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" I travel you
without direction
or cartography
The soul is a region without definite boundaries:
it is not certain a prairie
can exhaust it
or a range enclose it "
— from "Terrain" by A.R. Ammons
Frederick, slowly waking up from a much-needed nap on a pallet on the floor. Is there really anything better than a nap on a pallet on the floor? Maybe not, these days.
But when *we* were young, the very best naps were the ones we took curled up in the floorboard between the door and the hump over the drive shaft. These days, kids are strapped into their heavily padded, safe and secure boosters with the five-point harness and double sippy-cup-holders. Obviously they are a lot safer there, and Frederick is always strapped in.
He'll never know what it's like to curl up with a pillow and a blanket on a warm floorboard with the rumble of the engine and exhaust and the road noise, traveling hour after hour at night, with only the dim glow of the dashboard as a nightlight.
We always felt safe and secure with Dad at the wheel, and didn't have a care in the world as state lines and small towns drifted past the windows.
Of course, the reality was that none of us were very safe. We didn't have seat belts until Dad bought his midlife crisis car, a 1966 2-door Dodge Coronet 440, and all it had was lap belts. No shoulder harness, no air bags, no anti-lock brakes, no crumple-zone front end - not much of anything we take for granted today that protects us if something bad happens. Sure - we survived - but some did not.
I wonder how much that lack of protection had (and still has) on those of us who lived through it. I feel like some people today lean on those safety measures way too much. They think even if something bad does happen, they'll be protected. Maybe. Maybe not. You might survive, but being hit by an airbag is no laughing matter, and most cars still do a poor job of protecting us from broken legs in a severe front-end collision.
Hopefully by the time Frederick starts driving his flying, self-driving electric vehicle, things will improve, safety-wise. But they better hurry - he's growing fast!
Tono came to Europe to contact resellers of his hats. He posted a message in the Queer Couchsurfers group and decided to put Holland on his visit list and stay with me for a few days. Tono is a very relaxed guy, who knows how to enjoy and take the most out of life. We became friends while we were having lots of fun partying, walking with the dog, sightseeing, making dinner and we shared some serious talks too. I took him out to a multicultural gay party in Basta, where he met several other latin guys. They danced so cool and hot! Two guys wanted to join us in the taxi back home, we found out that one of them is living just around the corner of my house. It was already 3 am but the guy invited us for a drink at his place. After drinking a beer the latin guys started taking off their and our pants.... I realized they wanted to make a naughty home party. Although the guys were really good-looking and hot I was not in the mood for this kind of fun, as I had to get up at 7 am to be in time at my work. So I went home to sleep. Tono stayed as he was enjoying himself very well. A few weeks later Tono came back to The Hague again, to visit me before flying back to Ecuador.
This is what I saw the day I left Tropoja.
We're in Fierze, on the shores of Koman Lake.
Northern Albania.
"Be the change you wish to see in the world."
-Mahatma Gandhi
A freshly hatched Passion Butterfly (aka "Gulf Fritillary or "Agraulis vanillae")
60mm 2.8 micro
f9 1/1250
ISO400
Esta es la segunda canción de Waking Up. No estoy muy convencida con esta foto pero bueno...
Recuerda buscar el link en la letra para escuchar la canción.
This is Waking Up's second song. I'm not very fond of this photo but oh, well...
Remember to look for the link in the lyrics to listen to the song.
by OneRepublic
All the right friends in all the right places
So yeah, we're going down
They've got
All the right moves in all the right faces
So yeah, we're going down
Let's paint the picture
Of a perfect place
They've got it better than what anyone's told ya
There'll be the King of Hearts, and you're the Queen of Spades
Then we'll fight for you like we were your soldiers
I know we got it good, but they got it made,
And the grass is getting greener each day,
I know things are looking up, but soon they'll take us down,
Before anybody's knowing our name
They've got...
All the right friends in all the right places
So yeah, we're going down
They've got
All the right moves in all the right faces
So yeah, we're going down
They say
Everybody knows, everybody knows where we're going
Yeah, we're going down
They say
Everybody knows, everybody knows where we're going
Yeah, we're going down
Do you think I'm special?
Do you think I'm nice?
Am I bright enough to shine in your spaces?
Between the noise you hear, and the sound you like
Are we just sinking in the ocean of faces?
It can't be possible
That rain can fall
Only when it's over our heads.
The sun is shining everyday, but it's far away.
Over the world that's dead.
They've got, they've got...
All the right friends in all the right places
So yeah, we're going down
They've got
All the right moves in all the right faces
So yeah, we're going down
They say
Everybody knows, everybody knows where we're going
Yeah, we're going down
They say
Everybody knows, everybody knows where we're going
Yeah, we're going down
It don't matter what you see
I know I could never be
Someone that'll look like you.
It don't matter what you say
I know I could never fake
Someone that could sound like you.
All the right friends in all the right places
So yeah, we're going down
They've got
All the right moves in all the right faces
So yeah, we're going down
All the right friends in all the right places
So yeah, we're going down
They've got
All the right moves in all the right faces
So yeah, we're going down
They say
Everybody knows, everybody knows where we're going
Yeah, we're going down
They say
Everybody knows, everybody knows where we're going
Yeah, we're going down
Yeah, we're going down
Yeah, we're going down
All the right moves... heeey
Yeah, we're going down
They say
All the right moves... heeey
Yeah, we're going down
Yawning, he stumbles to the kitchen making his morning coffee, sitting down with a groan, he smiles as he ruminates over his day.
Hasta que al fin subo la foto de la quinta canción del album Waking Up de OneRepublic.
Sí, fue bastante divertido hacerla, y también dio un poco de miedo.
Link = Escuchar musiquita.
So I finally uploaded the photo to the fifth song of OneRepublic's Waking Up.
Yes, it was very fun doing it, and a little scary, too.
Link = Listen to pretty music.
by OneRepublic
Used to come around here everyday
Now you're breakin'
Used to be the one that is not ashamed
Now you shamin'
Lost in all the wars we fought
Never saw a road
Now that I think about you in the skies
I'd turn my row
And I wonder where you are
Now I wonder where you... are
Take yourself down
Pick yourself up
Everything changed when you got along
7 point 1, took it all down
But suddenly you can't even be found
I said all night long
A missing person's in the window
Staring at me
Saying things I can't hear
A missing person's in the window
Staring at me
Haven't seen them in years
First things first
Second in command
Right as I'm trying to change my plan
Second wound, I die
You can't breathe
Everybody's staring straight at me
You spend it all chasing those lies
I don't really wanna take that chance
I don't really wanna do that dance
I don't know what to tell, you say
Oh, I don't wanna let you go
But I can't keep holding on
Skies of silver, Stars of gold
And now you know just what you like
So far this love is all I have
So far this hurt is all I have
Missing person at the window
Missing person at the window
A missing person at the window
Missing person at the window
Yeah, I wonder where you are
I wonder where you are
I wonder where you are
Wonder where you...
I submitted this photograph to this new blog, which showcases images of people when they first wake up in the morning. Check out the blog by Alex DiFiglia. Also, I strongly encourage you to submit!!
Taken with Polaroid Spectra System Camera
Impossible Project PZ 600 Silver Shade Black Frame Film
Didn't wanna upload an "old" picture anymore but don't have the time to go around in Liège and look for some new pictures to take... And I don't wanna take some other pictures from my appartment neither, it just looks always the same to me.
So here's what I look like now, on a sunday morning, studying and waiting for what will probably be one of the all time greatest football match in the belgian championship...
Have a good sunday folks!