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Yesterday we could hear her heart beating fast. Baby is really tiny, and already has a heart that beats twice as fast as mine and makes hell of a noise!!I have been feeling exhausted but really happy and overall great. Do have some inconveniencies like uncontrolled burping everytime I touch food.happy and amazed.

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I hope you can manage to open this site and wake up.con·science n.1.a. The awareness of a moral or ethical aspect to one's conduct together with the urge to prefer right over wrong. http://www.fromisraeltolebanon.info/To the FREE PEOPLE of the World: Lebanese Civilians (Christians, Muslims, Druzes & Jews) Are being SLAUGHTEREDDO NOT TURN YOUR BACK ON USPRESSURE your government to stop this

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Die Weisse WandThe director was so proud of his movie that he signed it at the end, WW.German on the road. Theatrical at times. Boring sometimes. Genius often.Es gibt nur das Leben.

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It has all happened so fast, that we haven't got much time to think that we are definitely becoming parents, and that means, that for at least 20 years, we will be the point of reference of another human being. Excitement and happiness have taken over. Today I stopped for a moment to look at an old picture of me as a baby, and I thought of my mother being pregnant and feeling like I do, and I

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Your Body Your breasts may hurt, you may feel tired, queasy, and hungry along with the dreaded morning sickness. Perhaps you have an odd, metallic taste in your mouth, or you may find yourself running to the bathroom all the time as your growing uterus presses against your bladder. Maybe it's just a feeling you have . . . an intuition. You may decide to take a Home Pregnancy Test. Be careful!

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One of the best concerts ever, in Villa Arconati near Milan. We ate, drank, danced, jumped, sweated, laughed, bought great t-shirts and loved their fcuking punkness. Now we look forward to seeing them again.Eugene Hutz looks like a tough crazy guy, but he's quite alright. He loves his old mama.(the pic was stolen without bad intentions from http://www.gogolbordello.com )One of their best songs,

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I'm sorry, but you will have to continue putting up with my wedding shots. :)

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Beautiful ceremony, loving friends and relatives, beautiful Vipiteno, amazing weather, great lunch, the best photographers, delicious sachertorte, cute children... and the biggest love, the love of my life, my husband!

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(Bachelorette party ladies night despedida de soltera addio al nubilato)We have been really busy planning and preparing all the details of the wedding, really enjoying doing things together and having overall lots of fun!Tonight I will be preparing dinner to celebrate with my girlfriends alone. The menu consists of:Rose': Bardolino Chiaretto Classico Cantina Guerrieri Rizzardi 2005Crudités and

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As the catholic church progressively loses customers, the head of the marketing department and chief officer Mr. Ratzinger stated today in Rome that catholicism is not against sex, as long as sex doesn't undermine the existence of families. Is that an invitation to get laid without birth control?The Vatican and all his world-spreaded spies and ambassadors don't cease poking their noses in the

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Yo adivino el parpadeode las luces que a lo lejos,van marcando mi retorno.Son las mismas que alumbraron,con sus pálidos reflejos,hondas horas de dolor.Y aunque no quise el regreso,siempre se vuelve al primer amor.La quieta calle donde el eco dijo:"Tuya es su vida, tuyo es su querer",bajo el burlón mirar de las estrellasque con indiferencia hoy me ven volver.Volver,con la frente marchita,las

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Te extraño muchisimo. Te pido que nunca me abandones y que siempre me guies con tu amor y tu luz.

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The Wedding Season delivered a beautiful one by the Garda lake yesterday. Pietro and Patricia got hitched at 4 pm, dinner followed. We got back home at 6 am.Glowing.I hope I'll be half this beautiful on my day!!!Satuko, Sol, Patricia, Laurence, Nanako.The next groom.The next bride!!!!!! Less than a month to go!!!

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Ci siamo decisi e abbiamo fatto una piccola lista nozze per togliere dall'imbarazzo chi vuole farci un regalo e non sa cosa fare.Il negozio e' Kitchen, in via E. de Amicis al numero 45, (milano) e l'email e' info@kitchenweb.it e il telefono e' +39 0258102849. Accettano transazioni remote.L'identificativo della lista e' "Kawage".Se invece preferite scegliere voi un regalo per noi, della

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The world takes shape. You've heard of Germany and Italy and China, but you don't even wonder where those places are, or whether real people are living there and it's all just so vague and remote. A country at a time and suddenly, each country has its continent. You're growing up. You learn that it was just a matter of chance if you were born in Mexico rather than in Russia, and it all seems so

