Today I don't feel like doing anything

Last time I wrote here was at the beginning of my Christmas holiday. I told I hadn't done anything - so far. Well, my dear friends, I'm still not any better. 

 I'm sure this is not surprising anyone, but as you can see my old woolen socks have got new friends. It's definitely true that knitting is relaxing, but to me it's - most of all - just about killing time. This pair was actually a lousy excuse - I had this Christmas project and I had to do something with textiles. AND I had to do something with this grey wool I had plenty in my closet!
I could be more creative and take a challenge, make a pair of mittens or something... But the thing is that the weather here is not very freezing (don't worry, Ansku, we haven't got any snow either) and I already have one lovely mittens. But socks are something I use every day, and with blue top I obiesly can't wear red socks...

With my nails I've been as lazy as ever. I've given up with my "long nails" -project, and they are all about same lenght now. They are not short, more like... annoying longISH. They are not long enough for the french manicure (or any others), so I still have to play with magic when I'm decorating them. 

My other school project was about making something with an ordinary newspaper. I'm not ready with this yet, but I've started to draw this A3 "manga page". I'm going to use the newspaper, don't worry... I'll post more pictures when this is ready. I realized I needed more marking pens (and an eraser, ruler and normal pencils! Am I really an art student or what?) so I'm pretty stuck with the project now. That's more than excellent - the deadline is the day after tomorrow.

What else. Hmm. Well, I've started to read these two books my aunt and mum sent me for Christmas: "Toisen taivaan alla" ("Under the another sky") written by Virpi Hämeen-Anttila, and "Prinsessa Madeleine" ("Madeleine the princess") written by Laura Ala. The first one is really interesting, I've really enjoyed reading it. It's about the culture differences and seeking who you really are. Hämeen-Anttila's writing style... It's very facinating, but sometimes the senteces can be veeeery long and the story goes really slowly. But I do understand that the theme like this does need a very philosophic and calm representation.

Oh yes, I've also seen quite a few movies during these couple of weeks. I've civilized myself especially with good old Japanese animations. Totoro, Ponyo, Nausicaä of the Valley of the wind, Grave of the fireflies, Pom Poko and Kiki's delivery service. And how lovely they are! Not like I hadn't seen them before, but there's nothing better than a classic film you can watch again and again, hmh?

Aaaaaah I gotta mention this: one day on my way home I decided to check this little second hand shop. I really didn't even have much money with me and I wasn't planning to buy anything... But then I saw these super cool The Lord of the Rings -figures! I couldn't believe my eyes - six brand new (they were all in their original boxes) characters! They were all hand painted and really high quality! Ah, damn, I honestly didn't have money to buy them, but... you know me.

Gandalf the White, Orc captain, Sauron, Aragorn, Legolas and Nazgûl

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Mirva