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nausicaa83Happy name day to me! I see lots of chocolate in my near future. *_____*
I've been spending the last week helping my cousin re-write all her graduation thesis. It's about the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Qumran sect, and the concepts of dualism and predeterminism in Judaism. It's fascinating, and exactly my jam! (For those of you who weren't here 11 years ago, I graduated in Archaeology with a thesis on Roman Topography) I'm learning a lot of stuff, and after the first couple of days where I got huge headaches, my brain is finally back in top shape, and by the end of the week we should already have a draft good enough to be sent to her Professor. I'm equal parts nervous and excited! Plus it makes me feel useful and it gives me a lot of purpose, it's really a great thing to do.
Next week I have a dreadful appointment so some doctors can visit me and decide if I deserve my invalidity pension (in Italy cancer patients have a pension that gets renewed every year after a visit). It's a red tape kind of thing, but we'll have to talk in detail about all my exams, medicines, everything from 2015 up to now. It's going to be brutal. After that we'll have lunch at a japanese place because I'm going to need the pick-me-up.
In fandom news, I watched all Bojack Horseman and holy shit was that a great show. The writing is absolutely stunning. And the acting! It's really incredible. We really do live in a golden age for animation.
What else? I'm reading American Gods in the original English, and loving it. I read it years ago, and I remember only a couple of scenes and maybe a bit of the ending, so in light of the new tv series coming I thought it would be a good idea to re-read the novel. I'm loving it, although I keep getting distracted by fanfics. Too little time, too many fandoms. ^^"
I should go back to Venice next week for a quick visit. It's smack in the middle of the Carnevale, so usually I'd avoid that period, but I have a couple of things to do and most importantly my aunt and uncle will come with! I am so getting my aunt to make me frittelle di Carnevale! *_____*
I've been spending the last week helping my cousin re-write all her graduation thesis. It's about the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Qumran sect, and the concepts of dualism and predeterminism in Judaism. It's fascinating, and exactly my jam! (For those of you who weren't here 11 years ago, I graduated in Archaeology with a thesis on Roman Topography) I'm learning a lot of stuff, and after the first couple of days where I got huge headaches, my brain is finally back in top shape, and by the end of the week we should already have a draft good enough to be sent to her Professor. I'm equal parts nervous and excited! Plus it makes me feel useful and it gives me a lot of purpose, it's really a great thing to do.
Next week I have a dreadful appointment so some doctors can visit me and decide if I deserve my invalidity pension (in Italy cancer patients have a pension that gets renewed every year after a visit). It's a red tape kind of thing, but we'll have to talk in detail about all my exams, medicines, everything from 2015 up to now. It's going to be brutal. After that we'll have lunch at a japanese place because I'm going to need the pick-me-up.
In fandom news, I watched all Bojack Horseman and holy shit was that a great show. The writing is absolutely stunning. And the acting! It's really incredible. We really do live in a golden age for animation.
What else? I'm reading American Gods in the original English, and loving it. I read it years ago, and I remember only a couple of scenes and maybe a bit of the ending, so in light of the new tv series coming I thought it would be a good idea to re-read the novel. I'm loving it, although I keep getting distracted by fanfics. Too little time, too many fandoms. ^^"
I should go back to Venice next week for a quick visit. It's smack in the middle of the Carnevale, so usually I'd avoid that period, but I have a couple of things to do and most importantly my aunt and uncle will come with! I am so getting my aunt to make me frittelle di Carnevale! *_____*
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Date: 2017-02-14 06:22 pm (UTC)Non vedo l'ora di leggervi...io ho una voglia matta di tornare a Venezia ma le grandi folle un po' mi spaventano. Educatemi!
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Date: 2017-02-15 02:40 pm (UTC)Detto questo una visita a settembre o ad aprile dovrebbe permetterti di evitare le orde più grandi.
Da quel che ho capito anche a Londra stanno cominciando ad avere problemi simili, tra affitti fuori di testa e residenti che si trasferiscono.
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Date: 2017-02-15 03:29 pm (UTC)Concordo, stanno e stiamo distruggendo Venezia. I turisti frignano, ma non si rendono conto che sono parte del problema. La cosa delle grandi navi poi e' una vergogna immane a mio avviso.
A me anche ottobre non dispiace: se becchi che non piove, le giornate tendono ad essere particolarmente terse e si hanno delle viste magnifiche.
Il turismo di massa ed incontrollato e' un pericolo: anche in Islanda vorrebbero mettere il numero chiuso, perche' anche li hanno cominciato ad avere le orde selvagge.
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Date: 2017-02-17 10:40 am (UTC)Vorrei prendere a sberle quelli che mi rispondono "ma portano soldi!". No. Un numero limitato di turisti porta soldi. Le orde selvagge che dormono per terra e si lavano nei canali sono come le locuste: distruggono, sporcano, e tocca ai cittadini pagare. C'è un proliferare di persone che affittano in nero una camera, e di quei soldi al comune non arriva una lira.
Ieri ho sentito al tg Zaia dire che vuole istituire il numero chiuso a Venezia. Se ci riesce giuro che vado a stringergli la mano, anche se ho sempre odiato la Lega. Sono proprio alla frutta.