Jakub

boubique @ 2005-01-03T23:34:00

2005-01-04T00:37:16Z

This journal, too, expires
h e r e.

Champagne & Bigos Birthday

2005-01-02T23:40:34Z

Until my 27th birthday, I had no personal development at all.
From the 27th year on will I rate my development..!

Hustle and Bustle

2004-12-30T12:07:21Z

...just about to embark on a c. 1500 km, 20 hour combined (normal and sleeper and then normal again) train ride that was to take me through two major European capitals and to the shores of la Vendee for a celebratory passage into a better New Year,

-the shit hits the fan:
the whole thing is goddamn falling apart, through no fault of the kind (and equally disappointed) organizer himself, but rather the participants' bailing out.

Hmm. Maybe I can return my train tickets? Too late, Mom has already made my pack lunch.
Hmmm. Maybe I should have gone with any one of the invitations and different locations in Poland (e.g. on the Baltic Sea, in the mountains etc.). Or just gone to Berlin for what was yet another option. Or back to London. Maybe I'll just stop in Berlin and crash that party there after all. Or crash something somewhere in Paris.

...and a Very Happy New Year's Eve to you too!

"...Modern Britain: multicultural, racially liberal and anti-immigrant to the core."

2004-12-12T17:26:24Z

A recent poll of the British public opinion included in the latest Economist (11 Dec 2004):

% of respondents saying their neighborhood would disapprove if more people from the following communities moved in:

-Iraqis: c.65
-Pakistanis: c.55
-Romanians: c.48
-Black Africans: c.42
-West Indians: c.40
-POLES: c.25

Had a good (hearty) laugh, I must say. At least the Aussies were included too, in at position No.7 (c.5).

A Few Days in Brussels

2004-12-12T17:14:51Z

Brussels outwardly reminds me not a little of Warsaw - in terms of the "eclectic" (you could even say outright "bordellique" in places) architecture, the badly-paved sidewalks, and the winter "grisaille" combined with considerably colder-than-London temperatures; it also has its share of beat-up cars.

I am therefore counting on the warmth, open-minded-ness and intellect of the people I will be meeting with over the next two days as I try to scout out opportunities and position myself for a possible hop over here sometime in 2005.

Let the Brainwashing Resume

2004-11-18T11:37:06Z

Behold the "new politically correct American culture" (...): on Veterans' Day, "66 ABC affiliates revolted against their own network and refused to broadcast "Saving Private Ryan." The reason: fear. Not fear of terrorism or fear of low ratings but fear that their own government would punish them for exercising freedom of speech"

boubique @ 2004-11-14T22:11:00

2004-11-14T22:11:57Z

WASHINGTON, DC—Pressed for additional troops to police the Iraqi general elections scheduled for January, the Pentagon announced Monday that it will dispatch 30,000 U.S. shopping-mall security guards to the troubled Sunni Triangle region

Mamadou

2004-11-12T13:30:24Z

Emu, CHIRAC evoque les populations et pays amis africains de la France.

The Texas Purchase

2004-11-04T13:16:30Z

http://mena.typepad.com/dollarshort/2004/11/canada_20.html

Did you know October was Queer Awareness Month?

2004-10-26T20:50:41Z

http://www.livejournal.com/community/columbia_u/57442.html

boubique @ 2004-10-26T17:15:00

2004-10-26T16:17:15Z

courtesy of fresch

Oasis Sports Centre

2004-10-23T19:20:32Z

10 laps in 25m indoor pool,
5 laps in 25m outdoor (heated) pool,
30 mins intensive supervised (whew!) abs & back workout

-trying out the "Oasis Sports Centre"* right next to work.
Tired, but what a good tiredness it feels for once...

Promise of better behavioral patterns to come, hopefully..?

*brought to you by the London Borough of Camden, c. £35 full monthly membership instead of the standard £70-and-up range at those private capitalist leech places.

Innerer Kern

2004-10-22T13:42:32Z

ENFP - "Journalist". Uncanny sense of the motivations of others. Life is an exciting drama. 8.1% of total population.

Take Free Myers-Briggs Personality Test

boubique @ 2004-10-19T11:04:00

2004-10-19T10:04:59Z

http://www.hackworth.com/

The Eagle Has Landed...

