January 2011
8 posts
Coming Up...
An article about eurovision
An interview with a bus driver about the frequent transit strikes that are plaguing Greece
Ordinarily Complex
“I wanted him as ordinarily complex and normally simple.” A mind-bending line that would have made Lewis Carroll giggle with giddy delight, this father’s wish for his child cuts deep in Keri Hulme’s novel “The Bone People.” The 1984 Booker-prize winner depicts a collection of damaged characters that love deeply and punch ruthlessly.
Joe Gillayley, an alcoholic prone...
Attitude
American gauge of attitude transformed Greek Style : is the water glass half full or half empty; are the tomatoes swimming or drowning in olive oil?
I liked them better before they saw me!
The girl stared at the ground while she walked, smiling to herself with her index finger poised at her lip. She looks up, sees me approaching and abruptly shoves her hands into the pockets of her pea coat; her toothy smile becoming a straight line and her face a blank slate. Moments later, a boy turns the corner. He is talking quietly to himself, a puzzled expression fixed to his brow. He too...
Taking a Picture
Me: You are a bit over-exposed.
Linh: What do you mean? *looks down*
Me: Your automatic setting washes out your face.
Linh: Oh, I thought you were saying I was showing too much skin.
Works of Art
Statues
Rorschach inkblot photo
Airport Personalities
I hopped over to a café straight out of the 1950’s and plunked into a corner chair. A woman slid into an adjacent table her eyes framed by deep red glasses, which distracted me for only a second from her floral green dress that was slightly reminiscent of a garden left alone for weeks and over-grown with weeds. One of her thick black clogs tapped the wood floor at constant four beat. She is a...
The Idiom of Kristy
I want to add a new meaning to the dictionary: asthmatic
Use (adj.): Your triple back flip into the pool was asthmatic!
Definition: So amazing it makes you short of breath.
Sunglasses off: ughhh…
Sunglasses on: Asthmatic!