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2 Years!

Tuesday, 1. April 2008, 22:19:51

Nop, you ain't clicked on the wrong link, you really are at Volkuro's blog!

And what happened here you ask?

Well, it's my 2nd year blog anniversary!!

and what a better way to celebrate this Operanniversary than by revamping my blog

So take a look around! Look at my new presentation photo, my new tag icons and my new handmade avatar too...

(Ok you can't see the final result yet because, on this April's fool day, I'm a "Lion" but you will see it as soon as this zoo leaves the OC!)

BTW this new ethereal creature will be, from now on, officially called a Volkuro.^tm

For those who thought “Volkuro” was a clumsily misspelled version of Björk's song "Vökuró" you are way out of track!!!

Argh...Where is this :telling truth: smilie
when you need it?
....mmm....Ah! There it is :

And please also answer my new pole, discover some fascinating blogs in my sidebar, visit all my blog's tabs...

2 years, wow! Nearly 400 posts and over 150 000 visits.

Many things have changed in my life in these two years and when I look at the evolution of my blog's design through out those years, from the really dark green original design to this golden honey clearer one, I think I can conclude that my life evolves in a good way.

What stands out for me the most when I look back at my two last years of blogging are not all the ridiculous and embarrassing things I've done to amuse you guys like trying to interest a wild duck with a dollar-store-plaster-white-painted-unicorn or record myself singing “In the Jungle” or buy a cake and light two candles on it because it's my blog birthday! No, what stands out for me the most are all those encounters I had with many wonderful and generous persons over those years. And it has come to a point where when I hear international news, a large group of countries have now a human face link to it. Sometimes, it's not exactly a face, more a person's history but anyway, it has given to the entire planet a familiar side and I can only see a positive side to it.

So thanks everyone who has welcomed me in their virtual lives and thanks to Espen and the gang to make it possible and at the risk of disappointing you, I think you will be stuck with me for many more time!

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Circle Line

Friday, 28. March 2008, 00:23:43

music, Van Gogh, fatigue, me

Fish - Circle Line.M4a

Just another day on the circle line, losing myself as I follow signs,
Beneath the surface underground I keep my feelings deep inside.

Just another face in another crowd, taking my place wihtout a sound,
I follow strangers blindly through towards the so familiar doors.

Just another day.

I always depart but I never arrive, never a moment passes by when I feel
I'm not treading water in a sea of drifting souls

No way out, there's no escape, running blind and running scared
And the cctv cameras track my movements in the maze,

9 to 5's the only time I try to kid myself that I'm still alive,
That I'm living out the dream to earn my freedom from this rat race
Where all I do's survive, I live the lie, I serve my time.

The cicrle line.

Just another day, just another day, just another day,
Just another day, just another day, just another day on the circle line.

The circle line, on the circle line.

Navigator, need a navigator, a navigator, need a navigator

©Fish

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Random news

Sunday, 17. February 2008, 00:48:51

me, blathering, snow, life ...

First: Valentine's day(night)

Like most of the single people, I hate all those commercial celebrations so I could have gone without life's little ironic pleasantry of waking me up in the middle of the night by the park's alarm system company to learn that the intrusion alarm has gone on. After driving half-awake on snowy and slippery roads I found out that what cause the alarm to activate was the waving Valentines decorations hanged too close to the motion detector.

Oh and how I clearly remember last Halloween when I told the same person who has also decorated the park's lodge back then that she had to be careful about that. Seems I should have explained to her that hanged paper hearts has the same effect on motion detectors than hanged paper monsters...

Note to myself: Don't forget next month to warn her that hanged paper Easter eggs also interferes with motion detectors.

Next: Getting in shape

I have restarted a physical training. Last year, during my trek preparation I was all motivated about it but when I returned from Iceland I didn't pursuit this good habit. I thought that my outdoor activities would be enough to keep me in shape but after I have accompanied a friend to the gym, I realized that I have lost a lot of my muscular fitness. So, since a couple of weeks, I have mixed home training with gym training. My goal: trying to reach my friend's level of fitness and it's a big challenge because she's way ahead of me...

