Si a fost BookCrossing 4

Probabil asta e prima impresie postata despre crossul cu numarul 4, dar nu-i nimic, m-am obisnuit. Spre deosebire de primele 3 crossuri care au avut loc in inima capitalei, numarul 4 s-a gandit ca ar fi mai bine sa abordeze si alte locuri pre-suburbane,si asa s-a ajuns la concluzia ca parcul IOR este destul de potrivit.

Desi ora 16 era deadlineul , grupul a plecat pe la si un sfert spre parc. Dupa ce am indurat privelistea absolut mirobolanta de femei de varsta a II-a si a III-a ( observati ca incerc sa fiu politicos fata de respectivele ) care ne-a bantuit si ceva timp dupa, am gasit un loc mai necirculat la umbra unor copaci unde ne-am intins paturicile si cartile.

La capitolul participare m-am asteptat sa fie ceva mai lejer dat fiind faptul ca e vara si lumea mai e pe la mare,pe la munte sau e ocupata si nu are timp. In total ( din cati am numarat eu ) au fost in jur de 20 de persoane , cu tot cu Bobby si Tudor ( Pid’Jin).

Carti au fost destule, fiecare cred ca a luat una ( sau mai multe ) cu el acasa, ba chiar la sfarsit au mai ramas vreo 3-4 care s-au impartit frateste cu promisiunea sa fie aduse data viitoare. Zvonul cu pauza care va tine e adevarat sau doar mi-a trecut mie pe la urechi ?

All in all a fost foarte misto, lumea s-a distrat, a jucat volei, badminton si a facut poze ( le astept )

Eu am reusit sa iau Gillian Flynn-Obiecte Ascutite , Mathilde Monaque-Dusa cu capu si Victor Dragomir – Chipul din cenusa, pe Victor l-am cunoscut la bookfest si am un real interes privind cartea lui.

Au mai scris : Jen si Gramo

BookCross #3

Am fost la BookCross #3 , sincer, ma asteptam sa fie ceva mai modest ca a doua editie dat fiind si decorul in care se desfasura, adica str. Arthur Verona. Personal, mi-a placut mai mult #2 decat asta pentru ca a fost intr-un cadru mai restrans ( in ceainarie la Carturesti ) si a fost mai multa lume. Oricum, ma inteles ca BookCross-ul asta a fost desfasurat impreuna cu Street Delivery ( 1-3 iunie ) si probabil s-au inteles si s-au inclus unii pe altii.
Oricum, BookCross-ul a avut loc intr-un mic perimetru de pe strada, unde erau cateva scaune colorate, 2 fotolii si un rand de scaune dintr-o bucata. Eu am stat pe betonul care fixa un gard din apropiere, de acolo putand avea o privire de ansamblu + ca era si la umbra , nu ca ar fi fost cald, dar totusi , era un fel de pre-protectie.
M-a dezamagit efectivul relativ mic de oameni care s-au prezentat la aceasta editie ( nu am stat sa-i numar insa cred ca erau pana in 20…. + ca lista nu s-a facut ) , dupa cum spune si Gramo , am avut o carte pentru contrabanda insa persoana de contact nu a fost de fata ( app MJ ,daca citesti asta, cartea o iei de la Puck ) , plus ca am avut cateva carti care nu erau imprumutate via cross insa pe care i le adusesem azi Ioanei si stateam cu ele in mana pana sa apara…. cred ca vreo 3-4 persoane m-au intrebat daca respectivele carti sunt luate sau nu.
Cezar Paul-Badescu a fost si el prezent ( el a zis sa ne tutuim…nu e initiativa mea…) , chiar daca nu i-am citit cartea ( Luminita , Mon Amour ) am reusit sa fiu destul de ne-enervant incat am luat 2 autografe de la el, unul pe cartea lui Puck pe care am si luat-o pentru a o citi…. si unul pe un pliant cu Copacul de Hartie pentru mine insumi. Ca veni vorba de Copacul de Hartie, asta e ONG-ul pe care il adopt , are o cauza demna de luat in seama, mai ales ca eu folosesc hartie destul de des, puteti ajuta initiativa Copacelului cumparand din orice KFC brelocul campaniei, o frunza verde cu siteul campaniei scris pe ea pentru suma mai mult decat simbolica de 5Ron si daca doriti sa ajutati mai departe strangeti hartie, intrati pe site si duceti-va la unul din centrele de colectare, help nature !
De la Cross am luat Irvine Welsh – Trainspotting si Leonard Cohen – Frumosii Invinsi . dar cel mai curios sunt tot asupra Luminitei, am citit 3 pagini si imi place stilul.
Pana la urmatorul BookCross care sper sa se desfasoare intr-un cadru mai…underground, poate ne intalnim la BookFest ( 6-10 Iunie )

