June 2011
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since 2001, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have taken the lives of 5000 soldiers.
that is less than the number of soldiers who have committed suicide in the same period of time.
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fuck. fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck.
how are you?
NB: bed
“Everyone of us is losing something precious to us. Lost opportunities, lost...”
– Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
I’m still in my pyjamas from last night.
all I’ve done today is eat, cook spaghetti and meatballs, and watch films.
winning?
colourcollision:
III. Tell me, is the rose naked or is that her only dress? Why do trees conceal the splendor of their roots? Who hears the regrets of the thieving automobile? Is there anything in the world sadder than a train standing in the rain?
— Pablo Neruda
I should be a monk.
Friend: Do you think we'll ever fully understand the human condition?
Me: What we need to understand is that we can't be understood; only felt.
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a poem.
I wanted to describe you to someone
so I thought for a while about metaphors on tombstones in silk sheets across oceans & ripped into the sky
I worried whether cummings would be happy if he was writing now
there’s some terrible joy in knowing that words (like empathy) will never quite …align
an interrupted almost-kiss
but obligation over-rules fear for this stubborn...
I'm writing a story.
this is the first time I’ve felt inspired to write something in a really, really long time. so this might not be the best writing I’ve ever done, but the fact that I am still able to write things is really relieving. it’s not finished, and I don’t know if I ever will finish it, but here’s a taste of what I do for those who’ve never read any of my prose before.
...
internet is capped
see you in a few days, Tumblr
does anyone know any good tattoo parlours near Annandale/Glebe? I’m house-sitting there for a month and have a stack of money to blow.
today consisted of:
washing my hair
coffee
getting angry at lost parcels
best friend
Borderlands
crumpets with Nutella
washing up
laughing at racism
a good day.
Anonymous asked: I'd love to, but only if I could choose to do so anonymously. I get the best answers to political questions from you when you don't know who you're speaking to.
to the anon asking the wicked questions:
I would like to take you out to dinner.
Anonymous asked: Do you think it's reasonable to force people into paying for foreign aid through tax? Should it be left to individual voluntarism (through donations to charities, etc), or should there be a referendum where people vote on the issue?
Anonymous asked: It's interesting how you list the UN as a "good thing" to come out of International Relations when it has been quite obviously and absolutely inept at doing the one thing it was originally intended to do: stop wars.
Do you think multilateral cooperation in institutions like the UN can ever work while the world remains to fractured in terms of cultures, economies and...
Do you think multilateral cooperation in institutions like the UN can ever work while the world remains to fractured in terms of cultures, economies and...
Anonymous asked: What do you feel is the MOST IMPORTANT political issue of today's world?
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well.
that was fucking shit.
“Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it’s...”
– Jodi Picoult
Q&A wo0o0o0o
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Fucking Die - Skrillex
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mum telling me a story about a guy who measures trees.
me: yeah, he probably uses trigonometry.
mum: more like... twigonometry...
chocolate cake with mocha icing = mother-fucking success
pre-bird on toast with mushroom, onion, and pig
DELICIOUS, DELICIOUS MURDER
