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aredblush ([personal profile] aredblush) wrote2011-05-10 04:50 pm
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Pictures Meme (now with real pictures!)

Hello my dearests! here are the pictures from the picture meme I did a few days ago :D (if you missed it, just ask for whatever you want to see here and I'll post the picture in reply to your comment, okay?)



[livejournal.com profile] wethepainted wanted to see my sketchbooks


I've bought the cream-coloured one and the glossy balck one fairly recently, so they are still empty... but I have so many plans for them >:)


Uhm. As you can see, my sketchbooks are not very sketchbook-y /o\

Dear Ace also asked to see my favourite shoes. I have a burning love for ballet flats and converse and tiny boots. These are my very favouritest pairs <333





[livejournal.com profile] xbeax asked to see my favourite book.


"Le Mirabili Avventure di Capino Rosso" (which losely translates to "Little Red Head's Wondrous Adventures"). My grandma read this book to my sister and I when we were little, a chapter every time we went to her house. Needless to say, we made her read it to us multiple times, even if both of us were already able to read it on our own.


Story goes that the author lived in the flat above my grandparents' and when he got the book published, he gave a copy to my dad and his brothers and sister


As you can see, my dad's youngest brother wasn't keen on reading as much as scrawling on it :(


Smunchkin and I love this book an awful amount and the fact that there's only one copy of it has been cause of an embarassingly high number of discussions on who was going to get it when we left home. I've been trying to find another copy for sale for years, but so far no luck :((( I am this close to pay someone to steal it from Florence Central Library omg!



[livejournal.com profile] young_knavery asked to see my favourite window to look out of


I love this window so muuuuch! It faces our garden and the private park nearby. Look how pretty it is :D It is totally one of the two reasons that make the living room my favourite room (which is what [livejournal.com profile] themostepotente wanted to see :))


The other reason is that all our books are there :D



[livejournal.com profile] laria_gwyn asked to see my favourite building in Rome. Unfortunately, I seem to have lost all the pictures I took of the steps that lead up to the Pincian Hill :((( You'll have to content yourself with a pic stolen from the internet (to make up for it, next time I'm in the centre, I'll spam you on twitter with pretty picture of lovely buildings!)





[livejournal.com profile] aznanimefan wanted to see my bedroom :) You are lucky because I did a bit of cleaning up yesterday :P


I share with my sister :) Bunk beds are the best because they save a lot of space. I got the one on top because Smunchkin doesn't like sleeping far from the ground (none of that 'I am the oldest so I get the one on top' stuff /o\)


Fun fact: see how the wardrobe is not flush against the wall? I use that little space to store all the big canvases and stuff :)
Also featured: my old red kickboxing gloves (Ah! Didn't see that one coming, did ya?) and also my old rocking horse. Mum tries to get me to throw it away at least five times every year. I don't see her winning any time soon :P


And this is my desk, where all the clutter lives \o/ (and no, that one is not a PASIV case. Woe /o\)

Close-up of the wall beside my desk

On the left

Things you can see here: some of my Disney pins, the stuffed bee my sister made for me, a picture of my first pet, a doodle of myself dressed as cupid that a friend did in highschool <3

On the right

... Um. You might have guessed by now that I collect pins? I ♥ PINS! A LOT!
Other interesting things: a snitch! Another doodle of myself drawn by the same friend from before! An issue of MarieClaire with pretty pictures.



[livejournal.com profile] toodelicious wanted to see my favourite place to spend time. That would be my garden :)


Peace and quiet and all the sun \o/ If the benches are already occupied, I default to the chair on the balcony



because it has this view


Now, [livejournal.com profile] sunsetmog asked to see a ridiculous amount of things. Let's start with books!

My family tends to keep all the books in the same place, unless they are books we are particulary fond of.




Uh. There are double (and triple) rows on most of the shelves because Smunchkin and I are loathe to get rid of books and when we moved earlier this year, we stashed books in boxes not labeled "books" in order to save them from our parents' book-cleaning spree. Take away food and clothes, but leave us our books!

(see that red helmet on top of the bookcase? That's my first motorbike helmet! My parents used to go on rides and put me in the middle! When I was barely 1 year old! We are all crazy here!)

Anyway, books. Smunchkin and I plan to organize them in a decent order next month. The only thing we already accomplished was putting the English ones all together :\




All the red and the brown ones used to be my grandma's :) She was an avid reader of all genres... except harlequins.



Here are some reference books, comics and the English ones



Did I ever tell you how much I love the Ducks? A GREAD DEAL, THAT'S HOW MUCH!


Here is our Harry Potter collection. Not featured are the HP books in Chinese, which are Smunchkin's and she keeps them separated from the others because they are very special!


Umm. I realize that the titles won't mean much to you unless you speak Italian or know the authors...


So I'll name some translated titles and we'll call it a day, yeah?


