Rogue Traders - Voodoo Child
Crank it up Internet and shake that booty.
Crank it up Internet and shake that booty.
Mar 30, 2007
Mar 28, 2007
Tagged by the Devil
EllasDevil has tagged me with this cute yet e-n-d-l-e-s-s blog meme.
10 FAVORITES
Favorite Color: Any and all shades of blue.
Favorite Food: Chocolate.
Favorite Month: December.
Favorite Song: The Rose (Bette Midler).
Favorite Movie: French Kiss.
Favorite Sport: Ice-skating (wish I could).
Favorite Season: Autumn.
Favorite Day: Wednesday (half full, half empty week).
Favorite Ice Cream: Strawberry (gotcha! chocolate ice cream makes me thirsty).
Favorite Time of Day: When I see my kids' smiles.
9 CURRENTS
Current Mood: Aloof.
Current Taste: Water.
Current Clothes: Big, flannel robe over my clothes (cold and too lazy to change into PJs).
Current Desktop: Solid black (helps me see desktop icons easier).
Current Toenail Color: Don't paint 'em.
Current Time: 10.45 p.m.
Current Surroundings: My home.
Current Thoughts: How many more questions are there...?
8 FIRSTS
First Best Friend: Daniella Robinow, 2nd grade.
First Kiss: Phil Therese, 9th grade.
First Screen Name: Athena (I'm a nerd, what can I say).
First Pet: Liza, stray dog that adopted us.
First Piercings: 11 years old.
First Crush: Kelly Gleason, 5th grade.
First CD: I'm old, you mean LP. The Best of Donny & Marie (Osmond).
7 LASTS
Last Cigarette: Four days ago.
Last Drink: Wine with Sunday dinner.
Last Car Ride: 3 hours ago, from train station to home.
Last Kiss: A lady never kisses and tells.
Last Movie Seen: The Departed.
Last Phone Call: With my Mom.
Last CD Played: My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade.
6 HAVE YOU EVERS
Have You Ever Dated One Of Your Best Friends: Yes. Big. Mistake.
Have You Ever Broken the Law: Define "broken".
Have You Ever Been Arrested: uh-uh.
Have You Ever Skinny Dipped: I was never skinny to begin with...
Have You Ever Been on TV: No, but I've been on the Internet.
Have You Ever Kissed Someone You Didn't Know: Do we really know anyone?
5 THINGS
Thing You're Wearing: Underwear.
Thing You've Done Today: Looked up at the sky, admiring clouds.
Thing You Can Hear Right Now: Daughter#2's chattering.
Thing You Can't Live Without: Oxygen.
Thing You Do When You're Bored: Day dream.
4 PLACES YOU'VE BEEN TODAY
Train station
Work
Supermarket
Home
3 PEOPLE YOU CAN TELL ANYTHING TO
Husband.
Daughter#1.
Daughter#2.
2 CHOICES
Black or White: White
Hot or Cold: Cold
1 THING YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE
Find the fountain of youth.
;-)
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10 FAVORITES
Favorite Color: Any and all shades of blue.
Favorite Food: Chocolate.
Favorite Month: December.
Favorite Song: The Rose (Bette Midler).
Favorite Movie: French Kiss.
Favorite Sport: Ice-skating (wish I could).
Favorite Season: Autumn.
Favorite Day: Wednesday (half full, half empty week).
Favorite Ice Cream: Strawberry (gotcha! chocolate ice cream makes me thirsty).
Favorite Time of Day: When I see my kids' smiles.
9 CURRENTS
Current Mood: Aloof.
Current Taste: Water.
Current Clothes: Big, flannel robe over my clothes (cold and too lazy to change into PJs).
Current Desktop: Solid black (helps me see desktop icons easier).
Current Toenail Color: Don't paint 'em.
Current Time: 10.45 p.m.
Current Surroundings: My home.
Current Thoughts: How many more questions are there...?
8 FIRSTS
First Best Friend: Daniella Robinow, 2nd grade.
First Kiss: Phil Therese, 9th grade.
First Screen Name: Athena (I'm a nerd, what can I say).
First Pet: Liza, stray dog that adopted us.
First Piercings: 11 years old.
First Crush: Kelly Gleason, 5th grade.
First CD: I'm old, you mean LP. The Best of Donny & Marie (Osmond).
7 LASTS
Last Cigarette: Four days ago.
Last Drink: Wine with Sunday dinner.
Last Car Ride: 3 hours ago, from train station to home.
Last Kiss: A lady never kisses and tells.
Last Movie Seen: The Departed.
Last Phone Call: With my Mom.
Last CD Played: My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade.
6 HAVE YOU EVERS
Have You Ever Dated One Of Your Best Friends: Yes. Big. Mistake.
