I am so sleepy. Or like, so bored it makes me sleepy? But also kind of wiped? And I can't decide wether to go to bed early (like super early) or if I should make an attempt to not be lame and actually do something.

It is seriously way too cold out there too. My phone's weather app tells me: "-21 c (real feel -29)". brr.

/whine.

1. What was the last book you finished?
2. What book are you currently reading?
3. A book you'd recommend.

my answers:
1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
2. The Waves by Virginia Woolf
3. The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht

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Day 20 – Favorite kiss:
gah. i gotta confess, i remember almost zero kisses from books. the only ones i do (think) i remember somehow are again, Tommy & Charlie kiss after an argument and possibly Harry & Cho kissing? with Tommy and Charlie it was because it was so well written and passionate and funny, and with Harry & Cho because it was Harry's first kiss ever, so it was kinda exciting. and the "how was it?" "wet" thing. of course, it wasn't actually described in the book (as i see now, looking it up in the book), but still. it counts!

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there was something i wanted to write in here last night, but i cannot for the life of me remember what it was. hmm.

aaanyway, YAY TRUE BLOOD ---> ( thoughts on True Blood 3x10Collapse )

Day 17 – Favorite story or collection of stories (short stories, novellas, novelettes, etc.)
I'd almost have to go with either Self-Made Man or Wormwood, both by Poppy Z Brite. I have caught some flack once for saying she was one of my favourite authors (still is) - the person judging me thought I was an idiot, without any taste in literature, and that PZB was one of your more despicable teenage emo-horror writers. Although I very much enjoyed Lost Boys and Drawing Blood etc, they are obviously not the only thing PZB has written, and I enjoyed her Liquor series even more (aha, another series I've read..hmm), though my favourite might still be Exquisite Corpse which is some of her more hardcore horror.

But that is beside the point. I chose this/these, because in all honesty, the stories kept me entertained throughout (as far as I can remember). I'm not enough of a literary snob (or one at all really) to list VW's or Katherine Mansfield's short stories as my favourite, even though I've enjoyed several by both. PZB's short stories (these, anyway) are gruelling and chilling and morbid, but they were also entertaining and interesting. I think I've developed a somewhat weaker stomach when it comes to horror; I was less affected by/afraid of it when I was very depressed, so I'm not sure what my reaction would be now. Maybe I should see?

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no ART BLOG recs? i'm sure some of you follow art blogs/journals/deviant accounts!

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Day 15 – Your “comfort” book:
Definitely all the Virginia Woolf diaries. They just soothe my mind and can oddly enough keep me attentive and entertained for hours. When I was feeling really ill and sad and lonely and miserable last fall, these books were like my saviours. Especially when she wrote about when she was ill, confined to bedrest for months on end, and so on. But not only that, she's so...strange, and alert and scrutinizing. I love reading her descriptions of the downs, or the garden, people's homes, London, etc.

eta: also, I'm an absolute whore for Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot books. Definitly also comfort reading.
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i've been feeling reeeeal tired and meh today. wonder what is up with that. can't be the weather as its sunny and warm (still - it was supposed to get cooler! i want cooler weather, okay! the heat and sun was great, but i'm finnish for fucks sake. give me the rain and the cardigan weather already), and nothing bad has happened. and i don't think i'm sick.

it's dad's birthday on wednesday, should come up with a gift (i'm so late again); and sign-ups for uni courses start tomorrow; and i should get my Uni nation thing sorted out; i need to figure out my goals for my therapy (something about her is rubbing me the wrong way, augh)and oh yeah, I REALLY NEED AN APARTMENT. also, money would be nice, aka a job.

the productive things i have done today include: yoga, buying vitamins and sorta studying for my uni IT test. i suppose that's something? *vegetates*

p.s. i still want to eat like ALL THE TIME. but i think that's mostly boredom. grrrreat.

Day 14 – Favorite character in a book (of any sex or gender)
Favourite character EVER in a book, or just a favourite character in whatever random book? I guess, I'll go for Ronja of Ronja Rövardotter (Ronja, the Robber's Daughter) by Astrid Lidgren. She's just...courageous and tomboyish, sweet. I don't really have a really good reason for liking her. And I'm much influenced by the movie, which I saw waaaay before I read the book (and it was like my favourite movie for years), which features the adorable Hanna Zetterberg as Ronja. If I had read the book first, and a few years later than when I saw the movies, I might say Mattis, Ronja's father. I'd still be pretty inclined to say him now, too.

Day 13 – Favorite childhood book OR current favorite YA book (or both!)
I couldn't find a picture of the original Swedish cover, but this book! It's called Storm-Stina, by Lena Anderson. I loved reading through it again and again, mostly because of the pictures. Its a young girl spending the summer with her grandfather on a tiny little island, and she gathers stuff that floats ashore and makes cool things out of them. Idk, there was just something about it that I loved, and still do.

Two other favourites were Riku, Roope ja Ringo lentvät kuuhun (Riku, Roope and Ringo Fly To The Moon) by Mauri Kunnas and Häntä pystyyn porkkanit (Tails Up, Carrot-Rabbits) by Leena Arikkala. The first one is about dogs flying to the moon to fix a robot that's become old and weary (they give him colourful mittens and scarves which make him happy!) and the second one is about a family of rabbits that are starving and try to find food and get caught up with some bad foxes and things.

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i bought this film for 99 cents a couple weeks ago, because it looked interesting and was hella cheap. its called Things We Lost in the Fire, with Halle Berry and Benicio Del Toro. its GOOD. why haven't i heard about it before, and why did they sell it for such a ridiculously low price? also, why are Halle Berry movies always so full of sexy scenes?