRPMurphy

xoxo
Frida

TV-series Addict

Hi, I'm Frida, and I'm addicted to TV-series.

(This is where you all reply: Hi Frida, and I sit back on my chair in this imaginary circle of addicts)

No, but seriously, the amount of TV-series I've seen or am following cannot be healthy! I decided to make a few lists just to see how crazy I am.. (also including reality shows)

TV-series I've seen all (existing) episodes of:
America's Next Top Model
Bones
Glee
Grey's Anatomy
Once Upon A Time
Pretty Little Liars
Revenge
The Big Bang Theory
Ugly Betty

TV-series I've seen the majority of the epsiodes of:
Desperate Housewives
Friends

TV-series I've seen several episodes (but not sure how many, often a few seasons) of:
House
How I Met Your Mother
Project Runway

TV-series I've seen at least one full episode of:
Everybody Loves Raymond
Jim
Midsummer Murders
Navy CIS
NCIS Los Angeles
Scrubs
The Mentalist
The Nanny
The Simpsons
What I Like About You

I was like this when I was younger too, but then it was all about the Disney Channel Original series (without actually minding the compltely suckish acting), such as Phil from the Future, That's So Raven and also Hannah Montana (like the first season) and The Suite Life of Zack and Cody (those two kids grew up good, saw a picture of 'em a while back).

Ok, so these are the ones I could think of right now.. I think I've forgotten a few, but you get the point. Might add to it later..

xoxo
Frida