tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826083421286888312012-01-07T16:36:37.573+02:00the return of the whaleno iekšiņas uz āriņuliig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.comBlogger2231100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-41211565927966198232012-01-06T01:39:00.003+02:002012-01-06T01:39:32.535+02:00liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-52698276674241816812012-01-06T01:34:00.000+02:002012-01-07T16:36:37.581+02:00dumpling, come home
rad. it's real rad, babe.
life's a beach, timing's a bitch and you should still wear flowers in your hear. and eyelashes.
of course, not every year starts with hearing "you're hired". but this is a lucky one, so I have decided. and if it turns out to be any less than that, it's not the year's fault, anyway. let's call this one "balance and thriving" as, for getting anywhere near balance, it liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0Beirut, Lebanon33.8886289 35.495479433.8754479 35.4757384 33.9018099 35.515220400000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-70558204151800489892011-12-25T23:37:00.000+02:002011-12-25T23:43:37.211+02:00
there can be much and even more strength in the calm.
see you soon
soldiersliig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-7233932969680811972011-12-25T23:06:00.000+02:002011-12-25T23:06:26.926+02:00the -I'm alive- tour
December 25th
Tucked up in blankets and hid under the grand borrowed headphones I'm spending the evening with good music, Latvian herb tea and an inappropriately big piece of French/Belgian/Lebanese traditional bûche de Noël (that chocolaty piece of pleasure). The latter comes from yesterday's festive dinner with artsy French tunes and attendees, the no-Christmas-but-we're-foreigners-in-Beirut liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-10562509723884240832011-11-13T01:20:00.001+02:002011-11-13T01:21:43.885+02:00we'll survive
ļoti.
liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0Strasbourg, France48.583148 7.74788248.499114500000005 7.5899535 48.6671815 7.905810499999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-52934162345959878202011-10-26T11:19:00.000+03:002011-10-29T10:56:58.358+03:00
walking on giants, bogging in the art of war
liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-30192763067678214932011-10-19T02:06:00.000+03:002011-10-19T02:06:29.266+03:00Ja man būtu ievārījums, es tevi pacienātu.
Pēc kalendāra spriežot, tuvojas rudens. Tas nozīmē, ka debesīs aizvien biežāk sastopami mākoņi, kā šodien. Tas, savukārt, nozīmē, ka var paskatīties augšup, jo acis nežilbina spoža saule, un redzēt ko vairāk par ielas-līmeņa-ikdienas-gaitām. Ieraduma spēks, domāju, mums nevienam nav svešs, un es šeit dzīvoju tādā ilgstošā starpposmā starp "ai, nu es tak esmu te vietējā" un "es nespēju noticēt, liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-72987618377858182242011-09-13T23:05:00.000+03:002011-09-13T23:05:10.374+03:00ships
resolution on Iceland and the living room band.
ships rock and so does the rocky sea.
liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-55009698642159048292011-09-10T22:00:00.003+03:002011-09-10T22:09:38.765+03:00
atspīdums mana balkona stikla durvīs (jā, tā ir lidmašīna)
ram ta dam. lūk, Libānā paskrējušas jau trīs nedēļas. neticami ātri.
piektdienas vakars pārpildīts ar sagurumu un sapratni par to, ka rakstīšana tiešām ir pilnas slodzes darbs. pietiktu, ko pierakstīt, aprakstīt un sarakstīt vairākām dienām no vietas. bet kas man dos.
pa lielam man te iet lieliski. darbā ir daudz laba darāmā, liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-81813481122372094352011-08-31T20:46:00.002+03:002011-08-31T21:55:59.823+03:00Ir tā, ka ir krietni vairāk, kā var izstāstīt.
Saules pielietas kalnu ielejas, vējš matos, karsta lielpilsēta, dzimtie ciemi, Vidusjūras maliņa no biroja loga, vesela ēdienu pasaule, ko iepazīt un cilvēki, cilvēki, cilvēki...
Es gribu, lai jūs zināt, ka te nekādas briesmu lietas nenotiek. Visādas lietas var notikt, tas gan. Bet bailes un satraukums vien pievelk tās visādās iespējamības, tāpēc liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-40170057878318604422011-08-18T20:51:00.003+03:002011-08-31T21:06:08.174+03:00
paldies vissirsnīgākais.viss ir manī ierakstīts un tiek ņemts līdzi. draugi ir milzu bagātība.liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-54906118121059697822011-08-14T15:42:00.004+03:002011-08-14T15:45:01.713+03:00
Aldaru 9, Vecrīga
18:00 kāmja dzīvesveida
(a.k.a. vintage) izsole
19:00 liig. & brie concerto grosso
20:00 ballīte par atkalredzēšanās tēmu
Ierasties ar sirdi. Apmēram tā.liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-17915218056094942702011-08-14T15:39:00.000+03:002011-08-14T15:39:22.415+03:00we all strugglein all our particular ways.
