Off to the South for the Weekend

In about twelve hours I’ll be at Lilibeth’s house after a journey by train together with Jules and maybe a little sightseeing tour – I just don’t know where.

We’ve got an awfully stuffed program (it will be splendid, though) including museums, photo sessions, crafts, a picnic and long walks. Oh, and we’ll meet Noctua, too, an event I’m really looking forward to!

I would have loved to travel with my two old cardboard suitcases as my luggage, but I had to pack so many things that they simply were not the most sensible choice (my backpack is way easier to carry, too). Maybe for another journey.

Sadly I won’t manage to finish two sewing projects of mine before I’ll leave. But maybe I can convince Jules to another photo shoot when we come back and he’s visiting his prince charming here in Marburg next time.

Things I packed as I considered them essential for this journey of four days (of course I stuffed in some clothing and everyday needs, too):

• Hare: My stuffed animal of choice.
• Nightgown: Lilibeth made it for me as a birthday present last year, and we don’t have decent photos yet! Besides, I need something to sleep in.
• Secret Sewing Project: To be revealed when I’m home again.
• Pencils and drawing paper: Because I made up my mind to draw more.
• Toothbrush: Why, it’s essential.
• Old-fashioned badminton bats: To play a very lady-like game of badminton now and then.
• Laptop: To pre-write some posts.

So good-bye now, no posts until Sunday.

I hope you’ll all have a splendid weekend!

10 Things I love in April

Corset materials.

1. Pokémon. Definitely one of my guilty pleasures. It’s just another JRPG (I’m playing Platinum, just in case you’d ask), after all, and the designs can be so cute sometimes! My favourite is Chingling, by the way. I mean, it’s a little golden bell with red-and-white striped ribbons!
2. For You by Rie Fu. I discovered this song trough the end credits of an anime I was watching. I stopped that after the second episode or so, but kept the song. It makes me feel like sunshine, somehow.
   
3. Windowsill Gardens. I just got a glass sprouter jar from my mother and already made use of if. Also, I plan getting me some herbs. As one of my windows is blocked anyway as a rather big spider has decided to have her summer residence right there, it’s the perfect time for a little gardening there.
   
4. Machinarium. I recently finished A Vampyre Story (a review or even Porcelain Sunday will follow) and am now playing Machinarium which I borrowed highly recommended from Bambi. Here’s the trailer (only in German, sorry). The overall design could be described as dystopic or even a little bit steampunky. And that little robot is so incredibly cute!
   
5. Corsets. I’m sewing my first one at the moment! The thing is that at the moment it’s not the beautifully adorned velvet-silk-and-lace corsets that appeal to me but those made of linen and other sturdy fabrics with the look of actual underwear. The problem is that I wouldn’t wear those in public, though. Seems like I’ll have to sew at least two corsets, after all.
   
6. My new Knee Socks. I love knee socks. I prefer them to be rather simple, with no patterns except stripes and maybe Argyle. And even though I wasn’t able to find a white pair last week I ended up with three more pairs.
   
7. Making Lists. As mentioned in my last 10 Pleasures I’m going to travel quite a lot this year. I also have loads of projects and other ideas that keep haunting me if I don’t write them down at least. So, lists are something very comforting to me, and I’ve got them everywhere: On my laptop’s desktop, on my desk, in my note books and college blocks, I even keep a special folder for them on the PC!
   
8. Paper Thin Personas. A wonderful blog of a paper doll maker. She covers a fascinating array of styles, especially with her Marisole doll. My favourite sets so far deserve a blog post of their own, in the meantime you might guess them. :)
   
9. StupidFox. A creation by SilentReaper, StupidFox (pronounced as one word, indeed. Oh, and just browse her gallery, the folder isn’t complete!) is nothing less but the cutest rather dumb cartoon animal I’ve seen so far. These two are my favourites.
   
10. Cellophane Noodles. Scoundrel says they taste like paper or even nothing at all. I disagree.

Matching Monday – Hares ‘n Pastels

Today I celebrated spring by climbing up the old embankment dam at the weir and standing upon the sun-warmed stones, feet in streaming water, the song of a laughing river in my ears.

Usually I’m not too fond of pastels, but with today’s coordinate I ended up with some, and I think I might take a liking to at least some pastels, after all.

What’s in this outfit?

