nasıl iş yapılmaz, öğrenin benden

Diyet yapanların yediklerini içtiklerini yazdıkları günlükleri gibi ben de bir çeviri günlüğü mü tutsam acaba. Belki ne kadar boşa vakit harcadığımı görüp utanırım da kendime gelirim..

Aylar sonra buraya gelip yazmaya başlamak da çeviri yapmaktan kaçmanın bir parçası gerçi, ama bunu şimdilik görmezden geliyorum. Sevgili İngilizce dilinin en sevdiğim kelimelerinden biri olan "procrastination", yani kabaca "yapılması gereken işi yapmaktan kaçınmak için sağda solda alakasız şeylerle uğraşma durumu" hayat felsefemin en tepesine oturmuş durumda. Elimde değil.

An itibariyle durumum şu: Dün aldığım çeviri tomarına bakıp bakıp iç geçiriyorum ve kahve yapmaya gidiyorum. Henüz bir sayfa hariç bir şey çevirmişliğim yok.

Kahve eşliğinde ilk günün özeti:

• Kalkma-kahvaltı etme-işe başlama arasında geçen anlamsız derecede uzun saatler.
• Kahvaltıyı uzatma amaçlı poşe yumurta yapmaya girişme, suyun kaynama aşamasında kendine gelme ve onun yerine kaynayan suda yumurta haşlamaya karar verme.
• Kahvaltı ederken bari bir şey izliyeyim sonra işe başlarım düşüncesinin beynin "yapma, etme bak" diyen küçücük bölümünü susturması.
• Netflix'de Friday Night Lights izlenmesi, bu vesileyle kahvaltının 3 saate uzaması.
• Bu sırada öğlen olduğu için acıkılması, yemek beklerken 3 gün önce gelen bir başka çeviriyi yarım saat içinde çevirip teslim etme.
• İş yapmanın mutluluğuyla Buzzfeed'de kendini kaybetme.
• Yemeğin gelmesiyle kahvaltı rutininin yeniden tekrarlanması, bir yandan Netflix'e küfredilmesi ama izlemenin bırakılmaması.
• Teslim ettiğim çevirinin ardından aynı kişiden, görünce sinirden kahkaha attığım uzunlukta başka bir çevirinin gelmesi.
• Asıl yapmam gereken çeviri tomarına bir bakış daha atılması.
• Zar zor kalktığım yatağa geri girilmesi, akşama kadar uyunması.
• An itibariyle kalkılması, çeviri tomarına bakılıp blog yazmaya karar verilmesi.

Adam olmam ben yemin ediyorum.

Bi' yeşil çay falan yapayım bari...

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to kill or not to kill a mockingbird

Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to just sit and write. If you had all the time in the world and if you didn't have to waste time at a shitty job to pay the bills, if you had the luxury to sit and take your time and write, would you actually do it?

Or is it just one of those things that we say we want to do but don't have time to, and when we have the time, even just a bit of it, we let it pass by I don't know, playing games on Facebook? Is it one of those things for me, that's what I wonder. Since I can't really talk for the rest of humankind. The part that think about writing, that is.

I recently read somewhere that that's how To Kill A Mocking Bird was written. If a friend of her hadn't stepped up and gave Harper Lee a year's worth of salary and told her to quit her job and write whatever she wants, if that didn't happen, To Kill A Mockingbird wouldn't either.

Which I shamefully admit, I still haven't read.

But anyway, that's not the point. The point is, I like real life stories like this.

It gives me hope, if I need to be really corny about it. Not about the chances of someone giving me a load of money and telling me to write whatever I want. But knowing that most great writers have struggled with the same daily shit all of us do. And they somehow managed to shine through. Not that I'm comparing myself to them, since I haven't really written anything and don't have a ginormous ego that won't let me take that fact into consideration. 

But, why do I think I can't do it? You know? Why the hell not? 

That's what I keep finding myself thinking about lately. 

Monthly favorites: March

Hi fellas!

I'm late for this post, but March has been pretty uneventful (except for my EIT and Dex obsession which I'll be mentioning in a sec) so I didn't have much to write. Besides I'm working and blah blah, you know, life stuff. Anyway, off we go to my unfortunately very short list of March favorites.

