"It was time, a change of scenery, to get a little lost, to feel alive, and reach beyond me."

[nausicaa83]

Spent the day in Padova with two friends of mine, and it was a blast. I talked so much I'm literally hoarse, and we did some shopping, ate pizza, and organized a photography day in Venice. They're both studying professional photography, I just have my cute digital camera, but I can be an awesome guide. :D

Besides, I'm participating in a wonderful project, A Travelling Lemon Gift for John Finnemore. Follow the link for the rules, but basically you just take a lemon, put it next to a landmark in your city, and snap a picture, and then they'll all be sent to John Finnemore as a gift from his fans. Isn't it the most adorable idea ever? And I have literally a hundred landmarks to choose from! So they're going to take their professional photos of the Campanile of S.Marco, while I run around yelling "where do I hide the lemon in plain sight in front of a freaking cathedral?!" It's going to be crazy. :D

Let us not get off the nerd wagon just yet, because I have pictures of three packages I found on my doorstep when I came home, one from Amazon, two from Etsy. *_____*


I went a bit crazy with the Benedict Cumberbatch suggestions on Amazon, but a dvd there costs 3 pounds, it's unbelievable. An E.E. Cummings anthology because I read a few poems online and got intrigued, finally the Jeeves and Wooster boxset (finally!!!), and two cds I had on my iPod and that I was feeling way too guilty about. If I love it, I should buy it. Yo-ho a guilty pirate's life for me.


An incredibly cute cover for my Kindle (strawberries!), that actually protected it from a fall not even five minutes after this picture was taken. And the last piece for my Sherlock shrine, the magnifying glass! That made me squeal out loud when I opened the box. :D The shrine shall be on a shelf in my living room I emptied a couple of months ago for my favourite books, high enough that Sakura won't bother it, with the hat and the books and Sherlock Holmes' card from the museum. *________* Pictures shall be posted as soon as I'm satisfied with the final result. ;)


As Abed would say, cool. Cool cool cool cool.

I also bought orange blossom body cream. Orange flowers smell like Sicily, and it was always my mom's favourite scent, so now I'm sitting here with the smell of my childhood all around me. Nice. ♥

Comments

[tati81.livejournal.com]

THE Magnifying Glass THE Magnifying Glass THE Magnifying Glass!!! O GOD YES! *faint*

[nausicaa83.livejournal.com]

Qua ci vuole il balletto celebrativo! \o/

[capracotta.livejournal.com]

Che BBBBello il porta-Kindle. Io generalmente non sono attratta dalla roba high-tech, ma il Kindle mi ispira proprio, sì sì. Magari comprandolo c'è il rischio che legga anche di più! ;)

[nausicaa83.livejournal.com]

Io son fanatica della pagina di carta, ma mi rendo conto che da quando ho il kindle leggo molto di più. Soprattutto in viaggio, quando posso portarmi solo un paperback leggero perchè ho la borsa già pesante, e lo finisco nelle prime due ore. Invece così posso portarmi dietro più di mille libri, e godermi quelli originali in carta nella mia casuccia. ^^

[stardust-made.livejournal.com]

Magnifying glass FTW! Kindle (&cute cover) FTW! Hugh Laurie FTW! Benedict Cumberbatch FTW!

JEEVES&WOOSTER FTW!

CABIN PRESSURE FTW!

:D

What a lovely bunch of lovely things, yay for you! Also, I've never smelled orange blossom scent--I'll keep in mind sniffing it when I go around to shops with cosmetics.:)

Glad you had a lovely time with your friends...and that you weren't late.;)

[nausicaa83.livejournal.com]

So many wonderful things, and Sakura gets to play with the box too. :D

The orange flower here is called "zagara", and it's one of my favourite words, it sounds so sweet and exotic. *______*

I was right on time, as in the train and me arrived at the platform together, and all thanks to these three years of gym practice, because man did I have to run. XD But it was worth it! \o/

[nausicaa83.livejournal.com]

My fellow pirate, I know. But the dvd was sitting there on the Amazon page looking so pretty, and only 6 pounds, I'm a shame for all the piratehood!

[stardust-made.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I am totally inspired by the lemon idea. When does the project end and do I have to have a Tumblr to participate?

I was thinking about reccing something to you today. On New Year's I came across an episode or two of this TV series called "Miranda". It's very British, very refreshing, very off the beaten track. I like it, but it might not be everyone's cup of tea. However, imagine my delight when I watched the rest of the episodes of series one today (only six episodes of 30 min) and I saw John Finnemore! I wasn't sure if it was him for a moment, but then they showed him facing the camera, while he spoke--and come on, I'd recognize that voice anywhere.:D So keep it in mind. He's in two or three episodes in both series that have been produced so far, and his part isn't big, but you know--it's just lovely to see him.