and it's ok.liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-45865969036569265462011-08-02T17:37:00.000+03:002011-08-02T17:38:26.915+03:00
summer onliig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-47173031584299540422011-07-30T04:06:00.001+03:002011-07-30T04:10:35.497+03:00sense everlasting
"... and I can't be bothered to walk around the corner"
"fair enough I suppose"liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-57044290262319341552011-07-27T15:44:00.005+03:002011-07-30T00:43:53.976+03:00July me if you canHalf a slice of wasted time and here I am again! In the mood for a frontal attack, I'm suddenly scared as a bumble-bee (not that they are), worried about nothing and everything at once. I remember posting a few years ago that I love the moment-before and also the moment-after and that to me it's all about these. Ain't no coincidence I said that after I had made a leap and moved to France. Now I liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-84197842032472344522011-07-02T12:31:00.000+03:002011-07-02T12:31:07.944+03:00skywards
didn't want to wait with posting till autumn times. who knows when it might come in handy.
quite a lot of Scotland in there. go feel alive.liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-7678264482827686042011-07-02T12:13:00.007+03:002011-07-25T15:37:51.984+03:00June yourself[been there, done that]
NL-LV-FIN-EE
inside insights // i'm watching youi do think it's creepy and i do think it's very necessary. you're my lab. never before have i enjoyed this much the peaking into lives and everydays. your relationships, cooking habits, jobs, flat arrangements and kids, if you have any. and, oh, your dreams and aspirations! sort of a lives-tourism. and a quite logical and liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-36567242022128287262011-06-14T13:21:00.009+03:002011-07-02T23:42:56.974+03:00rock show and stuff
yep, i'm all ready to pass for a "fan"and i didn't even notice it all happeningexceed all budget limitations, queue for hours, go 800km, get bruises, loose my voice for the few days after, destroy my last pair of DCs, jump, shake, roar and sweat
whateverguitars, drums, an energy explosionand respect for the guysup for a rock show
(coming June 26)
-------------------------------------------------liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0Helsinki, Finland60.16981249999999 24.9382401000000360.031373499999994 24.70242710000003 60.30825149999999 25.17405310000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-47595310233671691532011-05-22T13:06:00.000+03:002011-05-22T13:06:15.698+03:00move like you mean itliig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-50336836242975973402011-05-21T02:16:00.003+03:002011-05-22T13:03:45.696+03:00every little thing she doesone of these mornings we'll have a walk.
you know, the mornings when you have gone to sleep thinking that getting up early again is simply the worst thing, that it's slowly but surely killing you.. and then you wake up and it's all gone? that kind of a morning.
it will be warm. or raining. or maybe cold, but that morning you'll like it that way.
you'll have been working lots lately and thus liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-22212318105379107422011-05-11T09:54:00.000+03:002011-05-11T09:54:46.734+03:00
e p i c .liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-11753294481112897612011-05-10T12:46:00.000+03:002011-05-10T12:46:55.596+03:00liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-62099047246175648012011-05-09T23:54:00.001+03:002011-05-09T23:59:28.521+03:00the humpty-dumpty work songbreaking news. it's may.
right!? pretty freaky thing.
it's update time. though i keep saying there's no time. no time for anything.
i'm trying. trying to organize this playground, the mighty chaos of mine. it's much like fighting with a spoiled and cranky kid. ever had that scene of how your mom never got why your teenage "order" had to be so order-less? i now feel like both the mom and the liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-90334411554782355362011-04-23T21:07:00.001+03:002011-06-11T18:47:14.654+03:00ewert and the two dragons
can't leave them un-posted. best live act i've seen in years. blew me away.
sort of mumford and the sons, just more estonian and lighter on the content.
guys, get a new producer, though. recordings are so far down from the real stuff.liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-39042154533697533152011-04-23T20:52:00.000+03:002011-04-23T20:52:46.022+03:00ahhh, whatever...
so i'm trying to pretend that i'm working on the study stuff, all so busy with living and not at all addicted to scribbling around. yea, sure.
damn it. i co-made tiramisu yesterday at a fabulous yet thorough-life-sorrow/why-can-none-of-us-get-it-right-? family gathering, baked a pancake mountain for them today but still can't cook up a page of the stuff i really should be doingliig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-63986651442081925692011-04-07T19:06:00.003+03:002011-06-11T18:37:20.523+03:00with the birds; planets and freckles
enjoy yourselves. and enjoy others.liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-82222300497748774822011-04-03T23:09:00.006+03:002011-04-03T23:37:52.865+03:00stardust bugsSo I thought I should ponder a bit.
