Cold November

 

A cold Novemeber, colder than I can remember here.

Title Sequences: The Shorter the Better

   I just watched the intro to a new series on HBO. At the end of the credits, I had to rewind to be sure of what I had just seen. They list a co-producer, then another, then “produced by” some other asshole, then a consulting producer, then a co-executive producer, then three executive producers were listed together, and finally seven other executive producers each had their own screen for their personal glory. That’s 15 of these jerk-offs if you’re counting. My question is this: why do I as a viewer give a shit who the producers are? Answer: I don’t. So why would any sane person want to watch the intro to a series? At least with Gilligan’s Island they gave you a catchy tune.

   In Spanish there is a lovely expression for when someone toots their own horn. They say that the person “no tiene abuela,” he doesn’t have a grandmother, because grannies are supposed to toot your horn for you. Obviously, Hollywood producers don’t have grandmothers.

   I wish a series could just run all of this info at the end so you could just turn it off, but the producers, all twenty of them, want us to know how essential they are for the content. Nope, can’t do a damn thing without these twenty suits who probably couldn’t write a three-sentence email that makes sense, but the show can’t go on without them.

   Note to producers: just cash your huge paychecks and STFU. If you want to be famous, become an actor.

   The new series I’m watching, Murderbot, has a 1 minute 18 seconds sequence, way too long, especially considering the runtime for an episode is only 22m.

  Twin Peaks – ~2 minutes 36 seconds has the longest I could find. Glad I never watched a single episode of that turd.

 Game of Thrones goes for 1 minute 45 seconds. I hated the show but got roped into it because someone I like liked it. The music in the intro was moronic, to say the least.

 The Sopranos had that awful song. I fast-forwarded it through it, but still heard bits of it which probably damaged my brain.

 Breaking Bad – ~18 seconds. Another thing I loved about the series.

Greek Memories

Έζησα στην Ελλάδα για τρία χρόνια, πριν από πολλά χρόνια. Ήταν η καλύτερη περίοδος της ζωής μου. Έχω ζήσει μια υπέροχη ζωή μέχρι τώρα, και ελπίζω για ακόμα καλύτερα!

 

Θες - Δημήτρης Μητροπάνος

 

Θες να 'μαι καλά να μην πονάω, θες
Να 'σαι μακριά και να μοιράζεις στιγμές
Που 'χα κρατήσει για να σ' έχω, θες
Να μη σου λέω πως σ' αγαπάω
Να ζω και να ξεχνάω τ' άρωμά σου, θες
Να μην υπάρχω στα όνειρά σου ποτέ
Να μην ακούω της καρδιάς μου τη φωνή
Να της κρατήσω μια γωνίτσα να κρυφτεί


Να μη λυπάμαι που σε χάνω ξαφνικά
Να μη φοβάμαι που η ανάγκη μας νικά
Να μην αγγίξω την αλήθεια σου ξανά
Να μην πονέσω με το τέλος, με το τέλος που πονά


Θες να γίνω άλλος, να μην είμαι πια εγώ
Μέσα στον κόσμο αυτόν που έφτιαξες να ζω
Να 'μαι καθρέφτης της δικής σου λογικής
Που θα σε βλέπει και θα λέει «ό,τι πεις»
Να ψάξω αλλού το άλλο μου μισό
Αυτό που πάντα μ' άφηνε μισό

 I lived in Greece for three years, many years ago. It was the best time of my life. I have lived a wonderful life so far, and I hope for even better! You want - Dimitris Mitropanos You want me to be well and not hurt, you want To be far away and share moments That I had held on to have you, you want Not to tell you that I love you To live and forget your scent, you want To never exist in your dreams To not hear the voice of my heart To keep a little corner for it to hide Not to be sad that I suddenly lose you To not be afraid that our need wins To not touch your truth again To not hurt with the end, with the end that hurts You want me to become someone else, to no longer be me In this world that you made for me to live To be a mirror of your own logic That will see you and say "whatever you say" To search my other half is somewhere else The one that always left me half To be a mirror to everything you want But if I can, you never asked