The Froth

The Misanthrope

14. May 2008

I am going through this misanthropic phase at the moment, which inevitably occurs when I am in contact with a lot of people for a lot of the time and for lots of reasons. Because people become not simply obnoxious but disgusting too. Human nature can be wonderful and disgusting in equal portions. You know [...]

The tooth fairy is really a bitch

5. May 2008

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House in Makrinitsa The cafe May got off to a bumpy start. The countryside is nice (I went to Makrinitsa, a beautiful village on Mt Pilio to celebrate the coming of May) but not so nice when you have a toothache that could kill ten fat horses and there is not a pharmacist’s in sight. I had [...]

Happy Birthday to me although I suck

21. March 2008

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My sexy shower cap, courtesy of lovely Stephanie (thanks so much, I never take it off) I have neglected you. And me and this page too. Thank you for the birthday wishes you sent in my mail and on Facebook and all corners of the internet I have contaminated. You are so nice and I am [...]

Plain truth

7. February 2008

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Here’s some ugly food I had in London Beauty has started getting on my nerves. All the beauty around me. The beauty I see in design and lovely crafts sites. The beauty in food photography. Beautiful websites. Beautiful fashion. I can’t stand all this restrictive gorgeousness. Can’t we be free of it and produce something hideous [...]

The nightmare before Christmas

21. December 2007

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The last couple of nights I have been having bloody, gory, dreams. And that, despite the fact that I have happily put the Christmas tree up, have decorated the balcony with fairy lights, have baked cookies, made cards (see the one above) and done good deeds. Dream nr 1: A good looking guy flirts with me [...]

Take the money and run

14. December 2007

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Regent Street: At least I saw the light Take the money and run, with the speed of light if possible. Because that is the only way to reach that other universe. The one where after you have worked, you get paid. So I am in the process of taking the money and running away from that [...]

Delusions of grandeur

22. November 2007

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Yesterday, as I was searching for fresh information on theme parks in Europe, I stumbled upon an old article of mine on the same topic (journalists always recycle their articles, fresh food costs a lot, and newspapers tend to get what they pay for). The problem is that my article was found in a blog, [...]