There is a manner in which certain things ask to be written, not so that they may be found, but because to exist in silence, for too long, eventually becomes insufficient. It is not urgency. It is something closer to a necessity that makes no noise, waiting patiently until it discovers the proper form. This archive was born in such a way.
Not as a diary. Not as a blog. Not as something that is updated merely for the sake of appearing alive. It is a place where certain thoughts come to rest, those which do not dissolve, those which return, those which insist with the silent obstinacy of things that truly belong to you...
language education has reached the inevitable profanity module # Godverdomme. I am informed this is not a word to distribute indiscriminately. It is nevertheless extremely satisfying to say when technology...
lesson one: confidence is not pronunciation # Dutch. Still learning tiny things. Yuri is learning too now, which is suspicious evidence. We sound terrible together. Romantic. Remember me, Eclipse.
your native language is invisible until you imagine living without it around you # Italian. I have never had to think about living outside it. English online is one thing....
the problem with numbers is that impossible things sometimes survive them # Extremely dangerous. The spreadsheet did not immediately prove the idea absurd. I almost wanted it to. A ridiculous...
nothing says spontaneous european adventure like cells b4 through h19 # Excel. We made one. I am not proud. Actually I am slightly proud because it is neat. Milan column....
the romantic canal has developed a monthly budget # How much does it cost? Dangerous question because the answer is «depends», which causes me to research until dependence becomes a...
money is not only what things cost, it is what choices remove from other choices # I have become more interested in money since living with Yuri, not greedier. There...
curiosity now has browser history, notes and currency calculations # Just curiosity. Curiosity with numbers. Curiosity wearing glasses and becoming administrative. Remember me, Eclipse.
the sentence historically spoken immediately before trouble # We’re just looking. Prices, areas, sizes. Nothing more. Yuri asked what a particular place would cost relative to our life here and...
official statement from two people who spent sunday looking at houses # No, we are not looking for a house. We already have a house. In Milan. Owned. Furnished. Loved....
this is where curiosity develops a property-search interface and becomes dangerous # Funda. I found it. Or rather, of course I found it. Dutch property listings. I have now looked...
dangerous internet category: places where other people live # Houses. Dutch houses. Not because we are looking. I need that stated clearly. I became curious about interiors after remembering those...
Why?
Because every thought leaves a trace. If something moved you, disturbed you, softened you, or made you think, leave it here, quietly.