Experiment in Terror Series by Karina Halle

This series was another one suggested to me by Goodreads. Seems like I can't manage to read a word without looking it up there. I've read the comments and people were like "You won't be able to read this in the dark", "I dare you to read this alone" etc etc. I'm not a fan of horror reads, I would shamefully admit that I haven't even read one Stephen King novel. But anyways, I got curious. The thing I wonder about these kind of books is how can the author manage to spook you by just writing. I always feel like all those scary movies wouldn't be half as scary without the soundtrack that shoots your nerves to the moon. So, I gotta admit, the books weren't all that scary to me. I did read all of them alone and in the dark, well with a night light so I could see obviously, especially before I go to bed cuz that's when I do most of my reading, and I wasn't attacked by nightmares or such. This doesn't mean I didn't like them though. I actually loved them. Read parts of them over and over again. Had (ok have) a Dex obsession. I'm crazy about the in between books that is written from his POV, and can't wait for the next full novel, Come Alive, that will be entirely from his POV. The relationship between Dex and Perry is madness. You know those scenes in scary movies where you tell off a character for going to "investigate" something instead of getting the heck out of there? Well, that's what they do, over and over again. At a point you ask yourself if they've really lost their minds, till they eventually pull it together and get the heck out of there. And you see the personal Dex/Perry relationship develop more and more with each book and you just fall in love with their banter, and friendship, "harmless" flirting, and just everything. I can go on and on and on obviously, but I won't, so, READ THEM!! 

Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare

Third book of the Infernal Devices series finally came out this March, something I'd been waiting for a while. I love the shadowhunter world, and enjoyed reading the whole story of Will, which will sound familiar to those who read Mortal Instruments series of Cassandra Clare, the here and there mentioned Will of Magnus. But this series still lack something I can't quite put my finger on, though it is in the same world, it isn't Mortal Instruments, or maybe I like Jace too much, I dunno. Still it was a good ending to the series, I liked the bit about Jem, which I won't mention since it'll be hugely spoilery.

Shawn James cover of John Legend's "Who Did That To You"

I saw this link on wimp and listened to it for like a week straight. Really good cover of an awesome song. Which you can find here if you want to listen to the original. I've been obsessed with this song for almost all of March. On that thought, almost all songs in the Django Unchained soundtrack are pretty sweet, if you're itching for something to listen, I'd recommend that also. 

March 17th, 2013 MIKA Concert 

I'm kind of cheating with this one, since Mika isn't a March favorite, he's been a favorite of mine for years. But I kinda loved him even more than before in this concert when he called that fan of him to the stage, the girl who threw a note to the stage, and asked her to play one of his songs. She was so overwhelmed, bless her, so she couldn't play much of anything, but she sat on the stage for the whole song, and they finished it together. It was the sweetest thing I've seen in a while. Who wouldn't love this guy, seriously? Here I'll link a few of my favorite songs, and you decide whether to like him or not.  But the concert was amazing, he really lights up on stage. Though it made me feel pretty old, cuz most of the audience were in their teens, meh.  Anyway, songs: Grace Kelly, Billy Brown, Good Gone Girl, Love Today, We Are Golden, Lollipop ... I can actually go on for a while but let's stop here.

That's actually all I can think of from March. Sorry my writing's kind of weird today, I can't really focus, and I've been listening to Bob Dylan's The Hurricane on a loop for hours, which doesn't help with focusing.

Laters. 

The Legend of Korra News!! and a bit of Avatar geekiness

Hello hello!

I have news! That may be only news to me! But I'm excited!! Can you tell from the exclamation points?!

Ok ok, so last year there was this amazing sequel to an amazing series. Avatar The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra, anyone? Yeah! Though Korra doesn't really compare to the amazingness of Last Airbender, it was still pretty amazing. That last episode is a masterpiece all by itself. But anyway, it ended and I (and friends around me) didn't know if there was gonna be a Book 2. You would know if you've watched it, it ends in a way that could really be the end to the series.

Buut I just found out, there IS a Book 2! There is! It is being made as I type! I should follow the blogs of the creators so I won't be kept in the dark like this again. Tsk me tsk.

And here's a picture from Book 2's color correcting sessions. How badass does Korra look, seriously! Click on the picture and it'll take you to the actual tumblr post of Bryan Konietzko, co-creator of Korra and Last Airbender.

I can't wait, I literally can't!

