Here’s what one learns during the weekend and half Monday

07.03.05


Here’s what one learns during the weekend and half Monday:
That there’s a great café somewhere in Melissia called ‘Petrogaz’

That you can meet people there who remember you, whereas you give them a silly look and try to guess when and where you met them.

That it’s not so simple to paint on Photoshop, no matter how inspired you are.

That, even if you and your friend agree to wake up early to take a walk around Athens, he will be sleeping like a log while you, like a silly man, will already be drinking your coffee and will be waiting for him, having woken up at 9:30 on a Sunday morning.

That you can’t be great if you don’t have money to support your dream. In other words, most great people were already a bit great before they became really great, since they stood out from the others, at least as regards their financial ability.

That, even when you win a scholarship, this will cover your expenses only partly and thus you have to have money anyway.

That, in all likelihood, you’ll never find so much money in one year, unless you write a best seller like ‘Judas was a great kisser’ (by Maira Papathanassopoulou).

That, despite all that, your life goes on fine and you must be happy to have alternatives and spare all the time in the world to do whatever you can (even to turn things upside down if needed).

That Athens is a beautiful city when you can see it like one.

That even in your own city there are many great unknown places with very interesting people who wait to meet you even accidentally.

That there’s a great performance entitled ‘Penalty’ at the ‘Epi Kolono’ theatre. The performers are young, pretty good (and not necessarily pretty faces) and have a very interesting view of what theatre is.

That there is a small concert in the same place after the performance; small Greek bands of no importance play there but they have fun because they gather all their friends as if they have come to Athens for an excursion in a bus.

That an able-bodied guy might be right next to you but he is so drunk that he is staggering much more than you.


That, despite staggering much more than you, he is harmless and you owe him congratulations, since he is entertaining you.

That the next day (Sunday) you will wake up early again, because you have an appointment with your professor.

That you would not have to wake up early in the end, because you agreed to meet in the coming week.

That it’s a great day but none of your friends want to go out for coffee. They’re all asleep.

That you and Dimitris will go visit the newborn kittens of Soly in the end without using the car. You will use your electric wheelchair so as to practice.

That you figure out it’s not too difficult to handle but you have to be careful when you climb pavements that are taken down. It’s highly possible to end up lying down.

That you would indeed end up lying down if Dimitris wasn’t behind you to catch you.

That you figure out there’s absolutely no way to make reconciliation with cats. They hate you and they are afraid of you because you smell like a dog from head to toe.

That, in case you can’t do anything else, you have to admit that the cat’s claws cut as sharply as Uma Thurman’s sword in Kill Bill.

That you would happily eat a cat baked in the oven or a cat soup after you take off her claws one by one without having killed or anaesthetized her.

That (luckily) you are not such a barbarian to do something like that. You will have to pay someone to do this for you or undergo always the unexpected and rude behaviour of cats.

That you can open the front door all by yourself as well by using the small key and that you should have tried to do that a long time ago.

That you will finally be able to walk with the sticks soon, since you can already walk with them in the living room.

That if you turn on Mad TV you might catch a tribute to Bowie and to Prince.

That even Gods like David Jones, known as David Bowie, wear dentures when they grow old.

That they remain Gods even like that.

That Prince has pigeon lofts in his living room.

That you and Kostas will go again to Cetropia, which is next to the Escoba. Without understanding it, you already have your hangout places.

That, even if you come home early, decided to do a bunch of things, you will end up doing less than half of what you plan and thus gape idly at everything for no reason but to waste your time.

That this is acceptable to a certain extent.

That, although it may sound strange, you will wake up with a cool mood for work and will even have time to drink coffee in your house’s kitchen.

That you are already at work. Time goes by and the new week has started for good.

That two official holidays are approaching!

That you have your birthday on the 21st of March and you will become 26 years old.

That you will be 30 in 4 years.

That this is cruel and unfair.

That nobody asked you if you like that and therefore you’ll have to decide that you can’t always be 20-something.

That, since you are growing up, you definitely have to leave your house, otherwise you will end up like the creeps you mock.

That, after having thought and understood the meaning of all aforementioned statements, you are heading off to a good pathway.