The day most of us we forgot to pee. We had a double class of serbocroatian, with the long break in between, which we spent in the toilet. Smoking was forbidden in the gimnazija, but the toilets were deemed exteritorial, so there we were, even though most of us guys from (then) II/5 weren't smoking. This was about Hamlet, which was the subject today, and amazingly, most of us did read it. The discussion from the first part of the class spilled over into the toilet, where the two main issues were whether Gertrude gave it to Claudio even before they killed old king Hamlet, or saved it as a carrot on a long stick, and whether Ophelia killed herself for being pregnant or for other reasons. Then it spilled back to the next part of the class, which was often interrupted by one of us asking Sonja to let us go pee, as the discussion was so heated that we mostly forgot to do it. Jolpaz was noted for taking a part in this discussion, in the notes I was taking on the margins and even on bus tickets.
A few days I was involved, talking often during the big breaks, with some girl from first grade, with short bangs and funny voice. It was inspiring and fun. Nothing came of it, though. She later went to Novi and had some career as a singer, specially as she could do about an octave higher than normal.
At art lesson, Oli Boj's mosaic was looking like a scarecrow. As professor said, "looks like you, by both form and psychology". These days even Troskok, our classmaster, is making jokes, in russian, of course. When Bilja got a two in art or an unjustified absence (was there a choice or did she get both, thus earning a low mark while being absent?), she asked "so, what do you think, have you been present at the class or not?".
D.M. and Višnja now consider me the regular companion on the way home. Sometimes they even ask for me. I've completely given up on the bus.
Tejka did not make peace with Pišta. He's allegedly a coward, he'd like to get back to her, but his friends would mock him so he dare not do it. That's how she's telling it.
Heard "Aqualung" and "Jesus Christ superstar" on Midnight rock. Phenomenal. Konjović is just about the only place where you can hear the whole album, without interruption. Of course, if you live near enough, you can get it on FM and record it on tape, but that's probably just one kilometer around their transmitter.
One evening I stayed with Dragana on the korzo for a while after school, came home only around 20:00. She had trouble walking, as Bajče has stepped on her toes. So I shlepped her around, more or less, but when she spotted Sarča in the crowd, she snuggled up to me as if we were a real couple. He noticed that, in a corner of his eye (really, since when do eyes have corners?) and let out one of his "Eeeaaaooouuuuu" semi-ironic yells. We managed to walk away for a few meters before we started laughing: he fell for it.
Women acquired voting rights in Switzerland. Catholic church voted to keep the celibacy. Fourth album of Led zeppelin.
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Dad had a crash with his fića. One of the main streets, from Lesnina to Žitni (wheat) square, had cobblestones (smaller, about 10cm cubed, cut roughly to measure) which were rather old, smoothed out. The pavement was uneven, there were dips. The weather being still rather dry and dusty, the city regularly sent a washer truck through, every day at 13:00. It was still wet; a lady with a tristać swerved, hit him with her rear to his front, then bumped off and hit his rear left with her front left. Then her baby fell out from the rear seat - the door got open. Nothing happened to either of them, weird luck. Dad hit the lesonit shelf under the dashboard with his right knee, felt some pain for a while. We later heard she's a conductor in the bus enterprise.
The front of the fića was dented inwards for at least 25cm, the shell was bent (one door won't close again); the rear was kind of salvageable after a dozen hours with a rubber hammer. His mechanic eventually bought the wreck. The engine, being in the rear, was intact, as were the gears and most of the undercarriage.
6-IX-2014 - 10-XI-2025