Friday, December 12, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Everything I love/hate about Cairo
Thanks to an increasingly globalized industry, I have been working and living in Cairo (Egypt) for a couple of months now ... and while the transition back from the laid-back Copenhagen to the mother of the world (Umm il-Doniya)- as Cairenes so arrogantly and so rightfully call their city- has been less than smooth I am amazed how much of the small things about Cairo I still miss and cherish!
I saw this picture on the BBC news website this morning- scanning the world news on BBC is a daily ritual I haven't been able to lose- and it eloquently summarizes all I love and hate about the center and the matron of the world ...
The caption of this brilliant picture shot by a very perceptive Amr Nabil for the Associated Press reads: "An Egyptian bread seller rides through Cairo’s traffic. High food prices and shortages of subsidised bread have sparked widespread anger and a series of strikes in Egypt".
The vibrant buzz of Cairo city life makes it truly the city that never sleeps! Despite the fact that New York (NY) wrestled this reputation for itself through control of the western media it remains to be confirmed if you can buy a washer/dryer at 3am in New York or if you can find a post office open until midnight anywhere in Manhattan!
Although the picture only captures a slither of that city buzz, with the spectacle that is heartily indigenous to our part of the world, but it also rears an ugly facet of life in Egypt these days where everyday urban poverty is such a fact of life it doesn't even warrant a second glance ... I am amazed at how apathetic people have become and how much worse everyone's life seems to have become ... but if there is anything I have taken to heart from Christopher Nolan's master piece "The Dark Knight" (2008) as articulated by the unfortunate villain Harvey Dent/Harvey Two-Face: "The night is darkest just before the dawn" and it has been pretty bleak for quite sometime now so let's hope dawn is as close as it should be!
Sunday, June 29, 2008
My dream boyfriend!
What will your dream boyfriend be like?
Your dream boyfriend will be a sexy blond. This sex god is worshiped by many, but just wants to be yours and make you happy. He'll keep you drooling over his perfect body and he can't get enough sex!
Quiz by JustGuys.net - The Hottest Gay Chat. Take the quiz
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
we do have a great sense of rhythm!
I think I have had enough with a 9 to 5 job, and I would much rather start my own business ...
I have a couple of marketable ideas I wish to test but between a full-time job, a back-breaking* study schedule, and with the end of it all so near I can't quit just now. I will linger on for another day!
Besides, I can always start my own guest-house by the beach when I am old (i.e. 30)
So for the time being, I continue to do what I know best, comforted by the fact that I am a member of an extraordinary league of gentlemen (and ladies of course) ... by the way, that film sucked ass and not in a good way!
Below are some examples of what makes us unique ... and just for your information, we always do that dance when our books balance at the end of each month ...
1. Monty Python classic: a short instruction video for a hip new dance (ca. 1948) but I heard vintage stuff are hot now ... so don't be shy and let them feel the heat on the dance floors this Saturday night!
By the way, I just love how they call the calculator an "adding machine" because that is exactly what my manager calls them right before we make her a warm cup of milk, and she takes her nap!
2. David Letterman's "Top 10 Reasons I Like Being An Accountant": not really for the sake of hearing the reasons themselves, because they are not all funny although I love #6 and is actually my only reason for doing this job ... but please feast your eyes on my gorgeous colleagues ...
3. I never thought spring break as an accountant could beat the crazy college days, but it does!!
Ever wondered why your accounting department always buys a new photocopier every April 16? ... Now you know!
4. Accountants are gay!
You only need an old Dolly Parton song, and they show their true colors ... try playing that track at your office and have fun watching the accountant squirm in their seats dealing with internal struggles!
Cutie in lower-right-hand-corner (videolog - 01:25) keeps my hopes alive that I might go to the office one day to find him sitting next to me ... those eye-brows!!!
I (heart) my job!
* No, that does NOT mean having gay sex without using condoms ... you are thinking of barebacking you sick bastard! ... Don't be silly, always cover your willy!
I have a couple of marketable ideas I wish to test but between a full-time job, a back-breaking* study schedule, and with the end of it all so near I can't quit just now. I will linger on for another day!
Besides, I can always start my own guest-house by the beach when I am old (i.e. 30)
So for the time being, I continue to do what I know best, comforted by the fact that I am a member of an extraordinary league of gentlemen (and ladies of course) ... by the way, that film sucked ass and not in a good way!
