many things can be said about nigel de silva.he was:a funny man, totally OTT, compassionate, fighting for his right to be who he really was, treated negatively for being positive, a lonely man.he was all of this (and much more)may he achieve the peace in death that he was denied of in life.rest in peace, nigel. i'm grateful to have ...
some great first lines from some of the greatest books ever writtenthe idea really came to me the day i got my false teethso this, said kay to herself, is the sort of person you've become: a person whose clocks and wrist watches ...
in another (long overdue) installment of other peoples work, Mary Oliver, whose work i only got to know last year (yes, i is philistine - apparently she and this poem are quite renown among the literati) had the ability to raise the tiny hairs on the back of my neck with this ...
a couple months ago, i got a letter from my friend sophie, bemoaning yet another incidence of conservative fiscal idiocy winning over ordinary common sense/humanity.for a long time now, ever since i was able to discern good from bad, i have been a fan of the UK film council, the UK's leading ...
(almost) spontaneous combustionsmall vehicles spinning out of controldeep canyons missing raging riversgeography forever alteredwalls crumbling around toppled regimesconsequences of several lifetimes of inactionblurry faces on lacquered horsebackmerry-go-rounds spinning chaosquestion:would life exist withoutsmall explosions in the sky? ...
google reader says i'm more active during work hours.this is technically true. i can't concentrate if i'm not distracted every now and again.but today, i wish i was somewhere else.
these are some pictures from a 120 mm roll i shot last year that i gave up on because asshat developer man decided i was off my head when i told him it was square format, and proceeded to chop pictures up rectangular. the poor quality isn't all his fault tho, i have ridiculously shakey hands. i'm procrastinating at the ...
setting the stagedarkness fallsincense of lit matchesfor one night onlythe world stands stillbroken sounds ofbrass wind chimesheavy petting with the windone lit paper lantern at a timeeyes on the prizelight replaces conversation not that I mind.
i've heard back from the ms. lexia people about the short story competition i entered earlier this year and my entry wasn't selected. i got a letter last week telling me that all is not lost, that i can subscribe to ms lexia today and get this month's issue absolutely free. FREE! honestly, i don't mind, because i took the ...
I want to eat chocolate, chinese food and drink whiskey to lose weight I want to have an active social life with plenty of dates I want to be smart enough to know what you’re talking about straight away I want to be witty enough to be able to contribute in a big way I want to be able to ...
i watched this wonderful documentary called 'a history of god' based on the book (same name) by karen armstrong. i found it to be a balanced study of god as is presented to us through the doctrines of the monotheistic faiths. i also discovered the profound yet simple wisdom of the patriarchs of the greek orthodox church - something i've ...
after a ridiculously long and hard week – there is no greater joy than waking up at 5.30 in the morning and realizing that you can sleep for at least 3 hours more with no fear of the consequences. then like the cherry on top, well, i have the cherry on top. the greedy birds missed the first cherry of ...
every time i get sick and tired of this tropical lifei see something that reminds me of how much i would miss not living itthe frangipani bouquets high in their leafless treespungent mouthwatering smells of deep fried karawalawafting from the girls hostel down buller's lanechiffon sarisbright colours that don't look out of placeand other people that speak the same garbled ...
we've harvested our radishes! we made the leaves in to a gotukola-esq mallung (figured it would be ok, since it belongs to the brassica family and we eat cabbage + turnip leaves in mallungs) and it was delicious and peppery, definitely something i would feed people.as for the actual bulbs - let the pickling begin!
