No, not the series... MY friends! My family of friends!
This post is dedicated to all of them... they know who they are... I won't name names... they are the intelligent, kind, carrying, understanding, fun to be with, bunch of people that I have the privilege of calling my friends! And they allow me to be their friend too... My chosen family... They should know that they ARE better than shoes but, just in case, here is a reminder!
So, here is to the ones who listen patiently to me even when I'm too confused to make sense of what I'm saying myself and they actually manage to understand my blabbering... and explain to me what I was saying! Those who tell me the truth even when I do not want to hear it... especially when I don't want to hear it because I can be pretty intimidating in those moments and telling me the truth exactly then, takes a lot of guts! Those who love me unconditionally, no, not just "like" me, they actually love me and their love is so obvious by their actions that they don't ever need to say it... yet they do! Because they feel the need to!
The ones who say "count on me" and they mean it... and they do know how difficult it is for me to count on anyone, because, yes, I'm toooo independent and though I want to be always there for them, I do not want to ask anything from them... The ones who when they say "how are you?" they are actually interested in my answer... The ones who ask my opinion and advise and appreciate it though they might do the exact opposite... hey, it's their life after all, they wouldn't be my friends if they were incapable of taking their own decisions! The ones who worry, who care, who are there for me if I need to wake them up in the middle of the night because I need someone to talk to a bit... because I'm lonely... The ones who know me...
The ones who make me laugh, the ones who have made me cry, the ones who are close and the ones who are very far... The ones who don't pretend, the ones who don't lie, the ones who don't accuse and do not put themselves above all... The ones who don't judge, the ones who are not selfish... The ones who allow me to be part of their life... Here is to all of them, incredible people...
You are the best, you all are better the best shoe, better than a pair of all-time-classic Christian Louboutin black leather ballerinas! The super classy, super comfortable and super pretty! I love you all and I respect you and admire you and I miss you and I hope I'm a worthy friend for you!
And if/when I'm not, tell me! Pleeeeease!
Friday, 12 February 2010
The amazing world of movies!
I have been quiet for some time now... My last post was not as the usual ones of things that are, without a doubt, great (since they do win in the race against shoes...) Well, the thing is that I have not experienced any such good things lately... ooooor, so I thought!
As I was thinking my life these last few weeks, I reached the conclusion that not much has happened, no new experiences, no new spots in the city discovered, no new smells, tastes, views... basically what I have been doing in this cold (the worst ever in my entire life) winter is stay in and watch movies... And that's exactly when it hit me: That's it! Films ARE better than shoes!
Ok, to be exact, certainly not all films are better than shoes! In fact there are quite a large number of them that are horrible... and not just the horror ones! Everyone who had the extremely bad luck of ever watching "The limits of control" knows precisely what I mean! Boy, those were two hours of my life I will never get back!! (what?? wasn't two hours? less?? more?? an eternity perhaps??!!) My apologies to the creators, though they don't need it really, but it sure was not my cup of tea...
Those unfortunate ones aside, though, movies are better than shoes... or at least CAN be better than shoes! And these past few weeks I have seen some real gems! From the world of roller scatting/ fighting to the weird life of a veeeery frequent flyer, from the school of LA to the American South and football (not the one we have in Europe, THEIR football), from the (serious) war zones of the world to staring at goats and finally to the amazing world of fantasies that only Terry Gilliam knows how to create! And each and every one of them a true pleasure! Hours spent with smiles and tears and anger and joy, hours spent with emotions! And though I haven't been a great fan of those for years (emotions I mean) now I do know how to appreciate them!
So this is it for today! Movies! Choose them well, share them with loved ones so that you can comment about them afterwards, make sure you have some popcorn with if that tickles your fancy and enjoy them! I guarantee that the feeling can be better than those coveted beige patent leather Jimmy Choo pip-toes that you saw the other day ;)
PS. RIP Alexander McQueen... you will be missed...
As I was thinking my life these last few weeks, I reached the conclusion that not much has happened, no new experiences, no new spots in the city discovered, no new smells, tastes, views... basically what I have been doing in this cold (the worst ever in my entire life) winter is stay in and watch movies... And that's exactly when it hit me: That's it! Films ARE better than shoes!
