Man I’ve had a couple of pretty long days. My birthday was a crazy affair, nice crazy but one of those situations where I just decided to have a small gathering at my house, and preparations were quick, but it’s becoming an institution in my house to celebrate my birthday, since I generally am in Greece around that time.

My computer screen died on me. Now if it was a desktop then fine I could up and replace it; it’s a laptop. I’m pretty screwed as you can see. Basically in like a week’s time no more, I’ll have a screen hopefully 19' as a minimum, TFT on my desk. I’ll then use my laptop harddrive (even though it’s really dying on me till I decide on a new computer). I’d rather organise the invasion of a small country than choose a damn computer.

Olympic Fever continues, without remorse over in Casa Broken Kode. Went to the Velodrome again and that was pretty funky. Soaked up the Olympic Spirit a bit and talked to a few new people.

Yesterday was brilliant but sad at the same time. Went and watched the Volleyball.

Greece vs USA

I can’t even begin to describe my disappointment. The Greeks had the game and just threw it away. They had 10,000 supporters cheering them on and they lost the damn game in the fifth set. They lead the 4th set 21 to 12. Bearing in mind they only had to score 4 points to win the game, they lost that set 25 to 23. So basically the americans came back with a running of 13-2 points, absolutely PATHETIC. Good on the american team, what a load of crock from the Greek team.

Once that part of the vening was concluded, around 11ish, it was time to hit the town. It’s changed a bit since I was last here. All of a sudden we’ve got Camden Town in central Athens. I swear it’s unbelievable. If someone had tried to sell me some hash I might have actually thought I was in London again. The freaks were out. The crazies and the overall atmosphere, SCREAMED camden. Very surreal experience but I suppose it just means that Greece and Athens is cosmopolitan for these 2 weeks, lets see if that will continue in the years to come.

So we went up to the rock. The rock is a bit of limestone/marble that exists right in front of the Acropolis. When we were young Stathi and I used to always go up there, chill out for a while and then make our move to a few bars and cafes down in thesio. The special thing about the rock is that it’s got loads of nooks and crannies that you can sit on, and you have a view of the entire Athens in front of view, with the Acropolis lit behind you. It used to be quiet, and peaceful. Where people would go and have conversations, every once in a while some guy would have their guitar, and 9/10 times they would be crap but they’d bring some sort of atmosphere to the setting. Getting up was this steps that was at least 2000 years old, and completely worn down from the centuries.

The rock has changed. I don’t want to seem old about it, but when I was 18 and 19 it just wasn’t that god damned packed. It wasn’t so fucking noisey. It didn’t have 8 guys with their god damn guitars. It didn’t have the junkie/drunk person sleeping in the corner (maybe it did but I don’t remember them :) ) .

The only constant in this life is change.