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New experiences and disappointments. Poland, Špindlerův Mlýn and Prague
2008-02-11 21:37:00
Hey. I finally made myself to write something to my blog. It's been happening so much and that`s why it`s especially difficult to begin with something. So...about THE trip. We left Vilnius at around 6:30 AM. My fellow-traveller Giedrius was examining Auto-route software while I was driving my BMW :) It didn`t take long to reach Kaunas and soon we were at the border of Poland . After having a coffee and a sandwich in the last Lithuanian Statoil gas station we finally drove into the territory of Poland for the first time since we`re in Shengen area. We drove many kilometers through Suwalki, Augustaw, Bialystok, Warsaw, Wroclaw etc. and finally we reached the border of Czech Republic. That meant we`re almost there. Here started the mountain roads. I`ve never driven under such conditions before so it was really interesting and lots of fun. Finally we drove into our final destination - Špindlerův Mlýn. After couple of hours of wandering in the rain we found our "Horni pramen" hotel ...
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Packing up for Špindlerův Mlýn
2008-01-25 20:38:00
Hey for the last time before the trip. I understand it`s nothing big but for me it is huge. It`s my first trip to Czech Republic, my first trip to the mountains, the longest trip by car so far etc. We`re leaving in eight and a half hours and the stuff isn`t completely packed yet. But before that I decided to put some pics of the newest inventory parts and the route we're going to take :) Powerslide butt protection; Salice goggles with antifog double lenses; Pro tec wrist guard; Rossignol hat; Route from Vilnius to Špindlerův Mlýn;
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A student...for the 3rd time
2008-01-22 23:26:00
Hey! You know what? I`m a student again!!! :) Regular people can`t even imagine what it feels like, but I do now. I couldn`t say its the best feeling. I couldn`t even say it`s a positive feeling. But..."Once you pop you can`t stop" :) Moreover on that comming soon. Last Sunday I got myself a mini remote controlled helicopter, but it broke down the first day. And I was really surprised when I could return it without any troubles at all. I got all my money back and I didn`t even have to wait in a line for too long or to do many explanations. Thank you, MAXIMA. The toy was quite fun, but I came to a conclusion: you have to pay more than 100 Lt. for a remote controlled flying toy... Me and my roommate Giedrius are planing our snowboarding trip to the Spindleruv Mlyn. Today I took a pink marker and highlighted all the path we gonna take on the paper map. It comes to something around 1000 kilometers. And...we gonna have to come back to this subject later, when I`ll have som...
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New year, new hopes, new environment
2008-01-15 20:24:00
Hey, everyone!!!Happy new year. I wish you all could say that was the best year of your life so far at the end of 2008. That`s what I said to myself after last year. Especially when during the last days enough snow fell out to start snowboarding!!!It was like a miracle to wake up one morning and find lots of snow outside. And also a sign to get snowboarding gloves and a case for the board. Me, my girl and a friend were expecting to go to Eglukalns (www.sventesegles.lv) in Latvia for a ride, but they weren`t opened yet. So we decided to go check a skiing hill in Anyksciai. It wasn`t bad at all except for the number of people.Then my dad got a donor kidney so he went to the hospital in Kaunas as soon as possible. I didn`t want my mom to celebrate new year alone so I went to visit her again with my girl, her dog and my sister. We didn`t drink much so we`d be in good shape next day for...snowboarding!!! :) And this time there were only few skiers so we didn`t have to wait in lines for t...
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One more christmas without snow?
2007-12-17 22:34:00
People probably notice me being nervous and impatient because here, in Lithuania, we don`t still have any snow!!! Half of December has passed and that`s 1/6th of all winter months. And my snowboard is still lying on the cupboard, it wasn`t tried at least for once and it didn`t see any snow so far :)Anyways...we already started celebrating Christmas . Last weekend some of our kite club members met near Trakai town, let their kites in the air for a while and then left for some warmer place with lot`s of chats, games, dances(?), drinks and food ;) Can`t say much about the party, because It wasn`t meant for me to remember it all, but as much as I do remember it was great. It was another opportunity to make sure that people in our 108 club are warm, full of ideas and interesting.You can find some of the moments at http://picasaweb.google.com/magnetas/108K alDos2007This week we have to work for 6 straight days, but we`re having office Christmas party at the end of the week and then couple o...
