I can't stop thinking about Tara Balthazar right now, since I posited the 'solace of stars' quote which has stuck in my head ever since 2006, and which I still somehow know word for word:

I miss good friends I realise, but am comforted by the fact that they're out there, like the solace of stars. I mouth Rilke.

And then she wrote a quote from Duino ( Read more... )

Three in the morning essay writing, two weeks in a row?

Why, university? Why?

I have pondered long and hard, but have nothing worth the telling. My life is as uneventful as can be and nothing occurs to break the monotony of it. Today brings forth tomorrow just as yesterday brought forth today; and without pretending to any gift of prophesy I can safely predict in the morning what I shall be doing that night.

for you will come,
you will come,
you will answer our taut hearts,
you will break the lie of men's thoughts,
and cherish and shelter us.

Because I really am a sucker for things like this.

Leave me a comment and I'll...

1. Tell you why I friended you
2. Associate you with something - a song, a colour, a photo, etc.
3. Tell you something I like about you.
4. Tell you a memory I have of you.
5. Associate you with a character. (Or try to. Or something.)
6. Ask something I've always wanted to ( Read more... )

Man Games ( Read more... )

Undesirable you may have been, untouchable ( Read more... )

Do you find that the dreams of other people seem much more reachable than your own? An example: if somebody else says: I will be an actor, and they are attractive enough, and fairly good at acting, you think: yes, they'll be an actor. Whereas, if you think to yourself: I will be a writer, questions are raised in your own mind, you wonder how to ( Read more... )

Awesome!

The Everything Test
There are many different types of tests on the internet today. Personality tests, purity tests, stereotype tests, political tests. But now, there is one test to rule them all.

Traditionally, online tests would ask certain questions about your musical tastes or clothing for a stereotype, your experiences for a purity ( Read more... )

I might just take this opportunity to remind those of you who are unaware, that it is National Women's Day on Thursday; a day to walk naked through the streets parading our womanly parts for all to see! Parade the fact this it is not a crime to be chestily endowed, as today's fashion designers might assert.
Thursday is a day to say, we have ( Read more... )