You are exactly where you need to be, You are not missing out, falling behind, doing it wrong, not trying hard enough. Whatever opinions you may have about it, however imperfect. THIS IS YOURS WHERE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW IS P E R F E C T !

29 July 2008

Ku ikin ditet ?

Ku ikin ditet? Mengjeset e vrara nga gjumi dhe nxitimi. Kafeja e rrufisur rrembyeshem. Tualeti i reduktuar ne buzekuq dhe rimel te mbartur me vete per t'u vene ku te pemtoje koha (dmth fare te pavene). Dita e listave "to do" te gjata, te gjata, te gjata shkruar shkurt, shkurt, shkurt, me simbole. Dita e punes e ndare ne katrore simetrike kohe. Parakafe, paskafe-paradreke, dreke+kafe, pasdreke-parakafeje, kafe, paskafe. Ne cdo katror i njejti gjah kohor. Gjueti mundesish, aftesish, zotesish per ta zoteruar katrorin per ta bere produktiv. Sa me shume, sa me shpejt, sa me sakte…deri sa te filloje "katrori" tjeter. Hyrje e ngadalte, shfletim i ngadalte, hallakatje, kerkim qellimi me kohen e dhene, aktivizim dhe sprint. Ne 15 minutat para fillimit te katrorit tjeter arrihet kulmi dhe zhgenjimi. As kete here nuk premtoi koha. Vazhdimi, ne seancen tjeter. Dhe kur katroret jane rrotulluar mjaftueshem vjen pritja. Pritja per kohen e "arte" kur dita e punes te mbaroje dhe te gjithe(pothuaj) te ikin. Koha kur produktiviteti mund te rritet dhe lista e neserme e "to do"-ve te shkurtohet, komprimohet behet e menaxhueshme. Kur frymezimi vjen, fshehurazi dhe koha e humbet kuptimin. Kur netet behen "dite" dhe shume nga ajo qe pritej te realizohej behet vertet realitet ne kurriz te katroreve kohore me te medhenj, me te rendesishem, me te shperdoruar. Ne kurriz te "bella vita"-s.

Ku ikin ditet? Dielli i ngrohte jashte dhe ftohja kondicionerike rrufeshkaktuese brenda. Lodhja e pranishme dhe inekzistente, e pajustifikueshme. Pagjumesia e fjetur. Endrra e pushimit clodhes ndjellese, jashte dritares, e paarritshme. Por dhe kur eshte e arritshme - fundjave ose pushim- i dobishem i domosdoshem por i pavlefshem. I paperputhshem me endrren sederlazdruese te kafese se rrufitur qetesisht ne kafenene "moderne" D-7 me shoqet e zgjedhura, muhabetin e duhur, moskokecarrjen e pershtatshme. Pushimi i endrres me njerezit me te cilet nuk flet per qindra dite rrjesht por kur i ritakon mund te flasesh sikur te ishe ndare para 5 minutash. Ndodhen ne te njejtat qerthuj mendimi, jete, dyshimesh, dyzimi, kerkimi ekzistencial dhe kaperdirje perditshmerie. Larg.

Ku ikin ditet? Mbremjet e lodhura perpara ekranit topites me 300 dritare ose kanale. Reklama jetesh virtuale, artistike. Reklama.Lajme. Bombastike. Inteligjence e thelle qe nuk te zgjon. Mistere vrasjesh qe e pergjumin SherlokHolmsin brenda teje. Jete te stisura per soap-opera dokumentare qe te vene ne gjume.

Ku ikin ditet?...Ne pergjumje kaviesh vegjetuese.

Nje dite me pak. Check.
Hap faqen tjeter...

03 July 2008

Shkence ?!


Sipas nje "artikulli" (nuk e meriton te quhet i tille) qe sapo lexova, shkencetaret kane konstatuar se:
" Ti nuk je pertac. Fajin e ka biologjia!"

Kuptohet me nje rubrike te tille qe te therret ne emer, nje pertace e llojit "pse te besh sot dicka qe mund ta lesh per neser" si une nuk do te rezistonte dot. E lexova. E zbertheva. E solla.

Pyetja e pare: Je gati per t'u stervitur dhe megjithate lloc para TV-se?
Pergjigja: Tani shkencetaret e kane gjetur shkakun. Ti nuk je pertace, fajin e ka truri.

Pyetja retorike: Meqe shkencetaret e gjeten shkakun, te vazhdoj te lloc une? Pyetja jo retorike: Po ju sikur thate biologjia. Pse gjithe biologjia tru eshte ?

