Indubitabil, Nu Conteaza.

Și totul a pornit cu o plimbare…

If you think you’ve got the balls and quills… 

You have a way with words that hold people captive. And you don’t shy away from being in the public eye. Then we want you. Give your two cents worth, and we’ll give you a handsome salary and other bright perks. Your name and column will be seen by many around the world. Others have 365 days, you have 365 entries in a year. You get to work with Beck’s and a congenial creative team in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Sounds too good to be true?

A sneak-peek before filling in the blanks…

The spotlight is on you. Divulge everything to us, or tease us with the bare minimum. Whatever you do, be sure to fill in each and every single field. Or you risk giving us a rather patchy impression of you. Here’s a tip: telling us why you are different will set you head and shoulders above the rest.

Be different, be outstanding, be Beck’s. You hold the key!

A principle I should abide by more often.

1) Had my 1st blog back in 2004, when the thing had just started growing in Romania. It came out inspired by Constantin Basturea’s Global PR Blog Week and an interview of Mike Manuel (Media Guerrilla) that appeared in the PRIME Europe newsletter.*

2) Never owned a pet. I’m actually afraid of dogs (and spiders) & allergic to cats. And I couldn’t have the time to take care of them anywayz.

3) Like sushi & marinated raw fish. I could eat those forever. On my prolonged list of likes: Tex-Mex, Italian, anything spicy/ crispy/ sweet.

4) Am a sworn chocolate addict (black, 75-80% cocoa). If rehab didn’t do it, nothing can.

5) Have 7 dresses in my closet I don’t wear anymore. I keep them for what if’s sake. Also, an impressive collection of sweaters & tees, same reason. Thinking of giving them away to charity.

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A disturbing video has come to my attention while browsing the web in lack of sleep. The documentary I found here shows the depravation of the woman imagery in today’s Advertising & Media.

While this is nothing new and has been going on for years, it still is a very cruel portrail of womanhood and the attempt to make us look shabby / “beautiful”  - depending on the marketed object for which that imagery has been used: so fake.

I am a woman, so I feel highly disturbed about how media puts us out in the open and men think that this is how we really are / should be. And the teenage generation extends / prolongs this mistake by taking up unhealthy role-models.

Gah! If only men (and women likewise) had eyes to see beyond that which has been fed to us for years…

Simt cum mi se scurge primavara printre degete. Flori de martie intr-o cafea, printre pleoape amortite si soare. Mult, mult soare. Caldura cu intermitente (f*ck global dimming, global warming & cate si mai cate dezastre secundare ale inconstientei noastre!) plus somn de-a-ndoaselea, dar yeah… I’m still alive.

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Ma simt intr-al saptelea cer si am 9 vieti in aceasta duminica altfel. Vreau sa scriu din nou. Simt ca prind aripi si nu-mi mai pasa cine, ce, unde, cand. Probabil doar pana maine, cand o iau de la capat. But I don’t care no more. Pentru ca am toata viata inainte si clipa asta de care tin cu dintii. Pentru ca e a mea aici, acum. Si nu imi mai permit s-o pierd.

Any challenge comes with payments and rewards. Mine has come in a time when I ain’t fully prepared to respond.

I’m aiming for big things with Unseen Romania, tho I offered it so little of me this past week… Yes, I got feedback from people (thank you, guys!) and I am ready to shape up a strategy. But my body is letting me down and will not take any more stress. I pushed it too far previously so now he’s sending me the bill. My energy levels are low.

How do I cope with this?

Lord knows I tried, so…

Imagine there’s a line between this post and the ones below… _____________________________________________________________________________________

A thick charcoal line that separates “then” from “now”. Or better: make it the color you want. The point is still this: I will detach myself from what’s been said and done so far, to start anew.

It’s not easy, I know. But why wait any longer, when I can do it here and now?

Altogether, the beginning of 2008 brought many changes that haven’t all been for the better. Though, what’s done is done (to put it in a coloquial manner of speech).

And I can’t seem more happy to begin a journey into something quite different from what I’ve done so far, involving a higher responsability and more of my part than any other project I’ve been digging into.

So… Have you seen the Unseen Romania yet?

Preludiu pentru un nou inceput… 

Need to cut all my strings/ and look forward.
Need to back-up my dreams/ and look forward.

Remind me never to walk out the door with my back turned, facing Exit.
As some of you may know, I handed in my resignation just the other week. So 2008 was a clean start: I jumped on board with MyKinda, leaving a few friends behind at Green Pixel. While going for the deal, I took some steps back to assess the damage. (Loss and gain seem fair when widespread on a table.) What I figured in light of these findings is a tad more rainbow-colored, 6 colors that is and with some fine perspective.

Trying to be as skeptical as possible, I didn’t brainstorm any huge resolutions for 2008. (Would probably not keep most anywayz.). But to not completely go against the trend, I drafted out a tiny backup list. Ditch junk food and take up Tae Bo, trek the Globe more, do stuff for the needy, get my own startup going and host Geek Dinner in Romania is the handful of tidbits I could gather.

(I’m shooting for the stars with an extendible ladder.)