Thursday, December 24, 2009

I remember the days when I did not have this lump of sad intoxication down my throat.

Tuesday, December 08, 2009

some evenings are quiet
some are not
i am alone
i the balcony
at this quiet hour
listening only to the -slightly deranged- upstairs neighbour
spitting on the ground
from the balcony above me
i drink the last drops of port
imported from my last trip to portugal
imported from a place i loved within a week
what happened to me?
what happened?
when did i fall asleep and
have i woken up?
i am trying to count minutes
minutes and hours
before someone comes and
takes me out of this
out of this.
i will be waiting minutes and hours
and drops of wine
drizzle and driving
some evenings are quiet
this is not

Wednesday, December 02, 2009

LVII- E.E. Cummings

somewhere i have never travelled,gladly beyond
any experience,your eyes have their silence:
in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me,
or which i cannot touch because they are too near

your slightest look easily will unclose me
though i have closed myself as fingers,
you open always petal by petal myself as Spring opens
(touching skilfully,mysteriously)her first rose

or if your wish be to close me,i and
my life will shut very beautifully,suddenly,
as when the heart of this flower imagines
the snow carefully everywhere descending;

nothing which we are to perceive in this world equals
the power of your intense fragility:whose texture
compels me with the colour of its countries,
rendering death and forever with each breathing

(i do not know what it is about you that closes
and opens;only something in me understands
the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses)
nobody,not even the rain,has such small hands
W[ViVa], 1931: LVII)

No one knows that I am not well

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

[none]

She looks at summer photographs and finds it hard to laugh

Friday, November 20, 2009

χαχαχαχα!

If this is coffee, please bring me some tea but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee. - Abraham Lincoln

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Malcolm, You're Second, But I Love You Anyway



You go your way and I’ll go mine
I’ll try to meet you in a better life
We should meet up at the end of time
Get a beer and a cigarette for Auld Lang Syne
Was it just a dream? All those people
None of this is real
A kingdom for a fool animals on a wheel
I’m a king in my head a cripple in the world
How do I wrap this up and give it to that girl?
My gift to you, I’m gonna be a better person
I stare at you with a vague and immense longing
Try to save yourself while you’re still alive
Don’t deny yourself of your right to thrive
Solemn Thirsty, born on Thursday, got pished Saturday, fucked up Sunday
Took ill Wednesday, died on Thursday
There’s no better man than Solemn Thirsty
And I try to stay on, so I keep coming back

;

Γιατί δεν κερδίζω ποτέ ταξίδια σε διαγωνισμούς και γιατί πρέπει πάντα να κοπιάζω τόσο στις λύπες όσο και στις χαρές μου; Γιατί δεν μπορώ να μιλήσω 'κανονικά', χωρίς να διστάζω, μπροστά σε κάποια άτομα και γιατί δεν μπορώ να σταματήσω να μιλάω σε κάποια άλλα; Γιατί από τη μια χαίρομαι και από την άλλη λυπάμαι για όλα γύρω μου τελευταία;

Thursday, November 05, 2009

And suddenly...

I spend hours on my own alone with books

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Sheila Goes Out With Her Mate Stella

Κι εγώ αν είχα περισσότερα λεφτά και λιγότερη δουλειά δε θα έβλεπα το φως της μέρας- όχι ότι το βλέπω τώρα μ'αυτή τη συννεφιά που το μόνο πράγμα που με ξυπνάει είναι ο καφές. Θα μεγαλώσω κι άλλο και θα είμαι πιο όμορφη και πιο εγώ. Γιατί τώρα πάλι motion, flux και χάος.

Thursday, October 08, 2009

Goodmorning World!

Here's something to wake up to:

Sunday, October 04, 2009

Eleftheria's Weekly Top 5 Songs

Mumford and Sons - Little Lion Man


Jamie T - Sheila


Arctic Monkeys - Crying Lightning


Kasabian - Fire


The Tempter Trap - Sweet Disposition

Friday, September 25, 2009

Mia kainouria mera

[tha egrafa me ellinikous haraktires, alla den eho ellinika sto grafeio]

koimithika poly, xypnisa, ekana oli tin ierotelestia pou hreiazomai pleon gia na antimetopiso ton exo kosmo, symperilamvanomenou tou isiomatos tou malliou mou, ekleisa to logariasmo mou sto facebook kai efyga apo to spiti me syntrofia to radio. piga sto panepistimio, diavasa 10 selides me klassiki mousiki sta aytia, piga me olo to gang sto welcome lunch ton kainourion amoiron symfoititon mou, gnorisa mia poly endiaferousa kopela, efaga ta apaisia trigonika sandwich kai ipia apeiro sparkling water kai meta kafe, sto grasidi me to gang kai fotografiko reportage tou fresher's fair. sto grafeio gia diavasma pali, i O. me paresyre (den ithela kai poly) se welcome party tis koinoniologias, i opoia eihe chef kai poly kalytero fagito apo to diko mas, gatecrashing, food stuffing kai pali diavasma. Kai to vrady tha pao se all girls dinner. Gia ligo akoma tsampa fai. Ayta einai?