Argumenti i pare: Eshte fakt i mirenjohur qe stervitja sjell nje ndjenje vetekenaqesie. Pyetja e dyte (retorike): Perse atehere eshte kaq e veshtire te ngrihesh e te vesh per stervitje dhe kur e di qe stervitja te pelqen e te ben mire ?

Nuk po pyes me mire ku e kane gjetur keta shkencetare dhe gazetare definicionin e fjales "vetekenaqesi" se do lloc ne ndonje diskutim anesor- me interesant- dhe ... Po te pyes me mire ku e dine keta qe lexuesit i pelqen stervitja? Mua per vete nuk me pelqen. E keqe e domosdoshme deri ne nje fare mase, po per te pelqyer hic. Ndonje torte, a bakllava, a ndonje fustan, a ndonje pale scarpina dhe me pelqejne. Stervitja. Ncuq!)

Studiuesit kane konstatuar qe fajin e ka truri. Truri mendon per fitime afatshkurtra dhe sheh vetem sforcimin e menjehereshem qe shoqeron stervitjen, ndaj dhe perpiqet te te mbushi mendjen te rrish ne shtepi.

(Studiuesit- me duket se kjo fjala nuk e ka prejardhjen nga studim por studio, se vetem neper studio mund t'i fanepset nje studiuesi nje ide kaq e fandaksur researchi qe rezulton ne nje artikull populist ne nje gazete akoma me ...lere se e di qe e lexoj dhe une. Po mbrohem me argumentin qe e lexoj me sy kritik. Formulimi "truri perpiqet te te mbushi mendjen" besoj se nuk do shpjegim ne ignoramusin e vet. Truri- jashte teje- perpiqet te te mbushi mendjen- qe ndodhet brenda teje- per fitime afatgjata. Jo po per marveshje bi- e multilaterale me emben, syrin, doren... preshin.)

Efektet pozitive te aktivitetit fizik vihen re ne perspektive. Ato jane afatgjata dhe jo te menjehershme.

(Pyetja e harruar rivjen natyrshem. O shkencetaret e ...po definicionin e "aktivitetit fizik" me perjashtime ku e keni psonisur?)

Evito llocjen ne divan para TV-se duke u stervitur direkt para ose pas pune. Ne kete menyre eviton te argumentosh me veten dhe t'i mbushesh mendjen.

(Cfare llogjike gjeniale- dreq, desh shkrova gjenitale. Pa ta mendoj njehere sa pa filluar te argumentoj me trurin se do e kem veshtire t'i mbush mendjen. Direkt para pune, hmm po te fjeturen, te ngrenen, te... kur do i bej? Direkt pas pune- Jo po thuaj vdis me mire se pa buke qe pa buke je se orari u be me i zgjatur se c'qe parashikuar. Dhe meqe jemi tek mbushja e mendjes, si e shpjegon biologjia qe nuk eshte asnjehere e veshtire t'i mbush mendjen trurit qe te punoje jashte orarit per projekte afatgjata qe nuk sjellin vetkenaqesi imediate- ne fakt nganjehere nuk sjellin fare vetekenaqesi).

PS:Per ata qe s'e kuptuan teksti me BOLD eshte i imi. Ai PA BOLD u citua.

PPS: Shkencetaret nuk thone asgje per llocjen para kompjuterit, apo gotes se veres pas buke apo llocjen ne telefonata te gjata. Shkurt asnje llocje tjeter pervec asaj ne divan para TV-se nuk eshte "research"-ur ende.


02 July 2008

...eshte nje qytet ne kerthize te Shqiperise...

Ne perzgjedhje per ata qe nuk e shohin dot direkt.

"Ushtar Bilushi
-E di ti c'eshte boshti ideollogjik apo...

- celiku pordhonet ne Fier sh isar...
- e jo ne Fier se atje kemi Superfosfatin e Lacit ne...

- ...si e ka emrin kjo veper
-Kombinati metrollogjik celiku i catise ...

- le te dhjere celiku per dyfek e plloqe, te pellcas armiku moj kala e koqe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umtHdI4BdeE

Fjalekryq+sudoku= KAKURO

Per shokun Edrus dhe entuziastet e tjere te lojerave verore.
Numrat e dhene jane shuma e numrave ne kutite bosh ose "zgjidhja" si ne fjalekryq.
Ne kutite bosh shkruhen numra nga 1-9 (si ne sudoku).
Numrat nuk perseriten ne te njejten rradhe vertikalisht dhe horizontalisht, me perjashtim te rasteve kur radha ndahet nga nje kuti e zeze.

