With all the lush and realistic-sounding keyboards out there (thank you sis for the huge Yamaha, but It's simply too complicated and big for my life!), why do my little ears perk up whenever I hear the primitive bells and whistles of the Casio PT1? Is it because their midi tones are the exact sounds used in video games like Tetris, and probably all of the Atari catalogue? Or is it because it makes Flight of the Bumblebee sound so sophisticated (bitch)?

On the back of the keyboard you could insert a small screw driver (or anything else that was slightly elongated and wedge-shaped) into a hole, thus changing the pitch and tone to the octave you desired.

And when the batteries (where they AA, C, or D sized?) ran low, the resulting sounds where much like a ceramic plate thrown on a brick patio.

Casio PT1. Hot Pink. Love of my life.

When we look up, and notice cars haven't been invented yet, nor is there an a coal fired power plant yet to be designed for another 10 million years, we wonder what is causing the global warming?

So what is the real reason our planet undergoes climate change... and don't tell me because I am not recycling my newspaper.

It has nothing to do with depletion of the ozone layer, carbon dioxide emissions or failure to recycle your supermarket bags. It has to do with the earth getting closer to the sun.

Like the butterfly effect, the planets move in a relative orbit, plus or minus  few 100,000 miles. The gravitational pull from all the other planets in our system has an effect on every lap we do of the sun. Did you know at one time Jupiter and Saturn swapped places? It was caused by the gravitational effects of the other planets to move them out of their original orbits. Shit, we don't even acknowledge Pluto as a planet anymore. Some scientists decided a couple of years ago Pluto was too small and too far away to concern us.

Sooner or later we will go away from the sun and the earth will cool down 1 degree over the course of 100 years and there will be another problem to solve, the problem of "Global Cooling". How are we going generate enough ozone to pump into the atmosphere fast enough to stop this alarming trend?

Believe me or not, I forgot to put my references down of where I acquired this knowledge. Well actually it was told to me by my alien abductors while on the examination table in their space craft.

If your first life is a fizzling out dud

you can pretend it is a smashing success

where all of your fantasy's come true

by straining them down the Internet tubes.

Well done, I say.

Well done.

This all leads me to the crazy loons. One board in particular has fans that are so over the top it makes me nauseous. When did it all go wrong? When did it all fall apart and instead of being fans they became stalkers? The fanbase started imploding last fall when mfoya came around. Many just couldn't cope with that, many didn't believe, many still don't want to believe that Taylor is a man. He is just a man who does things wrong sometimes and does things right occasionally. He wants fans or course, all singers do, but did he deserve this? I don't know, his game playing ignites them, keeps them entranced. His fake smiles, phony answers to questions, promises never kept seems to keep them in line. They stalk him at the stage door night after night. You would think they would see the pissy look on his face and in his eyes. You would think they could read his body language. You would think they would get a clue, take the hint. But they don't. They even went so far as to use a handicapped excuse to get closer to him at the Captiol 4th thing. They had just been to Grease and saw him like maybe a day or 2 before, but they had to go to DC to see him. How the hell much do you have to see this man? My God, let him be, leave him alone. WTF? does he have to bitch slap you before you get it. He appreciates his fans to a point but this is so ridiculous. I don't think any entertainer wants this. Can you imagine having to see the same faces gawking and drooling over you night after night. He must feel trapped in NYC, like a caged animal. Bet he can't wait till this run is over so he can get the hell out of there and away from the loons. Why can't you just calm down, get a life and leave Taylor do whatever it is Taylor does. He's not gonna like you more or date you cause you show up night after night. He's not gonna be your BFF all of a sudden. You can see the anger rise in his voice when he is approaced. I've seen a few of the stage door vids and it's not pretty. But I don't think the loons see it, I don't think they hear him, I think they just turn a blind eye and believe he loves them. Soul Patrol shout out, shit, he hates that, hates it. You can hear it and see it on his face. Do you really look at him, do you really hear him? Do you get what he is trying to say when he sends his messages in his songs? Do you understand? Nah! cause you are too obsessed! Funny thing is, the real fans get him. We get him more than he would like us too. How many times does he have to say the CD will be out in the fall, the tour is coming? He said it, it will come out when it does, stop asking, stop wondering. It's gonna be a long time so don't hold your breath.

It is so sad to me really. This whole stalkerish behavior. Entire threads devoted to his hair. They stalk his dresser, the stage hands, the doorman, don't get me started on the poor lady at the box office. OMG. He takes a few days off in August and there is a 15 page thread over what he is doing and why he is taking a weekend off. WTF, who cares? it's a couple of days. None of your damn business. The saddest part is probably how they attack each other and attack anyone who dares not agree with their worship of Taylor. Innocent people are trashed and dragged through the mud. People close to Taylor are sought out to get "insider" info. I'm not getting into that right now because if I do, I am going to come unglued.

I hold back so much on this blog. I know so much more than I will ever ever say here. If I did World War 3 would start in the fandom.

MJ( this is not the MJ from MJsbigblog) said the following to me recently. Truer words were never spoken.

The reason his fans are so willing to lie to themselves is because they don't want THEIR ride to end. So they are willing to do anything to keep it alive. Because without it, they go back to not having a life. It's like they can't afford to lose it! Because without Taylor Hicks, they don't exist.

Damn when did it all go so wrong?

The whole day of the party I was worried about going. I called Mommabear at least 3 times throughout the course of the day and told her that my body wants to go and is FINE with going to the party but my brain is not. Or it's like I have angel of happy, good, fun times on one shoulder and the ANXIETY-PANIC-FORCE-YOU-TO-FAINT devil on the other shoulder. The devil overpowers the angel 9 out of 10 times.