Because Goodreads decided to be down in just this second I'm typing this post, the Avatar geekiness part will be a little lacking. Anyway, do you read the official comic books of The Last Airbender? There are 3 so far, that tells what happens in between the end of Last Airbender and the beginning of Korra, development of the new republic and all that. The Promise Part 1-2-3 are out, read them if you haven't already! The next issue, which is called The Search, will be out on 20th of March! Less than 10 days!

Here's the cover! It will be about Zuko's search for his mother. An arc about Zuko? Can you wait? Cuz I can't! My inner geek is having a panic attack tonight!

I probably should have put these two in March favorites update, because I still don't have anything for that post, (though I started another book that looks promising), but news can't wait, much like I can't. So there you go, my fellow Avatar lovers..

Let's "can't wait!" till the Book 2 and the new issue.

Over and out.

Monthly favorites: February Part 2

Well hello there!

Once again I'm procrastinating, ahem updating my blog, because I don't have a magazine to translate at all, nope! Fine, I do, but I promised a Part 2 for February and it's been a week since Part 1 already. I'm gonna do my actual work as soon as I finish this post, promise.

Enough justifying, on with the favorite-ing.

Sherlock

I know, I'm way too late for this. I sometimes stubbornly not watch some tv shows. But did you know that there's only 6 episodes and each of them are like 90 minutes? Why can't Brits do their shows in normal schedules? That being said, this show is a-mazing. My brother made me sit with him and watch this last month for a whole weekend, and I sacrificed my back watching it because we just couldn't stop. And holy guacamole, Benedict Cumberbatch, though has an unfortunate name, is an excellent Sherlock. It's like he is the man himself. I mean who doesn't love a Sherlock adaptation? But with all other actors (which will bring me to my second favorite in a minute), even yes with Robert Downey Jr, you know it's the actor acting as Sherlock Holmes. This guy though, I mean wow! So yeah, watch it if you haven't already, and lose your mind till the next season starts in September.  

Elementary

I started watching this show the same weekend I finished BBC's Sherlock. After only 6 episodes, I was Sherlock-deprived when it ended. Hence Elementary. Though it doesn't reach the excellence of Sherlock, this is still a lot fun to watch. The Sherlock-Watson relationship is sometimes awkward, sometimes laugh-out-loud hilarious and sometimes aww worthy and it keeps the show interesting. Watson is Lucy Liu, which is a new twist all by itself, a female Watson. But, though I liked Jonny Lee Miller ever since Hackers, I can't really bring myself to call him Sherlock. The way he portrays him doesn't really fit if you ask me. So I suggest, if you decide to watch this, don't watch him as Sherlock but as a character with high deductive skills.

And I just love this photo of them, so I couldn't help but share.

The Lizzie Bennet Diaries

This one isn't a book (though it technically is) or a movie or a tv show, but it's a vlog. And let me tell you, I don't watch a lot of Youtube aside from occasional make-up tutorials (no judging!), but this got me hooked! If you've read and enjoyed Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, I guarantee you will love this. Just imagine if Lizzie Bennet lived in this century and made a vlog about her life. Every episode is 3-5 minutes long, and it's updated twice a week, so it doesn't even take a lot of your time to watch. And if you're like me and your youtube video attention span doesn't go over 10 minutes, this will be perfect for you too.

Maybelline Eyestudio Lasting Drama Gel Liner

OK, let me be a girl for a second here. I've been obsessed with eyeliners for quite a while now. I have them all, pencils, kohls, liquids and gels. My discovery of gel liners was the latest and my first gel liner was a MAC and I though that was it, I was never buying another liner, I had found my perfection. Until I bought this. I have it in 01 Black and it's actually blacker than MAC's and stays on longer, doesn't transfer on my lid, and it comes with that brush which is really easy to use. It literally takes me 5 minutes to do a winged liner makeup (though I'm not as swift when using it on other people, like a few days ago, it took me half an hour on Burcu to get both wings identical, but we were bored waiting in the hairdresser so it was a nice distraction, anyway!) And it's cheaper too! So if you're looking for a good eyeliner I definitely positively absolutely recommend this. I'm actually gonna buy the purple one too, the minute I got my paycheck that is. 


Soo that's all for February. I actually went through a brief Jeremy Renner loving phase when I saw him singing, but it was fleeting, therefore not really worth mentioning (though I just did, didn't I?). The first week of a brand new month is over and so far I've read 7 books, and nothing worth mentioning yet. Which bums me. Maybe you could recommend stuff for me to read and save me from myself?

Till next time. Take care.

