MN Little Italy 10

[francagoestohollywood]

Welcome, ciao, hello

LOL Bucharest. Thanks - that makes me feel a little better.

Truth be told, it's all rather scary: my entire working life, I've done everything at the last moment. If I do say so myself, I am exceptional at doing things at the last moment. And 99% of the time, I pull it off: I can even give a lecture basically from memory, with only a few notes, if I've read the material just beforehand. I can cram days of work into a few hours (if I had been more organised, I would be running the world, obviously). Now, all this sounds like I'm blowing my own trumpet. But I'm not, because it's a crap way to do your job, as I have to do everything over again the next time. And now I have a baby - well - that kind of working style is never going to work again.

I am screwed.

Wow! Just read that Tessa Jowell's husband's been sentenced to 4 years in prison! A tiny crack in Berlusconi's armour?

. What Bucharest said .

Penthe, like you, I've always been a last minute person. I used to function very well on it, and I amazingly did very well in exams etc as well. But I noticed, in time, that my "last minute" habit has become more and more radical (it is really last minute!) and it is becoming very stressing.

Looks like I'm going to be alone the whole pomeriggio. Ds went to swimming lessons and will be home late (7.30), and dd is staying at friend's for dinner. I'm feeling alone!

No, I didn't buy anything for myself, but I did spend an awful amount of time stroking a Marni coat !

penthe no, no one manages to do anything while on mat leave. esp with first baby. somehow with two is easier I find as they enetertain eachother and one has got the hang of it (it took me 3 years to get it!).

javier yes my dd1 talked all the way too - a classic! journey was perfect. more people helping that on the way in (bloody grumpy white collar city workers).

forgot to say javier the return ticket from subirbiatown to the childhood museum was 10pounds. unbelievable!!!

Penthe, nothing seems to crack B's armour. They have just one the regional elections in Sardinia , I don't understand

10 pounds! cazzarola!

one???? won

I am a last minute person as well by nature. however like I said I had to learn to organise things in advance otherwise it's a mess and it ain't happening!! like I said it took 3 years. it doesn;t aleways work though.

A M (dd1 writing)

It is so depressing. How can the Italian electorate support someone who awards themselves immunity from the law?

yes franca. it's official I am not a real londoner !! why why why didn;t I win the lottery and bought that place in bloomsbury... ahhh sad life .

will check the link in a min penthe. I am so glad though. is 4 byears enough though?

I don't know! And tbh, it is not just that! I mean this is a government implementing racist measures, insulting the Presidente della Repubblica, licking the Vatican's arse, cutting money from the state school system and adopting paternalistic pedagogic measures, not caring a bit about the environment, and I could go on and on and on. And they still win.

unfortunately (and please do not judge me for it, just shows why I left) I know a lot of people who have voted for him. and to me it seems that these people care only about themselves and their little world and B promised (whether he delivered to them or not I am not sure - he must as they voted for him over and over again) to make things better for them.
I could compare them with the DM's readers.

Two suggestions for why he wins:

• (some/many) Italians respect/admire/aspire to be a person who flaunts the law, who has balls, and who makes it big

• amongst some/many Italians there is underlying hysteria and misunderstanding about 'the left' in Italy: e.g. my PIL thinks anything left of Berlusconi is basically communism, and gets all worked up with it.

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dd1

perfect penthe.

DD1 has an acute political mind; her analysis of the B government's success is admirable.

oh well done minipippi

And another reason: the opposition (and it hurts saying it as a left winger) is pathetic

Pippi, yes, I think you should post on the gifted and talented threads

What?! Are all you lot on holiday? Chatting at preparing dinner time!

Just popping in briefly before having to tidy up madly because DP's invited people over for later and buggered off to the gym. I'm totally knackered, due to being out the last 2 nights and DD having a major pukefest yesterday, meaning great changing of sheets at 3am, 4am, 5am.... then I had to leave at 6am for a meeting in bloody Brescia. My flat looks like a tendopoli with all the bedlinen drying, there is dried food encrusted in the kitchen from DP doing the cooking yesterday and and and.... aaargh!

Oh, and happy birthday Rosa!

Must go, DD is trying to do unspeakable things to the cat food.

Will read thread later when have more time.

Oh no not you as well Brange we just had 1 vomit but it splatted through the spondina so it went out at angles !!!
Hope she is better!
It has been mega cold but I have just about everything dry - I washed the pillow - opps it sort of disentigrated so I need to buy her another - it was a flattish one and I liked it !
Canale 5 just said aria gelo su all Italia yummy how lovely !!
Guys early night for me ....

I feel a bit vomity actually...

just taken paracetamol for huge headache, i thought it was ds non stop talking, but may be it is a virus.
we are dropping like flies...
10 quid is a lot!!! did you have an oyster card? damon, it teaches you to leave the grim east end for greener pastures...
do you think tessa jowells knew her hubby had paid the mortgage with dodgy money? how did he explain the sudden windfall?
rosa, take care, and brange tell your dp's visitors to f off.
javier and damon went here www.vam.ac.uk/moc/ a little gem of london, you must bring your kiddies, infact the place is great even for adults by themselves.
Penthe, what does your name mean?
the only time i manage to do anything is during nap times, especially the long lunch nap which they take until about 3, if you are lucky. i chuck her in the cot, shut the door and sigh looking forward to interesting time to myself, i ban myself from doing any housework during htose 2 hours.....