Of course Mommabear exclaimed immediately that I better get to the counselor (which she has been saying for 10 years) but then she also said there is no reason not to go to the party and I better not stay home!

Well, I didn't stay home. I went. Strangely I didn't feel one ounce of panic or anxiety while I was driving, walking to the party from the car, or when I got to the party. There was only one second when I felt nervous for just one moment and that was when I crouched down for a second and my sprained ankle had a sharp pain run through it. I sat down right away and I was okay because the pain did not increase (luckily)....but imagine it did??

Well, let's not imagine what would happen if the pain increased...that's what I NEED TO DO. I need to stop pre-worrying about things. If they happen...they happen. I can't pre-control the situation and I can't make myself upset in advance.

I'm sure if I went to see a counselor that's what they would tell me and try to teach me how to deal with. My problem is that I really don't want to talk to someone. I want to just live my life NORMALLY without having to go to see someone every week, or 2 weeks, or month. I'm even willing to take medication but I do not want to sit and talk to someone. I told Mommabear this on Friday and she said I need to talk to them along with if they gave me medication. She said I have things I have to work out internally and that's what they would be there to help with.

Of course I am stubborn and I childishly said to her that I am willing to take medicine and I want it to cure me of my anxiety...yes folks, I want a little miracle pill. Don't they make those? They must!

I'm mad at myself today for staying up soooo late last night that I couldn't get up until 12:30. But you know me. I hate going to sleep at night. So I stay up and work on my blog, my hobby, and putz around the computer all night while listening to music. Then when I'm so tired that I'm falling asleep in my desk chair then I go up to bed and pass out immediately.

Late last night I left a voicemail for GI GUY on his cell but then this morning I got a message back from the cell provider saying the voicemail did not go through. I don't understand why unless it as to do with them not having cell service right now...who knows. But the point is that I left a message for him. I wasn't ever going to do that...I was going to wait for him to reply to my email from last Sunday and take it from there but I couldn't help it. I just wanted to so I did. I'm not playing games I decided. If I want to call then I will. If i want to write an email then I will. If I want to write 10 emails then I will do that as well! I won't sit here and wonder if it's a "sign" that my voicemail didn't go through. It's NOT. It just MY LUCK.

I DO hope he gets some some internet time this weekend and replies to my last email. I guess I need to understand how I want to behave with the whole situation going forward. I need to decide what will work best for me.

So, to summarize...I stepped out of my recent issues with needing to be in the comfort zone, I survived perfectly fine, I don't like to go to sleep at night and I wasted my whole morning sleeping and sitting in my PJ's on the computer ----> but I'm okay with it.

Im sitting here again
Another Sunday morning
Trying to figure out just who to be
I cant keep going on like this
Ive got to break away

Whoah, whoah
Everything Ive said is over
Whoah, whoah
I cant take this any longer
Whoah, whoah
I need to get out of this zone
Whoah, whoah

I hope you see where Im coming from
Its time to make a move
Change my fate
Let go of all the things that feed my complacency
Dont wanna be a wannabe

No more wasted days anymore

Comfort Zone - Everyday Sunday

(I never heard of them before but the lyrics went well with how I was feeling.)

ena ekpliktiko track apo to cd tis olgas - get a life pou kykloforei se ola ta cd stores....

Olga was born in November 1979 in Athens (Greece) . She starts playing the piano at the age of 8 and never quits music since: While doing her classical music studies, curiosity brings her into the electronic scene .She starts djing to greek bars and clubs and learns music production. Sept 2001 she moves to Paris djing, taking courses in interior design and contemporary music . In January 2003 she releases her first track in the UK (sumsonic.rec.uk) called `Don`t look at me` by the name of ODD and starts cooperating with the french label Fcommunication. She participates at the live project of Jay Alanki (aka Reminiscent Drive) and starts giving concerts as a programmer-keybord player. In Dec 2003 she records vocals for Fred`s Avril track `tv dinner` (album `Members Only`- Label Fcom) and in April 2004 she records vocals for Poni Hoax`s track `Budapest`(label Tigersushi). Budapest is released in December 2005, enters compilations as Fabric in the UK, 'Les Inrocks' mag 's monthly compilation in France and receives great reviews all over Europe. She also participates at the live project of Bang Bang (Yellow prod.) and Nouvelle Vague (Peacefrog) as a programmer-keybord player. Then, she works on her own project produced by Marc Collin (The Perfect Kiss / PIAS) . Her EP 'Getalife' with Blackstrobe's remix is now in stores.

DJ Sets:

Loop bar (Athens) -residence
Loop bar (Athens) & guest dj Muriel Moreno
guest dj Eva Peel
Museum Benaki (Athens) - soire de l'IFA (institut francais d'Athenes)
Element club (Korinthos / Greece)
Earth bar Athens
Luv club (Athens) & dj Kyros , Leon Sega
Wunderbar (Athens) & dj LeonSega (Ntrop)
Yoga Bala (Athens) & dj Kyros
Kotzia Square (Athens) -fete de la musique/ dancestage best fm
Dragoste (Athens) -sensei prod
La maison Blanche/ Les Champs(Paris) -campagne Dunhill cigarettes
La scene (Paris) & dj Alex Kid (Fcom)
Pulp (Paris) & dj Chloe (Kill the dj)
Olympia (Paris) -prive Fcom`s show
Venue club (Athens) & dj Alex Kid, Llorca, Galliano (Fcom)
Danza club (Athens) & dj Mick Wills (Gigolo)
Mezannine de l`Alcazar (Paris) & Jay Alanski- Fcom festival
Toy`s Session (Les Champs / Paris) & Jay Alanski
Elysée Montmartre (Paris)