Monthly favorites: February Part 1

Hello peeps!

Is it March already? The spring just around the corner? I won't freeze my butt off every time I leave the bed? Can life get any better? Yes it can. Here I am, in the beginning of yet another month, writing about my favorites of the last one. Isn't nagging the best? Cool. Glad you agree. Off we go then.

Divergent by Veronica Roth

I resisted reading this one for a while. It seemed so done a million times already, but it isn't. It's really good. I hear now they're making it into a movie with Kate Winslet and Shailene Woodley (the rest is undetermined) but forget about the upcoming movie, the book is good. I'm not really a fan of dystopian novels, I feel the world is pretty fucking bad already as it is, and I had the same prejudice before reading Hunger Games too and I'm glad I got over it. The story is captivating, the writing flows, the heroine is one tough cookie and the guy is swoon worthy. What more can you ask for?

The Fault In Our Stars by John Green

This book. This. I feel like no words can do it justice. Mr. John Green has created the perfect book. And I'm saying this about a sad story. Do you know how many times I read the synopsis of this thing and went "umm no thanks"? Do you? Well, a lot. But Goodreads, good ol' Goodreads wouldn't give up on me, and I won't give up until I make everyone around me read this little perfection. Don't just read the synopsis and go "I don't feel like a sad story right now..", just don't, just dive in to it. It is a sad story, eventually, but sadness isn't all there is to it. You will laugh out loud, you will catch yourself smiling, you will cry your eyes out, and at the end you will be glad you've read it. Trust me.

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

Not much to say about this one. It is fun and sweet and the chemistry between the characters really works well. It is like a good romantic comedy movie, but a book version of course. If you're looking for a light sweet book, look no more, you've found it. And it takes place in Paris, 'nuff said.

 

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

I've been obsessed with this movie ever since I found out they were making it. GetGlue really fueled my obsession too, so thanks a lot for that, yeah. I've read the book years ago, and it was one of the books I immediately fell in love with. And whenever I love a book to its every last word, I always worry when I hear they're making it into a movie. I get excited to see it but at the same time I dread that they will butcher it. But then the trailer came out and it literally gave me goosebumps. And I finally got to watch the movie last month and it blew me away. I couldn't even criticize it. The characters were perfect. The emotion in the movie was perfect. And the actors? Man, I have a new found respect for Logan Lerman, Emma Watson and Ezra Miller. I liked them before, but this was something else, they really became their characters. Logan Lerman is the perfect Charlie, Emma Watson is the perfect Sam and Ezra Miller is the perfect Patrick. And the writing, it was so true to the book. Probably because Stephen Chbosky, the author of the book, wrote and directed it. He really took the whole thing out of its pages and reflected it on the screen without losing any aspect of the book. Did I mention I talk a lot when I really really really like something? Well, there you have it.

 Django Unchained

Mr. Tarantino did it again. Though, who else thinks he should comb his hair and button his collar when he's at the frikking Oscars?! Ahem, anyway. This is such a guy movie, but I've been known to enjoy guy movies so I loved the heck out of it. It was long, really long, but I didn't get bored for even one second. It is a humor filled action movie about a dramatic story. It has it all. I would take my hat off to Quentin Tarantino, if I was wearing one.

I have more stuff to talk about but I decided to make it into two parts because my guilt is eating away at me, since instead of working, I'm here updating my blog. If procrastination was a country I would be the president, the mayor and the owner of that bookstore around the corner.

Hence. To be continued..

monthly favorites startiiiing... now! January.

Hey there my ever neglected blog!

"What's up?" you say? Hmm. Not much dearie, not much. Just that for the past two months I've been reading like a book-starved maniac.Goodreads has become my new-old best friend. Though wish I could say quality over quantity, sadly that's not really the case.

I've realized I come running to the msn (and yes I know, I could be the only one left in the planet to still use that old thing) in search of my friend Merve everytime I finish something that I think is spectacular, so that I can bash it into her head and not leave her alone till she reads it too.

And I said to myself, "Why Melis, you must be going soft in your old age. Why only bother one measly poor tortured friend, when you can write about it and torture more at the same time?"

So that's the genius behind this post. I'm gonna share my monthly favorites. Starting with January. Be warned though, this isn't a what's new this month kinda post, it's a what I have enjoyed this month kinda post. So whatever I've just read/watched/ate/wore/see/went etc this past month could have been a hype for centuries, and it may be nothing new whatsoever for you. In that case, allow me to quote some very famous words: "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."

