Disappointment.

I attended the Mid-Euro-Meet 2010 in Luxembourg over the weekend, where i came into contact with some of the world's greatest swimmers. These included Alain Bernard, Coralie Balmy, Randall Bal, Dimitris Xynadas, and many more. My swimming was up to standards considering it was our first meet in a 50m pool. Our drive there was horrible. Car-trouble, bad weather, awful smells...everything you can think of, we had. Thank god Marc was there so i could sleep on his shoulder (fun fact: due to the sculpting of swimmer's shoulder muscles, they provide excellent sleeping sources!)

However, during our drive back, i metaphorically got slapped in the face. Something that had been said to me much earlier (around end of 2009) completely lost its validity, and with it, went my faith. And due to that, i'm extremely disappointed. As a wise girl often says: "You can remove the girl from the city, but you can't remove the city from the girl." This, i fear, is too much the case here. But i won't lose all optimism, as in a situation like this, only time can tell, and i really hope time will prove to be on my side.

Something has changed. And i'm not referring to all that philosophical bullshit about time and absence changing a person, but my psyche has metamorphosed. I'm not sure into what yet, or what aspect has been altered - if any major one - but i fear that here, the only thing i know for certain, is that only time can tell again.

All for now, and just because i'm in the mood, i've attached one of my favorite Fischli&Weiss captured art pieces:


Enjoy your week, and see me on the weekend.
-I

ps.
a) Unfortunately, the picture is too wide. Click on it for the original image.
b) Don't walk on snow/ice with flip flops: you'll break your fucking wrist. Twice.