I am being absolutely childish, which can be said for most of my life. See, I have been the receptor of grand pressure lately. People around me expect me to do stuff, ask me to do stuff, talk to me about doing stuff. Serious stuff like get married, have children, and buy a sofa (Yes, I don’t actually own one. Some people have tried to force a sofa on me, give me one for example, but I did not give in. I think that if you buy a sofa the next thing to do is to stay at home all day watching the telly. I am getting soft in my old age though, for i am considering the possibility of, er, getting one.). They expect me to work on my new novella too, cause its just one step from publication.

But I am totally reluctant to do any of the above.
Except work on my novella – that I will do, albeit not now.

Now I am busy being childish. I am in Kavala of Greece, my hometown, doing nothing. This is an art, it’s not a simple deed, and yes, I am soooooo lucky to be able to do it.

For example, I spent all yesterday taking photos in a park with a friend. Silly photos, which we could later use for an installation, or something, or that is what we said to ourselves. I posed as a very dead corpse, as a vandal, and as an ape. (See what I mean?) i tell myself it’s my artistic personality that makes me do it.

Then I spent the night with friends watching a film with Mark Raffalo, Laura Dern and Naomi Wats, “We Don’t Live Here Any More”. The Times call it a ‘marital film noir’. I have to say it has great dialogues and the women play better than the men. It’s two couples in crisis, very everyday stuff , and very well made if you care for that short of thing. I love Laura Dern. I have been wondering about what ever happened to her after Wild at Heart. So, she did this great movie in 2004 and now she is in another David Lynch film which is great news. While watching it we ate pizza and gratin asparagus and cheesecakes and stayed up until 4.30 in this very small, very smokey flat of this friend. Being childish is fattening.
Excuse me now, for i have to go collect sea shells. (I am so busy.)