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"I got a snowboard under my feet"
2007-11-22 22:01:00
Yeah, this Guano Apes song keeps looping in my head for several days now. And why is that? Maybe because I`m close to having all the equipment I need for snowboarding!!! :)I have a Gravity Lost 166 wide freeride snowboard, Factory FA22 bindings with aluminium frame, SPL leather boots and finally a set of snowboarding pants and jacket from Lithuanian sportswear manufacturer "Audimas". I'm wondering if everything`s gonna fit in my new car (but let`s keep the "car" topic for the next post)...Now I`m impatiently waiting for more snow to come and, of course, for the trip to Czech Republic next year.I`m expecting to get goggles, gloves and some arm protection till then.So what were the costs...Pants - 189,99Lt.Jacket - 289,99Lt.Snowboard - 780Lt.Bindings > 300 Lt.Boots > 400 Lt.After getting a discount for buying the board, the binding and the boots together I payed 1320 Lt.And it all comes to...1800 Lt.I also got "Go Snow board" book with DVD by Neil McNab as a birthday present from my ...
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Countdown till take-off: 5,4,3...
2007-10-17 21:05:00
The day has come. After spending 200Lt. for my new power kite lines I decided to use old ones for replacing the broken pieces. It all went fine and took about 2 hours. So i have knots for lines to attach, the other side of each of them is attached to 5 more lines. And all of those together are connecting 136 more lines. So to sum it all its like...150 pieces of very thin and strong rope :)I didn't have an opportunity to try it out so it's hard to say if everything's fine now, but I hope it is. :) I also hope I'll know this answer after the weekend. So...a couple of days left to wait.The repairing wasn't too difficult, all i needed was lots of line, scissors and some precision. I'm adding several pics of my new lines and from the repairing process so you could have an idea of what the hell am I talking about :)Stay positive :DP.S. Paul Kalkbrenner was the right artist to listen to while working :)
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Dust in the wind...
2007-10-16 19:36:00
Hey,Last weekend i finally got to understand why people call those things power or traction kites. The wind was as strong as 10 m/s so it was even a little bit too strong for my kite. But me and my friend Giedrius packed up and went up to the hill near Trakai town. I could feel the strength of the wind even without a kite.Giedrius helped me out unpacking ant preparing my huge bird and here came the first attempt. The lines broke down...and the next time...and the one after that.Then I remembered I have one more set of lines in my backpack. So I replaced them and tried once more. And this time was completely different. The kite simply picked and carried me up the hill 3 or 4 meters.Then me and Giedrius had several jumps, several falls and finally, when my cousins arrived, the other lines broke down.So now I know what the power kite feels like, but can't use my own yet.Waiting for enough patience to repair it... :)
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A couple of news in my digital life
2007-09-28 21:43:00
Hi, readers of my life :)Well, something new happened in my life again. And it has something to do with you knowing me better and imagining main reasons of my posts here. I started using Picasa. A tool by google which lets me categorize, sort, describe, edit etc. my pictures. Even more. I can upload full albums to web and make them public for everyone to see. The address is http://picasaweb.google.com/magnetas. Check it out regularly to see newest pics and album updates.And after putting some new software into my computer today I put some new hardware!!! :) From now on my oldie has 1280MB of RAM and I can feel that every moment I'm using it (even now, writing this post).Well...that's it for today. I was hoping to get some emotions from kites, to make some pictures, meet the guys from the club, but wind forecasts were wrong. I'm looking forward to do all that tomorrow.Take care
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Irregular time on regular Sunday
2007-09-16 22:48:00
Hello.Today was a wonderful day. I decided to get myself a new higher class stunt kite...and that's how my day started. I got HQ Salsa (1,80x0.9m). It's more difficult to pot together than the old one, but it packs up into a small bag and is much much much more precise. The wind was too strong so i broke one of its leading edge bottom tubes...nevermind :)I met lots of guys from the club, we tried eachothers kites, had discussions on the kite subject and enjoyed every single take off, every single turn, and every single crash.Here are some pics of Arturas (Senukas) kite that he brought from Thailand and him, trying to make it fly :)And here's my new Salsa kite:Kite stuff I've got so far (kites, bags, lines, handles...):
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Lymphoma day commemoration. Flying lanterns.