A selection from these shelves: Sense and Sensibility, Zeno's Conscience, Democracy and Communism, The Pickwick Papers, Kamasutra, Each In His Own Way, The Female Orgasm, The Prince
The Charterhouse of Parma, Master of Time and Space, Italian Fairytales, Marcovaldo, The Cloven Viscount
(the other two in the series must be on another shelf...)


Supernature, The Secrets of Rome, Zorro, The Brotherhood of the Grape, Steal You Away.


The Subtle Knife, Northern Lights (yes, we also have them in Italian because reading in English is a bit tiresome for mum), The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear, Men on Men,
The Idiot, God's Grammar, The Bar Under the Sea, Bleak House, Geography Club, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Fools Die,
Buddenbrooks, The Rotters' Club, The Wrench, Equador, Chronicles of Narnia, Spiderwick, The Nonexistent Knight
(told you!), Flatland, Lolita.


Here are the books I managed to organize by author, so there's most of Benni's work, Pennac, Baricco (HI Baricco, HI! MARRY ME!) and loads of other book I read in school :)


These are my tresured books! They used to be my mum and dad's when they were kids, so they are all classic children books <333 this is where I come clean and tell you my most embarrassing secret: I own five versions of Treasure Island. I am kind of obsessed with that novel.

Mel also wanted to see the clutter and special things and something framed, which are all things that can be found on my desk


BAM! CLUTTER! Let's see, special things here.... My classic Disney mugs, a tiny framed drawing that says 'A true friend is the best possession', painter!Snoopy figurine, my CD and DVD collection, the environmentalist troll, Coffee Bean the brown stuffed unicorn Smunchkin sewed for me <3


From top to bottom: all the letters and cards I've received from friends over the years <333, a guache painting I did forever ago, a picture of myself when I was 14 we will not look at any closer than this, my manga collection, the jingling ball that was my first toy ever, Ziprian the bear which was the first thing I ever saved money for (at the tender age of 8. What? I was part of the Trudi Fanclub. That bear is handmade and numbered!), my art books, the books that are very special to me and Penguin's Quotations book.


And this is a framed picture of myself when I was two, I think. As you can see, I was already obsessed with bees and copic markers.
Trivia: the framed drawing in the back is the only drawing of mine I ever put in a frame. I kind of hate putting things I do on the wall. Everyone is very displeased with me :(



And that is all.
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[identity profile] unaccompanied-g.livejournal.com 2011-05-10 03:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Your desk area looks so coooool! *_*

I was sure I'd requested something on your pic meme post. STUPID MEMORY, LYING TO ME. :P

kind of hate putting thing I do on the wall. GAH, I'm the same! My mom was a, like, WALL of my art, and I'm always embarrassed to walk by it. D:

[identity profile] aredblush.livejournal.com 2011-05-10 03:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you :DDD I like having lots of things around that can inspire me :)

Gah! Your memory is not stupid! It is mine that is a douche! You asked me for my fave item of clothing, which is this dress

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I wore this dress the grand total of two times, but it my very favouritest dress everrrr <3

Yeah, I totes hide my drawings so mum doesn't have a chance to pin them up. When she asks what I've drawn recently, I mumble my way through the answer and then go "BUT I HAVE ALREADY MAILED IT TO SOMEONE SO YOU CAN'T SEE IT, SORRY!".

[identity profile] hybiscus.livejournal.com 2011-05-10 04:06 pm (UTC)(link)
1) mi piace la zona scrivania incasinatamente ordinata (incasinata solo perchè c'è parecchia roba)
2) anch'io adoravo quei fumetti di Paperino&co.,ma temo di averli dati via :(
3) sbaglio o intravedo Angel Sanctuary tra i manga?
4) ho il terrore delle api ma sei carinissima in quel costume e le apozze sulla cornice sono adorabili :)

[identity profile] aredblush.livejournal.com 2011-05-10 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Ahahahah! Come dico sempre a mamma, il mio è un caos ordinato. Solo perchè lei non riesce a vedere lo schema, non significa che lo schema non c'è!

Oddio, l'amore che provo per quella raccolta! È imbarazzante :P

Intravedi benissimo :D Kaori Yuki è fantastica <333 Angel Sanctuary è il primosuo lavoro che ho letto, ma la serie che preferisco è God Child :)

Lololol, grazie <333

[identity profile] hybiscus.livejournal.com 2011-05-10 05:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Concordo,adoro lo stile di Kaori Yuki (soprattutto degli ultimi anni). Il primo suo manga che ho letto è stato Fairy Cube ma preferisco anch'io God Child,e non sai quanto sto rosicando perchè mi mancano i primi 2 numeri che non trovo da nessuna parte

[identity profile] aredblush.livejournal.com 2011-05-10 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Ohh, Fairy Cube è così carino! Che jellaccia per wquei numeri :( Hai provato a cercarli su ebay? Io ho trovato lì i primi numeri di I'll...

