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Monday, 16 February 2009
Moving | Mi trasferisco

So many things have changed since I first started this blog...and I have changed even more.
That's why I feel this place doesn't represents me anymore. It still represents my past, without which I wouldn't be the person I am, but not what I am right now. I need a change in style, in language, in content. That's why, after pondering for a long while, I decided to close this blog, and transfer my thoughts, impressions and whatever HERE.

I would like to thank all those who visited it, commented it, and maybe even liked it. Thank you so much for your support and appreciation.

I wish you all the best, and maybe hope to see you on my new "place".



Son cambiate talmente tante cose da quando ho aperto questo blog la prima volta....e sento che io stessa son cambiata anche di più.
Ecco perché penso che questo spazio non mi rappresenti più. Prababilmente rappresenta il mio passato, senza il quale non sarei la persona che sono, ma non rispecchia chi sono ora. Mi serve un cambio di stile, di lingua, di contenuti. Ecco perché ho deciso, dopo averci pensato per un bel po', di chiudere questo blog, e di trasferire i miei pensieri, le mie impressioni e qualsiasi altra cosa QUI.

Voglio ringraziare tutti coloro che hanno visitato, commentato, e magari anche apprezzato i miei post. Grazie infinite per l'incoraggiamento e l'apprezzamento.

Vi auguro il meglio dalla vita, e spero magari di vederci nel mio nuovo "spazio".


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posted by: BallAndBiscuit at 08:32 | link | comments (1) |
this blog is closed now

Friday, 13 February 2009
Oggi in italiano

[ON AIR: Goin' Home by The Rolling Stones]

Una volta tanto vorrei scrivere in italiano. Mi riuscirà male, lo so, ma voglio provare. Ormai questo blog è un delirio di cambiamenti, quindi tanto vale continuare a sperimentare e vedere cosa si adatta meglio alle mie esigenze del momento (e comunque ad essere sinceri non credo venga letto più di tanto, quindi tanto vale farne quello che più mi aggrada....).

Finalmente sono tornata in possesso del mio adorato laptop, e posso tornare a sbizzarirmi e a tenere i contatti con la tanta (troppa?) gente lontana.

La grande decisione l'abbiamo presa, e direi che è definitiva. A meno di cambiamenti epocali, la porteremo fino in fondo.

Inizierò a lavorare (a gratis, naturalmente) per chinadialogue.net, e nel frattempo cercherò di organizzare fughe e di risparmiare qualche soldo. Senza contare che questo sarà un anno di matrimoni, lauree, nascite...

Avrò forse meno tempo di tenere aggiornato 'sto blog, il che mi dispiace molto perché ci sono alquanto legata, ma vabbeh, farò del mio meglio.

Ma vi lascio in buona compagnia:

     
"He gets back to the Casino just as big globular raindrops, thick as honey, begin to splat into giant asterisks on the pavement, inviting him to look down at the bottom of the text of the day, where footnotes will explain it all."
 
[da Gravity's Rainbow di Thomas Pynchon]

 

State tunni (cit.)

posted by: BallAndBiscuit at 14:24 | link | comments (1) |
ma vie

Friday, 30 January 2009
Hard-working?

[ON AIR: Sittin' Down Thinking by J.B. Lenoir]
 
I've been through a few changes (again!) lately. New job - which I hate,  possible unpaid internship, and most of all interesting new plans for the near future.

Lately I found myself restless and tired of the usual routine, of the same places and faces all the time...I probably need a change once again, probably it's not yet time for me to settle down and start an endless routine somewhere. Or maybe it is, but I just didn't realize it yet. I don't know.
The fact is, I've been growing tired of this place lately, I can't stand the people here anymore and I'm sick of doing unpaid or underpaid jobs that most of the times I don't like.
 
We are taking important decisions and will soon be thinking about moving place, work, life.

In the meanwhile, I'll try to cope with the ugly job, with the killing commute and with the unpaid hard-work. This is the Year of the Ox, I'm sure at the end I'll see the results of such hard work and sacrifices.

