I do feel piled higher and deeper these days...I just love this phrase. I also happen to be a great fan of the comic. Actually, it is the only comic I have entirely read. Yes, people, their whole archive! From day one. And then registered to receive emails every time they upload something new. Why do I relate to this particular comic? Should I remind you I've kept postponing turning my paper in for...ummm...two years? True, I have a different type of job and a second University whose classes I attend, or pretend to attend, but still...Procrastination is no stranger to me.
In other news, I love signing email with this shiny, grand looking, job title. I am actually doing that job, kind of, I have the tasks and the responsibilities. It seems a bit unreal still. But I love it. I love getting home dead tired, I love not knowing when the time flew by and it's 5 pm already. I am sure, however, I will love it more when I will actually believe I know what I am doing.
What I love most? Keeping in touch with the press...Ironic, isn't it?
Today's suprise: Ryan is blogging again. He rewards his readers with an update to his blog and an invitation to watch two of his new projects very closely.
The first project is a blog called The Adult Channel. Catchy name? Yes, but it is something else than most people would expect. It is sort of a guide into adulthood, put together using a learn it by doing it method. But he describes it better than me:
Recent events made it so I would have to start acting my age (even older, someone told me), not the sum of my age's digits (which is 4 at the moment). As this is obviously something I have no knowledge of, I thought it might be interesting to make it the theme of my shiny new blog. That way I can share my experiences, discoveries, rants and frustrations with the world, which in turn, can do the same for me (and that's about as specific as I can get about what to expect from this blog). After all, adulthood is just a chapter in our journey, isn't it?
The second blog, The Debate Channel, a place meant to make us all think. Think of what you might ask. Well, of everything worth thinking and going on around us. Global warming, trends, wars, you name it. I bet it can all fit into this attempt to "forumize" a blog, as Ryan calls it. I have already agree to help him support this project and you are all invited to contribute with your comments, posts on your blogs, suggestions and recommendations.
Late replies to comments, rare updates, not exactly my style, is it? Well, I have a perfectly good explanation, but I do apologize for keeping you waiting for the Athens stories and photos. I hope to have them all uploaded this week though.
Just before leaving for Athens I got news. The marketing and PR manager had resigned and I had been assigned to all her stuff. Press releases, contacting journalists, keeping in touch with the press mainly, writing all sorts of marketing materials for the site, newsletters, etc. Well, I had never before written a press release. That is about to change now :)
I am happy with the new tasks. I really needed the challenge and it's all in the direction I wanted to follow from a certain point on. It also means lots of work, as I am alone for now and I still have all my technical writing tasks. I do feel everything is pilling up and soon enough I'd be practically buried in work. Help is coming though, in about a week.
As for the weekend...Well, I was quite tired and postponed everything that could be postponed. So I spent most of my time going out, shopping and not doing anything that would need my brain to actually work. It was the first weekend entirely spent with D and it was pretty great to be honest. Things seem to be settling down somehow. And it all looks bright and shiny.
Well, wish me luck with the new assignments! I will do my best to stop neglecting my readers, promise :)
Yes, folks, in 7 hours, I'll be on my way to Athens. I still have 2 more hours at the office, so there are actually 5 hours left for....
....for my list of what I should have done, but didn't. Here it is! Should I mention I am pretty sure most of it will still remain in the "to do" state and not promoted to "done" after 7 hours?
get my luggage ready calmly (i.e. not in a 10 minutes race)
not forget anything I need back in Bucharest
pick my mom from the station
get some sleep before going
shower, long shower...
burn some audio CDs for the road
find already burned audio CDs
print maps of Bulgaria and Greece, just in case
download larger maps and transfer them to my laptop
make some sandwiches for the road (help will be available here)
make coffee for the road (I have this cool cup from my dad that you can use to heat the drink while driving :P)
buy Red Bull for the road (what?!? It's a 16-hour-drive! All help is needed)
talk to Trisi Sis enough to last for these few days (no chance for that now...:((. Sis, where have you been hiding?)
Prepare important papers such as car papers/driver's license/passport/ID. Do not forget said papers at home...
Pray hard that I make it in under 16 hours :D
Pray hard to actually find the hotel easily
Pray some more..
