Monthly Archives: April 2012

The story of the girl home

It starts with a long pink-orangish T-shirt that was covering her… haunches. Over it, a short sleeves white sweater.

And these were on the girl who haunted all my way to work. At first, she passed me behind, somewhere near the newspaper booth. That’s when I saw the captivating T-shirt.

Somehow it felt like she was glowing. I felt this incredible attraction toward her, yet she didn’t seem to have had something special… it felt like, somehow, she was holding a key to my destiny… Anyway, I don’t quite remember seeing her entering the metro, but I do remember seeing her going down at the last station. Then, somehow, she probably stopped for something, because, right in front of the bagels booth she passed me behind again.

Then, I finished work and I went to take the metro home. The same girl. This time, reading a black covered book with too many pages. Of course, she passed me behind, just when I was waiting for the second train, at the Eroilor station.

I mean, as I was standing propping my left foot up against the wall, diving into my own depression, struggling to ignore the feeling that I’m completely wasting my potential, the same charming girl from the morning passed by me, towards the center of the station, just to prop up the same wall about 10 meters away from me.

And that’s when I accepted the game. I went 5 meters closer to her. She was reading. No sign that she was noticing anything happening around her. I wanted to enter the metro and to stay just next to her, probably I could discover what it was that she was reading.

5 minutes have passed. I see her moving. I see her having a look inside the tunnel, no train was coming. Then, she suddenly started running up the stairs out from the station. At first, I swear, I wanted to follow her. That much she intrigued me. I thought she got bored waiting for the train, I thought she had probably discovered a faster or a more reliable way to travel home…

I gave up. And suddenly other thoughts made themselves room inside my mind.

The metro is coming. The doors are opening. I’m stepping a bit on the left side to make room for the people to get out. And guess what! Just out of complete nowhere, she jumps in, reading the same book and enjoying a cheese cake… “dobrogeana” as it’s called in Bucharest… and takes the seat just in front of mine.

She was wearing lily color sneakers.

Some years ago, I bought myself a pair of sport-shoes, the same color, but I don’t really remember ever wearing them…

So the girl keeps reading. Just when I gave up struggling to see the title of the book, and started looking down, I see her glimpsing at me… as if she was just checking to see if I’m still in the game… And I was.

And the station home came. And I couldn’t see the name of the book, but I suddenly remembered a movie I saw once. ”Mr. Nobody“. And I couldn’t understand it. I should probably see it again.

So the girl jumps off her seat, cleans the gobbets from the T-shirt and the sweater and starts running up the stairs. As I didn’t want to miss her, I started happily running too.

I remember her medium short manually curled hair bouncing over her shoulders. She was nothing special, not too beautiful, not ugly either. Some pounds extra, but they looked good on her. Shorter than the average, but well proportioned.

I went on the same track, just until the same place where she captured my attention this morning. Then, the cross-roads with the traffic lights. In front – green, on the left - red. It’s a smart cross-roads there, because you can take either side and arrive at the same place. I could have taken advantage of the green light and follow her track again.

But somehow, I didn’t. I went left, where I had to wait for the green light. But I saw her turning right, after the pedestrians mark.

From the world of keeping reminders

Some years ago, at a saturday lunch out, I laughed when a colleague suddenly took his phone out to write a “reminder to buy pistachios”.

At that time, being “between jobs”, irrespective of how sidetracked I could become by the captivating scenery, I didn’t have difficulties in reminding me to do/buy something. Or, even if I was forgeting something, it wasn’t such a big deal after all, since no one else instead of me was depending on that, and I could’ve always gone back to do it.

But somehow, things started to change. I got more disciplined and it’s very hard to forgive myself an error like that… no matter the place or circumstances. And also, it’s very hard to forgive myself when I say something with 100% confidence that it is right, just to see later that it wasn’t… due to some exception “in the process” .

Anyway, slightly changing the topic, in a theatre play is known that everyone needs to say their lines on time and on place, because the whole play depends on it. Depending on how advanced the actors are, a line not said on time (or place) could be covered or suggested by another one, without stepping out of his character, and the public will definitely not notice it.

