Posts from ‘January, 2006’

Stomach cramps. Nausea. Evil winter viruses taking over life

James Blunt’s Goodbye my lover is about The Saddest Song Ever. Brings tears to my eyes every time I listen to the lyrics. Imagine this scenario: Your loved one dies. You play this song at the funeral. I’ve seen you cry, I’ve seen you smile. I’ve watched you sleeping for a while. I’d be the [...]

I am now the proud owner of a shiny new national identification card with my picture on it. I don’t know if I can even begin to describe how liberating it feels. Not that I have felt trapped in any way before, but this little piece of plastic means freedom to me. Freedom to leave [...]

I discovered Elisa today out of a pure coincidence. This morning when I prepared my mp3 player I carefully chose to upload Fabrizio De Andre, Roberto Murolo and nothing more – I wanted calm yet intense music, I wanted music that I can listen to and not only music that you hear. I wanted to [...]

“I love mamma almost too much!” Those are the words with which Alexander woke his daddy up this morning. Then he curled up to me and asked if I love him too much too, and my heart almost burst through my chest. It makes me wonder. Is there such a thing as loving somebody too [...]