One evening I’m just minding my own business, searching for useless information on the sacred internet, or, better yet, doing nothing. At some point I hear a gentle knock on the door. But I didn’tContinue reading
I’m bored to death, but not dead yet
…next thing I know, I’m in some bar in Mexico It’s late and they swallow cheap shots of mezcal The night shapes that feeling, surreal, bizarre Will the guy with the mustache punch the otherContinue reading
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Calc cu paşi de vată şi simt moale în toate extremităţile corpului în timp ce fac cele mai banale lucruri. După ultima înghiţitură de apă, banal devine bizar. Mă simt ca şi cum cineva m-aContinue reading
That mustard episode
I don’t know what happened, man. But it’s super shitty. This state is the worst. I feel like puking, but without the puking, you know? It’s silly, don’t mind me. I will get over itContinue reading
Fragment de necitit
Plânge de dincolo de uşă, înăbuşit, cu suspine teatrale şi sughiţuri, cu patosul ei de adolescentă pentru care timp de un minut totul e final şi ireversibil. Sfârşitul lumii se măsoară pentru ea între colţulContinue reading
This van is meant for a joyride like we are meant for trouble
We want to play house, we’re already in The music is dope, your silence is mean You are the driver, but I know the place It could be by the sea or deep into spaceContinue reading
As I waited for the sun to come out on your side of the world
The city that never sleeps * What a cliché and a lie Lie down, my darling, and close an eye By the pound we buy The forbidden access to high I’m your best nap buddy,Continue reading
Dream a little dream
The artist He loved this city for the lack of commitment it demanded. A weird, bustling little place where anything and everything and nothing could happen at the same time. The drinks were cheap, theContinue reading
Worship tracks
So he enters the bar with that obvious thirst for whiskey all over his face. Drinks it like it’s homemade iced tea then picks a random fight. Nasty dialogue, cinematic broken chairs, manly punches yet toContinue reading
The bang in my head
I am no Michelangelo but I saw the angel trapped inside the rock. I felt his thoughts, so material, pulling me away from my own while he was there, tapping his surreal fingers and waitingContinue reading
The Golden Fields
The Golden Fields is a metaphorical destination. You will know exactly what it means to you right after it’s too late to stop wanting to get there. Meanwhile you can read between the lines and takeContinue reading
Sophisticated monsters
I was looking for a clean pair of jeans to wear at the office when I found the first one in my closet. It seemed to know better what I should have put on thatContinue reading
Misunderstood freedom
It’s not what keeps you tied but what sets you free the most unsettling. All that looking back to the growing distance, choking on the first breath of fresh air, making “wherever” your only destination…Continue reading
You say I’m a bitch like it’s a bad thing
I just want to go out and stay up late Camp in Black Rock, alive and awake. Get as witty as art, yet vain like a doll Feels free to own nothing, nothing atContinue reading
Sofa trip
Strange high, strange loves, Every word I mean, he knows. … (00:07) We were high and dreams were vivid Smoking, drinking without rest Still, I only got addicted To his hands holding my waist.Continue reading
Joaca-te la blocul tau
Diferenţa dintre o ţigară fără gust şi cea mai bună ţigară… Ar putea să se-ntâmple în fiecare seară. Dar nu. Mai bine complicat şi pe dos Ca un pulover de lână pufos Cu etichetaContinue reading
To reign and to rule
“Life is not a party, David Bowie is not God and your friends are not your minions. But they do a hell of a job cleaning the mess around you, don’t they?”… She’s once moreContinue reading
Kitty lover
When you bring the cats into the fighting pit, make sure they know the lion’s watching. Otherwise, they will just purr until they fell asleep together. And you simply don’t want to witness that, you kittyContinue reading
Ti-am adus ceva
[The escape] Vineri seară. Facebook, Instagram şi inbox-ul: OFF. Airbnb cu destinatia Braşov: ON. O căsuță cu pisică în centrul vechi. Check in, check out -> bilete ieftine -> bagaj mic, de mână. PahareContinue reading
My kind (part two)
“Every night I used to pray that I’d find my people.”* … Since ever, you’re expecting them patiently, but for too long you won’t know who they are or what they do in their spareContinue reading
My fear (part one)
I will let Bowie do the honors: Your country’s new, your friends are new Your house and even your eyes are new Your maid is new and your accent, too But your fear is asContinue reading