2004-09-22T19:06:11Z

...in London,
albeit in a rather insufficiently-furnished, -cleaned and -appliance/functional apartment,
lacking most of the simple things we take for granted.
Normal life activity on the premises therefore remains minimal,
life-support still being limited to the occasional fast food meal intake.

I desperately will need to procure the following basics in order to be able to continue with anything at all:
-cereal bowl, plate, spoon, knife (for breakfast purposes)
-new bed and matress and bedclothes (as the ones present are unacceptable)
-new computer and internet connection (for lj, plus general means of communicating with the outside world)
-about a million other things which I have no idea when and how and where-from I will get/transport/install...

The mailbox has been proudly inaugurated by two senders and with two fantastic packages. Keep it coming guys :)Someone still loves and thinks about me, I tell myself. It helps.

boubique @ 2004-08-18T06:48:00

2004-08-19T21:22:31Z

Par souci de simplification (et dans le seul espoir envisageable de reprendre, peut-etre, un minimum d'activite de mon lj), j'ai decide de proceder de la maniere la plus simple, narrant les idees et impressions vecues first-hand, et dans la first degree.

Ainsi suit-il:

1) Je suis dans un vortexe psycho-existentiel;

2) Je viens de faire du mini-moto au Palais du Tokyo;

Last but not least, je rends hommage a jeremie_sfya,

MB

2004-03-27T23:23:08Z

I am crazy about:

http://www.liquidgeneration.com/quiz/images/brian.jpg
To link it (the actual code):

Freedom

2004-03-12T18:36:56Z

As of tomorrow March 13th, I am a free man.

Will have lots of free time too, and so will try to explore the above condition.

Details and reflections to come.

No comment.

2004-03-02T11:21:23Z

http://www.livejournal.com/community/blackfolk/662083.html

"No comment". Just an article by Fred:

http://www.fredoneverything.net/Wunxputl.shtml

...wicked!

2004-02-27T20:23:22Z

...tout de même, je n'ai que 50% des "disorders" en risque éléve.
50-50 c'est peut-être déjà pas mal...
:-)

Disorder	Rating
Paranoid:	High
Schizoid:	Moderate
Schizotypal:	Moderate
Antisocial:	Moderate
Borderline:	Low
Histrionic:	Low
Narcissistic:	High
Avoidant:	High
Dependent:	High
Obsessive-Compulsive:	High
-- Personality Disorder Test - Take It! --

Man Code

2004-02-20T17:00:59Z

Stolen off the livejournal...
Ok, somewhat lengthy, but I liked it(s first few lines) nonetheless.

