Books, books, books, we love them! we love them!
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violaswamp:
Reply to this post, and I'll tell you one reason why I like you. Then re-post this and spread the love.
Uni won't stop torturing me with work. ;_; (But for what it's worth, tomorrow I'll have finished my very first scientific article ever. About gene silencing therapy for Huntington, even. It sounds riveting, no?)
I did find some time to visit the annual book festival. They always have a pretty big stand with English pockets which was satisfying. They also had row upon row of paper-related knickknacks. Usually I avoid those but the product at the end of the aisle caught my eye. I am now the proud owner of a wax seal set. I can make stamps like Tommen now! I just need someone to write a letter to so I can actually use it. XD
The SF/F section was pretty lacking this year, but I managed to find Gifts by Ursula Le Guin, Beyond the Deepwoods (I'm only missing one Edge Chronicles book at the moment) and Melusine by Sarah Monette. The last one surprised me because that book has been out of print for ages. Oh well!
I also got:
Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon
A book about (drawing) Celtic patterns
The Little Prince (I've seen this one mentioned so many times, felt like I should read it)
Orlando by Virginia Woolf
The Plays of Oscar Wilde (to complement my book with his short fiction! And I totally need more of his plays, I've only read The Importance of being Earnest.)
The Communist Manifesto (Only seems fair seeing how my parents keep mentioning it *shrug*)
The Prince by Machiavelli (actually read this before, on the computer but I thought a paper version would be nice)
There are always so many classic on the book fair but I decided to be realistic. They'll still be there next year and I didn't want to buy too many books. When I payed the cashier asked me whether I go to university college because a lot of the books I bought were on their booklist. Oops. XD
But I only spent 30 euros. *preens*
Hilarious videos, found thanks to journalfen communities:
Hornets from Hell. You may have heard about the Japanese Hornet (if you haven't, let's just say that they're horrible and leave it at that). Bees have figured out a really sweet way to kill them. By baking them.
Pachelbel Rant. Eloquent and funny explanation on why Pachelbel's Canon in D SUCKS. And I don't even play the cello (I've always felt really sorry for the cellists though. It doesn't often happen that the cello part is even more boring than the viola part). I just had to play the first violin part over and over and aaargh-
I don't even know how to describe this. It's a violin cadenza and it makes me want to pick up my violin again.
Also, I haven't watched Pokemon in years but this is so awesome: Pokemon drawn in sumi-e style. Holy shit, Jigglypuff is so freaky. And she (?) is not the only one.
If you'll excuse me, I'm going to finish watching Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman on YouTube. I hope it won't depress me like Return of the Joker did (poor Tim...)
violaswamp:Reply to this post, and I'll tell you one reason why I like you. Then re-post this and spread the love.
Uni won't stop torturing me with work. ;_; (But for what it's worth, tomorrow I'll have finished my very first scientific article ever. About gene silencing therapy for Huntington, even. It sounds riveting, no?)
I did find some time to visit the annual book festival. They always have a pretty big stand with English pockets which was satisfying. They also had row upon row of paper-related knickknacks. Usually I avoid those but the product at the end of the aisle caught my eye. I am now the proud owner of a wax seal set. I can make stamps like Tommen now! I just need someone to write a letter to so I can actually use it. XD
The SF/F section was pretty lacking this year, but I managed to find Gifts by Ursula Le Guin, Beyond the Deepwoods (I'm only missing one Edge Chronicles book at the moment) and Melusine by Sarah Monette. The last one surprised me because that book has been out of print for ages. Oh well!
I also got:
Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon
A book about (drawing) Celtic patterns
The Little Prince (I've seen this one mentioned so many times, felt like I should read it)
Orlando by Virginia Woolf
The Plays of Oscar Wilde (to complement my book with his short fiction! And I totally need more of his plays, I've only read The Importance of being Earnest.)
The Communist Manifesto (Only seems fair seeing how my parents keep mentioning it *shrug*)
The Prince by Machiavelli (actually read this before, on the computer but I thought a paper version would be nice)
There are always so many classic on the book fair but I decided to be realistic. They'll still be there next year and I didn't want to buy too many books. When I payed the cashier asked me whether I go to university college because a lot of the books I bought were on their booklist. Oops. XD
But I only spent 30 euros. *preens*
Hilarious videos, found thanks to journalfen communities:
Hornets from Hell. You may have heard about the Japanese Hornet (if you haven't, let's just say that they're horrible and leave it at that). Bees have figured out a really sweet way to kill them. By baking them.
Pachelbel Rant. Eloquent and funny explanation on why Pachelbel's Canon in D SUCKS. And I don't even play the cello (I've always felt really sorry for the cellists though. It doesn't often happen that the cello part is even more boring than the viola part). I just had to play the first violin part over and over and aaargh-
I don't even know how to describe this. It's a violin cadenza and it makes me want to pick up my violin again.
Also, I haven't watched Pokemon in years but this is so awesome: Pokemon drawn in sumi-e style. Holy shit, Jigglypuff is so freaky. And she (?) is not the only one.
If you'll excuse me, I'm going to finish watching Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman on YouTube. I hope it won't depress me like Return of the Joker did (poor Tim...)