[identity profile] hybiscus.livejournal.com 2011-05-10 05:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Verissimo,e mi piace anche Ludwig :D
Uhm,su ebay non ho guardato,ma in ogni caso non ho la carta di credito XD (onestamente non so benissimo come funziona il metodo di pagamento online,spero di riuscire in un prossimo futuro a fare la PayPal)

[identity profile] aredblush.livejournal.com 2011-05-10 06:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Si si si! Ero così contenta quando hanno iniziato "Kaori Yuki presenta" :DDD

Alcuni venditori hanno anche l'opzione di pagamento con vaglia postale o ricarica su PostePay :)
Illo tempore, mi sono fatta la PostePay appositamente per i pagamenti online (ci carichi quanto ti serve e non puoi spendere più di quanto ci carichi: una manna!) e poi ho registrato quella come carta di credito su PayPal.

[identity profile] hybiscus.livejournal.com 2011-05-10 06:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Sei già la terza persona che mi parla bene della PayPal/PostePay,devo decidermi a farla (leggi: convincere i miei,haha) XD

[identity profile] aredblush.livejournal.com 2011-05-10 06:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Personalmente, la PostePay la trovo fantastica. Non c'è mai il rischio di andare in rosso e siccome è Visa la accettano praticamente ovunque :)

Se non ricordo male, c'è solo un costo di attivazione che dovrebbe essere di 5€ e anche i minorenni possono attivarla :) Sinceramente, trovo molto più sicura la carta che andare in giro con i contanti :\ Quella almeno se te la rubano la puoi bloccare!

[identity profile] hybiscus.livejournal.com 2011-05-10 06:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Augurami buona fortuna nell'impresa di convincere i miei,allora ;) (non sono più minorenne ma lorsignori hanno sempre le loro riserve su tutto ciò che è "soldi&internet")

[identity profile] aredblush.livejournal.com 2011-05-10 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Terrò le dita incrociate per te! (mettigiela così: con la postepay è più sicuro pagare su internet perchè ci puoi caricare solo quanto ti serve, e quindi pure che qualcuno si frega i dati, il massimo che possono fare è scaricartela, non mandarti a -28972340€ sul conto ;))

[identity profile] jibrailis.livejournal.com 2011-05-10 04:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Your desk and your shelves! Are so full and homey and I am jealous because my own shelves are a pretty boring mess, but yours tell stories. *___*

"Le Mirabili Avventure di Capino Rosso"!. Looking at that book, I can tell it is loved. Old, yellowing books are the best.

DRESSED AS A BUMBLEBLEE fdsakjl;as;jla so cute.

[identity profile] aredblush.livejournal.com 2011-05-10 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Eeee, my shelves are very messy! But I wouldn't have them any other way *hugs shelves* I just like having lots of things within reach because they make for a neverending source of inspiration :)

Isn't it beautiful? There is another book that my grandma used to read us, "La Cesta del Mago Ballerino" (which means "The Dancing Wizard's Basket") that is even older than Capino. I'm saving up to get it repaired because the cover is falling to pieces and the pages are getting ruined :(

IT IS THE BEST COSTUME I'VE EVER HAD! :D

[identity profile] faechan.livejournal.com 2011-05-10 05:26 pm (UTC)(link)
*random e OT ma mi è venuto in mente ora e se non te lo chiedo mi dimentico* ...Panic! A Cesena! In agosto! Tu ci sei? *O*

[identity profile] aredblush.livejournal.com 2011-05-10 05:46 pm (UTC)(link)
CI SONO! CI SONO! CI SONOOOOOOO! Mi porto anche la sorella appresso ;)
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[identity profile] sunsetmog.livejournal.com 2011-05-10 06:00 pm (UTC)(link)
oh gosh, I love everything about you, the end.

[identity profile] aredblush.livejournal.com 2011-05-10 06:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Ahahah, the feeling is pretty mutual, my dear <333
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[identity profile] aredblush.livejournal.com 2011-05-18 07:02 pm (UTC)(link)
*facepalm* I have been so bad at the internet this week! Someone should come and snap my member card :((( BUT DON'T GIVE UP ON ME JUST YET! I AM REPLYING RIGHT NOW! *runs off to inbox*
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[identity profile] aredblush.livejournal.com 2011-05-24 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Ain't it pretty? :D? The pale gray was starting to hurt my eyes and I've been looking for a warmer layout for a while :)
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[identity profile] aredblush.livejournal.com 2011-05-24 08:57 pm (UTC)(link)
*checks* Ohh, that looks so neat :O I really like that shade of green and the font is so pretty! Mine is call Binder and there were 5 version of it, but I thought the onrange-y one was the prettiest :)
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[identity profile] aredblush.livejournal.com 2011-05-24 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Mine is red... which is cheery enough but doesn't make for an eye-relaxing background :|

Yes! Happiness and warmth and joy :D
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[identity profile] aredblush.livejournal.com 2011-05-24 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Ahahah, fiery and sanguine, yes! I just think it is a very cheerful colour and it reminds me of my favourite shoes from way back when I was 4. Also, it is the colour of cherries and strawberries and ripe peaches :D (I have red PJs. Will you find me among your sheets? ;))

:D
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[identity profile] aredblush.livejournal.com 2011-05-24 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
I DID TOO! THEY WERE SO VERY JUICY :9 (I could wave my very pale arms around!)

