Just an update to keep on with the short comeback message. As I said to mariehchan, apparently my life is just about to get more interesting.
When I disappeared two time ago, I was getting my law degree, but Italian law system is quite a bi*ch, even more complex than the solicitor/barrister system adopted in England, but much more complicated for the students.
When I started my studies, we used a 3+2 system. Three years full of exam, discussion on two given subject picked up out of three given by three different teachers, and bam! I got my first grade (American could call it "junior") Law Degree with access to paralegal professions and stuff. Plus, I could go on for the "Magistrale" (or "Senior") Degree. Two years more of exams, which I crammed so I've got only two of them left in six "slots", and I've got to write some original stuff (called a "Tesi") about bankrupcy and checking accounts.
Guess the issues are not over yet, but I've managed to balance my first experience in the field, thanks to my "junior degree", and conquer me a little bit of free time. A commodity I never had in the past year, when, in fact, I was cramming a lot of interesting stuff together.

So, I'm coming back. In the time, I've got to thank , because she gave me some interesting insides on photomanipulation I've put to great use. As you could see, I wandered into the new, at least for me, field of photomanipulation. It's just an experiment for me, so I didn't bother to buy Photoshop, and I smuggled on the laptop I use both for photos, both for academic purposes a copy of GIMP. I saw the gorgeous stuff of and doodled. The first experiment was just a kind of conceptual, early photomanip: a touch of paintbrush on a model talented enough to be a canvas of her emotion. The second one, more a pointed finger against the kind of guy who sees a model only as a pretty face. You know, you'd have to respect models, especially the ones the media does not talk about. They're artist on their own, using their bodies and the help of a photographer to tell stories, feelings and emotions, or to lend you their words. They're so much more of a pretty body to put on a wall...

Then, I've got to thank for her kind comeback. You know, as I've got accountants in the family, following the steps is some kind of obliged path, but after the "Magistrale" upgrade to my fully legittimate law degree, I'll have so much more opportunities in my life. I don't ask life to make me a Supreme Judge or something similar. A down-to-earth, honest accountant who uses the summer "stop&go" on the Judiciary Year in our legal system to go around my country with my trusty Fuji will be enough for me.

I'm amazed of how much I seem to have missed in this year. When I see young artists as , so young yet so complete, able to play with composition, colours and even raw photomanipulations to bring out the best from a landscape or a natural view, I don't feel envious. I feel proud of having seen the artistic birth of someone who'll be very great, if she allows her genious grow.

Guess a little mention goes to . In this times of extreme commercialization of the format, a funny approach to mermaids merits

Cheers and see ya soon.