Fashion seizure
There is the cheap, but hip Get-me-on-a-trip-and-strip Bite my lip … and whatnot kind of bling. * There is the expensive Intensive-progressive Evasive but persuasive Fuck-me diamonds thing. * And there’s the in between.Continue reading
The ballerina state of mind
“Not every little girl gets to do whatever she wants. The world cannot support that many ballerinas.” But you see… it’s not the few who succeed, but the many who fail the ones to tellContinue reading
Spring is around the corner
The storm before the calm. The expensive bottled scent hiding that anticipation and hunger for trouble. The cab that’s heading to a collective date with you in the back seat. Fast feels fuckin’ fun! EverythingContinue reading
Job descriptions
“No matter how good he looks, someone somewhere is tired of his shit.” You don’t think that’s possible, do you? What a mischievous trick to make the great fall, what a funny thing to imagineContinue reading
Nothing says cashmere like cashmere
The feeling that you’ve had better, but never enjoyed it as much. Better than love among the ruins, sweeter than opulence, looser than morals in the millennials’ fucked up times. Genuinely yours whenever youContinue reading
I’m (still) shakin’
If I could ask for any skill in the world and actually get it, I would very much like the badass writing of the Rolling Stone’s fabulous editors. The best of the best when itContinue reading
Coco made me do it
“Fashion is one of the most effective forms of instant communication and self-expression, but it doesn’t compensate for having something interesting to say.” … So… choose your statement t-shirts wisely. ___ More brilliant fashion insightsContinue reading
Black – White – Beige – Gold – Red
My personal favorite: “I imposed black. It reigns still because black trumps all.” ___ More cool movies from the source.
You can sit at my table
The finest, meanest, most charming of his kind. He’s in charge around here… and everybody knows it. He means what he says and he never has to say it twice; not with that voice. The toughContinue reading
The becoming
Never let life be boring to you again. Grow a million pretty faces and make it stare at each and every one of them, hate them or adore them, whichever works best. It all startedContinue reading
Bitter has never been sweeter
And I sat at the cheaters’ table. There were aces on chairs with bluffs in their hands and silk wrapped around their necks… in a tie. Oh, those golden smiles, getting shinier with every thousandContinue reading
What is your next collection?
PS: What do you fear the most? Rei Kawakubo: The next collection. PS: What do you feel you’d still like to achieve in life? Rei Kawakubo: The next collection. So… what is YOUR “next collection”? ___ IContinue reading
Sugar daddy issues
Mockingbirds and diamond rings. Doll houses and furs. Expensive brunches and ponies. Lolita dresses. Lolita undresses. Put a sugar coat on it, make it eye candy.
The shiniest
Not to be morbid, but rather to give you a nice quote from Jack: “One thing’s for sure in that graveyard: I’m gonna have the shiniest pair of shoes.”
Fetele frumoase si spinii lor
Fetele frumoase sunt indisponibile azi. Este ziua internaţională a florilor în păr şi macii sunt deja pe terminate. Fetele frumoase şi-au luat jazz-ul la pachet pentru că n-au putut să-l termine pe loc… dar niciContinue reading
Capsune cu miere
Căpşunele cu miere sunt un fel de căpşune cu frişcă. Micul dejun al fetelor frumoase, Cu degete dulci şi buze groase. Eva Green mânca probabil căpşune cu miere Când era adolescentă. La dietă. CăpşuneleContinue reading
Personal window shopper
We’ll take long walks on Calea Victoriei checking out every window. From lingerie to pralines and guitars, we shall know all our options. You have to tell me what you’re desperately craving for, so IContinue reading
The king’s fool
“If you don’t have a struggle already inside you or around you, you have to make one up.” I don’t mean to be arrogant, mister White, but I think that the struggle made me up,Continue reading
Let’s do it
For me, the best presents ever are those colorful unwrap-me-now boxes containing god knows what, but looking like divinely compressed little stories. All the drama you can think of squeezed in a cube thatContinue reading
Baby, we got the cheap seats
Baby, it’s snowing in Cairo. We got the cheap seats. People are so obsessed with good deeds that Grinch may need a PR campaign. We got the cheap seats. Some claws took our beloved goldContinue reading
Versurilor le place
El: Îţi cam place să vorbeşti în versuri. Ea: De fapt… versurilor le place să vorbesc în ele.
