News from the past week: I had a bit of a cold and ear infection in the weekend that greatly affected my balance. Luckly it went away quickly, and it was probably because of the sudden spring weather we've been having. I'm greatly enjoing having the floor back where it's supposed to be. ^^

The other day something special arrived by mail:


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So, about that Tolkien-obsessed phase I'm going through (again), Tati and I are finally marathoning The Lord of the Rings, extended editions, together. And this came in the mail today:


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I just realized today's Professor Tolkien's birthday. A lot of my friends on tumblr and twitter are celebrating by toasting to him, and I decided to join them. Trouble is, I only have prosecco in the house, leftover from NYE. It is the least Hobbitish drink I can imagine, thus I'm sitting here alone sipping from my glass while doing my best ( Read more... )

I just came back from watching the final Hobbit movie. I feel the same way as I did with the other two movies: I think they took everything that was great about the book and made it better. All my favourite scenes were there, and they hit me even harder than I thought possible. I cried and sobbed a lot more than I did with Return of the King. I ( Read more... )

Look what I just did, all by myself!


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The heat wave is still here and going strong, and truly unbearable. Walking outside feels like having someone holding a wet handkerchief over one's face. My therapist cancelled our session this morning, and while that's usually disappointing, I have to admit I wasn't really looking forward to walking through half of Venice in this ungodly heat. And ( Read more... )

And the infamous heat wave is finally here. The air is heavy, sticky and warm, Sakura sleeps under the air conditioning unit all morning, then moves to my bed in the afternoon, and I'm drinking a lot of juice and mint water and eating apricots while marathoning Welcome to Night Vale. It has eaten my brain, all while the fandom has exploded over on ( Read more... )

What a weird day! It was one of those days when things keep happening, and it feels like I have no time to react to something because something else is already coming along. And no choir practice this evening, sadly, that always helps re-organizing my thoughts. Oh well, can't be helped ( Read more... )

Spring is finally here! Yes! I finally got my spring jacket out of the wardrobe, and all around Venice people were taking off their coats and walking around in their shirts, because the sun was so warm. I also discovered a nice chocolaterie (yep, a shop where they make and sell all kinds of Venetian chocolate stuff), and bought enough chocolate to ( Read more... )

day one • a song
day two • a picture
day three • a book/ebook/fanfic
day four • a website
day five • a youtube clip

Starting with the ebook, there's a great site called Project Gutenberg where you can download hundreds of classic novels, completely free (also legal, which doesn't hurt).

Then, the book. I'm currently reading North & South (by the ( Read more... )