WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU

Harilaos Florakis
«Οι ζευγάδες φεύγουν μωρέ! Η σπορά μένει. Και φουντώνει και μεγαλώνει»

OOOhhh yeah..

...Satisfaction...
Managed to produce the main theme of monkey island 4 for guitar
and then translated it for bouzouki.

soon it will be published on world of monkey island for you to enjoy aswell.

exams

four down ,two to come
what you gonna do when you play with danger?
Sometimes life is a loaded gun and you shoot to kill...or maybe thrill
or even better you end up swallowing the undesired pill.

Enough with that there is good news:

I don't know if your gonna believe the following but its all true:

MONKEY ISLAND on Stage =-O
A theatrical play  staring Guybrush Threepwood vs Pirate ghost LeChuck.
Amazing isnt it?

exams

Fight the Beast within .... and win. Studying for your exams is like
burning a witch .At first you feel great and relieved about it, then
you find out what is right and wrong concerning your actions ,
and then they judge you for your actions.

Greek TV

mms://wmtvserve.media.mit.edu/Mega

mms://wmtvserve.media.mit.edu/ant1

You Know You're Greek When ...

1) You're 5'4", can bench press 325 pounds, shave twice a day, but you
still cry when your mother yells at you.

2) Your uncle owns a restaurant, has $300,000 in the bank, but still
drives a '76 Monte Carlo.

3) You share a bathroom with your 5 brothers, have no money, but drive a
$45,000 Camaro.

4) Your mechanic, plumber, electrician, accountant and travel agent are
all blood relatives.

5) You have a relative that has done something that required the IRS to
threaten him.

6) Your 2 best friends are your cousin and brother-in-law's brother-in-law.

7) You are a card-carrying V.I.P at more than 3 dance clubs.

8) Despite the hair on your back, you still try to impress the ladies by
wearing your "Just Do Me" tank top to Wasaga.

9) At least 5 of your cousins live on your street.

10) All 5 of those cousins are named after your grandfather.

11) A high school diploma and 1 year of community college has earned you
the title of "professor" among your aunts.

12) You are on a first name basis with at least 8 banquet hall owners.

13) If someone in your family grows beyond 5' 9", it is presumed his
mother had an affair.

14) There are more than 28 people in your bridal party.

15) You netted more than $50,000 on your baptism.

16) At some point in your life, you waited tables.

17) 30 years after immigrating, your parents still say "Embros" when
answering the phone.

18) You are an adult and are forced to be with your family at 12
midnight on New Year's Eve.

19) Upon meeting another Greek, one of your first questions is, "what
church do you go to"?

20) Your grandmother/mother/aunt has a miracle cure for every ailment
under the sun.

21) You can name any or all of the gods on Mount Olympus.

22) Your mother or father still feel the need to tell you, "katse kala"
in public.

23) You have been hit with a "pandofla" or a "koutala" or a "lourithi".

24) You can dance the kalamatiano, tsamiko or zebekiko without music.

25) You or a family member have been photographed with a donkey.

26) You must name your children after your parents, grandparents, or
in-laws.

27) You have at least 5 Maria's, 9 Dimitri's, 5 Niko's, 6 George's and 4
Yanni's in the family.

28) You have ever heard the phrase, "Sto leo yia to kalo sou".

29) Your parents have ever made up the name of a street or store or tv
show because they couldn't remember it or pronounce it.

30) Upon meeting another Greek you try to find out what village they're
from.

31) You have ever been threatened by a Greek School Teacher.

32) You still get threatened by a Greek School Teacher even though
you're 30 yrs old.

33) You have been spanked by your friend's parents because your parents
gave them permission to.

34) You have a bottle of OUZO in your house right now.

35) You know what a "komboloi" is.

36) You know how to work a "komboloi".

37) When you were younger and going on car trips you always had to sit
on someone's lap in the front or back seat.

38) You were ever threatened to be eaten by the "mavro pontiki" when you
were little.

39) Someone in your family owns or works in any type of restaurant.

40) You are surprised to learn that the local pet store does not sell
goats.

41) You can't understand why McDonald's rejected your idea for the
"McFeta" Burger.

42) Your entire house is a needlepoint warehouse!