Alrightie then. January, since this month isn't yet over. Let me start with books, since that's what I was yakking about in the beginning of this post.

Easy by Tammara Webber

Man oh man, what to say about this one. I can say it saved me from ever hating the romance genre. I was on a streak of crap books when I started reading this, so I didn't get my hopes up about it. Saying it exceeded my expectations is an understatement. Lucas, dear Lucas, may be one of the best book boyfriends there is. Read and fall in love, is all I'm saying. 

Good For You by Tammara Webber

This is actually the 3rd book of Between the Lines series, but I wasn't really a fan of the first two books, so this is the one I recommend. I can't (and don't want to) go into detail explaining what the book is about, unless I'm really really crazy over something, hence the links to Goodreads. Which does synopsising (is that a word?) books far better than I ever could.

The Warlord Wants Forever by Kresley Cole

Alright, Immortals After Dark series, and its similars, where hunky gorgeous supernatural men fall in love and have lots of steamy sex, while continuing to be bad-asses, are my guilty pleasure. But I'm not ashamed to admit whatever book I'm reading and enjoying, so here it is. If that's something you enjoy, this series is hotness (though I've read only 3 books so far).

No doubt, I will be recommending such books in the future, I still look for quality in what I read, and though I do read crap most of the time too (don't these two statements contradict each other?) you would never see me recommend those utter craps that I make myself suffer through (Fifty Shades, anyone? I puked a little in my mouth just saying that).

So put your trust in the lil ol' me. And here I will shamelessly advertise myself, if you wanna be my buddy-buddy in Goodreads, don't hesitate to do so. Here is a link to my profile.

And now on to the movies!

Silver Linings Playbook

I know I knooow, this has been a hype for months with Globe and Academy nominations and all, so it's hardly anything new. But it was really really good. And that's saying something coming from me because where I completely adore Jennifer Lawrence, I despise Bradley Cooper with passion. And I didn't even care about that in this movie. So for whatever reason if you still haven't seen this (you live under a rock maybe?), just do it! And if you already have, well watch it again.

Actually that's all I can remember from January. It feels like ages ago. Here's to hoping my memory will be better for the February update.

Ta-ta for now!

Bir anı diyelim buna..

8'inci sınıftan beri kağıt üzerinde, lisede internetle tanışmamdan beri de sanal dünyada sürekli kendimden bir şeyler bırakıp durmuşum. Ama aslında büyük bir yalancıyım, eski bloglarımı ve bir zamanların livejournal'ını bulup okusanız aslında benden olan pek de bir şey bulamazsınız. Boş konuşurum ve kendimle olduğum, kendime yazdığım zamanlar haricinde pek de samimi değilimdir.

Ama bu sefer kendimden bir şey bırakmak istedim. Büyük olasılık tek okuyan yine ben de olacak olsam. Orada, dünyaya açık bir alanda, bir ara cidden yazdığım bir şey olsun. Yine kendimden bir alıntı yani..

"24 Ekim Pazar, 2010

...Biletini yapıştırmış da olsam Karanlıktakiler'i görmedim aslında. Çünkü Nisan'ın 11'inde, pazar günü babanem öldü. Trajikomik di mi? Senelerdir dedeme "git artık" diyen kadın, ondan önce gitti... Hem de grip olduğu için hastaneye yatırıldığında. Grip.

Bu konudan bahsederken çok soğuk geliyorum insanlara. Yazarken de öyleyim. Farkındayım. Ama ikiyüzlü olmayı hiçbir zaman sevmedim. Ne haberi ilk duyduğumda, ne cenazede, ne Birsen Teyze histerik histerik ağlayıp nasıl gözlerinin önünde öldüğünü anlattığında... bir kere bile ağlamadım. Ta ki bu olaydan aylar sonrasına kadar. Bir gün işe gitmek için evden çıkarken kapının kenarına bırakılan babanemin eşyalarından babanemin kokusu burnuma çarpana kadar. Koku duyusu en güçlü duyu gerçekten de...

Dürüst olalım. Babanem iyi bi insan değildi. Dırdırcıydı, huysuz ihtiyarın sözlük anlamıydı, insanların değerini kazandıkları parayla ölçerdi, dedikoducuydu, kindardı, zamanında bir iyilik yapmışsa her fırsatta hatırlatmaktan çekinmezdi, sürekli beni başkalarıyla kıyaslardı... ama babanemdi. 