Have You Ever Broken the Law: Define "broken".
Have You Ever Been Arrested: uh-uh.
Have You Ever Skinny Dipped: I was never skinny to begin with...
Have You Ever Been on TV: No, but I've been on the Internet.
Have You Ever Kissed Someone You Didn't Know: Do we really know anyone?
5 THINGS
Thing You're Wearing: Underwear.
Thing You've Done Today: Looked up at the sky, admiring clouds.
Thing You Can Hear Right Now: Daughter#2's chattering.
Thing You Can't Live Without: Oxygen.
Thing You Do When You're Bored: Day dream.
4 PLACES YOU'VE BEEN TODAY
Train station
Work
Supermarket
Home
3 PEOPLE YOU CAN TELL ANYTHING TO
Husband.
Daughter#1.
Daughter#2.
2 CHOICES
Black or White: White
Hot or Cold: Cold
1 THING YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE
Find the fountain of youth.
;-)
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Mar 25, 2007
Greek Blogger Books
While book browsing at a large bookstore, I came across a shelf of books by Greek bloggers. Leafing through them, I imagined how happy these writers must feel to see their blog posts printed in form of a book, reaching out to readers beyond their web audience.
I'm afraid that by the time any publisher finds my humble blog appealing, the novelty of bloggers' books will have worn off and become very banal, losing me my chance to claim my own personal ISBN. [dammit!]
So... I'm thinking my blog could be transferred to a more innovative, catchier art form.
I'm thinking: Flubberwinkle. The Musical.
[Same text in Greek]
Βιβλία Eλλήνων Mπλόγκερς
Χάζευα τις προάλλες σ΄ένα μεγάλο βιβλιοπωλείο κι βρήκα ένα ράφι με βιβλία γραμμένα από έλληνες μπλόγκερς. Ξεφυλλίζοντάς τα, φαντάστηκα τι χαρά θα νιώθουν οι συγγραφείς βλέποντας τα ιστολόγιά τους σε έντυπη μορφή, απευθυνόμενοι σ' αναγνώστες πέρα του Διαδικτύου.
Φοβάμαι ότι μέχρι να βρεθεί εκδοτικός οίκος να του αρέσoυν τα ταπεινά μου γραψίματα, η καινοτομία των μπλογκερ-βιβλίων θα έχει ξεθωριάσει και θα θεωρούνται πλέον τετριμμένα. Θα χάσω -έτσι- την ευκαιρία να αποκτήσω ένα ολόδικό μου ISBN. [gamoto!]
Επομένως... οραματίζομαι ότι το δικό μου μπλογκ θα μπορούσε να μεταφερθεί σε μια πιο πρωτότυπη και ασυνήθιστη μορφή τέχνης.
Οραματίζομαι: Φλάμπεργουϊνκελ. Το μιούζικαλ.
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I'm afraid that by the time any publisher finds my humble blog appealing, the novelty of bloggers' books will have worn off and become very banal, losing me my chance to claim my own personal ISBN. [dammit!]
So... I'm thinking my blog could be transferred to a more innovative, catchier art form.
I'm thinking: Flubberwinkle. The Musical.
Andrew (as in Lloyd Weber), call me. We'll do lunch and kick some ideas around.
[Same text in Greek]
Βιβλία Eλλήνων Mπλόγκερς
Χάζευα τις προάλλες σ΄ένα μεγάλο βιβλιοπωλείο κι βρήκα ένα ράφι με βιβλία γραμμένα από έλληνες μπλόγκερς. Ξεφυλλίζοντάς τα, φαντάστηκα τι χαρά θα νιώθουν οι συγγραφείς βλέποντας τα ιστολόγιά τους σε έντυπη μορφή, απευθυνόμενοι σ' αναγνώστες πέρα του Διαδικτύου.
Φοβάμαι ότι μέχρι να βρεθεί εκδοτικός οίκος να του αρέσoυν τα ταπεινά μου γραψίματα, η καινοτομία των μπλογκερ-βιβλίων θα έχει ξεθωριάσει και θα θεωρούνται πλέον τετριμμένα. Θα χάσω -έτσι- την ευκαιρία να αποκτήσω ένα ολόδικό μου ISBN. [gamoto!]
Επομένως... οραματίζομαι ότι το δικό μου μπλογκ θα μπορούσε να μεταφερθεί σε μια πιο πρωτότυπη και ασυνήθιστη μορφή τέχνης.
Οραματίζομαι: Φλάμπεργουϊνκελ. Το μιούζικαλ.
Περιμένω τηλεφώνημα από τον Ανδρίκο (λέγε με "Cats"-νιάου και "Phantom of the Opera"-μπού!) οσονούπω.
