Here’s one for you: we eat Fast Food (definition: food that can be prepared and served very quickly). It’s associated with the 40+ cow burger and Super Size Me. Some have heard about Slow Food (definition: movement founded by Carlo Petrini in Italy to combat fast food). It claims to preserve the cultural cuisine and the associated food plants and seeds, domestic animals, and farming within an ecoregion. But these are two opposite concepts.
So the big question is: why isn’t there a “movement” or concept in between? I want Lazy Food! Something that’s healthy and it takes exactly 2 minutes to make! Like a salad, for example. This is not original, and very few things are, but google it and you won’t find the Lazy Food website. Some guy writes about how he likes to eat, another dude gal says the lazy food is that pre-packaged crap and some other guys almost match this idea but the content fails short of rubbish.
As there are many lazy people out there, this should be a good niche! What do you think?
THE Hour is getting nearer and nearer, and I’m talking about the Earth Hour. The 28th of March 2009, at 20:30, when you should switch off you lights as a sign that show you give a damn about the blue ball you leave on (talking about Earth). You’ve all heard about Global Warming and seen Al Gore preach about what you can do.
Maybe you switch off your light when you leave the room, turn off the water when you brush your teeth, care about whales that commit suicide. But now you can show you care!
What if you really don’t give a crap? What if you would rather go and watch that game on TV and drink beer an shout and kick and so on? Well, my friend, than you are in luck! If you are a guy, this is the perfect chance to pretend to be sensible and give the love of your life a romantic candle-light diner, and maybe you’ll even get lucky. Sounds better then getting pissed off because those overpaid primadonas we call football players lose again, doesen’t it? It doesen’t matter you could care less about the lights, or Willy the penguin, you score double points with one go: romantic dinner + being sensible.
If you are a chick, than just hint to Prince Charming that he could do something romantic. It will probably work. If you already wanted to turn off the lights, than I can only say that you made a wise choice, my friend!
As a disclaimer – maybe you read my previous post about this and it may seem that I’m joking about it, but I’m not. I’ve been a true believer in nature preservation long before the whole Global Warming thing was a blockbuster. It comes natural to me, an my brothers and my parents. It seems logical not to poop where you eat, in a sort of way. Yes, I will turn off the lights tomorow. But this is just a small drop in the ocean. I try to do something for this planet every day. And this is not because I’m generous human being, it’s because I’m a selfish bastard and I would hate to have to go skiing inside a shopping mall in 20 years.
So be selfish and choose right my friends!
By the way I challenge you to come up with other good reasons to turn off the lights on the 28th of March 2009 at 20:30 for 60 minutes!
All right, so Earth Hour is closing quickly on us. If you don’t know what Earth Hour is than you should find out. Check Eart Hour‘s website here.
The idea is simple. on the 28th of March 2009, at 8:30 PM just switch off your lights for 60 minutes aka 1 hour. Do that and you show you give a damn. That’s the idea.
I will do it and I’m for all this kind of things, but I don’t really see the grand finaly of this. I understand that it’s a way to draw attention but hey, let me tell you a secret: if people are ignorant asses than you can bet whatever you want that they will be so touched by this that will actually drink another beer in honor of the Earth Hour.
I hope I’m wrong, but I really don’t see it people doing it at a massive scale. Look at their own videos. Except for Sydney, in major cities very few domestic lights were actually turned off. Another thing that bugs me is what’s the point? It’s a one time thing. You won’t save Flufy the polar bear and Squeeze the blue wail with 60 minutes, once a year. And yes, I get the idea that it’s a sign for the leaders and for all humanity. But I think that we do more by switching off the light when leaving the room, everyday.
And one more cynical ignorant and negative remark – I will laugh my ass off if people here in Bucharest really turn the lights off on a massive enough scale and because of complete coordination with the power companies everything will go BOOM.
But all these behind, it may not look like, but this blog and me and I hope that every one of those 5 people that wonder by chance on it will support this. There are many good reasons to do it and it will be fun!
Pentru a observa comportamentul diferitelor specii care salasluiesc pe minunatele partii mioritice cel mai bine e sa te duci acolo unde acestea abunda, la coada la telescaun / cabina. Coada de la telescaunul din Valea Dorului din Sinaia parca are un caracter aparte. Datorita conformatiei unice, punctul de atractie maxima numit Cota 2000, reuseste sa separe eficient speciile de ante-partiasii de partiasi adevarati, in vale scurgandu-se sau rostogolindu-se numai acele exemplare ce poarta clapari. Veri lor apropiati, purtatorii de pantofi, se limiteaza sa inghete pana la defecare pe dumnealor la sus mentionata cota.
Observand cu atentie fauna am deslusit urmatoarele specii:
- Nebarbieritii - aceste specimene, cu predominanta masculi, au drept caracteristica generala posesia unei barbi de vre-o 2-3 zile ce ofera un aspect neingrijit dar totusi de mascul feroce. Cu varste in jur de 40 de ani, acestia trebuie neaparat sa fumeze tigari mentolate in timp ce asteapta la coada, ca de, sunt in aer liber. Vorbesc mult si neaparat tare si conduc jipane, lucru pe care il aflii, fara sa vrei, din zbieratele fratesti adresate altor specimene din aceiasi familie. O trasatura caracteristica este sociabilitatea excesiva, aceste specimene parand sa cunoasca orice casiera, chelenrita / chelneroi, tip de la telescaun. Din pacate, se pare ca rezistenta lor este scazuta, simtind nevoia sa se retraga la protectia jipanului imediat dupa ora 2.
