Morning song and today's agenda...

Very dreamy song by Dalida. You might recognise it from Kill Bill Vol. 1 (but that version was sung by Nancy Sinatra) I prefer this one, Italian is the perfect language for music.

Aha, I just read my text messages: No clarinet today and next week. :( 

Well, at least I'll have plenty of time to practise. It's a bit complicated this time. I feel like tying a knot into my fingers. 

Also, I have to work more today. Yesterday was my lazy day, really. The problem is the weather; how can anybody write essays if it's that wonderful and bright outside? 

About the essays: I've got one that needs serious proofreading, because I have to hand it in... like tomorrow :D It's about the Salem witchcraft and Arthur Miller's The Crucible. In that essay (which is 16 pages long, puh!) I researched the historic background of that play and compared it to the plot. There were a few differences and my task was to find out why. An obligatory, unhappy love-story and a tragic suicide were the two main themes I focused on. I wasn't as interested in the play, as I was in the witchhunt part to be honest. It turned out to be a very ethnologic essay, which, in my opinion,  is brilliant. Yet, I'm always unsure about the language; especially this time, because our lecturer was an American and I'm not a natve speaker of English.

The other paper is totally different. It's for English Linguistics, the title of the course I'm writing it for was: Same Old Story? Exploring the patterns of storytelling across media. That seminar was so interesting, I was sad when it was over, can you believe that?!

So, I'm writing about teenage bloggers; why they blog, what they blog about, how they interact with others and I'm enbedding these questions into the allround-concept of multilinear narration in hypertexts. Basically, this means: How can you tell a neverending story that can start at any point.

Moreover, I chose the blogs of teens, because I read an article about 13 year-old Tavi Gevinson, who gained immense recognition for her fashion blog, not only by peers, but finally also by the fashion industry. I could hardly believe that! I looked at the pictures on her website and her style reminds me very much of carnival. It's hilarious how the fashion industry celebrates her as the new it-girl, a huge inspiration and seriously includes her into the business. Hello! She's just an average kid, not a style prodigy! What if she's 'out' tomorrow? How would she deal with that? I feel like the companies only play around with her, but if she's having fun, why not. I just find her more amusing than seriously influential.

I created a 10-question questionnaire that I sent out to...maybe 150 teenagers so far. I started it last week and I already have 32 answers! I think that is a pretty decent quota. But, only two of the male bloggers I wrote tow replied. Both very stylish guys from America. I found these kids on Lookbook. The boys have very elaborate profiles and blogs, where they write about their love for fashion, photography and lifestyle...

Here's Blake and this is Edward. At least they don't spend all their they playing computer games.

I found out that the 14-17 years old girls from Denmark and the UK, were most happy to write back. Surprisingly, I didn't recieve that many replies from the USA.

Well, if you were one of those who answered me: THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

And todays agenda is as follows:

1. Take my new glasses back to optician and have them fitted.
2. Buy some tape and wrap and dispatch the things I sold on ebay

3. Buy some Gruyère for the quiche which I am going to make later

4. Practice the clarinet

5. Finish chapters 4.1. and 4.2. of my blogging essay

Yes, yes, yes... this will be enough for today.