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Mar. 3rd, 2008 @ 12:17 am (no subject)
Current Location: my room in Rome
Current Mood: curious
Now that I quit slams I want to try and update here more often, and be more active on LJ in general, so I will get a chance to keep in touch with all my friends from the slamworld :)So...what can I tell you? Let's try to sum up my last months...
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serena
Feb. 25th, 2008 @ 07:26 pm I quit
Hey there girls!
this is an official announcement...and it feels so weird...I think I am going to give up on slams for good. I have a part-time job at the moment and this new hobby (knitting) and a big pile of slams to sign that is growing and growing...and in 2 weeks my contract will end so I will look for a new job, full-time this time ;) so I am afraid that less free-time will mean even less time for my hobbies...and since knitting makes me feel better than slamming I decided to give up on the latter. I know it is weird, but it is what I feel at the moment. 
I will send swaps to the people I owe one, and then I will write here again to offer all the extras. And of course I want to keep in touch here and hope you will let me stay in your friend list anyway :) and who knows, maybe I'll come back one day!

PS I will keep on swapping slams in Italian, but in smaller amounts
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Dec. 8th, 2007 @ 01:05 am (no subject)
 
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Aug. 12th, 2007 @ 02:48 pm All my full slams!
Current Location: Latina, at my mom's
Current Mood: sleepy


Here I am with all the full slams I got back over the years! They are taking too much room and my mom keeps complaining so I am gonna keep only the fatslams and some ooooold ones (from 1993-4, when I started swapping heavy!)



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Aug. 3rd, 2007 @ 12:47 am slam break

it's my turn to go on a slam-break :(
My thesis is taking up most of my time and I have a pile of slams that I feel it's not fair to keep here.
So if you are my swappers and owe me a swap, please do not send me anything till you'll read that I graduated (that should happen in December). I am all caught up so there shouldn't be swappers of mine waiting for swaps out there.
I'd need to put all the slams I have into circulation...so if anyone wants some extra slams...you are very welcome to ask :) Let me know how much you can take!
(No, Lilith ;) you are already on 90% of slams I have hee hee! But I'd like to send you those few slams I have without you in, if you want :))

X-posted in SlamConnection and my own lj

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Jul. 19th, 2007 @ 12:28 pm Heeeelp ;)
Ok, so I am in the final phase of my thesis and need some ljs to examine :) It will be a linguistic comment...so I will see how sentences are structured, how metaphores are used, how slang or colloquial expression are used etc etc etc
I need both  ljs from English mothertongues, and  from people whose mothertongue is not English 
if you wish so I will not name your lj-url so nobody will be able to get to your lj. But anyway my thesis will not be published so it will just remain in the university archives
I'd be very grateful if you would accept to help me ..and I need an American and an Australian mothertongue who update often, to examine their ljs too...I have none in my f-list :( so if you have any friends with those characteristics please please instroduce them to me :)
thanks SO much!

PS I already asked this to a couple of  you and then I thought to write this post instead of many single requests :)
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Jun. 4th, 2007 @ 06:43 pm my thesis!
Current Location: my room
Current Mood: productive
I am going to write my (master)graduation thesis on livejournal! hee hee!
I found this great  teacher that  mainly asks her students to study/research on linguistics aspects of the internet etc (chatrooms, webpages, mailing lists) and when I proposed to examine the linguistic aspect of blogs she said it was a perfect topic nobody examined before! :) so I chose lj! I am so excited, usually a thesis is the last and most boring step of graduating, but I am totally thrilled :) She also told me I must finish within december since she's getting a sabbatical year in 2008. So yay, I will surely finish University (finally and eventually!) within 2007!  I am happy! 
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Jan. 8th, 2007 @ 05:33 pm (no subject)

I am breaking this long silence to thank

[info]fairytale_80

 for he great cathat that she made for me...doesn't it look great? :D
Thanks so much Satu :) a surprise will be sent back to you soon :D

 



