.: so comes snow after fire :.

Still sick here, but now I just got the best news ever, and I feel like dancing around singing at the top of my lungs:



They just announced Kingdom Hearts 2.5 Remix coming next year for the PS3! It will contain Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix, Birth by Sleep Final Mix, and HD scenes from Kingdom Hearts Re: Coded.

I'm just so freaking happy!!! Kingdom Hearts 2 has the best storyline, Birth by Sleep the best gameplay, and Re: Coded helped me get through a very hard period of my life, it's just hdkjfhsdkjghkjfdghfdjkhg I can't articulate how happy this makes me!!!

Also, note to those who were thinking of buying a videogame console: this would be a great moment to buy a PS3. The PS4 will be out next month, so the PS3 consoles will be cheaper. They're great blu-ray players, and if you ever thought about trying your hand at videogames, Kingdom Hearts would be the best way to start. It was my very first console videogame (I had only played Myst and Cluedo on my pc, years before that), and it has an absolutely fantastic storyline set in worlds from our childhood, the Disney classics. I can't recommend it enough. Plus now it's in one collection, all for one console, nice and tidy and really cheap.

Oh happy day! Today is the day they released Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD in Europe! I pre-ordered it in May, and patiently waited all summer, counting the days, and it's finally here!



Yesterday I received a text message that the local Gamestop had tried to call me while I was on the phone. They always call the day before a pre-ordered game is released. I called them back, with the conversation going like this:

Me: "hi, did you just try to call me to tell me about Kingdom Hearts???"
Cashier: "yep"
Me: "could you please, maybe..."
Cashier: *clears throat* "your Kingdom Hearts copy is here"
Me: "OH MY GOD"
Cashier: *laughing* "we open at 9 am tomorrow, I'll be waiting"

This morning I had to call the doctor, then my aunt called because I'm her IT gal, so in the end I got there at 10 am. As soon as I walked in the guy saw me and greeted me with a "you're late! I thought I'd find you here when I opened the store!" and we spent the next 30 minutes talking about keyblades and pure hearts and the merits of magic vs swords. It was awesome. :D

In other brilliant news, yesterday I finally saw Edgar Wright's The World's End. Now, Hot Fuzz is my favourite movie, and I adore Shaun of the Dead, so I was equal parts excited and worried that it wouldn't live up to my expectations, but was I wrong to worry. Holy moley, I wasn't expecting it to be so freaking good. If I had to use three words, "really, really good". Wait, that's two words. How about "absolutely bloody brilliant!"?

And thank the gods of cinema I managed to avoid spoilers, because this is one movie that needs to be seen without knowing anything in advance. I knew the genre they were spoofing, but I quickly forgot five minutes in, I was so taken by the characters, and then the main story happened and it blew my mind. Also, the acting was superb. There were a couple of scenes that made me cry like a baby, other scenes that made me gasp and literally jump in my seat, and I spent the last 15 minutes sitting on the floor in front of the tv, armchair forgotten. Simon Pegg is such a good actor, holy shit. I mean, everyone was brilliant, but with him I keep forgetting it's the same actor, because Shaun is nothing like Nicholas Angel, and Gary King is completely different, and such a realistic character, I kept forgetting he wasn't actually real.

And the soundtrack was fantastic!!! I ordered it yesterday before going to sleep, and then downloaded it this morning, so that I could listen to it while going downtown. Let me tell you, marching to the GameStop while the Doors sing "show me the way to the next whiskey bar" in your ears, it doesn't get any better than that. :D

Oh, and just a sidenote for those who haven't seen it yet, it is the darkest one of the trilogy, so trigger warning for depression and alcoholism. It made me cry a lot, and I don't get triggered by those two topics, so better safe than sorry.

To those who have seen it, here's a fantastic analysis of the themes of the movie, especially regarding the Arthurian legends. It makes for a great reading, trust me. ;)

Stay tuned for another happy entry regarding health, future surgeries, why I had to go to the doctor this morning, in the near future. ♥

I'm finally feeling better. My period struck pretty hard, and I've been losing a lot more blood than usual. That means dizziness, nausea, and occasional headaches. Though it also means a very appreciated diet of eggs and meat and chocolate. Luckly tomorrow it should be over, because I need my blood inside my body, thank you very much.

I watched the new episode of Community, the first one after they fired Dan Harmon. Well, I liked it and I didn't like it. It felt... flat. Like someone was trying to imitate Community, but missing what this show is all about. There were the usual gags and spoofs, but they weren't functional to the story. They ignored much of the character development of the last episodes of the third season, especially with Abed. It felt like it was missing its heart. I'm going to watch the next episodes, but if it keeps being like this I'll just drop it and consider Community a three-season-long show.

