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Monthly Archives August 2008

Drops of thoughts

Randomly chosen and thought about things I put on my “what to change in my life” list: What Why Start drinking tea for breakfast I like tea and I suppose it’s healthier than coffee. But is it? Practice some kind of physical activity on a daily basis I’m fat. Uh. Begin developing my own BW [...]

Posted 30 August 2008 † Matteo § English § Nerd § Personal ‡ Comments (1) °

Authors

Italian literature from the period 1944-1960 is full of treasures mostly unknown to the majority of Italians. Vittorini, Fenoglio, Gadda, Calvino: they’re all masters.

Posted 27 August 2008 † Matteo § English § Personal ‡ Comments (4) °

The big jump

These days I caught myself thinking about my life in the States for eight months. Many aspects of it are going to change with new ones coming in and old ones going away. Will I miss them? At the beginning of Pulp Fiction, Vincent Vega says:”But you know what the funniest thing about Europe is?” [...]

Posted 25 August 2008 † Matteo § English § Personal ‡ Comments (2) °

The show begins!

Today I met with Prof. Pietracaprina and Ph.D student Fabio Vandin and discussed about my thesis work. We came up with some suggestions about what to look for in the short term and I hope to study the problem and get back to the Professor next week. I’m really happy to start working, because my [...]

Posted 21 August 2008 † Matteo § English § University ‡ Comments (0) °

Back in town

To relax. Alone with myself. Mission Impossible. “…and now, why are you so good in making me going crazy? …” (Me, just now)

Posted 15 August 2008 † Matteo § English § Personal ‡ Comments (0) °