After: Snow

I know that weather is an easy subject and in every northern country it is over talked about but let me tell you this winter is really different than the winter we are now use to see. The average annual snow precipitation is 232cm and so far we have already received 340cm! All the major cities don't know where to put all this snow and it's the same problems for every shoveler. But, like with everything, there is a bright side and evidently, I'm talking about ski! And that is exactly what I will do tomorrow

Oh and of course, the other bright side of a huge snowy winter, great landscapes...

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40 ans!

Friday, 25. January 2008, 11:55:36

friends, Travel, life, world ...

40 years! a round number.

Reaching 20 or 30 didn't change my life very much. Since the age of 17, I've always felt like being 21 or 22 in my body and mind. But in the last two years, visible signs of aging have appeared like permanents wrinkles around the eyes and I don't hear any more exclamations like “Are you kidding? I thought you were in the twenties!” But don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that I'm feeling old. I'm in perfect shape, I don't suffer from any serious disease and I can do almost everything I want. Of course, I can't recover in a flash from a sleepless night like in my teenage years but I have lost this ability a long time ago!

But beyond a few wrinkles and a couple of minor sores, what characterize the most my 40 years birthday is my change of attitude towards life. I've always been a big defender of the freedom of choice, that every life should be lived in the present moment and not for better upcoming days. Why your 27th years should be less important than your 65th? I always believed that no one should compromise on his wellbeing to achieve a financial success. Many great principles of life that, I now realize, have stayed at the blathering stage without any action taken and that is what I want to change. Call it a mid-life crisis or what ever name you want but the feeling is strong and I'm determined to take that direction.

The first step I took is my decision to quit my job at the park somewhere during the current year. The second one was to register myself to do voluntary work inside a humanitarian organization called Casira and the mission I will join will take place in Guatemala. In May, I will attempt a weekend long meeting where the date of departure, length of the trip and all other important informations will be transmitted. The best scenario for me would be to leave in September for 3 months. I will see if it is possible. Since it will be voluntary work, I won't get paid for it, it even will cost me money but I'm convinced that I will return from there with richer human values and an international mission experience that could help me eventually, with my already acquired managing experience, to find a paid job with other humanitarian organizations like CareCanada or Médecins Sans Frontières who hire coordinators for their international missions.

All this may look a bit idealistic but that is why I start with a voluntary work in Guatemala. I may turn crazy after 3 weeks, living with 30 to 60 people in the same “casa” sharing everything but if it is the case, I'll stop asking myself if I can do it. At least, I will know and move to something else. But now is the right moment in my life to try it. I'm single, I'm healthy. It's obvious that I will miss some of my close friends but in our today's whirling lives, everyone is so busy anyway that we never have the chance to see the people we love as much as we would like to.

Speaking of friends, 16 of them has been invited to come to my place tomorrow to celebrate my 40 years birthday. But this party will also be the first official planning meeting of an ambitious project that has originated 2 years ago around a table decorated with a few alcohol beverages which is to all celebrate our 40th birthday on a beach in the south. With a b-day in january, I'm the first of my group of friends(I'm talking about 20 years and over friendships) that is reaching the 40 years milestone. All the others will reach it during the current year and in November, at the cheapest time of the year to travel south, we would all go for a one week celebration at an all-included resort. However it's far from being done, we all have our lives and obligations. I'm even the first one who doesn't know where I will be then and if I'll be able to go! Although I don't know why, maybe it's because every time we meet the subject comes up, but I'm quite convinced that it will work out...

Ok that's a long enough post!

Now... where I will sit 16 persons in my small apartment?...what if some of them come with their kids?

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Busy

Friday, 18. January 2008, 02:08:29

winter, me, photos, opera community ...

Hi everyone, just a quick post to let you know that I'm still alive but simply too busy to write on my blog. Working 6 days a week and trying to get the most of this great winter in my free time by doing as many winter sports as I can, it leaves me little time to visit my opera friends but I'm sure you understand.