Din noiembrie 1926
Unele sfaturi nu se demodează niciodată. Dacă ştii cum să le porţi. Să faci multe fotografii când eşti tânară. “La un moment dat n-o să mai creadă nimeni cât de frumoasă ai fost. N-o săContinue reading
Indura cu mine
Poezii dulci sau volume mari de proză grea, Hârtie aspră din bezea. Cărţile cu pagini multe sunt uşor de citit Pentru că sunt pline de explicaţii. Vin sec roşu sau jazz cu mult saxofon,Continue reading
Bezele din acelea
Bezeá (bezéle), s.f. – 1. Sărutare trimisă de departe, cu vîrfurile degetelor. – 2. Prăjitură din albuș de ou bătut cu zahăr. Una pentru când n-ai avut timp, una pentru când n-ai vrut. Una pentru când n-ai putut. UnaContinue reading
Scriitor pervers şi (ne)bun
Una dintre femeile lui miller are drept animal de casă o stea neagră spânzurată de tavan. O stea malefică şi rece şi frumoasă ca stăpâna ei. O stea care arde şi se gudură ca unContinue reading
Daca esti femeie…
Spune-mi o poveste, Umple o mie de nopţi cu ea, Hrăneşte-mă cu mâna ta, Ia-mă în braţe şi ţine-m-aşa. Pune-ţi cele o sută de văluri Şi dansează pentru mine, Lasă-te pe spate cu mişcăriContinue reading
Toamna de dupa vara
15 – 19 septembrie “Oamenii din Sibiu sunt blânzi. Cum sunt oamenii, aşa e şi viaţa de noapte, domnişoară.” “Libertate, egalitate, sexualitate! Doar haine mulate.” “Pentru studenţi, miercurea, la ora 3, e gratis.” “Îţi iauContinue reading
Nu pe masa, acolo punem prajitura
Genul de băieţi care după ora 00:00 puneau pahare mici în pahare mari şi le dădeau pe gât. Jagermeister amestecat cu Red Bull şi apoi Bacardi, pe vremea când schimbam euro in Cool Cat caContinue reading
It should be louder
Getting lost in the folds of your skirt There’s a price that I pay for my mission A body in heaven and a mind full of dirt How I suffer the sweetest condition.
Ender nu se joaca. Si nici Valentine.
Azi am văzut trailer-ul pentru “Ender’s Game” şi mi-am amintit de cărţile din Saga lui Ender. Nu-s cărţi pentru copii şi nici pentru toţi oamenii mari. Sunt poveşti cu personaje “fucked up” care-şi cer iertareContinue reading
Cirese amare
Prima dată când Vladimir a vrut să-mi aprindă o ţigară. – Lasă-mă, mi-o aprind singură. Numai curvele cer să li se aprindă ţigara. … – Serios, aşa am zis? – Da, erai o pramatieContinue reading
Mandarina si Clementina
Un text de Gabriela Popa Mandarina şi Clementina au fost cele mai nedreptăţite fetiţe de la şcoala de Duminică. Aveau cele mai frumoase porecle şi de aceea Stârvescu s-a gândit ca, de fiecare dată cândContinue reading
Your rascal since […]
Friends are pretty much everything. You get to choose them and they come in heart shaped boxes. … Sometimes music makes me dizzy. So dizzy that I can almost see Frank Sinatra waving goodbye withContinue reading
The girl before
Otilia before she seduced Felix. The mermaid before she got a pair of skinny human legs. Marla before she started group therapy for testicular cancer. Anne before she felt the crown weight on her forehead.Continue reading
Bataie. De aripi
Amazoane Iele Prinţese Sirene Sirene ţâfnoase Cu buze cărnoase Dansatoare de cabaret Zâne Cadâne Fete cochete cu poşete Fecioare Zâne indispuse, cu migrene Balerine Pene UN. SINGUR. COSTUM.
Mai repede, mai mult, mai tare
– Vreau un tigru. Să-l iau şi să fie al meu, doar al meu. – Niciodată să nu-ţi iei un tigru. O să pună labele pe tine şi n-o să-ţi placă. Aşa face tigrul: teContinue reading
With the utmost grace
– I will teach her how to be charming, ravishing. – How? … Loving white and wearing it casually. Sipping non-alcoholic drinks in the evening, being polite and politely sarcastic, walking in stiletto shoesContinue reading
Tot o poveste
Zilele astea m-am tot gândit la Suceava şi la nenea Onu. Nenea Onu era fratele bunicii care scria proză fantastică şi venea la Bucureşti să discute cu oamenii de la edituri care nu voiau săContinue reading
Beautiful needs assistance
The best things in life come with ribbons and bows. … but then again, silk is hard to unfasten.
Diane si Lolite
Ne gândim la o fată frumoasă. Îi vom spune Diana. Diana are un păr blond şi des, pe care nu l-a vopsit niciodată. E înaltă, are pielea albă – genul ăla de piele albă careContinue reading
Counting days is not cherry pie
Counting the days until you come back is not cherry pie So what do we do about it? We demand for a cherry pie.
