Dravski most

Danes sem brkljal med starimi skladbami. In sem našel Dravski most od Nece Falk. Gre za pesem, ki je kratka zgodbica. Razočarana ženska, ki v trenutku besa naredi neumnost. Konec je pričakovan.

Besedilo je brez okraskov brez čustev. Zgolj zapis. A zapis postane čustven, ko Neca zapoje.



Neca Falk: Dravski most

Obljubljal je, da me bo vzel
in graditi dom začel,
ki pomenil bo prostost
in bo trden kot dravski most.

Prosila sem, naj gre z menoj,
pa čeprav samo še nocoj,
tam na mostu je priznal,
da je drugi ljubezen dal.

Ne vem kaj mi je, takrat bilo,
ko sem ga prijela za roko,
zaklical je še na pomoč
in izginil v temno noč.

Naslednje jutro so prišli
in ljudje in orožniki,
odpeljali so me tja,
kjer izgubila sem moža.

Wear sunscreen

Sledeče besedilo je zanimiva zbirka nasvetov za življenje. Nekaj je malo zgrešenih, nekateri držijo kot pribiti. V vsakem primeru pa so zanimivo branje.



Everybody's Free
(to wear sunscreen)
by Mary Schmich, Chicago Tribune

Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of '97... wear sunscreen. If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be IT. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I will dispense this advice now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded. But trust me, in 20 years you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked. You are NOT as fat as you imagine. Don't worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday. Do one thing every day that scares you. Sing. Don't be reckless with other people's hearts, don't put up with people who are reckless with yours. Floss.

Don't waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long, and in the end, it's only with yourself. Remember compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing this, tell me how.Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements. Stretch.

Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don't. Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to your knees, you'll miss them when they're gone.

Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't, maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't, maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself, either. Your choices are half chance, so are everybody else's. Enjoy your body, use it every way you can. Don't be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it's the greatest instrument you'll ever own.

Dance. Even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room. Read the directions, even if you don't follow them. Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly. Get to know your parents, you never know when they'll be gone for good. Be nice to your siblings; they are your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future. Understand that friends come and go, but for the precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography in lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young. Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft. Travel.

Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you'll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders. Respect your elders. Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out. Don't mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it will look 85.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth.

But trust me on the sunscreen.

Net generacija - izgubljena generacija?

Kdo so net generacija, so se na odprtju razstave net generacije spraševali Mojca, Tomi in Vasja. Ugotovili so, da to oni pač niso. Res je. Vsi trije so prestari, da bi sodili v net generacijo. In kdo so potem net generacija.

Net generacija so tisti ljudje, ki so se srečali z internetom v svojem otroštvu, takrat, ko človek začne namensko spoznavati tehnologijo okoli sebe in ta začne nanj in njegov razvoj močno vplivati. Zase lahko rečem, da sodim v računalniško generacijo, saj sem se tam okoli 8 leta starosti začel spoznavati z računalniki. Internet se je pri nas začel aktivno širiti okoli leta 1996, široko razširjen pa je postal šele po letu 2000. Sklepamo lahko, da se je net generacija začela pojavljati okoli leta 2000 in da so najstarejši pripadniki net generacije stari okoli 15 let. So torej v puberteti in najbolj dovzetni za vplive dejavnikov, ki niso domača vzgoja. Obenem pa so tudi najbolj uporni. Da pa so zadeve še bolj zapletene, pa nimajo angela varuha v obliki staršev, saj ti ne poznajo dovolj interneta, ker se z njim v otroštvu niso srečevali. Pa tudi niso računalniška generacija, saj ima ta šele v zadnjih nekaj letih prve otroke, ki bi vsaj malo poznala nevarnosti uporabe te sodobne informacijsko-komunikacijske tehnologije.

In kdo jim lahko pomaga, če ne starši? Odgovor na to vprašanje je zelo zahteven. Lahko bi rekli, da vsi. S tem, da jim ves čas na vseh koncih in krajih (v šoli, doma, na televiziji, na internetu), po malem in na prijazen ter zanimiv način posredujemo informacije, ki jih potrebujejo. Seveda pa tu nastane problem, ker so precej neosveščeni ravno tisti, ki bi te informacije lahko in morali posredovati.

Na srečo je kar nekaj organizacij, ki skrbijo za osveščanje. To prednost pa net generacija ima pred računalniško generacijo. Nam ni mogel pomagati nihče. Z vsemi težavami in nevarnostmi uporabe računalnikov (predvsem računalniških igric) smo se morali spopadati sami. Kajti mi smo bili tisti, ki smo poznali in obvladali računalnike. Za starejše je bilo to deveto čudo.

Glede na to, da je veliko predstavnikov računalniške generacije, ki se zaveda nevarnosti interneta in sodobnih informacijsko-komunikacijskih tehnologij, se po mojem mnenju ni bati, da bi bila net generacija izgubljena generacija.