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Πολύ ωραία... Ε;

Η μέρα ξεκινάει ημιδυναμικά με καφέ από το σπίτι και full πρωινό, μετά από μια ώρα είμαι στο γραφείο και χαζολογάω για λίγο, μετά καφέ με τον Τ. και catch up μηνών με περίεργες αποκαλύψεις, meeting με τη δικιά μου, άγχος χωρίς (ελπίδα του να εξαφανιστεί) αύριο, χαμένη στο μικρό κήπο για καμιά ώρα χωρίς (καμία ελπίδα για) αύριο, παρηγοριά από την S., φαγητό εκεί, απόφαση για φωτογραφική βόλτα στο κέντρο, κερασμένος καφές, σπίτι με των 17:25.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Η Ελευθερία που δεν είναι χαρούμενη


Όλα εκείνα τα χαρούμενα πάλι τα ξέχασα. Τα χαρούμενα σήμερα ποιά είναι;

Friday, August 21, 2009

Και τώρα Ελευθερία μου;



Καλοκαίρι, παρέα, πλατεία, ρακί, τεκίλα, σανραιζ, ένα κουνέλι και μια κότα τί σπίτι να ανοίξουνε, Αντίπαρος, Αθήνα, Ρόδος, Χανιά, ήρθε η Εύα για μια βδομάδα, μπάνια, μπάνια, μπάνια, μπάνια, φωτογραφίες, ένα ειδύλλιο του οποίου η πορεία είναι απρόβλεπτη, ένα ειδύλλιο που τελείωσε και όλοι προσπαθούν να φύγουν, ο Ζαχαρίας που έκατσε εικοσιτόσες μέρες αντί τρεις-τέσσερις, στην Πλατεία μέχρι το ξημέρωμα, η καινούρια μου φωτογραφική που άργησε.. 15 μέρες, ένας ήλιος που μου έχει γίνει εξάρτηση, το σπίτι σου που έρχομαι και φεύγω, η Στέλλα να αναδιαμορφώνει τον κόσμο, τα όνειρα για παραλίες που δεν πραγματοποιούνται όλα, δε γίνεται, δύο κεφάλαια που έχω γράψει τα 7/10, γλυκό crank, full φάση, scrantch ξανά και ξανά, ένα borelis σε ό,τι δε μου ταιριάζει, μια προσπάθεια να ονειρευτώ έξω από το καλοκαίρι, μια ελπίδα για ένα εξίσου ή περισσότερα όμορφο αύριο, εισιτήρια, εισιτήρια και όσα λεφτά έχω να γίνουν εισιτήρια, ο χειμώνας που με τρομάζει, εγώ εδώ, εγώ εδώ, κάτι φάσεις που απλά σε βάζουν σε σκέψεις, ξανασκέφτεσαι τη φιλία, χωριά και οφτά, σωτήριο lunchpack της μαμάς, η φωνή που χάνεται για μέρες, το τέλος του καλοκαιριού που μυρίζει, ό,τι ήθελα να πάρω νομίζω ότι το πήρα, καλή διάθεση από όλους, κακή διάθεση ανά καιρούς, οπτικοακουστικό υλικό που αναστατώνει, ιδρώτας άλλες φορές γλυκός κι άλλες δυσβάσταχτος, το Μεξικό που δεν πήγα ποτέ, η Λισαβώνα που θα είμαι σε δύο εβδομάδες, στον ξενώνα με Ναπολεών και ελληνικό, το πρώτο τσιγάρο της μέρας το απόγευμα, ένα ξημέρωμα στο Σαμψων, γλυκιά αντάρα για σενα junky, άσε τα 25 και τις αηδίες, μια ζωή το ίδιο θα'ναι, χαρούμενα γενέθλια στο Νίκο ακόμα και αν έστειλε το δώρο μου αλλού, το Skype ενώνει ανθρώπους, ο υπολογιστής μου στα όρια της θερμοπληξίας, ένα καλοκαίρι με μια τσάντα-βαλίτσα από της Μινωικές Γραμμές, δύο-τρεις παραλίες ήθελα ακόμα, πρώτη φορά στο Ναυπηγείο, ανθρωπολογικές έρευνες σε τουαλέτες μαγαζιών, πρωινό, μεσημεριανό, βραδινό, σύκα από το περιβόλι του παππού, η τιμητική του παππού, ένα άρθρο που προκαλεί δάκρυα, κάποια πράγματα που θα θυμάμαι για πάντα, η τελειότητα της μάνας μου, το άραγμα με τη Σοφία, οι συζητήσεις με την Εύα, η άνεση με το Ζαχαρία, καινούριες και παλιές γνωριμίες, emails χωρίς επαφή, δουλειά, δουλειά, Ξυλούρης, ο Χρήστος που ήρθε στην Αντίπαρο μετά την επέμβαση, ποτά μόνη μου στον Κούκο σαν τον κούκο αλλά ωραία φάση, τί φάση παίζει, τί σόι φάση είσαι συυυ ρωτώ, το μπουκάλι που ανοίξαμε μετά κόπων και βασάνων, η έκθεση που σιχάθηκαν όλοι, 2-3 θέατρα στην αρχή του καλοκαιριού, τα σχέδια για Κεδρόδασος, τα ταξιδιωτικά περιοδικά, ο καφές που παραγγέλνεις από το τηλέφωνο για να είναι έτοιμος όταν πας, οι γιαγιάδες με την αγάπη και τη γκρίνια, στο αμάξι με το Νίκο, στο αμάξι για μπάνιο, στο αμάξι για δουλειά, 4-5 φορές στο δρόμο με μουσική στα αυτιά, η χαρά του να κατεβαίνεις αργά, η χαρά του να γυρνάς νωρίς, οι οδοί και οι ήχοι που δε φωτογραφίζονται, η θάλασσα που θέλω μέσα μου, στα τηλέφωνα όλοι, οι κάρτες Vodafone, το Internet που φαίνεται σαν πολυτέλεια, γλυκό καλοκαιρινό mayhem.