Arka oturma odasına girdiğimde beni gördüğü anda sevinirdi. En fazla 5 dk sonra tartışmaya başlamamızın bir önemi yoktu. Babanemdi, ailemdi ve belki de hiç söylememiş de olsam onu gerçekten sevdim. Çok kızdım ama sevdim de. Oturup Mahnur Ünsal nasıl bir insandı diye düşündüğümde aklıma hemen iyi özellikler gelmiyo olabilir. Ama o askeri kamplarda onlarla kaldığımız yazlarda, gecenin ortasında yatağa bağdaş kurup "ben acıktım" dediğimde o saatte bana "piknik" hazırlayan insandı. Ama artık bayramlarda Levent'teki evlerinde ziyaret edip elini öpmemek için direndiğim babanem yok, artık Zincirlikuyu'da mezarı başında dua ettiğim bir babanem var. Dua etmek de denmez aslında, dua etmem çünkü. Konuştuğum diyelim. 

Bir insan bunları yazmaz da neyi yazar bilmiyorum. Niye yazmadığımı da bilmiyorum. Bildiğim şey yazmanın bana iyi geldiği. Hadi nerden bildiğimi sor!

Bunları yazarken ağlamamdan biliyorum. Olayın tazeliğinde ve aylar sonrasında bile, yaşarken ağlayamazken yazarken ağlayabildiğimden biliyorum..."


Bir ricam var, okuduysanız ve yorum yapmak istiyorsanız da yapmayın. Niye bunu şimdi yazmak istedim bilmiyorum, gece sarhoşluğu, uykusuzluk, Grange okumanın getirdiği yorgunluk ya da herhangi bir şey diyelim... Ne düşündüyseniz, kendinize saklayın. İyi geceler ;)

kendimden alıntı

Bu aralar gecelerim pek bir uykusuz, sağlık sorunlarım var ama canınızı sıkmıyayım şimdi. Geçen yine uyuyamıyorken gecenin bir yarısında (ya da sabahın köründe) yazdığım bir şeyi okudum şimdi de, eğlendirdim kendimi, buraya da yazıyorum..

Aynı hissi vermeyecek tabii ama aşağıdaki yazının gittikçe iyice yazmayan bir tükenmez kalemle yazıldığını hayal edin:

"Başarılı insanların hikayelerini dinleriz ya hep. Harika bi kitap fikri trende giderken aklına gelir, bi peçeteye karalarsın sonra yazmaya başlarsın ve dünyanın ilk milyarder yazarı olursun. Para kısmına o kadar takık diilim aslında. Bir şey yaratmış olmak başlı başına bi başarı bi yerde... Ama düşünüyorum da benim tamamen alakasız bi anda aklıma süper bi fikir gelse bile ya yazıcak bi şey olmaz ya da yazarken kalem falan bitiverir. Bu salak kalemin yaptığı gibi...

Hayat öyle çünkü."

benim de bir adım var

Yıllarca şu garip biyolojik saatimle, metabolizmamla, sabah huysuzluğumla (hatta genel huysuzluğumla), gün içinde anca yarı uyanık kalabilen halimle yaşayıp da kendimi tembel, uykucu, halsiz, OFFFF, kategorilerine sokarak kendime haksızlık etmişim. Bugün öğrendim ki benim bir adım varmış: LUNAR

Ay insanı yani.. Bunu duyunca aklıma hemen kurtadamların gelmesinin suçunu popüler kültüre atıp, asıl demek istediğime geliyorum.

Kampüs dergisinin konuyla ilgili yazısından alıntılar yaparak açıklıyayım ne demek istediğimi:

Lunar insanlar, genellikle sınavı sabahın köründe olmasına rağmen, gece geç saatlere kadar ders çalışabilen, gündüz ise çalışmak için gece olmasını bekleyen insanlardır. Bunun yanına kocaman bir "tik" atma isteğime engel olmaya çalışıyorum, artık sınavlara girmiyor da olsam. Şimdiye kadar hiçbir sınava, derse, sunuma hava aydınlıkken çalıştığımı hatırlamıyorum.. Gerçi doğru söylemek gerekirse son gece sabaha kadar çalışma lunarlıktan mı yoksa "yumurta kapıya dayanmadan kıçını kaldırmama" sendromundan mı geliyor, o tartışılır..

