Climbing on the dangling earrings of the stars
Journal Entry: Thu Feb 7, 2008, 10:57 AM
- Mood:
Sweet - Listening to: BWV 110 [T. Koopman's take]
- Reading: Just finished Carol Berg's "Soul Weaver"
- Watching: Buffy, second time over.
- Playing: *cheerful nod*
- Eating: That would be pleasant.
- Drinking: I'm coffee girl these days.
.Descriptum.Hello world. 
Happiness makes people [well, at least me] disappear. My father always told my mother not to worry when I did not call. "You need not worry, she's fine; when she's not calling, it means she's having a great time."
It also seems to be quite the writer's block spell for many poets, but thankfully I'm not one of them. So, I didn't stop writing. I just disappeared, and I bet I won't be exactly punctual in my uploading, especially in my visual work uploading, now that I decided to re-appear.
If you have any preference regarding what I could upload in my writing account, drop me a line. There is work from the dopowrimo, work from every month since then; even some weird short prose pieces.
I've also been writing a kind of fairytale. It's a little surreal, and I don't think it can easily be accused of being too serious.
I think that my early readings of Eugene Trivizas's fantastic stories are sneaking up on me. It progresses slowly, due to the massive amount of design and written work [two D&AD briefs, one live brief, my independent brief and quite a few essays; they're out of mind this year] I have for my last year in University, but I promise I won't abandon it. This I will not upload anytime soon, not before it's finished and I've had some time to digest it; I'm quite shy about it, actually.
More news. Good news. Life is treating me exceptionally. Things are not only restored to their previous glory, they're a whole lot better than they were before. Guess who's making me happy... and it does seem like it is for good this time.
I spent the first semester of this academic year in Holland, in The Hague, with ~themonosandal. Beautiful months. Months painted with all the colours of the world and sprinkled with the finest music. Months bathed in light...
I returned to England on the 20th of January, and resumed my degree course shortly after. Last year, last semester - this is the end of the line. I - we - did visit Greece for Christmas and New Years Eve, we split the days between Athens and Thessaloniki [Athens got the biggest piece of the cake]. Now that I mentioned cake, I even won the lucky coin in New Year's cake [yes, vasilopita]. It's all bright and warm and soft [err, not the cake], but also strong, and full of songs and whispers about hammocks and curtains and Christmas trees and a pair of eyes fixed enough in mine to call home...
I do hope I haven't made you sick with my sugar and spice and all things nice. I'll tell you some bits that aren't all that shiny as well to make it up to you. My loser of a flatmate has been stealing for what was supplies enough to last for ten days. He actually ate everything that I had in my freezer, and then told me that he has no job or money, and that he'll buy what he owes when and if he borrows money from someone. The thing is, I'm running on a very, very low budget this semester, and this month is the worst of all. This doesn't usually upset me, I'm excellent at organizing everything and surviving with very little. I had 50p in my wallet, and food enough for one meal per day and a bite of breakfast until the 16th [which is first day of my financial months]. Now I have food enough for four days, and a landlord who is willing to lend me a few pounds, thank God.
The flatmate issue is nothing, though, it's just an annoying pebble in my shoe. I feel exhilarated with what I have; gratitude escapes through my every pore towards what's out there.
I do miss him now that I'm in England, but in the good, uni-work-doing, skype-talking, Buffy-watching, exercising, going-out-for-walks, writing-dA-journals and cooking kind of way; not at all in the idle, depressed and insecure kind of way. I'm travelling to Holland in 15 days, staying for 9. Then I'll travel again on the 13th of March and stay for all [Western] Easter holidays and block study week [spring break]. And then university will be over, and I'll move there. 
I definitely wish you all the best of luck, my luck [just without the nasty flatmates and the low-on-cash issue].

.Travellers.
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Süßer Friede,
Komm, ach komm in meine Brust!
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"Do you want to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering."
- Henri-Frédéric Amiel.
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Süßer Friede,
Komm, ach komm in meine Brust!
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Σ' ευχαριστώ όπως και να 'χει..! Θα ρίξω μια ματιά και στο ελληνικό acc σου!
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Πολύ όμορφη η φωτογραφία, το άξιζε.
Αν διαβάζεις, ορίστε και το ελληνικό μου account, είναι καθαρά για ποίηση.
~AnotherJuliette
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I really really apreciate it
Σ' ευχαριστώ πολύ για το
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Wise is the one laughing from his grave
Poor is the one who refuses to save
Gone is the hope of a better day
+ Fiction Plane +
Then there was a choise [March 2006, I believe], then happiness mixed with fear [March 2006 - December 2006], then said fear came true [December 2006] because - more ore less - I made it true...