The Man Code

1. If you've known a guy for more than 24 hours, his sister is off limits forever! Unless you actually marry her.
2. When questioned by a friend's girlfriend, you need not and should not provide any information as to his whereabouts. You are even permitted to deny his very existence.
3. Unless he murdered someone in your immediate family, you must bail a friend out of jail within 24 hours.
4. A best man's toast may not include any of the following phrases, "one time in Montreal", "one time when we were all piss drunk", or "and this girl had the biggest rack you ever saw".
5. You may exaggerate any anecdote told to your friends by 50% without recrimination, beyond that anyone within earshot is allowed to yell out "bullshit!". (exception: when trying to pick up a girl, the allowable exaggeration is 400%)
6. Under no circumstances may two men share an umbrella.
7. The minimum amount of time you have to wait for another man is 5 minutes. The maximum is 6 minutes. For a girl, you are required to wait 10 minutes for every point of hotness she scores on the classic 1-10 scale.
8. Bitching about the brand of free beverages in your buddy's refrigerator is forbidden. But gripe at will if the temperature is not suitable.
9. A friend must be permitted to borrow anything you own - grill, car, firstborn child - within 12 hr notice. Women or anything considered "lucky" are not applicable in this case.
10. Falling on a grenade for a buddy (being the wingman.. taking one for the team..) is your legal duty. But should you get carried away with your good deed and end up getting on the beast, your pal is forbidden to ever speak of it.
11. Do not torpedo single friends.
12. On a road trip, the strongest bladder determines pit stops, not the weakest.
13. Before dating a buddy's ex you are required to ask his permission. If he grants it, he is however allowed to say, "man, your gonna love the way she licks your balls"
14. Women who claim they "love to watch sports" must be treated as spies until they demonstrate knowledge of the game and the ability to pick a Buffalo wing clean.
15. If a mans zipper is down, that?s his problem, you didn?t see anything!
16. No man shall ever be required to buy a birthday present for another man. (in fact, even remembering your best friends birthday is optional)
17. You must offer heartfelt condolences over the death of a girlfriends cat, even if it was you who secretly set it on fire and threw it into a ceiling fan.
18. While your girlfriend must bond with your buddies girlfriends with in 30 minutes of meeting them, you are not required to make nice with her gal pal's boyfriends- low level sports bonding is all the law requires.
19. Unless you have a lucrative endorsement contract, do not appear in public wearing more than one Nike swoosh.
20. When stumbling upon other guys watching a sporting event, you may always ask the score of the game in progress, but you may never ask who's playing.
21. If your girlfriend asks to set your friend up with her ugly, whiny, loser friend of hers, you must grant permission, but only if you have ample time to warn your friend to prepare his excuse about joining the priesthood.
22. Only in a situation of mortal danger or ass peril are you permitted to kick another member of the male species in the testicles.
23. Unless you're in prison, never fight naked. This includes men who aren't wearing shirts. If your buddy is outnumbered outmanned, or too drunk to defend himself, you must jump into the fight. Exception: if during the past 24 hours your friends actions have caused you to think "what this guy needs is a good ass wuppin", in which case you may refrain from getting involved and stand back and enjoy.
24. Friends don?t let friends wear speedos. Ever. Case closed.
25. Fives must be called at all times when getting out of your seat. If not, your seat is up for grabs. However, "house rules" may come into effect, in which case it is left up to the owner of the seat.
26. Shotgun can be called on anything where a shotgun applies., as long as you are in eyesight of the object, or it is at a reasonable time.
27. When picking players for sports teams it is permissible to skip over your buddy in favor of better athletes- as long as you don?t let him be the last sorry son of a bitch standing on the sideline.
28. If you ever compliment a guy's six pack, you better be talking about his choice of beverage.
29. Never join your girlfriend in ragging on a buddy of yours, unless she is withholding sex, pending your response.
30. Phrases that may never be uttered to another man while lifting weights:
"Yeah, baby, push it!"
"Come on, give me one more, harder!"
"Another set and we can hit the showers"
"Nice ass! Are you a Sagittarius?"
31. Never hesitate to reach for the last beverage or pizza, but not both. That?s just mean.
32. Never talk to another man in the bathroom unless you are on equal footing: both urinating, both waiting in line for all other situations an "I recognize you" nod will do just fine.
33. Never allow a telephone conversation with a woman to go on longer than you are able to have sex with her. Keep a stopwatch nearby, hang up if necessary.
34. You can not rat out a friend who show's up to work or class with a massive hangover, however you may: hide the aspirin, smear his chair with limburger cheese, turn the brightness on his computer way up so he thinks its broken, or have him paged every seven minutes.
35. If you catch your girl messing around with your best friend, let your states crime of passion laws be your guide.
36. If your buddy is trying to hook up with a girl, you may sabotage him only in a manor that gives you no chances of getting any either.
37. Before allowing a drunken friend to cheat on his girl, you must attempt one intervention. If he can get up on his feet, look you in the eye, and deliver a "fuck off" then you are absolved from all responsibility. Later on it is ok that you have no idea what his girlfriend is talking about.
38. The morning after you and a babe, who was formerly "just a friend", go at it, the fact that you're feeling weird and guilty is no reason not to jump on her again before there is a discussion about what a big mistake it was.
39. If a buddy has lint, an eyelash, or any other foreign object on his hair or face, under no circumstances are you permitted to remove it. However an appropriate hand gesture may be made to make him aware of it.