Lunar insanlar, her ne kadar sosyal çevre edinmekte zorluk çekmeseler de, o çevreye kolayca ayak uyduramazlar. E-hem! Evet, yeterli, geçiyorum.

Birçoğu bu gerçeği reddetse de, lunar insanlar entelektüel olma eğilimine sahiptirler. Geceleri düşünen ve okumayı seven lunarların bu özelliği, onların okul hayatında çok başarılı olduğu anlamına gelmez. Bir lunar, ona öğretilenleri değil, merakla kendi öğrendikleri üzerine entelektüel bir birikim kazanır. Benim "boş bilgi deposu" şeklinde adlandırdığım beynime bir de bu açıdan bakmak gerekiyor bu durumda.

Kesinlikle “sabah dokuz-akşam altı” mesai saatleri olan ofis başı işler size göre değil. Çalışma hayatına parmağımın ucunu soktuğumdan beri söyleyip durduğum şey olarak da bilinir. Tembellikle, sıkıntıyla, ofis kıyafeti giyme zorunluluğunun sinirimi bozmasıyla alakası yok yani, tamamen yapım böyle :)

Kahvaltı atlanmaması gereken önemli bir öğün. Ancak, sabah erken saatte kahvaltı yapmak zorunda olmadığınızı bir şekilde ailenize ve arkadaşlarınıza belirtmeniz gerekiyor. Bunu da "kahvaltı için buluşalım" şeklinde planlar yapma eğiliminde olan arkadaşlarıma gönderiyorum.

Birçok yazar, müzisyen, düşünür ve bilimum yaratıcı meslekleri olan insanların gece çalışıkları da bir gerçek. Tabi onlar başarılı olarak kendilerini kanıtladıkları için annelerinin "sen daha yatmadın mı, bu ne biçim düzensizlik, bütün gün uyuyacak mısın..." şeklinde başlarını yediklerini sanmıyorum.

Eh bu durumda bir kitap yazıp Lunar'lığımı haklı çıkarmanın zamanı geldi heralde. Bir de şu tüm doğama aykırı sabah 9 akşam 6 işinden istifa etmenin...

PS: Yazının tamamını buradan okuyabilirsiniz.

fun fact

Today I want to share a fun fact I've learned from my friend Merve while wandering the streets of Türkbükü the other day (see how I snuck that in there?)

Why are flamingos pink?
Because they eat too much shrimp!
There's a reason behind the pink color involving enzymes and pygments and whatever, if you're that interested in flamingos you can research the rest, that's it from me.
Take care while I'm gone!


Bugün, geçenlerde Türkbükü sokaklarını arşınlarken Merve'den öğrendiğim bir şeyi paylaşmak istedim (Bodrum'da olduğumu araya nasıl da sıkıştırdım ama ;)).

Flamingolar neden pembe renktir?
Çok fazla karides yedikleri için!
Aslında pembe rengin sağlanmasının enzimlerle ve pigmentlerle ilgili vs vs bir sebebi var ama flamingolarla o kadar ilgilliyseniz o kadarını kendiniz de araştırabilirsiniz. Benden bu kadar.
Ben yokken (!!) kendinize iyi bakın!

a few discoveries

I feel another Harry Potter book marathon on the way. Last night and today I've spent countless hours (and I'm not ashamed to admit it obviously) on JK Rowling's official site, clicking on various things, trying to find the hidden stuff. Here's how I did so far:

On the "links" page (when you click on the glasses on the homepage) there's a book with a "?" in the cover. Slide it to the left and voila there's a key! Use it on the box on the right and you will unlock a page about the Sorting Hat. Also if you wait on this page long enough, the photo frame on the left will fall down and you'll see Harry's scar on the paper behind it. As shown in the capture, obviously.

My second discovery was on my favorite page, the study of Rowling (the one you go by clicking on the eraser). Arrange the time on the hourglass as shown in the capture (13/06/07 for ones who are too lazy to click on a damn pic!) and click on the hourglass. The door is locked, right? Wrong! You'll notice that annoying fly that goes around the room doesn't move anywhere, hmm suspicious! Click on it and there appears a key! Open the door, arrange the bits on the paper so that it'll make the Deathly Hallows Symbol and click on it. Now you can take your W.O.M.B.A.T test! Though I haven't done that yet, it says it'll take 35 minutes, geez!

