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Entries from March 2007

Life At Faros

Thursday, March 29, 2007 · 4 Comments

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Πείτε με βλαμμένο, αλλά τον κ.Γιώργο Κατσαδωράκη εγώ τον ζηλεύω! Ο κύριος αυτός είναι στην Ψαθούρα, ένα νησάκι βορειοανατολικά των πανέμορφων Σποράδων. Μόνος του σε έναν φάρο για 45 μέρες. Μας γράφει καθημερινά κι από κάτι, απόδειξη του ότι είναι ακόμα ζωντανός. Σκοπός του η μελέτη ενός προστατευόμενου είδους πτηνού στην Ε.Ε., την ανοιξιάτικη μετανάστευση των πουλιών και τη φυσική ιστορία του νησιού, ενώ προσπαθεί να ευαισθητοποιήσει πολίτες και πολιτεία για την ανάγκη ουσιαστικής προστασίας των προστατευόμενων περιοχών της χώρας. Πολύ ενδιαφέρον το ιστολόγιό του. Θα πρότεινα να περάσετε μια βόλτα από τον φτωχικό του φάρο στο Life At Faros.

Features Song: Ευανθία Ρεμπούτσικα | Χασάπικο 64

Categories: Blogs

We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute

Saturday, March 24, 2007 · 6 Comments

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“We don’t read and write
poetry because it’s cute.

We read and write poetry because
we are members of the human race.

And the human race
is filled with passion.”

–”Dead Poets Society”

Featured Song: Johnny Tillotson | Poetry in Motion

Categories: Quotes

Alegría

Tuesday, March 20, 2007 · 4 Comments

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Allegria
I see a spark of life shining
Allegria
I hear a young minstrel sing
Allegria
Beautiful roaring scream
Of joy and sorrow, so extreme
There is a love in me raging
Allegria
A joyous, magical feeling

Featured Song: Cirque Du Soleil | Alegría

Categories: Music

Dedicated to The Know-It-Alls

Tuesday, March 20, 2007 · 6 Comments

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What gets us into trouble is not what we don’t know.
It’s what we know for sure that just ain’t so.

-Mark Twain

Featured Song: Saint Etienne | The More You Know

Categories: Quotes

Fuck My Ass!

Friday, March 16, 2007 · 6 Comments

Please somebody explain this to me.

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Somebody has serious issues. As I was checking my blog stats on WordPress.com® Dashboard I found out that somebody visited my blog by looking to fuck his ass! And somebody else if not the same guy was searching for some ass fun!

Anyway, I hope he found what he was looking for… Perverts! If he didn’t however, here is some homework!

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Featured Song: Sir Mix-a-lot | Baby Got Back

Categories: Fun · General

Caution: Global Warming!

Thursday, March 15, 2007 · Leave a Comment

This is not a dress rehearsal! This is life! This is serious… Spread the word.

Learn more about it:

www.ClimateCrisis.net

www.Global-Cool.com

www.StopGlobalWarming.org

Featured Song: Coolio | Too Hot

Categories: General · YouTube

Harley-Davidson Vs Women :)

Wednesday, March 14, 2007 · Leave a Comment

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The inventor of the Harley-Davidson motorcycle, Arthur Davidson, died and went to heaven.

At the gates, St. Peter told Arthur. “Since you’ve been such a good man and your motorcycles have changed the world, your reward is, you can hang out with anyone you want to in heaven.”

Arthur thought about it for a minute and then said, “I want to hang out with God.”

St. Peter took Arthur to the Throne Room, and introduced him to God.

God recognized Arthur and commented, “Okay, so you were the one who invented the Harley-Davidson motorcycle?”

Arthur said, “Yeah, that’s me….”

God commented: “Well, what’s the big deal in inventing something that’s pretty unstable, makes noise and pollution and can’t run without a road?”

Arthur was apparently embarrassed, but finally spoke, “Excuse me, but aren’t you the inventor of woman?”

God said, “Ah, yes.”

“Well,” said Arthur, “professional to professional, you have some major design flaws in your invention:”

1. There’s too much inconsistency in the front-end protrusion

2. It chatters constantly at high speeds

3. Most rear ends are too soft and wobble too much

4. The intake is placed way too close to the exhaust

5. The maintenance costs are outrageous!!!!

“Hmmmmm, you may have some good points there,” replied God, “hold on.”

God went to his Celestial supercomputer, typed in a few words and waited for the results. The computer printed out a slip of paper and God read it.

“Well, it may be true that my invention is flawed,” God said to Arthur, “but according to these numbers, more men are riding my invention than yours.”

Featured Song: The Troggs | Wild Thing

Categories: Fun

Σκόρπια γράμματα…

Tuesday, March 13, 2007 · 5 Comments

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Έρχομαι από την αγκαλιά του Μορφέα.
Ο ήλιος χτυπάει τα πατζούρια μου.
Τον ακούω να γλυστράει μέσα από τις γρίλιες τους.
Έως τα βαθιά μου όνειρα και με επαναφέρει στην πραγματικότητα.

Λένε ότι ζεις όταν δεν κοιμάσαι.
Για κάποιο λόγω ξανακοιμάμαι.
Έχω ξεχάσει πλέον γιατί…

Μυρίζω τον καφέ και ρουφώ την στάχτη του τσιγάρου.
Κάτω από το παραθυρό μου ένας στρατός μετρίων.
Χαμογελώ, με συμπόνια ή φόβο δε ξέρω.

