Saturday, April 22, 2006

Few thoughts of an insane self-styled philosopher


Ok, I gave few thoughts about blogs, as I've been going through the jungle of words on blogspot.com. And I must say that I wasn't quite right in one of my posts published somewhere, I guess, about the attracting members and stuff like that. I mean, there are blogs created especially for the purpose of getting as much attention as possible, as many comments as possible, as many viewers as possible, and so on. Like the owners were paid for that, or sth..
Anyway, and I asked myself why the heck do you have your blog? Why did you create that space where you show a part of your soul to the whole world? To show others: "Hey, look at me, look how cool I am! What a life I have!"?? Or maybe to cure my complexes?? Or to have my five minutes in a blaze of glory?? Or to share my thoughts with few people?? Or to prove somebody that being me is not the worst thing that could ever happen to a human being??
Actually, I do not know the answer. I just started writing. Inspired by one person, I created this place. I redecorated it a bit, added some pictures, few thoughts. Those thoughts..., they make sense more or less, but for sure mean something to me. Sometimes their value is greater, sometimes lesser. Some of them are not mine; some of them were born in the nooks of my not always conscious mind.
I guess this is the substitude for somebody or something, this space of mine in the virtual world. Or a place to distribute, to exhibit myself. Though most of my thoughts stay in my mind, and I don't share them with anybody. It's hard to write them down, when they are passing your mind with the speed of light. By the way, to make things clear, YES, I DO think, even if sometimes my face expression shows something totally opposite. Same thing with my behavior. I think, but sometimes it's happening out of any order. Instead of think-and-do, or think-and-say, I proceed perfectly the other way round, being convinced that's the right path. Totally different thing is the price I gotta pay for that, but that's not the point for now.
Of course that during my virtual journey through the thoughts of other bloggers I discovered some rare pearls, some amazing creatures. The kudos goes to them!! And also normal people, like you and me (ok, "me" is not the best example, I know). With common problems, joys, regular human beings, though somehow interesting to me.
Cause I'm incurably addicted to Hope, there are not many things in this freaking sometimes world that could depress me for longer, or that could make me blue for a lifetime. I cry a bit (tears purify perfectly), go under and finally recover, so I'm not a hopeless case that should be worried about. At least not that much. As one wise guy says about me: "Behind this smile lies a strong girl. Big shoulders. You go on. Always." And I guess he's right. At least at some point.

Friday, April 21, 2006

Pierogi

Ok, you know what? Give me the lucky numbers for the next National Lottery evening, ok? Your predictions about something nice happening to people this spring are kinda uhmm... becoming true? Yeah, that's the good way to put it, they are becoming True definitely. Details - later. Ciao!!

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

The Book

The very first book I have read in the mother tongue of Shakespeare was "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley. "Her book blends Gothic horror and romance in a story that is both world-famous and increasinlgy relevant." such a summary one can find on the jacket.
I was 17 when I started reading this piece of literature (still 17 when finished, means success!). First I've seen the movie with the same title, and inspired by that, decided to read the book. Right.... Uhmm... Well, I managed to finish it, but swearing like a trooper (yes, yes, yes, shame on me;)). But I was bucking for the status "mission accomplished", stubborn (speaking about tenacity, I'm wondering where the heck it is now, when the finals and deadlines are coming??) Due to my rather poor knowledge of English at the age of 17 it took me quite a lot of time, but I was so proud when I finished the book. Actually it was like reading two books sometimes, "Frankenstein" and the English-Polish dictionary ;)
Well, despide the quite obvious fact that my understanding of English is nowadays a bit better then those ages ago, I do not fancy reading about the mad doctor and his achievement once again. I feel rather like focusing on some up-to-date stuff: Zadie Smith, Stephen King, Penny Ur ;)

Thursday, April 13, 2006

Dormitory Adana'da

Yes, I want to go back.
I want to stay in room 212 one more time, get up at 8:10 and have breakfast at 8:20. A very lazy breakfast, in fact. And I want to play tennis for free with The Professional Player Number One (The Wall) and Number Two (Aşkım, The Polish Daredevil, you know what I mean) from 9:00 till 10:00. And then, after finally having my door open, take a really cold shower, tabi ki soğuk su zaman var.
Shoot a 30-second movie, a FearFactory kind, titled "How To Use A Turkish Toilette". (for those who don't know, the answer is pretty simple: very fast!)
I want to solve The Mystery Of The Closed Gate. Anachtar yok, problem var.
And later, para yok, problem yok, tamam mı?
I want to see the sunset in Göreme, talk to Genek on the edge of the world and drive the winding Cappadoccia roads.
I want to go back to finish the Polish - Czech war, to cut off the electricity in a certain part of the guest house, and to teach others how to slam the door in a professional way.
I want to have the childlish hope that after finishing the Turkish course and going back to the dormitory I will be able to use the internet, cook something, hear the magic phrase "Sicak su var!!" and spend around one hour under the shower. People have no idea how wonderful it is to feel the hot water running down your back until they experience having the cold showers for few days in a row.
I want to go back to run up and down the stairs to the laundry room in the middle of the night (from 2nd floor to the basement), and finally twist my ankle, because despite all my enermous efforts I was absolutely unsuccessful in this matter.
You cannot even imagine, but from time to time olur means olmaz, and the other way round. Evet, evet.
For the question "Where do you stay?" I want to answer "Lojman'da".
Yes, I want to go back.