#mymessycrate

floggingink replied to your photo “Yes, this is indeed a selfie with a pile of books (and a scarf) and my...”

Not to be like, you know, but you're super cute! :) I'm glad you had so many happy days.

compliments are always welcome :) thank you so much!

mymessycrate replied to your photo

“Yes, this is indeed a selfie with a pile of books (and a scarf) and my...”

¿Qué libros compraste? (una abrazo de osa para tí, de los que duran casi un minuto)

gracias Anina ♥

fourteenpavanes

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“Yes, this is indeed a selfie with a pile of books (and a scarf) and my...”

So pretty!! Which books did you buy? And what is the happy days challenge exactly?

I’m glad you asked! :)  I bought 6 books that day and 8 in total (and I was given another one and I had to carry all 9 of them in a canvas bag for the whole trip back home, which was lots of fun especially since the airport security decided to go through every single one of my items, I’m not kidding, every single book and notebook and folder and case), so if you’ll excuse me I’m going to make a list of the ones I bought:

How Watson learned the trick, Arthur Conan Doyle

Winged words: Victorian women’s poetry and verse, compiled by Catherine Reilly

London: the biography, Peter Ackroyd

The invention of murder: how the Victorians revelled in death and detection and created modern crime, Judith Flanders

The Victorian city: everyday life in Dickens’ London, Judith Flanders

London in poetry and prose, edited by Anna Adams

The English seaside in Victorian and Edwardian times, John Hannavy (bought in Brighton!)

Collected folk tales, Alan Garner (bought in Stonehenge!)

...I don’t know if you can see a pattern.

lolaso?

¿Qué te pasó hija mía? :(

nada, que en el alsa oviedo-gijón se me sentó un tío al lado (que daba ya mala impresión por comportamiento y demás) y empezó a hacerme comentarios y a preguntarme cosas (empezando en plan “¿qué vas, a la playa?”) y yo estaba escuchando música y pegándome a la ventanilla (porque encima era de estos que ocupan todo el espacio que les apetece) e intentando pasar de él y contestar lo mínimo, y no se daba por aludido, y al final ya estaba en plan pidiéndome el facebook y preguntándome que dónde vivía y si quería ir a comer con él o verle más tarde etc etc

que me hace gracia porque describiéndolo así parece una situación ‘ideal’, y encima era bastante guapo, pero... no, era muy incómodo y lo estaba pasando bastante mal y me dejó bastante disgustada

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Tagged by bishophouseofhorrors (I do not know when did she tag me but I just found out while I was trying to follow my own tag)

1) What is your least favourite colour? The color that I like the least is orange. 

2) If you could only drink one beverage for a day, which one would it be?

I suppose that water is a boring answer, so I will go for peach juice.

3) The best-sounding language, in your opinion.

I think French sounds really well (oh, I'm so original).

4) Something you’ve recently achieved and are very proud of.

I've read a whole book in English. It had 780 pages. I'm really proud :D

5) Has any of your fictional/celebrity crushes affected what you look for in your significant other?

I think that they haven't affected what I look for in a guy. I mean, I like them because they already have the things that I look for...

6) A goal in life.

Having children. 

7) A song that calms you down even when you’re at your worst.

It changes. Right now I will probably listen to Sal Paradise by The Crookes

8) A corner of your city you love.

Weeeell, there is that ramp in the harbour that has a lovely view and the sunsets there are wonderful.

9) How would you feel about spending your whole life in the same place?

I would feel bad in some way. I want to travel, to live abroad, to gather a lot of experiences and now other cultures. But I also like Asturias and I know that I will miss it no matter where I go. 

10) A film/book/other you’re constantly referencing.

Game of Thrones, Marie Antoniette, Downton Abbey. 

11) What did you expect when you joined Tumblr?

To become a famous photography blogger hahahahaha.

And now, since I'm a terrible person with only two Tumblr friends (and one was the one that tagged me) I will not make questions and I will not tag people.

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Tagged by indeathwetrust (and I've only remembered it just now! I'm so sorry!)

1) What is the meaning of life?  42. (Sorry, sorry, I had to.)

2) Last movie you watched, and what you thought of it:  If my memory doesn't fail me, it was Beginners and I really liked it. It was the sort of quiet, melancholic film I enjoy, and it displayed human relationship in a realistic yet beautiful way. (And I love Ewan McGregor.)

3) The one thing you really, really need right now: I think I need to get rid of my apathy and start to find some excitement in the things that await me instead of focusing on what I can't have... On a more general basis, a cup of rooibos would be pretty nice.

4) The one thing you have zero skill at, but wish you could learn: Probably singing. I love it but it only seems to come out well when I'm alone and/or unaware of people listening to me. 

5) A random quirk you have: When I have cookies with my milk I always take them two by two, and I eat salads in a specific order, starting with the lettuce and finishing with the pasta/egg.

6) Do you want to get married? Have kids? That's something I think I won't be sure about until the time comes... but as for now, I don't really see the perks of it. 

7) The most exotic food item you have ever eaten: Ahi tuna, which is basically raw tuna. It isn't that exotic... 

8) This song will play on repeat for the next 2 hours, you have no choice but to listen to it. You pick:  Right now, I'd choose either "The first day of spring", by Noah and the Whale, or "Waltz No. 2" by Shostakovich.

9) Number one movie you go to when you need to feel better: "(500) Days of Summer", for reasons similar to "Beginners". It keeps me hopeful. It's that, or "Singin' in the rain".

10) Get the book nearest to you. Page 73, line 18: "El capítulo 4 se centra en la estructura de la célula eucariota y su relación con la función celular." (It's a Microbiology book.)

11) Pick one of your OTPs and tell us all about them: I'll go with Polivia since I think it was the first OTP I ever shipped... That's Peter/Olivia for you. Peter Bishop and Olivia Dunham, from Fringe. Their relationship is a bit complicated and I won't go into much detail because I don't want to ruin it for potential Fringies out there; I'll just tell you that they met four times and that, in every single universe and time-line, they are meant to be together. 

And now, my questions!

1) What is your least favourite colour? 2) If you could only drink one beverage for a day, which one would it be? 3) The best-sounding language, in your opinion. 4) Something you've recently achieved and are very proud of. 5) Has any of your fictional/celebrity crushes affected what you look for in your significant other? 6) A goal in life. 7) A song that calms you down even when you're at your worst. 8) A corner of your city you love. 9) How would you feel about spending your whole life in the same place? 10) A film/book/other you're constantly referencing. 11) What did you expect when you joined Tumblr?