Autumn came in Thessaloniki today -or at least it looks like it. Summer here is endless and rather yellow, and had I prayed for it to end. Much as I had dreamed of it, autumn still came unexpectedly. Crept up on us, as Desmond Tropey says. Yesterday I spent walking around the city and visiting various people. Avoiding studying. As I walked to the bus stop, I noticed the sun was a bit paler. I spent noon at someone's terrace looking at the port and the cranes in the horizon, and talking about travelling, and about fears. I had lunch with someone's mother. By that time, some pretty grey clouds had gathered, and it was windy. Windy is my favourite weather. Dreamy. Feels kind of like travelling. I sat next to an open window trying to write an email but all I could do was look at the sky. It looked as if it wouldn't rain though; and then, after it got dark, there was a downpour. I welcomed the rain sitting on yet another balcony watching the wee devils that are my cousins screaming and jumping up and down. This morning it was sunny again and it seemed as we'd have to wait a bit more for autumn, but then, as night fell, it got chilly! Autumn makes things look clearer, and brighter; thus more colourful and charming. So I avoid studying, I indulge in the changing of the season. this time of year, all feelings are more intense. Heart-breaking, almost. Happy is happier, and sad is more sad -and they alternate every half an hour or so. Sleeping feels like entering another world. Lonely feels a bit lonelier. It's something in the air around me, on my skin. Excited is almost inspired. Day dreaming is almost like being there. Missing is like you've lost a part of you. Kind of. I was lying on my bed, looking at the back of the -quite ugly- buildings I can see through my window, (avoiding studying of course) and listening to the Smiths, as night was falling. And it almost made me cry. I wish I could come to that picnic. Well, love, and keep the faith, (especially those who will go) Dimitra ps I thought I would acknowledge the one who was the reason behind me discovering Bright Eyes, to whom the subject line belongs, but then again maybe I should write a Richard-free post for once... +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+