I think I could have just sent along a tape recording of myself stating where I lived, where I worked, and that I'd mainly been studying the past ten years, along with a photo of 于蓝, and it would have been just as productive as actually going to the reunion.

First things first, an apology for not posting in a while (did you miss me?). It's been a busy month: making the final changes to my thesis, getting it printed and arranging the binding, helping 于蓝 study for her exam, plus my own hectic work. The past week at work has seen me crazily busy ( Read more... )

"Good morning. How are you? I'm Dr. Worm.
I'm interested in things.
I'm not a real doctor..."
but I will be in December. I've had my PhD thesis passed, corrections optional. :-)

Karine Polwart: The Sun's Comin' Over the Hill ( Read more... )

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( The translation )

"The freedom to do anything at all was taken from me, and I shut myself up in a dark room, alone. No one chained me down or set a guard to watch over me, but I could not have escaped. My brother held me with yet stronger chains and guards. Chains and guards that were myself. I was the chain that bit into my ankle, and I was the ruthless guard that ( Read more... )

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Off to Queensland for a week, don't miss me too much ;)

"Nothing tells memory from ordinary moments. Only afterwards do they claim remembrance on account of their scars."

I've been feeling a little like the protagonist in Murakami's The Wind-up Bird Chronicle, who gets stuck at the bottom of the world, contemplating the complexities of the world around him, his past, his sense of reality and time. ( Read more... )