So Easter is almost over now. I went to the Catholic Easter night mass for the first time in my life because friends of mine had always said how beautiful it is; and they were right. What happens is that all the lights in the church are turned off. There is a fire - the Easter fire - outside the church. The reverend carries a massive 4 foot candle ( Read more... )

its been a while since I last posted something here and I should really be doing work for university, but you know how it is. You find yourself doing every possible other thing that you usually wouldn dream of doing - like doing the washing, tidying, cleaning, catching up with really old friends - to keep work from your mind. Since I have a ( Read more... )

you know, this entire "exposing yourself to strangers online" thing has a weird feeling to it. If I were to stand on a box on Byres Road shouting out my opinions on the world or what happened to me last week, people would surely consider me a lunatic. Yet online, we pour our hearts out to people we dont know - and in most cases will never meet. Why ( Read more... )