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Mar 23, 2007
Mar 22, 2007
Crazy about crayons
I stopped in another office to say hello and was delighted to see that a colleague had brought along her daughter. Adorable toddler, very comfortable with everyone but bored out of her bambino mind with what they had scrounged up as toys to keep her busy: a blue ballpoint pen (blah!), a plain piece of white paper (pif!) and two fluorescent highlighters (yeah, like, woo-hoo!).
I winked at her and asked her if she liked crayons and coloring pages.
Kid's eyes lit up, quickly jumped off her mother's lap, grabbed my hand, looked up at me, "Take me to them".
While my kids were growing up and going through various boxes of crayons I couldn't bear the thought of throwing any left-overs away. All broken, unwanted, half-used delightful wax sticks were secretly stashed away in a colorful bag that I kept at work. This little treasure chest of arts and crafts has made many of my colleagues' kids very happy over the years just when they had lost all hope of any fun at Mommy's or Daddy's workplace.
If I have a tot visitor, I go to craoyla.com print out some ready-made coloring pages, sit and draw with them. Most of my colleagues are grateful that my office and I are child-friendly, leaving them some free time to get some work done. Little do they know, however, that I enjoy myself as much as the kids do. We try not go outside the lines, but even if we do, it's OK.
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I winked at her and asked her if she liked crayons and coloring pages.
Kid's eyes lit up, quickly jumped off her mother's lap, grabbed my hand, looked up at me, "Take me to them".
While my kids were growing up and going through various boxes of crayons I couldn't bear the thought of throwing any left-overs away. All broken, unwanted, half-used delightful wax sticks were secretly stashed away in a colorful bag that I kept at work. This little treasure chest of arts and crafts has made many of my colleagues' kids very happy over the years just when they had lost all hope of any fun at Mommy's or Daddy's workplace.If I have a tot visitor, I go to craoyla.com print out some ready-made coloring pages, sit and draw with them. Most of my colleagues are grateful that my office and I are child-friendly, leaving them some free time to get some work done. Little do they know, however, that I enjoy myself as much as the kids do. We try not go outside the lines, but even if we do, it's OK.
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Mar 21, 2007
Connecting the dots between today's International Day against racism and the film "300"
Tonight I heard on the news that the film "300" has broken record sales in Greece. 700,000 tickets within a week of its premiere in Greece.
In recent cinematography past, however, Greek movie-goers booed "Alexander the Great" because Alex came off as gay. (!)
They booed "Troy" because the Trojans came off as the good guys. (!!)
They booed "Disney's Hercules" because it was unheard of to make a mythological character as a cartoon. (!!!)
Greeks felt they were getting the short end of the stick from Hollywood.
Then finally "300" arrived: Super-duper depiction of warmongering, nationalistic Sparta that has re-ignited many chauvinist Greeks, accentuating their so-called ancestral illustriousness, that Greeks are descended from a better "species". This re-enforces racial views about other peoples, minorites and nations. Seen from this scope, I find this film's success in Greece quite unnerving, particularly when Greeks like to brag how they're not racist, but events and facts show differently.
Viewing overload of Greek machismo on the big screen with dolby surround, nonetheless has added a boosted swing to Neo-Hellenes' crotch grabbing "yeah, that's right, we're bad, always have been". pa-lease!
p.s. International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
p.p.s. There have been gazillions of TV and radio spots promoting "300", and I wonder, hasn't anyone else noticed that Leonidas has a slight Scottish accent?
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In recent cinematography past, however, Greek movie-goers booed "Alexander the Great" because Alex came off as gay. (!)
They booed "Troy" because the Trojans came off as the good guys. (!!)
They booed "Disney's Hercules" because it was unheard of to make a mythological character as a cartoon. (!!!)
Greeks felt they were getting the short end of the stick from Hollywood.
Then finally "300" arrived: Super-duper depiction of warmongering, nationalistic Sparta that has re-ignited many chauvinist Greeks, accentuating their so-called ancestral illustriousness, that Greeks are descended from a better "species". This re-enforces racial views about other peoples, minorites and nations. Seen from this scope, I find this film's success in Greece quite unnerving, particularly when Greeks like to brag how they're not racist, but events and facts show differently.
Viewing overload of Greek machismo on the big screen with dolby surround, nonetheless has added a boosted swing to Neo-Hellenes' crotch grabbing "yeah, that's right, we're bad, always have been". pa-lease!
p.s. International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
p.p.s. There have been gazillions of TV and radio spots promoting "300", and I wonder, hasn't anyone else noticed that Leonidas has a slight Scottish accent?
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Mar 16, 2007
Mar 15, 2007
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