Owner: Marmelade is on a life quest URL:http://marmeladesquest.blogspot.com Join Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 04:30:22 -0600 Rating:0 Site Description: So she decided to just leave everything behind and start anew in a totally different country where she has to start her life from zero. Here it is, step by step, her journey towards the great unknown. Site statistics:Click here
Bad Hair Day 2008-04-14 17:43:19 I knew it the first moment I woke up. My hair was a mess. Oh my god, it's one of those days! Now, when such disaster strikes, there's nothing you can do but stay home and hide. And that's what I did, except, there's not really any possibility of hiding in the peak of digital era, is it?Even when you put your messenger on invisible mode, you still get messages from people. Well, folks, my sister is coming back from London. Tomorrow. She just took that decision and she's gonna move in with me for a while. Which is fine, only I suspect she'll have one of her monumental foul moods and I'm in no condition to go through this. May the force be with me!I was so unsettled today that I almost ignored my friend Yummy Biscuit, who came all the way to Barcelona to serenade me with a guitarra and a Read more:Bad Hair Day
100 posts! 2008-04-15 12:37:17 You know what it means, don't you? I spend way too much time on internet. But you gotta give to me, 100 is a lot. I'm a dedicated blogger, who would have thought? Of course, I mainly talk about myself, sometimes I make stuff up just for fun and to see people's reaction, sometimes I simply embellish. I can't believe there are almost 5000 people who read it monthly. Thank you. (yeah, you!)So I guess making a wish is in order. But you know me, I can't pick just one with, so I'll make a whole list of them, in no particular order:win the lotterylose 3 kilosfinish the goddamn book by the end of the monthfind a girlfriend for Kuki. (he's virgin and he keeps humping my shoes all the time)make up my mind about how I wanna spend the summersave the world with Yummygo to Saint Vincent and the Grenadi Read more:posts
All about m'lady 2008-04-17 07:59:28 Hi everyone. I'm trying to make this quick. It's me, little Marmelade. Shush! My mistress, my puppeteer is out at the Robots in Disguise concert, her favourite electro pop chick band, and I'm taking charge of the blog for a while. It's all about that stupid tell me eight things about me tag she received from her "friend" Max, and for some unfathomable reason she accepted that challenge. Well, I think she secretly has a bit of a crush on Max, she thinks he's very smart and funny and all, but you didn't hear it from me. Look at me, already spilling the beans and I'm not even started. For those of you who were wondering what my mistress does when she's not playing with her internet friends, these are eight 100% true things about her.She once was blonde.She once played karaoke duet wit
Freaky Friday: Glad it's over! Part One. 2008-04-19 07:48:17 There's a little story for you. Since it's FreakyFriday
, the voices in my head are whispering me a horror tale. Don't be afraid, it's not that scary, actually. Also, keep in mind the voices in my head are not speaking English. I had to have it translated for you, ok?It all started about ten days ago. I went to bed at midnight, as usual, read a boring book about the spanish civil war which has this strange effect of making me delightfully sleepy. Meanwhile she is taking her make-up off, combing her long blonde hair with slow, voluptuous moves, and slips into the sheets next to me. She likes to cuddle until we fall asleep. I like it too, but not that night. The more I read, the more alert I became. The following day I was having an important presentation at work, but somehow my attent Read more:Freaky Friday
Girls, please give me your oppinion! 2008-04-19 07:47:40 Oh my god! What has this world become?M'lady went to town shopping for new bikini, but she couldn't find anything that would do justice to her smoking body. You heard her yapping all the time about her gym classes and Gerardo, the aerobics instructor, who looks like The Rock. And the drama, oh the drama!, she made when she realised she had to give up Coca-Cola, chips and Cadbury Fruit&Nuts chocolate. I had to cook her cauliflower and carrots, which really put her in a foul mood. The things I had to put up with, when I think about it, it makes me shiver. But it all finally paid off. Now she's spending all the time in front of the big mirror, admiring her La Bündchen body. I'm off the hook.Yet, she desperately needs new bikini, as the sunbathing season is around the corner. This ad ca Read more:Girls