43) You eat Vanilla with a spoon from the jar.

44) You have at least 2 kitchens in your house and a lamb roaster in
your backyard.

45) Your parents keep the unclaimed $$$$$ in old moth ball smelling coat
pockets.

46) At Weddings the karta (card) is determined on the amount of food,
the type of band, if the couple is Greek and whether you are convinced
the marriage will last.

47) You make up your own Greco-American language :For e.g. Carro (car),
Moovare (move), Wassemassini (washing machine), bassi (bus).

48) You can always go to yiayia or papou to curse out your parents and
all they do is soothe you and feed you karpouzi.

49) You have been given the evil eye by your mother in public and/or the
biting of the forefinger knuckle.

50) You were the first one to get cable on your block, but the last to
have it legally.

51) You dread kissing everyone at family gatherings, because you wind up
smelling like armpits at the end of the night.

52) You've been embarrassed by Mom or Dad in stores because they expect
the Greek discount and ask to waive the tax if they pay in cash.

How to be a cool Greek

1. Wear clothes of 2 colors, black and white.

2. Own a cell phone and use it in at inapropriate times- in church,
restaurant, funeral, wedding etc.

3. Refer to anyone who's not Greek disparingly as "xeni" and pity them
for not being as cultures and sophisticated as the greeks.

4. Have predominantly Greek friends, with a few token "xeni" thrown in
for diversity. talk greek when "xeni" are aound

5. Dress as though you are headed for a club when you're actually going
to work or class.

6. If you are a Greek woman, stare menacingly at the other women around
you, especially if there richer or more attractive than you.

7. If you are a Greek guy, be sure not to bathe to achieve an "earthy"
scent, then try to mask it with a lot of cologne; the combination drives
babes wild.

8. Smoke as if is your last day on earth ... and smoke only malboros.

9. Travel only in droves of 10 or more , and be as loud as possible at
all times.

10. If you're single, go to all Greek intercollegiate parties and all
GOYA conferences, even if you're 45 years old.

11. If you're a single Greek over 30, rell everyone you're in your 20's,
even if you're pushing 50.

12. If you're a single Greek gut, tell women you're a "successful
businessman" or that you "own a successful business back in greece" even
if you're an unemployed goat farmer.

13. Dirty dance to Greek folk music.

14. Wear only "designer" labels, even if you buy them off a cart on a
sidewalk in Manhattan.

15. Make sure "designer" lables are extremely visible, preferably
embroided on the front of the apparel.

16. If you are a Greek guy, walk 10 feet in front of your woman and call
her only when you want sex, then go into a deep depression and lament
"theft" of your woman when she dumps you for another guy.

17. If you're a Greek guy, be indifferent and rude to any woman you're
interested in dating, especially if she's Greek.

18. If you're a Greek guy, date "xenes" that treat you badly but marry a
Greek woman that can treat you badly.

19. if you're a Greek woman, date "xeni" you can treat badly but marry a
Greek guy that treats you badly.

20. Wear a leather jacket at all times... even in the summer.

21. Tell American aquantances that money is never an object, even if you
only have 10 bucks to your name.

22. Guys: if you have hair, get it cut every week and use at least 3
different styling products; if you're bald, develop a big ego to mask
your insecurity. (applicable to short men)

23. Make sure you install every possible option in your car, even if it
is a Yugo.

24. Own a sports car, even if its junk.

25. Claim to be a devout Orthodox Christian but know nothing about the
religion other than the date of your name day.

26. Use church as social ground to meet potential dates.

27. If you are a Greek woman, dye your hair an obvious fake shade of
blonde that is nonexistant in nature and swear that it's natural.

28. If you are a Greek american, act like your father was royalty back
in Greece but fell into hard times after the 1973 coup.

29. Pump Greek music in the hood.

Ancient Greek Programmer drinking Frappe while playing Championship Manager 

/maieutic psychagogy/:

* maieutic: /maieûtikos/, midwife, one who assists in the delivery
of a new being

* psychagogy: /psuchagôgê/, from Greek, psûchê, soul, and /agogê/,
transport to or lead out of; the science of helping to bring out
(give birth to) new elements (ideas, beings) from a person's soul
or to bring into (transmit to) a person's soul, elements from a
higher level of being