Monday, June 16, 2014

It Is Time

Aye, Bulgaria - you have to wake up...



so that your fabled land can become, once again, one of those...



and even this...




Força, Bulgaria!
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Friday, June 13, 2014

Bulgarians Dream... of better luck!

Especially on Friday The 13th...


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Saturday, May 24, 2014

Bulgarians Dream Of... Patriotism!

They always do - they always will!  And, on this day in which Cyril and Methodius are celebrated, one could add that the dream extends towards patriotic pride... the pride of having one's own alphabet, one's own language, one's own culture! And one's own identity, therefore...


Saturday, March 8, 2014

Bulgarians Dream Of... Fitness!


You, too, can do
the Bulgarian Split Squat! 
We disengage from any responsability 
if you hurt yourself, though!

Saturday, March 1, 2014

Happy Baba Marta Day!

Chestita Baba Marta -  by Tanya Bartel

On this wondrous day, 
Bulgarians gift each other martenitsas 
- whether they are simple strings 
or cutefied figurines; the important thing is 
that they are red and white!
(Hey - like Santa! But, surely, 
that is just a mere coincidence...)
It's all about heralding spring coming 
-at long last- after the depressing 
winter temperatures...
(Ha - they didn't know 
how cozy they got it 
until they saw minus 35 degrees 
-Celsius, but still- 
in La Canada...! 
But that is another story...)

Photo by Sofia Photo Agency
Happy Baba Marta Day, 
Bulgaria!

Old Man Winter is about to croak - 
thanks, in part, to an old cranky granny...! 
My, oh my; this Baba Marta here 
is mightier than even one Baba Iaga
or that other baba, Baba Dochia...! 
Take that, Russia and Romania! 
;-)

Whether it is a stork, swallow or crane you see, 
or the first sign of a soon-to-be blossomed tree 
good times are just around the corner 
which will find you luckier and healthier! 
(For warmer...!) 

Though as heartwarming as any account can be, 
this particular retelling of those olden days 
back in the ''old country'' (as some extradited souls 
would say today) while being a tad too 
sentimental and nostalgic 
cannot avoid making us remark 
that their white martenista there 
looks so much like 
alas...!
:-(

We're in a state of shock over this -
courtesy, ironically, of Shutterstock!

Although, in their more generic forms, 
neither one should evoke 
any goofish creation 
several centuries younger...! 
In fact, the two dolls made of strings 
have a name:
Pizho the male in white (?) 
and Penda the female in red 
(ah, hence 
no? Oh - okay.)

Anyway... Once again... 


Must be that Bulgarian ingenuity at work again -
that which makes them compulsively 
pull each other down the ladder...? 
Unless it's just Blogger Boogery again.
But that's another story!

Monday, February 24, 2014

Bulgarians Dream Of... Sainthood?

A special lugubrious blog simulpost... this time! 

Миските от конкурс за красота, наречен "Мис Южна перла", 
организиран от Киро Скалата, 
строени за снимка до паметник на баба ви Ванга! Ето:


MISKO of a beauty pageant called "Miss South Pearl", organized by Kiro 
- scale built for a photo memorial to your grandmother Vanga!
The granny in question is up for Sainthood indeed 
for many view her as a saintly grannie that helped so many 
(sort of like a Frère André, Padre Pio or Padre Cruz)
while others view her merely as some sort of a witch
who dabbled with, communed with and talked to the dead...
The saintliness of a prophetess and sainthood sound much better.
Let's see how many of these ''beauties'' here 
truly aspire to such a thing, now...

She knows for sure...!

Now, THIS monument should have been the site 
that Kiro there should have taken the girls to...!

Maybe next year...
;)

Friday, February 14, 2014

Barbarians Have Bulgarian Dreams Too!

Barbarians with good taste (like a certain Canadian Barbarian... er, moi for instance! Or lower-lifeform barbarians such as Jasons - like that Momoa guy, keen on mimicking the Ah-Nolds of this world...!)

Here is the evidence: when Conan The Barbarian himself cannot contain his troglodytic enthusiasm and neanderthalish bewilderment regarding Bulgarian women baring it all...



Other known barbarians recognized as fine connaisseurs (not ''connoisseurs'' you silly Americans!) of Bulgarian cleavage include all 57 Expendables, Val Kilmer, Vin Diesel and several Greek creeps nobody knows really... But that's another story...

Viva Bulgaria... in the buff!  *lol*