 
祝大家新春快乐！

posted by: BallAndBiscuit at 19:51 | link | comments (1) |
ma vie

Friday, 16 January 2009
Moaning for Gaza

[ON AIR: Top Rankin' by Bob Marley]

Gaza crisis
How can you live your life without feeling guilty, sad and useless in front of things like these? How can you keep eating, loving, going to work, smiling, without thinking at those people who will never smile again, never go to work again, never see their beloved ones again.

gaza crisis
This might not change things much, but at least it's something, it might make something change, it might give our governments the will to start doing something about this abominous situation.

Please, do it for yourself, SIGN THIS PETITION if you live in the UK, otherwise you can find an Italian one in HERE, or you can quickly google Amnesty International and the name of your country, I'm sure they'll have a petition to send to your government too.

gaza children
Sometimes I really feel that nothing will ever really change.....I so hope I'm wrong.....

posted by: BallAndBiscuit at 12:16 | link | comments |
take action

Thursday, 08 January 2009
New Year's resolution

[ON AIR: Idumea by Current 93]

The holidays have finished, we're all back to work by now, back to the daily routine that we've put aside for a couple of weeks to stay with our families and enjoy the time off - and I've also started a new job, which seems challenging but also rewarding.

I had a very nice and relaxing holiday, I saw a lot of people that I love and had a chance to spend time with my family, which is always good. I hope your holidays were happy and relaxing too...

Remember my New Year resolution of reading more? Well, I've started at best this year, reading The Perfume an amazing German novel that I suggest you all to read. I've loved it so much that I think it'd somehow changed my perception of reality. Amazing.
But now for the Great Challenge: yesterday I've started Gravity's Rainbow, by Thomas Pynchon (an American "anonymous" writer). I've already read V. by the same author, and it was quite a challenge because of the lexicon used and the strange jumps up and down in time and space of the novel....but after a long while I managed to finish it, and it was really worth the effort. So now I'm going for the Very Big Challenge: Gravity's Rainbow is something like 800 pages, and it reveals itself as much more complex, and yet much more intriguing and beautiful than V. since the very first pages.

When I finish it - if I ever will - I'll try to post some impressions in here, maybe a few quotes. But in the meanwhile, I really reccomend you to try something by Mr. Pynchon: every single page you'll read of his books will be a struggle, and yet one of the most beautiful things you've ever read, guaranteed.

Check this website if you want to learn more about Pynchon and his work: THOMASPYNCHON.COM

posted by: BallAndBiscuit at 09:14 | link | comments (2) |
heroes and more, ma vie

Thursday, 11 December 2008
Life's but a dream

'Morning!

Today I was browins for this old song that I knew when I was younger - possibly high school - and I used to love. I found out it's the first track from the only LP ever made by a group/project by Carl Stephenson called Forest For The Trees.
We found out the whole album, and I have to say it's a kind of experimental electronic music that didn't catch my attention too much. But I still think the song is great, and I also loved the video. So, here's what I found today....enjoy!



"When I am dreaming
I don't know if I'm truly asleep
or if I'm awake.
When I wake up I don't know
if I'm truly awake,
or if I'm still dreaming."
I love it! :-)

posted by: BallAndBiscuit at 10:41 | link | comments (3) |
my life soundtrack, shadows on the screen

Wednesday, 03 December 2008
Book shelf

Today I discovered a fun way to create an electronic bookshelf, so I decided to try it out.

Sadly enough, trying to remember the books I've read lately, I found out that I haven't been reading much in the last few years, and that I hardly finished 3 books a year. Gosh!

Before, I hade the excuse I was studying, had a lot to read for the university courses so didn;t have much time and spirit to read more when I was finished with those...but now I don't have such excuse anymore, but I've become lazy in all those years, and have real trouble reading and enjoying a book as much as I used to.

That's sad, and dull.

So, I already have my New Year's resolution ready for 2009: read more, try to take time out of silly browsing the internet or goofing around on facebook, and try to find every day the time to read a bit, and enjoy it.

Reading is one of the few pleasures of life: I won't allow the intertet, movies or other such things to take it away from me!!

posted by: BallAndBiscuit at 12:31 | link | comments (1) |
thoughts, ma vie

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