The thought of the life...

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"God is a concept, by which we measure our pain." by John Lennon

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the thought of the day

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"while our president was locksmith, no one had to lock the doors..."

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blue october is approaching normal

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very nice! this new album "Approaching Normal", OK, not so new, but new to my ears really is good. softer beats are not something I would expect from this band, but to tell you the truth, I like it.
lyrics are great as usual. so, no change from that aspect. for now,I believe songs "should be loved" and "kangaroo cry" will most likely have 5 star rating on my iPod. in my opinion, blue october is approaching normal! :P

So this is Christmas?

Ok, this is video I made last year. But please take a look, and think about it... Just so you know, I remain commie!

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5 months since last post...

I don't even know where to begin. Tons of stuff happened since I posted the last post. So yeah, like Andy Williams would sing: "Where do I begin, to tell the story...".
Like I said, many stuff had changed. US & A has new president, and as they like to say, he's first African-American to become president. Beginning the 20. January, he will be 44th to occupy the White house. "Yes we can!", or shall I say "yes they can". I can't tell you how much the whole thing annoyed me, the electoral campaigns of both candidates, with very low and for my common sense not approved "dirty messages" about the opposite candidate. It's something we are not used to back home. You would never see such "commercials" about other candidate approved by the one who payed for it. Why wash dirty laundry first person, when you can have (probably) payed journalists do that for you. HA HA HA... Well don't take this as it's the way it is, I just believe back home we do it more "smooth". Why would you accuse other candidate of being Muslim, when some public newspaper journalist, can do that for you. :)))
Anyway, the race for president of US & A is over. Mr. B. Obama kicked Mr. J. McCain's ass, even though I thought people in this country are still too much of a racist to be ready for this step. Well, if you let a black man vote before you let a woman vote, then you know that something is going terribly wrong with the country. No, I'm not a racist, even though I love to tell jokes based on the American stereotypes. I just don't see why a man has more credit then a woman. It's probably the "wrong" way I was raised. My parents would always try to encourage me to think critical. Don't judge people based on the way they look, skin color, type of dress, the way they speak......... I could go on and on. I might grow up in too liberal environment, but I don't think I really had an option. :) I'm the mix of little bit of everything Yugoslavia had in days when we were one country. So yes, it' pisses me off big time when they say "the first African-American"... what happened to white half? I guess Americans are still stuck at that 1% rule... which in short means if u ever had some black blood, you automatically fall in category black. Which brings me to question what am I... Slovenian? Serbian? Croatian? To me, it's just funny how people would like to make it all "straight-clean". I like to erase that strictness with: "I'm Yugoslavian.". Even though, country as federation doesn't exist for almost 18 years now. Funny ha? Well, to me it is. I love my mom, and I love my dad. And let me tell you, I'm careless from which country their parents come from. I'm gonna love them anyways.
I never really finished my Obama thought. Yeah, I would vote for Obama. Not because he's black, but simply because his plans for future of American working class actually make sense to me, even thought I would always cheer for the Soviet guy in movie of Rocky Balboa. :)))
Anyway, I'm glad this whole thing is over. Let's home my man B. Obama will at least try to do what he promised... especially for the class I'm most concered about, working middle class, which I believe was left behind in past elections. All I ask my American readers of this blog... just give it some time, it takes some time to see changes...
YES, YOU CAN!

P.S.
Happy birthday Sonja! I hope you have a hack of the year! Good luck with your plans... Hope I get to see you here sometime soon. Should be nice to have you here for a visit...

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Just let us be...

There are some things I can't and don't want to explain. I don't expect anyone (but her) to understand that somewhere far away from here I saw stars. The stars I could finally reach, even though they would appear and shine only when she would turn the light off. Yeah, she's definitively the one to understand what I'm talking about. You don't know her, so please don't try to tell me she's going to change, don't try to convince me that she's gonna go wild... Just so you know, she already is wild... :)
I really don't expect anyone to understand it, but when:
With her around, the horizon seems wider.
With her around, world makes more sense.
With her around, words get deeper meaning.
With her around, nature becomes more clean.
With her around, snow becomes more fun.
With her around, the map to universe appears.
With her around, thoughts make more sense.
With her around, mornings are something to look forward to....
And I love her!

Home sweet home...

