maribea

@maribea (2366)

Italy • Age 49

Joined myLot 17 years ago

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This is my new passion: the 19th century dances!!!

maribea @maribea (2366) • Italy 14 Mar 08

I am attending a new kind of dance classes. Actually, I am learning the dances they were used to dance during the 19th century: quadrilles, countrydances, waltzes, mazurkas, gallops and so on. It is wonderful. Now I am getting...

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I have finished my first novel!!!

maribea @maribea (2366) • Italy 24 Feb 08

Dear friends, I have been away from here a lot. Among the other things, I finished my book and sent it to some editors. I wish I could publish it, but it seems very difficult and unlikely. Anyway, I am here keeping my fingers...

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Criminal minds: the tv serial!!!

maribea @maribea (2366) • Italy 7 Nov 07

I am becoming addicted to this tv serial: Criminal minds. It is about FBI agents who are able to picture a profile of criminals and live studying their minds and behaviour. I think that the one I am watching here in Italy it is...

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I have a dream!!!

maribea @maribea (2366) • Italy 7 Nov 07

I have a dream these days....I know that it is foolish, but I cannot help dreaming about finding a person (a woman would be better than a man to avoid unpleasant emotional complications, but also a man would do if he is indeed...

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Becoming Jane: a movie for all Jane Austen's fans!!!

maribea @maribea (2366) • Italy 15 Oct 07

I have recently watched Becoming Jane, the movie about the true life of Jane Austen. I quite enjoyed it. The thing that I liked the most is the fact that they tried to find a connection between many aspects of Jane's life and her...

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Tai chi chuan? Do you know anything about it?

maribea @maribea (2366) • Italy 10 Oct 07

I have just learnt that tai chi chuan is one of the most ancient Chinese martial art and I am having a free lesson in my gym. It is based on a combination of breathing, meditation and smooth movements and it helps you relax and...

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Just finished reading my new book!!!

maribea @maribea (2366) • Italy 10 Oct 07

I have just finished reading my new book. It is the last one by Matilde Asensi, a Spanish writer. In Italian it is entitled TUTTO SOTTO IL CIELO (Everything under the sky). It is wonderful and I strongly recommend you it. I found...

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Possession A romantic story by Antonia S Byatt

maribea @maribea (2366) • Italy 5 Oct 07

Is there anybody who has read this book?? I have just bought it in my favourite Anglo-American bookshop in Rome. I remember watching a movie with Gwyneth Patrol screenplayed after this book and now I am reading it. It interested...

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John Travolta in Hairspray ...

maribea @maribea (2366) • Italy 4 Oct 07

is exhilarating??? And Michelle Pfeiffer has such a sensual voice!!!! I am happy they decided to keep the songs in English even in the Italian version, just adding subtitles so to let people understand what they were singing...It...

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What a strange period of my life!!!

maribea @maribea (2366) • Italy 4 Oct 07

I am so busy that I can hardly find time for myself, including mylot!!! I am writing my PhD paper, I am visiting my patients, I am finishing a Telethon research project, and I am studying towards my next English exam...but I have...

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Friends on mylot only for money!!!!

maribea @maribea (2366) • Italy 4 Oct 07

I hate it when people here in mylot ask me to be my friend and then they send me a message with a link to their homepage on a whoknowswhat site paying them for referrals..I am ready to accept any friend but this makes me feel very...

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Publishing my book!!!

maribea @maribea (2366) • Italy 26 Sep 07

As many of you already know, I love writing. During this summer I turned some ideas and notes I had jotted down during the previous month into the first draft of a little novel..Now I am back to work but I promised myself that as...

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New jobs!!!

maribea @maribea (2366) • Italy 26 Sep 07

I heard of a site where people offer collaboration depending on their hobbies or abilities..I could not hear the exact name of the site but I think this is a great idea. It creates new job opportunities and help us enjoying...

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I have my first complete tea-set!!!!

maribea @maribea (2366) • Italy 24 Sep 07

I am so happy: yesterday I bought my first complete tea-set!!! As many of you know, I love tea and of course I had my kettle and some cups I loved and many tea blends..but I lacked a complete tea-set..Now I am the proud owner of a...

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Summer holidays

maribea @maribea (2366) • Italy 5 Jul 07

As some of you already know, I was thinking of going to Scotland this summer with some friends..but then after lots of inconvenients, I was left alone and I had to plan all my summer again.nothing bad, of course...and now here I...

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Where are you going for your summer holidays?

maribea @maribea (2366) • Italy 24 Jun 07

I was about to go to Scotland on August with my best friend and two or three friends of hers. But she has just been hired for a new job and therefore we cannot go all together anymore. So I have to find a new solution for my...

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This is the reason why my new car is so important!!!!

maribea @maribea (2366) • Italy 21 Jun 07

As I told you, I have a new car and i am happy, but moreover this is important for me, this is a sort of comfort...for my soul. The fact is that there is a thing i could not tell anybody and that was linked to my past car. One...

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How sad when people you love seem to get rid of you so easily!!!!

maribea @maribea (2366) • Italy 21 Jun 07

Unfortunately or luckly I can love people (friends, relatives, partners) very deeply. This is very unlucky because once i love someone I need a lot to stop loving him or her. And my strong affections are a misfortune because I...

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I spent a wonderful Roman summer night!!!!

maribea @maribea (2366) • Italy 20 Jun 07

Do you remember me complaining about being alone in my house instead that outside enjoying the beauty of summer nights in Rome??? Well, forget that girl because tonight I have just come back from a wonderful walk under the night...

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I have a new car!!!

maribea @maribea (2366) • Italy 20 Jun 07

Just to share you good news. I have a new car: it is an Italian car called Alfa 147. I am trying to add a picture taken by the Alfaromeo web site. It is just a little thing, but I wanted to share this with you. People here at...

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