Archive for January, 2007

persistence

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

even though i try to talk myself into believing i am a fighter, i am not. at least not always, sometimes i give up way too easily. i had an offer to take a trip to north korea accompaigning the austrian women’s hockey national team to the b-pool world championships. i forwarded that offer to [...]

one call

Monday, January 29th, 2007

we travelled the world + played a single track to 3800 people. then gave them one phone call. amongst those called were 20 solicitors, 2 radiologists, and a scuba instructor. 930 people said i love you but only 620 said it back. 407 people called their partners, some people phoned friends, but mostly people used [...]

a day to remember

Monday, January 22nd, 2007

“to be able with somebody else you have to be able with yourself”, a friend once told me. and i knew why she did, because i used to hate being alone. yesterday however i went to oostende, up north at the coast. the north sea at my feet, i had a day i will remember [...]

and it rained

Sunday, January 21st, 2007

A few days later than we expected, but today it has finally rained. I mean real rain, the sort that comes with thunder and lightening, that announces, “I’m here, and I’m not going anywhere soon”. As everyone else raced inside for shelter I couldn’t help but go outside, to stand in it, feel the water [...]

20 trees

Saturday, January 20th, 2007

That is all that Green Fleet tell me it will take to neutralise my carbon emissions from last year. A small price to pay to have them plant those trees for me.
If you’re in Australia, check them out. If you’re somewhere else, do the world a favour and look for an equivalent organisation.
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dear mr. president

Thursday, January 18th, 2007

Dear Mr. President
Come take a walk with me
Let’s pretend we’re just two people and
You’re not better than me
I’d like to ask you some questions if we can speak honestly
What do you feel when you see all the homeless on the street
Who do you pray for at night before you go to sleep
What do you feel [...]

The power of food

Thursday, January 18th, 2007

“Actions have consequences, and people acting responsibly can make a difference. I believe that how you eat, and how you choose your food, is an act which combines the political— your place in the world of other people—with the most intensely personal—the way you use your mind and your senses, together, for the gratification of [...]

Eine Zeit voller Möglichkeiten

Monday, January 15th, 2007

„Wo immer schweres Leid über die Menschen gebracht wird, geht es uns alle an. Vergesst auch nicht: Wer Unrecht lange geschehen lässt, bahnt dem nächsten den Weg. Auch nach der Epochenwende 1989 und 1990 konnte die Welt nicht nur ‚gut‘ werden. Unsere Zeit allerdings steckt, wie kaum eine andere zuvor, voller Möglichkeiten – zum Guten [...]

lack of endurance

Monday, January 15th, 2007

Me: You can not believe how much I want to go to Columbia to do what I can do best. Sometimes I just doubt I have the endurance to make it.
You: O. S. will substitute for the (possible) lack of Stefan’s endurance.
motivation, reloaded.
thank you, oded.
i believe.
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To the guy who found my wallet

Saturday, January 13th, 2007

I know that you will probably never read this but Thank You.
Thank you for caring, for picking it up so noone else would, thank you for taking the time to bring it back to me and most of all, thank you for reminding me about how good people can be.
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one more thing

Friday, January 12th, 2007

there are days like this one, where i have to remember myself of what a lucky person i am. i might not be in the place where i want to be right now, but things will change and i have astrid and a life waiting for me at home. la vita é bella, even on [...]

sweden for the soul

Friday, January 12th, 2007

Tystnad
Tunnel, avfart
När taxametern slagits på
försvinner allt i regnet
utan spår
& som en viskning
ser Vi syner nu igen
Det här är nåt
som inte ens har hänt…
Tystnad
En rökfri viskning
Det är exakt vad Vi vill ha
det luftkonditionerade ljudet
av fart
Du är värd att dö för
Ni kan skratta om Ni vill
Håna oss Vi rör oss Ni står still…
Lyssnar
stel & fastspänd
& när paniken [...]