Hit on* the keyboard and send an update out in the wide void emptiness..
Here's the news wrap-up: I'm back in Riga which also means that I'm still not in Lebanon yet. I do start feeling guilty for all the surprised "hey, you're in Latvia!?" reactions, but don't worry.. it's not you, it's me. Mission "moving out" hard core is completed (for now), moving in tookliig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-77791208190420402192011-03-20T22:53:00.000+02:002011-03-25T22:55:13.575+02:00I did promise you butterflies.And I'm done cocooning.
Tomorrow I'm off to Budapest for a last round of youth-work related training in a while. Come as you are: enough is enough.
Spring is taking its time to come revive Riga and things sometimes take time to be figured out. Sometimes, when you stop trying too hard, they just arrange themselves. For the better.liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-88144612225633952262011-03-02T00:28:00.003+02:002011-03-02T02:33:32.554+02:00time flies.time waits for no man.time heals all wounds.all any of us wants is more time.time to stand up.time to grow up.time to let go.time.
yes, bunnies, i've come this far. i am quoting grey's anatomy right in your face.
and i'm still faithful to the soothing "all in good time" thing.
for me, right now it's time to face a lot of stuff and to cocoon in.
(to those, who doubt that such contrary liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-6062742653935726362011-02-22T12:33:00.002+02:002011-06-11T18:36:14.918+03:00it's only natural. the white, cold winter, the warm, strong sun, the gray pavements outside and the colors of Mexico in my head.
Guanajuato, Mexico, August 2010
mixing what i see + feel + touch + remember or imagine has been a somewhat unhealthy custom of mine ever since i was four. still want to job as a bartender at some point in my life and still don't know or care where that wish comes liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-67734082260426631092011-02-14T19:03:00.002+02:002011-02-14T19:07:07.381+02:00all is whitemusic: emilie simon - all is white celebrating the third wave of the amazing Latvian winter
out of the city it all glitters and the forest across the street numbs with it's silence, knee-deep snow and animal trails
(ok, ok, round here those are mostly dog trails, but that counts, too!)
so, besides sitting in a warm piano and guitar equipped home and watching the ice crystals float around in the liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-2339738303843424662011-02-05T17:27:00.002+02:002011-06-11T18:44:33.134+03:00practice what you preachHaving just returned from an inspiring meeting of (and reconciliation with) Latvian Network of Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue between Cultures, I feel I have to rephrase myself.
"Enough is enough."
Having that amount of passion for something makes it silly to chicken out at going for it.
Wish me luck. I'll be back.
p.s. current book: Murakami's What I talk about when Iliig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-71075989933301660242011-02-05T17:19:00.001+02:002011-06-11T18:36:14.918+03:00
Reconnecting gives meaning and pulls some inside triggers. Berlin, July 2007
liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-8620410576636187342011-02-02T21:15:00.002+02:002011-02-02T21:23:07.698+02:00drops like stars*Some elder brothers never join the party.
Some fathers never throw one.
Some brothers never come back.
Some things never get resolved.
Lots of parties are missing somebody.
That's just the way it is.
Meanwhile..
I want to be one of those who come from a totally different place.
So that, instead of 'thinking out of the box', I would be able not to see a box at all.
I want to be able to imagine aliig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-2177029491440235962011-01-23T22:34:00.000+02:002011-06-11T18:38:52.022+03:00the piano thingliig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-82639356638295664292011-01-23T21:40:00.003+02:002011-01-23T22:44:29.055+02:00don't beat lifefairytales. thing is, we actually believe in them.
that's what we're taught, told and shown, and eventually.. believe in. against all odds and rational thinking, and "knowing better" that it's all way too cheesy to be anything close to the real. you'd still want to stick to the story or screen and see how it unfolds and brings on the happy end, however sarcastic you may get about it.
i have liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-21476153191165324112011-01-10T01:38:00.002+02:002011-06-11T18:38:52.022+03:00be not afraid of who you really areliig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-78135321784397980182011-01-06T01:36:00.003+02:002011-01-10T01:28:14.037+02:00uzdrīkstēšanāspilna galva ideju. pilnas rokas darba. piecas ar pus bailītes pakausī un sapņains skats, ko ik pa laikam iepļaukāju, lai saņemtos darīšanai.
reizēm ir jāuzdrīkstas. pamēģināt ko jaunu, pateikt jā, vai tieši otrādi - nē. jāparāda bailēm "auksts pleciņš" un jāiestāsta sev, ka tas viss ir muļķības un paša saveidoti spoki. ka, lai arī nav tik rožaini, ka viss būtu iespējams, ir ārkārtīgi daudz liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-41127432193108732192010-12-30T14:22:00.003+02:002010-12-30T14:36:36.419+02:00karma"the universe has heard us and it will answer" *
the tune of Coldplay's "Christmas Lights" and other Christmasy music keeps on drilling.
