On trying on bathing suits and popping ingrown hairs.

When I tried on my bikini for this summer, I knew it the moment I forced the bra clips together∙ I had to buy a new one. This bra was off – flesh was escaping from all sides, there was a tear that kept producing some white stuffing material as if it had a never-ending …

On being underdressed in the tube for an ad

The ad in the tube was of an amazingly hot man. Seriously, he was out of this world handsome. Square jaw, pristine bone structure, full lips, graying hair (just enough to think he is wise and not old) eyebrows to die for and big, almond shaped dirty* blue eyes.** His body, underneath the plain logo …

On animal cruelty, getting roofied and losing one’s convictions (Part 2)

I wish to finish the romance novel commentary, this time on the book Untamed, by Nora Roberts. It is by far, one of the (if not THE) worst books I have ever read. And to that list I include the ‘’books’’ I tried to write as a teenager, so the bar is pretty high.* I’m …

On (almost) summer, romance and animal cruelty (Part 1)

It’s (almost) summer. Rejoice. I cannot fucking wait for my vacation. I think that my last day to work, before vacation, a gin&tonic will magically appear on my hand the minute I step out of the office, my chair spinning behind me. But I'm getting ahead of myself. In view of this and of my …

On blackmail, plants and Pokemon score cards

I had a conversation with my friend Jol the other day. I said that if I was a Pokemon my score card (you know, the ones that had all the statistics and kids used to exchange and somehow stage fights with, sometime in the early 00s), my two signature moves would be: panic gardening at …

On microclimates, frozen eyelids and old ladies

I had a discussion once with my friends Kalki and Antinos about Kalki’s mom, who apparently wants to turn the inside of her house into a domestic jungle. This took an unexpected turn, as most of our conversations do; a turn towards the Weird. Long story short, we concluded that we would love to create …

On dialup modems, books and all-forgiving screens

My good friend Mala send me a very interesting article. It’s about teenagers who gave up being online for a day and the results that followed. I'd tell you to read it but it seems that the link does not work anymore. It got me thinking. I was raised at the time when there was …

On flat lines, furniture and high heels

I think I was born in the right time to be nagging about being born the wrong time in history.   Think about it. I often find myself daydreaming, over unfinished tasks, about living in a different era. I would love to have been born at, let’s say, the peak of the industrial revolution, to …

On lists, organisation and deep sea creatures

Ok, so, I was writing down a list of possible topics for my entries here. Cause I want to act like an adult and make an effort and at least try to insert a smudge of organisation here. My life is completely unorganised, my home is a mess, and I write down my to-do tasks …

Dear blog, oooh look at the kitty…

I never finish anything. No, seriously. I never do. I started this by trying to pick a font. I stopped, I checked my emails, resumed writing this, I decided again that the font was not to my liking, I stopped to check Facebook and halfway through that I realised I did not like the things …