Then there was a mistake [December 2006], pain, loss, silence, nightmares, insomnia, drinking, making an attempt at being cynical, failure, more pain. [January 2007 - April 2007]
And then there was nothing more to lose, so I found the clarity and strength that only people who have nothing more to lose can find, and I used all of it [and a great deal of luck] to turn things back the way they were, turn back to happiness - but this time without the fear in every breath.
And it worked.
Since then [June 2007], I've been the happiest I have ever been, without fears and problems hiding in every corner, and, God willing, I intend to keep it that way.
And how have you been?
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"Do you want to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering."
- Henri-Frédéric Amiel.
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"As you wish..."
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Here's something for the two of you, in memory of the darker days:
[link]
I am humbly honored that you kept my place. I will not forget.
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Ed
"If you're not confused, you're misinformed." - Tom Clancy
The Trouble with a Love Poem
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Ed
"If you're not confused, you're misinformed." - Tom Clancy
The Trouble with a Love Poem
The rough time that I just mentioned is the reason that I'm finishing my BA now, this semester [I'm staying in England for the semester, but I'm visiting Iason in Holland often; in fact I am in our room in Holland right now and he's playing the harpsichord...] I was to finish it last year, but I screwed up the semester when we two were apart, so I had to repeat it. It's going very well now, I'll just have to work very much until Easter because I took this week off and came here in The Hague. After that [I'll be done by the 16th of May], I'll move to Holland for good. We're getting a studio. I'll apply for an MA in Leiden [a city right next to The Hague] and I'll try and find a good singing teacher. I'll live here until Iason finishes his studies, and then we'll go wherever.
I've done one NaPoWriMo [went peachy] and one DoPoWriMo [double poetry writing month, I named it, I just wanted to see how much I can produce] in which I was supposed to produce two pieces per day. I ended up with 56 poems instead of 60, but it's fine with me.
If you did manage to read the Greek ones, it would be great. The English ones are really levels below, and the translations don't carry the depth of the originals. Sometimes I can't help it; they just end up lame.
The visual account will be updated from time to time. And I'll have a camera again in the summer, so I'll be taking more pictures.
All the best to you too,
A.
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"Do you want to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering."
- Henri-Frédéric Amiel.
Κι εσύ να είσαι καλά.
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"Do you want to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering."
- Henri-Frédéric Amiel.
Life is good! Busier than ever, primarily with work, but I'm trying to find a balance that will assure me a reasonable chance of writing regularly. I'm sorry to see that so many of my favorite poets here have either lost interest in dA and taken their creativity elsewhere, or else moved into new phases of life that leave them little time for writing or commenting. But there is still more than enough talent and skill available here to provide the critique and advice that drew me back.
But what of you? And your charming beau? Do I remember correctly that you are reaching the point of completing your formal education and moving on into your next phase? Exciting times, indeed!
I will certainly watch your poetry page, and your friend's. Someday, perhaps I'll get my sister (a classics professor at Dartmouth) to translate a bit for me of the ones I can't read for myself. And I'll check out the visual page as well; who doesn't like to look at a picture now and then?
Drop by when you have time to spare. I've reloaded a fair number of my old pieces, including deSable, which I seem to recall you enjoyed. I'm hoping to get more new poetry written and posted, might even push myself to do NaPoWriMo this year, but it's more fun to do it when you know you're going to get some feedback on your efforts.
All the best to you and yours,
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Ed
"If you're not confused, you're misinformed." - Tom Clancy
The Trouble with a Love Poem
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My website: nannie.se
No, no poetry on this one [the poems that are already there are oooold and awkward]. This is the visual account.
My poetry account is ~AnotherJuliette, it is updated much more often than the visual one, but it's mostly in Greek...
How is life treating you?
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"Do you want to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering."
- Henri-Frédéric Amiel.
I'm re-watching you, as I'm not sure which of my friends are still linked after my departure and return. Will you be posting any more poetry on this page?
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Ed
"If you're not confused, you're misinformed." - Tom Clancy
The Trouble with a Love Poem
Το καλοκαίρι ήμουν στην Αθήνα κυρίως, αν και πήγα και μια βδομάδα Χαλκιδική με τον πατέρα μου και τον Ορφέα, και μια βδομάδα Κρήτη με τη μητέρα μου. Από το Σεπτέμβριο ως τα Χριστούγεννα ήμουν στη Χάγη με τον Ορφέα, μετά κάναμε τις γιορτές μαζί μοιρασμένα Θεσσαλονίκη-Αθήνα, και μετά ξαναπήγα για λίγο Χάγη μέχρι να αρχίσουν τα μαθήματα. Τώρα άρχισαν, τελευταίο εξάμηνο [επανάληψη του τελευταίου εξαμήνου, δεν πέρασα πέρυσι...],τέλος. Στο τέλος του Μάη θα έχω πια μετακομίσει Ολλανδία, Χάγη. Εσύ τι κάνεις; Πώς πας; Η Ρόζυ, καλά; Είστε μαζί; Ελπίζω ναι!
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