Sleepless 2008-04-20 23:34:19 It's past 6.30 am and i haven't been able to sleep at all. I watched the whole series of Angels in America (again), yet no signs of Mr. Sandman. I did some online sudoku, to no avail. I listened to Sigur Ros, twice, but it proved to be fallible. That's ridiculous, I never listened an entire Sigur Ros album before, as I always fell asleep by the fifth track. Hell, I even read some Bertrand Russell notes on his views on epistemology and logical atomism, but it only made me more alert. Speaking of which: What the fuck are these two doing here? This is just as plausible as Betrand Russell having an affair with Dr. Strangelove. Meh.Anyway. My sister is staying with me for three days now, but we already had several huge fights. Last one a few hours ago. Now she sleeps like there's no tomorrow,
Big smile / domestic update 2008-04-22 15:43:43 Today I woke up with a big smile on my face and it lasted throughout this entire glorious day. Nothing special really happened, Marmelade is just feeling absolutely fantastic and it's infectious. Like her good ol' friend Idnas hurried to reassure her during their bi-weekly yahoo messenger session, "don't worry honey, it'll pass!". Not yet, though.Finally, Toni, my flatmate, proved himself useful for the first time. He invited my sister and me to the theatre he works for, to the premiere of a new absurd play, whose title I don't recall. I really missed the atmosphere of a theatre, watching the actors saying the lines live and studying their every reaction. Unfortunately the play was in catalan, a language I understand in proportion of 63 to 78 %. So I can't really tell you if i
Bare feet 2008-04-24 15:50:34 Nothing really happened today, but I thought I should check out with y'all. Is it ok? Should I make something up (like I usually do) just to be interesting? Fine.I profoundly believe in karma. What goes around, comes around. Somehow, for every shitty thing I went through in my life, in the grand scale of things they proved to have a positive outcome. Truly fantastic even, that changed my life. Of course, I did a lot of stupid things myself for which, sooner or later I paid dearly. I'm not saying it's divine justice or something like this. It's just that, I don't know, the universe is conspiring to balance all our actions. One of the things I did, when I was a child, was to kill a dragonfly. Not just kill it, but actually I managed to catch it and then I inflicted a needle in it and let
I CAN imagine! 2008-04-27 08:25:52 This is a picture I took while visiting New York two years ago. I've always had an obsession for The Beatles. Ever since I was a little girl. I would listen to my parents tapes (yes, cassette tapes!!!) and most of them were songs of this strange, strange British group. Of course, I didn't understand a word they said, but I really liked the tunes. They were using different words than the ones little Marmelade knew. Later on, Marmelade started to learn that language called English, and she began to understand those words too. And Marmelade was in awe, because that guy was saying something so very opposite to everything she knew and was taught, it made her wanna rebel. But, of course, she was just a little girl, who would care about her, anyway? Great, she was now an unfit little girl.The n
Paradox 2008-04-26 20:25:47 Wow, something very strange and disturbing has just happened out of the bloom. As I was minding my business, which is writing an "oh my god, i have a DEADLINE" article, when my yahoo messenger icon popped. Which is not unusual in itself. Still, when I saw the person trying to contact me, i froze. It's this guy I used to be close friends with a long time ago, and our friendship failed miserably, with me saying I never wanna talk to you again in my life. Well, never say never. I was curious to see what he has to say. Of course, this is not the first time he tried to contact me, but I always ignored his attempts. However, lately I find myself having a whole bunch of unhealthy curiosities, and well, a girl's gotta learn. Anywhoo, a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, this bloke use Read more:Paradox