I was also thinking only this morning that years ago I saw Roger Allam in the theatre in London. He was in a play with Gillian Anderson and I absolutely adore her. I met her after the play; I wish I'd lingered a bit longer to see him, but I wasn't quite myself.:)

[nausicaa83.livejournal.com]

The project ends more or less on May 14th. We have a month to do it, and you can send the pictures via email too (see here (http://cabin-pressure.livejournal.com/157028.html#cutid1)). There are already a few pictures on Tumblr, they remind me a lot of the dwarf in Amélie, I'm so excited to do it! ♥

I saw a couple of gifs on tumblr of "Miranda", and now I have to see it! To the torrent! Yo-ho yo-ho!

Next time I'll visit London, I must go to the theatre. Any musical would be fine, it's just an experience that I have to do!

By Gillian Anderson you mean Scully? As if the woman I was madly in love with from age 13 to age 17? That Gillian Anderson?

Leave now. I must go to my mind palace and squee in delight for a while.

[stardust-made.livejournal.com]

"Next time I'll visit London, I must go to the theatre. Any musical would be fine, it's just an experience that I have to do! "

You definitely should! You'll love it. I miss that about London A LOT. Last year a friend came to visit and she brought me this:



She'd gone to see the play after my rec and said the cast was great. I asked after Mr. Scott and she said that he was superb.:) I wanted to cry a lil' bit; I so wanted to have been able to see this.


"By Gillian Anderson you mean Scully?"

Yes!\o/ Picture attached to your Inbox.:) She is so beautiful. And as it turned out polite, and a really talanted actress. I was in awe. I had adored her for years and it was amazing to meet her. London is a blessing for people of the fannish disposition.:)

ETA: Oops--sorry for the huge picture; I don't know how to post it small.:/

[nausicaa83.livejournal.com]

You should put a warning before posting that kind of pictures, my heart skipped more than a few beats there!

And by all means, that is the perfect size indeed (although, heart skipping). ♥

Wow, that sounds amazing! I was an avid X-Files fan back in the day, it was the first thing I loved that my parents didn't, it was a weird but nice feeling, like I was slowly getting out of the egg. ^^

[stardust-made.livejournal.com]

I loved it, too, back in the day, but with my being older than you, and with TXF being shown later over here, I was around 20. My dad loved it, too, so in my case it was good to have something to watch and enjoy together.:)

As to the heart-skipping...sorry.:) But you know what I mean!

[nausicaa83.livejournal.com]

I was 13, and it was 1996, probably the most important year of my life, the year I had to stop being a child and had to grow up all of a sudden. And they were airing this stories of ghosts and demons and aliens and I was so captivated by it. My parents thought it was too gruesome, and my sis was scared by it but she made me tell her all the episodes at night instead of fairytales. ^^

[stardust-made.livejournal.com]

"my sis was scared by it but she made me tell her all the episodes at night instead of fairytales. ^^"
Ah.:) One of life's lessons--it's not always (only) the story, it's sometimes the story-teller, who brings the magic!

[nausicaa83.livejournal.com]

I've always loved telling stories, and I feel like I never stopped. Now I usually tell Tati my favourite fanfics, because sometimes the language barrier can stop her from reading them, and I just love it because she's always so captivated. It's the closest I can get to being a magician, I think. *_________*

[nyxviola.livejournal.com]

La custodia è stupenda! *_*
Yay, Padova...sempre un luogo ideale per trovarsi con gli amici! Magari con uno spritz...

[nausicaa83.livejournal.com]

Ed è al 100% british. ♥

Sono andata all'università a Padova, quindi è piena di ricordi. In una giornata di sole come oggi è davvero bellissima. *_____*

[nyxviola.livejournal.com]

Same here! XD Quando stavo per laurearmi ogni tanto mi veniva tristezza a pensare che non sarei più andata dentro e fuori dalle biblioteche, aule studio e a prendermi il caffè alle macchinette. Infatti appena posso ci vado a fare un giro. ^_^

[nausicaa83.livejournal.com]

E' così strano, perchè i posti sono rimasti gli stessi, ma le matricole sembrano bebè, è inquietante. XD

[nyxviola.livejournal.com]

diciamo che è uno spettacolo affascinante, vedere quello che cambia e quello che resta uguale.

[nausicaa83.livejournal.com]

Oggi ci siamo fermate al dipartimento di geografia per passare un libro a una loro amica, e salendo le scale abbiamo incrociato una scolaresca di bambini delle elementari che stavano uscendo. Ho aspettato che passassero tutti, e poi ho detto a voce abbastanza alta "li scelgono sempre più giovani". Ho quasi fatto scivolare una delle mie amiche giù dalle scale da quanto stava ridendo. :D

Occasioni così capitano una volta nella vita.

[chemicaldefect.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a truly awesome day, full of both friendship and fandom goodness! Excuse me while I go find a lemon...

[nausicaa83.livejournal.com]

All my lemons are ugly, I must go out and buy other lemons!

*this is the level of craziness that's going on here...*

[nefertina86.livejournal.com]

So much love for your new stuff *__*

And I bought the same magnifying glass a couple of month ago! I carried them around with me for a loooong time :D

[nausicaa83.livejournal.com]

I'm definitely going to do the same!

And I will name it George, and I will hug it and pet it and squeeze it...