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Forse un mattino andando in un'aria di vetro,arida, rivolgendomi, vedrò compirsi il miracolo:il nulla alle mie spalle, il vuoto dietrodi me, con un terrore di ubriaco.Poi come s'uno schermo, s'accamperanno di gittoalberi case colli per l'inganno consueto.Ma sarà troppo tardi; ed io me n'andrò zittotra gli uomini che non si voltano, col mio segreto.Perhaps one day on a glass air morning walking,

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I finally cleaned up the mexican posts: images are faster to load and the general layout is a bit tidier.One big family: My beautiful family on my father's side at the wedding shower party organized by my aunts Laila and Pona.Art in Mexico City: a painting of the Museum of Modern Art in Chapultepec, a painting by Siquerios of my Grandmother Mina, a fragment of Rivera's mural in the National

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The best part of our vacation was the chance to share some time with my family: 1 fantastic grandmother, two beautiful aunts, 4 generous uncles, 6 loving cousins (F) and 6 funny cousins (M), 11 cousins-in-law, 25 nieces and nephews, one handsome brother, and a sister-in-law (at last!!!)

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God was it real? yeeeeeah just one week ago and we were having the time of our lives... and we will never forget it. For the complete series of photos please visit Michele's site, here and here.

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It is amazing how much you can fit in a single week: we had a grat trip to Mexico, lucky to take the newest 777 from Madrid. We stayed from saturday night to thursday morning in Mexico City, meeting my relatives, visiting the city and eating great real mexican food. On thursday we drove to Cuernavaca for lunch, then to Taxco for some silver shopping, and finally to Acapulco. We enjoyed the sun

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Edoardo II. Christopher Marlowe.Piccolo Teatro - Teatro Grassi, Milano.La messinscena minimalista e monocromatica mi ha fatto pensare al Faust al Deutsches Theater a Berlino, dove la scarna scenografia prevedeva al massimo un letto e una sedia. Qui invece c'era soltanto una bara. Le scene spoglie marcano che le vicende umane descritte da Goethe o da Marlowe non hanno tempo.Il regista Antonio

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The Italian title was literally "the taste of watermelon", which this once suited well to the plot - taking as given that there is one. Loving the laconic side of asian cinema (chinese, korean, malaysian...), this little film is up to the expectations. Loved the scene with the crabs...8/10

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With the election outcome leaving us in complete perplexity, reading and hearing absurd nonsense and useless prattle, I was not in the mood for adding words to such flow.Work has been fun and I have never felt so relaxed and productive at the same time. I still miss my grandpa a lot, but I know he is always next to me. Easter reminds me of him really badly, and I feel sorry for last year. I wish

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La recensione piu' bella che ho letto l'ha fatta il mio amico Tilesi e qui vi do il linkHa scritto quello che io sentivo ma non sarei mai riuscita ad esprimerlo.Cmq. mitica Aidra che ammazza il critico gastronomico a suon di aragoste vive.E fin qui tutto quanto riesco a partorire stanotte. Vado a letto.

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my husbandmy Powerbookpeople who love memy grandfathermy therapiststrangers that smile on the public transporta great ideabeing able to carry out my great ideastalking on chat to old friendsa clean bathroomthe first real day of springa good sexy bradesserta cozy bedfennelseed teagood comics and graphic novelsgood booksThe Pink Floyd Googledirty jokescrying at moviesmy paintings (well.. not all of

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I found this pic, dated march 28 2005. That is, one year ago.Since then, lots of things have happened, but finally, today things seem to have fallen into place.

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Matteo, Patricia, Dandy back there and Michele. Hitting the streets after midnight.At some point we came across Enrico and Elena in Brera. It was funny, since the odds of finding somebody in the crowd are kind of remote.Me & Patricia on the very crowded streetcar.It felt so much like those old times, when we wandered aronund the city two summers ago, from the Milano Film Festival to the parties

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E' urgente l'amore.E' urgente una barca sul mare.E' urgente distruggere certe parole,odio, solitudine e crudelta',alcuni lamenti,molte spade.E' urgente inventare allegria,moltiplicare i baci, i campi,e' urgente scoprire rose e fiumie mattini chiari.Cade il silenzio sulle spalle e la luceimpura, fino a far male.E' urgente l'amore,e' urgente rimanere.Eugenio de Andrade

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Preheat oven at 200 celsius.Prepare the choux: Put 2.5 dl of water, 60 grams of butter, 2 tablespoons of sugar, a pinch of salt in bain marie until the butter melts and then add 125 grams of flour and mix vigorously until the dough comes off the walls of the bowl. Remove from the bain marie and add 3 eggs, one by one, beating vigorously until smooth and sticky.Fill a sac-a-poche with the choux

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Paradise. We don't own a tv set, so we speak more, play more, and we have chance to build our own opinions thank the fact that we don't receive the stream of propaganda that stays in the back of your head when you watch the wrong news broadcast. But what happens when this radical couple suddenly loses the internet access?For starters, we cleaned up the house. But not just shallow clean. We

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It had been some time since I last cooked a complete 3 course meal, with a scientific approach, experimenting new techniques and flavours, and daring to create my own recipes.I had Alberto and Rica over from Rome, and I wanted to treat them with something special.The menu was composed of a starter and a main course, and a great dessert.The starter was rich flavoured, and the main course was more

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This blog is undergoing major modifications, risking total collapse. Sorry for the inconvenience.

