#//I don’t have DID so I’m not gonna say Sancho does

[therealsanchopanza]

So like, do you consider “Don Quixote” like a name/title? Or like a stage persona? Or an independent entity from yourself?

- RMCA

Ah, here’s a good comparison. You know how sometimes authors will say that “their characters tell them what to write?” It’s something between that and method acting, I think. When I’m around the sinners, I’m usually thinking and feeling like Don Quixote. When I’m on my own, or I’m tired or bored or overwhelmed, I usually think and feel more like Sancho. This includes when I’m on my phone, which is why I usually respond as Sancho. I wouldn’t say Don Quixote is her own independent entity, but I wouldn’t say she’s really me either. I’m not sure if I can explain it better than that.

[football15-7fics]

Little Princess - Chapter 4

August 16, 2017

"Good morning sleepyhead!" A familiar voice addressed to Adrianna.  This one was still in a sleepy mist. It took her some time to compose herself before she recognized her friend Claire sitting next to her.

"Morning!" Adrianna yawned loudly.

"Feeling any better?" Claire asked her friend.

"Not really, I feel I'm gonna puke…"

"You really don't look good sweetie…"

"I know, I do look like Gollum…"

"Don't make a big thing of that, Gollum is somehow exaggerated!" Claire laughed.

"Anyway… I'm glad you came, since when did you arrive? And what time is it?" She asked as her hand grabbed her phone.

"I couldn't leave you on her own… So now, if you just tell me what's wrong?"

"I have no idea, I've been feeling so shitty over a couple of days, whenever I eat that makes me wanna puke and I do puke!"

"I called your doctor, he shall come in the afternoon?"

"You shouldn't have, I'm sure it's a virus, maybe the flu… I need rest and it'll be fine!"

"Yes perhaps it's simply a stomach flu or something close to but still, it might be something else, maybe you ate something that didn't do well on you!"

"No… It's a stomach flu, I'll do fine Claire, and thanks for coming over, I appreciate it!"

"Yes let's find out first what it is then we'll throw ourselves a party!" Claire tried to act in a cool manner as she was worried over her friend.

"Yes… sure, so any news? Are you going back to London?"

"Oh yes… Got to tell you something, I almost forgot, Jadon has been looking for you!" Claire burst into laughter.  "This kid got you good!" Claire couldn't control her laugh. "You want coffee? She asked as she walked to the kitchen.   Adrianna followed her friend with a pissed off face.

"It's not funny Claire!!!" Adrianna pouted a face.

"Yes I know, I shouldn't laugh, but this is too cute!"  Claire answered as she poured cocoa powder and a nespresso pod in the coffee machine.

"Cute, are you fucking serious? He's a child.!

"A child with big balls, by the way how big is his dick, any memory about that important detail?"

"Oh fuck you… shut off, I don't know and don't remind of anything, what a mistake, please just remind me to ask a potential one night stand guy age…." Adrianna sat on the stool, her arms on the white marbled table bar with an unsettled face expression.

"This Sanchi guy is so cute, and I bet he'll get even better with age, you two make a good pair despite the age gap!" Claire served herself a mug of coffee and one for Adrianna.

"I think you're insane girl…"

"No, I'm a realistic babe, Oh and I heard Dortmund signed him, what a great opportunity for him, you really have to check his videos on youtube, this boy is mad skilled."

"Yes I know they signed him so where's the point?" Adrianna jumped down Claire's throat as she sipped on her coffee.

"Only one sip of coffee, you getting your blood test done today…" Claire grabbed the mug from Adrianna's mouth.

"Are you fucking serious now?" Adrianna chewed out.

"Yes my love, very serious!"

"I need coffee NOW!!" Adrianna pouted with a childish face that Claire couldn't hold her laugh.

"OMG you look so cute with that face, wait a second, just have to snap a photo or video!" She grabbed her phone and took a photo of her bestie.

"I swear if you put this on your Instagram I kill you!!" Adrianna growled.

"Oh I will be sure so Sancho can see it!!" Claire poked at.

"Really, this is getting on my nerves, everybody is pushing me to check his football skills on youtube, and you my friend, making up things that will not happen!" Adrianna fumed with her eyes opened big.

"Awww sweetie, I'm just teasing you… but what I know is that he has been looking for you!"

"So what?"

"Maybe he's interested with you or something like that, he was drunk but not enough to have forgotten about you!"

"Oh damn, here you go again!!" Adrianna rolled her eyes with annoyance.

"And he'll probably play with the big guys of Dortmund soon, you'll have to get to see games… and when you'll see him playing or scoring a goal, you'll say to yourself he shoot me good once!!""

"Okay, gonna tell you something for a very last time and you better listen, we had sex… [he fucked you, you were way too drunk to be in charge or on top of him]•(Claire butt in) Just shut off now, for fuck sake!!!" And now angry Adrianna raged off.  This one knew how Claire worked, she was the teaser one in their group of friend.  She would make everyone pissed off with her overstate sense of humor. This witty girl was even though of her amused side a person that could be relied on at any time.   Adrianna's affection for Claire was pure and deep.

"Okay  I promise, I'm done with Sancho!!" Claire answered with a devilish grin at the corner of her lips.

