Buna seara, cadet!

a avut dreptate tata, marea e destul de agitata, dar nu e cine stie ce, e foarte misto si vremea e super, vant, valuri pana la punte......foarte frumos.....dar de fapt stiti ca ati fost si voi cu vaporul si stiti cum e in croaziera.....v-am pupat si mai vorbim.......pa pa !!!!

♬♪♯♩♫♮♪♬

This is a happy place!
This is a happy place...

...♬♪♯♩♫♮♪♬...
La-la  la-laa  la-la-laaaa... Mmh, tu-du-dub!
...Du dubi-du duuu :-)

Wishlist

Craciunul asta imi doresc 2 carti. Fix 2, ca sa nu fie nici 1 si nici prea multe de-odata. Dar sa fie carti daruite din suflet. Si 2 peripetii. Desi mi-ar ajunge si 1, dar aici vreau sa fiu haplea. Ce cuvant misto - haplea! :-)

Si imi doresc sa fie frig. Sa tremur. Sa ninga (asa cum mi s-a zis azi dimineata - "a nins asta noapte cu fulgi inghetati si mici ca trecuti prin sita"). Si sa bem o cafea cu menta.

Si sa facem impreuna ToDo list-ul pe 2010.

Understanding

I know you think you understand what you thought I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.
-- Alan Greenspan

Feelin' the same way

[Feelin' The Same Way - Norah Jones]

Soarele patrunde timid pe sub usa si razele ma dezvelesc de sub cearceafuri. E doar o alta zi in care nu-mi gasesc punctul fix, iar corpul nu ma asculta, gandurile nici atat. Incerc sa regasesc pamantul de sub mine ca sa ma sprijin de el. De atatea ori m-am intrebat unde am disparut, iar acum nu fac decat sa ma gasesc in acelasi loc...
Aici, acum, asa.

But I will sing
La la la la la la la la...

à la française

Je dois enrichir mon vocabulaire :
- Trop. Classe.
- Drôlement cool
- Bisou ! Bonne journée !
- Allez hop!
- SU-BLIME !!! Sauf que.
- Mais que c’est beau.
- Allez je file ! Gros bisou !
:-)

Le Quatuor

Le Quatuor @Théâtre des Variétés, Paris



C'est pour avoir le sourire toute la soirée... :-)
Super soirée!

Steppenwolf

[Lupul de stepa, de Hermann Hesse]

"All suicides have the responsibility of fighting against the temptation of suicide. Every one of them knows very well in some corner of his soul that suicide, though a way out, is rather a mean and shabby one, and that it is nobler and finer to be conquered by life than to fall by one's own hand..."

Magic Theatre
Entrance not for everybody
For madmen only!

Although I guess they must let in the mad ladies...
Fuck, why on earth do I have the entrance ticket?!?...

Air pollution

US traffic is creating 45% of the air pollution (!!!)

Lead like the great conductors

Choose your own way to breathe music.
Choose your own way to live.
Your own way.

Nouvelle vague

Nouvelle Vague @Olympia, Paris

Hot music discovered during cold times. And still enjoying...

Imperfectiuni frumos asumate

Imi plac oamenii in functie de aerul pe care il inspira. Limbajul corpului, lumina pe care o degaja, efectul pe care il creaza asupra-mi. Si mai ales imperfectiunile frumos asumate.
Varsta nu e o rusine. Amprentele timpului nu ar trebui sa intimideze.

Imi plac femeile in varsta. Aranjate, cochete, cu feminitate care emana, cu eleganta in gesturi. Cu miscari line si zambete in care citesti istorie.

Asa ca femeile din familia mea... :-)

Back to the basics

• Sleep - Just enough + small bonus from time to time.
• Food - Never was much of a fan; enough to live, though.
• Work - More, better, faster, different.
• Sport - Until it hurts. My masochistic side must be satisfied; otherwise it will ask for its rights on other different occasions, which is not advisable.
• Fun - In the spare time; if there is any left.
• Think too much - Obviously, there isn't any time left :-)
  

Tennis

The 8 o'clock tennis. This is literally a cool morning :-)
I did not know how I missed this good childhood habit until trying it again...

Death metal

It reminded me of good, old times... and of how happy I am they passed... :-)

Deep Purple

Fête de l’Humanité 2009 @Parc de la Courneuve

Pourquoi?
Pour ça...

