.: so comes snow after fire :.

The picture of the day is my dad's old guitar, back from the music store. It had been in storage for fifteen years, but surprisingly it was all right, except obviously for the strings. I had them put new ones on, and it only cost me fifteen euros. They told me the little bone thing at the top (always at hand with the mot juste, aren't I?) will probably need replacing in the near future though. Me, I'm still shocked it wasn't eaten by termites or something like that.



I'll try and play a few chords on it later. Seeing as I've been learning the ukulele for more than a year now, I'll have to re-learn all chords and where my fingers are supposed to go. It's going to be fun. My therapist told me I need to learn to accept and let my anger free, so this is probably going to help with that. :D

In fandom news, we've had some great season finales: both Person of Interest and Once Upon A Time blew my mind, and I'm very excited to see where they're going next. I finally dropped The Vampire Diaries: it's not that I didn't like it anymore, but it was getting really boring, and I hadn't been looking forward to it for quite some time anyway. And with me having a Netflix subscription now there's a lot of shows I want to see and a very limited amount of time to do it, I have to cut my losses. That's why I decided to drop Sleepy Hollow as well: I loved the first season, but never got around to see the second one. I noticed how most reviewers didn't like this new season at all, and then I read an article that they're going to change the show even further next season, and give it a more procedural feel, with the monster of the week and all. That was the end of it for me.

Yesterday's Supernatural episode was kind of meh. Mostly just a bridge to the finale next week. I'm still cautiously trusting them to do the right thing and fix that horrible mess they wrote themselves into with the last episode, but if they don't, and they're actually planning on reversing to the same tired tropes from the first two seasons, well that's it for me, I won't be back for the next season. Again, lots of great shows, too little time to stick to the ones that've disappointed me. But still, there's one episode left, I would be very happy to be proven wrong.

And while I was typing this entry the mailman rang with this little package from Singapore:



It's Eggsy's necklace from Kingsman The Secret Service, and it's amazing. Way better than I dared hope. It's a perfect replica, sturdy, and it looks incredible. Plus it arrived just in time for the release of the movie in digital hd tomorrow. I only watched it once in the cinema two months ago, and ever since I've been dying to experience it in the original language. And now I have my necklace to wear while watching it too! Tomorrow can't come soon enough! ♥

So, it looks like Person of Interest heard me when I was saying I wanted to drop it, after that godawful trope last week, and decided to pull out all the stops to bring me back: Johnny Cash's most beautiful song, actual affectionate interactions between Harold and John (after ten episodes of nothing), and even if every action from every character stemmed from that horrible, horrible trope, it was still a great episode. Looks like I'm stuck with them for a little longer. *shakes fist*

This morning I was feeling a lot better, so I tried my luck and took the bus downtown to check my favourite store to get early christmas gifts ideas. And obviously I ended up buying something for me:



Yep, I bought it on tape in the summer of '99, then on cd, and now I'm going back to the roots and have the vinyl. I couldn't help it, it was calling to me!

The sun came back after more than a week, and it made what would have been a tiring morning a much more enjoable one. There was a lot of walking, a lot of offices, papers, talking about mom's condition, but everytime I stepped outside and took a look at that bright blue sky I felt so much better.

I grabbed a couple of sandwiches for lunch, and sat down to watch Elementary. Wow. It was already a brilliant series last year, but this year they also fixed their only tiny flaw: this season the cases are more complex and engaging (which is weird when I think it's the one thing that is truly lacking this year in Person of Interest), and the character development, as always, is absolutely splendid. Truly the best thing about such a fantastic series. The writing is just something else. The natural, beautiful way their relationship keeps growing, it's amazing.

And now, ice cream and the rest of the episodes that came out yesterday. This year I'm following far more tv shows than I'm comfortable admitting.

EDIT: Just finished watching the first episode of Once Upon A Time in Wonderland. Uhm. I'm not sure I could say I liked it.

Pros: the actress playing Alice is really good, and we have an active heroine fighting and exploring to save her beloved. So yay for a feminist storyline. The Knave of Hearts is great. We get to see a lot of Wonderland, which sadly they couldn't do on OUAT. They got the Red Queen a Chess Palace, since she's not a card, but a chess piece. Naveen Andrews. Wait, count Naveen Andrews twice, he's just that good.

Cons: the actress playing the Red Queen is BAD. So, so, so freaking bad. My god, she couldn't act her way out of a wet paper bag, and the worst thing is, she's supposed to be this show's version of Regina, and Lana Parilla is definitely the best actress in OUAT. While this Red Queen made me cringe everytime she was on screen. But the worst thing is the fact that the good guy from Agrabah is white, while the bad guy from Agrabah is a PoC. This coming from a spin-off of a tv show whose biggest flaw is the lack of representation (in a very big cast, there are three persons of colour in total: two dead, one has a secondary storyline).

