I do

"We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit."
[Aristotle]

In life, we are defined by what we do.

Ninsoare

Astept sa ninga. Astept.
vdm

Petrecereeee

Purchelush party

Petrecerea perfecta.
Fie ea de ziua mea, sau nunta, sau a 2a zi dupa nunta. Sau a 3a...

In spatele casei, cu niste vagi incercari de decoratii festive, purcelusi la protap si mirosul de prajeala cu care vin la pachet...

insanely great.

George.

cu picioarele pe pamant.

O serie de sfaturi din categoria "cu picioarele pe pamant" care, desi se vor a viza casnicia, se extind atat de mult peste granita ei (in afara poate de punctele 7 si 8 :-) ). Vorbesc de prietenii, familie, si in general orice fel de relatii sociale la care tii cu adevarat...

"All the crap you read in magazines about honesty, sense of humor, communication, sensitivity, date nights, couples weekends, blah blah blah can be trumped by one word: loyalty."

[The Huffington Post - 15 Ways to Stay Married for 15 Years]

BFFs

"I recently called Brian. We joked about our inability to find time to hang out, and made a dinner date at the next available opening.

It is three months from now."

[The New York Times - Friends of a Certain Age]

Ce sa mai zic? I told you so! Sau in fine, stiam, banuiam, intuiam de mult...
Cam de cativa ani asa, de cand nimeni nu ma mai poate supara, indiferent ce-ar face... :-)
Maturitatea asta!

It

So... how is it like?
...like

• scratching a sun burn (ou gratter un coup de soleil)
• using a Q-tip (x1000)
• sneezing (x100)
• sneezing, getting a massage and having your hair played with at the same time plus chocolate and earthquakes

Sunt tristă, dar de tine niciodată...

[Leac pentru îngeri, Constanţa Buzea]

Interesting life

Chiar este!! :-)

Pic your choice and half the story's done!

[from here]


There was a time, long, long ago, when fireflies were still leading the night and the mornings were still counted for half the day. There was a time when that inn was still there, on the crossroads between the stairway to heaven paved with good intentions and the path to here. They called it "l'Auberge de l'Inoubliable"... 
And as I was told, it was the beautiful innkeeper that kept the candles alive. It was because of her and her never ending dreams that the three witches never could enter the heart of the wanderers. Or at least for as long as she was there, because afterwards... but that's another story; a heartbreaking one. Anyway, it was not really her beauty, even though they all thought so, but her wisdom and her warmth that were strong with her. Yeah, a witch too, I might say... a different one. The kind that sees drunks as poets and losers as lonely ones, hores as women searching their soulmates and jerks as bohems... and cowards as independent ones, of course! You know, that kind... my kind!...
And then, one day that started with a cold morning but that followed a lucid night, a dancing bear knocked at the back door...
[...]

Lip-Dub proposal

[Lip-Dub Proposal♡]

...♡... Tu deviens romantique?!?

...if you only walk long enough!

"But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked.
"Oh you can't help that," said the Cat "We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad."
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn't have come here."
"Would you tell me please which way I ought to go from here?"
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat.
"I don't much care where --" said Alice.
"Then it doesn't matter which way you go," said the Cat.
" — so long as I get SOMEWHERE," Alice added as an explanation.
"Oh, you're sure to do that," said the Cat "if you only walk long enough."

[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll]

Chop, chop, lollipop!

or... Bye-bye, butterfly!

There is nothing a German officer cannot do!

Colonel Manfred von Holstein:   There is nothing a German officer cannot do.
Captain Rumpelstoss:   But... how will I learn to fly, Herr Colonel?
Col. Manfred von Holstein:   The way we do everything in the German army: From the book of instructions.
[Reading from flight instruction manual]
Col. Manfred von Holstein:   Step one: sit down...

[Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes - 1965]

Curly

"Having curly hair makes me taller, more literary and better in bed. Perhaps not everyone agrees with me, like, say, my husband and the 500 men I dated before him who dumped me. But forget that. I know it’s true."

About curly hair in a funny, yet deep kinda way...
[The New York Times]

Love,
Tina.

Good artists borrow, Great artists steal

[Pablo Picasso]

__
...not that I appreciate copying or stealing, but because I so understand the blank page syndrome.
And if artistic creation flourishes from nothing, I wonder why we waited so many centuries to reach the artistic/ scientific/ development point where we are today.

Yol

[Yol, Palme d'Or, Cannes, 1982]

Cred ca asta e scena cea mai usor de adus aminte, despre cum e sa omori pe cineva cand nu esti prea sigur daca vrei sa il omori sau nu. Nesiguranta asta, arde-o focu'... :-)
In fine, desi asta e teoria mea. Prietena mea sustine ca "bineinteles ca a vrut sa o omoare". Si vad si dreptatea ei...

