Not only she knows how to please her customers, but also how to set up her own business. Seems like she is about to make some money.

Or she is devoted to all the nails she has handled in all those years. Maybe Arnon nails have become a part of her. She cares about his nails. It's a beautiful thing to care about.

Poor Irina. Losing a job in NY must be tough. Arnon, it seems you now have a moral obligation to get your nails done by her daily. Or pethaps ask her te become a staff member in your business with Bennie.

Noa

I wondered the other day where you were and thought it’s remarkable you’re completely silent in regard to the mud wrestling.
???

I`m afraid, to go to a manicurist is a special thing of poets, isn`t it?

Susann

Not any more my dear, have you heard about a phenomenon of a METROSEXUALITY ? (metro comes from metropoly) a mostly hetero male from metropoly (like NY) who is conscious of his body and sexuality (...) google it , it´s quite interesting (term was introduced by a gay journalist )

Zirilla

Thank you very much for your information, but i thought, the time of metrosexuallity is over, isn`t it? This kind of "style" was artificial. Nobody needs it.

Ilanit

Johannes and Sander are in charge of this particular event.
My role is limited to being a godfather in this particular case.
I did note however that you refused to mud wrestle because you gained too much weight.
I opened my small black book and I wrote under your name just one word: Coward.

Susann

oh well, your welcome, and after all , it wasn´t needed.
But why would you think that it´s over? I would say quite opposite, it developes , has sharpened (still is).
With my very best (gay)friend , we are observing this development with great pleasure.

I don't think that having manicures is necessarily a sign of metrosexuality. It could as well be a sign of laziness .

Concerning the term metrosexuality: The new trend is supposedly menergy - anti-metrosexual, hyper-masculine energy - with Clive Owen as my own personal role model.

Arnon

I leave Friday to New York and will be back in the Netherlands on the 11th.
This makes my participation somewhat impossible, don’t you think?
Furthermore I see Johannes is briefing you constantly. He WILL make up for this one, that’s for sure. Especially when he told me that if I consider participating I might consider loosing the 5 kg I put on during the summer. To this I can tell you one thing:

“I don't think you're ready for this jelly
'cause my body's too bootylicious for ya babe”

Ilanit

You could have postponed your trip for this event.

Arnon

I thought about it and tried to get some extra information in regard to the event. Johannes did not really answered my questions seriously repeatedly told me you have enough women en. so postponing seemed worthless.
PS. not meeting me for dinner led me to note in MY little black book next to your name the word coward as well, so I guess we’re even.

@ Arnon, Johannes, Mieke
(I manicure my mails myself; it was a good cure against nail biting. But if you can afford it, go and see friendly Irina.)
Sorry.
My body is not bootylicious nowadays and my face looks like a Halloween pumpkin, due to an allergy. I am afraid I will not be able to travel to Kortrijk for the fantastic Mud wrestling contest for peace. Call it divine providence?

Jan T

Could you send your mother and/or other friends to Kortrijk?

Sandra

i would say that there has been a hole in metrosexuality which has taken the form of menergy (many of men who were consider as metrosexual, apartain to menergy right now )
but nevermind that
cause what´s metrosexuality and menergy comparing to mud wrestling ?

@Arnon,
My mother is very pleased with your invitation. If she was not on chemotherapy – she is very tired - , she would certainly like to come and meet you. She was very found of your description of ‘a woman as a pet in the house’ (De Morgen, today). My mother is a real mystery to me, but aren’t all mothers?

@Arnon,
What is left of my friends is merely an army of ghosts. Good luck and enjoy.

Jan T

Forgive me for being vain, but was there an article in “De Morgen” that I should have read?
I’m sorry to hear your friends are ghosts, but maybe ghosts are very loyal and sensitive.

The woman on the picture looks a bit like a transformed man.
And today I went cleaning. A woman called Ilona (from Holland, she doesn't speak to her parents anymore, moved in with a Belgian man and now has two children who differ just 10 months in age) was supervising me. The villa was called "Maria-Louisia" and served purpose as a mangemant-training-company.

Ilona told me that I did the same work better 3 times as fast as the regular cleaning lady. I am pretty tired now.

correction

*management

@Arnon
There was an article today in ‘De Morgen/Uitgelezen’ about you, with some quotes, that’s all.
And indeed, some of my friends, now ghosts, are more sensitive and loyal. What or who will I become as a ghost?

Dens

I think the model in the picture is an Israeli model called Shelly Gafni.
She is quite beautiful and as far as we know, was born as a women.
Now she has a makeup school or whatever http://www.madina.co.il/academy/about.asp

On war

http://users.skynet.be/streven/artikels/VanEeckeFrontsoldaat.htm

I thought you, Arnon, would be fairly interested in this article.

@ Jan

Take care. You'll be missed.

Pjôtr

Nice article, to bad I couldn't find pictures.

@ Jan

I kind of started to wonder where you went.
I'm glad you're back on the blog.

Article

@Arnon
The article was a favourable review of ''Omdat ik u begeer".

The curious conclusion however was that you should worry because of your popularity with public and critics alike, since somewhere you yourself suggest that a writer who is loved abundantly cannot be a good writer.

Ilanit, I can't mudwrestle because I don't exist. Which I find a shame. I would've won though, because that's what my creator likes to believe.

Don't exist?

I mudwrestle, therefor I am !

Noa

since when did you sees to exist?

Ilanit

Your passion for homophony knows no boundaries.

Oscar

and it bothers you because…

@Ilanit, since my very first word.

Noa

I don't believe you!

@Ilanit, what don't you believe? That I'm a fiction?