Hello, dear readers, on one of the best days of this year!
Are you as excited as I am? Anxious to see what will happen when Ten and Eleven meet? Will time and space implode in an overload of sexy? And how exactly does it play out when they compare their... screwdrivers*? (No really, that link is safe. They're actually comparing screwdrivers. Promise. Around 39'' and 49''. That's seconds, not inches. Have you ever looked at one and thought "Ooh, this could be a little more sonic?" Screwdriver, that is.)

Or are you completely confused as to what is going on and wondering how a day of a doctor can be a good thing when we've been taught to eat apples to keep them away (much like garlic and vampires)? This is why I don't eat apples. Can't risk it. Imagine you heard that whooshing sound in your bedroom and ran in to see the TARDIS starting to materialise... the Doctor pokes his head out the door, then makes a face: "Ugh, apples! Quick, I need to get out of here!". He slams the door and the TARDIS fades, never to return.

Sorry, vitamins, I know you mean well, but you don't beat all of time and space and a 900-year old Time Lord to show them to me.

Oh right, you were confused as to what was going on. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.

Well, since you've obviously been living under a rock or at least away from all social media, I feel it is my duty to inform you of the fact that the show Doctor Who is 50 years old today. That's pretty darn impressive, don't you think? Well I do, and fortunately the BBC and several million people agree, and so we will all gather around our TV screens and in movie theatres around the world tonight to watch the special episode, The Day of the Doctor.
And if Doctor Who has taught us anything, it is that the power of so many minds focusing on the Doctor at exactly the same moment can save us all**. So just in case you're being held prisoner somewhere, Doctor, hold on. Just a few more hours.
 

P.S. I was going to show you my Doctor Who mani, but I spent all day cuddling my BFF's beautiful baby so I don't have time to mess around with photos and will add them tomorrow.

Edited on 24 Nov: Added the pictures - a minimalist mani using as many Doctor Who-themed polishes as possible without going overboard. LynBDesigns Time and Relative Dimension in Space on the four fingers, thumb is LynBDesigns Snog Box topped with a layer of Lucky 13 Lacquers Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey, Doctor Who logo in LynBDesigns Slim and a Little Bit Foxy, highlighted with Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey. Clear top coat. Cheesy sparkle effect courtesy of my camera special effects.

The episode was fantastic and shall be discussed at a later date. Right now I have to re-watch a certain episode*** to see how that fits with the new canon.

Footnotes:
*Preview for Day of the Doctor, may contain spoilers, depending on your knowledge of Doctor Who.
**Massive spoilers for a previous series of Doctor Who.
*** Implied spoiler for Day of the Doctor, spoilers for a previous series of Doctor Who.

 This week...

...I was sick in bed and remembered why I blog
...I ate cookies for breakfast and didn't feel bad
...I read The Sherlockian and was glad it's not true
...I was moved by a beautiful tribute to Lou Reed
...I fell in love with Amanda Palmer (again)

Next week...

...I will watch the Doctor face his darkest day
...I will write a long overdue paper
...I will ignore the holiday lights in the street
...I will see if it starts to snow
...I will meet my friend's newly born baby.

Softening the bad things: A very special polish by Lucky 13 lacquers and a very important thing to remember when life gets you down.

I'm not having a very good day. I'm frustrated, depressed and bored, a combination that usually leads to bad decisions, like eating so much chocolate I get sick, ranting on the Internet or summoning Great Old Ones.

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.

Sorry about that, world. Enjoy your final moments of freedom with some nail art.

Best,
Captain Summoner

inspired by this amazing work of art

The light green background looked so yellow I tried grey & white instead. Nah. Bring on the sickly green of R'lyeh.

Summoning the bad things

Dear readers,

Today I read a wonderful post about blogging. Andrea at The Bookish Babe wrote about her blogging-related doubts and problems, about the self-imposed pressure and the stress of numbers. It struck a chord with me, because many of the things she mentioned affect me as well and were the reason I stopped blogging for the last few months.

Strangely, a post that might have made me question my blogging half a year ago now inspired me and helped me get back to what's essential: to blog for my own enjoyment. 

If editing pictures is stressful, I won't strive for the perfect picture. 

If posting every Friday (or otherwise regularly) is a weight on my shoulder, I won't. 

If participating in challenges becomes a chore, I'll only participate when I feel like it. 

If outdoing my previous nail art every time takes the enjoyment out of doing my nails, I'll be happy to post simple one-polish manis. 

If I just want to write and don't have a picture to go with it, I'll just go ahead and post it anyway instead of letting it languish in the Drafts folder for months. 

And if writing the same post in two languages feels like work, I'll just use whichever language comes naturally.

After reading Andrea's post I started to browse my blog and thought "hey, this blog isn't so bad. I should do more of this." So I wrote this post. Who knows when I will write the next one. I won't sweat it.

  

This post does have pictures though. One of the things I've been doing the last few months (besides working way too much) is home improvement. I painted a few bits of furniture, hence the wonderfully unedited, unwatermarked real-life splatter mani you see here :)

I also noticed a very misleading typo on my About page. It said "So here you have it: Geekdom, polish and general nerdery. Except fangirling." Wow, that couldn't have been more wrong. That's expect. My apologies to anyone who wasn't expecting the massive fangirling in my fandom-related posts.

Remember kids, spellcheck can only get you so far! 

Captain paintynails out