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[missaline]

Morning is just a few lilac cracks in the curtains. Meanwhile, this is a subdued heaven: sleeping unpenerated by carcrash burglar ejaculation dreams, or the shrill bell of the alarm; my cushion which forms a makeshift bedstead falling and cocooning my head; lazily waking up making weak tea; debbie harry giving me little trembles of excitement;

Comments

[northsea]

gorgeous. and eloquent. we cooked japanese tonight and i thought of you. it is still tonight here.

[missaline]

ooh what did you cook? you know, the amount of things i've actually cooked since I got here I could count on one hand, that's terrible isn't it? No japanese man would have me for a wife, that's for sure! Do you know that one way to propose in japanese is to say, i want to drink your miso soup for the rest of my life - - - !!!!!xx

[northsea]

we made horenso no goma ae (haha, listen to me. SPINACH WITH SESAME-SUGAR-SHOYU DRESSING.) and ate it with some noodles + garlic, ginger, spring onion + peppers all stir-fried tastily. i LOVE eastern food.

strangely enough, when i posted the above comment last night, i originally included a silly marriage proposal (because i loved this entry so much!). hence: you could drink my miso for the rest of your life. "baby."

[missaline]

woohoo! although, actually, miso is the one japanese thing i can make. I'll eat your horenso no goma ae for the rest of my life instead, sweetheart xxx

[verte]

Yeah, I can never get my head around it being morning when it's midnight here. I'm just about to go to bed. Gorgeous writing as always, though I'm sorry you're having bad dreams. Do you keep a dream journal? Sometimes I wish I hadn't begun one so I'd remember fewer of the bad ones!

Which Henry James?

[missaline]

portrait of a lady - am enjoying so far, it's my first ever. Which have you read? A dream journal is a good idea. My dreams are usually lacking in any kind of cohesion, but the images are so strong and strange that it would probably be a very good resource for writing - who needs imagination when you have a subconscious working overtime? xx

parcelly

[missaline]

ohh! i got your parcel. thank you so much.. all wonderful. the cat tights are fab. I sat and read the magazines in my car... i'm going to a cabin party tonight with the other jets and i'm going to take the mags along to give them a taste of true british culture. Did you read the one about the dominatrix? My favourite, though, was the roadkill recipe page! thank you thank you xxxx

Re: parcelly

[verte]

Euuuuwwww, yes, that was my fave too. Though I was also amused by the age gap story where the journalist was blatantly milking the revoltingness of it all. I bet working for those magazines is fun!

Glad you're enjoying Portrait. I haven't read any James except Turn of the Screw, but Portrait's on my reading list for this semester so I should probably get stuck in. So that makes three portraits for reading this year. ... Of a young man, ... of Dorian Grey, and the James. Hmmm. xxxx

[hakbisanzio]

The first part of your entry reminded me of Ballard. Take this as a compliment. Ciao Ciao

[missaline]

thank you. I've still never read any Ballard. i should, i need to demystify the man because I've heard so much about him that he's attained a sort of un-tackleable, iconic status. A girl i know doing an art degree feels that her whole style is basically a sort of interpretation of ballard !

did you get my email? you and your full inboxes make me nervous

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Tokyo

[hakbisanzio]

I just discovered that the train station in Tokyo is called disneyland, which will keep me laughing for a couple of weeks. Yes I did receive your e-mail, but consider that the last drops of my inbox made me desperately fight against tecnology and nervous as well. I am writing you details, in five minutes. Ciao Ciao.

bed

[anonymous]

I wanna be in bed..not writing an essay on the bloody fucking meaningless definition of cubism, knowing that the end of the barrel is so tediously and painfully far away. Leonard Cohen is on a slow migration to Japan..largely reliant upon the unreliable air pockets of my organisation....I save your journal for moments of desperation like this...please don't write about sleep. pleasure as always mind..I look forward to a long lie in, a wee way in the future. enjoy your day
xoxben

Re: bed

[missaline]

wk you are still alive that's good to know. Nah, I knew it really - i hear the occasional report from alex. how is stuff?
i got your greatuncles book for christmas - the biography. I haven't read it yet, but it's looking handsome on my bookshelf.

it was a pleasure then

[anonymous]

It was a pleasure then
Could you just be here again
To know what there was to see
When all the sunday people
Where so quiet in the dark
Afraid to be better the next day
La la la ...

It was a pleasure then
When we could sit and stare again
Until the stars feel through the cloudy trees
Onto the grass
Stars to smile with us
Until they too had tears in their eyes
Tell us this and tell of how much we must not agree

It was a pleasure then
To see the dieing days again
In the horror of the night
Never, never, never, never, never, lise
Keep it secret
For to hide somewhere at last
As long as we could see
The sky confessed this crime
Of futile tasting hate romance
Above our shattered minds
It was a pleasure, it was a pleasure
La la la ...

[--velvets, obv] xx