About the Blogger
My name is Gino. I’m Lebanese and live on the outskirts of Beirut. I’m an AUB student studying Biology and Psychology, hoping to go into Neuroscience and pick your brains apart in the future.
In the meantime though, I blog here, work in different industries for fun and save puppies.
I’ve dabbled in marketing, public relations, print and publishing and of course social media. My heart still belongs to Biology and Science though, sorry ladies…
Add to the above my years of scouting and my academic background, and you get a very confused mix of stuff that usually end up on these pages.
Electronic music is the only kind of music I’m interested in, I club way too much, I love food but I’m also a pretty picky eater, I’m a scientist at heart and base my life on the real and stay away from the supernatural, I’m a libertarian and believe personal freedoms are the only sacred thing in this universe and that governments need to stay small. Now, you can understand where I’m coming from when I write.
In case you haven’t already noticed, my style of writing is somewhat irreverent and tongue-in-cheek, so please try not to be offended.
About the Blog
The reason I started this blog was to try and get some extra credit in an English Creative Writing course at AUB. In the first week though, I got addicted to the hits and the idea that people are actually reading what I write. A couple of days later, I bought the domain and the rest is history.
The new logo is the molecular structure of Serotonin, a neurotransmitter responsible for many cognitive abilities, especially happiness and well-being. One of the benzene ring’s double bonds is modified to look like a smile. That’s because I have the molecule tattooed on my wrist, and the first time my grandma saw it, she asked “is that a rabbit” and ta-da, a serotonin molecule with a face.
Contact Me
gino@ginosblog.com
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PS Someone has stolen my identity on a UK blog, that is NOT me. He/she stole my photo and linked her. Just cleating things up. Thanks! =D
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By mere chance I stumbled upon your blog, as always the way the net works, nice man.
It was 40 odd years since I saw Beirut. Wonderful to see all the clubs back and the rest is back. Makes me wanna go back, again. Your post´s get´s my world into perspective, really loved that one on the inconcequence bridge, poor son of a king…
Nice clubing/concert summer.
videopal
Then come back for a visit =D
AMAZING WORK! Love ur blog, but stumbled upon it at such an inappropriate time!! Right before exams !!
Love that someone out there is speaking out and voicing most of our thoughts, can’t wait to read more from you
Thank you SA <3 I'm glad to see someone who agrees ^^
Hey Gino, glad to make your “virtual” acquaintance! You’re gonna love this. I was just watching Tony Khalifeh’s show “Lil Nashr” discussing the recent sightings of foreign objects in the skies of Lebanon and the surrounding regions as of late. His guests on the show were non other than your favorite sage, guru, “the enlightened,” Mariam Nour, along with some expert on natural disasters. I was shocked at how right off the bat, before the other guest even opened his mouth to give his “scientific” view on the matter, she went on a no-holds-barred tirade of an attack against the poor unsuspecting fellow, calling him ignorant and comparing him to a slipper (sirmayeh)—doesn’t sound so bad when utter it in English. Does it! I was also shocked at the patience of the guy and his temperate reaction. He simply, at first, went on about giving his seemingly impartial deductive reasoning behind the phenomenon, despite her continuous interjections, refusing to “listen to such stupidity,” and threatening to leave the show multiple time if Tony keeps allowing this poor soul to speak. I would’ve smack her upside the head from the first insult. The next shocking thing, to me as I’m sure to millions of other viewers, is her “indisputable” claim that this phenomenon was due to Israa and Mi’raj, and that some aliens came to visit her at home during this event. What?!!
Finally, things came to a head and she stormed out of the studio during a heated exchange of insults between the two guests. Makes for great ratings. Doesn’t it! Tony on the other hand seemed to be having the time of his life laughing his ass off. Seems to have satisfyingly reached his aim, whatever that might be. What’s more shocking is, and knowing Tony’s modus operandi, he seemed to pay Miriam a great deal of reverence and was quite dismissive of her behavior despite her unprovoked attacks. Anyone else behaving in such a manner on Tony’s show would’ve been on the receiving end of his wrath. Maybe the exception here is due to the fact that Miriam is a fellow colleague and hosts her on show on New TV. Who knows!