But in the real-life, you don’t have lines, you don’t have a director (or maybe you do, just that it’s called a manager :D ) and you don’t have a character to play. In the real life you make your own character. Sometimes it turns out the way you worked it and you keep playing it thinking that you’re good. But suddenly, something happens: it popes out a paradox, starting from the idea that “nothing can be at the same time two opposites” and you’re kinda forced to choose a camp, otherwise, you’ll find yourself completely lacking… in character.

Now, back to the pistachios… or better, I’ll just try to summarize this post: some responsibilities are to be taken care of at a certain time and place, because the path of “opportunities” is very narrow. If you’ve missed just one single one of them, you’ve lost and you have to go back.

Just that, a funny thing nevertheless, back simply doesn’t exist. Back is just the mere present and everything that you’ve achieved so far. You act upon the responsibilities – you grow higher, you forget (and you’re reminded to do them) - you stay.

Now, just to start a different topic, how would anyone feel if he receives this type of feedback: ”you have absolutely 0(zero) chances in achieving that!”. And again, no matter the place or the circumstances. It’s like in this phrase: “Aim to the Moon, and if you can’t reach it, at least you’ll be among the Stars”. And somehow, in life, what’s positive to me (or you) might not be positive for you (or me)… so being among the stars may also mean just being trapped in a black-hole or in a nebula. So, you still have 0(Zero) chances, but to start aiming to the Moon again. Or, go straight for the Sun, if you’re brave enough.

Ya, got sidetracked again. It just popped-out on my laptop brain, the reminder to recapitulate the conjunctions, prepositions and the genders of the most common nouns in the German language. “postpone”. It’s such a beautiful weather outside for bike-ridding… Which reminds me: “reminder – to fix the bike’s brakes“.

And there’s the reason why I can’t grow higher than this blog.

Nene & yo

:D din seria Cartagena com Azucar. :D  
08.10.2005 (Credits go to Oskar)

There were times when “I dreamed about you” was enough.
Yet, how many dreams did I have so far? And how many guys did I dream so far?

There were times when “Some things never change. And I am one of them”.

But things did change… especially because people are not things… and they’ve changed a lot.

Un fir de praf

… de pe pantofii tai proaspat lustruiti, s-a atasat inexplicabil si iremediabil de blugii mei. Nu mai ai scapare, trebuie sa te insori cu mine.

A, ba nu, daca stau sa ma gandesc si mai bine, deja suntem casatoriti. Cum altfel ar  fi putut ajunge pantoful tau in contact cu blugii mei?

Dap. Doar dintr-un firicel de praf. Sau de matreata. Care ar fi putut la fel de bine sa sara de pe rama ochelarilor tai, pe rama ochelarilor mei.

E ca aia cu “nu exista asa ceva, taticule!”. Adica, pana nu te pune cineva fata in fata cu propria ta poveste, nici nu-ti dai seama cat de mult esti capabil(a) sa exagerezi…

There is creative reading as well as creative writing. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

Such an interesting twist of events…

So… what do I want to create now… yeah, right, I still have some things left to chew from my formal creations, but… I wanna start surfing :) )

Right after I’ll be out from the mental institution (just to be clear, I meant, after I’ll finish with the theatre play that is consuming me for the past 3 months now), I’ll start surfing. :D

Why? I don’t know, perhaps because the time has come to learn how to surf. And probably because the Lake just behind my street, seems to be very surfable.

Oh yeah, I forgot about Venice. Ok, so after I’ll be able to raise more money, after returning from Venice, I’ll start learning surfing.

Alive… and back into the 5th dimension

Desi, ar fi bine de analizat ce daune s-au produs intre timp :( datorita proceselor de constiinta care au facut implozie in capul meu :) )

Ma gandeam asa… ca oricat de pregatit ar fi “Pamantul” pentru a 5-a dimensiune, nu stiu cat de mult ar putea suporta creierele noastre. Faza e ca… oricat de mult am incerca sa cumulam anumite forte, incat sa producem un efect simultan, ajungem tot la secventialitate. Efecte care se produc mult mai repede decat inainte, exponential chiar, mai repede, dar tot in secventialitate.

Oare cat ar suporta un creier constient/ partial subconstient, sa creasca in frecventa, incat sa receptioneze schimbari intre variante posibile de viitor? Si sa poata crea actiuni posibile pentru a se alinia la acele variante?

