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As in Marianne's blog right here.

1. I sleep on an orthopedic pillow which was invented by the NASA, no kidding!!
2. I coach the most awesome girl in English and French and I love her mom very dearly!
3. I once was given the game "Cluedo" as a present, but to this day haven't been able to play it. I just don't understand it!!
4. I just saw a military plane. It was faaast!!
5. I sometimes water the plant in my room with leftover mineral water that's been rotting there. That sounds reeeaaally weird.
6. I've got major problems with making phonecalls. MAJOR problems. I always try to avoid them.
7. I'm a perfectionist when it comes to small things. Like spreading the dough in the cake tin.
8. If I was a Hollywood woman I'd be Cate Blanchet. I mean come on, she's Australian, she's got a great hubby, she's got 3 adorable children, she lives green, she's incredibly funny, she's got an Oscar. She is awesome.
9. I was the only one at my confirmation (yeah, the church thing) who did not wear black or grey - hell yeah, I wore RED!!
10. I own a lot of Lord of the Rings jewelry. The One Ring, the Evenstar, Evenstar-earrings and Elvish earrings and necklace.
11. I'm a sucker for curly hair on guys.
12. I want to start with Yoga when I'm in university (FU, Richard^^). Ugh, it's out. Now I gotta do it...
13. I once swore myself that when I'm in heaven I want to meet Anne Frank.
14. I really am not the skinniest person, but I kicked 3/4 of the skinny girl's asses in PE and got better marks. Suck it!
15. I learned the hard way what effect it has when you take pills against abdominal pain AND alcohol. See here:

Quote by Ian Axel introducing his song "This Is The New Year".

Think about it. It's true. I mean what does the New Year stand for? It's being open-minded, open-hearted, it's colourful and bright, it's loud and exciting. And most importantly: It stands for being with your friends and family.

Last week I experienced such a New Year, but let me start at the beginning.

I met up with one of my best friends Anna at the Frankfurt main station at midnight to go on a bus to Hamburg, about 500km north from us. The ride was uncomfortable and weird and I didn't get to sleep much, so what we did right away when we arrived in Hamburg in the morning is go to sleep in a decent bed in our hostel.

When we got up again at about noon, we decided to see as much of the city as possible, as whe had never been there before. So we walked through the shopping streets, went to the city hall, crossed a lot of bridges and relaxed in a nice park, before we came to the harbor. It was the hottest day in the week and maybe also one of the hottest days in the past few weeks, so we enjoyed a few breezes watching the ferries and people go by (one of our favorite hobbies is people-watching xD).

After that we headed back to our hostel to get ready for what was coming up - a benefit event called "Feels Like Home" featuring two artists we were excited to see live - Greg Holden and Ian Axel.
So when we got there and sat down first near the bar and later in the front row beneath the stage, I decided to tweet that we were about to see these guys live. What came totally as a surprise was Greg tweeting back to me saying that they were backstage both reading my tweet. - We freaked a bit (hm, maybe I freaked a bit more) and couldn't wait for the show to start. I shot him a tweet back saying we were front row and that he should wave at us.

Greg came onstage first and enchanted us with his voice and songs. He also expressed his gratitude for being here in Germany and for all of us to have come, as it was his first time playing here.

"He sang a nice set of about 5-6 including the song "Bar On A" for which he brought Ian and another talented singer-songwriter called Jonatha Brooke onstage. The three of them had never met before, even though at least Greg and Ian had already played at the same bars and even share the same friends. The result was absolutely amazing. They sounded as if they had never done anything else.


When he came to his second-last song "The Art Of Falling" I cheered a bit, which got his attention. He gave us a big shout-out which you can check out in this video right here:


As an encore Greg covered "Walking On Sunshine" and made the whole audience participate - what a treasure!! You can check that one (and all the other videos) out here.

After two very interesting readings by Daniel Tobias Etzel and Heinz Strunk, plus an incredible performance by Jonatha Brooke, Ian Axel came onstage.

When he began to play the piano, the whole room fell into an appreciative silence. He told us that he had been playing since he was a little kid and that when he started singing about three years ago it changed his whole life. You could feel that. You could feel that this was where he belonged and what he was meant to do.