Live Shows:

Festival de Bourg (France)
Benicassime (Spain)
China Club (Paris-france)
Miramas Fcom festival (France)
fest. Botanique (Belgium)
fest. Ososphere (Stransbourg)
Octogone (Lausanne)
Nouveau Casino (Paris)
fest. La Rochelle (Paris)
Rockstore (Monpellier - France)
Marseille (France)
Synch Festival (Greece)

Olga Kouklaki - Get A Life

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Label: The Perfect Kiss Catalog#: TPK.010 Format: CD, Album Country: France Released: Feb 2008 Genre: Electronic Style: Electro Credits: Arranged By, Mixed By, Producer - Marc Collin , Olga Kouklaki Artwork By - Designparkstudio.com Bass [Bass Guitar By] - Thibault Barbillon* Vocals [All Vocals By], Written-by, Composed By - Olga Kouklaki Notes: Rating: 4.7/5 (3 votes) Rate It Submitted by: Yvon242

Tracklisting:

1		Getalife
2		How Do You Feel
3		Be4 The Night Ends
4		Melted Torch
5		Call Me Liar
6		Right Shot
7		Ballade
8		Her Own Right
9		Afissos
10		Calling You
11		Pick Up Your Pieces

And that's what I am now ----> Independent.

Independent = single girl

Independent = take care of yourself

Independent = come home to an empty home every night

It's totally okay to be independent. Actually it's great to be independent. I've always been independent my whole life...even when I was with “THE-X” for 10 years I basically lived my own life without any restrictions. But today independent also means that I am alone.

In a world full of people or even a room full of friends I feel alone.

It's not easy coming home to an empty, SILENT home (well I have my doggie but...). I realized the minute that "THE X" wasn't coming home that silence is the one thing I would grow to really hate. I've been putting music on everyday because I can't stand it anymore. Soon I will be walking around talking to myself.

When it's silent it gets me thinking way too much. My mind is everywhere wondering what is going to happen to me, when will my house sell, where the hell am I going to live when it does? What can I afford? Will I lose my job the minute I buy something based on my current salary? If I lose my job what will I do? Will I ever meet someone? When will I hear from GI GUY? Is he thinking about me?

Sometimes the silence or loneliness is so intense that I become desperate to find someone to talk to. Whether it's on the phone, text, instant messenger...I become very needy for contact with friends or family. It's like I need constant friendship surrounding me or I will go mad from the silence/loneliness. I need constant plans for the weekend or I feel crazy just sitting here by myself. I'm heavily relying on my friends for companionship and they can't always be there for me 24 hours a day. Unfortunately the college days of constant friends around you 24 hours a day are over and I would give anything just to go back to those days....anything! I guess I just need attention.

What's comical is that I couldn't wait to have 4 days off from work but do you know what that has given me? 4 days of silence. I'm not staying home all day, everyday, but in between finding things to do...it's silence.

I can't stand going to bed at night. That's when things are MOST silent and I feel MOST alone. I think about the people I shouldn't be thinking about and I get stuck on those thoughts...mostly because I have nothing else to occupy my mind so it wanders back to the best good feelings I can come up with. What else is there to think about besides something that made me feel some good versus all the emptiness I'm feeling now?

I'm happy that won't be living a life that wasn't exactly what my dream marriage was but at the same time you get used to having someone around everyday. Someone to talk to about anything, grab a bite to eat with, go to a movie with. But I'm a firm believer NOW that you don't stay with someone just because it's comfortable. You must make yourself happy at any cost. You can't look back and wonder why you stayed and gave up the life you wish you had. I've learned the hard way that there should be no regrets.

Knowing I can start my life over and being able to make sure that it's the way I want it to be is a gift but at the same time I'm trying to find out who I am and what I want that new life to be.

Eventually I will find myself but the journey is a hard and lonely one.

I hear the ticking of the clock
I'm lying here the room's pitch dark
I wonder where you are tonight
No answer on the telephone
And the night goes by so very slow

με τιμές εισιτηρίου που φτάνουν τα 250 ευρώ και ουρές μέχρι και  600 μέτρα για την απόκτηση του μαγικού χαρτιού

600 μέτρα ουρά είπατε;  που θυμόμαστε να έχουμε ξανακούσει και μάλιστα κατ' επανάληψη αυτό τον αριθμό τώρα τελευταία;;;

600, 600, α, ναι πρέπει να ήταν με το G600, τη γενιά που καλείται να ζήσει με  μισθό 600 ευρώ / μήνα (και να λέει και ευχαριστώ)

τώρα οι ουρές για τη συναυλία με τα 250 είσοδο πως δικαιολογούνται, δεν το ξέρουμε

I can see that Mohammad will be a regular HL reader from now on.

