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Saturday, January 10th, 2009
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Susheela and Marianne
Saturday, January 10th, 2009We had the great pleasure to end 2008 with two beautifull ladies. Susheela Raman came to sing for New Year Eve and Marianne Faithfull enjoyed her brithday party near the sea food bar.
They gave a beautifull energy around them. A deep Thanks to both of you.
The Dune team.
Marianne cutting the cake with Susheela
Susheela and Sam
Inventory of normality
Thursday, January 8th, 2009By Paulo Coelho :
I decided to conduct a survey anmong my friends about what society
considers to be normal behavior. What follows is a list I have made of
some of the absurd situations we face in day-to-day life, just because
society sees them as normal.
What society considers ‘normal’:
1] Anything that makes us forget our true identity and our dreams and
makes us only work to produce and reproduce.
2] Making rules for a war (the Geneva Convention).
3] Spending years at university and then not being able to find a job.
4] Working from nine in the morning to five in the afternoon at
something that does not give us the least pleasure, so that we can
retire after 30 years.
5] Retiring only to discover that we have no more energy to enjoy
life, and then dying of boredom after a few years.
6] Using Botox.
7] Trying to be financially successful instead of seeking happiness.
8] Ridiculing those who seek happiness instead of money by calling
them “people with no ambition”.
9] Comparing objects like cars, houses and clothes, and defining life
according to these comparisons instead of really trying to find out
the true reason for being alive.
10] Not talking to strangers. Saying nasty things about our neighbors.
11] Thinking that parents are always right.
12] Getting married, having children and staying together even though
the love has gone, claiming that it’s for the sake of the children
(who do not seem to be listening to the constant arguments).
12ª] Criticizing everybody who tries to be different.
14] Waking up with a hysterical alarm-clock at the bedside.
15] Believing absolutely everything that is printed.
16] Wearing a piece of colored cloth wrapped around the neck for no
apparent reason and known by the pompous name “necktie”.
17] Never asking direct questions, even though the other person
understands what you want to know.
18] Keeping a smile on your face when you really want to cry. And
feeling sorry for those who show their own feelings.
19] Thinking that art is worth a fortune, or else that it is worth
absolutely nothing.
20] Always despising what was easily gained, because the “necessary
sacrifice” – and therefore also the required qualities – are missing.
21] Following fashion, even though it all looks ridiculous and uncomfortable.
22] Being convinced that all the famous people have tons of money saved up.
23] Investing a lot in exterior beauty and paying little attention to
interior beauty.
24] Using all possible means to show that even though you are a normal
person, you are infinitely superior to other human beings.
25] In any kind of public transport, never looking straight into the
eyes of the other passengers, as this may be taken for attempting to
seduce them.
26] When you enter an elevator, looking straight at the door and
pretending you are the only person inside, however crowded it may be.
27] Never laughing out loud in a restaurant, no matter how funny the story is.
28] In the Northern hemisphere, always wearing the clothes that match
the season of the year: short sleeves in springtime (however cold it
may be) and a woolen jacket in the fall (no matter how warm it is).
29] In the Southern hemisphere, decorating the Christmas tree with
cotton wool, even though winter has nothing to do with the birth of
Christ.
30] As you grow older, thinking you are the wisest man in the world,
even though not always do you have enough life experience to know what
is wrong.
31] Going to a charity event and thinking that in this way you have
collaborated enough to put an end to all the social inequalities in
the world.
32] Eating three times a day, even if you’re not hungry.
33] Believing that the others are always better at everything: they
are better-looking, more resourceful, richer and more intelligent.
Since it’s very risky to venture beyond your own limits, it’s better
to do nothing.
34] Using the car as a way to feel powerful and in control of the world.
35] Using foul language in traffic.
36] Thinking that everything your child does wrong is the fault of the
company he or she is keeping.
37] Marrying the first person who offers you a position in society.
Love can wait.
38] Always saying “I tried”, even though you haven’t tried at all.
39] Putting off doing the most interesting things in life until you no
longer have the strength to do them.
40] Avoiding depression with massive daily doses of television programs.
41] Believing that it is possible to be sure of everything you have won.
42] Thinking that women don’t like football and that men don’t like
interior decoration.
43] Blaming the government for everything bad that happens.
44] Being convinced that being a good, decent and respectful person
means that the others will find you weak, vulnerable and easy to
manipulate.
45] Being convinced that aggressiveness and discourtesy in treating
others are signs of a powerful personality.
46] Being afraid of fibroscopy (men) and childbirth (women).
47] And finally, thinking that your religion is the sole proprietor of
the absolute truth, the most important, the best, and that the other
human beings in this immense planet who believe in any other
manifestation of God are condemned to the fires of hell.