I really want to have a good Halloween costume this year. The last few years I have either neglected to dress up or done it completely lamely and last minute. So this year I want to get a jump on things. I've been thinking about it for the last week or so, and today after talking to my Dutch friend, he reminded me of what I should have known this ( Read more... )

"your problem is the same as mine - difficult to transmit the living juice from gut to outside speech, almost impossible. and not to pat our broken backs, but I think that's the way the good guys fail." -buk to blazek ( Read more... )

last night went to ASIA STYLE with cimei, robin & brad, had an amazing Mongolian pancake (as always) and crispy beef (also as always). We then went to The Black Sparrow, where we'd walked past several times going to Chinaski's but never actually entered. It was all leather booths & impressive whisky & good volume judgment. Robin & Brad gave me a ( Read more... )

spent the last of my money on

Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid

and

Olafur Arnalds - Found Songs

these two songs remind me so much of Jonathan. the whole album is gorgeous, these make me think about him so much:

A friend of mine grows his very own brambles ( Read more... )

WEIRDso my parents' house, as in the one i grew up in since i was 8 months old, is finally on the market ( Read more... )

I think I might buy a Kalimba with part of the birthday money I get. They're pretty cheap!

I also want another tattoo. I would like to find a way to have something Glasgow-related integrated with my first Glasgow tattoo, but I'm not sure how it would work. I want the Govan/ River Clyde cranes:


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portfolio due monday.

will be a frantic weekend, but then IT'S DONE. and i will be DONE WITH MY MASTERS DEGREE. unbelievable.

really only writing to say:

i said something on Rian Johnson's forum about writing a profile on him/a plea to bring The Brothers Bloom to the UK, and he responded. He typed my name and wrote me a quick message. ( Read more... )

next time i travel anywhere

i want it to be Scandinavia

In May, I spent a few nights drunk and writing to no one. I'm gonna put most of it up here so I can a) not having to struggle through my penmanship again and b) not lose it. And for procrastination purposes, of course ( Read more... )

hayyy ( Read more... )