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ugh, so i'm still here.
had the worst day EVER yesterday, as my father is devoid of emotion and is what we would typically categorize as an insensitive bastard, but today's been a bit better, i woke up this morning and got a taxi to the mall, on my own, and bought lots of pretty things. probably the reason i'm having such a good day is because of the lack of human contact.
i really miss everybody back in england though, how sad is that. it's been three days, and i'm really homesick, this never happens. i was saying to my boyfriend yesterday that the tables have completely turned, usually i regard greece as my home and england as my temporary living situation, but i dont know how, or when it happened, but i've fallen in love with england. greece isn't the same anymore.
all the people out here look at me like i'm a freak, and i'm pretty conservative when i'm here. my family is falling to pieces; my 49 year old father and his 25 year old wife arent even speaking, and my poor sister is in the middle. not to sound like a jealous sibling or anything, but she gets all the attention too, i mean thats to be expected, she's a cute new baby. but i rarely come ove, and i'm only here for a week, and my father hasnt even had a conversation to me. poor tania (my stepmother) cant speak english, bless her heart, so we speak greek, which my father is furious about as he wants me to speak english around the baby so she's bilingual too.
it's all very confusing. i spend most of my time hiding in my room, on the phone to my friends in england, and i had a bit of a cry on the metro yesterday, so it hasnt been the dream holiday so far.
and guess what? i just dont tan. my skin REPELS sunlight, i swear. i'll post a before and after picture when i leave.
last summer when we went to italy, everybody told me that i was the only person they'd ever seen get WHITER after sunbathing. no joke. i'm just not human. its the only explanation i think. either that or i'm not greek after all and my parents have fed me one big lie. i'm not sure which is more probable.
so this is a nice albanian gentleman who gave me a rose while we were stuck in traffic. usually they get narcy if you dont have any money but he just said, dont worry pretty lady, heres a rose to brighten your life. well he said it in stilted greek, but its all just as nice.
oh and here's my almost adolescent stepmother with anamaria, this photo made me laugh.
i can't wait to come home, although i have a photoshoot tomorrow so i'm pretty excited about that.
i'll update when i know more
xx
had the worst day EVER yesterday, as my father is devoid of emotion and is what we would typically categorize as an insensitive bastard, but today's been a bit better, i woke up this morning and got a taxi to the mall, on my own, and bought lots of pretty things. probably the reason i'm having such a good day is because of the lack of human contact.
i really miss everybody back in england though, how sad is that. it's been three days, and i'm really homesick, this never happens. i was saying to my boyfriend yesterday that the tables have completely turned, usually i regard greece as my home and england as my temporary living situation, but i dont know how, or when it happened, but i've fallen in love with england. greece isn't the same anymore.
all the people out here look at me like i'm a freak, and i'm pretty conservative when i'm here. my family is falling to pieces; my 49 year old father and his 25 year old wife arent even speaking, and my poor sister is in the middle. not to sound like a jealous sibling or anything, but she gets all the attention too, i mean thats to be expected, she's a cute new baby. but i rarely come ove, and i'm only here for a week, and my father hasnt even had a conversation to me. poor tania (my stepmother) cant speak english, bless her heart, so we speak greek, which my father is furious about as he wants me to speak english around the baby so she's bilingual too.
it's all very confusing. i spend most of my time hiding in my room, on the phone to my friends in england, and i had a bit of a cry on the metro yesterday, so it hasnt been the dream holiday so far.
and guess what? i just dont tan. my skin REPELS sunlight, i swear. i'll post a before and after picture when i leave.
last summer when we went to italy, everybody told me that i was the only person they'd ever seen get WHITER after sunbathing. no joke. i'm just not human. its the only explanation i think. either that or i'm not greek after all and my parents have fed me one big lie. i'm not sure which is more probable.
so this is a nice albanian gentleman who gave me a rose while we were stuck in traffic. usually they get narcy if you dont have any money but he just said, dont worry pretty lady, heres a rose to brighten your life. well he said it in stilted greek, but its all just as nice.
oh and here's my almost adolescent stepmother with anamaria, this photo made me laugh.
i can't wait to come home, although i have a photoshoot tomorrow so i'm pretty excited about that.
