WHY WE'RE DONE WITH CASTING SHOWS

And the other crap tv channels want us to see.

So in Germany, we had the 'Germany's next top model' season finale last Saturday. And, the German version of 'dancing with the stars' called 'lets dance' also ended this week. And now? Do we feel empty? Or like somebody took the sense of our life? No. We're happy that nothing forces us to spend our time in front of our tv anymore.

Times have changed in terms of casting shows and these ones where the audience has to vote. We're all tired of hearing 'When you want to see candidate X next week singing blabla, please call number xxx'. But why? Of course, with time everything becomes boring, and in times where we have a lot of bad actors in bad written pseudo-real-life documentations, we want something sophisticated that we're actually interested in. But do we get it? No. 

Not everyone wants to see survivors in the desert. Or conservationists who travel to Norway for the 2745th time only to watch bears killing fish. Of course, this might be interesting. But not if you're ill and want to be entertained all day; or on an evening you want to relax on and expect something minimally cultural, exciting or interesting.

And I guess that's what makes new stuff more successful. 

There's a lot of new ideas on German television; but its sad that it's badly translated into action.  Of course there are innovative ideas for the younger generations, you can watch Joko & Klaas weekly doing shit. And that's just one example. But if we're honest we have to commit that this is no educational show, it's entertainment. 

For a couple of people this might be enough and I have to say that I enjoy this show too, but it's not enough to keep society cultured and educated, is it? TV channels haven't understand yet that they play a huge part in society's education. Let's hope they will! Maybe that would be our chance to have some entertaining and sometimes even sophisticated TV shows in our prime time evenings.

THINGS TO DO BEFORE I DIE

Well, I guess we all have those lists.

I honestly never really thought about such things but when the topic came up yesterday when I had coffe with friends, we talked about it for a while. Back home I thought about it myself and discovered that there are actually 3 things I've been deeply wanting for a few years now and that I would always say yes to. The other things are also important to me and I would really fancy experiencing them, but do you guys know the feeling of a little tension and pleasure about something that hasn't happened yet? Probably not, I guess I'm the only one with such weird feelings haha, let's go.

my top 3:

• Live in a lot of different countries when I finished studying

At this point it's not about the countries, it's about the cities. I adored Barcelona from the first time, as you might know from this post. And I would always return if I had the chance, though I don't speak the language. But it has this atmosphere and radiates freedom and a lifestyle I would love to experience.

• Work as a freelancer in a club hotel

My skills might not be good enough for working as a snowbard guide but I definetely want to stay in a club hotel for a couple of weeks/month. I know you don't earn much, but everyone who did this is telling me it's definetely worth it. I love the atmosphere in such hotels and let's be honest, they are in the most wonderful places you can imagine.
I guess what's really fascinating me is that you get to know new people almost every week. You stay with the guests, often eat with them and have colleagues around you that think the same way you do.

• Saying yesfor a while

This must be a wonderful time full of experiences. I think you gain a lot of courage when you just say yes to everything. - Wanna watch this movie with me? Of course. - Have you ever been to that Place? No but I'd like to discover it!


I'll continue this list as soon as I got time and new ideas for it :)  -

MATERIAL HAPPINESS

money, brands, stuff.

When I went shopping yesterday, I exactly knew what I wanted.
And I bought nothing of it.
Though I kinda became obessed with these things, which aren't expensive by the way, I ended up being disappointed because none of the shirts/shoes/whatever looked nice at me.

Can material things bring us down? Or up?
I guess so. Because, in general, even a nice meal sometimes is enough for us to be satisfied for a couple of hours. Or minutes.
When us girls buy an expensive mascara, these must-have-designer shoes or just some sweets that the lady in our favorite tv series owns too (hello maccarons. hello blair) we are happy. but why? in my opinion we like to allegedly enrich our life by things our role models or celebrities,  bosses or lady crushes have. And for us, their life looks way better than ours in the moment they're wearing their status symbols which, unfairly (?), symbolize a relaxed, classier or happier life from our points of view.

But do we really need this? Society, magazines and our social contacs tell us that the life we live in is good. And, lets be honest, me sitting on a laptop and you reading this from a screen obviously have good lifes. But does this automatically forbids us to wish something better? No. Not in my opinion. Because I think that it's important to face the fact you have a lot, and you should probably not bring forward the argument that other people have more than you when you feel like having more would be better. I guess it's pretty fair that the majority of people have to work hard for their success, though it does not come to everyone who would probably earn it. Or a 'better' life.

When I searched for 'material happiness' on the internet I was surprised because I didn't find any pictures of cars, expensive watches or houses somewhere on a white beach, which I actually expected to see. Now I'm aqsking myself - did I rated the world wrong? Am I the only one who is satisfied by a new shirt sometimes?