40. An anniversary is recognized on a yearly basis, under no circumstances will anything be celebrated in an interval other than a year
41. When using a urinal in a public restroom, a buffer zone of at least one urinal will exist at all times. If the only empty urinal is directly next to an occupied on, then you are still required to wait. (Exception: at a sporting event where a line has formed to use the pisser)
42. When coming to a room which you know is occupied by your friend and possibly another girl, you must knock and wait for an adequate response. If no response occurs, and the door is locked, a 10 minute period is required before knocking again.
43. The only time dicking over a buddy for a girl is legal, is when the girl ranks a 8 or above on the 1-10 scale. (exception: a girl may rank from 5-7, as long as there is oral sex involved).
44. A mans gotta scratch what a mans gotta scratch. This applies to picking as well. Let the man be.
45. No man shall ever watch any of the following programs on TV:
Figure skating
Men's gymnastics
Any sport involving women (unless viewed for sexual purposes)
46. If you accidentally touch or brush against any part of another man below the waist, it is an understood accident, and NO apologies or any reference to the occurrence is necessary.
47. No man shall spend more than 2 minutes in front of a mirror. If more time is required, a three minute waiting period must be allowed before returning to the mirror.
48. Any dispute lasting any longer than 3 minutes will and must be settled by rock, paper, scissors. There is no argument too important for this determining method.
49. No man will ever willingly watch a movie in which the main theme is dancing, and if a man shall happen to view such a movie it is only acceptable if its with a girlfriend.
50. Only acceptable time when a man is allowed to cry:
when a heroic dog dies to save his master.
after being struck in the testicles with anything moving faster than 7 mph.
When your date is using her teeth.
The day Anna Kornikova chooses a husband.
51. If a bet is made, and the challenge is completed, then the bettor may recoup his money by immediately completing a more daring challenge. If he refuses the challenge or chooses not to propose one, then and only then, must the money be paid.
52. Masturbate often. (exception: if your roommate is due back within the hour)
53. If a hot girl shall happen to pass by while you are in an arms reach of your buddy, you must, and will, tap him on the shoulder to make him aware of the babe.
54. A man's shoes may not intentionally match any other article of clothing on his body.
55. No comment shall ever be made to a man about how much he is sweating. In fact, there is no need bring notice to any body part which he may be sweating from.
56. No man shall ever allow anyone to speak ill of The Simpsons or any Rocky movie. (Exception: Rocky V)
57. You have not made any mistake if you find that there are extra pieces after reassembling or assembling an object. In fact, you have just found a way to make that object more efficient.
58. There is never an occasion in which any shirt without buttons may be tucked in. (Exception: when you are participating in a organized sporting event)
59. Unless you are under the age of 11 or wearing a bathing suit,, DON?T wear whitey tighty's. It still escapes all reasoning as to why they even make them in adult sizes.
60. Any object thrown with reasonable speed and accuracy, MUST be caught.
61. No man shall ever keep track of, or count, the amount of beers he has had in a night.
62. Under no circumstances may two non-related men share a bed or anything which can be perceived as a mattress.
63. In an empty room, car, ect., a man can not ask another man if he is mad because he isn?t talking.
64. If you jiggle more than twice, your playing with it.
65. A man shall never help another man apply sun tan oil.
66. The guy who wants something the most is responsible for getting it.
67. If your friend says "Lick my nuts" as a way to put you down, don't try to be funny by saying "OK" and moving your head towards his crotch, two homosexual references in a row are just plain scary...
68. If you say ouch, you are a pussy!
69. It is the God given duty of every man to assist any other man that may be in need of assistance in obtaining every guys dream (threesome with two girls)
70. It is your duty as a heterosexual male to make your buddy aware of any thong sightings in the immediate surroundings, it is even permissable if the girl is butt ass ugly, hey nobody wants to go down alone.
71. There are only three times when its acceptable for a man to say "I love you" to any other man... 1. He's drunk 2. He's dying 3. He's in trouble and it's the only way out of it (which probably means he's drunk anyway)
72. At no time during a conversation with a buddy on instant messenger is either man allowed to send smiley faces to the other. This is simply too gay and it makes you look like a chick.
73. Under NO circumstances are two men allowed to ride together on one motorcycle/moped. (Exception - your ass better be on the way to the Hospital)
74. Never rent the movie "Chocolat" or "A Big Fat Greek Wedding" unless you know in advance that you will be getting at least oral sex in return from the chick you are renting it for. ( Sex is also required to happen)
75. If you are in the other room having monkey sex and you can be heard over the loud television and through a closed door, then every guy in the house is allowed to listen and laugh and use it against the other guy for black mail, extortion, etc. in the future
76. What happens in Montreal, stays in Montreal. Period. No questions asked.
77. It is acceptable to share a bed with another guy if and only if, it is a king-size bed and there are 2 blankets on the bed. The minute you touch in the slightest way, you are officially deemed a Homo.
78. If your buddy gets arrested and is going away to prison it is your duty to buy him soap on a rope.
79. It is perfectly acceptable to use a trashcan for a bong.
* with every set of laws, there are appropriate punishments. If any man shall happen to break any one of these codes, he will be found guilty, and will, for 24 hours from the time of the violation, be considered NOT A MAN. During this time he will not be referred to in any masculine way, and he shall bear the name Princess.