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Cut a breast into pellets, cook in very hot olive oil, add powdered hot chili, lime juice and cilantro. Let cook, adding from time to time more lime juice, and eventually salt, pepper and a few drops of tabasco sauce.Serve with a mexican cucumber salad (cucumbers, lime juice, salt, crushed chili).I had a version of this chicken while back in Berlin, and it was served on a bed of steamed rice,.

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This bird flu psychosis is helping the family budget. And the mortality rate is only 50%.Here above one of my favorite dishes.Chicken with dried fruit and citrus, garnish: steamed thai jasmine rice.Ingredients for 2 - 4 pax (depending on the birdfluphobia rate among your party).1 medium chicken, cut into pieces, with excess skin cut away with a pair of scissors.olive oil1/2 cup white wine1 lemon

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Herausforderung, sehr fruchtbares Deutschlernen, neues Job, grossartige unglaubliche Einladung, unerwarteter Besuch, stundenlange Unterhaltungen, Bewegung.Keinen depressiven Gedanken, keine Angst vor der Zukunft.

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Yeeeeeeee!!!! I got the job...!I'm so happy!!!! Thanks to you all who kept your fingers (and toes) crossed!I'll be starting in two weeks time.In the meantime I'll get my wedding dress....

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I got a craving two hours ago for a nice slice of carrot cake, so after a little googling we decided to bake one together. Michele of course did the hard work, I was just having fun.Grating ginger and carrots.The recipe I was looking for was simple and used butter instead of oil (carrot cake is supposed to be "healthy" so a decadent version is hard to find). Once I found it (here), I made some

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Yesterday we woke up early, had our usual Saturday brunch. (Egg sunny-side-up with a few drops of tabasco and pepper, chocolate milk, scones (freshly baked) with orange marmelade (warm thanks to the english). I had a job interview at 11, to what is presumably the job of my life, for the time being. Please keep your fingers crossed. Afternoon I went to a backgammon tournament, where I had my ass

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It's been a while since I did some serious blogging. Work didn't leave me much to say, besides that I was not happy at all.On friday, that is, yesterday, I decided to pull off the aching tooth and I resigned.It took me a while to come up with the decision, mostly because I felt like a big looser, not being able to keep a damn job for more than a couple of months...Then I just realized that I

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Ehm, did I say that my job had became more bearable? I must have been under the effect of some substance.This office is a nest of snakes, and I seem to appear as a threat to the blond eager beaver.Which is actually funny because my natural balance between indifference and industriousness will never take me anywhere in this corporate world. (thank god) My only intention was that of doing what I

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A curious person asked me a 63 million dollar question. And now I'm restless. What will I do after this job at XYZ?During the trip back home I thought about that question, and I thought about my answer. In 30 minutes I went through the past year, I went through my life choices, like studying economics without any real interest in it, never having the guts to change and to risk and to fail.Now,

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I still need to realize that those 4 hours that remain of each day after work, are my precious 4 hours of life a day. I haven't been blogging much because I have little time, and little inspiration. Work has been dulling my imagination... I was born for something more exciting. Alas. Maybe next year.Tom was in Miami last month, and reported from the ArtBasel|MiamiBeach. He sent me a couple of

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Balance sheet for 2005? well.. I got my degree, the person I loved the most passed away leaving a terrible emptiness, I got hitched to the other person I love the most, a dream I had came suddenly true, lasted 2 months and then remained in a corner, waiting to see if it was a true dream or not, and there it is, still now. I spent 1/12 of the year away, in an incredible experience that will always

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It's just not your regular cola.

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No time to blog these days. Too busy playing backgammon on the train, opening presents, and walking under this curious snowy weather. Oh, and of course, accounting.

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I had forgotten what it meant to work.It means that if you have a pair of pants that need dry cleaning, they'll have to wait. If you forget to do the laundry once, then you'll have nothing clean and ironed to wear. It means that if you need to get new contact lenses, then you'll have to go there after work, when everybody else is there too. And you'll have to wait.You'll think first, how many

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In Berlin 2 weeks ago. Things have changed since then. Now I have a regular mon-fri 9am-6pm job in a big company... can you believe that? neither do I.Warm thanks to Diane.