Anyway… o poza cu “the new me”

si un desktop/iphone/ipad/whatever wallpaper pt fani. Sau fane :) )

…..

“pentru ca nimeni nu-ti poate da o sansa – o data in viata” habar nu am ce vrea sa insemne asta, dar tocmai m-am trezit dintr-un vis foarte interesant. Sunt ultimele versuri, cu care am fost ramasa in cap, inainte sa ma intorc.

<Update> ceea ce ma face sa-mi amintesc de o alta fraza care mi-a ramas dintr-un vis de acum 4 ani: “you can be anyone you want, in your time frame”. Sau ceva foarte asemanator.

O petrecere, ca cea de Craciun, aproape toate persoanele importante din viata mea, torturi, prajituri, baloane etc. Apartamentul in care stau acum, ultimele mele zile de stat in el, inainte de a face o schimbare foarte importanta si pe termen lung. O persoana care la un moment dat a insemnat totul pentru mine… din habar nu am ce motive ceresti… am visat ca mi-am cerut iertare… si era inexplicabil de amabil si de handsome… Si parea ca intelege foarte bine tot ceea ce incerc sa-i spun, tot ceea ce este in sufletul meu.

Care, dupa ce m-a ascultat si mi-a prezentat-o pe iubita lui, mi-a spus un nume. Numele urmatoarei persoane, care ar trebui sa insemne totul pentru mine. In timp, ce-i drept… Ca si cum eu as fi doar o stafeta care trebuie predata mai departe… O simpla responsabilitate… Chiar daca aceasta persoana, in acest moment de timp si de spatiu, nu ma vrea in viata ei. Adica, a lui, ca e un el.

In orice caz, visul… ma rog, experienta, a fost incredibil de incarcata… m-am intors iar, exact la fel ca de fiecare data, cu semnalul dat de laptopul care porneste singur, din senin, doar ca sa se inchida, la 1-2 min dupa… Nu stiu de ce porneste singur… dar absolut de fiecare data cand am avut cate o experienta de genul asta, laptopul are cate un soc de resuscitare… Suna creepy, dar m-am obisnuit. Partea misto e ca si celalalt facea exact la fel. Indiferent de ora la care il inchid sa ma culc, indiferent de ora la care ma intorc din vis.

Anyway… Pentru cateva secunde raman conectata la acea energie si e sublim… totul straluceste in jurul meu, chiar daca e completa noapte… apoi, cand imi dau seama ca totul a fost doar o experienta onirica, si ca sunt din nou singura, la mine in pat, si complet pustie… Ma cuprinde o tristete imensa. Apoi imi amintesc ca asta e de fapt realitatea, viata mea reala, pe care trebuie sa mi-o construiesc si in care trebuie sa lupt sa merg mai departe. Nu aceea. Nu stiu ce e aceea… dar cert e ca e, undeva acolo.

Si pe masura ce mai trec minutele incep sa-mi revina amintirile din astralul respectiv.. as vrea sa le scriu pe toate, as vrea sa nu uit absolut nimic… As vrea sa ramana toate inregistrate undeva ca un film. Dar nu se poate. Si toate nu au fost decat un vis. Cateva secunde de activitate cerebrala extrem de intensa, un soc energetic care a produs conexiuni si legaturi pe care mintea constienta nu le poate face.

Iar laptopul.. E foarte posibil sa am virusi.. sau doar sa fie el setat de undeva, sa se inchida de tot, atunci cand este pe baterie si inchis brusc, in stand by.

Iar povestea din vis si versurile… sa fie doar, inca o concidenta, care sa ma lase din nou singura si pustie… O treapta. Nici nu-mi amintesc daca mi-a zis ca ma iarta… poate nu o va face niciodata, dar, eu am incercat. Cum am putut/stiut eu mai bine.

Acum ma duc iar la somn… dimineata, cel mai probabil, n-o sa-mi mai amintesc nimic, dar sunt sigura ca voi simti exact acelasi gol, fara sa-mi pot explica de ce. Voi mai da si un randament scazut la munca, din cauza ca mi-am stricat ritmul de somn.

