Three November 9th´s

November 9th, 1918, Philp Scheidemann declares the first german republic.                                                                                                  November 9th 1938, HerschelGrynszpan had killed a german Embassy employee, thus initiating the Reichskristallnacht.                                                                                                                                                   November 9th 1989, in an press conference a GDR official annouced accidentally, that all frontiers to the west are open. This became the end of the iron curtain. Laters Pilgrim

My first wake - Update

This morning at 10 I did, what Sam´s Mom asked, the first wake, as I was his best friend. Maybe some of my catholic friends might know the proceedings. It was a bit weird to sit at the side of the open coffin. I had taken my Biology papers w/me to have a bit of distraction, along w/a tablet of bromeazepame for my nerves.But I hardly came to read more than a couple of pages. Never I shook so many hands of mostly strangers attending the wake, or just briely visiting. Must depend on the family´s social status. Came home like half an hour ago, a bit bummed out, drowned by some Calvados and fed w/roastbeef sandwiches....Thx to all of you who gave me their condolences. Tomorrow at this time is the funeral at Cimétiére Montparnasse. Laters Pilgrim

Sam est decéde

earlier last morning I greceived an mail from his mom, that Sam died! He was 24, an aspirimg young man who once wanted to be a lawyer! May The Allmighty God have mercy to his soul. Don´t pity me, he never was in here. But please understand, that I will now abstain a while, exept for a post I owe s/body special to me!  Laters Pilgrim...sry Adi, not now!

Famous tombs for All Souls

While most catholics remember their deceased on All Saints, the official memorial day is Nov.2nd. For this reason I looked up some pics of reknown artists deceasesed and buried in Paris. Enjoy the beauty of their tombs. Laters Pilgrim...and please comment, my last post was oviously worth nothing.

Misunderstandings and a win

Well, yeah, Benni and Davey have deeply miinterpreted my las post in the comments. You both weren´t meant! The ones who were prbly noz noticed, Anyway, you both migh see you in the bull and me as the torero, executing the Pase de la Muerte! :-) I´m an afficionado of bullfighting. ...Tonight or rather late afternoon we have beaten Reims 35 - 18, with 15 pts. from me! YAY! ...So, that it´s in a nutshell, tomorrow I travel a bit to visit my family graves, since we have Tous Saints! Laters Pilgrim...@Merche, answer to you is included! :-) You are not too old!*hugs*

Best online friends

Is there s/thing like that? Yep! I found one, you would not believe I know him, then I found a lovely friend from our community, who is a really nice, lovely boy! He´s irish(sry.Jamsey) and goodlookingness on two legs! ...then a response to Doomed´s post, hope I get it under the txt! Well, I try!

Al hayat halwa

No, we lost against ENA 13 -24, though I had a dramatic run in the last minute to a down! :-)  Today I had a socalled homeday w/my Gf.,watching "Faux Confesseur", a german movie, on DVD, and later, we started cooking binner, Dessert at first to let it cool out, then we made Dolma, Kefta au boulgour and for dessert we had Icecubes. On special question, here the recipe; 4 blades of Youfka(very thin dough, you can buy it in all oriental groceries), Youfka blades, 4-6 egg whites, 3-3 teaspoons of powder sugar, 2 soup spoons of sesame. Beat the egg whitrs till stiff, add powder sugar, Meanwhile, roast the sesame in a hot dry pan(Iron recommended) for a minute, care not to burn them to black! Then add them to the egg whites sugar cream slightly. Bring the Youfka blades in a pyramidal form, fill in the cream. Preheat oven((Gas 4-5,E 160C), then put yout then pyramides in for not longer than 10 minutes, they must not take too much color. Let them cool off, cover with powder sugar, serve. A fitting drink would be a Cognac or Arrak.Bon appetit!  Laters Pilgrim

Why not?

First post in a week that didn´t mention Sam, but training routine, and what? Zero comment! ...excuse me, that my life doesn´t revolve around Sam, but is exactly what one calls thee life of the boy next door. ...So, today I received my doctorates theme: phisics et maladies d´un cerveau Alzheimer. But I still do my reseach at the institute Pasteur, pays the gas for my car. :-)  Laters Pilgrim...and please, comment! :-)

Strange day

We had another traning unit today, this time in plan rain and a bottom field that was so soggy, we almost sunk in! Then the organizers decided to close the roof they have! How funny!!! But it was worth it, since ENA is one of the best teams in the univesity-ligue! Adam is out toninite, so no online-chat. :-( But who remembrs "Lizzie McGuire" must kn ow him at least at a younger age! :-) Tadah Pilgrim