(1) maybe that's because it's so irrelevant. last night's snowstorm has once more increased the amounts of white, cold and fluffy. pure, joyful and cozy Christmas time has gone by with lightness and Light. i'm all set, got a plan and hold no resentment. love liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-8341936264872902182010-12-28T03:57:00.003+02:002011-06-11T18:40:38.707+03:00latvietībaIntelektuālas debates? Varbūt manī vienkārši rodas aizvien vairāk snobisma. Varbūt man liekas, ka apzinātā vecumā ir pavadīts gana daudz laika, lai savu piedzīvoto saprastu kā pieredzi, uz ko var balstīt viedokli, uzskatus un savas personīgās patiesības.
Katrā ziņā man kļūst aizvien interesantāk runāt ar cilvēkiem par strīdīgām tēmām, lietām, kas skar visus, bet it kā ne jau kādu personīgi, par liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-73326978932568889022010-12-26T13:30:00.000+02:002011-06-11T18:40:38.708+03:00meet Lebanonone thing leads to another. google it, wiki it and start planning your vacation.you'll hear quite a lot about Lebanon from me next year.
liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-55465050429615560952010-12-25T21:42:00.010+02:002011-06-11T18:38:04.973+03:00reindeer
ILY session's highlight (this time with complete lyrics and without naaa na naaaa)
Christmas greeting
Fun thing
sometimes it just happens and you better let it (: liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-28012402760163238482010-12-22T20:39:00.000+02:002010-12-26T12:43:54.523+02:00the winter seriesit's been a great time.
i've been home for a while. have taken care of my family through thick and thin, and a few more ambulance rides. got confused about the vague lines that separate roleplays, life and responsibilities. been with the kids and the parents and am both of them. i have let myself just be and do what i'm supposed to do. this includes being a rock to stand on, and that's fine.
liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-55262722340261132362010-12-17T00:42:00.001+02:002010-12-17T14:02:57.981+02:00ēm.
liig. uzspēlēs
liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-83313657562848101352010-12-16T13:21:00.001+02:002010-12-16T13:22:41.154+02:00that cosy joynow this is what i mean when i say gingerbread cookies:
a reindeer fashion show.
it's a blessing to have creative and lively minded friends.
♥ mad.
lady deer
sheep deer
hippie deer
perplexed deer
duckbill deer
neon disco deer
dreamy deer
the i-am-a-heater deer
liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-33621859301168606932010-12-14T02:13:00.004+02:002011-06-11T18:38:31.757+03:00seasons, hopes and elephantssister winter. today i came home. not just "to Riga" but home with an H. as exciting as moving around, being places, events and meeting people is.. at the bottom line it's all your own thing. there is sharing and caring on the way, yes, but.. people still long to belong and that somehow takes more. though these encounters are definitely life-shaping, they still remain encounters - temporary, liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-4773222443227580282010-12-01T14:46:00.004+02:002010-12-02T14:24:02.694+02:00for the sake of 1st of December,
the younger days,
the present days and
the never changing challenge of genuineness:
in between liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-57392941084323219192010-11-30T01:23:00.004+02:002011-06-11T18:34:27.415+03:00dance a bitliig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-22296952978594102762010-11-30T00:03:00.003+02:002011-06-11T18:36:14.919+03:00snow, ice and cold is lulling Scotland.. cheer up!
some small place near Lisboa after a night on the cliffs right by the ocean. June 2008
liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-61464104272654462782010-11-26T14:15:00.003+02:002011-02-05T18:15:08.622+02:00clear sky full moon flyingi love seeing the ground from above at night. with all the little yellowish spots, burning bulbs and moving car lights tracking their way through the darkness.
all so weeny and antsy. rushing somewhere, to someone, for something.. just as i do, watching them from above. tiny, far and human. i still believe people are good by their nature. they're just different. more rational or more heart-drivenliig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-66421089283164419052010-11-16T02:12:00.001+02:002011-06-11T18:36:14.919+03:00
historic district of Kond, Yerevan, Armenia
liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-71507550745923502602010-11-16T01:25:00.003+02:002011-02-05T18:15:08.623+02:00glasgowIslanders are special. Not that non-islanders were not.
There are those small little everyday details that are somehow the most important in shaping my impressions of places, societies and lifestyles. Or maybe it is simply the naturally and automatically perceived and categorized things that seem weird and unusual to me and what I am used to. Few Scottish examples:
I Taps. Really?
