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Niemir

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me



Most of you don't read this anyway, so I don't care much about introducing myself. If you want to make friends write to me, not just send a request. I don't take just anybody as a friend - got a problem with that? - Go somewhere else.
I speak Polish, English, Serbian, Russian, some Croatian and understand some others, so feel free to write in any of the above.

My Interests



Slavonic nations - their cultures and languages;
Early-mediaeval Europe;

Pagan beliefs of Slavs and other indo-europeans;

Reenactment & mediaeval fencing;

Kendo;

Samurai

Totalitarian Art;

Zen;

Music:

Check the bands in my friends list and you'll get the idea.

Movies:

Apocalypse now!;
Ame agaru;
Das Boot;
Zentropa;
Profesionalac;
Rane;
Kagemusha; Ran; The 7 samurai and other films by Akira Kurosawa; Lepa sela lepo gore;
Ghost Dog;
Gniazdo;
Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail;
The Rock;
Hero;

Television:

I don't watch it too much. If anything at all - cartoons :)

Books:

"Seobe" Milos Crnjanski;
"Gorin-no Sho", Myamoto Musashi;
"Velesova Kniga";
"Slovo o Polku Igoreve";
"Gilgamesh";
"Lord of the Rings", J.R.R. Tolkien;
"A Question of Honor - The Kosciuszko Squadron: Forgotten Heroes of World War II", Lynne Olson, Stanley Cloud;
"Hazarski recnik" Milorad Pavic;
"Kendo" Hiroshi Ozawa;

My Blog

On Truth or why I dislike TVN24

Well - I've just stopped watching a programme called "contact lens" (szklo kontaktowe) on this "Polish" tv channel called tvn24, that was supposedly a satyric commentary to the news.One man called in ...
Posted by Niemir on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 03:27:00 PST

More on the matter

Here's a clip I got as bulletin from Mr. Tesla.Definatelly worth watching. ...
Posted by Niemir on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:01:00 PST

Poland recognised Kosovo as a state.

All my hopes that my country's government would delay this deed if not remain neutral are now over. Now they want to send a political mission to Serbia. Great reflex.I cannot understand how on earth c...
Posted by Niemir on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:47:00 PST

Echoes of worlds gone.

to my last post: It's good to know they think of protecting the buildings. Still the world seems to forget the people. During the war in Bosnia there were many efforts to show the world that ...
Posted by Niemir on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 04:30:00 PST

Culture protection the modern way

Kosovo again, but from another perspective.One of the first acts of the new Kosovo parliament was an act on protecting the national heritage, which as the media in my country stated concerns also chri...
Posted by Niemir on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 05:15:00 PST

a joke

Here's a stupid joke that came to my mind after a nearly whole day of reading on one subject - Kosovo. One Serb told it to me some 2 years ago.- What do you call predjudice against Jews?- Antisemitism...
Posted by Niemir on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:31:00 PST

My respects to His Eminence George W. Bush ;)

I've got myself a new idol! I must say that from now on I shall admire His Eminence George W. Bush more than anyone else in the world (including my own mom) due to his insight.He said today from somew...
Posted by Niemir on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:00:00 PST

Dates and stuff

I've just realized I wrote a post on this question exactly one year before the last one feb 17 2007.Now, that's a wierd feeling.Wonder what comes next year the same time - I hope I have some better ne...
Posted by Niemir on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:19:00 PST

On Kosovos independence declaration

    It came to pass - the Albanians have proclaimed a new state in Kosovo even though their nation already has a state. Before anyone officially reacted US preident said taht the nation...
Posted by Niemir on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:41:00 PST

Cyril and Methody Day 14.02.2008

14.02.2008 The Day of Europe's Patrons - The Apostoles of Slavs.St. Cyril and Methody Image by LACH...
Posted by Niemir on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 06:02:00 PST