i'll update when i know more
xx
so this is my beautiful sister anamaria karagianni
she does this thing where she cocks her head to the side and smiles but looks kind of stoned. also she's getting to the age where she realises that she can manipulate us, so she pretends to be asleep when we come in the room. god knows why.
today i think i actually had the laziest day ever, i got up at half one, have some breakfast, went for a swim in the pool, ate some more, went to the mall, came home and watched baywatch, it was awesome.
i've said about three words to my dad though, which sucks, but he's preoccupied with anamaria so it's difficult to have a conversation.
i started tai bo again, i forgot how good it felt. i ached a little after, but it was worth it. i'm going to try to make it part of my new routine.
i started thinking about ideas for a new set today, i want to get one shot as soon as my current set gets queued, but godknows how long that will be. i'm going to try to rope the beautiful akemi into shooting me another set, as i felt super comfortable with her.
all in all, it's been a good day, i bought some fabulous shoes, and a dress for my sister's baptism, so this perked me up.
i'm off to get some MORE sleep. although i've decided to go for a run tomorrow.ugh. i might wait til the evening though, when it cools down, as i think i may melt otherwise.
kalinixta paidia!
goodnight
xx
she does this thing where she cocks her head to the side and smiles but looks kind of stoned. also she's getting to the age where she realises that she can manipulate us, so she pretends to be asleep when we come in the room. god knows why.
today i think i actually had the laziest day ever, i got up at half one, have some breakfast, went for a swim in the pool, ate some more, went to the mall, came home and watched baywatch, it was awesome.
i've said about three words to my dad though, which sucks, but he's preoccupied with anamaria so it's difficult to have a conversation.
i started tai bo again, i forgot how good it felt. i ached a little after, but it was worth it. i'm going to try to make it part of my new routine.
i started thinking about ideas for a new set today, i want to get one shot as soon as my current set gets queued, but godknows how long that will be. i'm going to try to rope the beautiful akemi into shooting me another set, as i felt super comfortable with her.
all in all, it's been a good day, i bought some fabulous shoes, and a dress for my sister's baptism, so this perked me up.
i'm off to get some MORE sleep. although i've decided to go for a run tomorrow.ugh. i might wait til the evening though, when it cools down, as i think i may melt otherwise.
kalinixta paidia!
goodnight
xx
i'm in greeeeeeeeeeece!!
i'm so happy to be home, although my friend jessie left yesterday, which was a bummer.
but still, i've got to see my sister for the first time since november and she is soooo cute.
i'm going to take some AWESOME photos of her tomorrow, and i'll put them up.
i went to a great party yesterday, i dressed up and everything, i fekt like a girl for once, it was brilliant. although getting on a plane after 5 hours sleep is never advised. i feel like hell.
i bought some ridiculously chocolatey creamy amazing cake, and i'm slowly but surely making my way through it. you should see the smile i have on my face, i'm actually beaming it's so good.
oh and why do people try to make conversations on planes? if i wanted a new best friend, i wouldnt be facing away from you with my head in a book and my headphones in. maybe i'm just super antisocial but a plane journey isnt going to be the beginnings of a budding friendship, so why bother
ha. i bought britney's album, just out of curiosity. my boyfriend has this conspiracy theory that its not actually britney singing, and that its the record company going 'oh shitt what are we going to do, she's in rehab again! we need some good press.' so they make some random person sound like her, to boost her image again. i mean seriously, where would she have the time to record, what with being in court and being crazy and everything. it would also explain why she cant sing her own songs.
i'd like to think this is true. i think she's amazing though, in some insane way.
i'm getting my tattoos finally finished next week just the colour on the roses left, and then i can start on my shoulders, cannot wait! although i'm going to be broke again.
well i'm going to shower and be clean and climb into bed and watch prison break and finish my wonderful cake
xx
i'm so happy to be home, although my friend jessie left yesterday, which was a bummer.
but still, i've got to see my sister for the first time since november and she is soooo cute.
i'm going to take some AWESOME photos of her tomorrow, and i'll put them up.
i went to a great party yesterday, i dressed up and everything, i fekt like a girl for once, it was brilliant. although getting on a plane after 5 hours sleep is never advised. i feel like hell.
i bought some ridiculously chocolatey creamy amazing cake, and i'm slowly but surely making my way through it. you should see the smile i have on my face, i'm actually beaming it's so good.