So we're in liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-1723743389127866772010-11-12T17:08:00.002+02:002011-06-11T18:36:14.919+03:00
foggy-ish and retro-ish Prague. huge thanks to Kie!
liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-40293915378606824792010-11-12T16:40:00.002+02:002011-02-05T18:15:08.623+02:00the road is my home. wait, is it?There is something I love about those over-stressed pre-departure hours. There's something I love about transitions, the illusion of traveling light, the countdown of the days and the habit and drop in significance that it all creates over time. Juggling with time zones, currencies and languages... I wish I could tell this all in a less arrogant sounding way but it feels like I've stopped liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-35518546136334615022010-11-05T03:56:00.001+02:002011-06-11T18:36:14.920+03:00
random (?) shot. Spitak, Armenia
liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-55948657853319596012010-10-29T12:12:00.001+03:002010-10-29T12:19:26.131+03:00same stuff different year?hey folks,
it's not that i don't have what to say. life is all around and within, there's loads of it and lots of stories to tell.
i am a bit confused of all the going around, taking risks and trying to be/stay focused. yet i'm enjoying this time of life big time. excited and moving forward.
it's nothing like last year, though (: knowing what you want and what you're going for makes all the liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-46736954098318419372010-10-11T03:58:00.001+03:002011-02-05T18:15:08.623+02:00miraclesa dense weekend. from a life-filled heart-to-heart, through early morning walks/runs in the foggy pine forest, via nephew's 1st birthday moment of old truth*, a (pseudo?)scientific conference, the golden autumn and driving around, stories of two american summers topped with the best McDonald's (midnight) meal i've ever had, to an unbelievable/unexpected international ngo-er meeting of temporary liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-41076147431178863472010-10-11T02:19:00.002+03:002011-06-14T13:50:35.545+03:00
One cup of a desperate housewife? Shall we?
liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-69711688571923218122010-10-09T00:02:00.000+03:002011-02-05T18:15:08.624+02:00par viņiem un viņāmnav jau gluži tā, ka manī būtu par maz cilvēciska vājuma.
pa ilgiem laikiem šodien izgāju cilvēkos. izrādās, ilgi neredzēti ļaudis mani var atpazīt pat caur necaurspīdīgām stikla durvīm. tas varētu būt saistīts arī ar to, ka nepazīstami cilvēki man piedēvē radniecību ar patmalnieci. laikam jau uzskatāmu iemeslu dēļ. vēl, par mani klīstot baumas, ka es "braukāju pa visu pasauli un esmu happī, liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-53855640470618936142010-10-05T23:19:00.002+03:002011-06-11T18:40:38.708+03:00demos & kratos"Where the state fails to teach its citizens how to formulate coherent political projects, how to debate meaningfully and how to rule through consensus, the citizenry is unlikely to learn any more about democracy than it already knows - and it may even forget that much.
To date, despite the setting up of new formal political structures and procedures (parliaments, parties, elections etc.), the liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-70255270186823261472010-10-05T23:10:00.003+03:002011-06-13T10:27:38.809+03:00ok, i can't resist anymore..liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-48359043098751416322010-10-04T18:56:00.008+03:002010-10-04T23:10:27.226+03:00that long Sundaythere are days when you feel like walking with giants.
as if you were close to being one of them.
then, there are days when you feel like being close to the giants.
and you're humbled and lifted up at the same time.
i've spent a month home, drifting along and letting life happen. it has been a wonderful and lazy time, and all the to-dos have been pushed off till there's only a week left till theliig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-20146729299828252622010-10-04T18:19:00.001+03:002011-06-11T18:36:14.921+03:00
autumn walks. good company. being home. lv
liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-401928357051317382010-09-20T22:49:00.005+03:002011-06-11T18:40:38.709+03:00down to business / World Youth Conference 2010 in Mexicosometimes, when people ask me what i do in life, i say i'm a youth worker.
there's some truth in every lie.
for 5 years now i have been involved in the YMCA and i would like to give credit to the movement and its people to be my second family. in this time i have grown and so have my thoughts, skills and Y-responsibilities. this summer, i was lucky to be selected as a Latvian representative of liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-5948181656283395912010-09-16T11:22:00.005+03:002011-06-11T18:36:14.921+03:00
uhm. i was in mexico..
sneaked on locals, of course
colores, colores.. want to take them with me.
