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Dear friends,

Today I shall tell you about a lovely lass I have never met in person, but I wish I would have and time is not yet lost so maybe I shall ;)  Her name is Laura. Laura is a lass that loves to write. She writes stories and now she is in the process of writing a book! She writes about her friend, Tic. To be more precise, she writes about "Mr. Tic" - a wonderful cute little dog. He is quite a treat when you read his Facebook profile.
Under personal information for him you can read that he loves going out, but never on a leash, he likes to sit in the basket of the bike and he likes to go everywhere where Laura is going. Tic enjoys life and takes it as it is. He loves toys, he enjoys a bone ocasionally and maybe even a feather! And most of all, Tic enjoys being with Laura. In a few lines: lovely words/words of endearment + soft caresses + toys + food = life is great!
Laura met him when he was just a small curly and creme little bun. He looked like a small roller - yup! the ones you paint your walls with ;) - and you could see only his tongue, with which he continuously and vigurously washed Lauras hands. But that is how she met Tic. His name comes from the book called "Ciresarii", written by Constantin Chirita - Romanian author. It was a series of books for youngsters, that was really easy to read as it was full of the adventures of a group of kids. The youngest one was named Tic. He loves to curl up in a ball and when he sleeps he snores louder than the old fridges ;) Although he was not bigger than a fist, he took the slippers with a force that only happiness can bring you to. He has a HOME!!! He has a family! He is all grown up now (oh! Maybe not physically!), and you can all see that in the pictures, but for Laura he is still a small, fluffy, lovable roller :)

Mister Tic

Laura is the lass from the stories... She is the lass of Andrei and Tic. Everyday she writes about their love for the things around them. Stories that you think were long lost. Stories that you think were gone. Stories that in a few lines make you cry or make you smile. Smile wide, as Laura does, and she has such a beautiful smile that you believe that when she does smile the whole world smiles with her... Laura is talented, very talented. She even does dresses. You can find them HERE - and each has story to tell ;) Each of those dresses she wore and each of those dresses she made for a specific story in her life. In a way, by buying them - as you can be lucky enough to buy one - you can take that story with you and with it you can take a piece of Laura and of Tic and of their warm smile :) All 3 of them: Laura , Andrei and Tic have their own area of knowledge. Laura does the stories and creates the dresses fitting to those stories, Tic loves to go in the bikes basket and attracts the audience while making Laura smile & Andrei smiles back and he searches for the perfect moment to press the camera button in order to make the most glorious shots. The shots that will make you say "Wow! I wish I would have taken that picture!"
How did this all happen?! The dresses ideea came from a mexican hat found in the Frankfurt airport. She put it on her head and Andrei started laughing, faking that he is taking pictures. Laura loved his laugh that much that she never wanted to take the hat off, even though people were looking weird at them - at her, having such a big hat that it would cover her shoulders even... That is when she started making stories for Andrei, for her, for Tic and for the ones dear to her. Because they were laughing and what she loves the most is seeing other people laugh :)  How can you not love a girl like that?! Even if one has never met her, it is hard to resist her charms!
I vote for Laura & Andrei &"Mr. Tic" who stole my heart even via the Internet. I never met them in person but I must admit that all of Lauras pictures made by Andrei made me wish I was her! And all the dresses that she does and wears are just top class and I would not mind getting myself some of those! Actually my 2 fav ones are the green ones posted in this post :) Unfortunately both of them are already taken :( But either if they are taken I would be proud to see her book live, in her own hands and so this is why I am writing to you, dear friends. Give her a helping hand!
The book will be named:  “Domnul Tic şi alte iubiri de pe Muşatini” / "Mr. Tic and the other loves from Muşatini" (Muşatini is the name of a street)
Owner of the account: Laura Baban
Account number: RO96BRDE240SV85776112400
Swift: BRDEROBU
Bank: BRD

Hope you lads/lasses will give  Laura & Andrei &"Mr. Tic" a chance and  support their stories :)

Yours truly,
A LadyBug In Love With Stories & Smiles :)

Dear friends,

** Pay attention, this post is very long, has a lot of pictures and SPOILERS! but I have poured my heart and soul into it so I hope you guys will read it and tell me what you think! :) **
 

My Very Own Movie Ticket & Mockingjay Book :)

1. Cue to District 13 as soon as the movie starts - the book starts with Katniss visiting District 12, seeing the horrors that President Snow inflicted on her people. In the movie, Katniss takes her time in District 13 and we do not see 12 for quite a long while. Somehow I feel the movie Katniss is more weak and frail than the book version.
2. Effie Trinket is in District 13 - as opposed to the book where she is in the Capitol and Katniss "prep team" (Venia, Flavius and Octavius) are forced away from the Capitol at the same time with The Hunger Games being hijacked by awesome Plutarch. Now that is one of the biggest deviations of the movie, but somehow it feels comforting and reassuring to have Effie there. In the movie she is quite a huge character and you grow to love her with each movie. And who could wear grey colors like her, making them look fashionable?! :) Plus she has a lot of humour in Mockingjay and ocasionally flirts with Haymitch - makes me believe that maybe in part 2 they will end up together?! :) Not that I would not agree...
3. Katniss demands from District 13 and President Alma Coin - they seem to go from big to small in the movie as opposed from small to big in the books. In the movie she first demands the victors (Peeta included) and Annie (Finnicks love) to be rescued and pardoned and then demands on her sister right to keep the cat. In the book she first starts small... with the kitten request... and then grows into asking for Peeta and the killing of President Snow by her own hands (and by the way, this demand does NOT get into the movie lines... I wonder why!). At first, in the book, she focuses so much on her anger that she forgets about Finnick & Annie, but comes back eventually and demands freedom for her as well.
4. Katniss does not request for President Snow to be killed, in the movie. In the book she wants him dead so somehow, again, I feel that the movie tries to make Katniss weak. I makes me think/feel that she is still afraid of the President hurting her and the ones she loves.
5. Finnick gets less action on the big screen than in the book - and I think I get that, as in the book he is a huge character, well developed and very well connected with the story. When he dies in the storming of the Capitol I could not stop myself from crying. For me Finnick was on the same step as Katniss and Peeta and to tell you the truth I always placed Gale lower. Finnick is a strong character, he was made wise by playing inside the Capitol and having access to their secrets and lies. There are two options here: either the director wants us not to get attached to him and suffer when he dies, or they will not follow the course and he will not die... I wonder how they will play this!
6. The Tech-Bow all the book readers were waiting for is not featured in the film! :O Katniss receives as prop, in District 13, a bow created by Beetee. True, we see that in  the movie that he gives Katnip the bow with 3 different sets of arrows and it looks pretty and shiny but hey! where is the feature of the bow that we were all waiting for? The bow is supposed to open up only to her very own voice! Where did that go?
7. Katniss soldier training is non-existent in the movie - yet another point in making Katniss Everdeen look weak and frail and senseless on the big screen. Somehow I felt the movie was focusing too much on Gale and Katniss than the relationship in the book between Katniss and Peeta/Finnick/her adorable little duckling-turning-into-a-swan sister. In the end, in Mockingjay the book, we can see Katniss severing all relationship with Gale; so where did that kiss came from? The need for some romantic action must-have in nowadays movies?! Cah! :/