Proud, so proud. Feelings. And splendid things.

But first!

I was tagged by and since I haven't done such a thing for ages, here it is!

Her questions:

    1. Favorite sad song?

Oh my, too many to list! EVERY sad song by Queen.. Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word by Elton John.. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3nScN… … Jesus to a Child by George Michael www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulhoKu…

I am totally addicted to beautiful, sad songs.
 

    2. If you had a dragon what would you name it?
 
Umm..eehh..ermm…Freddie!


    3. What is the worst place you have ever been?

The deepest inside of my mind.
That was awful.
 

    4. What was the last song you listened to?
 
Elton John – Crocodile Rock ! (laaaaaaa, la la la la )
 

    5. Who is your favorite historical figure?
 
I don't think I know that much about any historical figure to call it my favourite one. History is not my best side.
But I do like the Romanov family thanks to ajhistoric2's and historicalgirl's wonderful pictures!
 

    6. If you could go back in time for a day, which day would it be?
 
Oooh.. I'm not sure.. but surely not any of the days I got to live on this planet.

    7. Who would be your ideal partner in a dance competition?
 
Ummmmmm…
 

 

 

    8. What is your favorite deviant art emoticon?


 
Its epic, undisturbed expression never fails to amaze me.
And many, many other ones! dA emotes ftw!
 

   9. Favorite plant/flower?
 
I love plants in general. Roses. Lilies. Dandelions.


  10. What is your favorite rock band?

I don't have one.
 
I love Queen. But favourite, my dear, is not ENOUGH to describe that.

 

 
 

My questions:

    1.      Have you ever kissed an animal?

    2.      How many languages can you speak and at which level?

    3.      What is your favourite place on the Earth? (or somewhere in the Universe, whatever you prefer )

    4.      Do you have any positive kind of addictions? (tell me what they are, of course )

    5.      Do you say "I love you" or "I love you, too" more often?

    6.      How much the dA community means in your life?

    7.      What's the weather like at your place right now?

    8.      What is your loveliest childhood memory?

    9.      Have you every found a four-leaf clover?

    10.    Are you happy?

 

If you like my questions enough to reply, just do.

 

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Summer.

Is that already summer ?

 Have we really gotten through the half of 2013?

I'm looking at the calendar, at the juicy red strawberries I have in my bowl.. and the answer is obvious. But still, I can't believe in it.

As well as I cannot believe, how wonderfully everything turned out for me! 

Just as I expected, many things have happened in June. Many wonderful things.. _{and many, many hard experiences.}

Time to share the good ones with you!


First: the lovely weather!

Beautiful weather is just so... beautiful. And there are many, many opportunities to spend your time outside.

Especially if you live close to so many rivers and forests, as I do! And such wonderful friends.



_{Me and some friends reflecting in the confectionery shops's window}


I love going to the riverside. Just look at these pictures.. no need to explain why.

There's no better way to spend your evening than floating on surface and filling your mind with nothing else than the nature's sounds. _{If there is, tell me about that wonderful thing.}



...

So yeah... on the 12th June 2013, I have finally seen and hugged one of those insanely beautiful creatures living in this world, ShyGirl04320. The last time we met was 22th December 2012. After that I moved home.

They (ShyGirl04320 and the rest of my old classmates ) came on a trip to Warsaw, so I took this chance and visited them at their hotel.

We talked, we laughed, she hugged me till my bones were aching. As much as I haven't (outwardly) changed at all, she's much taller than me now! And my classmates (I mean, boys )  have turned quite into males! _{I could feel that being hugged by them and feeling their prickly beards}

I've never been close friends with most of them, but it was nice just to walk by them.. listening to what they're talking about_{.. realize that's something else than sex, drugs and ...rock & roll... alcohol…} And to kinda come back to that "previous life" of mine. I've known some of them since I was 3. Being here at my current place the life in my hometown seems so blurred and totally faraway.

It was lovely, funny and moving, when I had to say good bye. It was amazing.

Another worth-remembering thing that happened..

Some of you probably know, that I was the lucky one to make the cover of my friend Daria's novel written for the "Write your own book" contest. But none of you actually knows, what a wonderful writer she is!

Sadly she couldn't come to the prize giving ceremony for some reason, but I went there to take her prize and diploma. Also, I wasn't very surprised to hear that she got the very first place! The judges were just bewitched by her writing skills, they kept saying that she should release it. People were waiting in a long queue just too have a look at her creation! I was so proud and happy for her, that I almost had tears in my eyes.

Inside, I was actually crying hard. With glowing, sparkling rainbows.



And, you know what? I got the honorable mention with my cover!