(edit) cine a mai scris despre event(pe masura ce vor aparea voi mai edita) :
Gramo
Dia
Rudy
Hiacint

Ramblin’ #2

Yesterday was a nice day, rather good, but let’s name it nice.
I think sometimes a month or something ago i was telling you about those meetings that are taken place at Preoteasa, meetings in which a quite large number ( ~100 ) of teens discuss day to day problems and everyone’s putting a hand.
Well, last time i got there i was like very sceptical cause that was my first attend and it’s ok to be a little nervous or anxious when it comes down to your first time in doing something , right ?
But it turned out that the atmosphere was very familiar, warm and the people that were there were so open minded that you can talk with them about everything you want.
Well, yesterday evening was the second meeting ( for me ) and i haven’t experienced the same feelings of being nervous like the first time, this time i was very detached. So this time was about friendship and relations, the way you choose a friend, the way you get yourself involved in that relationship, the way you keep that friend , cause that’s one of the hardest thing to do, you know what they say , getting to the top is easy, staying there is a bit more difficult , the same with keeping a friend.
Last time they said they’ll bring someone special to share his experience in relations, and they did. The guy who talked about this was an american,i think it was friend with the staff, he also played some songs, that were very cool, too bad the songs were made by him cause i can’t find them on the net, maybe i’ll talk with someone from the staff to ask him if he has a cd or something to give away.
The thing with this meetings is that you really learn something not just spend 2-3 hours doing nothing that really helps you in one way or another. My feeling is that when i was there i was trying to focus of what we were talking about and forget my problmes, and for those 2-3 hours it really worked. I’m so pleased of this meetings !

Pitifully, i couldn’t finish Hrabal’s book but today i will, during the book i realised i want a cat for my own and now i’m gathering infos about how you take care of a cat. The first impression is that is not very hard, i’ll see at the that moment how right or wrong i was

Bookcross…the aftermath

Dupa ce mi-am muncit mintile cu scopul de a alege o carte cat de cat potrivita pentru bookcross ep.2 , si dupa ce in cele din urma m-am decis asupra children of men de p.d.james ,carte pe care am citit-o mai demult prin ianuarie si care mi-a lasat o impresie bunicica, nici nu se compara cu filmul,am pornit spre carturesti , locul unde avea loc schimbul de carti.

cand am ajuns pe la vreo 12:30 ( intalnirea incepea la 13:00) , deja se facuse un mic grupulet in fata carturestiului deoarece nu se deschisese inca. pana la ora cu pricina au mai venit cativa, am facut cunostiinta si dupa aceea am purces catre camera-ceainarie. dat fiind numarul mare de oameni care se anuntau sa vina ( nici acum nu stiu cati dar estimez un 30 ) si dat fiind masutele mici de la carturesti, cu acordul tipei care se pare ca avea grija de bunastarea mobilierului am mutat masutele astfel incat rezultatul era un fel de masa luuuungaaa si ingusta.

dupa ce lumea isi ocupase locurile, mesele au fost invadate de carti,teancuri. si fiecare se uita dupa o carte care l-ar fi putut interesa , interes des insotit de intrebarea e luata ? .
nu pot sa zic ca am avut un target de carti , le-am luat pe cele care imi sunau mie mai bine.
asadar am luat , bohumil habral-masinuta [ asta mi-a fost recomandata , plus faptul ca e despre pisici ] , lauren weiseberger-diavolul se imbraca de la prada [ chiar daca e a girl-flick trebuie sa o citesc si asta pentru ca am vazut filmul] si kj bishop-orasul gravat [ care mi-a sunat mie interesant ] .

