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An introvert, for whom other people serve only as instruments of self-analysis. He has a very varied sexual life and gives his partners unforgettable experiences, yet to none of them does he reveal his true inner world. He has a very vivid imagination, but only he himself knows this.
Today I found a still-young but no less interesting app - Google Goggles. The app is based on two things - image recognition using the phone's camera and online connection with Google Labs.
On the eve of Valentine's Day, a little retro and love. Italian musician Umberto Tozzi's song "Ti amo" - "I love you" - literally enchanted all of Europe and far beyond its borders in 1977. The song was released alongside the others on the album "È nell'aria...ti amo", and the phenomenon of its popularity is remarkable.
Pizzica is an appealing, highly rhythmic, and "catchy" Italian music and dance. I first heard pizzica in the art film Ne Te Retourne Pas (2009), starring two wonderful actresses Monica Bellucci and Sophie Marceau, when the heroine Jeanne, trying to remember her past and find herself, entered an Italian home where a celebration was taking place. Initially the dance was like a flirtation between an unknown man and woman, later transforming into a dance of rivalry between two women. Looking it up online and reading descriptions of the dance, it turns out this short film fragment captured the essence of the dance very well.
On Friday evening I happened to wander into the J. Rože bookshop on Krišjāņa Barona Street. My gaze stopped at a small black book whose cover character would not let me pass by indifferently. As it turns out, books can collect not only aphorisms but also witty penguin-isms. As you can imagine, the book instantly claimed one of the places of honour in our home library.
One day we were deliberating on how a person's choice of car reveals their character. Running through the circle of acquaintances, friends, and relatives in our minds along with their vehicles, we ended up putting together a short typological description of each brand's owner. It must be said straight away that we make no claim to any kind of scientific or research-based conclusions - this is purely subjective observation. And exceptions always exist.
It feels strange when a peer departs (1977–2011). It seems so much has been, so much still ahead. No one truly knows where we come from or where we go. Perhaps we continue living in a parallel world, perhaps we are reborn, transformed, say, into a rabbit eagerly nibbling a tasty dandelion leaf. That was Mārtiņš's vision. A brief glimpse into Mārtiņš Freimanis's poetry collection "Little Grass for a Rabbit's Soul" (Mandris, 2004).
Inspired by the latest wine event dedicated to food and wine pairing, and having received the recipe from Larisa, I made a chocolate cake. It is wonderfully simple with a heavenly dark chocolate flavour, yet at the same time slightly fiddly in the baking process. I made it twice to achieve a smooth brown surface without cracks. What I like is that there's no need for flour.
This morning, drinking coffee and watching through the window as the wind raged while the sun felt almost spring-like despite it still being the tail end of January, I thought I would look for poetry readings on YouTube as a wonderful backdrop. Unfortunately one must note that poetry readings in Latvian are exceedingly scarce. I had to dig out the notebook from my student days, in which a few compositions by French modernists had been diligently copied out.
An age-old topic, much lamented but always relevant - especially for women, whom modern fashion canons compel to constantly worry about maintaining a slender figure. Having tried various draconian diets and understood that their effect is short-lived, we return to the truth - genetic predisposition and lifestyle. Objectively assessing what we can and should influence, and what we shouldn't stress about.