Dynamics. I met up with a good friend yesterday and told her something that’s occupied my thoughts the last few days: a good chunk of (predominantly) Western society is used to non-linear narrative. It’s not even just a contemporaneous thing though most of us uselessly liberal arts educated people (yes, I definitely count myself as [...]
Tagged emotional intelligence, emotions, expectations, happiness, kink, polyamory, postmodernismGod, am so behind on personal blogging. Actually, on food blogging too. It’s good that life’s been so busy, despite finding myself unemployed again. After a few months of coming back to yoga after a several year hiatus and furiously scrawling down the names of the poses in Sanskrit, I’ve finally memorised a lot of [...]
Tagged alternative health, corpse pose, fear, Sanskrit, savasana, vulnerability, yogaThis morning, I read food writer Phil Lees’ blog post on the nature of food blogging and I have to say, it’s really inspired me to consider the question seriously. I should actually get around to explaining this on eat, drink, stagger sometime, but for the time being, my ruminations will be housed here. I [...]
Tagged food bloggingI might an adult now, and in some ways might be considered (by others, not necessarily myself) to have surpassed my parents. I remember that Z once said to me, and he said it full of sorrow for me (which was rare for him, being very steely), that he felt sorry for children who were [...]
Tagged Christmas, father, misspellingAm talking to Dee. Just said: if one learns from one’s parent(s) that love (of whatever kind) is conditional or needs to be earned, then how is one supposed to expect that those outside the realm of family will love unconditionally? Possibly my most profound thought all year. (thank goodness for cats)
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Tagged beliefs, epiphanies, thoughtsBoth my parents are postcolonials. In terms of personal identity, sometimes it really fucks me up. Other times it seems fantastic because it means I belong to several different cultures (Indian, British, Filipino, Spanish, Australian). Anyway, I’m posting a note that a cousin of mine wrote. He lives in Canada, and unlike me, both his [...]
Tagged family, identity, postcolonialismI don’t really want to talk about it but I shall say: Ladies, please make sure you either do breast self-examinations, or if you’re of the age, get regular mammograms and screenings. Men, make sure you remind the women in your life – any women – to do the above. If not for yourself, then [...]
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Tagged depression, microblogging, TwitterA lot lately, a friend of mine overseas has been telling me about a tattoo that she’s planning on getting. Then tonight, I was watching Miami Ink after my friend showed me a link to some of their artistry (and it really is folks, wow, the stuff they do is amazing) and it got me [...]
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I decided very late on in life, as in my twenties, that I wanted to do more with words than just read them. It’s a pretty corny thing to say, but as soon as I was able to think consciously, I always wanted music to be a part of my life. This seems odd given [...]
Sheesh, and for once it seemed like a half-normal day! I woke up at a half-decent hour, and of course wanted to know where Dear Puss was so opened up the patio door, to my mother watering down the concrete (somewhat illegal in water-restricted Melbourne) causing me to roll eyeballs in disbelief. A bit later, [...]
Tagged cats, pets, ScreechStill a sleepy monster. But for once, with some good news. I received a copy of the yearly journal of a society I’m a member of and – must have completely forgotten about it – it had a lengthy piece of mine published. It was sort of scary to see it in print, perhaps because [...]
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