Sorted.

There's one thing my last ex was used to repeat me over and over again. I need to remove the negativity from my life.

I think it's one of the few things I really agree with him, so I did it.

I feel so much better now :)

Expectations.

Once upon a long ago, women were treated as an inferior race.

Once upon a long ago, black people weren't able to vote.

Once upon a long ago, bigots were ruling the world.

Today, in 2014, I want to see human rights given to every human being. I want to see every country go over any religious obstacle and allow marriage between homosexuals.

Everybody has the right to be happy, everybody has the right to seal their love if this love is not harmful.

Family must be a right.

And they're so wonderful and lovely... wish a man was able to be so full of feelings as they are.

So...

Let's make this world a step better.

A jump in the past.

I met a friend this morning.

It was funny because I saw him in front of the Bridge Street Books shop and, since he's also a writer, the composition was perfect. Shame I didn't have my camera on hand at the time.

Anyway.

He saw me too, and he crossed the street for a double cheek kiss in the Italian way and a brief chat.

After the usual pleasantries, we ended to talk about his first book (which I read in less than one week), he showed me the cover of the second one (still to be written, completed and released) and at some point I asked if he played Myst.

It was then that I realised why we became friends so easily.

No, I'm not ashamed to admit I'm a Nerd. And I'm even proud of it.

Now, I guess my brother bought Myst that was about 2003. Unlike other videogames, Myst was a first person interaction with the virtual environment. The Player find a book and touching the last page, (s)he literally get sucked in a parallel world by the book. To get out of there, you need to find clues and tools and your only choice is to go around and explore everything. 

I remember I had a copybook beside the Mac where me an me brother wrote all the combinations already found. I literally got sucked by the game. Once back home from work, I had to turn on the computer and (since the game had the resume option already) get back where I (we) left. It was the most amazing game I ever played. Just logic and memory. No violence, no shootings. Thinking. I never finished the game at the time, I don't even remember why I gave up or what kept me to go ahead till the end.

Today, of course, I read on Wiki about it and I found out that there were four ends, depending on the path you'd have chosen.

 

Once I win the Lotto, I buy a three bedroom house/flat and one of them will be the MacRoom. Just Apple and technology.

Fortune that dreaming is still free...

Happiness.

The moon tonight... from my bedroom :)

Unexpected.

Life is strange.

You meet a million of people during your life and you can't ever tell who will stay and who won't.

Sometimes it's your own fault, you failed on keeping in touch for very several reasons, right or wrong.

Sometimes they just step away, and albeit you're still wondering why and what you've done wrong, you won't ever get an answer even because in some cases there's not one.

Today I got an email from someone that I don't meet, see or hear from for at least 22 years.

The only thing I can tell about him is:
If the world would have more men like him, it would definitely be a better place.

And probably, today, I wasn't licking my wounds away...

La Ville de l'Amour.

Turned out that H. is going to Paris, next 20th.

«Deadly» I said. «I've never been there yet. I'm waiting for a very special occasion with a very special person.»

«Who's that person you will travel with?» he asked.

«I don't know. I never met him yet.»

I realised I should have been in a positive, optimistic mood with all those 'yet'...

Bitter Truth.

Let's say it.

It's not true that there's some good in everyone.

Some people are as evil as their actions.

Needless even looking for some good: there's none.

Stop being naive!

Dreams. You just need to believe in them.

I'm starting to believe that if I really want to get a job that I fully like, I need to create it.

Ok, I got this DSLR camera. I dreamt of it for YEARS before I was able to buy and use it beyond just taking selfies and pics of nice views.

I literally invested on it, still I'm far away to any "professional" way.

I definitely get frustrated when, regardless of any teaching and tips from my Master, I see that my photos didn't come out as cool as I saw them on its display.

My lack of experience, indeed.

But today, despite of aperture, shutter speed, exposure and image quality, I found myself among personalities like the Canadian Ambassador, his wife and his staff and one of our Councellors, his wife and his daughter.

And guess what?
I was the photographer of the event.

First of My Life!

I'm so excited I can't even gather a phrase. One of my Friends is about to have a baby (Girl!!!) and I've been invited to her Baby Shower.

Now, being Italian, this particular event is not part of our tradition and culture so I even had to ask to a mutual friend how to behave and what to do.

Personally, I'm so happy and honoured to be part of it. 

I followed her pregnancy step by step, looked after her when she was exagerating at work, got worried as fuck when she got sick, holding back tears at every scan she showed me. 

She wanted a boy and she waited for very long time before asking for the gender.

It happened that on the 1st of January I read the Independent and the first 3 new borns were all Girls, here in Ireland. So I told her, I bet she'll be a Girl too.

And so it was.

I can't tell the feeling on knowing I was right. Almost as I was expecting her myself. Well, I'm sort of doing it...

Now I just have to find something to buy for her and the party.

That's so lovely, going around and looking for Baby Girl's stuff.

I'm melting!

Freedom.

It's never at a cheap price.