On any other day I might just go crazy...

There's nothing special about today, just that when I left for work this morning I turned on my iPod and this was the first song I heard. It kinda made my day seem a bit brighter, in spite of the clouds and the cold...

I was thinking the other day about my trip to Rome next month, whether I should still go with everything that's going on there right now with the Romanians. Feels like I'm going to a war zone... Anyways, been talking to people about this and most of them said I should just go and not let myself influenced by what's happening. Oh, and try to speak as little Romanian as I can... God, why should I be afraid of being what I am? Why should I be ashamed of being Romanian? I know Italians are overreacting, and the truth is that out of 60 crimes only 7 are commited by Romanians, and most of them are gipsies. But this has taken on bigger proportions than it should have. Most of the "Romanian criminals" are gipsies and this affects Romania's image in a bad way. We should really do something to improve it...

On a more happy note, I just bought tickets to Madonna's concert on August 26th :).

I'll leave you with Bon Jovi for the moment...

Alarm clock rings, it's 6:45,
Must have hit that snooze button least 3 times,
Wishing this morning was still last night,
On any other day, just might wanna die.

Traffics backed up 20 miles to the east,
Must have hit every damn red light on the street,
Weatherman says "It's gonna rain for a week"
Hey, what can you do?

On any other day, I'd be blue eyes cryin',
I could tell the world, 'At least I'm tryin',
The clouds are breakin',
The sun is shinin' new for me and you.
On any other day, I would just go crazy,
the grace is knowing that you're gonna save me,
Baby luck and love,
Will pull us through?
On any other day
Yeah, Yeah!

On any other day, I might just stay in bed
Sit down in a sea of blankets
Pull them up over my head
Get your papers in the morning

Just to get a little edge

Then maybe just give up in time to do it all again
Hey, I like where this is going
Yeah, 'cause I know where it's been

Alarm clock rings, it's 6:45,
I like waking up with you on my mind
Knowing that you're saving me
One more time.

On any other day, I would just go crazy,
the grace is knowing that you're gonna save me,
Baby luck and love,
Will pull us through?
On any other day
Yeah, Yeah!

My own personal brand of heroine…

I’m a vampire freak. Always have been and for sure always will be. That doesn’t mean I like drinking blood or I put on white compact powder, use tons of black eye-liner and crimson-red lipstick. No, I just like vampire stories.

Thus, for a few weeks now I’ve developed a “Twilight” obsession. Yeah, I know, the virus that’s been going around has made another victim. It all started from a harmless discussion with a friend about another vampire movie, “True Blood” (ok, TV series), also based on a series of books. This one just started on HBO here so at that time I hadn’t seen it. Same thing with “Twilight”. But my friend made me curious and I “Googled it” and “IMDB’d it”. Found two of the books, “Twilight” and “New Moon”, which were already published in Romania so I ordered them online. Yeah, too lazy to go to a bookstore, I know, but this way I could also take advantage of my 10% discount I have at that certain publishing house ;). So, long story short, I read the two books in one week-end and then downloaded the other two, “Eclipse” and “Breaking Dawn”, in English. Read them the next week-end, when I also decided to go see the movie at the cinema. Well, I had my mind made up on seeing it for the entire week but couldn’t find anyone else interested. When finally a friend said she’d go with me, she called two hours before the movie saying something came up and she had to cancel. But that didn’t stop me. When I set my mind to something I have to do it. Which I did. Got into my car, drove to the mall, bought one ticket and enjoyed each and every minute of the movie! Never had imagined that that Cedric Diggory character from “Harry Potter” would make such a cool vampire, lol! Some people never cease to amaze ;). The movie was really well done and the soundtrack is amazing! Loads of rock, as I like it ;). There was one thing that seemed really funny, to me at least, in front of the high school there was a sign that said "Forks High, Home of The Spartans". Made me think of "300"...

It’s been a while since a book impressed me that much. I think the last one that did was Cecelia Ahern’s “P.S. I Love You”. I’m not sure if it’s the part about the vampires and werewolves that got to me or the intense love story between Edward, the vampire, and Bella, the human, with all the ups and downs, with all the good and the bad... Or who knows, maybe it was the rivalry between Edward and Jacob, the Indian / werewolf, for Bella’s heart, especially Jacob’s perseverance in trying to win her, although her choice was clear. Guess I put myself too much in Bella’s shoes. There were some similar situations I have gone through, maybe too many times, that I don’t want to go through again… And there were some things I’m longing to live and to feel too. Like having someone tell me “You are my life now” or “You’re like my own personal brand of heroine…”. I want to be someone’s life and I want someone to be mine…Although, having to decide between two people I love and who love me back is not something that appeals to me. One person is enough :)

It’s about time this solitude of mine ended! And the fact that today is Valentine’s Day is not helping at all…

Am really looking forward for next week-end, to spend some quality time with my friends at the mountains. That should keep my mind occupied for at least two days ;)

P.S. I was just fooling around on a site I found (http://www.taaz.com) when I created the photo above ;)