And now, a meme!

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

My most recent love, it's April Smith and the Great Picture Show. The whole Songs for a Sinking Ship album is amazing, here's one of my favourites:



Speaking about Ni No Kuni, I just finished Hamelin, and it's SO GOOD. I literally have to pause it from time to time to squee out loud. It is just like I dreamed, like walking through a Ghibli movie. There was even a monster who was called Porco Grosso (squeeeee), and Marcassin looks just like a teenage Howl, lsdflsdgflkjfhgfhdg!!! ♥

Sorry for disappearing on you! It's been a tiring week, mostly because of the african weather. It's the worst we've had in 200 years, and for once I'm glad my aunt isn't here because she could never stand it. Walking down the street it feels like someone's holding a damp cloth over one's mouth and nose. My fridge is full of fruit and various kinds of juice, and almond milk, which is a very sicilian thing, and I love it. So sweet and refreshing. And I haven't actually cooked anything since monday, I've only been eating raw meat, salads, fruit salads, sandwiches, and the like. I get a vampire-in-a-sunlight-beam reaction as soon as I get close to the kitchen stove, hissing and wailing of the arms included. With my low blood pressure "ditzy" is what I am every hour of the day.

Sakura is suffering the heat even more than me. She spends the day curled on the marble floor under the air conditioning unit, and I have to physycally remove her and put her on the couch when I think she's had enough. And she sleeps even more than usual, which means she's awake only for two hours everyday.

Let's try and update this journal even during the heat: it's time for my usual meme.

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

Let's go with Give A Little Bit by Supertramp, as featured in this beautiful CocaCola commercial:



And I'm hitting PMS pretty hard, because this thing made me actually tear up. That and the latest Naruto chapter too. And every other fanfic I've been reading recently. I feel fine, happy even, and yet as soon as I read/watch something even remotely moving, here comes the sobbing. What the hell.

Amazing news on the gaming front, Capcom is releasing Okami in HD this fall. Okami is one of the most beautiful videogames ever made, and one of my personal favourites, and I just bought the artbook. This is the best news ever! ♥

EDIT And I just got some wonderful news, Frankestein is coming to theaters in Italy on September! I still don't know which towns, but I'm most certainly going to see at least one version. Never in a million years I would have thought they would release it here, and I've never been happier to be proven wrong. \o/

Still having a great time with my aunt! Sadly she'll leave tomorrow, but we got to do lots of things together, I'm trying to concentrate on that.

Yesterday we went to the cinema again to see The Descendants. We didn't know much about the story, she saw the poster and she liked it, and I just loved the idea of going to the movies with her twice in a row. We liked it so much. It hit very close to home (a woman has an accident and falls into a coma, that's us), but it was dealt with a lot of respect, and tenderness, and it was never over the top or forcibly pathetic. Obviously now I can't wait to read the book too. ♥

I bought a videogame for my younger cousin, since last week he turned 17. I chose a hunting game, and the game came with a controller in the shape of a rifle, where one should insert all move controllers and shoot at the pretty ducks on tv. I managed to put it all together, choose New Game, and that's as far as I could go. I couldn't bear to shoot any cute duck. Anyway, the game works, it's in my aunt's bag, and my uncle will surely love it too. Mission accomplished. :D

The icing on the cake of the day was when I met a friend of mine who's from Ukraine, and she gave me some sweets that a friend of hers made yesterday. They're a Russian recipe, I gathered, and they're AMAZING. I was torn between telling her she shouldn't have and asking her for more. :D

I also bought the new Final Fantasy XIII-2 DLC, the one with Sazh, and it had two new minigames, a cute card game with a magic clock, and, well, poker. I kept shouting at the tv about folding and queens and jacks and royal flush and straight flush and I had to stop when my aunt walked in and looked at me like I was losing my mind. Ehm. It was fun though. :D

Still having a great time with my aunt! Sadly she'll leave tomorrow, but we got to do lots of things together, I'm trying to concentrate on that.