Ljubljana, 26.May 2008
After quiet and nice little goodbye at Newark airport in New Jersey, and almost 8 hours I landed in Frankfurt, Germany. As you can see, I welcomed myself with a cold can of Beck's beer. Yeah, having beer at the airport, without hiding it from public sure did make my day.
It took me few more hours to wait for my flight to Ljubljana, which had a little delay, but it was all good. No biggy...
So..... I'm home at Ljubljana's airport, waiting for my bags... and when I wanted to rush out, two customs officers stopped me:
C.O.: "Do you have anything to declare?"
B.B.: "No."
C.O.: "What is the destination you're coming from?"
B.B.: "US & A, why?"
C.O.: "We are going to check your personal baggage and other bags."
B.B.: "Sure, sir, help yourself."
C.O.: "I'm sure you have some iPhones with you."
B.B.: "Really? Please find those for me. Because I can't seem to find them."
C.O.2: "Look, there is the guy who works in customs IT... He must be waiting someone."
B.B.: "Yes, he's waiting for me, I'm his son."
C.O.2: "Oh, really? That's nice. He's a nice guy."
C.O.: "Sir, everything is ok, you can go now..."
B.B.: "Thank you sir, no iPhones though, ha?"
C.O. & C.O.2: "Have a nice day sir..."
B.B.: "You too, guys. And good luck with iPhones."

That was f**ked up, but it's OK, it's their job. At first I thought my dad set the whole thing, but he didn't. It was still funny though.
And it's nice to be back home.

So this is it...

...school is over... my GPA dropped from 3.185 to 3.148. Which is not that bad I guess, if I take a good look what classes I had. Financial accounting was the biggest pain in the ass. And since I started with F, I'm glad I have C+ after all. Plus, I was registered for 17 credits, which is not much, if you don't play sports. And I know some of you know how time consuming that might be. All in all, I learned many new things this semester. I must mention, that I really did enjoy meteorology class. Thanks to Mrs. Goodman, I understand weather forecasts better, and what all those letters and numbers are.

It's funny how things can change in one year. The 360 degrees spin... I'm leaving tomorrow, and for the first time, I wish I could stay few more days in the land of capitalism. I want to do some traveling. Even though, I spend most of the time with Aimee, I'm 100% sure I need to spend even more time with her, once I come back... if I come back. Well, at least that's the plan. (Don't worry, I still like you, even though your GPA dropped to 3.8 from 4.0... :) effin Brits, they always mess things around. lol )
Anyway... the plan is to see Niagara falls, which I always wanted to see... Let's just hope that interview for new visa will go smooth.
See you all my Slovenian friends next week! Should be fun! And I already have a job set for the summer. Very nice! :) Oh, oh, oh... the book of Goran Vojnovic... is it any good? Anyone?

Almost there...

...it's funny how time flies by?! Two more days and my 4th semester at BCC will be over. There were good times and there were bad times, but all in all, I must say I had a good time.
There were some recent happenings which I really don't want to discuss, but that's life. I hope everything is going to come to the positive balance. And that what life is all about, balance... Right? In little more then a week I'll be back home, probably working my ass of, to earn those "sweet" papers with some value.
I'm looking forward to see all of my friends who I must say I miss pretty a lot. :)) Oh, yeah, Polona and Anze, congratulation! You two know what I'm talking about. For all others, they are engaged. Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii... Nice, nice, nice...
On the other hand, I'll miss my folks here. Especially my basketball crew. So much fun we had. And I must say it felt go damn good to run over the intramural all-star team by 20 points. I really enjoyed that game. I wish we had more of those. Fun, fun, fun! And I must say it feels nice to be able to jump high again. I missed those altitudes and hang time. Who said white man can't jump??? LOL
Well, I can't finish this post without mentioning all the fun I had with my little genius Aimee. It's gonna be a cold lonely summer... :) I wish money was not a problem, and the coast of Europe was a swimming distance away from New York...

Italian peace artist slain in Turkey...

Believe me, there are many things that pisses me off here in US, but this time news comes from Europe. No matter how few persons try to send a message to make a difference in this "effed up" world, there is always some retarded human being, to "eff up" those nice efforts of those few to make a change. In this case, some Turkish guy killed Giuseppina Pasqualino di Marineo, known as Pippa Bacca, who was hitchhiking with a friend from Milan, Italy to Jerusalem dressed in wedding dresses as part of what they called "Brides on Tour." The Web site for di Marineo's project said it was her "dream" to hitchhike across the war-torn areas of the Balkans and Mediterranean dressed as a bride to promote peace.
I really don't want to go in details about what really happened. It's just... it doesn't make any sense!
Anyway, here are some works of Pippa, which I find very interesting... LINK

Spring time baby!