Filmul nu e usor de digerat. Dar te zguduie, asa cum orice poveste buna ar trebui sa o faca.

Piled Higher and Deeper

[PhD Comics, The Movie]... aka. Piled Higher and Deeper

Just to feel I am not alone.



PS: ...oh, and this is an eternal classic :-)

Nothing good gets away

Back in 1958, ❤ John Steinbeck ❤, got a letter from his son Thom, in which he was confessing having fallen in love with a girl, Susan. Steinbeck replied the same day, writing him a wise and wonderful letter...

Irina Sarbu

Irina Sarbu
... de care am dat, culmea, pe Facebook. Pe langa ca am deja 5 prieteni fani de-ai ei, cred ca avem de fapt si prieteni comuni, vreo 3-4. Mda, dupa cum ziceam, culmea! :-)

Enjoy!



[Ilona - Irina Sarbu]

Asta pentru ca el i-a dat tot ce-a avut, sufletul, inima lui... Iar ea i-a dat nopti de-amor, nopti de dor, tot ce-o femeie poate da... Dar in final ea s-a dus, a plecat, l-a lasat si se intreaba daca nu cumva e vina lui pentru ca i-a cerut tot ce femeia nu mai poate da :-)... Si pentru ca desi nu stiam melodia asta, draga-mi mai e...

[Ionel Ionelule - Irina Sarbu & Marius Mihalache Band]

Asta pentru ca daca vrei sa uiti pe Marioara, hai pe camp cu mine intr-o seara... Sa culegem albe floricele, sa visam la luna si la stele... Ma jur c-o uiti!

[Aprinde o tigara - Irina Sarbu]

Asta pentru ca fumul de tigara te cufunda in uitare si gandul isi gaseste carare spre abis, se vede o noua zare si dorului i se gaseste alean... intr-o tigara... :-)

[C'est si bon - Irina Sarbu]

Clasic jazz... C'est si bon - because that's what lovers say in France... :-)

[The girl from Ipanema - Irina Sarbu]

Iar asta asa, ca sa schimb stilul... pentru ca inchid ochii si sunt pe plaja...

Même si tu m'aimes

Même si tu m'aimes
@Théâtre Michel

Despre dinamica unui cuplu.
Care la naiba, poate sa fie mai frumoasa decat cea din piesa!
Dar nah... fiecare cu a lui!

I do hope to meet again. ❤

Cartile

Exista unele carti, pe care atunci cand le termini, pierzi o dragoste, intr-un fel foarte subtil si de nepovestit. Intr-un fel, a citi, la fel de mult ca si a scrie, este un act de creatie.

Le plaisir de l'habitude est souvent plus doux encore que celui de la nouveauté

[Marcel Proust]

Preview

una mica, uite asa!
am zis!

Le bourgeois gentilhomme

 
Le bourgeois gentilhomme, Molière
@Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin


Vesnic actual.
Freakishly scary!

No style innovation, but personal style search

Piata de bunuri de consum (retail) a explodat o data cu accesul tuturor la orice (thx internet!) si cu ascensiunea Chinei ("Made in China"). Si ca orice industrie capitalista de anvergura mare, si aceasta cauta stabilitate si previzibilitate. Deci, e in interesul lor economic sa pastreze totul asa cum este si sa evite inovatia.
Sau, avem cu totii o reactie colectiva inconstienta la schimbarile continue si profunde pe care le traim pe plan technologic, geopolitic si economic. Si avem cu totii acces la tot (again, thx internet!), atat trecut cat si prezent, si mai mult, instant. Si luand in considerare capacitatea nostra limitata (probabil) de a inghiti "noul", evitam schimbarea - again!
=> no style innovation

In schimb toata lumea se chinuie sa fie chic, stylish, authentic and cool, dar nu neaparat different, ci poate doar la suprafata. Aparent cam asta e singurul personal statement de care suntem in stare, intr-o lume care nu clipeste.
=> personal style search
[Vanity Fair - You say you want a devolution?]

In plus fata de toate astea, minimalismul incepe sa apara din ce in ce mai mult, sub diverse forme: in felul de a se imbraca al oamenilor (cu stilul clasic nu a gresit nimeni niciodata), in mancare (bio, veggi), in decoratiuni interioare (nuante pure: alb, gri, transparente si materiale de baza: lemn, sticla, metal), in lumea interioara a oamenilor (yoga, meditatia, zen, intoarcerea la valori morale clasice - in fine, asta chiar nu ar trebui generalizat :-) ), in modul de organizare a timpului.
Iar asta... mi-o explic ca o reactie adversa la prea multa informatie, prea mult "Made in China", prea mult orice.

Cum tot spun de demult, fara sa ma fi gandit vreodata de ce, dar poate ca nici nu conteaza...

Just simple things!