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Okay, so I'm in Finland now. I'm not in some interesting, cool, populated city in Finland. I am in the middle of nowhere. I've been coming here every single year since I was born, but for the past couple of years I haven't been here at all. It felt really weird being back because I'd almost forgotten what it was like being here. There's no denying it: the nature here is amazing. Too bad there's hardly anything to do at all.

As I had promised, I have to do a blogTV show sometime before the end of this week. My deadline is Sunday. Then, you can hunt me down and force me to do it. I am truly sorry for the extremely short last two posts. I promise I will write a complete one very soon. I haven't got much else to do, but I guess that affects what I write about too.


I'll be back.

Blogs, Vlogs and what not

Right. So after making an abrupt decision to show my face live on the internet on a site called BlogTv next week, I am regretting it. I mean, in a way I think it'll be awesome because I feel like I can talk about a lot of things and it'll be interesting as my first time.. alone. But you know, on the other hand, I'm nervous because I'm quite sure nobody is going to come and watch. Apart from Lo who just HAS to or I'll never @reply her ever again :P Only kidding! But guys, just tag along because it'll be easier for me to talk with more people interacting and asking questions.

 Alright, so the BlogTV thing is going to happen sometime next week while I'm in Finland. Yes, I know you won't be able to see my fantastic, newly-painted, awesome, purple room, but if things go well, I WILL do another one when I'm back here in Italy in my awesome room, okay? So please, many people join. I will tweet the exact date and time so be sure to follow me here. I might even tweet it on the day it's going to happen, but hey! If you're there: you're there. And that would be AWESOME!

Thank youuuuu!

ari

Nothing to do and Paper Towns

Yo.

I am sizzling here in Italy and the humidity I must say is just unbearable. So, the past few days I really haven't been up to ANYTHING at all. But alas, today I went to IKEA in Milan and bought some shiz for my room. No big deal, but it was certainly great to get out of the house. Not that I did much, but sit in an AC'd car, walk around a huge place with lots of furniture and eat Swedish meatballs. That was probably the highlight of my day: the meatballs. If you ever come across an IKEA store, HAVE the Swedish meatballs. 

 Alright, so another thing that I've noticed has happened lately is my Gryffindor scarf that I bought from Fao Schwarz last year has gone missing. I suspect it's the Nargles although I'd have to check it out with Luna first. I am actually considering putting up posters with a picture of the scarf with a big,bold MISSING sign on it. Life just isn't the same without it. This brings me to the subject of my life. And for my personal entertainment, what I do is: I ridicule my life while IMing my friends. It's ridiculous how I have deprived myself of a social life in the past week hehe. I haven't done much, but be a nerd. I've been reading Paper Towns like a maniac (which, by the way I have almost finished), watching movies and basically spending my time indoors on the computer. It's been the craziest, most uneventful week I've had in a long time. But hey, that's what summer is all about isn't it? Haha My friends are spread across the world. Few of them actually being close to my area and I still haven't seen much of them since I got back from Sardinia. 

  So, talking about Paper Towns, I'm enjoying it A LOT. It's really interesting and never fails to surprise me. The humor in it is perfect and just how I like it. I'm really almost at the end. Looking forwards to see what happens IF they find Margo. I have a hunch.. I think they will. After Paper Towns, I'm off to reading Looking for Alaska then Playing with the Grown Ups and 13 Little Blue Envelopes. I also have 4 other books that just arrived from Amazon and I'm so excited to get to read them! NERD. Oh well, it's what I like to do :)

Peace. DFTBA

Oh, and I have 2 people following this blog. So, THANK YOU!

Off to Finland next Wednesday! Should be interesting.. :P

Bye for now.

Back home and needing help

Yo

I'm finally back from Sardinia. Not that I'm particularly excited about that, but still now I'm back home with lots of work to do. Firstly, I emailed Kristina Horner (italktosnakes on youtube) asking her whether she was interested to answer some questions related to The Parselmouths and Harry Potter as a sort of "interview", in order to put it up on a fan site and here, on my blog. I've been trying to contact the-leaky-cauldron.org to see if they'd be interested in putting it up in the next edition of The Quibbler, but I am yet to receive a reply. As I don't know how else to contact Melissa or any other member of the site; does anyone know how to help me here?

  I'd really appreciate any help I can get. Even if I can get in touch with any other webmaster or mistress if another HP fan site. So yeah, it's a shout out to get some help here! If anyone reads this, please comment and answer!!