Yes! Finally, spring time... It's nice to see how grass is replacing, for not long ago dirty, muddy and lifeless fields. It's also nice to see more people with smiling faces, sleeveless shirts, shorts, flip-flops (even though it's still too cold for my narrow Euro-minded standards)...
It's funny how few sun rays make such a big difference in this boring town of Binghamton. Even I am excited more about Spring, then I used to be back home. If you'd spend one year in Binghamton, you'd definitively know what I'm talking about. Somehow, the sky is more blue, birds sing happy songs and walking by the river gets more exciting, as Sun reflect it's image more positive, that even cute duck couple find it funny playing "the love story" in a dirty river of Chenango.
Anyways... It's nice to be able to release some stress while outside catching warm, gentle and sometimes dangerous sun rays...
I'll be soon back home to Slovenia. There are couple of things I'm looking forward to, once I reach the land of protests that been going on in all sectors recently. I can hardly wait to buy a copy of book that just recently came out, "Čefurji raus" by my friend Goran Vojnović. I never thought he has as much talent in art as he had in basketball. It's nice to see basketball players (even thought retired) writing books, shooting movies... Respect! As my first coach Vojko Herksel (1959 - 2007) used to say "Basketball is for smart people...". And may he rest in peace.
Back to Goran. I'd like to use the chance to make an advertisement for his book. You can find short part of the book here, so you can get the little taste what is going on. I hope someday this would be translated to English, but it would probably lose the purity of the original. Good luck with your future projects man!

Stuff from past two months...

Pravoslavni Bozic

7.Januar 2008

Bom zacel z: "Srecen Bozic vsem pravoslavcem". Seveda, ne smem pozabiti na: "Srecno novo leto 2008 vsem, s katerimi se nisem uspel videti medtem, ko sem bil za bozicne praznike doma".
Ceprav sem obljubil Ameriskim prijateljem, da bom pisal v anglescini, temu ne bo tako. Ta blog je namenjen nam in ne njim. Vsem zal nikoli ne mores ustreci, tako da nimam zelje, niti volje pisati se blog v anglescini.
Se enkrat hvala vsem, s katerimi sem se imel priloznost videti, preden sem 4.Januarja odpeketal nazaj proti Binghamtonu.
Res je bilo lepo spet videti ljudi na Ljubljanskih ulicah s smislom za modo, Erzeljske konjice, Beograjske decemberske ulice... Kratko a sladko. No, pa sej poletje ni vec tako dalec...
Par utrinkov:

Almost 3 months since last post...

Binghamton, 4.December, 2007

OK, it has been almost 3 months since I last updated this blog... so what has been going on? Almost nothing, I decided to publish posts in English, since some of my friends here in US said, that they have no idea what I wrote in the past. And those who had been to US and A for more then 3 weeks, know how Americans feel when someone speaks other language around them...
So, school and basketball have been keeping me busy most of the time. And in my free time, I try to relax and hangout with my friends here. I met lots of new friends last semester... maybe it would be better if I put pictures, so you have more idea what is going on...

A team picture after one of the games in pre-season (October 2007)










My and my national flag... new edition to my collection. Yes, still a Yugoslavian soul...







Birthday party for my birthday... 26 baby!







New season, new number... RIP Drazen!












European connection - Freshmen guard from Denmark, Nicholas Kjaerholt & me before the game





My main Harlem boy - Tyrek Coleman







Some of BCC basketball members...








Milos, Igor, Miladin, me, Borisa & Zoran








And the last one... my main basketball girls... even though little Brittany doesn't play it anymore... Alyssa, Brittany, me & Brittany



Yes, I barely put that T-shirt off... You have to understand, I'm making a statement hahaha...

Interview za Fox40 Binghamton

Vec kot trije meseci od zadnje objave... saj ne da ni bilo casa, vse skupaj je povezano z lenobo in dogodki, ki jih ni bilo veliko oz. niso vredni objave. Tale vcerajsnji vsekakor je, in mislim da je odlicen zacetek bloga v novem solskem letu... Je prevod potreben?
Clanek in video:

Virtual Communication Boost International Numbers
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Bojan Burnac may be thousands of miles away from home in Slovenia, but in the international office at Broome Community College, he says he's home.

More and more students like Burnac are calling this office home, when they come to BCC.

"It's a good start with small classes the teachers can focus on you and they're nice," says Burnac.

According to college administrators, international student numbers are up by 16-percent this semester compared to the spring and over the last five semesters it's jumped 77-percent. A jump that administrators attribute to foreign students' respect for degrees from New York state colleges, and the efforts of international recruiters.

"We help students get here. we smooth the process. It can be overwhelming to get your passport and your visa and move to another country. We try to make it as easy as we can," says Dr. Laurence Spraggs, the president of BCC.

And one thing that makes that process easy: the internet, especially e-mail communication.

"It's a huge recruitment tool because it's easy it's fast and it's convenient for everybody. And everything is done in writing and it's clear and that helps a lot with immigration regulations," says Beverly Plowucha, the International Student Counselor at BCC.

But Burrnatch will soon have to find his niche somewhere else next year when he moves on the from college that gave him his start. For him, it's a good start to a new beginning.

Prelepa Ljubljana (bil je ze cas)

OK, trije tedni so ze od zadnje objave... Glava je spet na mestu, casovna razlika tudi.
YUHU!

Se zadnji izpit...

