or get busy dying. The Shawshank Redemption is such a wonderful movie. A bit trite, but just terrific. Also good is the Family Guy knock-off (part of the "3 Kings" episode).
God-damn right, like Morgan Freeman's character said.
Saturday, May 8, 2010
In other news
Last week-end was terrific. My friend Nathalie was here, the four of us went strolling, to see old soviet statuary, to the baths and to see a ballet at the opera. It was all lovely.
Well, nearly all. What I just wrote is what we had wanted to do. Thing is, whenever old soviet ANYTHING gets thrown into the mix, things start to go a little Kraaaazy.
... More to the story after work (yes, even though it's saturday)
Well, nearly all. What I just wrote is what we had wanted to do. Thing is, whenever old soviet ANYTHING gets thrown into the mix, things start to go a little Kraaaazy.
... More to the story after work (yes, even though it's saturday)
Flat-tired
Work work work. And it's so nice out! I have many more inane things to say. I'll save them (maybe they'll add up and pay inaneterest).
Horrible pun of the day ...check
In less frivolous news, I'm genuinely wondering where I'll live from the fall. Paris? In theory, yes. But there's also Budapest as a maybe. And then there's Brussels, where I hope I'll often be (for work).
I have 3 projects going simultaneously. Two of them literally. So, no week-end for me! (As if I'd really skip time to loaf around and goof off.)
Horrible pun of the day ...check
In less frivolous news, I'm genuinely wondering where I'll live from the fall. Paris? In theory, yes. But there's also Budapest as a maybe. And then there's Brussels, where I hope I'll often be (for work).
I have 3 projects going simultaneously. Two of them literally. So, no week-end for me! (As if I'd really skip time to loaf around and goof off.)
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Wien and Pruckel
Our stalwart adventurer and his faithful flame are in Wien (Vienna for short) for a few days of relaxing, following a stressful week of holiday lollygagging and dilly-dallying.
Stay tuned for the cake report. On the list of required eats, the Sacher Torte, of course. So far, we've eaten chinese (at a restaurant called Yellow), and Langos (fried bread hungarian-style) at the fair-grounds. Health is still at the top of our list of priorities.
Stay tuned for the cake report. On the list of required eats, the Sacher Torte, of course. So far, we've eaten chinese (at a restaurant called Yellow), and Langos (fried bread hungarian-style) at the fair-grounds. Health is still at the top of our list of priorities.
Monday, March 15, 2010
Fun with flaming rods
- and how idiot-proofing has deprived us of our inalienable right to be a walking fire hazard.
Traditions are fun. Yesterday, I participated in a torch-lit march. Not candlelit, oh no. Here in transylvania, where the threat of vampires and werewolves - and thus lynch mobs - is never too distant, they actually give out lit torches to any takers (the more the merrier!) to hold as you walk through town. Listening to rock operas about hungarian history. Best. Historical. Commemoration. Ever.
To my slight disappointment, no one got so much as singed. No low-hanging branches lit. And no marshmallows! Still, it's fun walking through town with your very own burning torch. Just imagining all of the mayhem you're not going to cause (but you could - but you won't... but you could) gives you a sense of pride in not causing it (cause you could).
This is how WE celebrate a revolution! Suck on that July 14th parade! Now if you occasionally shot something out of the tanks, THAT would be co-memorable.
Oh, and for some reason I was later doused with palinka. I guess it's festive, no? I'm just glad that the torches were all gone by then.
Traditions are fun. Yesterday, I participated in a torch-lit march. Not candlelit, oh no. Here in transylvania, where the threat of vampires and werewolves - and thus lynch mobs - is never too distant, they actually give out lit torches to any takers (the more the merrier!) to hold as you walk through town. Listening to rock operas about hungarian history. Best. Historical. Commemoration. Ever.
To my slight disappointment, no one got so much as singed. No low-hanging branches lit. And no marshmallows! Still, it's fun walking through town with your very own burning torch. Just imagining all of the mayhem you're not going to cause (but you could - but you won't... but you could) gives you a sense of pride in not causing it (cause you could).
This is how WE celebrate a revolution! Suck on that July 14th parade! Now if you occasionally shot something out of the tanks, THAT would be co-memorable.
Oh, and for some reason I was later doused with palinka. I guess it's festive, no? I'm just glad that the torches were all gone by then.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Living it up in Romania
Sooo...
Schnapps (aka Palinka, aka Tuica) for breakfast, lunch and dinner. And after dinner. And before bed-time.
Along with loads of delicious farm-grown home-made food. Good think I'm only staying a week-end! It's great seeing the family.
Oh, and of course the palinka is only to fight the budding cold I'm getting (and that half my family already has).
Seriously, it's against the cold. I don't know the rest of the country, but hot-damn it's great over on this end!
Schnapps (aka Palinka, aka Tuica) for breakfast, lunch and dinner. And after dinner. And before bed-time.
Along with loads of delicious farm-grown home-made food. Good think I'm only staying a week-end! It's great seeing the family.
Oh, and of course the palinka is only to fight the budding cold I'm getting (and that half my family already has).
Seriously, it's against the cold. I don't know the rest of the country, but hot-damn it's great over on this end!
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Head-lines
Hung parliament looms as Tory support crumbles
Guardian/ICM survey shows hung parliament is real possibility as Conservative vote falters
from the Guardian UK's website. Those sexy brits!
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