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I already knew the work of Argentinian photographer Irina Werning, but I found it even better when I saw it again in the latest video from Feist’s album Metals.

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Finally we made a mini-road-trip to Leipzig and we liked it a lot. The parks, the old messe, the station, the auto kino, the Cantona cafe. We enjoyed the city but also the way, full with trees and huge green meadows (well and windmills) listening old cds that I had in the car since a long time ago.
We have to come back, we are Leipzig fans!

Finally we made a mini-road-trip to Leipzig and we liked it a lot. The parks, the old messe, the station, the auto kino, the Cantona cafe. We enjoyed the city but also the way, full with trees and huge green meadows (well and windmills) listening old cds that I had in the car since a long time ago.

We have to come back, we are Leipzig fans!

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I couln´t get tickets for the concert…

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Today I found this flickr hastingsgraham with very nice old photos. I started making some collages.

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Today I found this flickr hastingsgraham with very nice old photos. I started making some collages.

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Nothing great happened the last weeks, I was working too much and I felt very tired and bored from going to work and doing nothing else.
But finally the spring came and I had a lot of activity during the weekend. I bought a second hand lamp, washed the car, I went with a friend to buy lots of plats for her balcony, we visited a hidden exhibition and then we ate in a sardinian little restaurant and drinked Ichnusa, a traditional Sardinian-made beer, but now owned by Heineken.
I had dinner with some friends and went to a funny and long party with some people from work.
It was great to spend the Sunday sleeping and enjoying the sun, talking about our teenage and staring the fancy people from Berlin passing by, which was quite entertaining.
I’m happy that the spring has come and next week one good friend is coming to Berlin.

Nothing great happened the last weeks, I was working too much and I felt very tired and bored from going to work and doing nothing else.

But finally the spring came and I had a lot of activity during the weekend. I bought a second hand lamp, washed the car, I went with a friend to buy lots of plats for her balcony, we visited a hidden exhibition and then we ate in a sardinian little restaurant and drinked Ichnusa, a traditional Sardinian-made beer, but now owned by Heineken.

I had dinner with some friends and went to a funny and long party with some people from work.

It was great to spend the Sunday sleeping and enjoying the sun, talking about our teenage and staring the fancy people from Berlin passing by, which was quite entertaining.

I’m happy that the spring has come and next week one good friend is coming to Berlin.

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I proposed myself to learn doing new things, so this weekend I baked muffins for a friend (the one who uses to leave cakes in front of my door). Everything was going fine…but! The muffins were too hard, well only outside, but they looked great and even tasted good.
I gave some of them to her, but still I have a lot of hard muffins. I wanted to take them to the office, but I was ashamed because they are not good enough and I can’t just throw them in to the garbage, because as my mother says: “The garbage doesn’t eat”. So I think I’m going to eat muffins for breakfast everyday and by the end of the week my pants are not going to fit me anymore.
I have to buy a kitchen scale.

I proposed myself to learn doing new things, so this weekend I baked muffins for a friend (the one who uses to leave cakes in front of my door). Everything was going fine…but! The muffins were too hard, well only outside, but they looked great and even tasted good.

I gave some of them to her, but still I have a lot of hard muffins. I wanted to take them to the office, but I was ashamed because they are not good enough and I can’t just throw them in to the garbage, because as my mother says: “The garbage doesn’t eat”. So I think I’m going to eat muffins for breakfast everyday and by the end of the week my pants are not going to fit me anymore.

I have to buy a kitchen scale.

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just why?

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just why?

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I don’t like windy+rainy days, no matter what I do to keep my hair looking normal, at the end it looks like a mop.
I ate a brownie to forget. 
I spent the evening eating sunflower seeds and playing backgammon, I’ve never played before and I won twice.

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I don’t like windy+rainy days, no matter what I do to keep my hair looking normal, at the end it looks like a mop.

I ate a brownie to forget. 

I spent the evening eating sunflower seeds and playing backgammon, I’ve never played before and I won twice.

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Today I picked up the developed film from the shop. I don’t use that much my analog cameras, I don’t take always the same one (of my 4) and I use always 36 picture films, so when I develop a film I usually find captures of very different moments. In that one I found the visit to the Luna Park, my summer holidays, the trip to a deserted hospital, one exhibition, the trip to Grunewald and random photos.I also found a box with two muffins and a note in front of my door. That’s even better than getting a letter.
I have to take more pictures with my analog cameras and bake something nice for my friend.

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Today I picked up the developed film from the shop. I don’t use that much my analog cameras, I don’t take always the same one (of my 4) and I use always 36 picture films, so when I develop a film I usually find captures of very different moments. In that one I found the visit to the Luna Park, my summer holidays, the trip to a deserted hospital, one exhibition, the trip to Grunewald and random photos.

I also found a box with two muffins and a note in front of my door. That’s even better than getting a letter.

I have to take more pictures with my analog cameras and bake something nice for my friend.

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Today I was alone at home almost the whole day, so I finally hanged the map. For me it looks a bit too big compared with the little couch, but I think I just have to get used to it. I’m very happy and proud because I hanged it by myself.I was suprised by my Swedish exflatmate’s visit (and now very good friend). We took some coffe and chocolate and chatted a lot. I was feeling very melancholic today, so it was really good to talk with her, she’s so funny and sweet!
We were listening Sóley (really nice music) in my laptop when it suddenly turned off, I know it’s old, so it could happened at anytime. Luckily it is running again. 

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Today I was alone at home almost the whole day, so I finally hanged the map. For me it looks a bit too big compared with the little couch, but I think I just have to get used to it. I’m very happy and proud because I hanged it by myself.
I was suprised by my Swedish exflatmate’s visit (and now very good friend). We took some coffe and chocolate and chatted a lot. I was feeling very melancholic today, so it was really good to talk with her, she’s so funny and sweet!