MINDBLOWING

2004-02-20T10:30:23Z

http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/02/19/police.shootings.ap/index.html

http://www.cnn.com/2004/EDUCATION/02/19/learning.english.ap/index.html

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Central/02/19/colorado.football/index.html
(this one, btw, is a "CNN Top Story" complete with video etc.)

Mindblowing.
Ca me donne envie de vomir.

http://www.fredoneverything.net
(esp. cop columns for link N°1 above)
et merci Al-x de m'y avoir initié In The First Place

Bonne St. Valentin!

2004-02-14T19:06:17Z

...just in case you've had enough of all that by tonight, here's a small refresher:

THESE ARE ENTRIES TO A WASHINGTON POST COMPETITION ASKING FOR A RHYME WITH THE MOST ROMANTIC FIRST LINE BUT ... THE LEAST ROMANTIC SECOND LINE

Love may be beautiful, love may be bliss
But I only slept with you, because I was pissed.
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I thought that I could love no other
Until, that is, I met your brother.
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Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet, and so are you.
But the roses are wilting, the violets are dead, the sugar bowl's empty and so is your head.
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Of loving beauty you float with grace
If only you could hide your face.
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I want to feel your sweet embrace
But don't take that paper bag off of your face.
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I love your smile, your face, and your eyes -
Damn, I'm good at telling lies!
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I see your face when I am dreaming.
That's why I always wake up screaming.
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My love, you take my breath away.
What have you stepped in to smell this way?
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My feelings for you no words can tell,
Except for maybe "go to hell".
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What inspired this amorous rhyme?
Two parts vodka, one part lime

dissecting the 9th level of hell

2004-02-11T10:01:38Z

Even with my being an unrepentant sinner (no, no, I actually do repent as all Catholics interminably do or so should, I just don't __________), I had another go at a wholesome morning routine today.

Made it to the pool at 8am, then into work for 9:30. Not half bad, actually. Still, I managed to screw all of that (j'ai envoyé tout ça en l'air) by buying another pack of cigarettes by 11, first one in a coupla days, guess that only makes it worse...

Did not manage to call La reine Anna quite in time for her birthday, better late than never, or so they say. Will try again...

Worse to come, I fear: I just learned that people have arranged to meet at my place tonight for booze & le Bar de la Deutsch again, without even informing me about it. Feels like I'm running a flophouse, dammit. I just felt like chilling tonite but with those luscivious drunkards over again it's bound to go all the way down the hill/down to hell...

There's still hope left at work today before the nighttime damnation sets in. Let's just see now...

Bbbbbbad, baaad to the bone..!

2004-02-11T09:49:53Z

The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Ninth Level of Hell - Cocytus!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:

Level	Score
Purgatory (Repenting Believers)	Very Low
Level 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers)	Very Low
Level 2 (Lustful)	Very High
Level 3 (Gluttonous)	High
Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious)	Very High
Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy)	Very High
Level 6 - The City of Dis (Heretics)	Very High
Level 7 (Violent)	Extreme
Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers)	Extreme
Level 9 - Cocytus (Treacherous)	Extreme

Take the Dante's Inferno Hell Test