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Lessons learnt for the son I’ll never have 2008-05-29 17:04:44 1) Don’t do that.
2) Music really does sound better through earphones.
3) The grass is always greener. Be happy with your lot, not unhappy over someone else’s.
4) Wear sunscreen.
5) Don’t bank with Abbey National. Ever. EVER. Unless of course you want to waste money, have high blood pressure and go grey before your time. In [...] Read more:Lessons
I’d rather stay in bed 2008-06-05 17:44:07 I can’t begin to describe how utterly arbitrary and purposeless my life feels. Every single act of volition is a lazy exercise in wasting time. But what happens if such exercise stops? What happens if I don’t waste time? The only answer - too much time.
I can’t even write this properly. I can’t even [...]
The flip of a coin 2008-06-08 17:49:29 I cannot begin to describe how utterly content I am with my life at the moment. And I write that sentence fully aware of my conceit and hubris in doing so.
You see, I recently deleted a post that began in precisely the same way, but went on to say the exact opposite. I was [...]
A very kind third rejection letter 2008-06-13 07:36:24 … As I anticipated you write very well and the atmosphere you convey was sometimes all too dark for this reader. However, that merely shows that you know what you are doing. Nevertheless, I have no direct experience of handling fiction in this area and don’t have enough confidence in my ability to find a [...] Read more:third
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Still fighting the jet lag 2008-06-17 10:29:45 BEN is seated on the steps of the Vancouver Art Gallery smoking a cigarette. He is exhausted, having been walking the city all day and is still trying to ignore his body’s insistence that it really shouldn’t be so bright at the moment for what should be just gone midnight. A HOODIE suddenly approaches him…
HOODIE: [...]
Brand new day 2008-07-16 06:10:38 Woke up this morning (at bang on 11:11 believe it or not) from a dream about being in my actor friend’s current play. It was a variation of one of those “everyone knows the lines except you” anxiety dreams, except everyone knew I didn’t know the lines at all - I was standing in at [...] Read more:Brand
Who’s 29 today… 2008-07-09 18:22:47 Happy birthday to my good friend Jonio, who ages like a fine Amarone…
A life told by early morning song lyrics 2008-07-09 04:51:57 Doomsday. He’s not on the beach - but who cares anymore. The engines roar and I find myself alone, not even myself, the maple-leafed sign beside me revealing this is Dårlig Ulv Stranden. I got it all wrong. London and the hollow chimes of an unirradiated Big Ben already feel light years away, gongs for [...] Read more:lyrics
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The Misanthrope’s Manifesto 2008-07-08 06:21:50 I don’t want to catch a falling star because nuclear fusion burns my skin.
I don’t want to share my life with you. Get your own life.
I don’t want my wildest dreams to come true because the other night I dreamt about clowns.
I don’t want to find myself because I’d just lose myself again.
I don’t want [...] Read more:Manifesto
Lovesick 2008-07-05 04:36:49 But it was not until the 22nd century and the refinement of quantum theory to the point of application that such aspects of pathology were truly understood. Once physicists first observed the behaviour of particles that existed in a multidimensional and pantemporal state, physicians came to understand organisms that functioned in a distinctly similar manner; [...]
Homeless 2008-07-31 04:02:05 Mother threw me out of the house on Tuesday night.
I’ve stopped and stared at that sentence for at least a minute now. It still doesn’t make any sense. She woke me up at about 10pm, screaming at me - demanding to know what my problem was before telling me that I should leave. Earlier [...]
Let them eat toast 2008-07-24 05:31:11 I’ve just remembered my toaster - a Russell Hobbs two decker. It was a present from my mum after I moved into my first flat in Highgate, now five years ago. My mum currently has a four decker here. I think such decadence has not been seen since Marie Antoinette.
The last time I saw [...]
Fridge poetry 2008-07-22 13:04:17 Found in an old pictures folder backup CD. Images from 2004 and 2007. Read more:Fridge
The Manic Depressive Merry-Go-Round 2008-07-20 06:41:35 I’m not sure if it was intentional, but it is the first thing that greets you as you enter Bonkersfest. That and one of those stalls where if you lob enough bricks at a clown’s face you win a cuddly toy. I don’t need the incentive of a cuddly toy to hurl things at clowns. [...] Read more:Manic
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Just so you know 2008-07-18 06:26:11 I’ve never been very good at accommodating “constructive criticism”, but particularly from sources so plainly unqualified to offer it so abruptly. You’ll therefore excuse me if I take this opportunity to make a cup of tea and carry on with my day.
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