oh and why do people try to make conversations on planes? if i wanted a new best friend, i wouldnt be facing away from you with my head in a book and my headphones in. maybe i'm just super antisocial but a plane journey isnt going to be the beginnings of a budding friendship, so why bother
ha. i bought britney's album, just out of curiosity. my boyfriend has this conspiracy theory that its not actually britney singing, and that its the record company going 'oh shitt what are we going to do, she's in rehab again! we need some good press.' so they make some random person sound like her, to boost her image again. i mean seriously, where would she have the time to record, what with being in court and being crazy and everything. it would also explain why she cant sing her own songs.
i'd like to think this is true. i think she's amazing though, in some insane way.
i'm getting my tattoos finally finished next week
just the colour on the roses left, and then i can start on my shoulders, cannot wait! although i'm going to be broke again.well i'm going to shower and be clean and climb into bed and watch prison break and finish my wonderful cake
xx
so, its five to one, and i really cant sleep. like really really. i've tried everything i could think of, so i've resorted to watching entertaining videos on youtube.
i've also begun compiling a list of things that i want to do in 2008. i know, it's already april, but i figure i had to start sometime. and i don't want to waste the year, which seems likely if i carry on the way i started.
i've had a pretty shitty year so far to be honest, i've almost got kicked out of college several times. i didnt get into the uni i really really wanted to go to, and i cant say i've done anything remotely productive.
but, i'm relatively happy in myself, so i guess thats what matters.
i may even post my list on here, when i've got it sorted that is.
in other news, i went shopping tonight, well last night now, to the scummy part of the earth also known as lakeside. i do this thing, where i buy everything in sight, without trying it on, lose my receipts and tear the tags off, try to take it back unsuccessfully, and then moan that i never have any money.
i dont think that tonight was any different.
i'm avoiding the tattoo shop, mainly because every time i even go in to say hello i end up booking a gazillion hour long appointment that i totally cant pay for, so i have to trick my poor unsuspecting conventional mother into giving me money for 'art supplies'. if she only knew. plus the mosquito was the last straw, i mean i love it and everything, but i have a tattoo of a mosquito on my ankle for the rest of my life. and no plausible reason for getting it done in the first place. its not like i can even say 'well i got it cause i just love mosquitoes'
i flipping hate mosquitoes.
although, it does prove useful when trying to freak my friend kylie out. seeing as she's terrified of all winged things. makes me laugh
oh and i totally saw this woman sitting down earlier, and i started bitching about how she had silver hair and how she'd copied my hair colour, thinking she was my age, and she turned round and she was pushing seventy.
hot stuff.
nighty night, i feel a yawn coming. this has been very therapeutic.
x
i've also begun compiling a list of things that i want to do in 2008. i know, it's already april, but i figure i had to start sometime. and i don't want to waste the year, which seems likely if i carry on the way i started.
i've had a pretty shitty year so far to be honest, i've almost got kicked out of college several times. i didnt get into the uni i really really wanted to go to, and i cant say i've done anything remotely productive.
but, i'm relatively happy in myself, so i guess thats what matters.
i may even post my list on here, when i've got it sorted that is.
in other news, i went shopping tonight, well last night now, to the scummy part of the earth also known as lakeside. i do this thing, where i buy everything in sight, without trying it on, lose my receipts and tear the tags off, try to take it back unsuccessfully, and then moan that i never have any money.
i dont think that tonight was any different.
i'm avoiding the tattoo shop, mainly because every time i even go in to say hello i end up booking a gazillion hour long appointment that i totally cant pay for, so i have to trick my poor unsuspecting conventional mother into giving me money for 'art supplies'. if she only knew. plus the mosquito was the last straw, i mean i love it and everything, but i have a tattoo of a mosquito on my ankle for the rest of my life. and no plausible reason for getting it done in the first place. its not like i can even say 'well i got it cause i just love mosquitoes'
i flipping hate mosquitoes.
although, it does prove useful when trying to freak my friend kylie out. seeing as she's terrified of all winged things. makes me laugh
oh and i totally saw this woman sitting down earlier, and i started bitching about how she had silver hair and how she'd copied my hair colour, thinking she was my age, and she turned round and she was pushing seventy.
hot stuff.
nighty night, i feel a yawn coming. this has been very therapeutic.
x
