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Ruination
Spare me my dear life. It's a language I haven't used in two years. Pas du tout.
Come Monday I'll be personal assistant to a Japanese installation artist.
I tremble like a tuna shored up at the Tsukiji. -
"You take my place in the showdown; I observe with a pitiful eye."
I have just awakened from a dream; I don't remember what was in it, only that it was full of mundane affairs. But when I awoke from it I saw the world tinted with something, the same tint that permeated the whole dream and made it so insufferable. Waking was like a continuation of the dream, as there was nothing particularly noteworthy in the dream ( Read more... ) -
Involves picking hippies up at the airport
I was looking for a job and then I found a job, and heaven knows I'm miserable now. -
Vienna was two straight days of mind-blowing orgasm.
Strolled down the stately Ringstraße like a kaiser - indulged in Wiener Melange and other desserts in the old K.u.K. imperial confectioners' - saw the Holy Roman Crown, and the regalia of the various Habsburg lands - (passed by the site of the Congress of Vienna) - attended a Der Blaue Reiter exhibition (which my trip coincided with; that must have ( Read more... ) -
Hemlock Storms
It has been such a long, dreary month. And an unproductive one. If every subsequent month is to be like this, by September I will be an old man ( Read more... ) -
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I don't know why I feel happier, or lighter today as compared to many of the days that have just passed. Today I was brought by WZ to a chic cafe hidden in the upper storey of a quaint old-city shophouse, where I met a group of interesting people, gathered to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the founding of Wikipedia. They were comprised of ( Read more... ) -
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The streets were quiet and empty this morning, and the sun was warm. I was heading home after having spent the night commemorating the passing of the year at Jacq's house. The houses and the roads felt fresh, as if it had rained the night before, but it hadn't. I could almost hear the occasional car slithering past like on a wet surface, but that ( Read more... ) -
Fin de l'Année
Went for a walk today, in the arcade, to watch the shops wind down for the year. Of all the days in the year, Dec 30 is the saddest -- not the 31st, the evening of which would be spent in an atmosphere of conviviality with friends and television. The 30th does not hold the special distinction of being the last day of the year, does not evoke the ( Read more... )
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