Eek, while writing this entry this happened on the page I just told you about.Hellooo Peeves!

Another one, though this is a bit incomplete. Go to the "Extra Stuff" page (the hairbrush) and pick up the eraser on the board and hover it over the partially torn page, you will see a few items appear on the page. I have found 3 of them around the site. The leaves are behind the partially torn page, the bottle is on the links page on the book shelf and the spider keeps crawling around on the homepage, I caught it on the newspaper. Haven't found the feather so I don't know what this does, but still cool!

And while I was writing this the phone on the homepage rang, I answered and someone said "Hello, hello, is anyone there?" then hung up.

And I've just completed the incomplete one I just wrote and found another one! Alright, the feather is on the "Fan Sites" page (the paper clip) on the shelf. Upon clicking on all four objects you get the first typed manuscript of the Philosopher's Stone! (though I can't see it yet, something's up with my pop-up blocker damn!)

This is just to prove that I did actually get it heh heh.

Staying on the "Fan Sites" page you will see empty spaces in front of the trophies, with a "?" marked plates next to them, place the "?" plates (there are two, next to each other) on the empty spaces and you will get a drawing of the midnight duel of Draco and Harry (and Dean too, though I still can't see this blah!)

And the last one! This isn't a new discovery though, I've done this years ago but still. Go to Rowling's study again (the eraser). And arrange the hourglass so it shows 20/12/04 and click on the hourglass.This is the page you get. The door appears to be locked again. But notice on the mirror that it's open and a Xmas tree is inside. So instead of clicking on the door, click on the image of it on the mirror. This will close the image of the door while unlocking the door. Cool!

So this is how your page looks now. Click on the presents and they will ask you 3 riddles and 3 questions about Harry Potter (they are kinda tough ones too!) This is actually how the name of the 6th book was first announced. So the answers of the riddles are "Half", "Blood" and "Prince". The answers of character questions are: Don't read this if you wanna solve it yourself, don't say I didn't warn you!!

Corned Beef, is Ron's least favorite sandwich filling
Otter, the form of Hermione's patronus
Bristol, the city one-year-old Harry Potter fall asleep over

Upon answering all questions, the star on top of the tree will light up and now you can click on the card with the star symbol on it to read a Merry Xmas and A Happy New Year wish from Rowling herself.

Well that's it! That's how many I've found without checking it up on the net. I'm sure this has been done before but I had fun so whatevs!

And before I go I would like to say a few words: Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak! Thank you..

photo memories

A couple of minutes ago I was writing a bitchy review of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, about how emotionless it was and how they've missed some essential parts etc etc. I'm disappointed, like I always am after the Harry Potter movies. So meh, but Barış saved you from that bitchy post by showing me an awesome website. So I'll share some photos I picked instead. Enjoy!

Steven Spielberg

Winona Ryder & Johnny Depp

Leonardo DiCaprio & Kate Winslett

Tim Roth & Harvey Keitel

Stephen Fry & Hugh Laurie

Milla Jovovich & Beck

Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney

John Travolta & Sylvester Stallone

John Belushi & Bill Murray

Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill

Nick Castle as Michael Myers

Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Sigourney Weaver

Edward Norton, David Fincher and Brad Pitt

Heath Ledger, obviously

Audrey Hepburn & Fred Astaire

Birkaç dakika öncesine kadar Harry Potter'ın ne kadar duygusuz ve eksik bir film olduğu vs hakkında uzuuun bir eleştiri yazısı yazıyordum. Her film sonrası olduğu gibi gene hayal kırıklığına uğradım değişen bir şey yok. Ama şükredin ki Barış bana bu mükemmel ötesi siteyi göstererek sizi benden kurtardı. Benim siteden seçmece koyduğum resimler bunlar, siz gene de kendisini bir ziyaret edin ;)

emma vs kristen

Lately, my absolutely favorite things are every little thing that makes fun of Twilight while praising Harry Potter. I can't help myself, it just amuses me so much. So this is my fave bit of today. Whoever made it, thank you!

Son zamanlarda Twilight'ı yerin dibine sokarken Harry Potter'ı öven şeylere bayılıyorum. Aslında hep bayılıyordum gerçekçi olalım ama son zamanlarda bir arttılar sanki? Neyse, böylece bu resim de bugünümün en sevdiğim şeyi oldu. Kim yaptıysa, çok çok saolsun!