anything you want

[threeplusfire]

Looking at the Bjork picture I put up as my new icon, I noticed how similar her face is to Hana's. They both have this youthful face and impish smile. I imagine Hana must have been a cute kid. She promised to take me to see where she grew up in Prague.

Otto Urban, the handsome art history professor came into the room while we were having our meeting about the trip. He looked at me, and said in his gorgeous Czech accent, "I need a favor, could you help me out?" I said, "Anything you want" and he smiled so sweetly I think I might have blushed. He asked if I would help him transport some of his art books back to Prague in my suitcase. Otto handed me two incredible books I think I shall read before I leave. Andre & Oscar: The Literary Friendship of Andre Gide and Oscar Wilde by Jonathan Fryer, and Aubrey Beardsley: A Biography by Matthew Sturgis. So Daina, not only did I get to talk with our handsome Czech professor, he gave me books to read. What a great afternoon.

I still need to find some shoes. The Docs I wanted don't appear to exist anywhere, and unless my fairy godmother sends me shoes I'm going to have to look for something else. I so wanted a pair of plain black Mary Janes like I once had. They are such great shoes.

Comments

[day.livejournal.com]

I'm very jealous. You lucky, lucky girl. Ah, if only I had majored in a foreign language/culture studies. Then how the accented profs would flock.

Drunken hot Russian professors to take home, handsome Czech professors giving books, I clearly need to transfer to UT Austin.

[zombiechu.livejournal.com]

I dig Aubrey Beardsley in a crazy kind of way. He has been a big inspiration to my art since I was a kid. Whenever I let my artwork slack, and I feel I'm too old to accomplish anything, I look at his art and his life. His art is so simple yet detailed, and eternally stylized. And his life was so short but he left his mark with less than 5 years of work.