Sunday, May 30, 2010

Rock with Punk

Playlist VII.

1. "Know Your Enemy " Green Day
2. "Celebrity Skin" Hole
3. "mOBSCENE" Marilyn Manson
4. "Sabbotage" Beastie Boys
5. "Bleed It Out" Linkin Park
6. "Hit That" Offspring
7. "Rollin" Limp Bizkit
8. "Breathe" The Prodigy
9. "Hate to Say I Told You So" The Hives
10. "Walking Contradiction" Green Day

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Vater und sohn 2

Stuck in the past

A series of incidents and my natural reactions to them have made me realize that I, as well as many others, are somehow stuck firmly in our past: a past which is not much far in time and was not so pleasing at times. Things that didn't have much value to me e.g. my childhood library, my stamp collection and white mulberries to say the least (all refer to previous posts) seem now so invaluable that I would give anything - not exactly anything but you get the point - to have some of those things back. A friend of mine has the same feeling towards the cartoons that we used to watch on TV, another with dubbed movies and those familiar voices, my brother has his own nostalgic obsessions and so on. I am fully aware of the fact that due to the nature of all human beings, we start to value or miss more the things upon losing them, that I can buy. But on the other hand, I think that our lives have become much better compared to past, I myself feel that I have got more freedom, independence, more economical ability and etc. We've got internet and computers everywhere and they facilitate our lives to massive scales compared to past, everyone's got cell phones and communication and accessibility is much easier. Yet the question is still hanging in there: Why "the grass was greener, the light was brighter, the taste was sweeter..."?

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

White mulberries

Walking in the corridor, a distant memory hit me like thunderbolt out of nowhere. I remember that back in the days when it was summer and we had 3 months of holidays, it was the season for different fruits and one, which I miss a lot among others, was white mulberries. The small fruit shops used to make a big pile of them in the store and have a electric fan just beside them blow away all the flies and bees. Buying them in a plastic freezer bag, taking them home and wash them properly with cold water, rinse them in colander and...simply enjoy them. the smell, the taste...oh man! Some were really ripe i.e. greener, a bit harder to bite and less taste, some were really sweet, very soft (almost too soft) and creamy color...ah those summers!

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Taxi for RB?

I had decided not to say anything more about the outcome of this season and my beloved reds. However, reading a post by R. Robson made me quote the most sensible line, regarding our manager, here: "If life is like a box of chocolates then Rafa is the poor fella holding the coffee cream."

What can I possibly say?

The post itself, very rich and worth reading, can be found here.

35

Two days ago, I turned 35 and...ehum....I think it is fair to say that I am having a clean, text book definition and neat mid-30 life crisis! :-)

Interested to know more? Well, you have to buy me substantial beers to let you in :-)

Happy 35 birthday to me!