• Skirt: It’s Love Nadia from Bodyline which I just bought second-hand from a fellow German Lolita. I love the colour and the print, it has nearly mori-esque qualities. Also, the colours allow to wear it with things that pass as Steampunk very well.
• Blouse: I wanted something romantic and somewhat historically inspired for the coord to prevent it from becoming too sweet instead of classic. Something very light with long but still fluffy sleeves might be a good alternative to the blouse shown, too.
• Shoes: Granny boots once again. The colours both appear in the skirt’s print and emphasize the classic aspect again.
• Bag: Well, more of a portmonnaie, but I’m sure it would make a great bag if sewn in a larger scale. As it’s Eastertide I wanted either lambs or hares as a theme in the coord. I couldn’t find too many things decorated with lambs, so I ended up with hares, but the leather bunny could surely be replaced with a stuffed animal lamb purse, too.
• Jewelery: Here we’ve got two hares (well, one rabbit and one hare, actually) and a pair of mushrooms. The hares are somewhat self-explanatory at this time of year, and I thought the locket with the white rabbit’s silhouette would add a nice touch to the tightrope walk between classic and sweet. And… well, I know it’s not really the time for mushrooms yet, but they matched the print of the skirt so well! There’s a little red in it, and the forest theme… well, now there are some mushrooms. We’re all grown up and can deal with that, I think. ;)
• Shawl: It still can get cold within minutes now in April. This one is a very refined one, silky to the touch. Cute and ladylike shawls don’t have to be expensive and can be found in every shopping street and mall in nearly every colour and an astounding array of patterns.
• Headwear: I went for a crocheted headband matching the print’s colours again. It also has a touch of mori girl to it and de-stiffens the outfit a little. The off-white roses are optional, but I just love, love, love flowers to be worn in one’s hair!

So, that’s it for today. Just this morning I had the idea to try my luck on making some egg-shaped charms, but then I had so much else to do that I completely forgot it. Maybe I’ll craft some tomorrow, even though Eastertide is over then. Eggs are great symbols at this time of the year – any time of the year! – anyway.

Porcelain Sunday – Happy Easter!

Originally I wanted to post my re-written Porcelain Sunday themed of Sucker Punch from last week today, but I completely forgot that this Sunday was Easter Sunday! Well, this might have made a great preparations post, too, but it’s to late now.

It’s a little difficult to write a Porcelain Sunday about Easter, so I’ll just list some things that might be inspiring for you. So, what I love about Easter:

• Egg hunting. One of my favourite traditions ever! I even wanted to hunt for my Christmas presents, it was just so much more fun! My grandmother used to hide several smaller and one larger nest in the garden, the latter one not only with hard-boiled eggs or sweets but a little gift of some sort. I remember one time when I was still in primary school when I spent the Easter holidays in Italy with my father and some friends of his together with their children. We had an egg hunt and one of my teeth was loose and I lost it in a half-melted chocolate egg…
• Ēostre. We don’t know if there ever was a goddess named Ēostre (Ostara in German) or not, but I personally like the thought. Laugh at me, but the thought of a spring deity as a symbol for the rebirth of nature, accompanied by hares, comforts me. Besides, I like her name, made up or not.
• Egg decorating. We always did thins a week before the actual holidays, most of the time my cousins, my grandmother and I. My grandmother also has a quite large collection of easter eggs, painted by herself, the women of her family, her best friend or me, decopatched on with silk paper by my mother (quite Waldorf), adorned with ribbons, batiked, bought on crafting bazaars, everything. If I knew not that I’ll most probably some times in the next ten years, I’d start my collection right away. There’s a method to boil an egg in vegetable or tree dyes while a flower or leaf is fixed on the shell that I really want to try next year.
  Also, think of Fabergé eggs, which are the most Loli-able (and sometimes Steampunk) kind of easter eggs ever, come to think of it.
  
• Cake. Another thing that belonged to my family’s Easter celebration was cake in the shape of a little lamb, mostly simple pound cake. I prefer dry ones on Easter, like marble cake, they’re easier to take outside with you for a picnic.
  
