The Froth

Some days are just right

31. July 2005

Yes indeed, some days are just right. This morning I went to David Hockney’s exhibition in Benaki Museum with my sister Penny and Sylvia. I didn’t go crazy with his work although I am sure I am just ignorant. Ok, I liked the fairy tale inspired etchings, but the rest, honestly did they take him [...]

All the lonely users, where do they all come from?

29. July 2005

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I had a discussion with blondie and she told me about the things our mutual friends are taking up, like wind-surfing, which I hate, by the way. But the truth is I have invested way too much in up in the air communication and I have been living my life over the internet. Now I [...]

Talkin about YOUR generation

27. July 2005

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Ι went to the publishing house today and spent all day at work. I did all the things you get to do when you work in an office and haven’t done for so long. For example: I talked to friends on MSN (I also do it at home but mostly when I have work to [...]

Summer Massacre

24. July 2005

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I went to the hateful beach today. I had to. All the people with the fantastic beach accessories were there, as they always are. Athens Olympics beach umbrellas, chairs, coffee in thermos, tanning lotion, face tanning lotion, after sun lotion. I listened to music, I read Marie Claire and all about the winter [...]

Work, a nice invention

23. July 2005

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Before I quit my job, I used to think work was an obligation, and I was simply lucky to be doing something I really really liked. The last few months this has changed. Work is a nice invention. And the reasons are the following: a. When you have to work you avoid thinking about the issues [...]

You tell them Roethke

21. July 2005

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This is my favourite poem, by my favourite poet, Thoedore Roethke. I wasn’t really in the mood for writing anything at all, So, I’ll have Theodore Roethke tell it like it is. I didn’t buy the book for nothing you know. In a Dark Time In a dark time, the eye begins to see, I [...]

To Love Somebody

19. July 2005

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I am going to the cinema in a few minutes but that’s not the point. The point is that today, I’ve heard the most perfect song, by Billy Corgan (smashing pumpkins singer). It’s a cover of the old Bee Gees song To Love Somebody and it is the sweetest, saddest, most dream like song I [...]