Une po dal te zgjidh pak fjalekryq dhe te pi nje pije freskuese nderkohe.

Embelsire verore

S'para e vras mendjen per te ndare me ju embelsira e gatime. te vetmet perjashtime perfshijne gjerat e lehta (te vetmet qe mund te motivojne perhapjen).
Parulla e pershtatshme: Lexoje, gatuaje dhe mos ja trego armikut!

2,5 dl ajke qumeshti (me te pakten 20% yndyre) -nese gjen ajke me vanilje perdor me mire ate.
200 gram cokollate te bardhe
1 pako (2,5 dl) gjize pak te tharte pa kripe ose djathe te njome te athet me shije vanilje (cheese curd ose kesella)
1 luge gjelle sheqer pluhur

Rrih ajken. Shkri cokollaten ne banjemari (ne ene me uje te nxehte) ose ne mikrovale.
Perziej ajken e rrahur me gjizen. Shto sheqerin dhe cokollaten.
Hidhe masen e pergatitur ne gota embelsire dhe lere te ftohet ne frigorifer.
Servire me fruta pylli.

Kesella i jep embelsires nje shije te fresket e te kendshme nderkohe cokollata e bardhe dhe sheqeri e bejne "embelsire" prej verteti.

01 July 2008

Movies

G'dday guys!
I'm going to see the newly released totally hyped up "Sex and the City (the movie)".
I'm no good with movie reviews. Plus I don't usually read more than the number of stars next to the movie title while shuffling through the days paper. Besides I haven't actually seen the movie yet so there's nothing to review. Anyhow, I felt compelled to make a post about movies and here's the result (FB inspired and what not).
A new poll that could spread through the highways of Albanian Blog-city (yeah did I mention "stan" in Swedish is slang/short form of "staden" i.e. CITY) like a summer fire in California.

The (x) show movies I have seen.

( ) Rocky Horror Picture Show
(x ) Grease
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean
(x ) Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest
( ) Boondock Saints
(x) Fight Club
(x) Starsky and Hutch
(x) Neverending Story
( ) Blazing Saddles
(x) Airplane

Total so far: 7

( ) The Princess Bride
( ) AnchorMan
( ) Napoleon Dynamite
( ) Labyrinth
( ) Saw
( ) Saw II
( ) White Noise
( ) White Oleander
(x) Anger Management
( x) 50 First Dates
( x) The Princess Diaries
( ) The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

Total so far: 10

(x) Scream
(x) Scream 2
( ) Scream 3
(x ) Scary Movie
(x) Scary Movie 2
( ) Scary Movie 3
( ) Scary Movie 4
(x) American Pie
(x) American Pie 2
(x ) American Wedding
( ) American Pie Band Camp

Total so far: 17

(x ) Harry Potter 1
(x ) Harry Potter 2
(x ) Harry Potter 3
(x ) Harry Potter 4
( x) Resident Evil 1
(x ) Resident Evil 2
(x) The Wedding Singer
( ) Little Black Book
() The Village
( ) Lilo & Stitch

Total so far: 24

() Finding Nemo
( ) Finding Neverland
() Signs
(x ) The Grinch
( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre
( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
(x ) White Chicks
() Butterfly Effect
(x ) 13 Going on 30
(x) I, Robot
( ) Robots

Total so far: 28

(x) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
(x) Universal Soldier
( ) Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
(x) Along Came Polly
(x) Deep Impact
(x) KingPin
( x) Never Been Kissed
(x) Meet The Parents
(x ) Meet the Fockers
( ) Eight Crazy Nights
(x) Joe Dirt
(x) KING KONG

Total so far: 38

( x) A Cinderella Story
(x) The Terminal
( ) The Lizzie McGuire Movie
( ) Passport to Paris
(x) Dumb & Dumber
(x) Dumber & Dumberer
() Final Destination
( ) Final Destination 2
( ) Final Destination 3
(x) Halloween
() The Ring
( ) The Ring 2
( ) Surviving X-MAS
(x ) Flubber

Total so far: 44

( ) Harold & Kumar Goes To White Castle
(x ) Practical Magic
(x ) Chicago
() Ghost Ship
( ) From Hell
( x) Hellboy
( ) Secret Window
(x ) I Am Sam
(x) The Whole Nine Yards
( ) The Whole Ten Yards