si pe langa toate cartile astea am facut cunostinta si cu o multime de oameni care mi-au facut o impresie buna, nu ma puneti sa imi aduc aminte de toti, insa cum va aparea lista ori la i-dana ori pe bookblog or sa stiu care ati fost. ( oricum, pe cine sigur mai tin minte la ora asta sunt : gramos
, marie-jeanne ( de a carei tatuaj mi-am dat seama abia dupa ce i-am vizitat blogul) si cristi greger + plus pe cei care ii stiam deja si anume jen,ionuca si patric )

dupa ce carturestiul ne-a servit cu ceai gratis, ceai in care pluteau niste chestii, dar care a fost foarte bun, atat de bun incat nu mai trebuia pus zahar . si in timp ce noi ne manifestam in jumatatea noastra de ceainarie, in cealalta parte , la cele 3 mese libere care mai existau, se aflau niste persoane pajnice care nu doreau sa fie deranjate din discutii sau baut ceai insa ghinion, imparteau ceainaria cu noi, cred ca se auzeau intre ei cam greu, asta e!

dupa ce bookcrossul oficial s-a incheiat pe la ora 3 si ceva, o mare parte au luat drumul motoarelor,printre care si eu…mai mult pentru ca sa vad unde e si cu ce se mananca, adica din curiozitate, e foarte ok locul, si atmosfera mi-a placut desi a trebuit sa plec pe la 7:30 , si din ce am citit pe la ceilalti am inteles ca s-a stat si dincolo de 8.

am inteles ca urmatorul bookcross ar fi in doua saptamani…sper sa am timp sa citesc toate cartile pe care le-am luat

pentru poze si alte descrieri ale intamplarii incercati la gramos

Just Today

Just Saturday.

So in this another saturday i had i did lots of things that in most saturdays i don’t.
The morning broke up nicely with some episodes of prison break ( now that i’ve said it ) just to raise a little the wonderful substance known by the name of C9H13NO3 or simple…adrenaline from my veins. very good tv-series , i have to admit.
So, the just-woke-up-me started and with his eyes still mended with sweet good sleep saw some money on his desk , spare money that is, and in his early morning mind thought he’s going to make himself a t-shirt because he got bored with the one he already posses. And by the time he fetched the money, in his mind the word totem formed miracously, being surrounded by mist and shadows ( just for the effect ) and all that kind of spooky things. But it was like 11 am and he thought he could stay a little bit more in the company of prison break . When it was nearly 1 pm, that is in the most “hot” hour of the day, he walked outside and strucked down by a heat wave that announced an early summer. He made himself a black t-shirt with a green thing on it, which by the mean, is kind of funny, though he isn’t going to marry soon but still, the t-shirt is sure a rocking thing. He also bought Marian Coman’s Nopti albe Zile negre because he thought it sounds interesting and he might take a peek plus it was wrote by one of us and he was very curios about our kind of writing. Also, today he ate a lot but no worry because he has fast burns , i mean he can eat daily for two months at kfc and by the end of those two months,he won’t get fat just as a regular person would.

Nevertheless, when he was in diverta he saw an interesting thing. he rememberd nemira published a hardcover edition of dan brown’s da vinci code but he also remembered this method is used just overseas, the one of publishing the hardcover first, and after some months , the paperback went out. Just like now, nemira published da vinci’s code like one-two years ago and now they got out the paperback of the same book, he wander’s who’ll be dumb enough to buy it.

now he’s thinking what book will bring for the tomorrow’s bookcross meeting. he’ll figure out something.he says good night.

so do i

*dong*

I said if i’ll pass this term tests i’ll be without a worry. I am. Well,practically i still have to take the one at Informatics but that’s a piece of cake. I was most worried about the Maths one,and it went pretty good. In my perspective, good at Maths means i hope i’ll get a C. Figure it out.

On the bookblog it was announced the second BookCross meeting and because i regret i found out about the first one too late, i promised at the second i’ll be there. And i will. Sunday at Carturesti. I really can’t wait, you know, this book lovers meeting make me a little nervous because at every new one you’re surounded by new people and all things work hardest at the beginning, then you find a way to make it through. This’ll be a larger meeting than the club’s one, what the heck? i’m talking about bookblog here ! of course there’ll be plenty of people. Now i have to think what book to give away…i’ll have enough time untill sunday. I’m heavily keeping myself because i heard carturesti’s teas are a little piece of heaven so i’m mostly unpatient to try them. Should i be ashamed because i haven’t tried them yet ? yes,i should bu this ‘ll be fixed pretty soon