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Και τώρα;



Είναι ωραία η θάλασσα, πώς την αφήνεις πίσω σου;

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

The Shy Retirer

For I will always be
the music I have
the love I own
the plans I make
the thoughts I stop
the trips, the jinx of the great outside
the great british summer
and the comfort in return to the home.

Saturday, June 06, 2009

The National - Slow Show Lyrics

Standing at the punch table swallowing punch
can’t pay attention to the sound of anyone
a little more stupid, a little more scared
every minute more unprepared

I made a mistake in my life today
everything I love gets lost in drawers
I want to start over, I want to be winning
way out of sync from the beginning

I wanna hurry home to you
put on a slow, dumb show for you
and crack you up
so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
god I’m very, very frightening
I’ll overdo it

Looking for somewhere to stand and stay
I leaned on the wall and the wall leaned away
Can I get a minute of not being nervous
and not thinking of my dick
My leg is sparkles, my leg is pins
I better get my shit together, better gather my shit in
You could drive a car through my head in five minutes
from one side of it to the other

I wanna hurry home to you
put on a slow, dumb show for you
and crack you up
so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
god I’m very, very frightening
I’ll overdo it

You know I dreamed about you
for twenty-nine years before I saw you
You know I dreamed about you
I missed you for
for twenty-nine years

You know I dreamed about you
for twenty-nine years before I saw you
You know I dreamed about you
I missed you for
for twenty-nine years

The National - Slow Show




way out of synch from the beginning

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Before the Summer Begins the Summer Inside Dies

Death Cab for Cutie - Photobooth

I remember when the days were long
and the nights when the living room was on the lawn.
Constant quarreling the childish fits
and our clothes in a pile on the ottoman.
All the slander and double speak were only foolish attempts
to show you did not mean,
anything but the blatant proof was your lips touching mine in the photobooth.

And as the summers ending the cold air rush your hard heart away.
You were so condescending,
and this is all that's left
scraping paper to document.
I've packed a change of clothes and it's time to move on.

Cup your mouth to compress the sound,
skinny dipping with the kids from a nearby town.
And everything that I said was true
as the flashes blinded us in the photobooth.
Well I lost track when those words were said,
you took the wheel and you steered us into my bed,
and soon we woke and I walked you home
and it was pretty clear that is was hardly love.

And as the summers ending,
the cold air will rush your hard heart away.
You were so condescending,
and this is all that's left scraping paper to document.
I've packed a change of clothes and it's time to move on.

And as the summers ending,
the cold air will rush your hard heart away.
You were so condescending,
as the alcohol drained the days.
And as the summers ending,
the cold air will rush your hard heart away.
You were so condescending.
And this is all that's left,
The empty bottles spent cigarettes so pack a change of clothes
'cause its time to move on.

