The Great Plan
Posted on July 21, 2010 - Filed Under Life-In-General | 2 Comments
Once I have some money saved up I’m going to move to some rural spot in New Zealand and raise honey bees on a tract of land, by myself, save for one or two trusty hounds. I’ll only encounter other people when I roll up into the nearest village once a week to collect my [...]
Adventures in Not-Drinking
Posted on July 21, 2010 - Filed Under Life-In-General | Leave a Comment
If having an alcohol problem means that a person’s alcohol consumption interferes with his work or personal relationships, then I probably never had one when I used to drink, but I appear to have developed one since I stopped drinking. I am very much looking forward to leaving this island. The picture is not particularly [...]
Sometimes I Catch Myself,
Posted on January 23, 2010 - Filed Under Life-In-General | 1 Comment
Pondering questions like, “How the fuck is buying a marimba going to help me?” But then I just carry on.
Back From The Dead
Posted on December 7, 2009 - Filed Under Life-In-General | 3 Comments
Essay deadlines are looming large on the horizon, so I’ll be posting nonsense here again for the next two weeks as I desperately try to avoid doing work. Here’s some stuff I encountered and liked while I was off-lining: The Idiots (the Lars Von Trier film) Wild Strawberries (the Ingmar Bergman film) Biffy Clyro The [...]
Signing Off
Posted on October 20, 2009 - Filed Under Blogging, Life-In-General | 4 Comments
I would very much like to put something up here, but I’m afraid that it could fuck everything up, so I won’t. … Looking back on it, blogging here has been a mixed bag. In the early days I posted reactionary political opinions which I’m thoroughly ashamed of now, but thankfully they were mostly washed [...]
Free Bulmer’s Pear Cider
Posted on June 20, 2009 - Filed Under Life-In-General | 5 Comments
Just say no.
Med Class
Posted on April 24, 2009 - Filed Under College, Health, Life-In-General | Leave a Comment
The people who do medicine are awesome, and if you disagree then fuck you! (Disclaimer: utterly inebriated post, but the sentiment still stands. One of my best friends does med, and he’s one of the nicest, most considerate guys I know. And everyone in my class is really nice too. I genuinely feel bad for [...]
Yes!
Posted on April 16, 2009 - Filed Under Funny, Life-In-General, Media, Music | Leave a Comment
This is what YouTube was made for – Scar from The Lion King singing Richard Cheese and Lounge Against The Machine’s cover of ‘Down with the Sickness’ by Disturbed. Awesome.
“To sleep, perchance to dream…”
Posted on April 15, 2009 - Filed Under Life-In-General | 1 Comment
One of the better results of dropping out of med school has been that I’m having one of the longest runs of good sleep in my life, with the result that I’m having plenty of interesting dreams. Usually they’re exciting in a good way (apocalyptic survivalism scenarios where I’m leading an unruly band of real-life [...]
Roman Humour
Posted on April 10, 2009 - Filed Under Funny, Life-In-General | Leave a Comment
From The Guardian: Written in Greek, Philogelos, or The Laughter Lover, dates to the third or fourth century AD, and contains some 260 jokes which Beard said are “very similar” to the jokes we have today, although peopled with different stereotypes – the “egghead”, or absent-minded professor, is a particular figure of fun, along with [...]
Almost Cut My Hair
Posted on March 28, 2009 - Filed Under Life-In-General | Leave a Comment
Fortunately I didn’t. Instead I dyed it purple, but it came out pretty much black, which isn’t a bad result, all things considered. Apologies for the camwhoring, but it’s useful here for purposes of illustration. I’ve mentioned to a friend how I often step out of the shower with new hair and think something along [...]
Splendid Isolationism
Posted on March 22, 2009 - Filed Under Life-In-General | 2 Comments
Maybe it’s the 4am crazy talking, but the more time that elapses between my last relationship and the present, the less I want to be involved in one ever again. So hypothetical future-girlfriend, if you exist and happen to read this sometime, you’re probably quite special.
Contrition
Posted on March 18, 2009 - Filed Under Life-In-General | Leave a Comment
Last night I got drunk and disgraced myself, not for the first time. So I’m giving up alcohol, at least for a while, for the benefit of everyone, especially my friends, who end up having to take care of me when these things happen.
Cohabitation
Posted on March 6, 2009 - Filed Under Life-In-General | Leave a Comment
Does anyone else sometimes have strange daydream-like sensations in which they see their body in their mind’s eye, from a kind of out-of-body perspective, and some part of their brain asks “who the hell is this?” It’s not always quite that extreme, often there’s a sense of familiarity with the person in view (me), but [...]
If I Needed A Valentine’s Day Card…
Posted on February 12, 2009 - Filed Under Life-In-General | Leave a Comment
… I would opt for this one.
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