I graduated college in August and decided to move here to teach English. This is my first time living outside of the states. I will try to post here regularly with whats going on in my life. Don’t judge me when 90% of my posts are about me getting drunk off Thai Whiskey and beer.

8th May 2010

Photo reblogged from A one-eyed man in the kingdom of the blind

mattgorman: rebeldog: (UNKNOWN DATE) Stand up for what you believe! There is actually a really interesting story behind this picture.  Follow the link: http://www.thisblogrules.com/2010/03/dog-that-hasnt-missed-a-single-riot-for-years.html/ “For those that don’t want to filter through the comments:===I live in Athens, in exarxeia and this dog is very famous and everybody feeds and loves this animal.BUT his name is LOUK,from Loukanikos a word that means sausage,because he used to eat sausages all the time.He lives on the street,he has no master and he, allong with 4-5 other dogs comes to every demonstration here in ahens.You will find him every day in MESOLLOGIOU street,where ALEXANDROS GRIGOROPOULOS,a 15 year old student was shot by the police.KANELLOS was another dog that used to act the same,but he died two years ago and now he is buried by comrades inside the Polytechneio university in Athens,where the uprising against dictatorship took place,in 1973.The members of Indymedia athens,used to feed him.Also when Kanellos was caught by the dog catcher 4 years ago,a demo of 400 people took place and we released him from the dog catcher!You can find his grave inside the university.Kanello RIP!These dogs live in Exarxeia and they don’t belong to nobody.We call them”the dogs of the movement” and there many of them, such as ROZA,DICK,RIBO,PETROS,LOUCY.Its funny but they are our comrades,we protect and feed them and they protect us as well.Here are some videos of comrade Kanellos,a legend of Exarcheia!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FTaVgqSiIkhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWk1-jMNR6k&fea …===The dog is real, he is a stray -the collar and the tag show he’s vaccinated by the municipal services- and during riots or demonstrations ALWAYS takes the side of the demonstrators. He’s something of an icon in Athens and everybody loves him. He’s not the only one, though. There are other dogs too, but he is the most active and therefore the most famous. @Kostas, I Think that his father, Kanellos, has his own monument in TUA…”

mattgorman:

rebeldog:

(UNKNOWN DATE) Stand up for what you believe!

There is actually a really interesting story behind this picture.  Follow the link:

http://www.thisblogrules.com/2010/03/dog-that-hasnt-missed-a-single-riot-for-years.html/

“For those that don’t want to filter through the comments:

===
I live in Athens, in exarxeia and this dog is very famous and everybody feeds and loves this animal.BUT his name is LOUK,from Loukanikos a word that means sausage,because he used to eat sausages all the time.He lives on the street,he has no master and he, allong with 4-5 other dogs comes to every demonstration here in ahens.You will find him every day in MESOLLOGIOU street,where ALEXANDROS GRIGOROPOULOS,a 15 year old student was shot by the police.

KANELLOS was another dog that used to act the same,but he died two years ago and now he is buried by comrades inside the Polytechneio university in Athens,where the uprising against dictatorship took place,in 1973.The members of Indymedia athens,used to feed him.Also when Kanellos was caught by the dog catcher 4 years ago,a demo of 400 people took place and we released him from the dog catcher!You can find his grave inside the university.Kanello RIP!

These dogs live in Exarxeia and they don’t belong to nobody.We call them”the dogs of the movement” and there many of them, such as ROZA,DICK,RIBO,PETROS,LOUCY.Its funny but they are our comrades,we protect and feed them and they protect us as well.

Here are some videos of comrade Kanellos,a legend of Exarcheia!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FTaVgqSiIk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWk1-jMNR6k&fea …
===

The dog is real, he is a stray -the collar and the tag show he’s vaccinated by the municipal services- and during riots or demonstrations ALWAYS takes the side of the demonstrators. He’s something of an icon in Athens and everybody loves him. He’s not the only one, though. There are other dogs too, but he is the most active and therefore the most famous. @Kostas, I Think that his father, Kanellos, has his own monument in TUA…”

Source: rebeldog