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televisionxmole — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:39:21 +0000

Someone always springs their bloody birthday on you when you’re at your most skintest, don’t they? It was some bird in the office’s birthday yesterday and I had to nip out at lunch to get her a card. I found this neat little shop with quirky gifts and unusual cards, which I knew would have something this girl, would like. I literally just turned around in this shop and there it was staring at me. A Moomin birthday card! I had to get it basically. I liked Moomins when I was a nipper and so doubtless this girl did too. I mean, who didn’t like them? So I gave her the card and everyone went ga-ga over it. Everyone started talking about which kids tv show they liked best when they were at school. I love reminiscing about school days. Not primary school, but secondary. School was pretty ace. Or, “rad” as we used to say back in the mid ‘90s! All the girls with their rolled up skirts, tight white shirts and brightly coloured teenage bras that you could see under their shirts on a summer day. Obviously not my thing now, but definitely when I was 15 it was very appealing ;)

Anyway, I had to go home and recap over all the St Teeny Cums episodes. It has two of my favourite girls in it, Lolly Badcock and Carmel Moore. To be honest with you, I think it’s probably for the best that the girls I went to school with didn’t look like these girls and wear suspenders otherwise I would never have passed my exams!

Looney Tunes and Fruit baskets

shane75 — Fri, 09 May 2008 13:52:14 +0000

Quite sad this story but can you believe she kept so many of them in such a small flat!

Sorry blogging is light this week, have been in Finland and so busy today that I have only just finished my lunch.

I am however enjoying a rather nice organic apple. I have started using an organic box delivery scheme, I just went for the big fruit box, so I now have plenty of apples, oranges, pears, bananas, kiwi fruit, lemons and a melon.

My campaign to eat more fruit is going well in fact I might even need two boxes a week!

Anyway for organic fruit and veg delivery in Stockholm I used Årstiderna, quite literally 'the seasons'. So far so good!

The weather is lovely here, no boat trip this weekend, I do want to go to Skansen though, which is the local zoo, well sort of zoo as they showcase Scandinavian animals. I am looking forward to seeing the Moomins there then ;-)

No chance of any llamas though :-(

Los moomins

pableras983 — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 05:12:03 +0000

¿Os acordáis? Eran una especie de Trolls blancos fineses aunque más bien parecían hipopótamos, la serie esta inspirada en los comics de la escritora finlandesa Tove Janson (que, sin embargo escribía en sueco) y por lo que yo recuerdo la emitían en La 2 a la hora en que yo regresaba del colegio 13.00 14.00 más o menos.
Me acuerdo perfectamente que los dobladores de la serie eran Jose Carabias (gran actor español del destape y voz de Benji Price) y el doblador de Fraiser, el primero era el hijo y el segundo el padre.
Por lo que veo en Emule y en Google tienen mas éxito en Francia, es difícil encontrar algo en castellano sobre ellos aparte del Opening que te puedes bajar en Emule. Creo que la serie de animación es japonesa (es de 1980 al parecer). Los comics que yo sepa nunca se han traducido al español, deberían¡¡¡ por que es una de las series mas BONITAS, si¡¡¡ he dicho bonitas que se han emitido en TV, los diseños de los dibujos eran supertiernos y ellos a pesar de ser HSI(Hipopótamos Sin Identificar) eran las mar de felices y de contentos en ese paradisíaco valle en el que vivían. Hurgando por Internet he encontrado un Emulador de los Moomins(os dejo la dirección abajo) y una Web dedicada solo a ellos http://www.themoomins.com/ Allí podréis ver la evolución de los dibujos, el merchandising que rodea a la serie: puzzles, sellos¡¡¡ etc. En ingles o en alemán. Por ultimo comentar que existe un parque temático dedicado solo a los Moomins esta en Tampere. Pero no encuentro un link, ya lo pondré, lo que si que he encontrado es una moneda de dos Euros de los moomin pincha aki para verla.
Links sobre los Moomins:

AKI Biografía de la autora y mas cosas.
AKI te puedes descargar la rom.
http://www.tampere.fi/muumi/english/ Web del museo Moomin. http://www.geocities.com/moomin_trolluk/ La mejor Web sobre ellos.
AKI La web de Moominworl el parque de tematico.(Gracias por la colaboracion)

P.D : quiero conseguir un muñequito o un peluche,Por ahora tengo una taza que me trajeron de recuerdo de Dinamarca. . Hay os dejo el opening en español.

Review of Moominvalley in November

Pete — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:06:23 +0000

As posted to Librarything.

A Moomin story with no Moomins? Well, not quite. The family is there, but as a hope, an aim and an absence.A group fetches up at the Moominhouse, each hoping to find something from the family. The family not being there, they instead find themselves in an ad hoc family- one which is not entirely harmonious.

Each of the characters seems self-directed and self-regarding, but through a series of negotiations and awkward situations, they manage to live together. They none of them meet the family, but this seems unimportant by the end.

