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"I put on a poncho and played for mosquitoes and everywhere in between."
So here's the update about how I've been doing! I still need to learn that my body is a lot weaker than I'm used to, and everytime I'm caught in a cold draft I end up with a stiff neck for a week, coughing and the like. So there's that. But at least I don't panic anymore, and that counts as a win. I've been to therapy twice, tried to arrange for ( Read more... ) -
"If the world was mine I'd paint it gold and green, I'd make the oceans orange."
Only the weekend left then I'm going back to Piedmont. I've got the usual meds on tuesday, then a two-week break, then the monthly shot, and then I'll be back here. I'm really getting the hang of this! I've learned how to stock the cupboards here with nonperishable food, when to book the sessions with my therapist, and how to plan activities based ( Read more... ) -
"We've been here so long, still I remember that rainy september, contact."
It seems the days of hellish heat and obligatory air conditioner have taken their toll on my body. I have a simple cough, but even with the aerosol therapy it's proving hard to get rid of. I only use the dehumidifier mode on the air conditioning unit, but even so I guess I couldn't escape the obligatory summer cold. At first my chest hurt when I ( Read more... ) -
"Was there one you saw too clearly? Did they seem too real to you?"
Sorry for disappearing, but my aunt came to visit on thursday, and I've been enjoying all the wonderful family time! The heatwave finally arrived, and it's been pretty brutal, so on Sunday we all went to the mountains, my aunt, Tati, and I. To be precise, we went to Cortina D'Ampezzo, Tati's hometown, where they were having a summer festival. If ( Read more... ) -
"But home was a dream, one I'd never seen till you came along."
On Monday I had a most wonderful evening: a dear friend invited me to a night at the Opera! At the La Fenice theater, the Opera Theater here in Venice, where I hadn't been in years. The philharmonic orchestra there played pieces by Béla Bartók, Johann Strauss and Leoš Janáček (here's the poster), and it was absolutely magical. The Strauss one was ( Read more... ) -
"Okay, 3, 2, 1, let's jam!"
Today we are going to talk of something special, my very first, and favourite anime of all time: Cowboy Bebop. That's because today the blu ray boxset arrived, and it's fantastic, and I've waited for it ever since they invented the blu ray. But first, a little history!
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"Don't know if it's night or if it's the sun rising high scared of knockin' on heaven's door."
A lot of fandom news, because there's not much real life news going on.
First, damn Netflix for releasing new series just before the weekend. Every single time. This particular weekend was cannibalized by the third season of Orange Is the New Black. Did I learn my lesson last year, when I devoured two seasons in three days and then got sad ( Read more... ) -
"With his gay bride of flowers, the prince of the hours of her lifetime."
It's been a very hot and humid, but absolutely splendid, two days. My mood is great, and that seems to affect everyone I talk to. I feel happy and relaxed, and I'm enjoying everything I do, work and hobbies alike. The other day I continued my Jane Austen week with the 2008 series Lost In Austen. It was so very, very cute, I liked it a lot! It was ( Read more... ) -
"Give those strings that rip 'n zing, you know exactly what I came here for."
We're having horrible November weather here. The worst part is that apparently all tourists collectively forget ever having seen rain before as soon as they set foot in Venice, because they instantly don't know how to walk while holding an umbrella. Too foreign a concept. Is there a patron saint of patience? Because I think I scored so many points ( Read more... )
