Maira Martins

self-taught in everything

Week 28: The Workflow

Another two-weeks long week, productive and filled with A-HA! moments. ๐Ÿš— Failed my driving exam again and now on a five months-long waiting list! At this point I am so pissed at this system that is de...

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He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

He-Man 90s TV Show Poster

I watched He-Man on TV as a 90s kid and was so happy about the new movie! But then I saw the trailer and it looks terrible. Has anyone seen it? Yay or Nay?

I suspect they'll only show it for a week here in Spain, so I need to decide kind of NOW if I'm watching in the theaters or not.

Disappeared for a few days for a good reason: we went for a quick road trip around Costa Brava and Occitanie!

In only five days we drove 1600 km and visited Tossa de Mar, Peratallada, Pals, Tamariu, Cadaquรจs, Besalรน, Collioure, Narbonne, Lagrasse and Carcassonne. ๐Ÿ’™โ›ต๐Ÿฐ

I took my illustrated journal with me and tried to draw and write about the trip while on location, which proved impossible, so now I have half the trip on the journal and the other half I'll get done this weekend. I'm pretty happy with my drawings, will definitely publish it for the world wide web to see and rejoice in my art.

Decided to leave all cameras at home and shoot only with the Xiaomi 15U. Told myself I would be super mindful about every frame and shoot like film. Instead, got all excited about the different lenses, found a leica filter I liked, and ended up with 750 photos (and Jaanus shot about the same on his phone), lol. Hopefully, Excire will make it easy to cull. We'll see!

Watched: The Mandalorian and Grogu ๐Ÿฟ

Yesterday we watched The Mandalorian and Grogu at the movie theater. It was great, and in fact it would be impossible for me to not like it, as a Star Wars fan, a Mandalorian fan, a Grogu fan, so my o...

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Week 27: E.T.

A two-weeks long week in the homestead. ๐ŸŒฑ This year I decided to not worry about vegetables and starting seeds in the garden; instead I was going to plant some hardy flowers and that's it. But basil i...

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Watched: Person of Interest ๐Ÿ“บ

What a show! Visionary, prophetic, ahead of its time and a must-watch!

tv

"There is only one side of the market and it is not the bull side or the bear side, but the right side."

โ€” Jesse Livermore

Bougainvillea

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Seen during our morning walk today. And my first time posting to the blog from my phone! ๐Ÿ“ก๐Ÿ“ฒ

"I have two basic rules about winning in trading as well as in life: 1) if you donโ€™t bet, you canโ€™t win; 2) if you lose all your chips, you canโ€™t bet."

โ€” Larry Hite

Luneta

Luneta

Luna woke me up extra early today. We went out before the first rays of sunshine showed up. We saw five or six wild rabbits, a squirrel, a cat, millions of colorful wildflowers everywhere we looked. Love spring!

Week 25: The flood

๐Ÿ“š Finished reading Brave New World by Aldous Huxley ๐Ÿ“š Finished reading Taken at the Flood by Agatha Christie ๐Ÿฟ Watched Anaconda (2025)! Preposterous, ridiculous, highly entertaining. :D ๐Ÿฟ Watched Mike...

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Finished reading: Brave New World ๐Ÿ“š

It took me forever, but I'm finally done reading my first fiction of the year! Last weekend I finished Brave New World, a dystopian novel by Aldous Huxley, and I needed some time to digest the turn th...

books

Week 24: The perfect crime

๐ŸŽน Played 5 days out of 7, for at least 30min a day! Currently working on an รฉtude by Elena Gnyesina. The score suggests "moving" as a tempo and I can play it comfortably at 100bpm. But my teacher seem...

weeknotes, Luna, piano

Restarting my piano practice

The pandemic changed many things, for a lot of people. Personally, I bought a treadmill. And I decided I would learn the piano on my own, no teachers, just me, a book, and my musical geniality (ahem!)...

piano

Week 23: The Air Fryer

I don't know why I didn't get one before? I love this thing. I have used it every single day since it entered my life, 14 days ago. ๐Ÿ”ฅ So far, the air fryer was used for: ikea plant balls, ikea vegetab...

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Review: YTC Price Action Trader ๐Ÿ“š

A review of YTC Price Action Trader by Lance Beggs, and what I learned from the book.

books, trading

Week 22: Easter

Once again, a week note longer than a week. ๐Ÿณ Bought an Air Fryer! This is my first one and I went with the Cosori Turbo Blaze. โŒจ๏ธ Bought a Logitech MX Keys Mini. My 4th keyboard, in search of relief...

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