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Sep. 22nd, 2006 @ 02:19 am (no subject)
*ahem* I feel a bit guilty coming here after such a long silence and basically asking you a favour...but ok, I'll explain :)
As you might know I decided to keep on studying after the 1st-level university degree and joined the specialization courses. There was a mistake so I was first told I had to do 10 exams and took it easy. After a year I was called by the boss of my course who was so sorry and ashamed to let me know that they gave me wrong info and the exams I really had to do were 30. I was shocked! But I had already paid 2 years of university (2700€) and done 7 exams so I didn't want to lose money and exams by leaving everything. So...if in the 1st year (that was actually  half a year, as I graduated  in december and joined university in mid-march) I did 7 exams...in this 2nd year I managed to so something impossible and passed 19 exams. Now only 4 are missing but I feel totally drained, out of energy , tired. But my goal is so  near that I can't quit now. So...that's basically why I am so silent here and in all other online communities and also why I dropped many of my swappers and became a slow replier with my remaining ones :(
So, one of the things I play with at the end of the day is this fun site I have come across. Basically they give you one free match for each game per day. You can earn virtual money by simply playing. For example in one month I earned 7 bubz(that's the name of the virtual money) and I am close to requesting a free gift. (and I really want the bunny stuffed animal!) You may be suspicious but no, you really don' t have to pay anything. They earn with people who love their games so much and decide that one match per day is not enough. Those people can buy matches for all the games. But if you decide you'll never give them money you can play your free matches every day and collect bubz so you can ask for gifts in the long run. 
If this made you curious and you want to join please do it following this link, so you will become one of my friends :) prettyprettyplease :)
http://it.prizee.com/?refer=Serena1977
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May. 30th, 2006 @ 02:00 am (no subject)
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May. 6th, 2006 @ 10:37 pm (no subject)
I't been a long time since I last updated but I thought to drop in here and leave a picture I took about one hour ago with the outfit I decided to wear for my cousin's wedding in late May. The dress is quite vintage :) and the little bag is so funny. It's a part of the family I don't meet nor like so I don't care about being super posh (like most of them will be ) and decided to be comfy instead! What do you think?

pic )
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Dec. 31st, 2005 @ 03:10 pm Seen around, I wanted to do it too
Current Mood: ditzy

What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before?
I ate sushi ;)

Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I never make resolutions as I know I'll never keep them.


Did anyone close to you give birth?
some swappers or yahoogroups-friends did :D


Did anyone close to you die?
no


What countries did you visit?
Iceland and UK


What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?
I'd like to be able to finally get to my target weight


What dates from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
no special dates


What was your biggest achievement of the year?
passing 8 exams in University, 7 of them with the very best mark :) and one with a good mark anyway


What was your biggest failure?
gaining back some weight, after losing so much in 2004


Did you suffer illness or injury?
No


What was the best thing you bought?
nothing important


Whose behavior merited celebration?
My boyfriend's, we grew closer


Whose behavior made you appalled?
My family's :S


Where did most of your money go?
university taxes and books


What did you get really, really, really excited about?
my trip in Iceland, London and Venice :D


What songs will always remind you of 2004?
I can't think of any.


Compared to this time last year, are you:
- i. happier or sadder?
the same I'd say

- ii. thinner or fatter?
2-3kgs fatter

- iii. richer or poorer?
Poorer


What do you wish you'd done more of?
dieting


What do you wish you'd done less of?
worrying


How will you be spending Christmas?
I spent it with my family in Latina


Who did you spend the most time on the phone with?
My boyfriend definitely :D


What LJ users did you meet for the first time?
I met   [info]hannakj and [info]deliolith ( and [info]supermanu too, but it wasn't the 1st time :))</span>


How many one-night stands?
None.


What was your favorite TV program?
Desperate Housewives and 7th Heaven


Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
No


What was the best book you read?
Les liaisons dangereuses


What was your greatest musical discovery?
None


What did you want and get?
A microwave ;)


What did you want and not get?
Being slim


What was your favorite film of this year?
Howl's Moving Castle


What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 28. Spent the morning walking through Rome with Patrizia and had lunch downtown with her. Then I spent the afternoon at the mall with Daniele and had dinner and spent the night with him


What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
getting to my target weight


How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2004?
personal, casual, simple


What kept you sane?
Therapy!


Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Joshua Jackson ^__^


What political issue stirred you the most?
None


Who did you miss?
nobody


Who was the best new person you met?
Many new friends in university.


Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2004.
That I can count on myself


Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
None

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serena
Dec. 28th, 2005 @ 07:32 pm Oops I did it :)
Current Mood: amused

My hair was too blond after so many years so I finally decided to dye it back to its original color :)

I was a bit afraid I admit, but I also have to admit that I like the result :)

 

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serena
Dec. 22nd, 2005 @ 12:28 pm Merry Christmas!
Current Mood: peaceful
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Nov. 21st, 2005 @ 04:31 pm (no subject)
Current Mood: calm

Tagged by [info]eksimo:

(wow, Tiina you managed to make me write in here after soo long ;))


Name 5 of life's simple pleasures that you like most, then pick 5 people to do the same. Try to be original and creative and not to use things that someone else has already used.

