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May 04, 2005
karen
a few things about my friend karen: she lives in berlin, we share the same birthday, she made me love stereo total, she has a bright red peacoat that helps me identify her when she is walking in the street, she looks like a 1920s film star, her eyes are infinitely blue, she's so talented but doesn't realise it.
the last time i saw karen was around october 2004, about six months ago. she'd come riding into town on the weekend before monica moved to chicago. patricia also came down from sweden to see monica on that last weekend.
saturday, after karen had arrived, we went to the design academy degree show. i was so pleased to see karen and patricia and ended up having a great big catch-up on what's been going on in our lives; all of this heavy conversations around patricia's move to sweden from bogota, my conflict with my sister, consoling my parents, etc at the design academy bar, with a pint of beer in hand.
that night four girls went into town. we started at plaza futura, moved on to de rechter for some dancing. then finally de hoogste tijd for more dancing.
you know when you're dancing with your eyes closed and you don't care about who's looking at you, and you just want to sing along with all your heart because you're so happy? know the kind of feeling i mean? it felt so so good to be out with karen, patricia and monica again.
it felt like that first summer, cooking at elckerlyclaan, going swimming, riding our bikes, partying, daytrips out of town, weekend drives to belgium.
soooooo..... yay! hooray! we're going to see karen in berlin this weekend and she has promised us that we will go eat bratwurst, stock up on duplo chocolate bars and go on photography shoots! :)
Posted by Yasmina at May 4, 2005 07:06 PM
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Have fun Yaz on your Berlin trip! :-) can't wait for your shots!! Bon voyage!
Posted by: Lely at May 4, 2005 06:42 PM
Whee Berlin! My other German crush lives there, and goodness, do I want to hook up again with him...LOL. His Chinese/Indo and German heritage makes him look H.O.T. LOL. You said your mate Karen had an appearance like a '20s movie star. Which famous silent movie star does she look like? Louise Brooks with the flapper look or Mary Pickford with her Victorian look? I like both looks, but I guess curls like Pickford would be hard to take care of and am too afraid to let go of my long hair and get Brooks' bob.
Posted by: Nana at May 5, 2005 07:49 PM