"At first I felt so bad for having sex with him based on his age, then I realized it was a huge mistake and I let it vanished off my mind, he does make part of the past and I forgot him goodly, oh and concerning games at the stadium I'll won't restrain myself, I love football, Dortmund is my team and not even Sancho will make me feel uncomfortable, is that good for you?' Adrianna chewed out with a genuine seriousness.

"It's okay Adri, you know me, I'm the witty girl of our group… I'm obsessed with making sassy dirty jokes!!"

"Oh I know that!!"

"Ok, but seriously, from what Kylie said  he was looking for you on Instagram, you know she has contacts with bunches of footballers in London, maybe he got an instant crush on you, or I don't know what it is… and it's not the first nor the last time  that a man infatuated on you!" Claire shrugged her shoulders.

"I know, I know… but he's young, still a child, he'll get over that!" Adrianna vaguely replied as she stole her friend's mug to sip some coffee on it.

"A child yes but a child that fucked you so hard that you didn't walk for two days!"

"Oh gosh…" Adrianna exclaimed as she covered her mouth with her hand.  Again her stomach struck in the nastiest way.

"What?" Claire turned out worried instantly.

"I'm gonna puke so bad!" Adrianna rushed to the sink, throwing up until her ribs became painful.

"Awww sweetie, I'm sorry… Shit…. You know, get a shower and get some sleep up till the doctor arrives."

[ryttu3k]

Rush! by Måneskin, track by track!

Own My Mind: Oh hell yeah straight in with the drums! This is a quick-paced and aggressive song, really digging it!

Gossip: Already know this one, really been enjoying it!

Timezone: A ballad-y one, which aren't necessarily my favourites, but oh well. ...I get the feeling Damiano was missing Giorgia when he wrote this, heh.

Bla Bla Bla: It's catchy but... yeah this one isn't for me, haha.

Baby Said: Yeah this one's a jam. Come on, person being addressed, have a conversation!

Gasoline: Oh damn the opening of this one is cool on the record version. I'm still unsure if I love the verses, but goddamn the chorus. *aggressively air guitars*

Feel: Super catchy, but this one in particular amuses me because it feels so... LA. Like the cocaine on the table reference feels almost too 'this was written to be popular with LA party kids' to be an ESC reference? Yeah, I don't know.

Don't Wanna Sleep: Again, very catchy. It feels quite LA too, though.

Kool Kids: Honestly I know this one has been popular during live shows for a while, but it's not super grabbing me, heh.

If Not For You: Another ballad, very pretty. Very sincere-sounding, I just. Don't like ballads, haha.

Read Your Diary: Continuing the Sly-Rami-Martin combo trend of being very catchy to listen to, if not necessarily my absolute fave!

Mark Chapman: Oh I was not expecting this to be Italian. Along with Kool Kids and the next three tracks, this was written only by Måneskin. Gonna have to look up the lyrics later but goddamn fun to listen to.

La fine: My pre-release favourite! I think it's going to remain my number one, assuming the next track doesn't overtake it. Got this fantastic aggression to it!

Il dono della vita: Oh maybe not it's a ballad XD I do like it, though! Was kind of hoping it'd be sort of a follow-up to L'altra dimensione, sound-wise, given the title, but still very nice-sounding.

Mammamia: And on to the last trio, all of which we've already heard! Goddamn adore this song we love Mammamia in this house.

Supermodel: It fits in very well with the album as a whole, which is. Hm. Positive and negative. Super catchy, like I'm definitely singing along to it, it's just very LA.

The Loneliest: Again, lovely, just not necessarily my thing. (Ballads!) Also it does feel like a very low-energy end to the album, although in fairness Teatro d'Ira did that too with Vent'anni (I honestly prefer Il Ballo Della Vita's ending, with the goddamn flawless Moriro da re).

Right, final thoughts!

Favourite tracks: Own My Mind, Baby Said, Gasoline, Mark Chapman, La fine, Mammamia.

So there's some really good songs here, absolutely. The opening track, Own My Mind. The Italian songs, especially La fine. Mammamia, which I've goddamn adored since it came out. There are a few ballads which are lovely but not really my thing, and didn't really grab me like some of their other slower songs, like Le parole lontane. And there are... hm. Quite a few songs that feel very much like they were written to be Popular In America.

Unfortunately, I can't say I love the album as a whole, and certainly not in comparison to last year's favourite releases (Sancho by The Whitlams and Dance Fever by Florence + the Machine). It's cohesive, but almost too much so, like it was meant to be played at a party where Cool Rebellious Youngsters are hanging out and being Cool and Rebellious, but not actually listened to, and I think it does suffer from a vast majority of tracks having a team of writers and producers behind it, instead of just being written by Damiano/Måneskin and produced by the band and Ferraguzzo.

Looking back at this post: yeah, aside from Kool Kids, most of my favourite tracks were the Måneskin-written ones. The Sly-Rami-Martin combo was mixed but most felt very LA, aside from, interestingly, Gasoline. All very catchy, almost like they were written to be so more than anything else. Of the assorted/other writers and producers, I dig Gossip and Own My Mind the most, The Loneliest is fine, and I wasn’t keen on Feel or Bla Bla Bla.

Going to give this one... 7.5/10. Bit disappointing! Great step on their path to global domination, but I’d really love to see more of their own writing on the next album, considering those were definitely the strongest tracks.