flushing toilets, johan, flies and oranges

i woke up this morning at 5 o'clock. the alarm went of. not that i had to get up at 5:00. the day before...yes..but not this morning. but the alarm didn't understand that. since i only went to bed at 2:30 i didn't follow the call of the alarm and went back to sleep. my plan was to stay there at least till 10:00 but then at 8:45 somebody was flushing my toilet. not that i think that i have an exclusive right to use my toilet but i'm home alone at this moment and the other apartments in the building are empty. so i jumped out of bed and ran to the bathroom and then to all other parts of the house. nobody there. which was good because i was naked and you don't want to meet people early in the morning not dressed. a confusing start of the day.

also in the netherlands there is a lot going on around economics and crises and the combination of the 2. but it's peanuts compared to the real news there which is interesting to follow from my little village in italy. it's all about who is or should be in power at football club ajax. front page news and the biggest thing on television. hard to understand when you're not dutch but it's between national hero johan cruyff and a group of wise men. between creativity and management. between passion and logic. between crazy and control. between flushing toilets and alarm clocks. so...i go for johan!!!

killed at least 37 flies today. normally i'm not so much against flies as such. but at the moment i have to deal with flies that cross every reasonable border by landing constantly in my hair, on my face...hands...neck. just like that and making too much sound. it makes you feel like a cow. so i beat them. with my hands... or with la repubblica. the last one works well when the flies are on the windows. consequence is that tomorrow i have to clean the windows.

started picking oranges today. still a bit sour but delicious juice.