My in-between jobs time is disappearing. By the end of this week I will be either fully or halfway employed. That's employed by people who will pay me for the time I spend on their behalf ( Read more... )

Ha ha a bit of writing on my future husband (#145772 and counting) Sufjan Stevens. You should listen to this song, though, it's amazing.Orly’s Every Thought During all Seventeen Minutes and Two Seconds of ‘Djohariah’ by Sufjan Stevens ( Read more... )

I definitely resisted doing this meme for about 2 or 3 minutes. But I'm possibly not so daggy (just learnt that word, sort of) as I think... So. Here goes. A list of 15 albums that "will always stick with you" written in 15 minutes. The list, not in order other than the order I wrote them down in, pretty effectively maps Indie/BritRock kid to Punk ( Read more... )

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I absolutely love Talya!

She send me such beautiful letters, written on the backs of delightful finds:


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I've just been to Primavera Sound festival with some of my best friends.


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The past year or so I've really noticed some OCD-style tendencies coming out. An example might be that time in the pub with Lester Marrow. She said, "What are you doing?" and I noticed that I was focussing so hard on lining up bottles of cider with the corner of the table that I was going cross-eyed. This may have been before or after Lester and I ( Read more... )

It's been a funny week ( Read more... )

(Actually studying's not so bad when you get into the groove(y).)

All Tomorrow's Parties! Narrative!So as I live at the end of the Earth it would probably cost in excess of £100 to get to ATP by train. I went to London and sharked Mward's lift to ATP. Not that Mward had a ticket to this festival, you know ( Read more... )

It feels as though today hasn't been very productive - but look - I've written two short stories for the Commonwealth competition, unpacked a suitcase of clothes, done some laundry, had at least 3 hours of phonecalls, watched a film and eaten my body weight in pesto-covered gnocchi. And got really excited about a music festival in Oslo in August ( Read more... )