Ok, to be exact, certainly not all films are better than shoes! In fact there are quite a large number of them that are horrible... and not just the horror ones! Everyone who had the extremely bad luck of ever watching "The limits of control" knows precisely what I mean! Boy, those were two hours of my life I will never get back!! (what?? wasn't two hours? less?? more?? an eternity perhaps??!!) My apologies to the creators, though they don't need it really, but it sure was not my cup of tea...
Those unfortunate ones aside, though, movies are better than shoes... or at least CAN be better than shoes! And these past few weeks I have seen some real gems! From the world of roller scatting/ fighting to the weird life of a veeeery frequent flyer, from the school of LA to the American South and football (not the one we have in Europe, THEIR football), from the (serious) war zones of the world to staring at goats and finally to the amazing world of fantasies that only Terry Gilliam knows how to create! And each and every one of them a true pleasure! Hours spent with smiles and tears and anger and joy, hours spent with emotions! And though I haven't been a great fan of those for years (emotions I mean) now I do know how to appreciate them!
So this is it for today! Movies! Choose them well, share them with loved ones so that you can comment about them afterwards, make sure you have some popcorn with if that tickles your fancy and enjoy them! I guarantee that the feeling can be better than those coveted beige patent leather Jimmy Choo pip-toes that you saw the other day ;)
PS. RIP Alexander McQueen... you will be missed...
Friday, 29 January 2010
bad things and good things...
On January 12, Earth decided to shake of her back some 100.000 people... who knows, perhaps they itched... well, who am I to judge, she is big and when she decides to move there's not a lot that can be done against that... when I shake off my leg a little ant that climbed up as I lay on the beach, the little creature has nothing to say about it... So, that's more or less what happened in Haiti... thousands of people felt like that tiny helpless ant as the ground moved and the ceilings fell and in a moment everything turned into rumble... homes, lives... the pain and the loss are immeasurable and I will not even begin to try and understand what all those people there are going through...
When I started this blog, I promised to write about good things... "better than shoes" things... things that bring smiles... I am aware of the fact that talking about death and pain and loss does not fit the profile... But it is done on purpose. For two reasons: one is that we should never forget that at the same time that we live a happy life, at this exact time, many fellow human beings live a miserable one... and though we cannot help everyone and we cannot fix everything that is wrong on the planet, we still can do some things and help some people... and this, I see as an obligation.
The other reason is to comment on what I find remarkable... and this is the sensitivity that the human kind shows right now, right at this moment of tragedy... Which to me it shows that we are not hopeless as a species! Doctors and firemen volunteer to the rescue, people all over the world help to raise money to help Haiti, children are breaking their piggy banks, Hollywood stars are answering phones, musician get together and veteran athletes are playing football for the cause... the (what appears to be) whole human community is up and running to give whatever they can to help those who got hit by the disaster... and this is hope! This is a good sign for the human race... and it is better than shoes!
So, help along... nothing is too small a thing to do... no one knows what happens tomorrow and it might be us who need help next time...
When I started this blog, I promised to write about good things... "better than shoes" things... things that bring smiles... I am aware of the fact that talking about death and pain and loss does not fit the profile... But it is done on purpose. For two reasons: one is that we should never forget that at the same time that we live a happy life, at this exact time, many fellow human beings live a miserable one... and though we cannot help everyone and we cannot fix everything that is wrong on the planet, we still can do some things and help some people... and this, I see as an obligation.
The other reason is to comment on what I find remarkable... and this is the sensitivity that the human kind shows right now, right at this moment of tragedy... Which to me it shows that we are not hopeless as a species! Doctors and firemen volunteer to the rescue, people all over the world help to raise money to help Haiti, children are breaking their piggy banks, Hollywood stars are answering phones, musician get together and veteran athletes are playing football for the cause... the (what appears to be) whole human community is up and running to give whatever they can to help those who got hit by the disaster... and this is hope! This is a good sign for the human race... and it is better than shoes!
So, help along... nothing is too small a thing to do... no one knows what happens tomorrow and it might be us who need help next time...
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