- Echilibristii - acesti adevarati kamikaze ai partiilor risca fara sa clipeasca viata… celor din jur. Ii recunosti dupa stilul nesigur, viteza excesiva cu care se deplaseaza pe partie si lipsa betelor, considerate, probabil, inutile. Acest aspect le da si numele. Agitand mainile cu disperare, in timp ce incearca sa se redreseze si sa calce pe scafarlie vre-un nefericit care a facut greseala sa fie si el prin preajma, acestia seamana cu niste echilibristi.
- Grabitii - Sunt usor de recunoscut. Aceasta specie enervanta e un fel de gluma proasta. Din motive necunoscute, au tendinta sa se aproprie de coada de la telescaun cu viteza excesiva, oprindu-se numai in ultimul moment, improscand pe cei care s-au incolonat deja cu un nor de zapada. Motivul comportamentului este inca necunoscut insa unii presupun ca este strans legat de fenomenul balenelor care se arunca pe plaja. Altii sustin ca un defect genetic le creaza imposibilitatea sa-si dea seama cu exactitate de distante.
- Racaitorii - sunt acele personaje pitoresti care prefera snowboardul ca mijloc de deplasare pe partie. Acestia reprezinta prima faza de dezvoltare pentru specia hai-teci, ramura snowboarderi. Lipsiti de experienta, acesti tineri hai-teci se dezorienteaza usor, motiv pentru care ajung cu instrumenul din dotare perpedicular pe panta. Aparent, odata ajunsi in aceasta pozitie se blocheaza, parcurgand oricat a mai ramas din traseu asa. Din pacate, acest defect al speciei afecteaza intreaga fauna. Efectele comportamentului pot fi usor observate in portiunile mai abrupte, locuri care au tendinta sa il declanseze, si unde, ca rezultat al racaielii, gheata si pietroiele abunda. Din fericire, evolueaza repede. Iar uneori, nu toti ajung parte a speciei hai-tecilor.
- Hai-Tecii – Exista doua ramuri ale acestei specii – skiorii si sbowboarderii. Aparent neinruditi, acestia au stramosi comuni, materialul genetic fiind aproape identic. Ambele specii pot fi identificate dupa invelisul corporal strident, bineiteles de marca. Schiurile sau sbowboardurile sunt si ele stridente. Daca cei din jur nu observa echipamentul, acestia au grija sa comunice intre ei zgomotos pe aceasta tema. Partea buna e ca cei din jur sunt la curent cu preturile si tendintele din domeniu.
- Educatorii - Specimenele acestea sunt insotite constant de niste masochisti care vor si ei sa devina parte din tagma partiasilor. Nu se stie ce au educatorii cu invatacei lor dar dupa racnetele de genul “tine be mainile in fata, ce p&^% mea ti-am zis”, e clar ca exista o problema inte ei.
- Crescatorii - Sunt inruditi cu educatorii, insa exista diferente evidente. Adultii speciei sunt insotiti de unu sau mai multi tineri ai speciei. Copilasii, majoritatea purtatori de cagula, indiferent de conditiile meteo, se baga in fata la coada, calcand pe schiuri pe restul si strigand in gura mare “hai ma tata”. Adultii speciei isi motiveaza comportamentul cu vorbe de genul “ce ai mai, e si el copil”. Daca vre-un factor extern le afecteaza trista existenta atunci acestia zic ceva de genul “nu vezi mai ca e un copil aici”.
Bineinteles exista multe alte specii care populeaza partiile. Multe dintre ele evita punctul de atractie numita coada de la telescaun pe cat posibil, din acest motiv fiind greu de identificat. Aici, dragi cititori, e randul vostru sa spuneti ce specii ati identificat.
It is said that when you love your job Monday is a great day… I don’t know who the hell said that and I’m sure that guy didn’t do much during his weekend. I like what I do at my job and Mondays are not so bad… sometimes. But today it was like the song goes – just another Manic Monday (except for the kissing Valentino part)
And the reason for this was the grrrrreat fun we had yesterday, Sunday, ’cause that’s our fun day, yee.
Yesterday, on the beautiful day of March the 15th 2009, me and my brother Adrian got up at 6:30 AM and away we drove towards Sinaia, half hoping that the ski lifts will work. And the damn things did! And at around 10, we were looking down, from the top of the mountain and this almost untouched powder. Almost because some guys were there before us. It had snowed the previous day and because of the high winds no ski lift had worked so Sunday morning came in with sunny skies and untouched slopes.
First run was fantastic! With my non existent deep snow skiing skills I spend more time searching for my skis than actually skiing but it was great.
Thanks to the shitty TV stations that see terror everywhere and that preached about the horrible weather conditions and high avalanche risk there were fewer people than usual and most of them were speeding down the slopes with skill and shouting out with joy like maniacs.
Adrian, who’s skiing is a few levels above mine was in his element. While I spend 1 hour at Miorita waiting fir my semi-decent chicken soup he did 3 runs with some guys riding fat Armada skis.
Days like this really make Mondays seem shitty and Sinaia seem the best place on earth. It makes you forget all the bad things about the slopes and people there. But that’s another story .
This article is part of a series of articles (both in Romanian and English) I call “Sinaia my love”
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