About Lenka
- Lenka
- nicknamed Bliss
- weirdo
- 19 years old
- 5th grader at high school “Hotel academy”
- from Slovakia (Central Europe)
- culture-jammer
- an optimist (usually)
- open-minded
- easily influenced by good influences
- a sister of Jana, amazingly intelligent young woman
- a friend of Elizabeth Shadowy, my true soulmate and friend
- supporter of Naomi Klein and Noam Chomsky
- in love with amazing person :)
- pursue uniqueness, beauty and love
- live this freakin’ life full of challenges
- be perceived
- read Adbusters
- listen to good indie/lounge/alternative/acoustic/folk/electronic music
- watch independent movies and movies that have some value
- take pictures and shoot videos
- read books
- talk
- share my opinions
- comment on blogs if I have something worth saying
- studying at university abroad
- making a movie (doesn’t have to be an Oscar nominated one, just one with a value)
- setting up an alternative magazine in Slovakia
- making a CD or collaborating on one
- being a founder of perfect alternative school in Slovakia
A, Aqualung, The Arcade Fire, Badly Drawn Boy, Bat For Lashes, Belle&Sebastian, Beirut, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Bright Eyes, Camera Obscura, Coldplay, Damien Rice, The Decemberists, Death Cab For Cutie, The Dresden Dolls, Elefant, Emiliana Torrini, Edith Piaf, Elbow, Elvis Presley, Feist, Fleet Foxes, The Frames, Frou Frou, Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, Goldfrapp, Goran Bregovic, Gotan Project, Grand Archives, IAMX, Imogen Heap, Interference, Interpol, Jason Borden, Kings of Convenience, Lamb, Leonard Cohen, Lisa Hannigan, Long Winters, Los Deliquentes, Lou Rhodes, Mark Geary, Martha Wainwright, Math&Physics Club, Matthew Sweet, Mercury Rev, Myslovitz, Nada Surf, Neil Diamond, Nouvelle Vague, Page France, Patti Smith, Pink, Pink Martini, Pivert, Portishead, Radiohead, Raphael, Rufus Wainwright, The Shins, Sigur Ros, Snow Patrol, Sondre Lerche, Stars, Sufjan Stevens, SA, Tori Amos, Travis, Tryad, Vanessa Paradis, Wolfsheim
- no, I didn’t copy my whole iTunes library. There’s just so much more of good stuff :)
ONCE
Juno
Arizona Dream
Frida
Annie Hall
Volver
Life is beautiful
Decalogue
Blow
Chocolat
Amelie from Montmartre
The Loners (CZ)
Amores Perros
Yesterday
Mystic River
Whale Rider
Tsotsi
Finding Neverland
POTC1
Wallace and Gromit
Forrest Gump
The Secret life of words
Good Will Hunting
Lost in Translation
The Notebook
Little Children
Home Alone
Storytelling
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Unbearable Lightness of being
Dead Poets Society
Pelisky (CZ)
Pieces of April
13 Lakes
Goodbye to the Normals
Czech Dream
Sunset Boulevard
Family Portrait (IT)
Other Worlds (SK)
Wesele (PL)
Pregi (PL)
Bridget Jones’ Diary
Last Tango in Paris
La vie en Rose
My blueberry nights
In search of a midnight kiss
Paris Je’Taime
I just wanted to say thank you for the Belle & Sebastian recommendations, and that I love a lot of the same music as you do, as well as a number of those movies you like. (Once is one of my new favorites.)
Thanks for the comments, and good luck for your dreams…
I loved the movie Once. Love the guitar playing of course. :-)
excellent comment on the bristol blogger about Indymedia, a positive response which was refreshing and lovley :)
hi Lenka! you have a great talent in writing, no doubt you will make your dream to be real! a Slovakian magazines could be real, you have a talent, bring it on girl! i am new in blog, and still have no idea to write (check this out: bingmobille.wordpress.com) and leave any advice for me. c u
-herliando / ando
I find the About Lenka section most interesting and full of intrigue!
I agree with the last comment :)
And I’m guessing our iTunes libraries have a lot in common.
Cant comment on ur MySpace blog cause i am not signed up … BUT i just gotta tell you, i have read a lot of the stuff u have written, and i was ‘gobsmacked’ to learn that you are merely 19yrs of age!!!
To find such insight and wisdom in one so young is a thrilling thing … u make my heart pump reading ur enthusiasm and passion!!
I can tell instantly that you are a very special woman with much ahead of herself in life … however, try not to be too impatient with yourself … everything will come with time … its just the way it is ..*smile*..
In the meantime try not to be so hard on yourself … and in response to your passage:-
“Because I wouldn’t be able to do the same. I would probably have to be one of the best to find some strength to continue. I’ve tried this out with movies. My videos weren’t any good. It gave me pleasure but I was never satisfied.”
perhaps u should read again the words of Marketa Irglova’s speech which says:-
“no matter how far out your dreams are, it’s possible. And, you know, fair play to those who dare to dream and don’t give up”
i will leave u with six little words to keep in your already large literary arsenal:-
‘never, never, never ever give up’
*sees a young woman running flat out into the outstretched arms of destiny*
Thank you! You knew me quite well for a new reader :) I appreciate your insights :) they were very accurate really :) Sometimes I don’t even realize how obvious my words are, how much that can say about me :)
I am speechless :) Thanks very much again for your kind words :) I will try not to give up in my life again :) cuz there’s just one truth about failures that they happen only when we give up moments before we were so close to success. :)
are you a celebrity? browsed through some of your articles in ur blog….(while at work)…
Writing from far east
Steven
Thanks for such honor :D But no, I am far from it :D
assuming that you do have a messenger , in your own time, add me…teckyiing2@hotmail.com (would be nice to speak to a celebrity in the making…potential oscar winner or not…is yet to be determined *triple winks*)…ignore if you feel thats inappropriate:P
read more of you blog and am more convince of your w
holesome-self….(p/s: fyi, in this context, being wholesome is a good thing, since all living being aspires to be wholesome)
I love your site. Keep it up !
Hi Bliss, Lovely blog you have. Keep up the good work. I think you have written everything about yourself here. :) take care
hey! thanks Bliss for stopping by. Please visit again :) Loved your blog.