.:.Callitoes Collectanea.:.

I had had so much fun… Like the other days: with the Erasmus people and some nice others… And then, I went to see those flowers he had told me about -they were beautiful indeed- and when I turned to start my way back home and took my mobile phone to check the time, a bl**dy &%&$% petty thief in a bicycle took it out of my hands…

I ran like mad after him for almost a minute begging him in Polish, English, Spanish and even Italian to give it back to me, but he was a brainless young devil and didn’t give a damn to what I was shouting at him…

There were a few other people in the street too, but they didn’t seem to give a damn either…

There was a moment in which I broke and started crying…

I know, it’s just a stupid phone that only contained my over 100 people contact list, my watch, my alarm clock and that was associated to a telephone number I’ve had since 1996, what’s that if you compare it with current world issues? But yes, I cried… It might have been because I felt it as the straw which broke the camel’s back, and in that instant I felt really, really, I mean really miserable… One of “those” moments, yes…

Now everything with my mobile phone is cancelled, so no wonder if you don’t receive an answer if you try to reach me using that way.

(Stupid guy, it wasn’t even one of those bl**dy trendy phones…)

Whatever: I’m getting over it rather quickly, I think.

Anyway, I must thank that someone who let me use his phone later to call home in order to cancel my account, because he was also the one who had talked to me about those flowers…
And I found them really beautiful indeed…

Je me suis très bien amusée aujourd’hui…
Et en outre, le Madrid a gaigné ;).

Je dois m’en souvenir.

From what I can deduce from watching Polish television here (I’m talking about over 10 tv stations, MTV branches included), there’s nothing currently happening in the World with the exception of the Pope’s funerals, and beside that, there has never been any controversial issue regarding JP II. According to what I see, they consider that nobody is interested in knowing that Raniero of Monaco has died, that there have been violent acts in Egypt and Bob knows where else, and that the REAL MADRID-BARÇA IS THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW!!. Oh, and that Charles postponed his wedding (I agree on that: who cares? :P).

I understand those who have faith and believe me, I understand what JP II means for Poles, but I honestly think this is a bit… How to say it?… A bit “too much”. Well, thanks to “that much” I got the determination to revamp a bunch of sites, such as the one you are reading right now: I was getting a bit sick of seeing the Pope everywhere on tv and in the streets.

With all my respect.

If you’d aske me, I’d wish “Cardenal Amigo” would be elected Pope… Yes, I am a happy atheist, but technically catholic in a catholic world so I feel I have the right to have a preference on that issue. Cardenal Amigo, remember that name, it would be a really “interesting” Pope =).

And I’d wish Real Madrid to win that match, although I’m very aware that they are far away from the team they used to be…

Should I say something about JP II’s death?
I’ve already stated my views somewhere round there and anyway I’m sure I haven’t said anything that haven’t been said. All the sime, here’s what I posted in TFL boards in case someone want to judge me on the words I wrote on this issue:

I am currently in Poland, and as a foreigner in here I can see they hold the Pope as a hero as Mick Jagger is for others. With all my respect, isn’t that a bit of idolatry? Maybe it is just the idiosincrasy of these people.
Oh, well, I’d better shut my mouth because the next Pope could be a Spaniard, even a Galician like me (cardenal Rouco Varela) and I don’t know if I could stand such a rush of idolatry in my own country, I’ve noticed that Polish and Galician (Galicia-Spain) people are not so different in many aspects

Anyway, I’d like to comment something related to the relationship Karol Wojtyła had with his home land: if they loved him so much, as I have seen here, why is it that Polish government supported the Iraq War and then Poles didn’t clearly opposed to that having the Pope expressed his opposition to that military action? It was one of the few things in which I agreed with him, but it seemed to be one of the few things Poles didn’t or at least didn’t care too much about…

I recognise again his importance in history, he was elected the year I was born and as a “technical” catholic I’ve followed his evolution. He was the chief of a state, one of the most important states in the World in spite of being the tiniest, and he was definitely one of the most important ones in these state history, but honestly, I don’t find him more decisive/interesting/respectful than some other men and women round there.

I do know that Poles are not so pleased with the government, but as far as I have seen they don’t shout enough. I would help them if I hadn’t a sore throught right now… Ok, stupid remark, but it is true that I can barely speak right now. I’ve got a hoarse, the first one in ages :(.

That’s all so far…
And I hope I’ll find the time to make the revamp I want to do…
Salu2.