We were listening Sóley (really nice music) in my laptop when it suddenly turned off, I know it’s old, so it could happened at anytime. Luckily it is running again. 

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DESEOS Grace Paley

Vi a mi ex marido en la calle. Estaba sentada en las escalerasde la nueva biblioteca.

Hola, mi vida, dije. Habíamos estado casados veintisiete años, así que me sentía justificada.

Él dijo, ¿Qué? ¿Qué vida? La mía desde luego que no.

Y yo, Bueno. No discuto cuando hay verdadera discrepancia. Me levanté y entré en la biblioteca a ver cuánto debía.

La bibliotecaria dijo que treinta y dos dólares en total, y lleva usted debiéndolos dieciocho años. No negué nada. Porque no entiendo cómo pasa el tiempo. He tenido esos libros. He pensado con frecuencia en ellos. La biblioteca sólo queda a dos manzanas.

Mi ex marido me siguió a la sección de devolución de libros.

Interrumpió a la bibliotecaria, que tenía más que decir. En varios sentidos, dijo, cuando miro hacia atrás, atribuyo la disolución de nuestro matrimonio al hecho de que nunca invitaste a cenar a los Bertram.

Es posible, dije. Pero, en realidad, si recuerdas: primero, mi padre estaba enfermo aquel viernes, luego nacieron los niños, luego tuve aquellas reuniones de los martes por la noche, luego empezó la guerra. Luego, era como si ya no les conociésemos. Pero tienes razón. Debería haberles invitado a cenar.

Entregué a la bibliotecaria un cheque de treinta y dos dólares. Confió plenamente en mí, se echó a la espalda mi pasado, dejó limpio mi expediente, que es exactamente lo que jamás harán las otras burocracias municipales y/o estatales.

Pedí prestados de nuevo los dos libros de Edith Wharton que acababa de devolver, porque hacía mucho tiempo que los había leído y ahora son más oportunos que nunca. Los libros eran The House of Mirth y The Children, que trata de cómo cambió la vida de Estados Unidos en Nueva York en veintisiete años, hace cincuenta.

Una cosa agradable que recuerdo muy bien es el desayuno,dijo mi ex marido. Me sorprendió. Nunca tomábamos más que café. Luego recordé que había un agujero en la pared del armario de la cocina que daba al apartamento contiguo. Allí siempre tomaban tocino ahumado, curado con azúcar. Daba una sensación majestuosa a nuestro desayuno, aunque nosotros nunca llegáramos a quedar ahítos.

Eso fue cuando éramos pobres, dije.
¿Es que alguna vez fuimos ricos?, preguntó.
Bueno, con el paso del tiempo, a medida que nuestras responsabilidades aumentaron, ya no pasamos necesidades ni apuros.
Tú lograste resolver los problemas económicos, le recordé.
Los niños iban de colonias cuatro semanas al año y llevaban ponchos decentes, con sacos de dormir y botas, como todos los demás. Tenían un aspecto espléndido. Nuestra casa estaba caldeada en invierno, teníamos unos cojines rojos muy lindos, y otras muchas cosas.

Yo quería un barco de vela, dijo. Pero tú no querías nada.

No te mortifiques, dije. Nunca es demasiado tarde.

¡No!, dijo con gran amargura. Puedo conseguir un barco de vela. La verdad es que tengo el dinero suficiente para una goleta. Me van muy bien las cosas este año, y creo que me irán aún mejor. En cuanto a ti, es demasiado tarde. Tú nunca desearás nada.

A lo largo de aquellos veintisiete años mi ex marido había tenido la costumbre de hacer comentarios hirientes que, como el desatrancador del fontanero, se abrieran paso oído abajo, bajaran por la garganta y llegaran hasta mi corazón. Y entonces desaparecía y me dejaba con aquella sensación de opresión que casi me ahogaba. Lo que quiero decir es que me senté en las escaleras e la biblioteca y él se fue.

Eché un vistazo a The House of Mirth, pero perdí interés. Me sentía sumamente acusada. Qué le vamos a hacer, es verdad, ando escasa de deseos y de necesidades absolutas. Pero la verdad es que hay cosas que quiero.

Quiero, por ejemplo, ser una persona distinta. Quiero ser la mujer que devuelve esos dos libros en dos semanas. Quiero ser la ciudadana eficaz que cambia el sistema escolar y comunica al Comité de Presupuestos los problemas de este querido centro urbano.

Había prometido a mis hijos poner fin a las guerras antes de que fueran mayores.
Hubiera querido estar casada para siempre con la misma persona, bien mi ex marido, bien mi marido actual. Cualquiera de los dos tiene suficiente personalidad para llenar una vida, lo cual, si bien se mira, tampoco es tanto tiempo. En una vida breve no puedes agotar las cualidades del hombre ni meterte debajo de la roca de sus argumentos.

Esta mañana, precisamente, me asomé a la ventana para mirar un rato la calle y vi que los pequeños sicomoros que el ayuntamiento había plantado soñadoramente un par de años antes de que nacieran los niños habían llegado a su plenitud.

¡Bueno! Decidí devolver aquellos dos libros a la biblioteca. Lo cual demuestra que, cuando surge una persona o un acontecimiento que me conmueve o me hace darme cuanta de mi propia valía, soy capaz de obrar de manera adecuada, aunque sea más conocida por mis comentarios afables.

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Thinking about adopting a dog

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Thinking about adopting a dog

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I love my friends.

#6

I love my friends.

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I need more patient to start new projects.

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I need more patient to start new projects.