Wish me luck! I will need it. If I get back safely, I will brag about how cool I've been driving so much with no help from other drivers!
Today has been one of those days when your head swirls and you have no idea how time passes by. One gets to the office, turns the computer on, grabs a cup of coffee and starts working. A blink of an eye later, it's lunch time. You then come back, more tasks, a brief meeting announcing more to come. Another blink of an eye later...OMG, it's 5.30 pm already! Soon I should leave and I still have plenty to do.
Yes, we have all had such days. My problem? I absolutely love it. The challenge is there, real, keeping me under huge amounts of pressure, but it has the effect of an adrenaline rushing extreme sport. I missed it. I am glad it's back!
Never, never doubt your path again! Yes, it is true what they say, a door is never closed without God opening a window for you. I should remember that each time I feel disappointed.
I found this meme on Liz Strauss' blog. It got me inspired, so here goes my list of goals:
Read a lot more
Taking my license exam sometime this century
Making my trip around Europe (well, part of Europe anyway) happen
Visiting every little country in the world
Go dancing more often and taking some dancing classes (I would kill for Argentinian Tango!)
Learn something new everyday
(One day) Being able to speak the following foreign languages: English, French, Spanish, Turkish, Arabic and Italian and...dunno, open list here
Writing the vampire story that haunts my mind (I don't care if some of you may find the topic lame or something like that, this is a story I have to write as I'm tired of it haunting me)
More adventurous happenings
Improve my photography skills
Being able to help those close to me every time they need help
Keeping my mom proud and happy
Getting on that nice balloon next time I'm in Istanbul
When traveling, I want to meet bloggers I know in the area I happen to be in
I have walked blindly through many springs. As I worshiped summer, nothing else mattered. Spring was just a passage to summer, a messenger saying it will soon be warm and brightly sunny again. This year something happen. Like all my senses were suddenly back to life. Pink and white flowers, fresh scents, everything seemed to surround me and elevate my soul. Open it to beauty, to touching perfection, to healing. Small incidents really do not matter. We should never allow ourselves to be caught up in them. Always pay attention to the bigger picture, take a few steps and gain perspective. Easier said than done. But time does take care of everything. And one day you wake up with your soul and mind of peace. Ready to move on, to experience again. Weirdly enough, this is the second time in my life when just when I thought nothing will feel right again, it all came back to me. Myself, my thoughts, my heart. And I always achieve this on my own, a few days before my birthday. And then...every piece than was shredded takes its rightful place. And I am whole again, with my soul wide open.
First and foremost, today is my dad birthday. So Happy Birthday Dad!!! :)
This is seriously the warmest month of March I have ever experienced in Romania. I know it is not good, I know it is a sign of global warming, greenhouse effect and all the damaged we have caused our planet. But I can't help loving it and enjoying every day.
The trees have blossomed. You can see white or pink little flowers everywhere. There petals falling and being taken far, far away by the wind. Different perfumes surrounding you from everywhere. And the feeling it will all turn green in a few more days. That vivid, fresh, spring green that I absolutely love!
It all makes you forget about the cars, the "fresh" air, the crowds everywhere, work, problems and everything else. All I really want to do is take a long walk, starting in the morning and finishing it at sunset. I almost did that on Saturday. I might do it again this weekend.
Moving on to Tarkan... I am not going to discuss nationality choice just now in this very case. Gerard Butler. The oldest of my likes shown here. Well, ever since Dracula 2000, although the movie is not that great... Does it seem to you that I am following a pattern here? Not at all I would say! No, there is no type I fancy :P
As part of my real attempt to getting to know a little about Linux and Linux distros, I have spent the last two hours reading installation and configuration instructions for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. It has been delightful...Yeah, I again feel like there is so much I need to know. To quote the status message of a friend quoting a forum post author, "I know shit, but some shit is still unclear". Well, the amount of unclear stuff seems to keep growing and growing.
Anyway, tomorrow I will gather all the bits and parts of courage hidden within me, and give a try to install the distro on the 6 CDs now staring back at me :) Will let you know how it goes. If I fall in love with Linux and decide to quit Windows, I'll again let you know.