• Discworld Tradition: Soul Cake Day. The Soul Cake Duck the Discworld version of our Easter Bunny and I even bought a duck-shaped cookie-cutter yesterday.
• Bonfires. I love bonfires. Being raised by a very spiritual, nature-bound mother may have caused this, but maybe it’s only the urge to feel alive just like my ancestors did when they sat at the whispering flames, telling tales of great deeds and feasting on the prey of the last hunt. You see, archeology soaked it’s way deep into my mind. It’s also a good way to get rid of bad thoughts or dreams or set your wishes free into the night sky, just like on Yultide or New Year’s Eve. Write down what bothers you on a piece of paper and burn it.
  
• Greeting the awakening of the new-born nature. Easter is a great opportunity to celebrate every new leaf and every flower you meet. In many families it’s traditional to take a biking tour on Easter Sunday (in my family it’s rather on the 1st of May), but a stroll in the park or countryside will do as well. A picnic might be perfect, even if you go all on your own!
  
• Hares and Lambs. I love both as symbols and animals alike. Hares stand for fertility, joy of life and even some kind of aggression (ever saw a hare fight?). Lambs are something worth of protecting, sweet but curious (leaving out the religious part). They both make adorable motifs for dresses or skirts or t-shirts as well.

That’s what I love most about Eastertide. What’s your favourite part of the holidays, if you celebrate them, anyway?

Skirts and Books – What I made

Of course, as it was a swap, I made something, too.

First, the skirt swap.

The demands were fir green, silver and black in colours, a dislike for patterns but love for butterflies and in style something between Alice in Wonderland, military and Steampunk. The girl I was fairy godmother to also wanted the skirt to end above her knees and told me that Lolita didn’t suit her. This is what I came up with:

The elfin one was so nice to model for me.

And here are the details:

(photo not by me but by Schiriki who got the skirt)

clock embroidery

And the accessoires I made, too:

The clock-alike thing is a hair clip.

At the book swap, I decided to make something matching to Rumo and His Miraculous Adventures, one of the books that were given as favourites of Ravna, the girl I was a fairy godmother to in this case.

She also had given black as her favourite colour, maybe with red accents, and a liking for second-hand fabric and some sort of grunge in the design – not too perfect, after all – too. Plus, she wished for a sweat jacket, something I never made before. But I like a good challenge and so I went to the thrift store and got some old sweatshirts and this is what I made of them:

Front with open collar

Front with collar closed

The hero of the book, Rumo, is named after a Zamonian card game, hence the card inlays. I like the grungy effect on the symbols.

Hearts

Spades

Diamonds

Clubs (my favourite)

Collar detail

Collar with label

Back

In the first part of the book Rumo is also in search of a “silver ribbon” which actually leads him to “his” girl. Well, anyway, I had lots of fun painting the ribbon:

Ravna also collects fairy tale books. When I found the Anderson book at the book store across the street, I instantly thought of her! Also, I usually pack something sweet into the swap boxes, but Ravna had written before that she didn’t like sweets so much and preferred tea.

All pictures were taken in our front yard, the light and scenery were  just perfect.

The parcel arrived and Ravna was really happy with her sweat jacket. She even allowed me to use her pictures for the blog. I’m so glad it fits!

I must confess that this jacket was he most difficult piece I made for a swap as yet. At the moment I’m in a pirate themed swap until May, but after that I’ll need somewhat of a hiatus from swapping. There are so many things I want to sew for myself, after all!

Skirts and Books – What I got

I already told you that I was taking part in two swaps during the last month, one about skirts and one about favourite books, that is.

First, the book swap. I’d given Anne of Green Gables, The Mice of Brambly Hedge, Going Postal, Northanger Abbey, A Little Princess, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Secret Garden and Awful End as favourite books to draw inspiration from. My fairy godmother decided to go for Brambly Hedge, and here’s what I got:

The main piece, a lovely tunic

The front print

For those of you who don’t know the books, this is one of the mouse homes built into an old tree. I love Jill Barklem’s detailed illustrations, maybe that’s worth a Porclain Sunday, too.

It's a brooch! And it reminds me of Anne of Green Gables very much.

I even got two Beatrix Potter books my fairy godmother found at chance at a thrift store! I love those books since one of my father’s pupils gave me Peter Rabbit as a Christmas present.

Last but not least a pearl pendant that will perfectly match the jewelery I’m planning to make.

And now for the skirt swap. Here my wonderful fairy godmother (a different one, of course) sent me this:

It’s a steampunk dragonfly corduroy skirt! The picture was kindly taken by Jules who visited his prince charming here in Marburg just when the swap presents arrived and stopped by at our home. The next one was shot by him, too.