Daria's prizes were a huge Polish Love Poetry book (she loves such things ) and some other romance novel. Mine was also a romance book and ANOTHER pair of headphones. ) (I've received some lately in the other contest)

Now I'm simply bound to listen to music all the time.

And in fact that's great, because recently I have discovered my love not only for George Michael, but also for Elton John! Especially his early 1970s creations.







I am just so addicted to these perfectly balanced combinations of pure young sweetness and craze, some sentimental thoughts and a few deeper meanings. That kind of Music I enjoy the most.

Ah! I've added some more treasures to my wonderful cork board. Each of these items brings some wonderful memories to my head and makes me smile in a different way. See how it looks like right now!

 
    1.      A cute little charm I got from ShyGirl04320

    2.      Necklace from the awesome YourAverageQueenie !

    3.      A dream-catcher by the talented Fairy-of-the-valley

    4.      Some Indian bracelets who remind me of a very beautiful person

    5.      A wonderful "the eye of the prophet" bracelet I got from my best-kindergarten-friend after her visit in Turkey.

    6.      My owl bracelet (link) who also reminds me of someone insanely gorgeous!

    7.      A bracelet with my name by ShyGirl04320

    8.      The "Z" necklace you can also see in my ID! (link)

    9.      A little wooden ladybug I received as a good-bye gift from my most wonderful primary school Polish teacher.

    10.  The "Best Friend" bracelet, another gift from the lovely :devSkyGirl04320:

    11.  The wonderful Freddie drawing (no, it's NOT a photo! ) dedicated to me by PrinceSsCarmilla

Pola! My beautiful P O L A!

There's no Zel's journal without her, as well as there are no a day without me feeling the luckiest person ever to have her at my side!

While walking down the street, we pass people. Some of them have bright and happy faces, but most of them are worried and sad..

Seeing my Pola, they aren't anymore.

And some great news!  Not so great for these males who fell in love with her... _{And there are many, including my dad...}

She has a husband now!

And she won't give him away to anyone.

...

Oh my.

The 21st June was the longest day of this year.

And not only in the astronomical case. I finally got my long and nervously awaited exam results. When I saw my scores on the list, I just felt like someone threw a bag of stones off my back. That is really the best and only way to describe that feeling, understandable only if you experience something like this yourself.

I got the fabulous 100 % on my Polish, English and Maths! And a very decent amount of points in History and Science.

Yay. Yay! Just YAY!


Feeling so relieved, I could only go and have fun on my prom that night.

I did. Oh my, I really, really did.

This night was also exceptionally special because I didn't go alone.

There was no one else right at my side than the wonderful...

Freddie Mercury!

I made a necklace (or maybe: a Fredlace ) out of the earrings I got from Daria on my birthday. And wearing wonderully-fitting Fairy-of-the-valley's earrings I could also feel my little sister's presence.

Ah! And my dress!

The whole ceremony started off with a waltz and polonaise dance performed by some of my classmates. Then we sang.. I mean, tried to sing some moving, good-bye songs which turned a little bit into a lovely disaster. At least we didn't have to perform the cabaret part anymore.

And, just like I expected, I had to save some crying ladies' make-up from a complete destruction with my paper tissues (the only advantage of my chronic runny nose )

Then, the party started.

At first it was Daria who had to pull me off to the dance floor, but later I danced even more than her! I was actually quite surprised because I usually hate any kind of discos.. and so were my classmates! They were all totally convinced I got drunk or smoked something. I didn't, of course. I was one of these very few people who didn't have to secretly try the alcohol and at the same time, the ones who had a really wonderful time. I am proud. Very proud of that.

Every guy who had that dubious honor of dancing with me was TOTALLY exhausted afterwards.

 

Besides dancing, I was also walking around the hotel (it's quite a beautiful one, in a building from the 1800s!), taking sweet pictures of Daria and her boyfriend and eating. The food was quite lovely. But still, we mostly concentrated on sweets.

_{Sooooomuuuuuuchsuuuuugar.}


I got out of the place around 2 am (when my classmates started showing off their shirtless chests ) but my friend walked me home, which was really nice of him.


When I woke up on the next day, I was just happy. Truly, genuinely happy.

I still am, even though all these intense feelings have already faded away a little bit.

 

That's just the way it is.. and the way it should be. Feelings are a wonderful, yet quite an untamed and wild treasure that we're lucky to own.

Because of them we can create Art, fall in love, see the beauty.. and be beautiful.

They appear, they disappear. They hurt, they tire, they irritate.

 They change themselves quickly and they change us.

 

Let's just enjoy that.

Zel