10% I went to Notting Hill the other day, it was after I found out about Rullo, well, kinda, and I wanted to feel awed, instead I found it noisy and full of people and didn’t like it at all. Although there were lots of mementos from the movie(as in, things with Julia and Hugh on them, not actual recognizable things) butit felt touristic. The ( Read more... )

1. I guess it's my fault for expecting better from popular music, but how can there still be blatantly sexist songs like "Daughters" (John Mayer) being written today and loved by both sexes? (This one fucks up everybody, boys are tough and can take it, girls are delicate flowers necessary for the boys to be human) and Demi Lovato is covering it ( Read more... )

I thought I would come by and tell you that today I climbed a Castle. It was very brave of me, I know. But also extremely pointless since there were not princesses to be found at the top. Well, actually, I climbed inside the castle. The part with the harness and the rope was utterly terrifying, seriously, I wasn’t afraid Verena was going to drop me ( Read more... )

A estas alturas imagino que todo el mundo sabe que estoy en Londres por un año como au pair. Unos detalles sobre lo que implica la situación: vivo con una familia de 3 (padre, nena de 11, nene de 9), acompaño al chico al colegio a la mañana y después estoy libre hasta que lo tengo que ir a buscar a las 15hs al cole (a 15 minutos de la casa) y me ( Read more... )

I was telling Irati right now how I had almost convinced myself it wasn't real (Buenos Aires as I remembered it) and how I think it kinda fucked me up to discover it was and that maybe that's what made this last year so hard, my interest in university basically disappear, etc.

Maybe you should REALLY not return to the places where you have been ( Read more... )

...real just this once.

Mañana llega mi abuelo de Argentina! Con regalos y golosinas y... bueno, se trae a él mismo también y hay que reorganizar la casa un poco para darle la habitación de Mijal para que duerma (es la única cama no marinera)... Se me ocurrió que era una suerte que ya no vivamos en el mismo departamento que la última vez que vino, ( Read more... )

Yesterday was a sad day, but I like the british aproach of going on with our lives, panicking wont get nobody anywhere, didnt you see the horror movies where the one panicking always trips and ends up being caught/killed/eaten?

Irati tiene una reflexión interesante sobre el tema aca. Bookshop`s opinion was refreshing and more logical than most, though I will ( Read more... )