I guess I should send it to my grandparents…

The details are awesome!

Dragonfly embroidery

Button.

Even the lace's got dragonflies!

 I also got some great accessoires here:

Another brooch...

... and hair pins

I hope I didn’t forget anything… Anyway, I was incredibly happy when I got the parcels and those swaps were two of the best I’ve had yet. Thank you!

Back Home for The Weekend

Actually, back at my mother’s home. The weekend started with quite an adventure when I happened to take the wrong train on Thursday evening and nearly went to Heidelberg! As much as this is my destination for the weekend after next, I was not so amused and got off the traing as soon as I noticed (which was two stations before Heidelberg, actually). I was so glad to come home after this (about two hours later than planned…)!

On Friday I went shopping for fabric together with Jules at one of the biggest open-for-public fabric stores in Germany. I sadly didn’t find the fabric I want for a planned dress, but instead the fabric I imagined for the pirate swap I’m in at the moment (it’s very cliché) and a green cotton I originally wanted to order via aethernet. Plus, some sequins border for the aforementioned dress, and five really pretty buttons of which I don’t know what to do with yet.

Aren't they great?

After we were back in town (fabric store is set in the periphery) we went to the mall, as it’s some kind of very girly tradition of ours. I wanted a new straw hat ’cause my old one isn’t that pretty anymore and going to fall prey to my project frenzy soon, anyway, but wasn’t able to find something flattering, so I’ll have to rely on Marburg for that.

Instead I ended up with 400 champagne-coloured faux pearls from the deco store, a small pouch for ma camera or such which I mainly wanted because of the cute, steampunk-esque motif of dancing mice on a gramophone and finally a t-shirt with something that looks like a cuter version of a skelanimal rabbit (even my grandmother thought it cute!) which will be perfect for the take on Punk Loli I’m planning.

Saturday I spent mainly playing A Vampyre Story (and finished it, too. Part two, here I come!), and in between game sessions went to the museum at Johannisburg Castle together with my mother. They had a small exhibition about celtic artefacts found in the local area, but I spent most of the time there taking pictures of the wonderful re-arranged princely rooms stuffed with the most exquisite furniture from ca. 1800 (which might qualify for a post of its own).

After a bath (with real light! Yay!) and breakfast with my mother I drove back on Sunday or better was brought back to Marburg which was quite necessary as I brought some things with me from my old room. And by now I’ve got two new book shelves! But I’ll save them for another post, I think.

Coming close to the end of this post I wanted to apologize for the lack of updates lately. I was so buried in projects and the beginning of the new semester that I had no time (and sometimes nerves, too) left to write much. I hope that it’ll change to better now. I still have projects galore but am eager to document them as well as finally fulfill some of my Daring Deeds!

So, you’re going to hear from me!

No Porcelain Sunday Today, Sorry

I had the Porcelain Sunday for today nearly ready five minutes ago, but then my browser crashed and the whole post was gone even though I’d pressed the save button before. I’m really tired by now and don’t have any energy to write two posts tomorrow when I’ve got three hours of free time between my last university course and training after which I’ll fall down dead into my bed.

Sorry.

Matching Monday – Avonlea Girls

As I confessed yesterday I’m highly influenced by the Anne of Green Gables mini series here. But anyway, I tried to stick to my own imagination, too. The outfits today are more like something I can imagine the characters would wear if they lived today, but still inspired by the 19th century.

So, let’s start with our heroine!

The outfit turned out completely different to what I had imagined before. But anyway, I like how it came out, except of one detail that could be better, but I wasn’t able to find the right thing, so I’m perfectly fine with what we have here. So, here are the parts of the coord:

Jumperskirt: The thing that bugs me, actually. Originally I wanted a pinafore or something similar, more in the direction of Natural Kei than Lolita, and definitely more country. But I ended up with this, and actually I like it. It’s Antique Books from Innocent world, one of the brands that I adore most. The motif is just perfect for dreamy Anne who always has her nose in a book – even when not reading!

Blouse: I wanted something more country-like, and the blouse reminded me extremely of Marilla’s clothes from the pictures. The colour also gives a hint of the lush meadows that surround Avonlea and even Green Gables itself.