Wednesday, May 06, 2009

3''

Woke up from a great dream
Started wondering
Wonder seemed the deed
Last night was hard remembering

Thursday, April 30, 2009

Oh My God - Lily Allen

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Time on your side that will never end
The most beautiful thing you can ever spend
But you work in a shirt with your name tag on it
Drifting apart like a plate tectonic
It don't matter to me
'Cos all I wanted to be
Was a million miles from here
Somewhere more familiar
Too much time spent dragging the past up
I didn't see you not looking when I messed up
Settling down in your early twenties
Sucked more blood than a backstreet dentist
It don't matter to me
'Cos all I wanted to be
Is a million miles from here
Somewhere more familiar
Oh my god I can't believe it
I've never been this far away from home
And oh my god I can't believe it
I've never been this far away from home
And oh my god I can't believe it
I've never been this far away from home
And oh my god I can't believe it
I've never been this far away from home
Great rulers make for greater glory
The only thing growing is our history
Knock me down I'll get right back up again
I'll come back stronger than a powered up Pac-Man
It don't matter to me
'Cos all I wanted to be
Was a million miles from here
Somewhere more familiar
Oh my god, I can't believe it
I've never been this far away from home
And oh my god I can't believe it
I've never been this far away from home
And oh my god I can't believe it
I've never been this far away from home
And oh my god I can't believe it
I've never been this far away from home

Sunday, April 26, 2009

"new lives and friendships darling"

De Rosa - Love Economy

i didn't let it inter fear with you
new lives and friendships darling
my inability to shake the suffering
to stop my brain from turning round
my heart is filling up with dread
i have lost you and i know it
now the water is rising in my chest
i'm becoming it i'm becoming
you send the secret back to me my love
i need to know now petal
are you there? acheing under your bed clothes and postcards
so this, this is what we've done to us
killed the newness we share excuses
words and minds and everything is dead tonight
so ill make my money and buy me love a new
know human chaos for everything
its economical in a love economy
to cut our loss to manage damages
i'm economical i'm a love economy
im not the winner
youre the killer
or am i the killer?
im a number and im a liar
im the killer i set the fire
im a number and im a liar
im the killer i set the fire
i wont get it back to you my heart
i cant afford it
i wont get it back to you my heart
i cant afford a ticket
you wont get it back to me my heart
you cant afford to ship it
you wont get it back to me my heart


They marked my April. I marked their words.

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Going Back - Moving Forward

Flowers on the Wall (Statler Borthers)

I keep hearin' you're concerned about my happiness
But all that thought you're givin' me is conscience I guess
If I was walkin' in your shoes, I wouldn't worry none
While you 'n' your friends are worried about me I'm havin' lots of fun

Countin' flowers on the wall
That don't bother me at all
Playin' solitaire till dawn with a deck of fifty-one
Smokin' cigarettes and watchin' Captain Kangaroo
Now don't tell me I've nothin' to do

Last night I dressed in tails, pretended I was on the town
As long as I can dream it's hard to slow this swinger down
So please don't give a thought to me, I'm really doin' fine
You can always find me here, I'm havin' quite a time

Countin' flowers on the wall
That don't bother me at all
Playin' solitaire till dawn with a deck of fifty-one
Smokin' cigarettes and watchin' Captain Kangaroo
Now don't tell me I've nothin' to do

It's good to see you, I must go, I know I look a fright
Anyway my eyes are not accustomed to this light
And my shoes are not accustomed to this hard concrete
So I must go back to my room and make my day complete

Countin' flowers on the wall
That don't bother me at all
Playin' solitaire till dawn with a deck of fifty-one
Smokin' cigarettes and watchin' Captain Kangaroo
Now don't tell me I've nothin' to do

Don't tell me I've nothin' to do

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Sunday, March 29, 2009

...

... I could probably not care less for lipstick and makeup and nice clothes, given that I always have the opportunity to travel, to see the world through my own eyes.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Bat for Lashes - Daniel



Daniel when I first saw you
I knew that you had a flame in your heart
And under under our blue skies
Marble movie skies
I found a home in your eyes
We'll never be apart

And when the fires came
The smell of cinders and rain
Perfumed almost everything
We laughed and laughed and laughed
And in the golden blue
Cryin' took me to the darkest place
And you have set fire to my heart

When I run in the dark, Daniel
To a place that's worst ?
Under a sheet of rain in my heart
Daniel
I dream of home

But in a goodbye bed
With my arms around your neck
Into our love the tears crept
Just catch in the eye of the storm
And as my heart ran round
My dreams pulled me from the ground
Forever to search for the flame
For home again
For home again

When I run in the dark, Daniel
To a place that's worst?
Under a sheet of rain in my heart
Daniel
I dream of home

When I run in the dark, Daniel
To a place that's worst
Under a sheet of rain in my heart
Daniel
I dream of home

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Thursday, March 19, 2009

This is what I was missing...