Το κρύο νερό στο πρόσωπό μου μου δείνει θάρρος.
Το σκουπίζω… Μα γιατί?

Στο δρόμο γελάω όταν ο ήλιος μου χαιδεύει το πρόσωπο.
Στο δρόμο γελάω με κάθε τι που θεωρούμε δεδομένο.
Κάτι ακόμα να δικαιολογεί τη ζωή μου.

Οι μέτριοι με χαιρετούν κι εγώ τους χτίζω όνειρα.
Ότι χρειάζεται για να μη χτίσω τα δικά μου.
Κάποιοι το παρατηρούν.
Τελικά κάποιοι ίσως να μην είναι τόσο μέτριοι.

Και μαζεύω ενέργεια κάθε στιγμή για σένα.
Μόνο για να καταλάβω πως τώρα που την αφήνω
είναι πολύ. Πάρα πολύ. Κι είναι άδικο.
Γιατί εσύ δεν είσαι το δικό μου εσύ.

Μα τι αλαζόνας!
Ξύπνα! Συμμετοχή.
Αυτό που ψάχνεις θα το βρεις στο δρόμο.
Όχι στο μυαλό σου.

Αμφισβήτησε θετικά τον εαυτό σου
κι ίσως καταφέρεις να αλλάξεις.

Όταν μάθεις ν’αγαπάς τους ανθρώπους
θα μάθεις να αγαπάς κι εσένα.
Κι όχι το αντίστροφο.

Featured Song: Bloc Party | Song for Clay (Disappear Here)

Categories: General

Confessions of a dangerous mind

Monday, March 12, 2007 · 5 Comments

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I was thinking… as always and I want to share that. I was thinking that there are times that we write to make a statement of something we already know (that we think we know) and times we write because we are confused or insecure and (we believe we are) distant from reality hoping that by writing our thoughts down will help us make them more clear.But “reasons for writing” is not my topic. It just came up. I have many topics to be honest… So many that I can’t fit them in my head all at the same time in order to make a point. So complex and interrelated between them that if I start thinking about one of them and those that are related with it and then about those that are related to those that are related with the first one, I start forgetting which the first one was. And let me not start with the alternatives for each one.

I have to narrow my thinking down (though I can’t) because the brainstorm that I’m going through right now is such a mind job that it actually brings me a headache. So, let me tell you a story about you (or me or him or her).

Let’s start with feelings. You like to see feelings as the most addictive drug. They can make you a hero or put you to sleep (straight into nothingness). Feelings more than anything else determine your potentials in any part of your life (it’s the driving force you see, the energy, the gas). Today for instance you were feeling tired. You tried to relax so you were feeling relaxed. You turned off the lights, put some music on, got some whiskey and rolled a cigarette. Then you were feeling nostalgic. You started remembering of your youth. There are words coming at your mind. Words such as action, power, innocence, restless, breathless, intimacy, improvisation, romance, fun, laughter, dream, images, feelings. And then you realize! Simplicity…

But of course! Simplicity. Back then it was so much easier to distinguish everything. Good from bad, love from hate, tears from laughter, friends from enemies, truth from lie, black from white. And everybody looked happy. That’s how the world should be. But it’s not and everybody is miserable so life sucks and we can all go and die. So… simple. End of story.

Well, I disagree with you guys. Because you see things aren’t that simple. Now some of you might think that that sucks and that things should be be as simple as possible. Well it’s not a matter of less is more or of I want to keep this child inside me or of right or wrong (or even of choice of living). None of these. I was thinking about it you see and I found out that one of the keys to simplicity is clear consciousness (that is very simplified I guess). But clear consciousness is not that simple you see. Actually it doesn’t even matter.

If you handle complexity you enjoy the game more. But does happiness derives from the ability to keep a distance from what you are living or from full involvement in what you are living? In other words, living for the moment or living each thing as part of something bigger? I used to think that we leave for one thing per moment. That’s not the case anymore because we live with multiple expectations.

And I’m thinking… Is this complexity that complex that it doesn’t really matter since we might never be able to handle it that it actually becomes simple? Is this what confidence and arrogance comes from? Simplicity? How dangerous can that be? Being simple… How many things do you ignore/sacrifice in the name of simplicity? Could it be a way to avoid consequences of our actions? By simplifying things… You have this take me or leave me attitude? How simple is that?

Is it about optimism? Is it about positivism? Is it about instinct? Is it about caring? Is there something that we can live by? A rule of thump maybe… Is there greatness at all? Is there poetry? I know there is beauty. So I start from there… creativity.
And now I’ll have to stop because I forgot the first thing… I guess now you see my point. Balance. Tomorrow the man in the mirror will not be the same but that happens everyday so what’s the difference? Every man is unique just like everybody else.

Featured Song: Supertramp | Logical Song

Categories: Fun · General · Personal

Cold War Kids | Hang Me Up To Dry

Tuesday, March 6, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Even if I don’t really like American artists in general there are some surprising exceptions like The Killers and… Cold War Kids. Cold War Kids is a band that was formed couple years ago. They come from California and their debut album is quite cool. Today I saw the video clip of “Hang Me Up To Dry” and I really liked it. Here it is…

Featured Song: Cold War Kids | Hang Me Up To Dry

Categories: Music