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alexandra

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About Me


"You wonder what I am doing? Well, so do I, in truth. Days seem to dawn, suns to shine, evenings to follow, and then I sleep. What I have done, what I am doing, what I am going to do, puzzle and bewilder me. Have you ever been a leaf and fallen from your tree in autumn and been really puzzled about it? That's the feeling."
I'm not particularly friendly, and I'm not particularly nice. I'm also not particularly interested in anything but the world in my head, and certainly not in miscellaneous people who believe intelligence comes with a piece of paper. Layout Created at SurfOurSpace.com

My Interests

Politics, I like my post-modern bullshit, travel, Greek history, cultivating different personalities, situationists, rebetika, bouzouki, Greek culture/traditions/etc., history, ethnomusicology, auto-didacticism, having strong opinions that bother people, cats, collecting books, annoying those who don't like me, rough sex, pictures of nude women, working dead-end jobs. francophilia, sucking cock, courtesans, not being "humble", handmade paper, objects made of copper, Persian history, small bird statues, knitting, fiber art, environmentally friendly cleaning products, tea, bombyx, science fiction.

Music:

Some many varied things that constitute sounds. Rebetika, Greek folk music, Beirut, Orphx, Arielle Dombasle, Cat Power, Jim White, Serge Gainsbourg, Dive, Nana Mouskouri, Vampire Weekend, Tonikom, Edith Piaf, Oil 10, Front 242, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Klinik, Coralie Clement, Somatic Responses, Seu George, Diamanda Galas, Keren Ann, Adult., Interpol, Broadcast, Hecate, Regina Spektor, Ladytron, Venetian Snares, Radiohead, Quintron, The Kinks, Lusine icl, Mommy and Daddy, Goldfrapp, Vromb, Rolling Stones, and a beginners interest in opera...

Movies:

Occasionnally i watch something arty and incomprehensible like "La Vie Nouvelle." But some of my favorite movies include: In the Mood for Love, Hour of the Wolf, The Graduate, Ulysse's Gaze, The Taming of the Shrew, The Darjeeling Limited, The Red Shoes, 2046, City of God, The Life Aquatic, The River, The New World, Medea, Giant, Z, Contempt, Suddenly Last Summer, Iphigenia, The Trojan Women, Never on Sunday, La Belle et la Bette, Kwaidan, Sword of Doom, and Intimacy...

Television:

The Tudors is history porn at its greatest. Battlestar Galactica rules my world...

Books:

I have a few thousand, and a few are: The Elementary Particles, Simulations and Simulacra, Mediterranean Winter and all Robert Kaplan, Oryx and Crake, Red Acropolis, Dark Spring, Hunger, Dead Girls Dead Boys Dead Things, The Twist, Dune, A Thousand Plateaus, In Search of Zarathustra, The Golden Ass, Oedipus, The Ends of the Earth, The Conference of the Birds, Gigi, The Seven Pillars of Wisdom Favorite authors: Collette, Richard Calder, Robert Kaplan, Deleuze and Guattari, Angela Carter, Anais Nin, Georges Bataille, J G Ballard, Jean Baudrillard

Heroes:

Iphigenia, T.E. Lawrence, Medea

My Blog

This boy should be my lover.

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Posted by alexandra on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:21:00 PST

There is only one Helen of Troy...

and her name is Irene Papas. ...
Posted by alexandra on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:08:00 PST

I am burning...

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Posted by alexandra on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:47:00 PST

Vir sapit qui pauca loquitur.

Therefore, I am not wise because I have let go of too much.
Posted by alexandra on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:20:00 PST

The meaning of life.

A very old "blog" July 29, 2005 Richard Calder’s writing was the single most influential experience of my teenage years - redefining my sexuality, worldview, and artistic expressio...
Posted by alexandra on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:33:00 PST

Two Things To Do, and Soon.

Godard’s Contempt at the Film Forum.From the Land of the Labyrinth: Minoan Crete, 3000-1100 B.C....
Posted by alexandra on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:55:00 PST

Horrific fires in Greece

http://www.dailyfrappe.com/menu/greekfirerelief/tabid/83/Def ault.aspxPlease make a donation if you can spare any money, or donate goods to the Red Cross.http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_p...
Posted by alexandra on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 04:33:00 PST

The Birthday Approaches

I know you all want to purchase me gifts, so here's a few things I want.Gold Rush Pullover Sweater from AnthropologieMy Amazon WishlistSkyline Platforms size 8.5 from AnthropologieAnything from Pashup...
Posted by alexandra on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 07:00:00 PST

My New Best Friends

Castor and Pollux, the Dioskouroi. If only my mother was fucked by a swan and laid two lovely eggs...
Posted by alexandra on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 03:58:00 PST

In the Manner of G.S.

From Waiting for the Angel by Roderick Beaton:    "At the same time, and drawing on the same brief voyage [to mount Pelion], he drafted one of his most famous opening lines.  In th...
Posted by alexandra on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 01:15:00 PST