Miss sarajevo

A message of peace.
A song for us to dream...
(u2 and luciano pavarotti)

The rabbits who caused all the trouble

He, who kept me company at Starbucks (Hamra) for hours and hours.
He, who used to bear with me during happy hours on Fridays.
He, who speaks words of wisdom, sent me this email.

Any resemblane to our current situation?


"Within the memory of the youngest child, there was a family of rabbits who lived near a pack of wolves. The wolves announced that they did not like the way the rabbits were living. One night, several wolves were killed in an earthquake and this was blamed on the rabbits, for it is well known that rabbits pound on the ground with their hind legs and cause earthquakes. On another night, one of the wolves was killed by a bolt of lightening and this was also blamed on the rabbits, for it is well known that lettuce-eaters cause lightening. The wolves threatened to civilize the rabbits if they didn't behave, and the rabbits decided to run away to a desert island. But the other animals, who lived a great distance, shamed them saying, "You must stay where you are and be brave. This is no world for escapists. If the wolves attack you, we will come to your aid in all probability." So the rabbits continued to live near the wolves and one day there was a terrible flood which drowned a great many wolves. This was blamed on the rabbits, for it is well known that carrot-nibblers with long ears cause floods. The wolves descended on the rabbits for their own good, and imprisoned them in a dark cave for their own protection.

When nothing was heard about the rabbits for some weeks, the other animals demanded to know what had happened to them. The wolves replied that the rabbits had been eaten and since they had been eaten, the affair was purely an internal matter. But the other animals warned that they might possible unite against the wolves unless some reason was given for the destruction of the rabbits. So the wolves gave them one. "They were trying to escape," said the wolves, "and as you know, this is no world for escapists".



(c) Captain meeps

Anthony Bourdain in Beirut

I was hoping to watch something funny, something that will make me think less, feel less, and make me forget where I am and who I am.

Instead, I got Anthony Bourdain describing his few days in Beirut during the last war (I hope this will be our last war...)

"We went to Beirut to film a TV show about the city's newly vibrant culinary and cultural scene. Then the bombs started falling, and we could only stand on the barricades of our hotel balcony and watch it all disappear -- again".

Cafe soleil

Soleil est notre chef pour ce soir. Vous allez etre servis par Esperance.
Et l'ambiance est congolaise, par excellence.

Toutes les couleurs de l'arc en ciel, toutes les langues du monde.

Et je me sentais au Liban avec toutes les divergences possibles. Et c'etait calme, beau et tranquille.

...Et c'est ainsi que la vie est supposee etre.

Cody

Old songs, stay till the end.
Sad songs, remind me of friends.
And the way it is, I could leave it all
And I ask myself, would you care at all


De Prague, good friends, good times, in good old Beirut - 2004

One of the few Mogwai tracks with lyrics. Cody(song and album), Mogwai, 1999