Incepe sa ma doara capul, sa ma usture ochii si sa simt o incredibila senzatie de foame. As vrea sa ma duc sa vad daca acum imi merge netul…

Disclaimer: scris de pe telefon, intre 01:30 si 2:00 AM.

2 min pauza…

Iar trebuie sa sparg matricea in cautare de lumina… Realitatea asta e sfasietor de sufocanta… Noroc cu mine, care pot sa urc :) )

Tu asta, cu pancarta mare cu “Du-te dracu”, da-te un pic mai incolo ca n-am acum timp de joaca… Stiu, esti trist, dar asta-i viata. Viata ta, de marioneta, fara constiinta proprie.

Daca toti ar putea trece atat de repede, dintr-un univers paralel intr-altul… Cand de fapt, e foarte simplu: in loc sa mergi in directia timeline-ului, inainte, faci stanga. Sau dreapta. Si atat. Mergi si aici, inainte, pana simti tot. Stop.

-to be continued-

Update, pe la 21:00. Dap. Acum pot sa spun ca am o perspectiva ceva mai buna… Am gasit cheia care deschide poarta inainte. Sau intrerupatorul de unde se aprind lampioanele… Sau telecomanda care da drumul la aerul conditionat :d

Ma intorc. Dupa ce termin de vazut toate episoadele din sezonul asta de 2&1/2.

Mesaj dintr-un viitor posibil

…dar foarte improbabil… pentru ca au trecut mai mult de 24 de ore de cand nu mai am conexiune la internet, ceea ce semnifica foarte clar ca apocalipsa e in prag.. nu stiu ce se va alege de mine cand voi fi terminat de vazut toate filmele de pe hardul lui fratimio si dupa ce voi fi desenat dinti negri tipilor (cu dantura pacatos de perfecta) ale caror poze am apucat sa mi le descarc in calculator de pe Facebook…

Anyway… A, da… inca o paranteza: in anul 1 de facultate, am fost cu Andrei (n.c. cel mai, si cred, singurul, serios iubit pe care l-am avut, care m-a bantuit ulterior in numele majoritatii tipilor pe care i-am placut si nu i-am avut…) la un C.E.R.F. sau ceva de genul, unde am castigat propriul meu domeniu .ro pentru un an. Atunci am inceput sa scriu online… numai ca abia de prin 2007 am inceput sa scriu serios si cu motivarea de a-mi depasi limitele prin asta… Pentru ca am fost incurajata, foarte subtil, ce-i drept, spunandu-mi-se ca ceea ce scriu eu nu are valoare pentru cititori…

Anyway… ca simt cum iar mi se urca sangele la cap… voiam de fapt sa scriu despre cum ma vad eu pe mine ca mama. Nu ma vad… Iar daca cineva mi-ar spune ca mi-ar sta bine si ca as fi o mama buna si ca m-ar vedea intr-o caznicie ideala cu respectivul sau cu respectiv, respectivul…cred ca as porni intr-un ras isteric si m-as tavali pe jos mai ceva ca un rand complet de mess cu emoticoane din alea care se tavalesc pe jos.

Si cum blogul meu oricum e citit foarte rar, iar in majoritatea cazurilor de persoane care “ma simpatizeaza” si ori fac misto pe tema respectiva cu prima ocazie in care ma vad in zona, ori imi reproseaza direct ca am postat despre… sau despre… intr-un mod in care nu le-a ajuns direct la inimioara… trag aer in piept si inchid paranteza patrata… pot sa scriu si despre cum vad eu relatia mea ideala. Dupa ce se va convinge toata lumea, careia ii sunt draga, ca pur si simplu, nu mai am nicio treaba cu barbatii.

Asa deci si prin urmare, pe la vreo 35 de ani asa, imi voi gasi partenera ideala si vom adopta un copil. Punct.

Sau poate m-au afectat prea tare cele 3 episoade la rand, din “Two and a half men”, vazute dupa aproape un an de abstienta. A, nu, aia e tot two and a half. And some more… And proudly counting.

Sa ai mereu incredere in tine si in povestea ta.

Cea mai importanta parte din mesajul pe care l-am primit de la Diana ca autograf.