Uf... naporno, naporno, naporno... celo noc nisem zatisnil oci, da bi lahko danes pisal o heroju mojega otrostva - Gagagarinu, o sosedu Musollinuju in esej o Hladni vojni. Ha! Se dobro da mam kaj pisat o neuvrscenih na celu s tovarisem Titom...
Zivel tovaris TITO! :)
Jutri torej se zadnji izpit semestra... Makroekonomija... Zivel socializem :))

Upam da tega ne bo prebral profesor, saj smo namrec poglavje na njegovo zeljo izpustili! Ni cudno, da so tako zaljubljeni v kapitalizem, ko pa ze +50 let spuscajo poglavje v knjigi, ki opisuje socializem. Na drugi strani, pa je zanimivo stevilo profesorjev in studentov, ki si ne pustijo prati mozgane... majice tovarisa Che-ja niso redkost, prav tako ne "srp in kladivo". Levicarji pac :)))

Balasevic

Danes, mi je na uho prisla novica o locitvi (meni) velikega humanista in razumoljuba (ne vem ca ta beseda sploh obstaja; ce ne, jo bom predlagal za uvrstitev v SSKJ) Djordja Balasevica in njegove soproge Olivere.
Naj se bolje izrazim, to je moj odgovor na provokacijo, ces "tvoj idol se locuje"...
moram dodati, da nimam idolov. Idoli kot skupina iz osemdesetih so bili vrhunska zasedba, da pa bi imel v zivljenju idole in jim brezglavo sledil... nope... idoli so ovira, samo nebo je meja, ne?
Objavljam odgovor Olivere na novico v rumenem tisku:

"Ne dodiruju nas tracevi" kaze Olivera Balasevic.
Mnogi nas pitaju da li je istina to sto se prica po zutoj stampi (da se Djole i Olivera razvode). Nije prvi put da mediji izmisljaju ovako nesto, ali kome je potrebno, pa evo odgovora iz prve ruke:
- Đoletovu pauzu šso se tice koncerata i pojavljivanja u medijima neki su iskoristili za kalkulacije i traceve. To nema veze sa istinom - rekla je Olivera Balasevic u razgovoru za „Blic“, nasmejavsi se na price da se ona i Djole razvode.

Hvala fantom iz www.balasevic.net

Andra in njen Jazz show

10/Maj/2007
Na faxu ponujajo ure razlcnih plesnih stilov (Jazz...), sportnih panog (odbojka, lokostrelstvo...), ki stejejo kot ura (dejansko imas dve uri tedensko) telovadbe, ki jo mora vsak student obvezno imeti vsako leto.
Andra nas je povabila na zadnjo uro njenega Jazz razreda, kjer so nam pokazali kaj so se naucili... (celo enega fanta so imeli v skupini; kar je pod povprecjem, vsak semester sta namrec v povprecju vsaj dva v skupini)
Utrinki...

Sani in njegov drugi Final 4

6/Maj/2007
Medtem ko se je Sani potil na finalni tekmi zakljucnega turnirja cetverice v Grciji, smo mi praznovali rojstni dan od soigralca Jonathan-a Edwards-a. Naj povem da sem porabil kar veliko casa, da razlozim svoje veselje ob Sanijevem uspehu...
...verjetno bi vsak cudno pogledal (tudi oni so), ko bi pritekel iz sobe in vpil "He finally did it!" :))
J.Edwards je dopolnil 20 let, Sani pa je v drugem poskusu osvojil naslov evropskega klubskega prvaka...
Cestitke obema!
(Skupinska slika posebej za Sanija! haha)

To my best friend Sonja!

BCC varsity VS. BCC intramurals

4/Maj/2007

V petek, smo odigrali tekmo proti ekipi tipckov, ki mislijo da so najboljsi basketasi in se ze celo leto hvalijo kako bodo premagali uradno ekipo sole... tudi letos jim ni uspelo, tako da je skupni rezultat teh dvobojev 20:2...
Zmagali smo z 98:78... Kdo bi si mislil, da bo tako easy, pa tako so "dobri" :)))
Slike so narejene po tekmi...

United Colors of Benetton

4/Maj/2007

No comment...

Kdo je BOJON? :))

Niti ne vem kje naj zacnem... ko je bilo tole sporocilce vroceno v roke (medtem sem pospravljal stvari v torbo, bilo je namrec konec predavanja), sem ga odlozil na mizo, zaprl torbo, oblekel pulover, slusalke v usesa (Jarvis Cocker - From Auschwitz To Ipswich)... na poti v knjiznico, odprem listek...
prvo sem mislil, da mi ponuja kaksen "summer job" :))
vsebina:


Wooow?! :))) Pa sm ze mislil, da v Ameriki furajo edino Tom Cruise oz. TOP GUN pristop haha... svasta!


P.S.
Se dobro da grem domov cez poletje! :)) aja, naslov in stevilko sem namenoma zakril, da ne bo prislo do zlorab :))