April 2011
11 posts
On reasons to keep living in a city
He woke me at 3:43 with his sonorous baritone.
‘How can I just let you walk away?’ he sang. ‘Just let you leave without a trace?’
I opened my eyes. Was I dreaming?
‘How can you just walk away from me?’ he sang. ‘When all that I can do is watch you leave?’
Was someone really standing outside my window singing ‘Against All Odds’ by Phil...
On the Olympics
I decided to enter the lottery for some tickets for the 2012 Olympics.
‘What sports are you interested in?’ said the Olympic ticketing lottery form.
‘I’m not interested in any sports!’ I said.
When I was young I was really excited about the Olympics. At the time, my interest seemed good and pure, especially in 1988 when it gave my brother and I an excuse to watch...
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On old friends
We grew up together. Not in the way that you grow up with people with whom you skinned knees in elementary school playgrounds, but in the way that you grow up with people after you have reached what you think is adulthood, but what is still awfully young.
We hadn’t seen each other in eight years, not since we packed up the flat that we shared with our two other friends and graduated. But it...
“I’ve been mythicized, Mick-icized, eulogized and fooligized, I’ve...”
– HC acquires Steven Tyler memoir | The Bookseller
Mega jealous of the ghostwriter here.
Republican "Not the Royal Wedding" street party... →
I intensely dislike this.
On ageing
Today I brought an anti-ageing product. In England, ageing happens with an ‘e’. An unnecessary extra letter. Somehow it makes the process seem fancier; more delicate. I used to think that I was too young for anti-ageing products. But then yesterday I sat outside in the sun for an hour and started to turn pink. I inspected my face and observed the incipient damage and thought: I am...
“Summer’s coming, and with the bikini weather comes the usual stampede of...”
– Monkeys offer insight into mating
Relax, young men! There has been new research on monkeys, courtesy (among others) my BFF Lauren (not just good at science, she can rock a fascinator and is great company on trips to The Gambia).