El otoño del patriarca

[Toamna Patriarhului, de Gabriel García Márquez]

"La sfarsitul saptamanii, vulturii se lasara in balcoanele palatului prezidential, distrusera cu ciocul plasele de la ferestre si rascolira cu aripile lor timpul incremenit dinauntru, iar in zorii zilei de luni orasul se destepta din letargia-i de veacuri la adierea unei brize caldute si gingase, ce aducea atunci un iz de mort important si de putreda grandoare..."

Singur, singur, singur...
Singuratate izvorata din putere... Cand totul se schimba in jurul tau, dar nu iti dai seama...

Rock en Seine

Rock en Seine 2009 @Domaine National de Saint-Cloud, Paris

Musique (re)decouverte:
Macy Gray -> photos
Eagles of Death Metal -> photos
Them Crooked Vultures -> photos
MGMT -> photos
Klaxons -> photos
The Prodigy -> photos

Bis! Bis!

Henri Cartier-Bresson

[Selection of "Women"]

[Selection of "Couples"]

Exposition "Henri Cartier-Bresson à vue d'oeil" @Maison Européenne de la Photographie

He was always there.
There, at Gandhi's funeral in India in 1948. There at the last stage of the Chinese civil war in 1949. There in the first 6 months of the Maoist people's republic in China. There for shooting the first "free" photographs of the post-war Soviet Union. There.

I love the idea of the defining moment - the concept he described as the time when you take a great photograph, capturing the essence of something.
And this is what I am trying to do: discover the defining moments around me. Or better yet, discover in everything a defining moment.

And one of my favourites... maybe because it's a beautiful couple, maybe because it's from beautiful Romania, maybe both...
[A couple asleep on a Romanian train]

Une image peut en cacher une autre

[Schmetterlinge von Maurits Cornelis Escher]

"Une image peut en cacher une autre"
...ou d'Arcimboldo à Dali, en passant par Escher et autres

@Grand Palais

Solidays

Jeune, con et solidaire @Solidays 2009, Paris

Musique (re)decouverte:
Ayo
Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestra
Metronomy
Manu Chao

Heart-shaped cherries

3, as in "1 for you, 1 for me..."

Why girls are not into science

- Why girls are not into science?
- Because they are not good at math.
- Why girls are not good at math?
- Because...

Little girls start reading and learning math in the same time. And when they are reading Snow White, they can easily learn that there are only 2 types of men in the world: the ugly dwarf and the prince-charming and that the ratio is 7:1!
And this is too damn depressing!...

Pentru copilul

La multi ani de 1 iunie...

Sugar and Spice and everything nice: That's what little girlsღ♥ღ are made of.
Spiders and Snails and puppy dog tails: That's what little boysღ♥ღ are made of.

[photo, by Jan Saudek]

Garden Party

&4 ochi crucisi
Garden Party @Ambasada

Street Art

La nuit du Street Art @Saint Sulpice
25 mai 2009, première édition
Cool, man! :-)

Oxford library

Oxford library style - big, dense, classy, frightening, overwhelming.
Still wanted. Yup, in a masochistic style :-)

Opinii

Incerc sa descriu fara sa dau nuante personale.
Incerc sa descriu cu cateva nuante personale fara ca tu sa le vezi.
Incerc sa descriu cu puncte de vedere puternice si foarte personale fara ca tu sa le judeci.
Incerc sa fiu cineva, ramanand invizibila.

Oxford style

Zidurile sunt groase. Caramida sau piatra peste tot. Si sunt acolo de 500 de ani, si esti convins ca vor mai ramane inca alti cel putin 500 de ani.
Iarba este enervant de verde. Gazon tipic englezesc. Tuns in patratele. Pe care nu ai voie sa calci.
Universitatea este peste tot in oras. Nu iti este clar daca universitatea este in oras sau orasul in universitate. Se impletesc unul in altul si traiesc unul pentru altul.
Oamenii care traiesc in Oxford sunt ori profesori, ori personal administrativ, ori lucreaza la diverse firme care au aici biroul de R&D si colaboreaza cu labo-urile de research de la Oxford, ori au comerturi locale (stiu un bar unde romanii primesc free drinks - pentru ca patronul este un arab care a studiat in Bucuresti:D). Iar bineinteles, toti ceilalti sunt studenti (~20000).
Tipii de 25-35 de ani sunt in costum, cu parul ciufulit. Absolut perfecte amandoua: si costumul si ciufuleala. Si mai ales combinatia... :-)
Tipele... I shall be smart and say no more...