[identity profile] clot-33.livejournal.com 2011-05-10 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Sooooooo.... Few things to say: I so wanted you to share my sadly unfinished Chinese copy of Harry Potter series' books, it's my joy and pride (somewhat...). We DESPERATELY need to order the books, little obsessed me needs order. NOW. Your desk never looked that untidy IRL, TRUFAX! I'll never let you leave with "Capino Rosso" without a real fight - I'll help you pay someone's fake ID to get the National Bibliotheque's copy first, untill then our year-long policy will have to do.

(I really need to make something new for you: the stuffed animals I gave you are sadly, horribly deformed... at least I've got the excuse they were the first - and only - I made of they're kind!)

[identity profile] clot-33.livejournal.com 2011-05-10 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
By the way

I LOVE YOU, BOOKSHELVES!!!
When I leave they're coming w/ me!

[identity profile] aredblush.livejournal.com 2011-05-11 09:04 am (UTC)(link)
Just try, Smunchkin. I dare you >:|

[identity profile] aredblush.livejournal.com 2011-05-11 08:59 am (UTC)(link)
But those are the berry speshul ones! The camera flash would have totes ruined them! I AM ON IT, DON'T YOU WORRY SMUNCHKIN DEAR!
WE WILL FIGHT! TO THE DEATH! *slaps you with a glove*

(no no no! They are the most perfectest! The mostest most perfectest! >:(

[identity profile] seratonation.livejournal.com 2011-05-11 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
omg pratchett!! *_____________*

lol i love all of your bookshelves omg, and your desk! and the views from all of the places!

[identity profile] aredblush.livejournal.com 2011-05-11 09:06 am (UTC)(link)
They are all my sister's! I have never read anything by Pratchett; just started reading Good Omens last month :P

And I love your face! <3333
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[personal profile] remula 2011-05-11 05:19 am (UTC)(link)
OMG, YOUR BOOKSHELVES WITH ALL THE BOOKS! ♥___________♥

You are so cute in that bee costume. ♥♥

[identity profile] aredblush.livejournal.com 2011-05-11 09:08 am (UTC)(link)
We are a family of bookshelves lovers :D

Eee, thank you bb <333

[identity profile] hazysea.livejournal.com 2011-05-11 09:05 am (UTC)(link)
I love all your photos and I'm RIDICULOUSLY JEALOUS of your garden and its gorgeous views!

[identity profile] aredblush.livejournal.com 2011-05-11 09:11 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you bb! My garden is my very favourite *rolls in the grass* We are going to plant some climbing roses this weekend :D

[identity profile] of-silverandsky.livejournal.com 2011-05-11 09:11 am (UTC)(link)
I want your I ♥ PORN pin!!! lol only if I had one like that... someone might kill me.

I always enjoy your picture posts, your life is so amazing ♥____♥ and your room is so you! Pretty and artsy <3

[identity profile] aredblush.livejournal.com 2011-05-11 09:26 am (UTC)(link)
Ahahah, that one was a gift from a friend :D I have another one that says I ♥ MY BED pinned on my jacket, and sometimes I switch them :)

Ahahahh, my life is far from amazing, it is just very photogenic :P

&YOU; <333

[identity profile] wethepainted.livejournal.com 2011-05-12 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
I love these little glimpses into your life! Your shoes are fabulous, your notebooks look very similar to mine except greater ;) and your pins and book collection are awesome! (I have to confess I've never read Treasure Island. I suppose I should?)

(ALSO, omg do I spy a glam!Brendon birthday card? /o\ I will actually send you those Sherlock drawings I've been working on at some point and they will be so much better and less rushed and you can replace that one. :P)

[identity profile] aredblush.livejournal.com 2011-05-12 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Lol, I'm sure your sketchbooks are more amwesome! I say this because you work in colour and therfore your drawings are cooler! PINS ARE ♥! (Ohhh, you should totally read it! It is a very enjoyable read and it influenced a lot of today's perception of pirates and features a song that goes "Fifteen men on the dead man's chest Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!", which my grandpa used to sing me when went hiking :))

(Yessss! I love that card an awful amount, thankyouverymuch! I shall never replace it! I'll put the Sherlock doodles somewhere else! :D)