...the comfort and the joy of being one's self.

Έτσι, για πλάκα...

3.5


'i get so low i need a little pick me up
i get so high i need a put me down'

Saturday, March 14, 2009

"Whatever happens darling we'll be fine"

These days even Aidan is in love:

Saturday, February 28, 2009

2 Cheers for the Loneliest Saturday

Take me out tonight, where's there's music and there's people and they're young and alive

Sunday, February 15, 2009

More Time

6 o’clock on a Sunday afternoon
when reality and dreams melt and blend
in a swirl of chocolate, desire and aftertastes
-the word aftertastes itself always bittersweet
-like cherries dipped in brandy
-and all the pictures from past holidays
that weren’t really holidays but excuses for time
-more time like that-

Beginnings that come to ends and
Ends that never pause or wave
Before they say goodbye
-like that desire from years ago
to be held back
-not in a captivating manner
-but in a desperate attempt for time
-more time like that-

Private made public and
Public never as private as real
All the while wishing it was more or less
-like the need to go away
-like the spring when it was clear
-like that time by the lake
reading poetry wishing for time
-more time like that-

Whatever happened to that time we locked in boxes and ceaseless CDs of songs we rarely hear and newer songs without the memories- the memories that creep not late at night, but early in the mornings and the afternoons. The taste is clear, the flashback isn’t.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

δεν έχει αρχή δεν έχει τέλος δεν έχει αρχή δεν έχει τέλος δεν έχει αρχή δεν έχει τέλος δεν έχει αρχή δεν έχει τέλος δεν έχει αρχή δεν έχει τέλος δεν έχει αρχή δεν έχει τέλος δεν έχει αρχή δεν έχει τέλος δεν έχει αρχή δεν έχει τέλος δεν έχει αρχή δεν έχει τέλος δεν έχει αρχή δεν έχει τέλος δεν έχει αρχή δεν έχει τέλος δεν έχει αρχή δεν έχει τέλος δεν έχει αρχή δεν έχει τέλος δεν έχει αρχή δεν έχει τέλος δεν έχει αρχή δεν έχει τέλος δεν έχει αρχή δεν έχει τέλος δεν έχει αρχή δεν έχει τέλος δεν έχει αρχή δεν έχει τέλος δεν έχει αρχή δεν έχει τέλος δεν έχει αρχή δεν έχει τέλος δεν έχει αρχή δεν έχει τέλος δεν έχει αρχή δεν έχει τέλος δεν έχει αρχή δεν έχει τέλος δεν έχει αρχή δεν έχει τέλος

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Ποιά ήρεμα απογεύματα;

Έχω εδώ και καιρό αποσυνδεθεί με ένα κομμάτι της ζωής μου στο οποίο εγώ ήμουν η βασίλισσα του κόσμου μου και όλες μου οι προτεραιότητες γύριζαν γύρω από τα θέλω μου. Εδώ και αρκετό καιρό οι προτεραιότητες μου σχηματίζονται γύρω από τα δεν θέλω μου και αυτό με αποσυντονίζει.

Υπάρχει μια ομίχλη πάνω από όλα εκείνα τα πράγματα που ονειρευόμουν. Μια ομίχλη γύρω και από εκείνα τα πράγματα που μου έφτιαχναν τη διάθεση σε χρόνο ντετέ. Μια ομίχλη γύρω από τις γρήγορες απαντήσεις μου, που τελευταία αναβοσβήνουν σαν στιγμές στις συζητήσεις μου με φίλους και γνωστούς.

Μου λείπουν οι φίλοι μου. Και μπορεί με τους περισσότερους να μιλάω τουλάχιστον μια-δύο φορές τη βδομάδα but this doesn't make it any less comforting. Ίσως και να το κάνει και απλά πάλι να αναρωτιέμαι τι κάνω εγώ εδώ αν και σήμερα ήταν μια καλή μέρα.

Το συμπέρασμα στο οποίο έχω καταλήξει είναι ότι η ζωή μου ακολουθεί μια εντελώς ανώμαλη πορεία. Από στιγμές μεγάλης ευχαρίστησης περνάω απότομα σε στιγμές -μεγάλης διαρκείας- ευθείας γραμμής. Και μια αίσθηση συνέχειας λίγο απόλυτη και αυτή μαζί με την απορεία μου: που χάνω κάθε τρεις και λίγο τον ενθουσιασμό μου;