  1. Coming back home and finding my bunnies waiting for me, both sleeping, it's soo cosy!
  2. Wearing contact-lenses once in a while and enjoying watching the world without frames ;)
  3. My grandma's cooking :P
  4. Staying in when there's a thunderstorm outside and enjoying its noise
  5. Being hugged

I won't tag anyone ;) so you want to do it feel free to do so

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Nov. 3rd, 2005 @ 08:02 pm Hair dilemma
Current Mood: confused

Hair dilemma click here to see )

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serena
Oct. 14th, 2005 @ 11:47 pm ICR help!
Current Mood: sleepy
in the past month I have returned more than 40 full slams to people who are not my swappers. This weighted a bit on my monthly budget but that's ok, that's part of the game.
But now I have a problem...going through my box of slams I found 21 more slams in which I am the one-before-last. I didn't return them because there's honestly room for one more person after me in all of them. And I passed the ones I didn't like, where I didn't like the theme etc. They were more than 30 in the beginning and my swappers might have noticed that lately in every swap I send I am enclosing one slam that will need to be returned. But I still have this big bunch so I thought to put a list of the owners here to see if anyone can help return them. I don't have all my swappers' icr lists so maybe some of my swappers can help return? and some of you here are not my swappers but are swappers of my swappers and maybe can help return?
Here is the list :)

Kiersten Kabelman USA
Mervi Hautala Finland
Hazel Clulow UK
Sharon Wood Australia
Morna, The Netherlands
Sharyn Maas Australia
Janet Joyce USA
Audrey Aldrich USA
Tiina Nyyssonen Finland (this has room for 1 or 2 more people)
Romina Xerri Malta
Desirée Kohler The Netherlands
Lisa Hunter USA
Bernice E. Stenhaug USA
Marjon Holland
Anna Germany
Tara Nelson USA
Eda Toomsalu Estonia
Lisa Sabo Canada
Nicole Lenz USA
Angelika Rohrbein Germany
Tracey Allen New Zealand

I repeat, all these slams are NOT full slams I should return, they are slams I signed and there's still room for one person only after me. As I always try never to send more than one slams-to-be-returned to my swappers I am now overwhelmed by all these almost-full slams.
I hope the ICR-net will work :D
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Oct. 1st, 2005 @ 04:49 am (no subject)
Current Mood: confused
I've been a horrible member of the lj community lately, not replying to comments and posts. I want to try to get back into track. There are a couple of reasons behind my silence. First, I am studying for a quite hard exam. The teacher is said to be one of the strictest ever, and to be even stricter with students who didn't attend her lessons. But since I have to do 5 exams in every session (february, july and october) and there are only 2 semesters (october-january and march-june)and it's already a challenge to attend 5 different lessons twice a week, meaning that I had to be in uni from monday morning to saturday morning, this means a student can potentially attend 10 classes and do 10 exams this way (students who attended the classes have big advantages during the exam, less books to study and the opportunity to start talking with the topic they prefer). But, as I couldn't attend any class in summer, fo the october session I will be forced to do exams for which I have studied alone without attending classes. And I am so very nervous about it.
Also therapy has totally upset my life. Apparently I tend to be in control of everything and this makes me feel safe. That's how I could lose 22kilos in 5 months. But then I break down and feel totally lost, and that's how I felt in the past months, and what lead me to seeking help through therapy. So my homework for the past week was overcoming, as my therapist called it, my omnipotence delirium. I have to understand I can't be in control of everything. I can make mistakes, I can eat normally without feelign guilty or withour starving myself to lose lots of weight, I must understand people will love me even if I am not perfect. Yes, that's another one of my problems. I have very few friends, and that's because I attach so big importance to friendship that I live it with anxiety. Inside myself I feel that if I am not perfect they will stop loving me. I have to understand that they are my friends because they are people capable of friendship and love, and they love me for what I am, and I am human. And this goes also for my boyfriend. I am always scared he might stop loving me if I do something wrong. I must learn that he loves me because he is a person capable of love. Period. It does not depend on me. Believe me, this is not easy at all. It's damn hard actually. But I am on my way.
So, this is my update, now you know why I was so silent. I was both studying and being introspective
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Sep. 6th, 2005 @ 11:30 pm (no subject)
Current Mood: restless
So I took this big big step and started therapy yesterday :)
The psychologist is just so sweet and I feel I can totally trust her. She recognized I have quite many problems, from BED to lack of self-love and warned me this will be a long long way in which I will have to reconsider all the things I think of myself and the way in which I have approached myself and life and others through all my life. But I feel I want to do this, I have been feeling not at ease all over my life and always known that I needed help. I feel that she might be the right person to help me. This will cost me 100€ per month so I will have to save a bit or maybe find a way to earn some cash (giving private lessons of English and French, for example). She works together with a team of other specialists so on thursday I will meet the psychiatrist and next week I will meet the nutritionist. They will work on me altogether to let me slowly get to a normal relationship with food which I remember never having, as my compulsive overeating started when I was 7-8, and will help me believing in myself and respect myself. The psychologist talked very openly to me and it was quite painful as she said some evident truth that I always tried to hide but she seemed to read through me. I have been thinking about her words ever since we met yesterday and my brain is working non stop. I guess I took the right fist step. Now let's transform it into a loong loong path :)
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Sep. 2nd, 2005 @ 10:38 pm taken from sanneliam
I'm trying to get all my Livejournal friends' locations plotted on a map - please add your location starting with this form.
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(Then get your friends to!)
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