(1) η προτεινόμενη τροποποίηση έρχεται για να ρυθμίσει (υποτίθεται) το πρόβλημα που αντιμετωπίζουν κάποια ζευγάρια που πρέπει να αποδείξουν ότι ενώ έχουν διαφορετικά επώνυμα αποτελούν νόμιμο ζευγάρι (αυτό αναγράφεται ως αιτιολογικό σκεπτικό από τους εισηγητές της τροποποίησης του νόμου)

(2) οι περιπτώσεις που χρειάζεται απόδειξη της νομιμότητας του ζευγαριού, εμφανίζονται (πάντα κατά τους εισηγητές) σε ταξίδια του ζευγαριού στο εξωτερικό (και όπως καταλαβαίνουμε σε ταξίδια σε χώρες που η ισότητα, η ισονομία και τα ανθρώπινα δικαιώματα δε βρίσκονται δα και στο φόρτε τους)

(3) και εδώ είναι τα ενδιαφέροντα σημεία, που φανερώνουν ότι μάλλον κάποιο λάκκο έχει η φάβα, και τα πράγματα δεν είναι τόσο "αθώα", όσο θέλουν να τα παρουσιάσουν

ας δούμε τα σημεία αυτά :

(4) η επιχειρούμενη τροποποίηση προβλέπει την απόκτηση κοινού επωνύμου, δυστυχώς, χωρίς να αναφέρει εκπεφρασμένα ότι μπορεί να είναι η γυναίκα που θα αλλάξει το επωνυμό της λαμβάνοντας αυτό του συζύγου της, αλλά μπορεί κάλλιστα να είναι και ο άντρας που θα αλλάξει το επώνυμό του λαμβάνοντας αυτό της συζύγου του

(5) επίσης οι εισηγητές δεν καταπιάνονται καν με το τι θα κάνουν τα ζευγάρια που δεν θα αποκτήσουν κοινό επώνυμο

πως θα πιστοποιούν τα ζευγάρια αυτά την περίφημη "νομιμότητα τους" με επίσημο τρόπο, κάτι για το οποίο (υποτίθεται ότι) κόπτονται οι εισηγητές της τροποποίησης;

δυστυχώς, για τα ζευγάρια αυτά, δεν υπάρχει καμία πολύτως πρόβλεψη

(6) είναι λοιπόν σαφές, ότι η προτεινόμενη τροποποίηση του νόμου, δεν έρχεται να θεραπεύσει το βασικό ζήτημα για το οποίο υποτίθεται ότι θεσπίζεται, καθώς δεν επιλύει το πρόβλημα για τα ζευγάρια όπου οι δύο σύζυγοι θα επιλέξουν να κρατήσουν ο καθένας το δικό του επώνυμο

(7) και σα να μην έφτανε αυτό, υπάρχει και άλλο ένα αδύνατο σημείο στο αιτιολογικό των εισηγητών, που σχετίζεται με το αναμφισβήτητο γεγονός ότι ακόμα και δύο άτομα που έχουν κοινό επώνυμο, αυτό δε δηλώνει κατ' ανάγκη ότι είναι και ζευγάρι, πολύ δε περισσότερο, νόμιμο ζευγάρι

μπορεί να είναι συγγενείς και ως τέτοιοι να έχουν το ίδιο επώνυμο, ή απλά να πρόκειται για ξένα άτομα, που δεν έχουν καμία εξ' αίματος ή εξ' αγχιστείας συγγένεια, αλλά απλή συνεπωνυμία

( 8 ) αν λοιπόν ο νομοθέτης ενδιαφερόταν ειλικρινά να ρυθμίσει το ζήτημα της επίσημης κατοχύρωσης της νομιμότητας ενός ζευγαριού, ασφαλώς δε θα επέλεγε να επαναφέρει κάτι που έχει καταργηθεί από το 1983, δηλαδή προ 25-ετίας, βάζοντας πάλι το δίλημμα, των ξεχωριστών ή του κοινού επωνύμου στα ζευγάρια, που όπως δείξαμε παραπάνω δεν επιλύουν το πρόβλημα, αλλά αντίθετα :

(9) θα προχωρούσε στη θέσμιση / θέσπιση μιας ληξιαρχικού τύπου βεβαίωσης πάνω στην οποία θα αναγράφονται όλα τα στοιχεία των δύο συζύγων (όνομα, επώνυμο, πατρώνυμο, μητρώνυμο, τόπος καταγωγής, κλπ.), και με αυτή θα πιστοποιούσε με κάθε επισημότητα και με όλες τις απαιτούμενες σφραγίδες και τις υπογραφές, ότι τα δύο αναγραφόμενα πρόσωπα είναι νόμιμο ζευγάρι (ίσως να χρειάζονται και οι φωτογραφίες των δύο συζύγων επί του εγγράφου αυτού)

(10) η βεβαίωση αυτή θα έλυνε αυτομάτως το πρόβλημα (εννοούμε αυτό που οι εισηγητές προβάλουν ως πρόβλημα προς επίλυση)

όλα τα υπόλοιπα ... εκπορεύονται "εκ του πονηρού" και γι' αυτό είναι δικαιολογημένες οι αντιδράσεις, ειδικά όταν γίνονται αφορμή για να ανοίξουν ζητήματα που είναι πλέον παρωχημένα

Lately all I can do is ponder the meaning of life.

Oh, I know you're probably saying "whoa, now that's a very broad thing to ponder" but I'm seriously asking this question to myself daily.

I think this comes up in my head every time I have a string of bad things happening to me in a row. I ask why we exist on this planet (no too small) in this universe (I don't know what is bigger than the universe or I'd have named that as well!).

I can't figure out why we were created as human beings. Once you are born you are in motion for the rest of your life. You HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL because otherwise you can get a job and YOU HAVE TO GO TO WORK because otherwise you won't have money to pay for YOUR HOME and if you didn't have that you'd be out on the street. If I felt like doing NOTHING, right now, my life would come crumbling down around me. You are stuck in perpetual motion. I can choose to stop "doing" but life would be WORSE off and I'd really be questioning the meaning of life as I struggled.