Socks and Wristcuffs: The wristcuffs looked so lady-like and playful and romantic that I instantly thought them right for the outfit. The socks were the only pair that matched in colour, but if it was completely up to me I’d rather choose some knitted ones with an elaborate, fine pattern. But those do, as well. Just nothing too fragile, it wouldn’t match Anne’s country life with feeding chicken and milking cows and endless roamings in the woods of Prince Edward Island.

Necklace: Representing the string of pearls Anne receives as a gift from her adoptive father figure Matthew Cuthbert I chose something with a ribbon, not too refined but rather something a young girl would wear even if she lived not in a great mansion in the city but on a wonderful homestead in the country, rather not for opera but smaller society events in the hotel nearby (but still some miles away).

Hat: When we first encounter Anne she wears an old sailor straw hat. It’s replaced later by Marilla, but ever since then, Anne is connected to that hat in my mind. Well, anime and live action series might have done their share… I decided not to go for the usual and simple model but something that reminds one a little bit of a bonnet (actually I tried on one of this kind yesterday and I think I need a new straw hat anyway…) to recapture the “Victorian” feeling and add a more mature and with this somehow more modern touch to it.

Bag: I thought some kind of basket would be nice, to emphasize the country influence once again. This special bag strongly reminded me of a fishing basket I once hat (and which was only used for the transport of my rabbit and guinea pigs). Also, it resembles a school satchel a little bit, to get to the “nose in a book” thing once again. Plus, it’s green again!

Boots: Here it all comes together, the colours, the feeling, the flowers. I spied these boots and instantly fell in love. Anne is mentioned to wear heavy, dusty, old working boots, even with copper toes, so there was no way I could give this coord something fragile or fashionable, but the print adds such a wonderful, fairy-tale-like touch that I didn’t even hesitate. For me, these boots are the secret “stars” of the outfit.

As for the second outfit today we’ll have a look on Anne’s “bosom friend” Diana Barry. She’s described as a very refined and to some extend sophisticated young lady, sweet and amiable.

Here we go:

Dress: Another favourite brand of mine, Mary Magdalene. I wanted something more delicate for Diana, so I took something slightly tinted between beige and rosé. The design of the dress pretty much matches the time in which the story is set, and if I recall this correctly, Diana even wears a rose-coloured dress at her and Anne’s first ball in the TV series.

Bag: Again, it’s a satchel. I imagine it could be a lady’s handbag when it grows up, so I tought it quite fitting for Diana. It’s less country-esque than my choice for Anne but Diana never showed that devotion to nature like her friend did, so a pretty leather school bag (or something inspired by one) would be much better.

Jewelery: The velvet ribbon actually is a wristband, but I’d rather see it as a choker. The amethysts could also be in Anne’s coord if one recalls the plot around Marilla’s brooch, but they were so flattering for Diana. I always think of her smiling and radiant and somehow glowing from within, with red cheeks and dark eyes, and amethysts are very becoming for this kind of young lady.

Hats: I just couldn’t decide, so I took two. The first one is a mint-coloured bonnet by Innocent World, representing the younger Diana Barry. Bonnets always remind me of the countryside and the artwork of Holly Hobbie. The second hat is pretty much the same as Anne’s, only in another colourway, standing for the older Diana as it seems more toned down and less playful, but very lady-like.

Shoes: Same here, I couldn’t leave out one pair. The light-green, flat mary janes are perfect to go with the bonnet, the brown granny boots are a great addition to the straw cap and let it seem even more mature and refined. Too late by the way I noticed that this coord lacked stockings, so please just try to imagine some pretty knitted ones, maybe with the same fine pattern as Anne’s. They’re probably off-white.

And here I leave you for today, this time without any further advice than to read those books and watch the series. Good night!

Porcelain Sunday – Anne of Green Gables

“I feel… as if… somebody… had handed me… the moon.. and I didn’t know… exactly… what to do… with it.”

The bad thing with weekly features is that one can’t just write what comes to mind, or I’d tell you the next fairytale of my stroll at the riverbanks instantly. But as we omitted the features last week, we can’t do this again! And so I’ll give you the Porcelain Sunday I’d planned for two weeks ago.

As at the end of march finally my books arrived, I had to make this Porcelain Sunday all about Anne of Green Gables!

 

My beloved and well-worn copy of the first volume.