Below are some examples of what makes us unique ... and just for your information, we always do that dance when our books balance at the end of each month ...
1. Monty Python classic: a short instruction video for a hip new dance (ca. 1948) but I heard vintage stuff are hot now ... so don't be shy and let them feel the heat on the dance floors this Saturday night!
By the way, I just love how they call the calculator an "adding machine" because that is exactly what my manager calls them right before we make her a warm cup of milk, and she takes her nap!
2. David Letterman's "Top 10 Reasons I Like Being An Accountant": not really for the sake of hearing the reasons themselves, because they are not all funny although I love #6 and is actually my only reason for doing this job ... but please feast your eyes on my gorgeous colleagues ...
3. I never thought spring break as an accountant could beat the crazy college days, but it does!!
Ever wondered why your accounting department always buys a new photocopier every April 16? ... Now you know!
4. Accountants are gay!
You only need an old Dolly Parton song, and they show their true colors ... try playing that track at your office and have fun watching the accountant squirm in their seats dealing with internal struggles!
Cutie in lower-right-hand-corner (videolog - 01:25) keeps my hopes alive that I might go to the office one day to find him sitting next to me ... those eye-brows!!!
I (heart) my job!
* No, that does NOT mean having gay sex without using condoms ... you are thinking of barebacking you sick bastard! ... Don't be silly, always cover your willy!
Monday, May 12, 2008
unleash the artist within!
I admit that I might be more obsessed with the randomness of life than most people (to the point that I have been writing a failed film-script about this idea since 2004) but I dare anyone to refute the premise that a major part of our lives lies beyond our control and is in fact a construct of a series of random events!
I confess I haven't grasped the full thesis of Chaos Theory, and that most of my understanding comes from recent films including Magnolia, The Butterfly Effect and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind but I firmly believe that despite being run by random events, by taking part in the everyday game of life we positively contribute towards this randomness.
Maybe this is why I immediately fell in love with this game (?) or maybe I still don't feel like studying and would rather do anything than turn a single page ...
At some point in our lives, we all had the fantasy of creating a band and the lucky few amongst us are living that dream ... but no matter which of those groups we have the privilege of joining, the challenge of coming up with a cool band name is always a daunting task ... so why think about it when you can let be decided on your behalf like many other things in your life ... randomly!
3 small steps ...
Step #1
The 1st title on the page is the name of your band.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
Step #2
The last 4 words of the very last quote is the title of your album.
http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
Step #3
The 3rd picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.
http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/
Again, I would like to claim credit for myself, but I have too much integrity to do it ... damn!
Source eludes me, because I stumbled upon it during a typical late-night drunken surfing of the world wide web ...
With no further ado, here is the first album cover for my band DURANUS ... I love the picture, and just for spite I am seriously thinking about creating a band and calling it DURANUS ... but it might be a variation, like D-UR-ANUS ... a very cool name for a gay disco band!
If there is anyone out there who tried this before, I would love to see the results ...
I confess I haven't grasped the full thesis of Chaos Theory, and that most of my understanding comes from recent films including Magnolia, The Butterfly Effect and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind but I firmly believe that despite being run by random events, by taking part in the everyday game of life we positively contribute towards this randomness.
Maybe this is why I immediately fell in love with this game (?) or maybe I still don't feel like studying and would rather do anything than turn a single page ...
At some point in our lives, we all had the fantasy of creating a band and the lucky few amongst us are living that dream ... but no matter which of those groups we have the privilege of joining, the challenge of coming up with a cool band name is always a daunting task ... so why think about it when you can let be decided on your behalf like many other things in your life ... randomly!
3 small steps ...
Step #1
The 1st title on the page is the name of your band.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
Step #2
The last 4 words of the very last quote is the title of your album.
http://www.quotationspage.com
Step #3
The 3rd picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.
http://www.flickr.com/explore
Again, I would like to claim credit for myself, but I have too much integrity to do it ... damn!
Source eludes me, because I stumbled upon it during a typical late-night drunken surfing of the world wide web ...
With no further ado, here is the first album cover for my band DURANUS ... I love the picture, and just for spite I am seriously thinking about creating a band and calling it DURANUS ... but it might be a variation, like D-UR-ANUS ... a very cool name for a gay disco band!
If there is anyone out there who tried this before, I would love to see the results ...
Sunday, May 11, 2008
My Freedom!