I don't feel like I'm getting a lot of joy out of life right now and I'm sure it's just a phase, hence the life "pondering" I'm doing right now. I'm 32 years old...I should be carefree living my life with a JOY in my heart. But the joy isn't there at the moment. I need to find where I left it...has anyone seen it?? Maybe I should hang a few "MISSING: HAVE YOU SEEN xxx'S JOY?" posters to see if anyone will turn in my JOY.

I keep wondering why we have to work so hard to be happy. Happiness shouldn't be so difficult. I know we have to make our own happiness but for now I can't help but think that I've been trying so hard lately but it's NOT WORKING! Life keeps throwing so many LEMONS at me lately that I will be able to bottle my own lemonade soon!

I've really been trying so hard to do things to make a new life for myself. Spending a lot of time with my friends, making new friends, reconnecting with old friends (who I didn't get to see or talk to very much when I was married), and working on my side business (which happens to be my hobby). I'm trying new things that I never tried before and putting myself out there.

I'm trying to "GET A LIFE" (as they say) and find things to make me happy with myself and my situation. I've spent 10 years trying to make someone else happy - now it's my turn!

I know I will keep going to the same job everyday (that doesn't *spark* my passion but pays so well)...I will keep paying my bills...I will keep cleaning my house (so that it will sell)...I will find a new place to live (even though I don't want to)...I will be divorced officially (even though I didn't choose to)...one day I'll start dating....and I will keep waking up everyday (because that's just what we have to do). We keep on trucking because we HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE but to keep on moving (until we run out of gas of course).

Sometimes when I let myself think about the topic of why we exist I just get so overwhelmed that I need to stop and table the whole thing because it's just too much to grasp my arms around...too big of a topic. So much to try to understand.

I think I might have gone off the deep end here and hope I didn't lose some of you along the way...

I'm sure NO ONE knows the true meaning of life but I keep questioning it anyway hoping to the find the answers. I believe it's something we all have to figure out ourselves...

εκείνο που δε διευκρινίστηκε είναι αν και ο άνδρας ήταν παρθένος ή όχι, καθώς και ποιά θα ήταν η εξέλιξη στην αντίθετη περίπτωση που δεν ήταν και προσέφευγε η γυναίκα στη γαλλική δικαιοσύνη για να ακυρώσει το γάμο τους με το αιτιολογικό ότι αφού ο άντρας δεν είναι παρθένος, έχει χάσει μια ουσιαστική ιδιότητα της προσωπικότητάς του

από την άλλη, η είδηση των 17 μαθητριών (όλες μικρότερες των 16 ετών) στο Γκλούσεστερ της Μασαχουσέτης, που συμφώνησαν να γονιμοποιηθούν και να κυοφορήρουν τα παιδιά τους όλες μαζί και περίπου ταυτόχρονα (περισσότερα, εδώ), μετά από εκτός γάμου ερωτικές επαφές με συμμαθητές τους, αλλά και με μεγαλύτερης ηλικίας άνδρες, στους οποίους ανέθεσαν το ρόλο κηφήνων, σε αυτό το ιδιότυπο "σύμφωνο εγκυμοσύνης"

μέσα σε λίγες μέρες δύο τόσο αντιφατικά - μεταξύ τους - γεγονότα, το πρώτο από τη Γαλλία, το δεύτερο από τις ΗΠΑ

σιγά μην είναι τυχαίο που το κτηματολόγιο της χώρας θα γίνει με δηλώσεις που πρέπει υποχρεωτικά να υποβληθούν κατακαλόκαιρο

σιγά μην έδειχναν λίγο σεβασμό για εκείνα τα περίφημα μπάνια του λαού

κτηματολογηθείτε τώρα μες το κατακαλόκαιρο, έτσι για να μην ξεχνάτε ότι είμαστε κτήμα τους (βλ. τσιφλίκι τους) και ότι θέλουν (μας) κάνουν

γιατί πολύ αέρα πήρατε

τα κεφάλια μέσα· χειμώνα - καλοκαίρι

σύμφωνα με τη μελέτη που βασίστηκε σε εγκεφαλικές σαρώσεις σε 90 άτομα, φαίνεται ότι εντοπίζονται ομοιότητες στον εγκέφαλο των ετεροφυλόφιλων ανδρών και ομοφυλόφιλων γυναικών από τη μιά και τον εγκέφαλο των ομοφυλόφιλων ανδρών και των ετεροφυλόφιλων γυναικών από την άλλη

οι παραπάνω ενδείξεις συσχετίζονται με παλαιότερα ευρήματα που προέκυψαν από μελέτες με χρήση PET (τομογράφου εκπομπής ποζιτρονίων) στην αμυγδαλή του εγκεφάλου, όπου και εκεί βρέθηκε ότι οι ομοφυλόφιλοι άνδρες και οι ετεροφυλόφιλες γυναίκες παρουσιάζουν μεγαλύτερο αριθμό νευρωνικών συνάψεων στην αριστερή εγκεφαλική αμυγδαλή, σε αντίθεση με τους ετεροφυλόφιλους άνδρες και τις ομοφυλόφιλες γυναίκες που παρουσιάζουν μεγαλύτερο αριθμό νευρωνικών συνάψεων στη δεξιά αμυγδαλή

το εύρημα αυτό θεωρείται σημαντικό καθώς η αμυγδαλή παίζει σημαντικό ρόλο στον «προσανατολισμό» ή στην κατεύθυνση που θα δώσει στον υπόλοιπο εγκέφαλο, όταν δέχεται ένα συναισθηματικό ερέθισμα ή εντοπίζει την παρουσία αρσενικού