Eve was misunderstood 2008-04-29 11:05:26 I don't understand why women were punished for that stupid apple! It's not like, after all this time, anybody, and I mean ANYBODY, knows the difference between good or evil. Or have any true Knowledge, for that matter. You know, we could have been spared of thousands of years of useless history, where nothing interesting really happened but people moved from one place to another trying to demonstrate other people they're worth shit.I'm not saying this cos i'm a feminist, not by a long shot. Why would I want to vote, anyway, all those politicians bastards who put up the circus freak show make me throw up. Why would I want to go to work, please, may I be spared of all that corporate crap, thank you very much? Yet, I understand Eve, where she was coming from. It must have been fucking Bo
SIGN THE PETITION, PLEASE! 2008-04-30 14:14:30 Polar Bear Protection Delay EndedWhen I was little a read a story a bout a polar bear cub who was in a circus. He was yearning for the North Pole, as he heard so many stories about it from his mother. I always had a soft spot for these creatures ever since. Aren't they cute?Please, if you have a spare moment, sign this petition. It will make a little more difficult for governments to drill for petrol in Antarctica.In a court order issued yesterday, Judge Claudia Wilken sided with the Center for Biological Diversity, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and Greenpeace against the Bush administration. Bringing the government's irrational and illegal protection delays to an end, Wilken gave it just two weeks to decide whether to list the polar bear as an endangered species. In addition, she
One thing leads to another 2008-05-02 01:13:31 Yesterday, at noon, I went down with Sabrina for a coffee at the local. It was a national holiday and she was not working. We then said let's go for a tour as it's such a beautiful day. Before we knew it, we were at the beach pier, where the shopping mall is. I ended up buying the geekiest tshirt ever, and she got herself a bathing costume. But then we got hungry and we went to this nacho place i love in Borne area, and then to a pizza place nearby. And then we got thirsty and we got to Sugar pub, where James, the owner, was so happy to see us again, he prepared us mojitos on the house. He's very cool, he can imitate a squirrel eating. We left Sugar with two new cool friends, two girls from Glasgow, Sheena and Sue, and ran into some friend of Sabrina, let's call him Generou
There's not such thing as a free lunch 2008-05-04 06:17:24 Lately I feel I lost control over things. I keep going out every night and pretty much sleep all day. I barely have time to do anything. I skipped gym a couple of times and it shows. I made a lot of dodgy friends, who keep calling me and invite me places, and instead of telling them no thank you, I keep going, and meet new people who are no good for me. When I first came here to Barcelona, I was looking for piece of mind. I only had it for a very short while, but I failed miserably in maintaining it. I'm pulling a Winehouse here!You know what, I'm glad I'm leaving soon. I'm going home for a couple of months. I need a good dose of reality to put things in order.
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I've done it! 2008-05-06 17:29:39 I just finished the book! All of it. This is the most important day of my life. It's may 7th and I listen to White Stripes. What else?
M'lady loves strawberry cake 2008-05-06 12:53:40 Hello people, it's me again, Miss Marmelade. I hijacked m'lady's computer again, as she's gone out to buy herself a strawberry cake. Yes, you heard that right, she's eating sweets again. Thanks god for that, you have no idea how cruel she gets when she doesn't have her daily dose of glucose. She's about to finish that book of hers. She's like a lioness in a cage, furiously walking from one corner of the house to the other waiting for inspiration to hit her, and every time she doesn't find the "perfect" word, she roars in anger. I just make myself little in a corner, until she gets tired and lays wasted on the bed. But at least she's staying home now. You have no idea how worried I was for her when she wasn't coming home all night. M'lady would never do this to me, I kept sayi
Movie Monday: Ironman 2008-05-05 16:38:58 Robert Downey Jr. gets out of bed, stays out of trouble, lays off drugs, avoids the slammer, decides to do a movie, and everybody gets to watch. And weep. And drool, possibly. I mean, he can make it worthwhile, and you know it. And how I know it. I watched an entire season of Ally McBeal (aaaaaargh!) because of him. Bad bad boy. This time he's a superhero. It was high time, I say. The guy exudes charisma. In fact, saying that RDJ is charismatic is like saying water is wet. And he really transfers its juiciness to our hero, Tony Stark, a lonely playboy genius. But the most important thing about Ironman
