Tag: woman
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who’s gonna do my botox now?
‘have you heard?’, V. asked me. ‘our botox doctor has passed away’. ‘but how come ? he was young, beautiful and rich. he was renovating a castle… he was just 40 years old!’ i said completely shocked meanwhile i finished my glass of chilled red. we were having dinner at Furia. ‘one day you are…
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high on hope
‘do you know where i can get a glass of champagne?’, a random girl asked me a tuesday at 7 am. ‘no idea’, i answered with a smile. we are all going through a lot, i thought. ‘you can’t imagine how much i need a glass of champagne’. ‘i can imagine, it’s just 7 am,…
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handle with care
‘hi, i am Matt and we are here to pack your life’, he said. well, it was not exactly like that. but it sounded like that. it was 7am. three hours later my kitchen and my leaving room were gone. surrounded of boxes and bags of trash, i questioned my life with the help of…
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together-ness
‘how are you?’. F. asked me. i guess it depends of the day. it also depends of the moment of the day. and my period. it might also be affected by the path of the stars. i opened co-star. ‘don’t eat pickles’. well noted. i guess this will solve my day. in between the good…
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there was a will, but not a way
where there is a will, there is a way, they say. but sometimes things don’t go the way we expect. and it’s hard to accept. you wish this, you get that. like in sex and love. sometimes you want them to like you for your brain. but you just get night dates instead. when you…
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cathartic chaos
four fridays ago i was tired and about to take a rain check. ‘i had a terrible week. i need some sleep’, i said. ‘come on, will be fun’, F. said. T. texted me as well: ‘has been a while. we NEED to catch up’, he wrote. i have no personality left, c’est partie pour…
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a hinge fairytale
i wrote Z. to have some news about her life. she was excited about her second date with this new guy. kind of the perfect modern prince. tall. PhD. attractive mind. european with asian eyes. the fact that he lives in a castle just added up. how was the chateau weekend?, i asked her. ‘it…
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lost in the 3.0 madness
‘omg, S. you are so popular’ – a girl told me when she saw the instagram stories replies popping-up in my mobile. i am not popular. it’s just my friends showing their love. to make sure i know i am always being taken care of. made me think about all this superficial stuff we are…
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what got us here, won’t get us there
during xmas break, I went to Paris and Madrid to catch up with all my friends. ‘where is home for you?’ R. asked me once. ‘I don’t know’, I answered. I lived in 8 different cities in 5 different countries. i guess home is wherever you feel loved and where you belong. so i consider…
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too much biology, not enough biography
‘i just feel my life started here’, F. said a sunday afternoon in collingowood yards, with a blue margarita in her hand. we are getting close to our middle life. and we might realise we haven’t had a proper life. one week later i came to Europe for the holiday break. felt like i never…