This could very well be the reason I created this blog!
Granted that I have been thinking about starting a blog forever now, but never got around to it. Lack of time, possibly .... lack of motivation, definitely!
So when motivation presented itself in the form of a super-cool visually-stimulating personality test (with results I actually liked) I couldn't pass the chance to save it and share it with the world.
Check it out:
Happy self-discovery!
Granted that I have been thinking about starting a blog forever now, but never got around to it. Lack of time, possibly .... lack of motivation, definitely!
So when motivation presented itself in the form of a super-cool visually-stimulating personality test (with results I actually liked) I couldn't pass the chance to save it and share it with the world.
Check it out:
Happy self-discovery!
Hello! ... Is there anybody there?
Hello, hello, hello ....
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me ....
Is there anyone at home?
For those who are blessed for having normal non-LSD-loving-hippie parents, and couldn't recognize the reference to Pink Floyd anthem or who were deep asleep throughout the Scissor Sisters explosion on the clubbing scene in 2004 or were possibly on a trip to outer space (and didn't get FM radio transmission) those words above are not mine. Even though I would love to claim the credit for myself, I am sure there are avid googlers out there who would love nothing more than to discredit me right from my very first post!
Yes, googler is in fact a word. Although when I tried to use it last time I played Scrabble with my noisy 11-year old cousins, they challenged me and I lost because it wasn't in the dictionary!! When are they ever going to publish wikipedia? I don't want that just to prove my idiotic cousins wrong, but also to retroactively sue the stupid college professor for all the grades he deducted every time I used wikipedia as a source .... stupid cave man!
Anyway! I just wanted to say that I am feeling extremely bored, one could even say numb .... comfortably numb!
I always feel that way whenever I have to study. I just hate the angst of waiting for exams, and I wish someone in the UN realizes it constitutes a glaring violation of global human rights conventions as cruel and unusual punishment. Of course, some people may say the same about deadlines but not me! Whenever I have a deadline, I get extremely horny which is why I LOVE DEADLINES. Forget about Viagra, give me a 48-hour deadline and I will be humping like a rabbit!
But not today .... today I have to study, so I feel numb!
Strangely enough, I prefer the Scissor Sisters' cover more than the Pink Floyd original. Don't know if it is a case of delayed juvenile rebellion, trying to rebel against the music my parents liked and played when I was growing up, or if it is something more inherent in the Scissor Sisters' song (and video?).
Man! That could very well be the most depressing first-post in the history of the world! But I am so unbelievably numb, not even the prospect of setting a world record could cheer me up .... time for some porn?
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me ....
Is there anyone at home?
For those who are blessed for having normal non-LSD-loving-hippie parents, and couldn't recognize the reference to Pink Floyd anthem or who were deep asleep throughout the Scissor Sisters explosion on the clubbing scene in 2004 or were possibly on a trip to outer space (and didn't get FM radio transmission) those words above are not mine. Even though I would love to claim the credit for myself, I am sure there are avid googlers out there who would love nothing more than to discredit me right from my very first post!
Yes, googler is in fact a word. Although when I tried to use it last time I played Scrabble with my noisy 11-year old cousins, they challenged me and I lost because it wasn't in the dictionary!! When are they ever going to publish wikipedia? I don't want that just to prove my idiotic cousins wrong, but also to retroactively sue the stupid college professor for all the grades he deducted every time I used wikipedia as a source .... stupid cave man!
Anyway! I just wanted to say that I am feeling extremely bored, one could even say numb .... comfortably numb!
I always feel that way whenever I have to study. I just hate the angst of waiting for exams, and I wish someone in the UN realizes it constitutes a glaring violation of global human rights conventions as cruel and unusual punishment. Of course, some people may say the same about deadlines but not me! Whenever I have a deadline, I get extremely horny which is why I LOVE DEADLINES. Forget about Viagra, give me a 48-hour deadline and I will be humping like a rabbit!
But not today .... today I have to study, so I feel numb!
Strangely enough, I prefer the Scissor Sisters' cover more than the Pink Floyd original. Don't know if it is a case of delayed juvenile rebellion, trying to rebel against the music my parents liked and played when I was growing up, or if it is something more inherent in the Scissor Sisters' song (and video?).
Man! That could very well be the most depressing first-post in the history of the world! But I am so unbelievably numb, not even the prospect of setting a world record could cheer me up .... time for some porn?
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