a cowboy once said...
...if you find yourself in a hole, stop digging!
έχω μοναδικό ταλέντο στο να φέρνω τον εαυτό μου σε αδιέξοδα, και το πρώτο που πρέπει να κάνω είναι να σταματήσω να σκάβω το λάκκο μου. σωστά?
more cowboy quotes here.
journey through life
...if you find yourself in a hole, stop digging!
The blogging phenomenon is set to peak in 2007, according to technology predictions by analysts Gartner.
The analysts said that during the middle of next year the number of blogs will level out at about 100 million.
read the rest of the article here.
according to the bbc article above, and analysts gartner, the blogging phenomenon is about to peak next year and start dropping in numbers. not surprising according to me, but the changes that blogging has brought about are here to stay.
sure there's enough people that just start blogging as their friends do and abandon them after a while. but there's also a lot of bloggers that have news to spread, opinions to share and interesting stories to tell. and well, i think it's one of the most important phenomena on the internet, to tryly make it a shared means and means of interaction among people on a more permanent basis.
δεν πίστευα ποτέ ότι θα το έλεγα, μιας που τελειώνοντας το σχολείο πριν 10 χρόνια ήμουν δεν ήμουν 54 κιλά. τώρα όμως που οδεύω προς τα 80, ήρθε η ώρα να το κάνω. βεβαίως είναι εύκολο να το λέω 2 μέρες μετά τα Χριστούγεννα, όπου κατανάλωσα μισό κιλό γαλοπούλας, ξηρούς καρπούς και τυριά/ψωμί σε μεγάλες ποσότητες, 1μιση μπουκάλι κρασί και μισό μπουκάλι vodka σε λιγότερο από μισή μέρα, αλλά τουλάχιστον έχω καταλάβει ότι η κατάσταση έχει ξεφύγει ελαφρώς.
i forced myself to finish this book yesterday. just because i don't leave things in the middle. what a habit, seriously. i was hoping i'd be surprised somehow along the way, that it will become interesting, witty or all these things they advertised it for. i was wrong.
bbc international headlines this morning: gerard ford (US president 30 years ago and aged 93) dies. this is the biggest news of the day. 300 people die in Nigeria - a small title lost somewhere between the page's links. i fail to understand why mr. ford's death is affecting more people's lives around the world and is more important to know about. it's not about the importance of human life, since there isn't like like a measure of comparison. it's just that i am sick of this twisted logic of reporting that is well widespread in all media nowadays. the thirld world will remain third world as long as we keep treating it like it is the third world at all levels, from trade to news reporting.
this morningm as much as it was sureal that i am going back to work after nearly 5 days of not having been there, it was more surreal being on the tube. most of the people still seem to be on holidays. rush hour, and there was me and only a bunch of people - whom i could literally count - in the carriage, instead of the usual panic around 8:15 am. at least i got a seat (for a change) and felt like i was going downtown for shopping early on a sundya morning :), made transition easier.
just wondering...any nomads around in rotterdam or nl in general anytime close to the new year? i am in r'dam/a'dam from the 29th dec through to the 2nd of jan.
Labels: travel
no family - only a few friends
αποστάσεις και εκμηδενισμός τους. πολυπλοκότητα και απλότητα. συμπλέγματα και ξεμπερδέματα. αυτά που θέλεις και δε μπορείς να τα έχεις, και αυτά που δε θέλεις αλλά τα έχεις. μικρομέγαλοι και μεγάλοι που μικροδείχνουν. μεγάλα εγώ που θέλουν να φαίνονται, και όμορφοι άνθρωποι που δεν τους ξέρει κανείς. ταξίδια και τρεξίματα. πολυκοσμία κι όμως μοναξιά. κι ένας καινούργιος τρόπος να κάνω τη ζωή μου πιο πολύπλοκη.
εντάξει. έκανα λάθος που αποφάσισα να μην πάω ελλάδα για τις διακοπές. αρχική αιτία ήταν το κόστος. επιτρέψτε μου να πω: αρ***ια. διαπιστώνω τώρα ότι ό,τι θα ξόδευα στα εισιτήρια, θα τα φάω τώρα σε άλλα που θα μείνω εδώ. το μετάνιωσα που δεν πάω, αλλά τώρα δεν αλλάζει.
i know, i know - i am infamous for not watching popular movies when everyone else is (which is when they first go live), so i decided i'd watch this one tonite. quite honestly, i didn't like it, and it's a good thing that the cinema i went to was not particularly expensive.
i stole this from karola's blog - and it's another proof that i belong to london. what more can i say? try this for yourself!
| You Belong in Amsterdam |
![]() A little old fashioned, a little modern - you're the best of both worlds. And so is Amsterdam. Whether you want to be a squatter graffiti artist or a great novelist, Amsterdam has all that you want in Europe (in one small city). |
a weekend that included a lot of good features. mostly drinking and hanging out with friends. volodi, sathe, adriana, hanna, goncalo and andreia, amit - didn't get the chance to catch up with maria though. my first time in brussels after the summer of 2004. planning out my trip to
1. upon arrival, volodi is waiting for me at midi. we take a cab to go find the rest of the gang, and we accidentally meet them on their way there (they were walking). imagine the surprise on rohit's face when he heard me shout his name on a brussels street.
2. we (of course) had the unavoidable flash back on our ai year, and talking about what everyone is doing now. one of the people i haven't seen since july is kene. and knew nothing of his whereabouts. imagine my surprise when, upon getting out of the victoria coach station today, i heard a voice calling my name. it was kene!
3. i caused two people to get back in touch after 6 and a half years.
not bad for a weekend...now lets see how the week ahead will bring!





Labels: travel
...και δε μπορώ να μη γελάσω! μου ήρθε στο μυαλό η άντζελα που τραγουδά
so you've had a bad day. so what? try to get over it.
after a surreal weekend, i guess it was expected that i will also enter the new week in an unusual way. i don't think there's much sleep for me tonight, i just don't feel like it. so i'll just keep listening to music, reading, maybe a little bit of work won't harm me either.
a real diamond of a song. enjoy.
BETTER DONKEY - BONDING THAN DONKEY - SEARCHING.
thank God it's sunday. and thank God for sunday morning realisations.
ήρθε και πάλι το σαββατοκύριακο. και πάνω που μόλις το συνειδητοποίησα, το σάββατο ήδη τελειώνει σιγά σιγά. πρέπει όμως να πω ότι δεν είναι μόνο τα σαββατοκύριακα που περνάνε γρήγορα τελευταία. νομίζω ότι όλος ο τελευταίος μήνας, από τότε που γύρισα από ελλάδα, πέρασε αστραπιαία. και χωρίς να γίνεται και τίποτα τα ιδιαίτερο δηλαδή.