Mistakes

In my country there is a saying "Hlupy sa uci na svojich chybach, mudry na chybach inych."
I always wanted to do this :) Have you seen it in some movies? There is a Chinese guy and he always says "My mom used to say... (something in Chinese, which never gets translated)" and people wonder what was it that his mom used to say.
  Anyways, I'm not going to be mean and let you wonder. Meaning of the Slovakian saying is that a smart person learns from the mistakes of others while dumb from their own. So you might say I was being dumb today. But believe you me, I learned my lesson, at least I hope so. 
  I'm taking a photography class this semester and I really like it. It's a course in black and white photography made from the real film, no digital cameras. So we spend most of the time in a lab developing films and making prints. It's really fun, if you have some extra time and like photography, you should try it.
  We have a project due Wednesday for this class, so went in today, with a friend who's also taking this class, to develop my film. That way I would have time to make my prints on Wednesday. We went through the whole process already in class, with the instructor - once. So Lucianna and I were a little bit worried, how we can manage, that's why we decided to go together. Opening and rolling the film in total darkness went surprisingly quick. I guess you get better with practice. That came the fun part, playing with the chemicals, mixing them in the right ratio, set the timing right so you don't damage the film. OK, so right ratio - check, right timing -check... but there is one more important thing  - right order 
  Halfway through the process we both realized that we are using fixer instead of developer. Could the film be still saved? If there was anyone who knew better, they would told us, that it is a lost cause. Nobody was there, so we went for it and tried anyways.
  Yeah, you are right, it didn't help at all. But at least we got to practice the whole process, so next time we know what to do. And I'm sure I'll always make sure if I'm supposed to use fixer or developer. Although there is so many other mistakes to make. No matter what - "Try, fail, try again, fail better.

Yahweh U2

Last weekend I took a trip to Chicago. My good friends were getting married. For several different reasons, curiosity only one of them, I decided to take a train from DC to Chicago. Yeah, I spend 37 hours of my weekend on the train. I got to do things I usually don't have enough time to do. I read a book, I slept a lot and I listened to my music, without doing anything else (no internet connection on that train).

On my iPod I have 4 U2 albums. My favorite Joshua Tree and the three newest albums. As I was listening on shuffle I came to the song called Yahweh, which is on the album How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb.

I know this song, it is one of my favorites when it comes to U2, and that time on the train I enjoyed it and moved on. The next day I had to go back to this song and I couldn't stop listening to it. I was just turning it on over and over again on my way to work and back.

Here are the lyrics, the bold parts are my personal favorites.

Take these shoes

Click clacking down some dead end street

Take these shoes

And make them fit

Take this shirt

Polyester white trash made in nowhere

Take this shirt

And make it clean, clean

Take this soul

Stranded in some skin and bones

Take this soul

And make it sing

Yahweh, Yahweh

Always pain before a child is born

Yahweh, Yahweh

Still I'm waiting for the dawn

Take these hands

Teach them what to carry

Take these hands

Don't make a fist

Take this mouth

So quick to criticise

Take this mouth

Give it a kiss

Yahweh, Yahweh

Always pain before a child is born

Yahweh, Yahweh

Still I'm waiting for the dawn

Still waiting for the dawn, the sun is coming up

The sun is coming up on the ocean

This love is like a drop in the ocean

This love is like a drop in the ocean

Yahweh, Yahweh

Always pain before a child is born

Yahweh, tell me now

Why the dark before the dawn?

Take this city

A city should be shining on a hill

Take this city

If it be your will

What no man can own, no man can take

Take this heart

Take this heart

Take this heart

And make it break