My life goes on

During the days since Sam´s attempt I had a bit of a hanger, but I found some new, cool friends online and irl. We talked, I went to hospital w/his mom, but all we saw was a vegetable w/breathmask and infusions, but in coma!  The fun today was, that my rugby-team learned, that our usual field was occupied by the organizers of a smaller inline contest on sunday. So we drove to the Stade de France to train there. So I´ll have a full w.e. with a match vs. ENA on sarurday and this contest on sunday. The other times I talk to Adam pm or dm, irl. w/my Gf., Rafiq and for tomorrow I have an appointment w/the psychologist, who helped me so well to cope my Grandma´death. Last, but not least thx for your advices on Sam. We´ll see what comes out of it, when(if) he wakes up. Laters Pilgrim...p.s., sorry that I didn´t comment much these days.

Bad news (not about me)

When I looked at my V9 at noon, I had an email to sms on it. I opened it and it read "Au révoir mon amour, jr te souhaite seulement le meilleur.Sam" At first I didnt realize what this could be about, and tried to call him on his celly,no response. Then I tried the homephone and got his mom. Sam has attempted suicicide by drinking 3(three!) bottles of Wild Turkey the other day. He is currently on the intensive care of La Salpétriére, in critical condition. The call was brief and since even my 98 of 100 result from the test become unimportant. It took me ages to txt this post, let alone to send it. Anyway, now it´s done. Here you go!  Laters Pilgrim

Update 2

Paety!!!! But I don´t deink that much! I love my liver! :-) Tadah  Pilgrim

Update

I won my qualification run over Ali Hooi, my Bro. came in 3rd. More later. Tadah Pilgrim

Hi from Liverpool!

Yep, Iam in the non €-Land UK! Weather is rather ´kay, but hotel is is great, mini bar, free WiFi, room service. Only a citymap is not yet available. But the flight was fine and almost free, because I still had some forgotten freemiles! :-) ...Well, Ali Hooi is just arrived, so We will leave to find a decent bar, since Baz never reseponded on my pm. :-ppp ...@Merche, what questions? Plz., giv´em to me as one post! :-) Laters Pilgrim...enjoy your W.e.!

The test, upcoming

I made a group of  co-students learning w/me. It was a nice though weird time. This one guy stared at me in way evetrybody must have recognized. How painful! I feli like nude and nobody was helping me out. Only on girl made up her mind and asked him plainly, if he was gay, he said yes! She was shocked, it was her crush, I was the same, cuz I considered him straight. How weird can it get? I´ll concentrate on my zest in Microbiology tomorrow, not on possibly gay boas. My career is more important! Tadah Pilgrim...and then who knows Devon Sawa , or Adam Lamberg of "Lizzie McGuire"?

Que tal en los tiempos?

A question, my trainer asked us teamers today. We did hardly knew answers. Does anyone know one? Next wek the training will be led by some algererian guy, because our Spaniard goes pro.Anyone wanna change w//me?Val met me after training and we had some late dinner at an algerian restaurant. ...I mean, I´m happy w/what I do, but isthis all in my life? I feel confused. Some advice? Laters Pilgrim

Home again!

It feel so good to sleep in my own bed again, having breakfast w/my roomie going to the institute, seeing all the familiar faces. All I miss are the Ibiza temperatures. Paris is a bit chilly in comparison. But then, cigarettes in Spain are cheaper than here. But there is one thing that will even you make wonder. While you pay 35€ for 200 cigarettes in Ibiza Villa, you pay 38.50€ at the airport duty free. Normally one thinks, they should be cheaper in the duty free, hmm? Anyway, it was fun to see peepz buying them there. :-) ...at the institute they saved my brain Emile in the freezer, so I could work from where I stopped before. It´s amazing how suisse cheese like Alzheimer brains look when you cut them in slices. At the same time I must think of how Alzheimer´s affects humans not only as beings, but the whole body in the end.  Laters Pilgrim...leaving you with a thought

This day in a shell

Early up. breakfast. boat over to Formentera w/lunchbox from my aunt in spe.  and off! then we had a great time at Formentera Beaches. We might be back!B :-)  ...@Merche, I could have told yu, but you wouldn´t have Laters Pilgrim...And thx to James and Lunario for keeping me down!How cheap! :-ppp

October, 8th

Today in 1953, Kathleen Ferrier died of incurable breast cancer, that also affected her bones. But not her great contralto, one of the best singers of her time. Her oevre ranged from Monteverdi to Mahler. She was 44 years old.                                                                                                                                                             On a lighter note we were in St. Eulalia for lunch. The plat du jour was Tomatosoup w/Sherry, Loup de mer en croute de sel aux legumes, Poulet aux ailes and Crema Catalan and a cortado. Very good and not too expensive at 60€ for two, wines included. So, dinner will be just some sandwich. Laters Pilgrim...P.S. I was almost sure, my little remeberance would bring my friend Martin to collaborate on the voal examples to my post on Mrs. Ferrier. Go to his site later to find out. ...PPSS: this is no affirmative action!*lol*

Gosh, how fast!