Postul de dimineata

Ieri se anunta intalnire Bookaholiceasca in Herastrau. A si fost,insa o mini-intalnire pentru ca au fost doar 5 membri + Patric care e the godfather of the bookaholics site ( yes,and the keeper).
Dupa ce m-am intalnit cu Ionuca si Puck la metrou la Aviatorilor , peste cinci minute vine si Oompa si hai sa mergem ca Jen si Patric au zis ca mai intarzie un pic.
si asa am mers noi ce am mers,am trecut un pod [ mai incolo semnificatia profunda a podurilor] si am ajuns pe insula [cred] cu capetele acelea oribile, anyways…. dupa ce am strabatut insulita am trecut al doilea pod [mai aveti putina rabdare] si ne-am cautat un loc unde pe iarba, sau boem dupa cum spunea ionuca. Si am gasit unul exact langa lac insa pe unde se invarteau multe albine hibride [ pentru ca nu intepau, erau doar de tease] si ne-am pus acolo si am inceput sa vorbim.
meanwhile, apar si jen si patric,well…mai mult jen ca patric se tine dupa/de ea [ pe role...si patric din cate am vazut nu prea le are cu acest sport mirifc dar misterios si invaluit in negura necunoasterii] cu bere si carti !
cred ca patric ne-a blestemat in gand pentru locul pe care l-am ales pentru ca mersul pe poteca dreapta mai era cum era insa moartea lui erau podurile….la urcare era usor,la coborare mai cu adrenalina.

Ceea ce urmeaza se poate rezuma in cateva cuvinte, ionuca are pisica !
Si acum varianta lunga pentru cei care nu se plictisesc asa usor.
Dupa ce patric si-a recapatat simturile si s-a incaltat cu niste pantofi “normali” am pornit spre apartamentul ionucai la care am ajuns destul de repede, m-am si mirat ca nu era floodul de masini care deobicei este nelipsit,nu mai era lag!
Pisicuta e draguta, alb cu negru si o culoare mai portocalie spre negru asa si ca toate pisicile de altfel [ cand sunt mici ] foarte jucausa si curioasa. A fost mai greu pana a invatat sa bea apa sau sa puna mustatile pe mancare insa intr-un sfarsit a reusit sa le faca si pe astea.
dimineata dupa ce toata lumea s-a sculat, mai putin jen care a dormit doar 2 ore spre deosebire de ceilalti care probabil au dormit mai mult , mi s-a spus ca vorbesc in somn,mult si neinteligibil.
stiu,mi s-a mai spus, o sa incerc sa ma inregistrez poate doar eu pot sa-mi descifrez hieroglifele verbale.
oricum,all in all a fost super tare ieri…si azi.

A Saturday Night Out

When somebody sais a day it’s his or her day i might get a little confused about it. I mean what’s the deal with this day of yours ? I really didn’t get it till now…
So, some time ago ionuca said friday it’s truly her day ( happy happy joy joy things happened then for her and therefore….) I had an idea to proclame saturday as my day but not every saturday was “happy happy joy joy”-full and i was a little sceptical.
But today i can say that surely saturday it’s my day. It’s the first day of the weekend when you can stink of laziness how much you want, you can go to bed late cos next day is still weekend so you don’t have to care about this thingies you would normally care if it were sunday, let’s say.
So today i saw 300 at home, being surrounded by a couple of beers, some peanuts,chips….imagining i was at the theatre. Then a mate called me and asked me what do i do this night , i said nothing cos i really hadn’t have anything planned , and then he said we could go to Preoteasa cos there’s a club he wants me to join.
We arrived there at 6 and some Pm , of course being late but nothing bad happend. Let me tell you what’s all this club about.
There are this young men staying in a theatre room and talking about day to day problems, reflecting above other problems and generally helping each other. It’s not like AA, it’s much…stilized and real serious. Today’s topic was friendship, what makes an ordinary guy a friend, what qualities friends should have, what are your qualities as a friend, fake friends, real friends…stuff like these. Pretty interesting. After the meeting was over we lingered on talking to each other, making new friends, hy my name is…., hy…my name is… , stuff like that, starting to know each other ( me, cos i was new there).
I left with a good impression thinking at the next meeting which will be somewhere in May i think. Anyways, we really need a place where people talk with people about people-ish problems and issues.
Then i took the trolley home and it was super empty, and me and my friend kept laughing at random persons in the bus, for our enjoyment of course. They had nothing to say, just muttering and that’s all.
All in all, saturday’s my day so be original and don’t copy it.