So, yep, I'm going to watch it all in one go after it's finished, but I'm not really holding my breath. Which is a pity, because I really liked the premise.

Guess what just arrived!



It was actually supposed to arrive on my actual birthday, but it got delayed at customs, and then ended up in San Marino. For those of you who (understandably) don't know where that is, here. Since it's a different country altogether, it's just like saying it got delayed in customs in Italy and ended up in Croatia. Hence my confusion.

And although I usually don't like how reaction gifs seem to have substituted normal words, just this once I have to:



It's just too perfect for the situation. :D

Happy September, everyone! It's my favourite month of the year, mostly because halfway through it it's my birthday, but also because I just really love the season. I'm already planning cookies and muffins for the next weeks, now that I won't risk spontaneous combustion by standing near the oven anymore. :D

Silly anecdote of the day, yesterday I finished my Person of Interest marathon (gotta be prepared for the new season), and while dinner was cooking I changed the sms alarm ringtone on my cellphone to the "can you hear me?" soundbit from God Mode. And then I completely forgot about it. So this morning I got out of bed, put the kettle on, and while I was pouring the water the Machine called and startled me so much I almost got all that scolding water all over myself.

Irony upon irony, it was a text from my therapist. :D

In other news, the neighbours are about to have another baby. The first one is now three, and he redefines the word "hyperactive". I'm a teensy bit worried. Gotta check where I left my trusted earplugs, I have a feeling I'm going to need them pretty soon.

Unrelated memo to myself: never ever read youtube comments. I stopped doing it months ago, and the quality of the time I spent online improved immensely. Today I scrolled down a video by mistake, and read some of the most ignorant sexist bullshit I ever laid eyes on. Good lord. That's why I keep well away from twitter as well. *shudders*

And now back to reading cookies recipes! *____*

It's been quite the intense weekend. Back in 2001 I had my first surgery, on my left foot, and on friday the same problem returned. All doctors are on holiday, so I have to wait until next week before I can get an appointment. The good news is, there's no infection and the pain is slowly going away. Today it still feels like someone smashed my foot with a hammer, but it's getting number. I'm hoping in two days I'll be fine again, or at least enough to walk without flinching at every step. *crossing fingers*

Other than that, I'm doing fine. Because of the new tv I'm re-watching all my Studio Ghibli blurays, and downloading all 1080 versions of the SG movies I don't have. It surprised me a lot to find out that the only HD copy of Spirited Away available is a tv rip. A glorious, bright and perfect tv rip, but still a tv rip. That means they don't have a bluray version not even in Japan. Crazy.

And I fell in love all over again with Lupin III Castle of Cagliostro. God, that movie is amazing. I've been listening obsessively to the theme song all weekend. ♥

Going a bit off topic but not too much, after watching yesterday's Attack on Titan episode and realizing that they had spoiled the big spoiler for me on tumblr the other day, I decided to just catch up with the manga, and at least get the spoilers from the mangaka himself. I grabbed some icecream, sat in front of my computer, and one hour later my mind was completely blown. And I thought it was an amazing story now, I had no idea how fantastic, jaw-dropping brilliant it was going to get! There was one page that just got me shouting at the screen "holy shit, NO, I don't believe it" for ten minutes straight, no kidding. Mind = blown. *_____*

Also, here, have a fantastic Person of Interest fanvideo, with one of my favourite songs ever. Hearts in my eyes!

And with that, I'm off to sleep. Hoping when I wake up my foot won't hate me anymore. ^^"

Just finished watching Person of Interest. It's the start of the long wait until the next season. I never learn, I could savour a new show, let it last longer, since it's the summer, and yet everytime I burn through the whole thing in a week. I may have cut on sleeping hours. I blame the awesomeness that is this show.

I have so many theories for the next season, but I already know they're going to surprise me like they always do, no point in even trying. And I love how the plot twists never come out of nowhere, always have a point, a reason, that can be traced way back. And the character development is so realistic, they never go for cheap angsty scenes for angst's sake. I really, really love the writing on this show.

And the female characters! So many fantastic female characters, all competent, smart, great at their job, never sexualized, between this and Elementary it feels like someone has been spying on my Christmas list. :D And I want Shaw to join the main cast next season and be all snarky and sassy with John in every episode while they crash cars and shoot bad guys in the kneecaps.

They have the best soundtrack ever too, so many of my favourite songs! Sinnerman for Elias, The Future Starts Slow for Shaw, Gimme Shelter for Reese, I feel so loved. ♥

PoI fans, I'm waiting for recs. Fics, videos, fanmixes, you know the drill. Any pairing will do, I just love everyone so much I do not even have one OTP. Is there a thing as a "massive family otp"? There should be. :D