"Live feels like a music box, I'm spinning round slowly and I can't get off..."

Alright guys, once again I decided to blog about music - which is pretty funny as I'm actually not all too interested in music. I belong to those people who don't listen to one genre/band exclusively, but to a wide range of genres and bands. And even if a band only has one song I like, I don't care. I'm happy that I found it and listen to it as long as I want to. No big deal.
I actually hate being asked what music I like because there's a great variety of songs and artists I like, so I don't like to label it. Also, I hate people who're talking about music ALL THE TIME and just don't shut up; or people who are like "OMG how can you listen to that crap?" ^^guys, wake up, it's music! It's all about taste and nothing but taste! Accept that other people don't necessarily share your opinion about it.

Anyway, that was not what I intended to tell you guys about, so let's get back to the topic. Have you listened to the song at the top already? It's "Write It On Your Skin" by Newton Faulkner, and it's been one of my favourite songs for quite a while now! :)
So, besides the fact that Newton Faulkner looks really funny - just look at him, I always have to smile when I see a picture of him - he's also an absolutely amazing musician. I don't know what it is that fascinates me so much about his music, but it somehow touches me whenever I listen to it. Maybe it's the simplicity in addition to his mellifluous voice (means pleasant to hear - nice word, right?). Or the way his songs are all easy-going and transport a simple happiness...I don't know, but I really love his songs. All of them - which doesn't happen often with me! ;)

So, I actually wanted to tell you guys the story of how I first learned about this guy. It was pretty funny - at least when you've been there. It was during my time in Norhtern Ireland that a friend of mine, Jade, invited me to come to the Peace One Festival in Derry. I didn't have any other plans so of course I joined her - especially because her dad is a professional photographer and we got our tickets for free. :)
When we got there it was raining - as usual in Ireland, but we still had an amazing evening. Jude Law delivered a really touching speech and after that the music started. I didn't know any of the artists, so when Newton Faulkner came in, all by himself, with nothing but his guitar I didn't know what to expect. I actually didn't think that weird-looking guy would be any good. But when he then pulled in a beautiful wooden globe, put it next to his guitar, sat down, opened it and poured himself some tea, I almost died from laughter!!! I just couldn't take him seriously. And then he started playing. Within a few minutes I loved him! :) Since then I downloaded all his albums and am a big fan of him.
Give it a try, maybe it's your taste in music as well?

Short trip to Croatia! :)

I also used the long weekend wisely, as a lot of people did, by going on a short trip. And by saying short I mean short. Because my little cousin had her confirmation on Sunday I wasn't able to leave Salzburg until Monday morning. Anyway, Monday came by pretty quickly and my best friends Anna and Caro and me left Salzburg. We decided to go to Croatia because I desperately wanted to see the ocean and I don't particularly like Italy. Plus, there were those floods so we probably would have altered our plans anyway, had we decided to go to Italy in the first place.

As I'm a little confused sometimes I forgot my passport in Graz, so we had to extend our journey to get it from my flat. The girls were a little angry with me because of that, but I was the only driver, so the detour was the most exhausting for me anway. 

Soon after we started, however, their anger vanished, we turned up the volume and simply enjoyed good music, a quick pace, good company and the sunshine! 

We were in such a good mood, laughed and sang a lot and just had fun. 

THE JOURNEY IS THE DESTINATION! ;)

Luckily there weren't any traffic jams and we were able to drive at a good pace all the time and at 4 p.m. we finally reached our destination: Kanegra, right next to Umag. 

We had a lovely little apartment in an apartment-village next to the ocean. The best thing about it: we were practically alone. Besides us there were around 10 people in the whole apartement village!

When we arrived the first thing we did was getting rid of our clothes and jumping into the ocean. Which was pretty cold...

But we didn't care! It was the ocean and we were in Croatia and life was beautiful! 

It was one of those moments of pure happiness, when you just don't care and are happy to be alive. 

After we had the feeling that we were almost frozen to death we went back to the apartment, took a quick shower and drove to Umag for dinner. We had some really good seafood, and even though it was pretty windy and cold we enjoyed a walk around town and a beautiful sunset. 

When we came back to Kanegra we actually wanted to drink some wine, but we were all so exhausted from the long journey that we just talked and listened to music before going to bed at around midnight. 

The next morning we planned to get up early to see the sunrise, but when the alarm clock rang we were still so exhausted, we just turned it off. We spent the day at the beach and left for Ljubljana around noon, because a friend had said that it's such a lovely little town-and she was right! :) We had our absolutely delicious lunch there and then wandered around the city for about an hour or so, until we had to leave so that Anna and Caro wouldn't miss their train back to Salzburg.

I arrived in Graz at around 9 p.m. totally exhausted, but happy. That little holiday - if you can call it that - was just what I needed. :)

the Onion!

So, I was just browsing StumbleUpon a little bit when I came across something really disturbing:

Teen Pregnancy Rate Prompting More High Schools To Eliminate ‘Fuck Your Brains Out’ Program

The article basically just tells about an initiative called "Fuck Your Brains Out". This initiative  supposedly takes place in American high schools and encourages young students to have as much sex as possible. Whenever they want, with whoever they want and without protection. I read through the article thinking "that can't be true, even Americans can't be THAT stupid" over and over again. 

But then I decided to see if I could find anything about that on the internet. As it was an governmental intiative I thought you just have to find something. But I couldn't. Until, after almost 20 minutes I finally thought that the site it appeared on probably is not a reliable source. 

Turns out that the onion is a satirical newspaper. Usually they either make fun of real or fictional events or portray something abosolutely normal as incredibly extraordinary or remarkable. 

So of course, the "Fuck Your Brains Out" initiative does not exist in reality - thank god for that. But it's weird how easily I would have believed something like that if only you tell me it's taking place in the USA. 

However, when I was flicking through the onion a little bit I a really had some good laughs. 

It's actually pointless to read those articles as they're not the truth anyway, but it's fun, so if you like stuff like that, go on ahead and try it. 

Here are some of those I liked:

New Study Finds Nothing That Will Actually Convince You To Change Your Lifestyle So Just Forget It

Proud Boston Market CEO Announces Food Hasn't Been This Gross In Years

Rescue Chip Sent In To Save Broken Tostito Submerged In 7-Layer Dip