This is the current theme song for my new found inspiration. A little story coming to life with a little help (and nagging) from my friends.
If you take a life do you know what you'll give? Odds are, you won't like what it is When the storm arrives, would you be seen with me? By the merciless eyes I've deceived
I've seen angels fall from blinding heights But you yourself are nothing so divine Just next in line
Arm yourself because no-one else here will save you The odds will betray you And I will replace you You can't deny the prize it may never fulfill you It longs to kill you Are you willing to die?
The coldest blood runs through my veins You know my name
If you come inside things will not be the same When you return to the night And if you think you've won You never saw me change The game that we all have been playing
I've seen this diamond cut through harder men Than you yourself But if you must pretend You may meet your end
Arm yourself because no-one else here will save you The odds will betray you And I will replace you You can't deny the prize it may never fulfill you It longs to kill you Are you ready to die?
The coldest blood runs through my veins
Try to hide your hand Forget how to feel Forget how to feel
Life is gone with just a spin of the wheel Spin of the wheel
Arm yourself because no-one else here will save you The odds will betray you And I will replace you You can't deny the prize it may never fulfill you It longs to kill you Are you willing to die?
The coldest blood runs through my veins You know my name You know my name You know my name You know my name You know my name You know my name You know my name
I have no idea why. Maybe because my trip home helped me refill my batteries. Maybe because it's like going to a sanctuary when I stay at my mom's - all the bad things are left out, forgotten and loose their powers by the time I exit. Maybe because I am completing some projects and I am more involved in the ongoing and new ones. Maybe because spring is here.
Well for one of these reasons or for all of them, my week has started perfectly! Although I woke up late and did not do everything I had planned. Anyway, I am full of hope and ready to deal with everything. There will also be a treat, ballet on Thursday.
I hope you all have a similarly fresh and shinny start :)
The moment I enter the apartment, I feel at peace. Ploiesti is indeed my home, my refuge, the place where I grow stronger, where my wings are healed and I receive the gift of flying high again, time after time.
My mom is the high priestess of this sanctuary: the guide, the oracle, the one showing me the light, the one loving me regardless of anything. And she's also packing the house with goodies if I'm here. It's nice to feel you are getting away from the day-to-day world, with its issues, problems, routine, nags and every other burden it entails. It's like the time is half-stopped while you recharge your batteries, train and prepare yourself, then go back for another round.
As spring is here, I felt the need of a new skin for Words of a Broken Mirror. So I took a template from here (free), and with a lot of help and patience from Ryan, I managed to also modify it to finally please me.
As I said before, I changed my hair color over a week ago. From reddish to dark brown. So, here are the first photos with my new color. The photos were taken by Cris V in a little coffee shop near the University of Bucharest.
We were having fruit tea and admiring the paintings exhibition. These works are displayed in all three sections of the coffee shop and they also have some reproductions of famous paintings on their ceiling. It is a quiet place that always has empty tables when I go there. So enough photos of me to last for about a year :P
The last round of packing...The house seems so empty without my things. And almost no traces of my passage trough here can be seen. But I remember. As every beautiful memory I've ever had here is back to haunt me one last time before my going.
I wanted different reactions. They did not come. A door being closed forever. This is how I see it. The end of all remaining possibilities. A change of path that alters some of the possible futures. But I chose. The time, the place, the words not to leave behind.
Moving to another sky...
Stelele care cad Nu pier Stelele care cad Se duc pe alt cer
Silviana and I decided we should have a JapaneseGarden in our new apartment. You know, sand, stones, neatly designed models on the sand. The real deal.
It will however be a miniature garden, somewhat like the photo below. And it will probably also host my cactus, Kimmy, and her bamboos. Not quite traditional, I know, but there’s no other more appropriate place in the house for them.
Now, my room will be a mixture of Japanese culture, Turkish symbols, modern technology (my laptop), lots of light and whatever else I can put my mind to. Sounds just about right, don’t you think?
In other words, I am waiting for the sun to finally show up for work. The weather reports stated he should be in by now. But he's not. Has anyone seen him?
Name: Alina Home: Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania About Me: "This is my church. This is where I heal my hurts". It's also where I feel free and my preferred means of expression. See my complete profile
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