Bleah! Took me 1 1/2 pitchers of beer and some cigarettes to eventually arrive on my blog, like the same time in hours! Wtf.  does blogger think, what time one has!? It sucks, that ISDN and DSL are not going d´acorrd! Hmmmpf! ...´kay, rant over. ... I got someones mobileno. via Twitter, another follower(thx AEK :-) ). Today we wanted to jetski, but the wages per hour were ridicule, 120€ per hour, eqipment included though. Anywa, we took it and had a great late morning. :-) Tomorrow we´ll go to San Antonio, look if the Cafe del Mar is still open, since we are out of season. All the big discos are closed, even the Pacha, which belongs to a hotel. On the oher hand, there are still local bars/pubs that provide live music. ...Via sms I learnt, that for this trip I have to do reasearch during the french fall vacations, though I have nov.1st and nov 11th off, these are holidays. ...@Merche, 1934 was Greve géneral in Spain and the republik called out war law! You forgot that obviously. :-) ´kay. guys ´n´gals I´m tired and off, I guess.  Laterz Pilgrim

The connected world

I always said, I don´t own a Twitter or Facebook. Well, now I do, and you know what? I now have even Cristiano Ronaldo amongst my followers, as well as Dave Moffatt. YAY! ...on a heavier note, I still work at my uncle´s bar, it´s a bit like payback for lodging and food, but I still can spend more than enough of time w/my Gf. So we were in Figueretas for a bit of shopping for the day, just some bocadillas(bread w/olive oil, ham or salami, and tomatoes) at an alimentario where the proprietress knows me from previous vacations, and some wine. The weather was pretty fine again, so we went to the beach nearby, had lunch, then coffee at a hotel bar were they asked me, how my Dad is. ...This showed me, whatever you do whereever you are, you have to have connections to the world, at least more as when you sit only in front of your PC/laptop. :-) Tadah Pilgrim

Conversion ahead!

No, not me. My Gf. is muslima, a secular one though but nonetheless. After mass this morning she waited until the church emptied and we were alone with the priest. Then, in broken spanish, she asked him, how it is possible to convert to catholic. I was stunned! She never before mentioned this or hinted at it. It was a lengthy talk between the both, of which I was left out like totally. Of course! I already have the religion of my paternal ancestors.*g* But she could have told me before instead like telling me in front of the priest out of the blue. Too bad, John is away. But maybe, just maybe, some of you can give me some advice how to deal with it. Laters Pilgrim

Where is I, hmm?

Sorry, I still can´t arrange pics nicely, so a short explanation. No. 1- 3 are my Uncles restaurant from different angles, the last one is the view from Madrigal over the Yacht - and public harbor to the Castel and Barrio Alto(Dalt Villa as they say here)! ...@Merche; for obvious reasons I don´t put real names of private folks here in full, nor do I put on pics of my family as close-up´s, but most pics of them are close-up´s. ...For dinner we had carée d´agneau aux epices et sauce de port. Very good, my Uncle learnt his job at a former Michélin-star chef.  Tadah Pilgrim, still on location. :-)...p.s., Dave M. follows me on twitter, I am really exited!

What a day!

We´d been in the inferior island, gracies to my uncle leaving us his car. As a little thx we brought him a bottle of "Hierbas Ibiciensas", a yummy liqueur of rural herbs. Oops! He told us that he is a dry alcoholic for 10 yrs. now! If I had only known...Anyway, no big deal, we have it now, and we are even allowed to smoke,if we want to, in his presence. Gosh, he has changed so much thru the yrs. but still he keeps his way juvenile looks from what I remember in my youth. Only his hair recedes more than my Dad´s. And his bartender is an australian born girl, if they all look like her, Australia will have a new brain reaseach Sc.D. in no time! :-D ...Daniel was of course right, that all the places to go are closed now, but we can visit Barrio Alto by Night, a spectale sponsored by my uncle on behalf of the still ongoing celebrations of the 20th anniversary of his restaurant. Hastas luegos! Pilgrim...P.S., I have a lousy wifi, so times of my post will vary.