My English is bad
You will dislike me for torturing words You will mock me for spoiling meanings You will think less of me for messing around with important stuff Like spelling You will hate me for my carelessContinue reading
Starting at Hollow’s End
There are some beautiful badass people in this country. I shall meet them all.
Stiu
Prima dată când m-am gândit la viitoarea mea relaţie cu o persoană de sex opus (evident, o relaţie idealizată, doar mergeam încă la grădiniţă). Şi nu i-am văzut pe ai mei sau o rochie de mireasă sauContinue reading
Madness
Budapesta. Din cel mai înalt punct al scenei, Matt cântă asta. E fermecator de tehnic şi prins în propria fantezie muzicală. Nu-mi cântă mie, îi cântă unei audienţe personale; probabil muzei pentru care şi-a vândut sufletul cândContinue reading
heavy-loaded-tight
– What’s on your mind, darling? – A war. But some of them fail to see it because of the perfect shiny hair, the tiaras, the hair bands, the ribbons, the imposing seductive white hat.
Just like a war, but softer
I am always inspired when shaken up by the world. My sentences are afraid of you and the light, so please don’t read them. … I would sit straight and exposed in the middleContinue reading
Cand stii ca un tip e bun pentru tine
S-ar putea să dai peste un drogat cu preocupări obscure. Un tip blazat şi arogant care pierde vremea, un paria sofisticat cu istoric de băiat rău. Şi dintre toţi, el să fie bun pentru tine. N-oContinue reading
Nude e noul roz
Altceva decât ştiai net superior, îmbunătăţit, “mai perfect” fetele de plastic nu mai au loc sub reflector De ea. e o specie nouă de păpuşă încă nu ştii cum să te joci fata – origamiContinue reading
Pisica neagra
Ar fi trebuit să-mi deschid un cabaret. Să port mai des portjartier şi să primesc bani pentru asta. Să am o scuză cu adevărat bună ca să mă culc târziu. Să nu ştiu ce beau şi niciContinue reading
Luxul oriental
“Urmează Calea şi nu pe Principe, supune-te datoriei morale şi nu tatălui tău.” – E un dicton chinezesc, din secolul III, înaintea erei noastre. Am început de curând să citesc despre China clasică şi măContinue reading
O seara de bal
Bunica a fost săracă atunci când era de vârsta mea şi mult după. Doar că asta nu era un criteriu care s-o modeleze, nu însemna aproape nimic. Nu-mi amintesc să-mi fi povestit cu nostalgie căContinue reading
Ceva ce sigur nu e o recenzie
Sonor. Alb-negru, apoi vag şi imprevizibil. Exact ca un colaj – unul bine făcut şi păstrat mult timp. E multă america acolo şi puţini americani. Rimbaud nu era american, de asta pare excentric printre juraţiiContinue reading
“Banii Regelui”
Să stai pe un scaun oarecare, cu un pahar de alcool încălzit în mână și să citești un ziar mediocru. Iar ea să deschidă o fereastră care scârțâie și să îți spună cât de caldContinue reading
Piesa de colectie
De data asta nu un jucător. Nu profund, nu afectat. Cu praf pe cizme, cu o strălucire a irisului suspectă de artificialitate. Pasionat. Diferit. Mi se întamplă rar să respir sacadat. Sincer în duplicititate. PuţinContinue reading
Pe bulevard
Prima dată am ascultat melodia asta la telefon. Chiar într-o iarna rece. Cu răsuflarea tăiată, cu întreruperi din motive tehnice, cu privirea pierdută în peisajul meu strâmt de la geamul din bucătărie. Nu se vede cât aşContinue reading
Paradise reversed
A life in paradise.There wasn’t a dark side, nor spiceNo reason to fight, nowhere to go out Not a flamingo to hunt, kissing was bad And banned from the mouthTouches were kind, never obsceneZero marks on theContinue reading
It bugged her
It’s better that you left, really. … she said to the cockroach that was just making a dangerous turn on the corner of her living room. She hated committing murder, but what she hated evenContinue reading
Stop and think about it
The magnolia flowers were there. The magnolia flowers were rare. White as white gold, white as milk, white as silk of a bride’s dress, as the silence after a vow, as a sheet stained withContinue reading
An artist’s job
Darling, you did everything wrong But, please, do it once more. I can accept it all but one thing … that life is a bore. More creative workout here: https://www.instagram.com/gabrielesque_
Fooling around for the last time
The last night of indulgence, the last fast dining, the very last time to fool around. Of course, they didn’t know any of it and kept crunching the snacks as if grown-up life was aContinue reading