Forward thinking

I promise to have a life after I graduate. I promise!

Let's not do that again

As I write this it's been exactly 25 days since the worst week of my life started. I study a lot, I admit that, but I have never ever studied that much during a week's time that I did that week. For seven days I studied from 10am to 3am (4am for two days). I have never drunk that much coffee and Red Bull in my entire life.

Let me roll some numbers for you. Out of the168 hours during the week, I studied for approx. 105 hours, slept for 42, ate for 21, spoke to people for 1 and listened to Korean music for 120 (my last.fm ain't nice now).

I think the highlight of the week was when I was lying on the floor at 2am in the morning singing my hearts to a sad Korean RnB song not knowing any of the words in the lyrics. It was an unforgettable moment, I can tell you that.

To be honest though, I look back at that week now and almost boast about it, but it genuinely was a nightmare I hope I'll never have to go through again. It was f-cking brutal. The funny thing is, my coursework and exam turned out to be so crap it probably wasn't even worth it.

Isn't life wonderful?

For your hipster needs

I'm not a big fan of fashion blogs or hipster things (if you can bear I'll even write you a whole post on why), but I'm unconditionally for everything that has potential.

Drawn + Sewed

Drawn + Sewed is a fairly new artsy slash fashion blog by a blood relative of mine who has an immaculate eye for everything creative and inspirational.

Bustling with brilliant original photos, drawings and sources of fashiony inspiration, this blog is a hipster haven for everyone who enjoys a visual treat.

Happy reading!

New year promises no sleep

Happy New Year!

First of all I'd like to wish everyone a happy new year and may your new year be a lot more promising than mine. (Virtual 90 degree bow)

There are two reasons as to why my blog's been dead ever since I came to Sweden:

1. My exam was moved forth one week and completely destroyed my schedule. So now I've got two assignments, one of which I've practically haven't started, and an exam for the 16th. I'm thrilled to bits and f-cking pieces! (These tears coming down my face are happy tears I swear)

2. Koreans. And worst of all: Koreans and YouTube.

So as it looks like now, I'll either have to screw the exam preparations and focus on my assignments or not sleep for one week and try to fit in all of it.

Fun times ahead. Fun times.

Review: Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. Photo: Columbia Pictures

In total it took me three days to regain my normal (whatever that is) mental state after seeing a midnight preview of The Girl With Dragon Tattoo and another three to be able to even think about writing a review of it.

Taking on the success of the Swedish movie adaptions of the best-selling Millenuim triology, Hollywood now launches its own version of the $200 million worth franchise with The Social Network director David Fincher leading the way.

The first part in the series introduces us to the investigative journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig), who comes under fire after publishing a libellous article and therefore takes on an autobiography writing job for a retired business magnate who promises to help the journalist in his libel case. Blomkvist soon finds himself investigating a family murder that occurred 36 years ago and have to take help from the prolific hacker Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara).

Those familiar with the book and the original movie knows that the Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is not for the faint-hearted and the American adaption is certainly not an exception. Embrace yourself for a two and half hour of captivatingheart-racing unadulterated brick shitting. Helping you to get completely drawn into the thriller is the impeccable acting by Craig and Mara (already strongly tipped for an Oscar) as well as from Stellan Skarsgård and Christopher Plummer.

Despite the fact of having to cram in 500 plus pages into a movie, it still felt awfully long. After the murder case is cleared up we're led on to a seemingly never ending story closure with  sub stories.

The Girl With Dragon Tattoo premieres on Dec 21 in Sweden and Dec 26 in the UK.

Rise of the Mini Fashionistas

My article in HerUni.com

When I was 14 years old, the most fashionable things I owned were probably striped knee socks and a pair of fake Converse – which tells you a lot about my teenage fashion sense.

Did I wear blazers and skinny jeans? No. Did I wear the next season’s Kenzo heels? No. Did I wear Chanel cocktail dresses? No. Could I even spell Chanel? Probably not. But they do. The mini fashionistas, that is.

Earlier this week I contributed a fashion feature for the student website HerUni.com, where I hit out on the (ridiculously) young and fab. Read the whole article here (or click on the picture above).