I ordered Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island and Anne of Windy Poplars back in February, and they arrived exactly in turned order.

Aren't these copies pretty?

 

For those of you who don’t know Anne Shirley yet, here’s a little summary of the story:

Anne is a very imaginative orphan who – after being “handed down” several times – gets to live with Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert, elderly siblings who own Green Gables, a house with some farmland on Prince Edward Island, Canada. We accompany her when she gets to know her best friend Diana Barra and encounters a nemesis in form of Gilbert Blythe (well, at first, that is) and later get to see her becoming a teacher, authoress and by no means less spirited young woman of the late 19th century than she was a girl.

I loved Anne from the very first moment when I discovered the mini TV series about her. I had seen the book before on a sunny afternoon I had spent in the library of the school where my father teaches, when I had finished the tea the wonderful librarian had given me, but when I took more interest in the book I had to go, sadly.
Actually this is one of the few books of which I first saw an adaption before reading the book, but I wasn’t disappointed at all when I finally got my hands on the original text.

But I dare say, after reading Anne of Avonlea I was rather disappointed. All that talk about A.V.I.S. was so utterly boring and definitely had no scope for imagination! And Davy – who in my opinion is nothing but an overly spoiled brat -,well I was glad they left him out of the TV adaption (and I’ve got some pity for his twin Dora, she’ll have such mental issues later when she’ll come to know that everybody just loved her good-for-nothing brother and didn’t like her! It’s completely irresponsible and not very nice and pretty unfair of Anne to repeat every now and then that she likes Davy better. We read it when she said it first, so no need to rub it in! Excuse my language.). But Anne made up for it a little bit with her acquaintance with Miss Lavendar Lewis and the dreaming of Hester Gray. After all the second book left me with a weird feeling and had not the incredible magic of the first one. But:

“[...] isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?”

I really was looking forward for Anne of the Island where she attends Redmond College – maybe her imagination and spirit would come back. It did, and at the moment I’m reading Anne of Windy Poplars with great pleasure (albeit I think that the change to an epistolary novel was quite unnecessary). But now – for the inspiration – I’ll concentrate on my much-beloved Anne of Green Gables.

The book is so full of inspiration that I don’t even quite know where to start! I guess the most important message is the “scope for imagination” that Anne embraces constantly, and to imagine. Just like Princess Sara who pretends to be a princess, Anne spices up her everyday life – sometimes up to a unhealty extend, as we learn from the haunted wood episode – and even gets herself a second persona, not so different from a roleplay character: Lady Cordelia Fitzgerald.

“There’s such a lot of different Annes in me. I think that is why I’m such a troublesome person. If I was just the one Anne it would be ever so much more comfortable, but then it wouldn’t be half so interesting.”

Not even to mentions that she renames nearly every place and thing that she comes to love to make it sound more like a fairy tale. We definitely should take her as a role model in this concern because wouldn’t it be nicer to live at a wonderful place like the Lake of Shining Waters than plain old Barry’s Pond? And that’s only one example.

As for appearance, Anne desires nothing more than to have a rose-leaf complexion, velvety violet eyes and raven-black hair and to wear puff sleeves. Sometimes her dresses are described, but the real beauty of this heroine lies in her dreamy eyes and interesting face, so there are no real significant looks that originate from the book itself. The movie in exchange provides us with simple yet most beautiful dresses from the end of the 19th century datable through the mentioning of Queen Victoria still being alive somewhere in the first book and the fact that all of her sons are old enough to go to war in 1914 with her being married in her early to mid-twenties.

Instead of plastering this post with screenshots from the mini series of Anne of Green Gables and Anne of Green Gables – The Sequel, I’d rather recommend to watch it yourself to get acquainted to the look. There may also be some editions of the books with illustrations, but I personally think that the movies couldn’t have cast better with the actors than they did, and the whole surroundings are utterly perfect (I only advise against watching Anne of Green Gables – The Continuing Story as it has nothing to do with anything ever written my L. M. Montgomery). They made a new series lately, but I admit that I’ve only seen screen caps of it by now. There’s an anime series, as well, which is quite nice, too, at least as far as I’ve seen it. But in my opinion, the most inspiring is the 1985 version.

And with that opinion of mine I’ll leave you for today to go to bed – tomorrow will be my first day at university since last summer! I’m really excited and think it’ll be a splendid adventure.

Good night!