I am 33 now ( Read more... )

... but I am. I panic. And we're talking about big bouts of anxiety, almost to the point in which I have to hyperventilate into a paper bag. Seriously. I can handle press conferences just fine, but give me a telephone number, give me the task of phoning someone and making a bunch of questions and my hands start to sweat. I usually relax in the ( Read more... )

So, this week started in a rather shitty manner. First because our hamster Ludovico died last weekend. Also, I had a lot of papers to turn in at college, and a ton of work which I wasn't managing to do, so I wasn't really sleeping very well. And then Wednesday happened, and if you follow international news, you might be aware that the situation in ( Read more... )

So, like I said, Sunday was the day for the university qualifying exams. They hold two of these in the year, so that if you blow up your chances on the first one, you aren't completely screwed.

I didn't blow up my chances. There were 60 multiple choice questions and I missed only 16. That means I got 44 right. Sure, it's not amazing, but you have to ( Read more... )

Went to visit my uncle today. He had a ischemic stroke last week, and is still recovering. Thing is... he's physically OK, but he can't really communicate right now. He thinks the right thing, but when he needs to express it, it's hard, he can't find the words, or he says the wrong words ( Read more... )