It all came crashing down on me when Ian brought Greg back up onstage to do the song "This Is The New Year". You can check out the performance here (to at least understand a part of what I'm talking about):


I had tears streaming down my face and was totally moved by it, a feeling I had never experienced before.

In the end Ian played a song on this Ukulele called "Say Something" (you can also check it out here), which I ended up covering a few days later when I was back home (if you want to see it, it's here). It means the world to me and owns a big place in my heart.





After the show everybody met up at the bar and had a couple of drinks. We waited for a quiet moment to walk up to the guys and thank them and talk a litte. They were the nicest people ever. Ian even remembered me from Twitter and said "Aren't you the girl from Twitter?" and then asked me if he could give me a hug. What a sweetheart.

As you can see the event was a total success. Not only for "Feels Like Home", but also for us listeners. We gained the respect and love for incredible artists and we will definitely be seeing them again.

So after I uploaded the cover of me singing Ian's song "Say Something" he shot me back a very adorable message thanking me for the support, assuring me that we'll meet again and prasing me for my cover.

"We all have purpose in each other." he wrote. So true.


Thank you. All of you. "What an experience that was." I agree.

- Antonia -

Taken out of John Mayers "Bigger Than My Body".

Today I want to show you two pictures which kind of sum up what I'm about these days.

Translation:

"Fanclub-president Antonia H. dragged onto the stage during Jason Mraz concert! Exclusive photos only here."

- Wanna know the background to this?? -

Some of you might know that I graduated a few weeks ago. The graduation dance was put up by all of us, but there was a committee of graduates which organized everything and - without our knowledge - surprised us with a little leaflet. According to our "graduation motto" Ability - what else? and the motto of the evening Night of the proms (yeah, really fancy...) they printed it with sentences to every single person in our grade. They were meant to be quotes taken out of the newspaper from 2014 - meaning what we will be known for in 2014!

I'm gonna be the head of the Jason Mraz fanclub - yaaaaay! lol.

Does this quote seem familiar to you? - It's one of John Mayer's brilliant mind. I figured it'd be very appropriate for my site in our graduation book, mothaf***ers.














Oh and... can you find further hints to my persona in this pic?

'Cause I'm bigger than my body gives me credit for...

• My Dad. Ever since he's back home from hospital, I feel like we have a better connection than we had ever had before.

• My friends. Yep, you, I mean you!

• That PC-profi guy. He didn't treat me like a fool and was actually really nice.

• The possibility of doing what I want. I will learn at least one new language, Norwegian for sure =) Shoutout to all my awesome friends up there!!

• Going to Hamburg next Thursday. Again, that will be an awesome trip with my friend Anna!

"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith." - Franklin D. Roosevelt

- Tell me, what are YOU grateful for today? -

... taken out of Jason Mraz' "Live High"

Today I was told that I've officially been accepted to University in Frankfurt!! I'm going to be studying American Studies, Skandinavian Studies and Pedagogics - YAAAY!!!
I'm so happy right now, I can't believe that it worked out!!

I feel like I've achieved so much in the past few months, even if it wasn't always the best I could do. I know that this is right for me, though and I'm really looking forward to it.


Have no envy, no fear.

"... a microphone comander,
a chain reacter,
when I'm in love..."

I'm proud to announce that Mr. Billy "Bushwalla" Galewood, roommate and homie of noother than Jason Mraz, is mostly likely going to play a concert in Berlin in early November and I'll be among the lucky persons to put up this gig. Let's hope that everything turns out fine and we'll have a night to remember!!

Check him out here!!

To see who I'm talking about, this is Bushwalla's video for "Mayhem Is Beautiful" featuring Dawn Mitschele:


There'll also be a promo video of him done by me soon...

Hi dear reader,

My name is Antonia and I'm 19 years old. I'm about to be a student at the Frankfurt university in Germany, but right now I'm just enjoying life as much as I can.
My passion is music and everything that has to do with it - meaning concerts (and travelling), playing the guitar, making new friends, singing, dancing and stealing things...

I'm here to tell you what's going on in my world and to express my gratitude.

Namaste,
Antonia


I'd like to leave you with this picture which portraits two of my best friends and me in Brighton/UK: