Saturday, May 5, 2007

Counting my last moments....

Back to work again... I have to say to all of you that my days of freedom are almost finishing. In the 8th of May, I will join the fabulous (:P) Greek army. It's like an obligation for every male Greek. Despite that I was feeling ready and really didn't care at all during the past months (even days), today I feel a little bit confused. Maybe one year is not so much, but this can't change that a year of my life will be wasted guarding the borders. Anyway, this post is more like an excuse-finder 'cause I do not know when I will be able again to update my blog. But whenever I will have some free time, I will look my blog... Feel free to leave your comments (adding a comment cost you 10 euros... hahaha! No malakes, it's free!).
So, I leave you for now... I have to hunt some bears somewhere next to
Skopje and Bulgaria.
Drink a beer for me sometime... I wish you all the best...

Mitsos aka voXfReaX aka Odium

ps. Do not forget.... Kick out the jams muthafuckas!!!
Rock on!

Friday, May 4, 2007

Memories or photos? Maybe both is better!!

OK... After not updating my blog for such a long time, I am back. This time with better mood, with no sign of angriness like the last time I uploaded something in my blog ;)… Now, I feel better people… As I promised you, I will show you some photos of my great trip. I flied from Athens to Berlin, then to Barcelona to meet some good old friends from my Erasmus at Amsterdam (Miquelito! Charming Mitsos to Mik the Greek!! haha!) and also another good friend from Greece (Toli fasi burra!! :D:D:D)… In this part I want to say a big sorry from Barbara that I didn’t call her but during the second day of my staying at Barcelona, gastroenteritis fucked me up. I am sorry Barbie… Next time for sure! You have my word!

After Barcelona I flied straight to Granada to meet a good friend. I was so happy to see his fucking face, Manolico (Te quiero mucho hermano… Un abrazo fuerte malakazo!). Great city with also a great monument, Alhambra…After 5 nights at Granada, we (I made this trip with my girlfriend) took bus to visit Madrid. To tell you the truth, I didn’t like too much Madrid. This city reminds me a lot of Athens, maybe that’s why. Too much traffic people! Anyway, I had the chance to see also some other friends that I missed them through these years, Dani and Marta. Anyway, I think I speak too much. I stop immediately. Now continue and see the pictures…

Berlin


Barcelona

Granada

Madrid


Ok. Uf! Lot of work to choose some photos. Anyway, hope you like them all! See you soon, I hope!

Mitsos aka voXfReaX aka Odium


Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Am I crazy? Are you talking to me? ...Still???

Hi again people.... Here is the article that I told you in my first post..... Any comments are welcome.... See you soon....


Crazy thoughts from a crazy man of a crazy country...


Hi people. Here’s Odium. I will be your crazy guide in this piece of words. These words will not contain anything relative for our CPC but just thoughts that cross my mind sometimes. So, if you are willing to read my thoughts please do, you are truly welcome. Otherwise, I will not care at all if anyone won’t reach until the last line of this article. But I will be really happy even if only one person will lose some time by reading it. I should start...


In the 18th of February, I became 24 years old. Fuck! 24 years old with nothing really different to happen in my life... Maybe, it’s because of my country’s mentality. A country that is best on just how to “kill” its “children”. But for sure, the esteem of willingness is not lacking from my soul.... If this esteem dies, then I will not have any difference from a dead person or a “new Greek”. But it’s like a bet with me, that even if the world will stop turning around one day, I will never stop dreaming. It’s the only that will never steal from me. The feeling of freedom, the feeling of equality, the feeling of respect, the feeling of loves that dreaming give to a common person like me. A dream that gives me life, makes me happy and able to smile, even sometimes alone, without caring if the persons next to me are thinking that I am crazy.


As long as I could remember my life, everyone was only interested on how we will beat the Turkish, on how we will manage to get along with our life without caring about any other person, on how to become enough envy when someone is getting along with his/hers life well, on how the fans of Olympiakos will hit the fans of PAOK when they get at Athens or the exact opposite when Olympiakos fans are traveling at Thessaloniki....

And of course, police and fucking swat forces have any right for violence if you manifest for your rights...Anything is acceptable by these fucking bastards, including throwing expired “smoke producers” (sorry, I do not know the exact word, but I am sure you get the message) to anyone, without an excuse... Hitting people that maybe they reach the seventh decade of their life because they are ordered to do so by someone that was voted by the Greek community.


Fuck! My country is in the limits of getting in a circle of destruction that, maybe, the falling will never stop. Maybe you do not care at all about all these crazy things, especially if you leave in France, Germany, England or I don’t even know where the fuck else. But maybe someone is feeling so “castrated” like I do. After all, we are all victims of the European strategy. The degree of impact just differs.


