Today I got a helix (top of my ear) piercing. Nothing special about that - but there is a unique attractiveness in knowingly mutilating your own body. Whenever I get a piercing done, I have to make the decision spontaneously. Obviously I will consider what I might like as I daydream in the preceding months, … Continue reading Feeling the Pop
Category: Thoughts
The curse of smartphones and social media
Tweet Since my arrival in this land of plenty, I made the conscious decision not to make use of a mobile phone. Initially, this was down to sheer laziness - everything was so hectic the first week, I couldn't be bothered with the hassle of locating a phone shop and setting up an American number, … Continue reading The curse of smartphones and social media
That which makes us pitiful creatures makes us excellent human beings: the art of exploiting emotion
Tweet “I am not sure that I exist, actually. I am all the writers that I have read, all the people that I have met, all the women that I have loved; all the cities I have visited.” ― Jorge Luis Borges So far, my experience at the University of California, Santa Barbara campus has been … Continue reading That which makes us pitiful creatures makes us excellent human beings: the art of exploiting emotion
[ cre·pus·cu·lar ] Adjective: of, resembling, or relating to twilight.
Sometimes I wake up and I rue the ragged day that I came into this world unable to sleep. My mother always tells me I was a long, thin baby; perhaps it's something to do with that, although I'm certainly not long and thin now. The fact remains that I can be dog-tired and still … Continue reading [ cre·pus·cu·lar ] Adjective: of, resembling, or relating to twilight.
In good company
'I shambled after as I have been doing all my life after people who interest me, because the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a … Continue reading In good company
no cash on the highway 