Yesterday we went to the cinema again to see The Descendants. We didn't know much about the story, she saw the poster and she liked it, and I just loved the idea of going to the movies with her twice in a row. We liked it so much. It hit very close to home (a woman has an accident and falls into a coma, that's us), but it was dealt with a lot of respect, and tenderness, and it was never over the top or forcibly pathetic. Obviously now I can't wait to read the book too. ♥

I bought a videogame for my younger cousin, since last week he turned 17. I chose a hunting game, and the game came with a controller in the shape of a rifle, where one should insert all move controllers and shoot at the pretty ducks on tv. I managed to put it all together, choose New Game, and that's as far as I could go. I couldn't bear to shoot any cute duck. Anyway, the game works, it's in my aunt's bag, and my uncle will surely love it too. Mission accomplished. :D

The icing on the cake of the day was when I met a friend of mine who's from Ukraine, and she gave me some sweets that a friend of hers made yesterday. They're a Russian recipe, I gathered, and they're AMAZING. I was torn between telling her she shouldn't have and asking her for more. :D

I also bought the new Final Fantasy XIII-2 DLC, the one with Sazh, and it had two new minigames, a cute card game with a magic clock, and, well, poker. I kept shouting at the tv about folding and queens and jacks and royal flush and straight flush and I had to stop when my aunt walked in and looked at me like I was losing my mind. Ehm. It was fun though. :D

My aunt is here! The sun is up, the sky is blue, and my Skyrim copy just arrived. *deeeaaarr prudence*



When I told a friend of mine that I had ordered Skyrim, she replied "it was nice knowing you". I know it's meant to be a very addictive game, but I couldn't resist. :D

I bought The Descendants because serepink recommended it, and I bought Mystery Man because Benedict Cumberbatch recommended it. :D

Speaking of which, we're seeing War Horse in a couple of hours! \o/

This random entry has been brought to you by a very giddy Nausicaa because this morning over tea her aunt referred to her as her "daughter". *______*

I leave my house for no more than 24 hours, and when I come back it takes me three hours to go through my Tumblr dashboard. Three hours as in 180 minutes. This is crazy. I'm also very aware that Michael Fassbender and Benedict Cumberbatch are currently in Venice, and I hate crowds so I'm not going to stalk them at the Mostra del Cinema but guys. I'm breathing the same air. Go me.

Also, thanks Mark Gatiss for the nightmares. The latest Doctor Who episode might as well have been called "everything Nausicaa feared as a child, and she thought she had forgotten, but now it's back from the depths of her subconscious to haunt her forever. Also Jimmy Jim Jim from Ashes to Ashes". The next episode sounds awesome though.

Obligatory X-Men First Class fact of the day, two days ago I bought Marvel VS Capcom 3, and spent a good hour beating the shit out of Magneto shouting "This is for Cuba, you asshole!". What was my life like before I bought a PS3, I can't remember. Boring as hell, I suppose.

Yesterday shall also be remembered as the day I took a bus ride with a giant penis.

*waits a few minutes to let those words sink in*

So I was on the bus on my way to Tati's place listening to angsty XMFC fanmixes in my iPod, when a group of kids get on the bus, and one of the girls is carrying a giant, inflatable, pink penis that was at least six feet high. And she got stuck in the door. And the driver was all "Can you get a move on with your thing?", while I'm sitting right there trying my best to look all cool and pensive and stuff.

Maybe the universe is trying to tell me something?

I leave my house for no more than 24 hours, and when I come back it takes me three hours to go through my Tumblr dashboard. Three hours as in 180 minutes. This is crazy. I'm also very aware that Michael Fassbender and Benedict Cumberbatch are currently in Venice, and I hate crowds so I'm not going to stalk them at the Mostra del Cinema but guys. I'm breathing the same air. Go me.

Also, thanks Mark Gatiss for the nightmares. The latest Doctor Who episode might as well have been called "everything Nausicaa feared as a child, and she thought she had forgotten, but now it's back from the depths of her subconscious to haunt her forever. Also Jimmy Jim Jim from Ashes to Ashes". The next episode sounds awesome though.

Obligatory X-Men First Class fact of the day, two days ago I bought Marvel VS Capcom 3, and spent a good hour beating the shit out of Magneto shouting "This is for Cuba, you asshole!". What was my life like before I bought a PS3, I can't remember. Boring as hell, I suppose.

Yesterday shall also be remembered as the day I took a bus ride with a giant penis.

*waits a few minutes to let those words sink in*

So I was on the bus on my way to Tati's place listening to angsty XMFC fanmixes in my iPod, when a group of kids get on the bus, and one of the girls is carrying a giant, inflatable, pink penis that was at least six feet high. And she got stuck in the door. And the driver was all "Can you get a move on with your thing?", while I'm sitting right there trying my best to look all cool and pensive and stuff.

Maybe the universe is trying to tell me something?

Day 01 → Your favourite song
Day 02 → Your favourite movie
Day 03 → Your favourite television program
Day 04 → Your favourite book
Day 05 → Your favourite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobby of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy

How about a (spoiler-free) picspam?



( Shall I say would it be a sin if I can't help falling in love with you. )

It's been a great month. *______*