"So we beat on, boats against the current"

"I'm Matthew Germenis, and that's a good book." You'll find that this twentysomething is most passionate about Paul Simon, Ingmar Bergman, Bernard Malamud, Mad Men, modernism, Miles Davis, and Yehuda Amichai. Combine those with a penchant for writing Poetry, thinking in Prose, and you've got one Germenis thats eager to share, to provide some passion for your day.

Not a good day.

My new kitten, Gatsby, was killed. Tried to find solace in Bergman’s Face to Face , and at least I know I can always rely on his films when I’m at my lowest. What hurts the most is that I imagined the future we would have together; watching him grow up. He was going to be my cat, and now he’s gone. I hope, hope, that there wasn’t any pain. I buried him, and said the final line of Gatsby as a requiem. 

  1. mick40 reblogged this from germenis and added:
    I’m so so sorry. And it’s beautiful that you quoted Gatsby as a requiem. So classy. (I also find comfort in watching my...
  2. auntiesteelbreaker said: I’m so sorry.
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