αυτό που πρέπει τώρα να ελεγχθεί, είναι αν οι διαφορές γεννήθηκαν στη μήτρα ή είναι επίκτητες, μολονότι το πιθανότερο είναι να πρόκειται για συνδυασμό και των δύο παραγόντων, δήλωσε στην «Guardian» η επικεφαλής της έρευνας, νευροβιολόγος Ιβάνκα Σάβιτς, δηλαδή είναι θέμα τόσο γενετικό, όσο και περιβαλλοντικό,

αντίθετα για τον δρα Κάζι Ραχμάν, λέκτορα Γνωστικής Βιολογίας στο βρετανικό Κουίν Μέρι, δεν υπάρχει αμφιβολία ότι ο σεξουαλικός προσανατολισμός καθορίζεται στη μήτρα : κατά την άποψή μου, δεν υπάρχει αντεπιχείρημα. Αν είσαι γκέι, γεννιέσαι γκέι, δηλώνει στο BBC

it's all in the brain ... λέμε εμείς

My Plurk no longer matters.

After a week-long love affair, I am bidding the site adieu for the most part, because, let's face it, you can either have a real social life or spend an hour or two on Plurk every day, just to get a shinier background. It's just like World of Warcraft, or any other MMORPG: your life must be morbidly boring to really enjoy reaching the upper tiers.

I know that I'm leaving a few people behind on that site, some of them who I introduced to it, and I'm sorry that I dropped out on you. We can go out for burgers if you have withdrawals.

But I'm off to work, followed by a nice, long phone call with Lauren, and then I'm going to fall asleep. The next morning, I am going to start working on moving. Get excited.

Bye.

Semua berawal dari undangan meeting yang diforward sama Oom Den ke mailbox gue di hari Selasa (10062008) pagi...

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From : Oom Den

To : Nova

Cc : Donny, Oom Gita

Subject : Fwd : Meeting

Fyi.

Sehubungan dengan diadakan meeting yang bukan makan-makan. Yang akan dilaksanakan pada :

Hari : Rabu, 11 Juni 2008

Waktu : 13.30 - selesai

Tempat : Ruang Meeting yang pake wallpaper bunga-bunga di kantor seberang yang pernah diinepin selama tiga malam waktu lebaran

Agenda : Yang pasti membahas urusan kantor yang enggak ada hubungannya sama wallpaper bunga *yaiyalah, masak yaolohtolong*

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So, yang gue lakukan waktu itu adalah : menyimpan baik-baik undangan meeting itu di otak gue.

Ctrl + S [enter]

File Name : Meeting ntar siang.rmdr [enter]

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Moment memalukan itu akhirnya dimulai sehabis istirahat siang, disaat mata udah mulai susah diajak buat ngobrol *lho ???* melek. Akumulasi dari makan siang, udara AC yang dingin, kursi empuk, dan musik-musik rasta *loh ini habis makan siang apa habis ngisep ganja ???? :)) * memang asoy.... tingkat kesadaran pun udah dipastikan turun ke level 30%. Pada saat-saat itu, tiba-tiba Oom Den manggil gue.

Oom Den (OD) : "Don, yang brangkat meeting ke ruang walpaper bunga-bunga siapa ?"

Gue (G) : *Celingak-celinguk liat kiri kanan (di kiri ada partisi, dan di kanan ada gang), depan belakang (di depan ada monitor, di belakang ada tulisan DELL)* :p "Aku sama nova kali Oom Den"

OD : "Oke deh, jangan lupa ya ...."

G : *liat jam udah 13.30*-*glek!*-*langsung inisiatif ngeprint emailnya*

5 menit kemudian :

Gue (G) : "Nov, ayuk berangkat meeting."

Nova : "Hah ? ... Yuk .... Gue selesaiin kerjaan gue dulu ya..."

G : "Ok deh, gue juga mau ibadah dulu ..." :)

20 menit kemudian :

Kita berdua udah sampe parkiran, dan lagi celingukan nyari jemputan. Thank God, jemputannya masih ada !!! *Ga pake acara nyalain kembang api apalagi bakar mercon karena belom bulan puasa ;) *. Begitu buka pintu *Glek* ternyata jemputannya cuma cukup satu orang lagi. Dengan terpaksa, kita memakai metode push-pull buat maksa masuk ke mobil jemputan yang bakal nganter kita ke gedung yang punya ruang meeting pake wallpaper bunga-bunga.

30 Menit kemudian :

Kita berdua udah sampe di depan pintu ruang meeting yang pake wallpaper bunga-bunga. Dengan pedenya kita langsung duduk manis di kursi kosong yang ada. Sepertinya sih meeting belom mulai *asiiik*.

Orang yang kayaknya moderator meetingnya (OykaMoM) : "Ok kayaknya meetingnya langsung kita mulai aja ya, karena sepertinya udah telat 45 menit"

Gue : *Bersyukur karena meeting ternyata baru mulai*

OykaMoM : "Iya jadi untuk meeting ini bla-bla-bla-bla ...." *sambil ngasih pandangan aneh sama gue : Siapa loh ?*

Gue : *Cuek-aja-duduk-manis-sambil-celingak-celinguk*

OykaMoM : *Masih ngasih pandangan : Elo siapa ya ? Perasaan gue ga kenal sama elo deh*

Nova : *Baru dateng ke ruangan dan duduk manis, ngeliatin si Orang yang kayak moderator meeting sambil megang imel yang tadi gue print*

OykaMoM : *Ngasih bahasa tubuh yang artinya kira-kira : Kayaknya ada yang nyasar deh*

Nova : *Sambil baca print-an email* "Don, hari ini hari apa sih ?"

