Happy World Vegan Day 2009!

Looks like Mother Earth even in the time of great danger still knows how to show us that she cares about us. Let’s return the favor. Let’s…

• Bike to work ~ reduce air, noise, and visual pollution.
• Live in 20 minute neighborhoods ~ Save time, money, and your life
• Make electricity out of sun, wind, and tide ~ It is cheaper and almost maintenance free
• Go vegan ~ Much healthier and better for the environment

Happy Earth Day 2009!!

I attended a San Jose Bike Party ~ Mardi Gras on Wheels! It was an awesome and crazy time biking through the busy sections of Campbell, Santa Clara, and San Jose. JC and I spend most time riding behind GM who was on a tandem bike dragging a full size couch.

There’s a place for us
Somewhere a place for us
Peace and quiet and open air
Wait for us somewhere

There’s a time for us
Someday a time for us
Time together with time to spare
Time to learn, time to care

Someday, somewhere
We’ll find a new way of living
We’ll find a way of forgiving
Somewhere

There’s a place for us
A time and place for us
Hold my hand and we’re
half way there
Hold my hand and I’ll
take you there

Somehow, someday
Somewhere

Somewhere

There’s a place for us
A time and a place for us
Peace and quiet and open air
Hold my hand and I’ll
take you there

Somehow, someday
Somewhere

Happy New Year 2009

The following videos really made my day. Thank you Amy for letting me know. Also, thank you Matt for making them. The put tears in my eyes.

Don’t forget the 2005 and 2006 editions.

These videos are just another proof that the world is a really happy and pretty place. Let’s work together to keep it that way.

Today is Statehood Day in Slovenia. On today’s day in 1991 Slovenian government passed intent of independence. Next day (6/26/1991) Yugoslav army attacked Slovenia by driving tanks on the streets.

However, let’s celebrate the good things.

Happy Statehood Day SLOVENIA!!!

Lyrics: Slovenija, Od Kod Lepote Tvoje (A.B. Avsenik)

Povsod kamor seže pogled,
lepota zasanjana,
kje najti še lepši je svet,
kje lepše je kot doma.

Se s hribov v daljave zazrem,
prek gričev, dolin, gora,
v daljavi še modro morje uzrem,
kje lepše je kot doma.

Slovenija, odkod lepote tvoje,
pozdravljamo te iz srca in srečni tu smo doma!
Slovenija, naj tebi pesem poje,
ne išči sreče drugot kot le doma.

Povej še oblaček ti bel,
obhodil že ves si svet,
je lepša dežela še kje,
kot naša, kjer smo doma.

Je vetrič veselo zapel,
preletel je prek sveta,
in takih lepot ni našel nikjer,
kot tule, kjer sem doma.

Slovenija, odkod lepote tvoje,
pozdravljamo te iz srca in srečni tu smo doma!
Slovenija, naj tebi pesem poje,
ne išči sreče drugot kot le doma.

Happy World Environment Day!

Today is Earth Day. Why is that important? To quote John Lennon: “…Imagine all the people; Living for today…“. No matter what you believe in, you have to understand the impact you are having on your and other people life. This includes your children, their children etc.

To help you better grasp your impact, do the following thing:

• Today, step outside, close your eyes and try to think of nothing in particular
• Feel the feet touching the ground
• Think of yourself as a part of the Earth and not just a temporary visitor
• No for the hard one… Think of the impact your life has on the earth
• Finally, hug somebody, as many people as possible

HAPPY EARTH DAY!!

Finally, as Adam Werbach said, set yourself a Personal Sustainability Promise (PSP) and follow it. It does not have to be something huge. Here are some ideas:

• Start recycling
• Start biking to work
• Next time you buy groceries, buy organic, local, fair traded
• Eat less and more vegetables
• …

Ok, 2007 is over and 2008 is here. First of all, Happy New Year!! to everybody. Yeah, it was a good one. Here is a recap:

• Lots of travel
• New Job
• Drive from NY to CA
• Move to CA
• Lots of biking
• Meet new people
• More biking
• Found several vegan restaurants
• I love this place
• Even more biking

So, time to make some New Year resolutions. Here they are:

• More biking
• More fun
• Meet more people
• Do more for the environment and peace (kind of cliché)

Beyond this, I will attempt to do a century a month thing this year, next to biking to work every day.

… Yoko Ono unveils the IMAGINE PEACE TOWER. …

Let me start right away by saying I like wearing skirts. Ok, maybe not really skirts but kilts. They are comfortable, easy to put on and off, and there are at least ten more reasons for wearing them. Well, I guess being nice to people payed off, because TK bought it for my birthday.

I turned 30 last Sunday, so I had a party for bunch of friends of mine. Several people from Boston were supposed to show up, but the weather did not cooperate. That was shame, but the party must go on. The invitation to the party mentioned a strange piece of clothing. For me, that was the kilt that I just got. CM was wearing some cute slippers with personality, MM and SJ rented funny suits that made them look like Dick Tracy or something. LF was wearing a vampire cape and BK was wearing the traffic worker vest. Last, but not least, FB was wearing a suit that his sister got him from Dubai. There we several other people, but they forgot to wear strange clothing.

So, I am 30 years old. But let’s focus on the great February 12th. What happened on February 12th? It was a Lincoln’s birthday, women gained the right to vote in Utah, NAACP was founded, and of course Clinton was acquitted. It is also Darwin Day, since he was born that day, marriage day acording to Vatican, and of course National Freedom to Marry Day. I guess my birth day is pretty important day throughout the history.

Ok, back to the kilt, here are my reasons to wear kilt:

1. Women have dominated the whole skirt thing for way too long
2. It is cool (literally and figuratively)
3. It is practical
4. You can wear cute underwear and actually have somebody look at them
5. You can shock anybody you want
6. And so on…

So, my birthday resolution, continue to be myself, learn as much as I can about pretty much anything, and continue my life as a philonoist. And of course have as much fun as possible.

Last weekend MM and I went to the birthday party of SP in Cambridge. Beside the fact that we were actually the first one driving from Clifton Park (about three hours) and that we all got way too drunk, it was a great evening of fun. The food was great, drinks were, well, drinks, and the crowd was just what you would expect.

The next day DJ was touring the Cambridge to us and somewhere on the way we stopped in this place to buy tickets for The Walkman. Turns out I knew this band from before and I like it a lot. DJ also told me about some other bands. And here is the funny anecdote. So, I was listening to Kaiser Chiefs and their song Oh My God, which is by the way awesome. As I stop on the gym’s parking lot and go in, the song that is playing is the same Oh My God. Coincidence?

Anyway, here are the lyrics to We’ve been had, which is an amazing song from The Walkman

We’ve been had you say it’s over
Sometimes I’m just happy I’m older
We’ve been had I know it’s over
Somehow it got easy to laugh out loud

Ok, since everybody and their dog has to have a Happy New Year thing on their web site, I guess I have to have one on mine too. So, here we go:

Happy New Year 2006!!

Oh, what abot a story?

Turns out the parties are always happening either all at once or none at all. I could be: having fun with some guys in NYC, drink and be marry with a bunch of people with children at colleague’s place, or have fun with a really cool couple we met in 2005. We decided to do the last. The funny part is that last Saturday it was almost impossible to find anybody to come over. Well, that is life.

Good old Santa was dressed into a bunch of annoying cats this year and he brought us Canon 20d, couple of lenses, Roku M1000, and some other neat things to make our life more complete. I had to play with the macro lens and the result can be seen on the picture.

Well, this is getting boring, so, Happy New Year 2006. Oh, and don’t do too much hilarity around the punch, especially if it has some special ingredients.