Sensual Tensual Menstrual

Huh - what?
Well.
Yesterday, I woke up, naked as usual. And I listened to In Rainbows, whilst lying in bed.
The whole morning (when I was supposed to be being productive) was devoted to ‘pleasures of the flesh’.
Not how it sounds. Honest.
Basically, I just lazed around naked listening to music.
I, and I don’t often believe this, am [...]

The Perverse Imp of the Uncanny

Anyway, I was reminded of the Imp of the Perverse, both the concept and the Poe story, by my recent excursion to London. Basically, whenever I’m on a tube platform, I get really nervous, because I can always see myself jumping onto the rails. I just imagine it, or throwing someone nearby onto them. Or [...]

Making the world a weirder place

Trawling the xkcd archives is an inspirational way to waste time when you should be doing a million other things.
Made me think. Which I shouldn’t be doing right now. I should be writing, having a bath or going to see Sahil. I will do all of these things, but first this.
That first panel is just [...]

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 [...]

Uncanny Moments No 3,078,213 - Holy Crap I’m standing up? We’re ALL standing up

So yeah. For a little background, there’s some reading I did at Uni called the ‘Uncanniness of the Everyday’ (Stanley Cavell maybe? NOt great referencing here…I’m using a memory from a time I was probably smoking quite a lot of weed whilst attempting to grasp complex theories of existence….oh to be at Uni again…although to [...]

I Blame You Not - Mara Carlyle

So, I’ve not posted a video before, but I could think of no better way of making you look at this. It’s amazing. I love her voice so much. Look for Baby Bloodheart also. Then buy her album ‘The Lovely’ as it is incredible in its entirety. Also visit her micebase for an excellent cover [...]

Radio Free Ambibath

I’ve just had a rather strange and awakening experience.
I’m currently reading The Divine Invasion, more of my ongoing obsession with Dick you see.
Anyway, I’m astonished by how much of a rollercoaster ride it’s been already. Normally when I read something by Dick I start of fascinated, and become increasingly so until I reach a point [...]

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 [...]

Perchance to Wake? - The Science of Sleep

So, indeed, I did watch the Science of Sleep the night before last. I enjoyed it massively, in fact it was an incredibly personally affective film for me. A little nerve-wracking almost, for all the naive silliness that goes on. I’ll explain in a moment.
First off let me mention that the french title is shown [...]

I am from

So, this has been doing the rounds. Archie said he wanted to see what other men would do with it. I’m not necessarily typical but I kinda want to oblige.
Update: Justin did one. I like it. Different, more in the present maybe. I like it.
Here goes:
I am from a large town that claims to be [...]

Big Blue Troll gone missing.

So. I’m at work, and I wasn’t planning on blogging today. I was hoping to write a couple of thousand words on the old novel. That’s right…I’ve finally had the burst of ideas I’ve been waiting for and I’m ready to carry on and make my way towards the ending that I’ve been wanting to [...]

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 [...]

The Seriousness of the Everyday - Squids and Whales and Books

So.
I’ve just noticed as I listen to the music I currently hear pouring into my ears, that there is a common theme between the music, and the reason why I love the film I watched last night so much.
People…the way people talk and communicate… the importance and power of the tiniest moments and things.
This may [...]

Weirdness and Boredom

I don’t really have much to say today. I’ve been being contemplative, but don’t really want to explain to all of you the intricacies of my problems, mostly because they all involve other people and that can cause trouble.
I guess I’ve just been distracted. I’m getting more sleep than last week but still feel run [...]