Long story short, I don’t know much about Miriam Nour except that she is some kind of an eccentric New Age practitioner and self-propheced guru. But after witnessing this charade, I was prompted to Google Miriam to satisfy my astonishment. And voila, I run into your blog, 15 Reasons Why Miriam Nour Should Be Committed to a Mental Institution (forgive me if I got the title wrong, my memory is not what it used to be). From there, I went on to read you blog about your views on extra-terrestrial beings and the theory on their potential existence. First, let me just say, as an inspiring writer, a self-propheced rational thinker and an ardent existentialist, I found your ideas, philosophies and your straight-to-the-point, tongue-in-cheek methods of articulation (writing) highly resonating with my intellectual and comedic sensibilities. Your writing is very intelligible, flowing, direct, unencumbered and poignant. A rare quality in Lebanon and for a non-native English writer. Despite living over 23 years in the U.S. and receiving most of my eduction in American institutions, I declare I cannot match your seemingly effortless style of expression. My hats off to you sir! I’m both impressed and inspired. Though I have started a blog of my own recently, I am yet to write the first words on it. I’m a bit of a procrastinator when it comes to my 100 Things To Do Before I Die list. Another reason is (and I’m sure you’d love this one), my 3 dogs that I rescued off the streets from various abusive situations demand my attention 24/7, which hardly leaves me any time for things I’d love to do if I was still a “freebird.” However, they’re worth every bit of it! Glad to know you’re also on the same wavelength. In closing, and so I don’t push you off the peak with my unabated flattering, I will allow my self to humble you with this one criticism: as an avid musician, I’m sad to hear that your interest in the most beautiful and endearing form of art and human expression, music, is limited to electronic music. Yuk dude! Give me a break. A well educated mind like yours should not be wasted on such uni-dimensional, synthetic machine made noise. Music is the purist of expressions of the human spirit, and electronic music lacks that organic ingredient that is the secret element in any music that taps into the soul. It’s those human imperfections that are transcended through “human-made” music and that represent the blood and tears of the human experience through this tangible dimension that create the link between the art and the observer. Blues, Jazz, Flamenco, Bossa Nova, Rock, Pop, R&B, Soul, and a plethora of other genres of music is what makes the human experience somewhat tolerable and palatable. Electronic music is simply a metronome with a few repeating drone-like chords that only serve to hypnotize the brain into a mindless trance until you are completely disconnected from the elements. That’s why it’s so popular in nightclubs! It is the ultimate form of escapism. Might as well shoot yourself with heroin. True I’m a child of the 60’s, but I’m sure with a few years under your belt, and after endless late nights working in a hospital as a brain surgeon, you’ll eventually come to value the real meaning of my desperate advice. You can thank me then! On you political stance, well… I’ll just write my own blog about that one day and send you the link. All I’m gonna say now is, nothing is EVER what it’s advertised to be when it comes to political philosophies. Coincidentally, I used to be a Libertarian when I lived in the U.S.. Certainly not anymore! The worst of all the known political philosophies and doctrines however, I have to say, is Democracy. What a joke!
Best of luck on your academic endeavors. Keep those blogs coming. You can be assured you’ll be the first to know when I finally publish my first blogarticle. Now I’m gonna go have me a cup of cosmic tea with my Yiddih speaking alien and mother earth, Miriam! O&O…
You’re very ugly.
Thanks Brah
you’re fat and disgusting
I’m sure you’re gorgeous dayana
compared to you i’m miss universe
So, you’re a religious fanatic?
Hell no. What does it have to do with the way you look? Trying to make convo?
No, but usually people who talk so naively and childishly are. Was just wondering why you’d bother finding your way all the way here just to comment that if you’re a balanced, normal person
I’m not a normal person. I’m retarded. I just wanted to comment. Freedom of speech.
And I completely respect that
Congrats on your award yesterday