"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*

[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! ;)

[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.;)

[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.:)

[nyxviola.livejournal.com]

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

[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...

[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