Declare Independence - Linguobatics

One way you can tell a subject is particularly contentious is if you see me taking two sides of the argument on two separate occasions. Especially if I’m the one starting the argument each time and I’m the most vociferous each time.
Particularly when I still can’t decide where I stand.
And especially when I change [...]

Fear and Loathing on a Happy Monday

Stuck in work. This is the second to last shift at the internet place. The place is rammed, due to the Bank’s going on holiday. The only appreciable difference to me is more high pitched squealing all around, and a promise of ‘a bit more money’, on pay day. This is good as I’ve already [...]

Narrativomania - Stories across Genres

Wow, that’s a weird title.
I think this is going to be a long and rambling weird one. I’ve been thinking about writing it for too long, and right now, a lot of peggle has made my eyes bleary and my head contorted.
Must be stuck in the Webternet Cafe then.
Anyway, basically, I’ve been pondering for a [...]

Buy Real Estate in Imaginary Places

So, Busdriver’s been inspiring me, but more below than above. I just thought you might want to know why I called the post that.
Also, would anyone who wants to help my creative composting pass comments on yesterday’s post, as I need help.
I also need to know how the hell I can research the spiritual/political aspects [...]

Gimme Some Sass - Gender Funk

So, be warned, this may not be my most forward thinking post, but I’ve been thinking about the contradictions inherent in myself recently, and thought writing about them, whilst posting some relevant videos might be something I could do on a Sunday. Apologies if I offend.
Anyway, here’s my confession. I absolutely adore sassy, sexually [...]

Take a Picture - On Objects and Souls

Careful everybody, this could be a bit of a bumpy ride.
I’ve been reading up on the objectification in porn arguments again. Some interesting and potentially controversial points show up here, and lead me to here.
So there’s a lot of talk about objectification here. A couple of things that stand out to me are the following:
‘Objectification [...]

Depressing Results from Online Quiz - Just What I Needed

Picked this up from HPS…what’s my ‘dating persona’?
Oh joy I’m:
The Manchild
Random Brutal Love Dreamer (RBLD)
    Hopeful. Awkward. Soft-headed. [...]

A Peal Four Scents

The bells, the bells.
Anyway.
Basically, I (being the subversive I am) use Pandora despite not being entirely based in America (I do however have the ability to find out zip codes), and so I’ve been informed of some apparently ludicrous laws being pushed through to make internet radio fun non-viable and rubbish. I’m here to [...]

I have no voice and I must dream

Damn, damn and damn.
I was all up for writing a story today…I started, and it’s just crud.
I know where it needs to get to, but I just ended up writing loads of exposition without any actual interest. All scattered bits without detail or life.
No voice.
It’s a problem I find writing in the first person.  People [...]

Hopes and Schemes - The Promise of Fiction

So, I have this problem.
I love reading, I really love reading. I’ve got huge stacks of books left to read and I’ve read huge stacks of book. The one problem is that bigger than either of these stack, is the stacks of books I’ve started but not finished.
I’m terrible at it.
I’ve started two books in [...]

What the Folk are you on about? - Putting Musical Pigeons in their holes

Music has been treating me grand recently.
After a less than satisfying set on Saturday (not enough people there that early, and only about fifteen to twenty minutes of the set really worked….the ending was rushed, I thought it was getting better but I tried to squeeze too many songs into the end of my set…they [...]

Bald head in the Morning -Not worth the trouble of an argument

So, once again, a shaven area of Britney Spears’ body has grasped the attention of the blogging sphere (or whatever the cool kids are calling it these days). I can’t remember where I first saw this, so I’m satisfying Raincoaster’s lust for power by linking to her report here.
Anyway, so Rain does point out a [...]

Intellectual Detachment - Emotions (are) for Idiots

So, in my previous article on The Squid and the Whale, I commented on the fact that intellectualising stuff can make emotional experiences more troublesome, stressful, painful and more difficult to react to.
I think I actually succeeded in entirely detaching myself from the fact that it’s been a problem I’ve had for ages. It [...]

Odd Porn Spam - Too Much Information

hair everywhere said 10 minutes ago:I haven’t been up to much these days. Such is life. I’ve just been letting everything happen without me these days, but I don’t care.
That was it. It cropped up in my ‘My comments’ page. It was underneath a conversation I’d had ages ago about gerrymandering, and proportional [...]

What is the world coming to? - Kids Today

It’s time to act like I’m older and more prudish than I actually am.
Though I do mean it.
Basically there was an article in the Education Guardian yesterday about young kids and porn.
There’s a lot of stuff in there..it’s one of those slightly irritating articles that doesn’t go into any detail about anything. It raises a [...]