Cateodata uitam ca avem povesti interesante de spus si, poate, datorita persoanelor care fac parte din ele, nici nu mai avem curajul sa le spunem. Tu cum te impaci cu ideea ca cineva vrea sa fie lasat in pace, atunci cand impulsurile tale sunt in continuu de a-l/(a o) baga in seama?

Nici nu-ti dai seama de asta pana cand viata nu te pune fata in fata cu o persoana care nu vrea decat sa te bage pe tine in seama… sau poate nu are nimic cu tine, ci doar are nevoie de niste cunostinte pe care tu le ai, natural sau dobandite prin experienta. Si din entuziasm, iti umple dintr-o data profilul de Facebook cu like-uri si comentarii. :D  Si abia atunci incepi sa intelegi care este starea unei persoane care are pur si simplu nevoie sa fie lasata in pace, fara sa te superi din cauza asta.

Incepi sa intelegi ca lucrurile sunt mai complexe decat pot parea la prima vedere si ca oamenii chiar au nevoie de liniste, ei singuri, cu gandurile lor. Cu cat stiu mai multe despre viata, cu atat au mai multa nevoie sa fie singuri. Eu, cel putin, sunt cam disperata la capitolul asta, in ultima perioada. Astept ceva mai rau ca painea calda, un weekend, ca asta, in care sa pot sa fiu eu cu mine si atat. Nu am nimic cu fratimio, pentru ca locuim impreuna, doar ca uneori am nevoie si eu de o sora mai mare. Sau, pur si simplu, doar sa fiu lasata in pace.

Iar oamenii care vor sa fie lasati in pace, daca sunt ca mine… de fapt nu vor sa fie lasati in pace. Vor sa simta ca esti acolo pentru ei si numai pentru ei… cand e vreme buna, cand e vreme rea, cand e masa plina, cand e masa goala… eu sunt si foarte geloasa, spre exemplu… Si posesiva. Mai ales cu oamenii, care, din cand in cand imi cer ajutorul, iar atunci cand nu il am sau nu mai am putere sa il dau, se duc in secunda urmatoare si-l cer din alta parte. Eu nu prea stiu jumatati de masura. Eu nu stiu sa iubesc liber, oricat de mult as incerca sa ma conving de asta… esti cu mine sau nu esti cu mine.

Nu am absolut nimic cu persoana in sine, doar ca, o data ce m-am atasat de cineva, ma atasez foarte puternic. Si daca m-ai ranit in vreun fel sau altul, chiar daca ma fac a doua zi ca “n-am nimic” si imi vad de ale mele, la o zi sau la doua zile dupa, incep sa-mi dau seama cat din mine s-a pierdut, pentru ca demnitatea nu mi-a mai permis sa-mi cer partea investita inapoi. Ultima oara cand am rupt totul brusc si am plecat evitand un conflict, convingandu-ma ca ”nu s-a intamplat nimic”, incercand sa-mi cumpar noul telefon mobil, m-am trezit ca dau adresa unde am locuit acum 4 ani, in loc de cea prezenta…

Am avut o prietena foarte buna in liceu, Madalina. In primii 2 ani de stat in aceeasi banca eram de nedespartit. Sau asa vedeam eu lucrurile. Pana cand, Madalina n-a mai avut rabdare cu mine… si a inceput sa-si caute raspunsuri la intrebari, in alta parte. Mi-e foarte dor cateodata de Madalina… Mi-e la fel de dor si de Diana. Fosta, Popa. Vecina mea de pe scara cealalta cu care imparteam aproape orice. Care n-a mai vorbit cu mine o saptamana cand i-am stricat manerul unei rachete de badminton, din neatentie (sau poate din faptul ca nu am stiut sa tin la acel lucru, cum o facea ea)… atunci am aflat cat de dur poate sa fie Marte in Scorpion cand e suparat…

Revenind, eu nu stiu “azi suntem doar colegi, dar ieri am uitat ca am intrecut masura”. Indiferent de domeniul in care ma desfasor. Si oricat m-am straduit, n-am reusit niciodata sa inteleg ce implica a fi “doar colegi”. Noroc ca n-am decat 28 de ani… privind de la 50 de ani, as putea spune ca viata mea abia incepe.

If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it. (Tennessee Williams)