Total so far: 49

( x) The Day After Tomorrow
() Child's Play
() Seed of Chucky
( ) Bride of Chucky
(x ) Ten Things I Hate About You
(x) Just Married
( x) Gothika
( ) Nightmare on Elm Street
( ) Sixteen Candles
() Remember the Titans
( x) Coach Carter
( ) The Grudge
( ) The Grudge 2
(x) The Mask
( ) Son Of The Mask

Total so far: 55

(x ) Bad Boys
(x) Bad Boys 2
(x ) Joy Ride
( ) Lucky Number Slevin
(x) Ocean's Eleven
(x ) Ocean's Twelve
(x) Bourne Identity
(x) Bourne Supremecy
( ) Lone Star
( ) Bedazzled
() Predator I
() Predator II
() The Fog
(x) Ice Age
(x ) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
(x ) Curious George

Total so far: 65

(x) Independence Day
(x ) Cujo
() A Bronx Tale
( ) Darkness Falls
(x) Christine
(x) ET
( ) Children of the Corn
( ) My Boss's Daughter
(x ) Maid in Manhattan
(x) War of the Worlds
(x) Rush Hour
(x) Rush Hour 2

Total so far: 73

( ) Best Bet
( ) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
(x ) She's All That
( ) Calendar Girls
( ) Sideways
(x) Mars Attacks
(x) Event Horizon
( ) Ever After
( x) Wizard of Oz
(x) Forrest Gump
() Big Trouble in Little China
(x) The Terminator
(x) The Terminator 2
(x) The Terminator 3

Total so far: 81

(x) X-Men
(x) X-Men 2
(x ) X-Men 3
(x) Spider-Man
( ) Spider-Man 2
( ) Sky High
( ) Jeepers Creepers
( ) Jeepers Creepers 2
(x) Catch Me If You Can
(x) The Little Mermaid
( x) Freaky Friday
( ) Reign of Fire
() The Skulls
(x ) Cruel Intentions
( ) Cruel Intentions 2
( ) The Hot Chick
(x) Shrek
(x ) Shrek 2

Total so far: 91

( ) Swimfan
( ) Miracle on 34th street
( ) Old School
( ) The Notebook
(x) K-Pax
( ) Krippendorf's Tribe
(x ) A Walk to Remember
( ) Ice Castles
( ) Boogeyman
(x) The 40-year-old Virgin

Total so far:94

(x) Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring
(x) Lord of the Rings The Two Towers
(x) Lord of the Rings Return Of the King
(x) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
(x) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
(x) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Total so far: 100

( ) Baseketball
( ) Hostel
( ) Waiting for Guffman
( ) House of 1000 Corpses
( ) Devils Rejects
(x) Elf
(x) Highlander
( x) Mothman Prophecies
(x) American History X
( ) Three

Total so Far:104

( ) The Jacket
(x) Kung Fu Hustle
( ) Shaolin Soccer
( ) Night Watch
(x) Monsters Inc.
(x) Titanic
(x) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
( ) Shaun Of the Dead
( ) Willard

Total so far: 108

( ) High Tension
( ) Club Dread
(x) Hulk
(x) Dawn Of the Dead
( ) Hook
( x) Chronicles Of Narnia The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
(x ) 28 days later
( ) Orgazmo
( ) Phantasm
(x ) Waterworld

Total so far: 113

(x) Kill Bill vol 1
(x) Kill Bill vol 2
(x ) Mortal Combat
( ) Wolf Creek
(x) Kingdom of Heaven
( ) the Hills Have Eyes
( ) I Spit on Your Grave aka the Day of the Woman
( ) The Last House on the Left
( ) Re-Animator
( ) Army of Darkness

Total so far: 117

(x) Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace
(x) Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones
(x) Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith
(x) Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope
(x) Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back
(x) Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi
( ) Ewoks Caravan Of Courage
( ) Ewoks The Battle For Endor

Total so far: 123

(x) The Matrix
(x) The Matrix Reloaded
(x) The Matrix Revolutions
( ) Animatrix
( ) Evil Dead
( ) Evil Dead 2
(x ) Team America: World Police
(x ) Red Dragon
(x) Silence of the Lambs
( ) Hannibal

Total: 129

Now copy this list onto your own blog and cross the movies you've seen.
(Don't feel compelled to do so but if no other post inspiration strikes you're welcome to use this as a reminder that summer has not snatched you away from virtual reality). There are 239 films on the list. Do remember to count your X-es and tally the total havoc you've created ;)
Have fun!

PS: SUPPOSEDLY if you've seen over 85 films, you have no life.
PPS: Yeah , no prob me neither!