Monthly Archives: July 2005

my round

well in a few minutes i am off down the pub to undo all the good work a month without alcohol might have done me but to be honest.. i haven’t felt better this month, i haven’t lost weight or … Continue reading

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What do I want from a relationship? Part IV

Some of my first love’s first words to me were ‘I believe I have felt that rhythm of Yours somewhere before’. Naturally, I knew what she meant, there was an instant understanding between us, a connection and an uncanny sense … Continue reading

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What do I want from a relationship? Part III

I have what Ali G’s cousin Simon Baron Cohen calls an ‘extreme male brain’, or in the words of one well versed ex i am an ‘autistic fuckhead’. Knowing this about yourself ameliorates most of the problems it might cause … Continue reading

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What do I want from a relationship? Part II

One is wary of shopping lists and I am not looking to animate a monster made from my favourite parts of previous partners. But nonetheless I can see with the benefit of hindsight and wishful thinking which qualities I adore … Continue reading

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two cheers

well, I didn’t manage a full month friday was day 21 and going out for a womantic dinner, i excused myself from my artificial obligations to play the perfect host and share a bottle of vintage champagne with my dinner … Continue reading

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What do I want from a relationship? Part I

Everything really. But mostly an ally against emptiness and ennui. If a Djinn were to appear to me and grant me the traditional three wishes, I would first ask him to materialise a hippo in my bathroom, then having satisfied … Continue reading

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The Streets of London

Some months ago, after an amazing curry at Tayabs in Whitechapel with 30 friends, three of us travelled home on the tube. We were sharing a can of Strongbow Super Strength (7.4% abv.) and we felt a little like singing. … Continue reading

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London

i failed to get into work.. turfed off tubes at 9am at london bridge.. stopped for a greasy breakfast oblivious to what was going on.. thought i might be able to catch a Docklands Light Railway train out to work … Continue reading

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SCUM-tek, Lee Valley Sports Ground, E15

No that is not just the camera, life was blurry by that point. Spent saturday into sunday afternoon at SCUM-tek, It was very, very good It was in a huge disused ground in east london. we got there a bit … Continue reading

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This is not a love song

Apropros of nothing (no seriously) I’ve made a little more progress on an almost-poem I’ve been carrying round in my head for absolutely ages.. I haven’t any space for it anymore and I doubt I’ll ever improve it to the … Continue reading

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Miso Soup

I now find myself thinking about miso soup and I am uneasy about it. It is a foodstuff that leaves me in great ambivalence. On one hand it is rather moreish and extremely healthy invention that is a great accompaniment … Continue reading

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the end of things

the last 36 hours were a very strange day and a half.. the end of many things attended by some extreme highs and lows and any number of jolts sideways. the chain began during thursday at work where the first … Continue reading

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