is that it brings a whole new vision to the superhero movies. The character's Conscience. For Tony Stark, his conscience is something very palpable. He does not want to revenge Read more:Monday
It's a new day 2008-05-07 17:10:46 Today I woke up only to smile elated at this new day. I've been workings so hard these last months, demanding so much from myself. It's not the writing itself, although, I have well over 100 000 words (!), but fighting my own fears, prejudices, shortcomings and to some extent, lack of self confidence. I honestly suspected myself at times of not being capable of going through with it. Too much distraction. Too much self doubt. I needed to stay strong and focused, and listen only to the voice within me. Or voices, if you will. Well, I'll be damn, today I felt so damn good about myself. So I lingered in bed late, watching TV and reading celebrity gossip sites (I know!). Then, to further indulge myself, I had a raisin pastry before going to the gym. Yummy. Love in my tummy. I even went s
See you soon! 2008-05-09 15:28:13 In about six hours I have to get up and catch the flight to Rome. You have no idea how excited I am. Bags are packed, my outfit for tomorrow is carefully laid out, everything's ready.So I wanted to say good bye for about a week, during which I won't be posting. However, I did scheduled something on May 15th, the Bloggers United for Human Rights Day. Please do check it out and leave your opinion. I would be nice to find it when I return.Ta-Da!xoxM
Nobody's people 2008-05-14 17:01:38 Bloggers united for human rights - May 15th.Sara Alawi, refugeeLet's stop for a moment and think about the people
who don't officially exist. Nobody
claims them, nobody wants them. I'm talking about the war refugees. There are no statistics, because of obvious reasons, but apparently there are more that 30 million of them. Most in Palestine, Iraq, Darfur, Balkans, but not only. Because of the war
The Agony And The Extasy 2008-05-20 16:50:58 Every time I'm in Italy I pledge to dedicate myself to becoming a better person. You know, like stop reading trashy magazines and start reading Pico della Mirandola, stop treating my body like an amusement park and do more artsy stuff, stop thinking about my pathetic little existence and focus on the big issues of the humanity. (Of course, now I'm not in Italy, so I have already broken some of my
Saying good bye never easy 2008-05-25 17:13:40 This is my last week in Barcelona. I'm equally eager to leave it and painfully sad it's over. The story of my life. The last days i skipped the gym, instead i took long walks in the city. Sometimes i would stop in a Starbacks and read this mind blowing book i carry with me at all times, but mostly just wonder about everywhere, alone or with friends, when they're available. Once, when i was in Born
Movie Monday: Dr. Jones, come to your senses! 2008-05-26 08:44:19 Last night I had the worst nightmare. I was staying in line to see Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull all over again. Aaaaargh!Fortunately, I woke up just before the CGI Paramount Mountain showed up, in panic sweat from the tormenting dream. In order to cool myself down a notch, I got into the fridge and stayed there for a while to catch my breath. Unexpectedly, a nuclear blast des Read more:Monday
All in one song 2008-05-29 07:06:15 If I had to describe my life those last six month away from home, this is definitely the song who gives the best feeling. With emphasis on pretend bit, but hey, aren't we all?I'm glad I didn't stay until the end, though.Time To Pretend Lyrics
Making the most of it 2008-05-30 11:48:06 I'm staying here in frond of the mirror, doing my hair, wondering what should I wear tonight. I'm gonna go out with La Sabrina, and, as usual it's gonna be a blast!I'm so looking forward to it. I promised myself I wont act stupid, sad, guilty, or, god forbid, over-intellectualising. Cos I have a tendency to do that sometimes. I'm just gonna take everything as it comes and enjoy it the best I can.
Happy ending, after all! 2008-06-01 08:25:28 Wow, what a great ride it has been! It really was for me one of those life shaping experiences. I met so many people, I learned so many things, I grew as I person, as a result of exposing myself to all this intercultural exchange, I became to know and understand myself better, to accept the good things and the bad things about life. I mean, you'd better, you only got one. On my last night, I Read more:Happy
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