the link to the mexico gallery is coming soon. right, liig?liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-38540443794179103822010-09-14T02:59:00.001+03:002011-06-11T18:40:38.709+03:00turbulencezemāk esošā bilde ir nogurusi. novecojusi. mūsdienu digitālais ātrums ir īpaši nežēlīgs. gaisā ap mani karājas neuzrakstīti raksti, nepublicētas bildes, nepastāstīti stāsti. kā tādā pusattīstītu foto filmu tumšajā telpā. ar knaģīšiem un ķīmiskajiem šķīdumiem. un rosīgu tumsiņu.
ik pa laikam šie visi draudziņi pabiksta mani un karājas vien tālāk, kamēr es ņemos ar jaunāko filmiņu. vai arī to, pēc liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-39098572794827618542010-08-21T10:21:00.003+03:002011-06-11T18:36:14.921+03:00
n e w y o r k c i t y
liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-40021803605674337902010-08-16T07:56:00.006+03:002010-08-17T04:43:58.612+03:00sheer simplicitythe fact that i have or rather take time to visit this place and play around is a good sign.
it seems that a summer experience has flown into my memo folder. somewhat unrealistic and sealed in an envelope. it's for a reason that here we call everyplace off the campground "the real world". i have now spent two months here, in an american middle of nowhere. most of the time i have shared this placeliig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-60920720741200834862010-08-16T07:25:00.021+03:002011-06-11T18:36:14.922+03:00
new york city. sheer randomness
uptown. rush hour
i heart greenwich village. best tiny ice-cream sandwich place ever.
liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-65904978401277476842010-07-31T04:03:00.005+03:002010-07-31T07:14:31.911+03:00THE American summerIt creeps upon your skin: New York City, pot in the air, Manhattan, silly silly dollar money, cupcakes, Jersey boys, Texas boys, walking dogs, dashing by Brooklyn bridge in night-lights and all that jazz. The parks, the walks, the people, the UN Headquarters, the sunset in the City, the tourists, the locals, the hobos. The books, the trains, the rush, the music in the headphones, the inspiration,liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-7915666548445074722010-07-13T08:39:00.002+03:002010-07-25T04:22:04.106+03:00Life, the Universe and EverythingSo what was the question again?
I'm living on and living away and living pretty merry happy here in Hudson valley.
To update the random details' list: The crowds of fireflies have mostly abandoned the camp site, no wonder, we get quite loud here. As for the heat and sun, I somehow end up spending most of my time indoors which is a no-no, I'll try to get better at that. Finished the first book liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-65302374492430834562010-06-30T19:31:00.001+03:002010-07-25T04:22:10.493+03:00i'm not dead tourdear you. three weeks since crossing the pond. I've lost the feeling of time.
I've lost also something else. that something that I was doing with myself and my life.
how do you spell it? complicate? could be.
I love my being a camp counselor job. It makes me be more me than I am used to being.
and honestly.. I don't have much to say. thanks for keeping in touch and being my one on ones even at aliig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-60242903413421711842010-06-26T05:12:00.001+03:002010-06-26T05:31:27.507+03:00spacein these modern times being genuinely confused doesn't actually happen too often
but there are those very random (what!?) things that take you by surprise
so you've been living your life knowing that there are gray areas around or let's call it stuff that you don't really want to know about. for example your parent's conjugal infidelities. and then comes a very random day when someone wants to "liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-89077814066903513052010-06-18T05:28:00.003+03:002010-07-25T04:22:10.493+03:00An American summerIn summer 2010 liig's working at an international summer camp / leadership program in New York state, USA, being a camp counselor for drama (bring up the show!). Another great experience that I am looking forward to live and shape me, a fairytale-like natural environment and a healthy daily schedule to get me back in shape and balance after the turbulent last two years. It's quite a tough job "liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-78190179398471026412010-06-15T07:47:00.003+03:002010-10-11T14:49:20.447+03:00what it's like not looking back for realI won't open another chapter about "coincidence or causation" which kind of is present at 96% of the entries here anyway. But it somehow happened as it happens with stuff you have been wanting to do for so long, that the very last pre-departure days suddenly see it all come true. Ok, part of it. But you got the point.
Fact is, amongst other things, I got into a recording studio (love them, liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-9192945361464534582010-06-06T12:11:00.002+03:002010-06-06T12:14:31.519+03:00sharingI should long be moving all my stuff out of the room. June has come, what an incredible pace of living.
I rejoice in meeting friends and regret that I don't really share much.. about what's going on or what's bothering me or what's on my mind. that's a bad habit, just like not hanging out often enough.
it's funny, human and sad that people often put off the important things. like.. all those liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-3529413556151317442010-05-25T01:48:00.002+03:002010-05-25T01:53:44.962+03:00kids and figures- day by day I'm wrapping up layers. mentally preparing for the getaway.
- being with people is fabulous. people are fabulous.
