Friday 14 October 2011

October!

I figured it was time to kick-start this blog and write something.
I sincerely apologise for being like: "Aiee, lurkers! Y U no say anything!" and then disappearing for almost a month. I’ve been rather busy, and also I’ve been avoiding the blog out of guilt because I promised you Florence pictures, but the film I had developed came back blank and I cried bitter tears. It’s horrible. I will steal some of the digital photos from M.’s camera, though, so the whole trip won’t be entirely undocumented, visual-wise.

Also: What do you know? It’s autumn, already!

Several new things are in my life, like a tutoring job at university, to which I’m supposed to dedicate 2 hours of my week, which is what I get paid for. In reality, I’m kinda working over-time for free, because I really enjoy it (?). It might well be that I am – by nature or nurture – conditioned to be something like a teacher. It’s not a profession that receives much respect these days, but it’s still better than something that might be paraphrased “expert on books and pictures”. Imagine if the experts on books and pictures went on strike! Mayhem! (I’m being facetious, and I also have a strong futility complex.)

Another new thing in my life is actually a lack. Another one of my best friends (dot) has moved away, left the country, buzzed off, cleared out, absquatulated, gone expatriate. Considering the amount of friends I have, this is even more of a tragedy that it would already be if she was just one of many good friends. I made a list, and it turns out, as of now, I have two (2) non-related people in my vicinity who I would without doubt call my friends, and who don’t already have at least 15 people in their life who are much more important to them than I am. And one of them is my boyfriend. Everyone else is scattered across the globe. But the scattered people are not that many either.
I don’t want to moan, this is just something that I’ve been thinking about quite a lot, recently. I’d like a couple more good people in my life. Why am I so crap at making (and keeping) friends? Is there a way I can learn how to be better at it? Open University or something? I’m puzzled.

But anyway. Here’s two autumn outfits that I made today. I wanted them to reflect my new boring trademark style.


Allons-y au cinéma!




October Staple






2 comments:

Elise said...

I am really into that jumper in the first picture. My best friends often seem to be far away in other cities, the kind of friends you never see but when you finally do nothing matters but having fun and big ideas. Now that I've moved to Germany I really need to learn how to make friends again! I have just started by talking (which I never do!) and then inviting nice people for coffee, since in a city it's unusual to see the same person twice unless you make plans. Sometimes it works and sometimes.. not? This plan is still only in its infancy though, I will advise re: future success!

dani said...

Hello Elise!
1. I will follow your blog. It seems nice! :)
2. I guess being new to a country or town gives you a pretty good excuse to randomly talk to strangers. It’s more difficult if you have lived in the same town for years. At least I perceive it as difficult; maybe it’s just a matter of starting.