2007-09-14 22:12:00
Hi.15th of September is international lymphoma commemoration day. Here are some pics and a video from the Vilnius oldtown for you to get the idea of how we spent the time on the threshold.
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Death of summer
2007-09-14 18:22:00
Hello.Sorry for not writing for so long...I was too busy. Now about the last days of summer...The last weekend of the summer was simply awesome. Me, my sister and several of my friends went to the Be2Gether festival. The main idea was to promote democracy in Belarus, so the festival took place 300 meters away from the board of Lithuania and Belarus.The festival itself wasn't bad at all except for the lack of showers, toilets, thashcans and so on. We were a little late (because of standing in a line) to see all performance of Datarock, but at least we made it on "Fa fa fa" song. The band was great and that was the main reason we went there.We saw Morcheeba, Blodhound Gang, The Therapy?, Andrus Mamontovas, Pieno Lazeriai (Milky Lasers), G&G Sindikatas, Radioshow, Metal on Metal, DJ Alex Gopher and several more performers. I didn't have such a party in a loooong time. Mr.Gopher made me feel like I'm 17 again :)And now about something completely different :) I got myself a new kite....
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Last.fm info. Update
2007-08-27 08:31:00
Hey y'all.Just wanted you to know that from now on my weekly favorite tracks will be displayed in a flash table, so it's interactive and better looking.Enjoy.
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Last.fm: My Weekly Favorite Tracks
2007-08-23 15:24:00
Hey.As I promissed I just put a new block "My Weekly Favorite Tracks " in my blog. The should normalize in several days. Enjoy

Last.fm and stuff related to my blog
2007-08-22 12:43:00
Hey, I just started using last.fm. (Saw Top Weekly Artists table on Latelad's blog). It's a wonderful tool, program and website all-in-one. From now on I'll be able to see and share my favourite, most loved and most listened artists, albums and tracks, recomend them, find people who listen to the same kind of music and so on. For now I just placed "My favourite artists" block in this blog, so you can see what artists I listen to. The data is not very exact yet, because I wasn't the only guy using my PC while my roommates laptop was beeing repaired :)In the near furure I expect to put My weekly favourite tracks table here, but it takes some time for last.fm to "decide" which tracks to show this week :)So...have a nice day and I hope you'll find something close to yourselves from these tables.
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Guenther Royal Loop. First attempts
2007-07-26 09:33:00
Hey.Yesterday the wind let me try my kite once more out. The wind wasn't perfect, but I was able to make my Royal Loop fly a several times. Here's a shot of one of them. Thanx MadSaras for taking it :)I'm hoping to get more of that feeling today, because for now the wind looks pretty good. I hope it stays that way till the evening...

Weekends passing by
2007-07-23 23:02:00
Hey, y'all!!!Waiting for a new post, aren't you? Well...here it is :)I'll try to make it short and put some more visual material :)About my last weekends...2 weeks ago I went back to Zarasai to help my dad fix his car (there were some huge problems with the engine) so he could go to the hospital on Monday by himself. It all went fine and I also got to have several beers with my old friends I didn't see for a while (thanks for great evening, dudes).Then...a weekend after that one. My dad was still in a hospital, so i gave a ride for my mom to see her sister. I changed my cars oil and air filters there and watched my friend Darius finishing up a couple of tires (enjoy the videos). Next day (night) we went fishing, but we didn't catch much. And the morning after that I went to the biggest and probably nastiest market place in Lithuania - Gariunai. Yep, it's still the same: crap all over the place... :)Then several evenings with beer and pool balls.Last weekend I got myself...a ki...
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"Pleasure is all mine"
2007-07-04 19:18:00
Hey, folks!!!And here I am, back to Lithuania. I spent last weekend in Poland with my friends. As the matter of fact "Heineken Music Open'er Festival"was taking place there, but first about the trip...We left home at 7 AM on Friday. Six of us decided to go by 2 cars. The plan was to go together, not too far away from each other, but it was more difficult than we thought. Just when we crossed the border of Lithuania the other car accidentally went the wrong way, so we went just on our own. Soon we found out, that Poland has very very many villages. Just after leaving one of them here comes another. And so for like 500 kilometers.Finally we reached Gdansk. An amazingly beautiful city on the cost of the Baltic sea. After having a walk in the oldtown and a meal there we headed to our final destination - Gdynia. Here I found out that Gdansk, Sopot and Gdynia are all so close that they seem like one big city. I really loved all of them.So we reached Baby Dolly airport. That's where our ...
