Leaving work today, I came across two sparrows lying in the bike path. The female, dull in her feathers, was dead. The male, coloured more vividly, sat squatted, with no fear of me. I've always been puzzled as to why, in the bird world, the attractive sex is the male, the complete opposite our own. Nonetheless, in moments such as this you tend to ( Read more... )

I don't know why, but about two years ago I first heard "I Am Trying To Break Your Heart" by Wilco and in those years since then, I can't shake as being a song I never tire of. There's nothing all that incredible about it, I guess. A standard love/heartbreak song, it's meaning incomprehensible at times, yet punctuated by phrases that just seem to ( Read more... )

Two songs I've dug for a while now and just wish to share:

Frank Turner - Reasons to Not Be An Idiot (You gotta admire the british for their ability to enunciate their words clearly so you get the message loud and clear)

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James Yuill - No Surprise (discovered him on a whim a few months ago. Really love him, despite him looking a bit like the ( Read more... )

So, my friend has gone off to Cannes. Cannes. Won a competition at uni - first prize was a screening of their short-collaborative piece in... Cannes. And I can't help but admit that inbetween being extraordinarily happy for them as the plane takes off and they go on to (wherewasitagain?) Cannes, i think to myself "So... When's your plane ticket ( Read more... )

hung around emerald lake tonight drinking sherry with some people from work. not work work, the wedding reception people. topics included: girls, guys, girls, love, and the significance of holding hands. this really did make me wonder how much things are going to change in a few weeks when i make that shift into the city. as per my usual effort, i' ( Read more... )

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The world is too big for love to be real. There are too many people in the world to ever know, beyond everything, that you are with the right person. That your heart is as swollen as it can be. Think of all the people in China. It is unlikely anyone will ever meet all of them. How can we know for certain, for absolute certain, that trapped inside a ( Read more... )

You know, man, when all is said and done, I just think of everyone I know, and all those faces, and all I can think of is quotes from books and movies, from theater and film, all the ones about cups overflowing and love for all, and sure, they're cliches, but I just want to squeeze the lot of you and hope you never disappear.

Nevermind the calendar. The official start of winter for me was standing in a bookstore on Smith Street as Yo La Tengo's "Sugarcube" came on lightly over the store speakers. This year, I think I'm going to love the city and the city rain.

Ah. Do you smell that, kids? Wintertime. A season for stories, reflection, sentimental drivel, blah, blah, blah. Come now, join me around the fireplace, it’s about time you heard about the town I grew up on the outskirts of. It was a mythical land, of the tallest flowering trees in the world (the mighty Mountain Ash), the most annoying parrots on ( Read more... )