- life's got funny ways. especially "the kind that blindside you at 4 pm on some idle Tuesday"
- my nephew has just learnt crawling. kids grow fast (particularly if their not yours, that's an old truth)
- Riga is wonderful. I'm happy to have such a lovely growing-up placeliig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-50497587246948724102010-05-20T13:57:00.003+03:002010-05-20T15:23:16.815+03:00ja es varētu izstāstīt, cik ļoti man ir prieks, tad vienalga nevarētu izstāstīt.
tas ir tā, ka tikko pļautas zāles smarža un ģitāras parkā, saule (un kedas) pāri visam, un dzīvē satikti īstie cilvēki.
tā, ka pa ilgiem gadiem ir sajusts gatavošanās un gaidīšanas prieks. ar neskaidrām, bet ārkārtīgi labām priekšnojautām.
tā, ka zini, ka saknē jau viss ir sakārtots un labs, ir tikai jāļauj lietām liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-10370562156065788442010-05-18T15:39:00.004+03:002011-06-11T18:40:38.709+03:00where i standLife is amazing, isn't it..
This year I have been blessed with a lot of inspiration. I have heard a lot of "thank you"s... for being inspiring, for having made an impact on wonderful people and friends, for being who I am and doing what I do. It is indeed awarding and soothing, and needed. It puts things straight.
So it's now time that I learn from myself. From my strengths and failures, the liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-76525904868347059892010-05-12T12:38:00.001+03:002010-05-18T14:42:57.857+03:00for all the little lion people out there and in here. yes, i mean it.liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-59581997439601884422010-05-09T00:47:00.002+03:002011-06-11T18:40:38.710+03:00..still workin on it..History does not kill. Religion does not rape women, the purity of blood does not destroy buildings and institutions do not fail. Only individuals do those things.Giandomenico Picco(Personal Representative of the Secretary-General for the UN Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations)
liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-81809730041158611102010-04-27T14:59:00.000+03:002010-04-27T14:59:24.440+03:00see you after May 7liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-51465832495442749792010-04-23T20:01:00.009+03:002011-06-11T18:40:38.710+03:00i heart maskačka*Recently, I have been gathering moss.
Living in a damn comfortable area in Riga, the central and old-city parts are all a maximum of 20 minutes walk away. (Actually, it's more like 30 minutes, this is one of the reasons why I'm always late.) And that's what I see and know and am used to on a daily basis. For a nice change, I went on an expedition today, during which I even had to pay attention liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-71450066258819151812010-04-14T21:49:00.001+03:002010-04-14T21:50:08.716+03:00p.s. thanks to Aurelija for this one.liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-48133026400428776632010-04-13T02:52:00.010+03:002010-04-22T16:34:29.039+03:00make mummy proud.When observing (small) kids, it's quite visible how they check for the reaction of the others, especially their parents. Whatever good or bad they would do, they will look for praise or punishment.. they will look for attention. And mostly they will get it.
What happens when we grow up? First the kids and teenagers around us, then some authorities we've picked out from the crowd. Still the liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-56032429474107459622010-04-11T01:05:00.009+03:002011-06-11T18:40:38.711+03:00not compatible.A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.
- Samuel Johnson
Sometimes the best way how to find something is not searching for it. This is how today, waiting for ggchoir's concert to begin, it popped up in my mind: not compatible. Throughout my life I have been wandering from group to group, following my changing interests and hobbies, schools, jobs and friendship circlesliig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-68270746410912176972010-04-08T05:14:00.005+03:002011-06-11T18:40:38.711+03:00dreams.I've got great news: dreams are immortal! Seriously.
Just think of it. Sure, there are a billion things that can happen to never let them come true. Thousands of them really happen. But nothing and no one can ever kill a dream from the outside. You can let it die, though.
Lots of dreams are put off for "later" when we're young. And many of them are written off as childish or youth-maximalism liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-40729172697840688492010-04-01T23:51:00.001+03:002011-06-11T18:40:38.711+03:00"Tā nav identitāte, kurā tu neesi ne šis, ne tas, tu esi jebkurā lomā, kāda vien ir vajadzīga. Identitāte dod iespēju dzīvot ar daudzplākšņainu skatienu uz vairākām identitātēm, kuras mēs nevaram pilnībā pārmantot, tomēr varam ar tām dzīvot un sadzīvot. Nav šī uzstādījuma, ka mana stiprā, egocentrētā identitāte ir mērķis. Tas ir tāds pusaudžu sapnis. Mēs augam kā bērni, kas veido ap sevi liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-16541236068280171622010-03-28T00:27:00.004+02:002010-04-08T02:28:26.289+03:00
Spring... Oh, ain't that a thing.