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"Protect me from what I want"
2007-06-26 21:40:00
Yeah, I've seen Placebo...live...here, in Vilnius. It was amazing. And that's probably the biggest news from my camp till this weekend (except for the fact I got all my documents back).Every single moment in the concert was unbelievable and indescribable. I felt young again. We kept jumping and screaming for more than two hours. All the guys on the stage were amazing as always, they played all the most famous songs of placebo as well as the new ones. Ech...I miss that evening. We left UPA (Utenos Pramogų Arena) all tired and covered in sweat. I kept hearing some strange noise in my left ear for two more days. :)After that I had several weekends by the lake as well as the last one. The difference is that i got really pissed and did that with old friends i didn't see for a while (thanks for everyone there for great evening). There's much to tell you, but I'll leave it up to pictures. And...here they are:

Run, doggy, run!!!
2007-06-22 20:27:00
Hey y'all!!!I wasn't writing for a while so it's time for something new around here. For now it's just a brand new video, but i promise to share some more stuff going on in my life.In the video you can see my cousins dog running home from the beach. It was all wet so we didn't let it drive with us. I was late to take a shoot of it taking a crap really fast while running next to the car, but it still is funny :)Enjoy

Partying season is now open
2007-05-09 23:30:00
Hey. It's been a while since my last post, so I'll try to make you feel better with some pics in return :)We celebrated Valdas's 24th birthday. The theme of the evening was "characters", so we had to dress up like something(someone) from cartoons, movies or tales. It was a really nice party, we got drunk, had long and interesting conversations with interesting people, danced, played made jokes and so on.5 years have passed since we graduated in high-school. So there was another party last weekend in a nice place by the "Čyčirio" lake in Zarasai district. It was so nice to meet all the people i learned with, to find out what they are doing for a living, to have a nice drink without hurrying somewhere. Thanks, classmates!!! :)And here are some pics from both parties, enjoy:
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PageRank and stuff
2007-04-29 00:32:00
Hey. I just visited my blog while watching "predator" and to my great surprise it's pagerank wasn't zero anymore. It's 3! 3 out of 10! And what is more, sitescore raised from 7.3 to 7.5. Visitors keep coming from all around the world, several each day, but that ain't the limit, right? :)Thank you for stepping by. Take care.
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And the regular life comes to an end...
2007-04-25 23:53:00
Hey, folks.It's been a while since my last post so finally, after a week, I made myself to take care of this. Actually it's been a pretty annoying week. Well, at least the weekend.Friday, after work I went home (and I saw amazingly beautiful rainbow), met my girl and so on...the regular weekend evening.On the other hand, Saturday wasn't so common. First we went to visit my aunt and uncle and to change oil and filters for my girlfriends A3. The weather was awful, but i decided to help her out. After removing the oil leaking screw the wind started splashing the oil and one of my sweaters was ruined. Anyway, with some help from my cousins we took care of that damn car :)Afterwards we came back to Vilnius and decided to go to play some bowling. The game itself wasn't so bad, I got my highscore (157 points) and we had lots of fun. But several minutes after we left this bowling club I noticed that I don't have my wallet anymore. There were no cash left in it, but it was loaded with m...
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A really really old video
2007-04-18 08:30:00
Here's a video I took a couple of years ago. You can see my sisters degu (it's dead now :) ) carrying around a pile of my papers. A bit overestimated itself, huh? :)
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Visitors counter
2007-04-17 23:11:00
Hey. I fogot to mention, that I added visitors counter from hey.lt at the right column of the blog. It counts daily visits and unique visitors. Just to show you're not the only one who's been here :)So...let's keep the counter spinnin'... :)
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Rotten milk
2007-04-17 22:29:00
What happens when you leave a platic bag of milk in the fridge for several weeks? The bag becomes hard and big and the milk inside - rotten. What happens when you hit his bag with an axe? Tak a look :)
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