Thank you!!!

YoDifferent font for today. I'm in Sardinia and was with my friend Jenny till hours ago. She took the plane and went home. Now, I'm all alone waiting for my lazy ass to get off the couch and start packing to go home this evening. I doubt that will ever happen anyway. Overall it was a good holiday. Went to the beach..a LOT, shopped here and there, had good sea food and chilled. Now, that is what you come here for: a good old sea side holiday.

Song of the holiday: I'm on a Boat ft. T-Pain

Picture of the week:

 Quote for picture: "I'm the King of the world, on a boat like Leo..."

Ah yes, the good bumps on the boat. Good times Jen. I'm all alone at home now, so this is what I end up doing: writing a blog that nobody reads, enjoys or comments on. I understand why people usually as you to comment stuff. Because we need feedback and we need to know that there is someone out there who finds us interesting, to say something!

I'm a boring person. 

So make me interesting.

Peace. :P

Fighting a fear?

Alright, so here's something that has bothered me today. I am scared of open spaces or places like open water. This afternoon I went to the lake with a bunch of friends and I found myself facing one of my fears. My friends were all telling me to jump in because it was a lot of fun and the water was relatively clean and cool. I couldn't. I looked in, not knowing how deep it was or what was underneath whatever my eye could manage to see. To be honest, I did consider going in for a moment because it did look like a lot of fun and quite frankly, refreshing too. But no, I just couldn't bring myself round to it. All my friends were telling me it wasn't exactly "open water" because it was only the lake. Well, here's what I consider "open water": whatever is larger and deeper than the average swimming pool. 

  So, I have set my goal to Saturday, when I will be heading back to the beach with my friend Jenny and I am convinced I will manage to swim in that lake. Hopefully I won't panic or drown hehehe, but I will definitely write about it if it's a success. 

Sorry, I just had to get this out. 

Yeah.

See you.

Bye.

Bye.

Harry Potter truck, Milan

Where 

to start? Monday 29/06 was an amazing day. Firstly, it was my best friend's birthday and secondly, after a long long wait; I got to meet some of the people that take part in the thing I am biggest fan of: Harry Potter. 

 So, in Milan

 that evening there was the inauguration of the Harry Potter truck exhibition in the Piazza Duomo. Three actors were expected to attend: James and Oliver Phelps and Evanna Lynch who play Fred and George Weasley and Luna Lovegood, respectively. Luckily, my 2 friends and I got there in time. There was hardly anyone gathered around the truck as they started getting everything ready. We decided to 

stand there and keep our places in front row, just in case there would turn out to be a lot of people as expected.

  So we stood there, taking turns to jog off to the closest bar to buy a couple of bottles of cold water, as we stood in the square for 2 and a half hours under 35°C and sticky air in Milan. Time went by quite fast as we talked to eachother wondering what was going to happen and expressing how surreal the whole situation felt. Meanwhile, more fans started to gather around, asking us what was going on. The press started to show up and I took out my "Deathly Hallows" copy and that attracted the media's attention. My friends and I were interviewed and many pictures were taken with us and the book. 

  Then, the loud mumbling started as a couple of dark Mercedes pulled in at the side and people started clapping and screaming as Evanna Lynch and the Phelps twins got onto the red carpet. First, they stood infront of the cameras for a bit and got some pictures taken, then they moved onto signing some autographs. It was hectic. We were worried we might not get our books signed as Evanna walked towards us, but she signed every single book she could reach for! So, I thought I'd ask her if I could snap a picture with her and she agreed :).

Here's a video of when she approached us and signed my book. It happened at about 0:19

To watch it click here

 Then the Phelps twins walked over and they were so sweet and laid back as they took their time signing books and pieces of paper. If I'm not wrong, Oliver came first, followed by James and they both wrote "Happy Birthday" in my friend's book. They went along, signed mine as well and then I asked James if I could take a picture with him and with the most Fred-like, familiar voice he answered "Go for it".

Unfortunately, I had a bad aim..but at least I caught him in the pic

  

 They were both really kind and thanked us for coming. I think they felt a tad more at ease when they found 3 proper English speaking fans. It was really an amazing day and I think every minute of it was absolutely 100% worth it! I've got so many pictures, I couldn't possibly put them all up here hehehe The only thing that could possibly top that off, would be meeting the other members of the cast. So basically, what I want to say is: If this happens near you, don't miss the opportunity, because it really is worth your time!!

ari x