G : "Selasa Nov, kenapa emang ?" *Mulai ngerasa ada yang gak beres tapi masih pake gaya cool*

N : "Kayaknya meetingnya besok deh Don, soalnya disini ditulis hari RABU"

G : *Ngambil paksa print-annya dari tangannya Nova* "Beneran lo Nov, kita salah dateng meeting" *glek*

N : "Jadi gimana ? Apa kita disini aja sampe selesai ?"

G : "Mending cabut aja yuk" *Sambil berdiri trus ngacir keluar ruangan meeting ......*

-Merenungi nasib tanpa bermaksud mencari sate gosong *baca : kambing hitam*-

ξαναγυρίζουμε ολοταχώς, ίσως με αρκετή  νεο-ρομαντική, ρομπενγουντική διάθεση, στις εποχές της κατοχής, των σαλταδόρων, των σύγχρονων νεο-"κλεφτών" και ληστών

άλλωστε όπως έχουμε γράψει προ καιρού, οι γερμανοί ξανάρχονται

ίσως δε, να επανέλθουμε στην εποχή των λήσταρχων Ρετζαίων και του Γιαγκούλα (δείτε εδώ και εδώ) που έκλεβαν, λήστευαν, απήγαγαν πλούσιους για λύτρα και η ανεπίσημη ιστορία θέλει μέρος των κλοπιμαίων και των λύτρων να τα διαθέτουν για να παντρέψουν φτωχές κοπέλες

ως πιθανή λύση, προτείνεται η επιστροφή σε μοντέλα διαχείρησης που ομοιάζουν με αυτά που παρουσίαζαν οι πόλεις - κράτη της αρχαιότητας με κύριο χαρακτριστικό τους την αυτάρκεια (autarky, δείτε αναλυτικότερα εδώ και εδώ)

αυτάρκεια βέβαια, που δεν εμπόδιζε τις έντονες εμπορικές ανταλλαγές ανάμεσα στις διάφορες πόλεις - κράτη της εποχής

ίσως η έννοια της αυτάρκειας πρέπει να πάρει το χαρακτήρα του να είμαστε περισσότερο αυτάρκεις ως άνθρωποι, να (ξανα)-μάθουμε να ζούμε με λιγότερα και καλύτερα

μήπως από τις σημερινές αυτοκρατορίες, πρέπει να περάσουμε στις ε-αυτοκρατορίες, με την έννοια της εαυτής αυτάρκειας που πρέπει να επιδείξουμε σε προσωπικό - ατομικό επίπεδο ο καθένας χωριστά και όλοι μαζί;

δύο βιβλιοπροτάσεις για την κατάρρευση των πολιτισμών (τα βιβλιογραφικά στοιχεία από το biblionet.gr του ΕΚΕΒΙ):

μια αναδρομική μελέτη :

Diamond, Jared. Κατάρρευση : Πώς οι κοινωνίες επιλέγουν να αποτύχουν ή να επιτύχουν / Jared Diamond · επιμέλεια Σοφία Νικολαΐδου , Βασίλης Σακελλαρίου · μετάφραση Σοφία Νικολαΐδου , Βασίλης Σακελλαρίου. - Αθήνα : Κάτοπτρο, 2007. - 699σ. · 24x17εκ.

Τίτλος πρωτοτύπου: Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
ISBN 978-960-6717-11-6

και μια προοπτική μελέτη :

Συλλογικό έργο. Με τα μάτια στο μέλλον : Σωτηρία ή κατάρρευση μέχρι το 2050: Δημογραφία, βιοποικιλότητα, απανθρακοποίηση, φτώχια, δημόσια υγεία, η ανθρωπότητα σε σημείο καμπής / Συλλογικό έργο , George Musser , Joel E. Cohen , Stuart L. Pimm , Clinton Jenkins , Amory B. Lovins , Jeffrey D. Sachs , Paul Polak , Barry R. Polak , Herman E. Daly. - 1η έκδ. - Αθήνα : Κάτοπτρο, 2008. - 160σ. · 21x14εκ. - (Θέματα του Scientific American · 4)

ISBN 978-960-6717-18-5

το post ανεβάζουμε με αφορμή όσα διαβάσαμε εδώ

I’ve been the official class photocopy girl since second year college.  Now that I try to remember it, I did ask for it.  But it has been a nuisance to me for a long time already.  But I guess I have no choice, have I?

Well it all started with me being pissed off with the photocopies being left at the photocopy area for you to pick them yourselves.  There have been countless times that I always ended up not having a copy for myself before I finally said (to myself) that this situation sucks and I need to do something about this. Like for instance, I didn’t have a copy of Plato’s chapter 10 of The Republic (and that’s the first assigned reading for my Criticism class!) even though I paid for it, so I grudgingly photocopied my friend’s copy again.  And so one day I volunteered to photocopy the readings for the next meeting.  I faithfully stood guard at the photocopy area – the readings are after all very crucial for us creative writing students.

All I wanted that time was not to miss any single ‘must-reads’ because I’m not really good at bluffing to have an excuse for not reading them at all. 

Because I know how it feels like not having a copy (even if you already paid for it) I see to it that everyone has a copy of the readings for the next meeting.  And when I say ‘everyone’, I literally meant it: I also paid for my classmates who weren’t able to attend that particular day, for I-dunno-what-reason and I just asked them for refund the next day.  I always thought how would others feel if they haven’t read the readings, and I felt conscience-stricken of the thought that they haven’t read the assigned readings because I didn’t gave them a copy (even though they didn’t pay for it).  Oh-oh.