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It's been a while since I came back from Berlin. The first week was a bit weird, trying to get my habits back into place, trying to get used to my usual again. I miss Berlin a little, I really enjoyed my days there. They seem so remote now. I love German and I loved the opportunity to learn it.I spent one week trying to figure out my future, what will happen to me, what will I do. Sure I need to

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Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester BerlinYutaka Sado DIRIGENTAndrej Gavrilov KLAVIERSergej Rachmaninow Klavierkonzert Nr. 3 d-Moll op. 30Antonín Dvořák Symphonie Nr. 8 G-Dur op. 88

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I took these this morning, while on the S41 (Ring).

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1. Klimt's kiss (at the Schloss Belvedere, Vienna)2. The Swan Lake (the ballet suite)3. Adios Nonino, tango by Astor Piazzollaand counting.

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Heute werde ich meinen deutschen Blog toten: mein Aufenthalt in Berlin ist fast am Ende, und ich habe wenige Zeit gehabt, um jeden tag zu schreiben. Die kulturelle Vielfallt der Stadt ist fantastisch und unendlich. Ich bin in die Oper, ins Theater, ins Kino, ins Museum gewesen, und noch habe ich wenig gesehen. Ein Monat ist nicht genug, Berlin zu entdecken. So, stirbt der deutsche Blog, und lebt

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I know 10 euro is not much, but I hope Beppe Grillo succeeds on waking up some consciences...We’ve had enough! Clean up Parliament!Members of Parliament cannot represent citizens if they’ve been convicted by the courts.And if the law allows it, the law needs to be changed.The thousands of citizens that subscribed to Beppe Grillo's appeal on his blog www.beppegrillo.it and ask that those convicted

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Gethsemane Kirche, Berlin Prenzlauer Berg (detail)

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saturday in Prenzlauer BergSunday in the Tiergarten.

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I'm a mexican in formerly divided Berlin, when I read this courious headline on the BBC news site.I do ackowledge that illegal migration is negative for both countries. The mexican government fails to do something about the people's need of a better standard of living, and fails to recognise the potential of this people to the general well being of the whole country. Fails to renew and

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It's been relatively long since my last post, because as you may have noticed, I am at the moment away from home, that is in the wonderful thriving city of Berlin. I will be here for three more weeks.... as like.. 25% of my stay is over.What funny feelings and thoughts this new experiece of being for the first time in many years away from home, and more precisely, away from the person I love. I

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I took this picture with the birthday present I received from my husband's parents. A beautiful digital camera, with very interesting options, like the one used for this shot: black, white and red. The flowers were instead, a gift from Michele, along with a very placid dinner at Nobu.Unfortunately, the protective leather case for the camera hasn't arrived yet, so I will not be taking the camera

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Birthday trip to Amsterdam for me and my father-in-law! (we were born on the same day, he's just a bit older). It was a blitz trip, because we could go around only on saturday. Friday and sunday were used to travel.I didn't have much chance to take good pictures, and the lomographs are still in the lab, I'll post them should it be the case as soon as I scan them!Max told me abou the 36, and

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tomorrow is my birthday, and I lost my cellphone, so call home to say happy birthday. (or mail me!!!)***update*** I got my cellphone back, so call me do.I'll be blogging soon about Amsterdam (maybe tomorrow) :)

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Finally, after multiple attempts, I found the perfect recipe for brownies.Brownies have to be: Scrumpdiddleumptious. Chocolate-trunkloaded. Chewy. Chewy is important.Plus, they have to have one trillion calories per serving. Otherwise, they are not brownies.Melt in a Mary's bath 230 grams of dark chocolate together with 120 grams of fat butter (check fat content: not below 83%) . Stir well

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Finally a chance drop in on Vienna. My aunt Laila and my uncle Alejandro happened to be there, amid their Anniversary trip to Europe. I found a good bargain on the train ticket so I could afford to join them. They were kicking off to Dijon on Saturday morning so we spent only one day together, but it was worth the trip: I love them very much, and I feel that they are fond of me too.We had

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6 minutes left on the internet booth. The ONLY positive thing on travelling alone is that you get to take loads of photographs. I'll post them on tuesday, along with a report on my trip. (which by the way is only half through). *update* Here they are.