This books is close in feel to the adult books Sort Of Books have issued recently. Not much happens, but you are still left with a sense of things being worked out.

It is interesting to reflect that this is the last Moomin book Jansson wrote, around the time of her mother's death. I don't know for sure that knowing this affected my reading of it, but I did find it much more reflective and serious than the other books, with perhaps the exception of Moominpappa at Sea.

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As noted in an earlier post, I read this story having just read some of Jansson's adult works. During the course of this reading I learned a lot about Jansson, both via the stories and the introductory material.

I do think that the information I picked up- about Jansson's own relationships and the circumstances in which the book was written- affected how I read the story. I think it enriched my reading, but also shaped in a way that my readings of the other Moomin stories had not been. And I now see those stories in a different way as well.

On context

Pete — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:14:57 +0000

Having just finished A winter book, I decided to read Moominvalley in November. I had not read the latter book before, and in reading the former I learned that Moominvalley in November was Tove Jansson's last children's book, written around the time of her mother's death.

Now a lot of the Moomin books are charged with a sense of longing, of a desire to escape loneliness or embrace solitude and a sense of time passing. But I felt this more strongly in the opening chapters of this book.

This morning I wondered, is this because those feelings are stronger, or because I'm bringing them in with my knowledge of the book's place in the author's life? And how often is our reaction to a book shaped by such knowledge?

Bookshelf update

Michelot — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 18:26:37 +0000

This week was quite good. I bought books and participated in mathematics matriculation exam (which I must re-participate in March because I didn't get full points) and I got some birthday present money I'll spend on even more books. There are also English and Geography matriculation exams next week but however I challenged Steel to write 1,000 more words during the that week (Moraaliteoria Challenge 2007) because I can't wait October's Steely Challenge.

New in the bookshelf:

Tove Jansson's The Exploits of Moominpappa in Finnish, the 1st edition
Jude Fisher's Fool's Gold 1: Sorcery Rising in English
Santeri Palin's Elämän kolmio kuoleman syklissä in Finnish, aww
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings in Swedish, 2.50 €

October 1st will be interesting. Firstly I'll go to NaNo web page and take the participation banner. Then I'm going to start writing SC 07 which is about Baron von Dille, the Investigator.

The Little Folk's Midwinter

Michelot — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 00:19:37 +0000

When I was reading Steel's NaNo blog To create a write-like feel (The famous Script Frenzy 2007 author of The Lemming Conspiracy, the one who got the trailer award for Best Use of Cute Photos of Lemmings – I'm so envious because I didn't get any awards for Best Use of Scary Photos of Sea Snakes), I realized I haven't edited any banners yet for my next NaNo text. Then all I had to do was to create an image with Paint Shop Pro and Microsoft Paint. Because I didn't know what I'll write for NaNo, I had to decide it as well because I needed to know what kind of things to include in the picture, of course. It'll be The Little Folk's Midwinter – I'd like to know am I able to create an atmosphere similar to the books of Moomins by Tove Jansson.

So here it comes:

Closest Book

diddums — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 14:10:24 +0000

Another 'me?!' moment - Goldfish tagged me with this meme (with the swirl of a tail).

1. Take the nearest book and go to page 123.
2. Go to the fifth sentence of the page.
3. Copy down the next three sentences and tag three people.

He smoothed out the crumpled scraps on the lawn and tried to piece them together.
'Aloud!' cried the woodies.
'Tragedy in One Act,' Snufkin read.

Moominsummer Madness by Tove Jansson

Nyoro-Nyoro Huggable Plush

ncsx — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 17:21:25 +0000

«©NCSX» Known as Hattifatteners in their native land of Sweden, the strange worm-like creatures hail from the Moomins books by Tove Jannson. When the Moomins reached Japan in the 90s, the Hattifatteners became known as Nyoro-Nyoro which translates to "Slither-Slither." There's been a revival of Moomins related products recently and a huggable Nyoro-Nyroro plush has been added to the upcoming product list. Measuring an impressive 61cm or 21" in length and as nearly as thick as a fire plug, the Hattifatteners are meant to be hugged as the maiden in the photo so ably demonstrates. Preorders are welcome to ship in mid-late March 2007.

Nyoro-Nyoro Figure

ncsx — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 16:26:43 +0000

«©NCSX» Hailing from the Moomins books by Tove Jannson, the ivory-colored Hattifatteners are a group of worm-like creatures that travel en masse towards the horizon. The Moomins originally made their appearance in Europe in the 1950s but as the 90s rolled around, Japan caught the fever and a television series and a feature length movie were produced. In Japan, the Hattifatteners became the Nyoro-Nyoro which translates to "Slither-Slither." The Nyoro² slither again in January 2007 with a toy figure which features fins and measures 15cm tall. The photo of the hand about to grasp Nyoro-Nyoro in a kung-fu grip may give the wrong impression but NCS' advice is to get your minds out of the gutter.