And the world said, get a life.

But it’s not as easy as that.

I guess you just can’t get away with this that easily.  No one’s really willing to be like me, managing Xerox copies for the class.  No, I advise you not to.

I listed my top ten everything-gone-wrong days below while I’m doing this little job.

1. Yep, most of the time I always pay more than what I should pay.  I still don’t know about this weird phenomenon though.
2. I have to squeeze myself in the photocopy area.  War zone. Requires tactical skills. 
3. Delayed (I really hate this most of all, it’s no good).  Procrastination. Not in my part.
4. All photocopiers in a comatose state. Ends up in #3.
5. Lots of readings, especially in Criticism and Brit Lit days.
6. Accused of not paying the aforementioned readings.
7. Xerox copies not sorted.  Everyone’s busy to do it.  So I did it myself.
8. That foul smell coming from the machine.
9. Rainy days are everything-gone-wrong days in the photocopy area.
10. No more coupon bonds. Guess I have to wait.  Ends up in #3.

Perhaps the most terrible thing that happened to me was I paid an extra 200php straight from my own pocket.  My mistake, don’t worry. I’m not kidding! I felt like an idiot that time, I mistaken 2 for 3, and it all made a difference for 21 students in our bloc.  I photocopied the rest of that Criticism book for I-don’t-know-what-the-hell-happened, for 21 people, and I was really frustrated because it was my fault.  Sigh.  It took me two months to pay for it, nah, a major cut-off to my allowance.  The good thing: I get to read the rest of the book, the treatises that we never covered for the class discussions and more scratch papers for CW drafts. J

But this harrowing experience taught me about my hidden expertise:

1.     sorting pages in less than no time

2.     checking, double-checking, re-checking the pages

3.     identifying recurring pages

4.     identifying pages ‘unphotocopied’

5.     recopying missing pages

6.     harnessing my math skills (go figure!)

7.     managing tight schedules

8.     prioritizing the assigned readings that needs to be prioritized

9.     developing interpersonal skills with You-Know-Them

10. developing social skills with the other photocopy-girls, and photocopy-boys, and

11. saving Mother Earth by keeping extra scratch papers

So you see, it’s not just all about the bad things. 

My point is?  It’s a crazy job. It’s a helter-skelter ride. But I’m not angry. Rest assured, I’m the kind of person that will never fail to provide the assigned readings before the dreary day.  I am even willing to waive off my personal copy PROVIDED! you’ll prove to my face that you paid, but you didn’t receive a copy.  But we don’t have to end up like that, do we?

We can always end up with a compromise, and then you can just borrow my copy for the meantime. J

το υπενθυμίζουμε, τώρα που κατά τα φαινόμενα εμφανίστηκε καρχαρίας στα νερά της Ραφήνας

απ' ότι φαίνεται ο ... ραφηνάτος καρχαρίας μάλλον κόβει βόλτες στ' ανοικτά (προς το παρόν τουλάχιστον), και δε φαίνεται να απειλεί κανένα

οι λιγότερο ραφινάτοι ... μεγαλοκαρχαρίες, δυστυχώς κυκλοφορούν ανάμεσά μας

ανενόχλητοι

και δε χαρίζουν κάστανα

σε λίγο καιρό θα κυκλοφορείς με ενσωματωμένο - αναγνωριστικό της ταυτότητάς σου - μικροτσίπ

έτσι λέει αποφάσισε η Κομισιόν, ότι δηλαδή αλόγατα, μουλαράκια και γαϊδουράκια από εδώ και στο εξής θα μαρκάρονται εκ γενετής και μάλιστα ηλεκτρονικά

με τον καιρό θα αποκτήσεις και ενσωματωμένο σύστημα GPS για να σε παρακολουθούν δορυφορικά, μπας και ξεστρατίσεις και φας κα'να επιπλέον γαϊδουράγκαθο εκτός προγραμματισμού

να δούμε πως θα το αντέξεις και αυτό κυρ-Μέντιε, εσύ το σύμβολο αιώνιο της υπομονής, μαζί με τα άλλα δύο ξαδελφάκια σου, σύμβολο του πείσματος το ένα, σύμβολο της χάρης και της ελευθερίας το άλλο

ελευθερίας είπαμε; μας ξέφυγε, δε το θέλαμε, διαγράψτε μια λέξη

ελπίζουμε να μην μας άκουσαν, διαφορετικά μάλλον θα αποκτήσουμε και εμείς μικροτσίπ, θέλουμε - δε θέλουμε

τι κόσμο μας ετοιμάζουν οι ... Κομισάριοι;

και στο όνομα τίνος;

πότε θα ξυπνήσεις μονομιάς; / νά 'ρθει ανάποδα ο ντουνιάς;

οι πρώτες εκτιμήσεις είναι ότι πρόκειται για τον κύριο σεισμό και παρακολουθείται με ενδιαφέρον η μετασεισμική ακολουθία, που ίσως δώσει επίσης μεγάλου μεγέθους σεισμούς

όπως είναι φυσικό έγινε αισθητός σε ολόκληρη την Πελοπόννησο, αλλά και σε μικρότερο βαθμό και στην υπόλοιπη Ελλάδα, μέχρι την Κοζάνη, όπως μπορείτε να δείτε εδώ

ήδη έχουν αναφερθεί καταρρεύσεις κτηρίων και κάποιοι εγκλωβισμοί ατόμων