The caption reads: "Defeated by roses. Near Turin's Lingotto station, along a lonely path, Miss Guida Concetta Rinino, 28 years old, who was bringing a nice bunch of roses to a relative, was accosted by an unknown young man. The young woman, rather than losing heart, defended herself with extraordinary energy, using the bunch of flowers as a weapon. So it was that the scoundrel, his face all scratched up, had to flee. (Drawing by Walter Molino.)"

Having a fun time picking up House of Leaves and being like “this fucking thing is 660 pages” and then flipping through it and going “OH it’s…. It’s maybe 300 pages and Whatever The Fuck Else All This Is?”

Unintentionally awakening the 10-years-dormant part of my brain that goes hog-wild over “20 pages of history text book reading assignment except thankfully thank god some of those pages are 90% picture with 40 words of text.” Lighting it up like Christmas fucking fireworks