Ibiza again

Early this morning we(me and Gf.) arrived at Ibiza airport for a nice out of season holiday, no germs, no dutch, no brits so long. Only change, no hotel but my uncles house. Great! Maybe I send you some pics. And after a lengthy nap we were at his restaurant for a nice lunch, Now we  wait for dinner. Tadah Pilgrim...P.S., please comment an my Ittifadah- post!

...and the results

Intifadah

Al Ayrajat

A jordan series about the israeli terror assault on the palestine city of Jenin from 2002. You can find excerpts of it on youtoube. Recommended and Emmy awarded!

Weird day

So, last morning I got to the Instute, did my expeted research on our brain, we named it Émile, after asong from Jaques Bél, a compatriote, who lived in Paris like me. Lunch, more studies, then off to training. So far so good! When I returned home, there was a huge bouquet of fleur de Lys of the expensive kind in front of our appartments door. I looked for a dedication card for Fabrice, and found one for me! It´s been from Val. Now, how gay is that, sending flowers to another boy?! I would like to put up a new poll on this subject. That´s all for now. And please, some more comments as on my last post, it´s not that difficult! Laters Pilgrim

Fab´s. b-day

I took a day off for his birthday, we had another brunch of  the better kind.  We had some clams and cheese, baguette uux ailes etc. Then we did a little comp. which he won(I couldn´t let him loose)! ;-) For dinner we wemt w/my Gf and a girl he likes to Hélene Darrroze, my fave cook and restaurant ealier this eve,., it was a great day for him(as he said). Tadah Pilgrim

Nice day

It was a bright day, and we, Fab., my Gf. and me had an outdoor brunch. Then Fab. and I went a bit rolling, trying some new tricks or altered older ones. I mean, one has to be good because the SlammJamm will be a first qualifier for next years WRC in Tehachapi, Ca. and it´s the last big european contest this year. What comes later is all in skatehalls, where events are necessarily smaller, but you should see the afterparties!:-D                            So long for now, we let the day end watching Lord of the Rings, some chips and redwine. Tadah Pilgrim                      

Winners and an apology

Yep, so we´ve beaten St. Etienne 23 to 17. I had five goals. For me it was the first match of the season for me, after all. We had a little party in our locker room, baguette sandwiches and beer.

This brings me to the apology for the awful typos in my last post. Never have 3 Long Island Ice Teas at happy hour, if you didn´t eat s/thing before.:-) Thus this morning I wondered that I actually received two comments on that crap!Thx!
Well, Torchy tagged me for this game Tyler brought up, but I consider not to take part in it. Sorry peepz, no private info about me in such a condensed form, let alone that I still don´t know how to put txt over a pic or between pics. Laters Pilgrim

Rugby et Val

Val watched my training this afternoon, thuogh I didn´t see him. I was plyaxing rugby! When we finished he waited at the door. We went for a drink and then wen home, So easy, Merchrche! :Es nada de todo a fare!....and for my peepz, we can mae it, being gay, bi like me or whatever,Short one for you, I gotta skate...p.p.ps., Jamsey, if you read me, you might grt me! If noz, oct.16-17 is Rampworx contest at Liverpool! Won´t you come over, m< sweetie? Tadah Pilgrim

A last training

We have a last training for the game tomorrow. A hard gun. We play St. Etienne, who were last years champion. Uummpf!!! Elsehow I had a job to help to develop pics of our brain from last week, but in slices. So, next time, you have pineapple slices, think of me! :-D Bbl. Pilgrim...Anon. from Yugoslavia, thx1 I do not have a MSN nor Skype! Doswidanje!

Don´t congratulate too early

Thx to all who congtratulated me on my lover, but hey! Read, what I had to say about Val before. I´m still thinking about his sort´a proposal. ...Then, there is an interesting discussion on Jason Carwin´s blog, go, read it too. ...I have not much to say tonite, I am tired from a day of work at the institute, and in the skateshop. Laters Pilgrim

A late post - for me

I latelely read so many angry or sad post in our community, that I start to ask me, what the heck is going on. Blake in sheer rage, Torchy disappointed, Rapha gone. What else must happen to make us all, be we bi, gay or whatever, happy or at least calm on current situations, Of cours, I named only a few, but it´s more widespread as I thought. Level down, you w/the minor probs, keep cool you w/the harder probs! I presume you all deserve better, but one can´t have all, we know that, but what does it help? And if anyone who follows me and really reads my blog, may find out, where this rather erratic quote comes from! :-) ...on a much brighter note, I met Val after training, and we went over to him, which seemed quite a drag to me, again half across the city, from 17th Arr. to 8th, then home to 5th. But it was worth it. Now I have officially a lover! Wooah! Tadah Pilgrim...p.s., more tomorrow.