My spring 2010 is Serbia.
Perfect timing for widening the fissures of my old cocoon, breathing in some truly fresh air and glimpsing at the radiant sun. Both figuratively and literally.
I had the chance to stretch and bend, to stand up and to rethink the realities I know and those I don't know. A whole lot of shaping.
It will all be good. Find some fresh liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-15822075548301603392010-03-15T02:31:00.001+02:002010-03-15T02:37:45.630+02:00reverse psychology"Lost in translation" (2003) by Sofia Coppola
Having seen the film, I now like Japan and the time I spent there more than before. I must admit it is weird how mind deals with images that are brought up from your own recent past but.. a past that seems more as an epic fantasy than something that really happened with yourself. Finding myself smiling at all those little details in the film liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-44951813657628486692010-03-12T22:56:00.003+02:002011-06-11T18:40:38.712+03:00par izvēles brīvībusince 1991, the world has shrunk a little bit. fences are not as high anymore, and houses not as big. and you don't get to think anymore what you are going to be when you grow up. mad. ieraksts facebookCilvēki vienmēr ir tiekušies un tiecas pēc tā, ko īsti nevar dabūt. Īpaši pēc visāda veida brīvībām. Un te nu mēs esam - brīvības ierobežoti. Pats vari izvēlēties, ko dzīvē darīsi. Pats arī tad liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-52236333163561426782010-03-07T02:05:00.002+02:002010-03-07T02:30:18.320+02:00spēksšķiet, jebkurai slinkā dzīvnieka cilvēka darbībai ir nepieciešama motivācija. iemesls, vajadzība un bieži arī iedvesma (tas gan, man šķiet, ir drīzāk tāds plaši lietots attaisnojums, jo visbiežāk jau iedvesma rodas tieši darot). šobrīd, kad kārtējo reizi jūk visādas saceltās ieceru būdiņas, sētiņas un ceļi, kad atlikušas dažādas pārkāpjamās astes, kas izliekas te par milzu pūķiem, te liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-20804172041538784362010-03-01T00:39:00.002+02:002010-09-16T12:49:55.216+03:00streaming through my paris photos [no, i was not just killing my time, i had to find a picture for a friend's study paper] i came to this one. ain't life curious. july '08 and life is still running in circles. or even better. out of the frying pan into the fire. oh well.
nice window-case, though. liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-63861667819426815602010-02-28T00:25:00.005+02:002010-03-01T15:37:07.167+02:00componentsslept really late. hang out with my brother. put on the rubber boots and the huge red hat. it still makes people look back on me. made it through the flooding city. met up with a friend at KID*. once again made fun about high school fun times. agreed on how super extra unstable we feel (well, that's more like my own interpretation). draw a super huge smile on me: she is engaged (!!!) my oh my, liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-85131896529811260152010-02-25T02:19:00.000+02:002010-02-25T02:19:30.669+02:00
something in me just died.
well then, rest in peace.
so tired of all the ghosts.liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-66559896279547657432010-02-24T21:03:00.001+02:002010-02-24T23:29:59.546+02:00roundaboutshey. me's home. and life's so funny. feels just like 10 000 roundabouts. and i thought i was at the exit, so naive.
well, in the end, it's gonna lead me somewhere. stay tuned.
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nemiera gars ir viena baigā padarīšana. šķiet, ar miera stāvokli šis diez ko labi nesadzīvo. loģiski jau, protams. tad nu būs vēl ašpadsmit distances jāmēro līdz liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-20572775705063712972010-02-13T23:46:00.000+02:002010-02-13T23:46:08.810+02:00uhm. back in riga for a few days. been wanting to share this one for quite a long time already.
may you get there.
liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-77995928018744121532010-02-06T01:14:00.001+02:002010-02-06T01:18:00.581+02:00come clean / reabilitācija.tātad es, kam ir tieksme uz pārlieku biežu jauno lapu šķiršanu, jauno dzīvju sākšanu, jauno iespēju rītu meklēšanu un tā tālāk un tā vēl aizvien un joprojām.. reabilitējos.
pirmkārt, man savā būtībā trūkst patiesīguma, īstenības un latviešu valodas.
otrkārt, nav jau nu galīgi tā, ka visa mana dzīve nu kļuvusi par portugāļu ziepju operu, pēc kā tā te tik ļoti un bieži izklausās. gadās, lūk, šādi liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482608342128688831.post-72001329250488138862010-02-02T15:48:00.000+02:002010-02-02T15:48:30.174+02:00yea, yea. each day seeing the world from a new(er) point of view.
freakin politics. it has me.liig.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240458173501288noreply@blogger.com0