Thursday, February 2, 2006life is not like a box of chocolatesI've been laying low, brewing over my words, listening to music, chaffing at the bit, wondering about my ancestral heritage, growling and howling at the moon, stewing in my juices, hammering at the walls, scratching my nails down the metaphysical blackboard. My mother never said life is like a box... Sign in to see full entry.Monday, January 30, 2006nothing muchIt's been over a week since I've been here and I hope you are all well. I've been trying to generate some interest in the book, plugging my head with motivational input, looking for jobs, checking out the iron man / iron woman competition down on my local beach, saving money, going to movies and... Sign in to see full entry.Sunday, January 22, 2006AN ACADEMIC DISCUSSION CONCERNING OSCAR THE GROUCHAcademic 1: Well of course we know him as Oscar the Grouch and it's a very emotive title and I can't help but wonder what are the ideological underpinings and maybe, more signifcantly, who named him as such? Who are the elite who have claimed such nominal power over this individual? Academic 2:... Sign in to see full entry.Saturday, January 21, 2006novels that I will never writePotential first lines of novels that I will never write: 1. He approached her like a dehydrated elephant advancing on a lonely water hole. 2. Missy was once a depressive contortionist in a travelling circus from Belgrade. 3. It was sometime on a dark and lonely night that I first heard my penis... Sign in to see full entry.Friday, January 20, 2006a dialogue with anthony robbinsThings must be bad. Last night I allowed Anthony Robbins to make a visitation into my ear canal. He jumped around in there saying things like the key to change is choice and action and thank you for the privelege of giving me access to your ears and your neurology; hey guy I was once going nowhere... Sign in to see full entry.Thursday, January 19, 2006terrorism and boredomHere's my question for the day: is terrorism the final product from a cocktail of feelings of boredom and impotence? All this week I've been feeling excessively aggravated. Why should I be aggravated when I've finally published a book and people have actually bought copies? Afterall hasn't that... Sign in to see full entry.the possible evolution of neurosis : a personal and global phenomenonAnother day, another dollar. The day began with the crisp, clear and matter of fact sound of Vivaldi's Four Seasons accompanied by a reading from the gospel of everyday existence according to the Sydney Morning Herald. I also drank from the styrofoam cup of coffee as offered by Leda the TakeAway... Sign in to see full entry.Wednesday, January 18, 2006music, failure and stuffThis morning started out well. I put my MP3 player to good use, listened to Katie Noonan singing jazz, as I enjoyed the unending joy and privelege of commuting with Sydney's public transport system. And I read a delightful story about a parrot that let its owner know that his girlfriend was having... Sign in to see full entry.Saturday, January 14, 2006cleaning a way for an exodusI've spent the past couple of days plunging into cupboards, dragging out past history and systematically assigning mountains of stuff to the rubbish. It's an interesting process. I found myself looking at documents that were once enormously significant to me which now barely raises a murmur in my... Sign in to see full entry.Thursday, January 12, 2006famous without knowing itI ran into an old friend a few days ago. I hadn't seen her for years and one of the first things she said to me was, "Oh, I heard you've written a book!" Quite frankly I'm surprised that anyone has heard of my book. In fact, three people actually bought my book and I still don't know who they are!... Sign in to see full entry. |