Viata de student e agitata. Te trezesti la 7:30 dimineata, ai un curs intre 8-10, alt curs intre 10-12, mananci rapid in 30 de minute, ai un group meeting pentru un assignment intre 12h30-2h30, pauza pana la 5 si alt curs intre 5-8.
Ai vreo 4 assignmenturi care te asteapta sa le faci, 2 individuale si 2 in working group. Si 3 dinner-uri programate in urmatoarele 3 zile.

Si numai in Oxford poti sa dai de oameni pe strada care si-au asortat perfect papionul cu umbrela :-)

Zambeste

Zambeste! :-)
Pur si simplu zambeste... si atunci voi zambi si eu :-)

Vide grenier

Ta-na-naam... Bientôt, à Issy les Moulineaux!!

"Vide grenier, journée sans voiture, fanfares, portes ouvertes aux Serres Municipales, animations sportives, bonne franquette dans les villages ... Dimanche 17 mai, la rue vous appartient !
Racontez-nous votre Printemps d'Issy !"

J'adore cette pub!! :-))

Rue Mouffetard

Rue Mouffetard, Paris, 1954
...juste 8 minutes à pied
(8 minutes jusqu'en 1954) :-)

David LaChapelle

Exposition David Lachapelle
6 février - 31 mai 2009
@Monnaie de Paris
(...)

[Collapse in a Garden, David LaChapelle 1995]

...or "collapse in MY garden" ;-)

Et Dieu... Créa la femme

"Je voudrais plus penser à rien!..."

Armchair

Nu e nici loc, nu sunt nici bani si nu are nici un sens...
Dar ca visele sa se realizeze, trebuie intai visate!



So let a girl dream!

Wanted!

I ♥ Paris

I ♥ Paris every moment...
Except right now!

Andy Warhol

[Andy Warhol - Ethel Scull 36 times, 1963]
@Grand Palais

Once you get the idea, it's all the same... :D

Chez Gladines

Magret de canard, sauce au roquefort :-)

Chez Gladines

...unde fetele de masa sunt intotdeauna in patratele rosu cu alb, mesele sunt inghesuite, scaunele sunt mici, portiile sunt mari si preturile mici, mancarea e delicioasa si voia buna e in aer.
...primul(?) restaurant pe care l-am incercat vreodata in Paris.

Macbeth

Macbeth, Guseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Melodramma en quatre actes (1847)
D’après la tragédie de William Shakespeare

@Opera Bastille

...une mise en scène un peu trop moderne

Armchair

"The arms are wide dark wood, plenty of room to balance an oversize mug of tea. The leather is worn and weathered looking, since the designer pulled the leather from an old pullman car."

Wanted!

Musée d'Orsay

(Grace, fear, grief, sunny - all to maximum rates)
The eternal Musée d'Orsay, Paris, one of my big loves...

Luxemburgerli

Luxemburgerli
...also known as "macarons"


Bitte sofort geniessen! :-)

Coquelicots

Sunt 3 in total...
3, as in "1 for you, 1 for me and 1 for us"...

For my darling, with gentle love.
Coquelicots
19.avril.2009

Atat de simplu

[Angel Sad Angel, Igor Krutoi Pechalniy]

Lucruri simple, atat de simple...

O cafea intr-o vitrina, fata de masa alba, in jur lumina calda.. oameni care trec, fiecare in directia lui, oameni diferiti in lumea lor...
Atingeri usoare, imbratisari, un brat puternic in jurul umerilor, un sarut pe tample...
Zambete ingenue, copii care rad in soare, piele fina, parfum proaspat, rufe albe care se usuca in soare, 5 zmeure pe o tarta...
Oameni suparati, zile bune si proaste, unele dupa altele, intr-o succesiune calma, monotona... o succesiune a mea...
Razand, razand... si la o adica, de ce nu?

Lucruri simple, atat de simple... aerul meu...