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Although I have written briefly about progressive rock, I shied away thus far from Romanian progressive rock. That's rather odd, considering that the apogee of that genre in Romania is universally considered to be the eponymous Zalmoxe by Sfinx, released (more like “censored”) in 1978.

My resolve to stop speaking about the difference between Roma / Gypsies and Romanians was recently shaken by an Irish couple, one of whom had a Roma sister adopted from Romania.

A rather popular essay these days is Don't date a girl who travels (link in Sources). Some would use the word "viral" but I'm a mysophobe (aka germaphob) when it comes to travel.

I have met quite a few Germans lately. One of them told me about his happy road trip through Romania and the Moldovan Republic, and I thought his story is worth sharing here.

I need to commit some of my very recent memories to this blog, but precisely because everything happened so recently, I need to be even more ambiguous than usual.

A while back I had an overseas guest misbehaving. I had invited her for a longer stay in Canada but it turned out she had difficulties living without regular fights. I offered to make a reservation at a hostel and cover her costs at a hostel for the rest of her stay but she refused and I was eventually bribed to give in due to my membership affiliation.

One of the best known Romanian folk stories is that of "Human Stupidity", as told by a Romanian bard from Moldova, Ion Creanga – famous for his “Recollections from Childhood”. I haven't found an English translation online, so I decided to translate it myself with the help of Google.

Putine chestii imi mai dau placere in aceste tomantice zile de apus de viata. Dar am descoperit o chestie care mult m-a bucurat. Fiindca de la impotenta mea tastatura de om batran, aproape nimic nu-mi aprinde ochii la fel de intens ca placerea de a cara suturi in cur constipatilor. Aaa, poate un bowel movement, cand vine.

Incepusem sa "adaptez" cateva din poeziile lui Frost. Aici il las pe Marin Sorescu s-o adapteze.

O-ntrebare de mult timp ma seaca: este succesul stilului de viata occidental (individualism si piata libera) un rezultat al valorii sale intrinseci sau al succesului militar al proponentilor sai? Intr-o lume ideala s-ar fi autoimpus acest model sau ar fi coexistat cu confucianismul si islamismul?

Ultima parte din "instalatia de PiaR", dupa logo, fronda frunzei si moneda, in acest canicular mijloc de vara se refera la indarjirea demagogica de care Sarko s-a gandit c-ar fi electoral indicat sa dea dovada, si modul oarecum nesabuit dar totodata adorabil in care Base pune paie pe focul xenofob.

Am dat recent peste cativa romani in stiri si m-am gandit ca n-ar fi o idee rea sa va zic si voua de ei. Si sa va urez..

Intai a venit cineva din blogroll care-mi tot ingropa articolele pe agregatoarele de stiri cu leapsa cu 7 cantece. P-orma Gogu de la Blogu' lu' Gogu arunca si el leapsa asta in directia mea (1). Si cand 2 iti zic sa canti, apuca-te bade, si scrie!

Jinduiesc la concerte.. Inca nu m-am hotarat la nici unul. Ar trebui sa merg la EdgeFest by default, si-apoi macar unul dintre ATP si Lolla..

Uichendu' trecut nu mi-au iesit toate pasientele, si m-am gandit sa ma confesez si sa-nghit niste carbohidrati imbibati in vin dup-aia. Si uite-asa m-am trezit cumparand un belet pe care de fapt il castigasem...

Am discutat recent c-o prietena despre emigratul in Canada. Am salvat logul si m-am gandit sa-l postez aici pentru oricine ar fi interesat (am schimbat numele, desigur).