I am not, by nature, a pessimistic personality. I am, was and will be, believing in a wise phrase that my father told me... Strive for your life and life will not turn its back to you... I still believe this phrase. I have as a clue my father’s life. A man that began his life with nothing but achieved what he wanted more. A family with members able to think, not like animals or “new Greeks” (It’s the same.... new-Greek=animal). Maybe his example gives more strength to keep willing, to keep dreaming. The thing is that as far as you are growing old, you “gather” more experiences resulting to think more and more mature. Personally, I have no big expectations for myself. I do not know personally any minister or any celebrity to make my life easier. I am not also gay to become a television star in a night. In order to become more evident, I have no problems with the gay community. Everyone has the right to be anything he/she wants. I have three friends (one gay and two lesbians) that are cool. I mention this just because I don’t want to be misunderstood by some people that they are part of a gay community. But, I hate this fucking mentality of the Greek television. In order to get five or ten minutes of popularity, you must be a gay speaking of his/hers new spa or pet. While at the streets there are people fighting for basic ideals like the improvement of our lame education, of our sordid health system, of our quality of life.


But TV does not stop here at Greece.... If anyone wants to promote his/hers fascist beliefs, then he/ she is absolutely welcome. EVERY GREEK MUST LIVE WITH THE FEAR OF A TURKISH INVASION FOR EVER!!! Greeks are superior to the other Balkans, Greece is the first country at everything, Greece is the number one and all the others are trying to copy our culture..... FUCK THEM!!! I’m not saying that all Greeks believe this, but I assure you that there are a lot believing these shits. If we were something, this belongs at the past. Maybe the ancients knew something more. After all, they were the first to create a democratically regime. New-Greeks have no right to claim pride for any creation.... After all, what we have done during the last century or during the running one? Oh, sorry.... I forgot.... We won Eurovision, Euro 2004 and Euro basket at 2005. I also celebrated these successes but the celebrations must stop sometime.... After all, what can provide a trophy to me? A joke between a foreigner and me? What else? Hmmmm.... Fuck! I forgot again.... NATIONAL PRIDE!!! How could I miss this? I must be filled with pride because my country won a game... All TV stations will remember 1821 (year when the Greeks fought against the Turkish after being slaves for 400 years) and 1940 (when Greeks fought against the fascist coalition of Germany and Italy) and compare it with the game. Anyway, I feel like stopping and continue further with this article... I can write down about our national pride till infinity....


In 2000, I quitted CPC. At that time, I was like a geek, studying a lot in order to succeed at a university. With the grades I had, I was able to study at a university in Athens. So, I left my hometown at the age of 17 and moved at Athens. Now, in 2007, after 7 years of staying alone and after 2 years that I finally took my degree, I wonder why. I am not saying that the university gave me nothing, the opposite, a lot, but for what? To work like a slave, to get my eyes popped out every day in front of a laptop, in order to get a salary that I can not even afford to pay the rent and the bills of my house.


To help you understand the model of our economy I will give you an example. It’s easy. Gather 10 people. 2 must gain the money that all people should gain from their works and the other 8 will live in poverty, or in the limits of poverty. Great model, don’t you think?

Great country, no? Absolutely!!! This is the fabulous Greek Model of Economy!!!


I am not an anarchist or a terrorist or an anti-gay, by the way. I hate both communists and fascists (they are the same for me.... Same shit), I love the place that I was raised and I am proud of what I am able to think, because I had close to me people that were able to think and look everything from a different point of view than the fucking TV stations were and are forcing all the other people to believe. But I hate the stupid new-Greek wave. The wave that protects all people who know a politician or the mother of the grandfather of a politician...


On the other side, I must also add some good words for my country that I really believe...OK! Greece is great for holidays! Only for fucking holidays people. Going in a Greek island that is not so trendy is like a paradise. And be sure that you will meet people that really worth it. It’s maybe the only thing that I like in my country. Some Greeks make you understand the values of hospitality, of the sharing, of the friendship.


Anyway, after my return from Amsterdam, where I stayed for 8 months, I took a decision. My decision was that I am not going to stay in this country for more than 4-5 years. One of them is more like an obligation to my great country as I am forced to serve the famous, the fabulous Greek army. The other three or four years, I do not really know... Maybe I will focus in things that make me feel better and freer than the previous ones. Also I have to gather some money.....


I must admit that all of those words were written with anger but not with lust. Maybe because I also was beaten as I was participated at a manifestation for the educational system without any reason. I am just feeling that out there, and not only me is feeling this esteem. I am sure that there are people thinking the same out there and trying to guarantee their rights against the brutality of any government.


After all, you were warned that these words are crazy, written from a crazy man like me.

See you in another article, not as serious as this one, for sure.


Odium

Note: Odium is my CPC nickname...

A post to welcome you....

People, I welcome you to the first post of my blog. I've been planning to write down some things for so long but I was kind of tired. I hope you understand. It's been a lot of things that make me really tired.... First of all, I work. Second, I have driving lessons. Third, I am active at CPC again (the first home computer ever and maybe the best one) and fourth, I am flying abroad at Sunday and I have a lot of laundry, ironing and finally packing (still no laundry!!!). I will go to Berlin for one week and later I am planning on going to Barcelona, Granada and Madrid to see again some really familiar faces.... I was waiting this time for so long, around 3 years, since my last trip abroad (Amsterdam for 8 months!!!). At that time I came to Greece after 8 months of nice and easy living. What a time!!! Maybe the most relaxing time of my life... I will update soon my blog from now on... Maybe I will post also an article of the forthcoming issue of Ovation (a CPC disk-magazine) that I wrote yesterday.... TOTAL ANGER!!! In any circumstances, I will post some news and photos also from the trip.... Till the next time....

Mitsos aka voXfReaX