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I am a little bit sick these days, I got a flu because yesterday it was so cold and I was wandering through the city very lightdressed. Yesterday evening I had a very sore throat and maybe a fever too. Today I'm feeling better, and hope to be perfect tomorrow when I leave to Vienna.We took this picture on saturday, as we headed to the SuperGulp, a great comic strip store in Milan's navigli.We

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So this was our old working table. The picture is self describing (It was taken by the end of march, but the situation hadn't changed eversince). Too small for the two of us and our multiple laptops, gadgets, books, etc.check the mess with the cords and cables under the desk.....Here's a good idea I came up with after helping Max with his kitchen at IKEA.We bought the legs and the top was

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I loved Blankets, Good-bye Chunky Rice, and was looking forward to reading more graphic novels that knew how to be touching and sweet and honest. And I think I found one more to add up to the array.

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I love music. I have been to classical music concerts since I was a little kid. (Once my grandparents took me to a baroque chamber music concert at the age of 3. I don't remember, but my grandfather told me that at the end and right before the encore I started shouting: NOOOO NO MOREEEEE!! ENOUGH!!!!)Anyway, in my eclectic scope of music tastes, I was missing heavy metal, and I didn't even have

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1.Is very sexy though he's completely unaware of it.2.Is very shy.3.Used to play under the table with a carton box and a string, and was a very quiet child.4.Has an older brother who is totally opposite and they love each other very much.5.Loves gummy bears.6.Loves mayonnaise.7.Makes me laugh constantly.8.Speaks perfect english and german, and would learn spanish and french in no time.9.Lived for

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My extended vacation, dressed with concern for the household economy and excitement about the future at the same time, my plans of swimming, learning german, maybe enrolling in the University on a course of History or Philosophy, the planning of my Wedding, they were all threated yesterday by a job interview. The employer wanted to hire me but the workplace was depressing and far from my

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Tonight while I was looking for my glasses, without which I cannot drive, read or see anything accurately, I ran on the power cord of my powerbook 12" making it dive onto the marble floor with a loud crisp blast.My breath got short for a moment. I was desperate. My PB is 6 months old, it's a baby!!!!It was a gift from my grandfather when I got my degree in March. When someone you love dies,

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The German course, two mexicans (me is one) and two italians. Of course, the teacher is German. Dieter (Hero of the People). One or another hitched to germans or austrians (or sudtirolers). German is schwer, but like all schwer things, it yields big satisfaction (years of study to be able to build a sentence with each element in place). Lots of Aufgabe.It's the third time in the course of my life

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More shots of our civil marriage on Michele's site.

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"What good fortune for those in power that people do not think"

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It's great to get one's own life back.So I stoppeed working and decided not to look for another job until mid october. In the meantime:I will be learning german at the Goethe Institut Mailand. Hopefully. I was there on monday, and unexpectedly I found myself inside an empty classroom, with a test and an answer sheet with my name on it. Level test.It was reassuring to be there: back to "school"

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That was it. I quit.I will find another job, but I'll wait 'till October or November to do so. I have other things to do right now, like relaxing, planning, swimming, taking a german course, taking a pastry course in Paris, going away for the weekends...(I'm happy it's over. I loved what I was doing, but I didn't love the way I was being treated, and so it's over.)

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Last year, while I was completing my degree, I gave an oral exam with a professor whose lessons I hadn't attended. I sucked. I didn't remember anything, and I really sucked. But I needed that exam, so when he suggested that I shall study again and repeat the test, I said something like this:"please give me a grade, the lowest grade, it's not important. I need to finish my degree ASAP because I

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... you are reading at the moment, and I'll tell you how swamped you are.ATM I'm half-through with:-How Mumbo-jumbo Conquered the World, by Francis Wheen.-Barney's Version, by Mordecai Richler (third time read)-Lettere dall'Italia, by Alexander Langer-L'etranger (Camus)-In praise of folly, Erasmus of Rotterdam-the Kitchen, a Hoepli Manual for cooking schools-something else that lies under the bed

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No doubt. Meeting people is the best part of my job.Linda, Sharon, John and Roger are still travelling around Europe, and I really hope they contact me once they get home. It was a really nice experience to meet them and to be able to cook for them. I prepared a classic Ossobuco with risotto milanese and gremolata, and the lamb chops for Linda. They were so nice and so much fun. I love beautiful

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I am a lunatic.Yesterday I was determined to quit. Too much stress, too many hours, little appreciation.Tonight I worked hard, 20 persons for dinner: big satisfaction. I do love what I do, I love it and it shows.

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I baked the pies this morning. I decided not to put the raising powder this time, I wanted them crunchier and lighter. Great result. I threw them away.They were indeed lighter and crunchier. But the nonstick pans don't work with a raisingpowderless dough.ATM I have a pan brioche in the oven.Wish me a better luck.****UPDATE****not bad :)

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