I had been meaning to this something like this for some entries ;) Only cover-less, so to speak. Wouldn't that have been boring. This way I get to keep my addiction to making lists I think relevant (to myself only, of course) and yet it all looks so colourful and shiny. And terribly eclectic, yes. What can I say, musical taste(^^)all over the ( Read more... )

You Know You're Portuguese When....

Your mother or grandmother has Maria in her name ( Read more... )

OK, so I don't positively detest Paris. I kind of love bits of France outside it as well. And I am already getting over my momentary allergy to the spoken language - the written/sung one always remained in my heart, brains & genitalia. Besides, it's not just a romantic language (try brazilian portuguese instead) or sensual (italian beats it hands ( Read more... )

Back from terrible couple of days in Paris with friends, friends' little daughter and friends' friends. To go to whatever Disneyland is calling itself these days, to attend David Gilmour concert (there's no other verb but "to attend") and walk up and down the Champs-Elysées a lot. Shitty 4 star hotel in posh Faubourg St. Honoré thingy. Bitterly ( Read more... )

Hey, for some quixotic reason, me - I, the mildest, most generous of creatures with my not very big deal of $$ upgraded my LJ account today. Because I wanted to be able to... oh well, go read the prospects or something ( Read more... )

I'm not saying they were brilliant entries and they certainly don't qualify as updates - but I've been around (LJ) more often thus far this year than the whole of last year! Yup, I'm reaching the gates of despair. brr.../grr... "gates". Suddenly occurs to me that non-employment is a big reason to make no updates. gates. bush. ain't we having a ball ( Read more... )

Yeah, it's snowing here. Mildly (as someone else put it) only not so mildly now. And some of my cats are being playful in it. Strictly IMBY...

I hate writing 'Long time, no writing' almost as much as I'd hate its oral equivalent. But not quite so much. All word-games apart I truly suck at expressing myself orally, out loud, one-on-one, in public spaces. All those. All that ( Read more... )

Rules: bold what you've seen all the way through; italicize what you've seen part of; underline what you own; add three of your own

01. Trainspotting
02. Shrek
03. M
04. Dogma
05. Strictly Ballroom
06. The Princess Bride
07. Love Actually
08. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
09. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers10. The Lord ( Read more... )