This last weekend
was a trip.
Just a quick jaunt
into my shopping town — and an exercise in social frustrations.
The height of entertainment is not a
dive bar with swarms of clientele in ironic t-shirts whose owners reek of desperation, while a jukebox and various assorted amps and sub-woofers thrum out deafening and indecipherable music..
Or those who try to
deter others from leaving the previously stated horror.
When dudes sidle up next to me and start running their fingers through my hair like I'm an
object to pet rather than a human, I'm going to want to bounce.
You'd like to get to
know me? I'd like to shove your giant beer down your fucking throat.
And just as I was escaping..
I nearly smacked a
kid, who is usually pretty sweet, upside the head, and quite a bit my
junior for making me explain the reason why I wanted to leave.
We were
locked-stepped into some sexist absurdity because he had the keys.
The morning after..
I ducked out in the
early hours and found a lodge to regroup.
Tucked myself into
an overstuffed leather chair.
Ordered an obscenely
expensive meal on my credit card.
Settled in for a
couple hours of uninterrupted reading before my combi took leave.
And ignored a
peacock who kept presenting his plumage to me..
(That last bit felt
reminiscent of the previous evening).
Apologies owed (by
me):
Home invasion, L—
Off-colour jokes, S—
Desertion, J—
Vandalism/thoughtlessness,
P—
Books devoured today
and yesterday:
An Ordinary Man: An
Autobiography
—Paul
Rusesabagina with Tom Zoellner
How to Save Your Own
Life
—Erica Jong
In the Wake of the
Plague: The Black Death and the World it Made
—Norman F.
Cantour
Tomes on deck:
Panama Fever
—Matthew Parker
Half a Life
—V. S. Naipul
Vampire Forensics:
Uncovering the Origins of an Enduring Legend
—Mark Collins
Jenkins
Lucrezia Borgia:
Life, Love and Death in Renaissance Italy
—Sarah Bradford
Now Playing:
6 songs | 23
minutes, 40 seconds ... on repeat ...
The Detroit
Experiment | Modeselektor
Flying Lotus |
Modeselektor
Da Funk /
Daftendirekt | Daft Punk
(Pirate Style—Track
2) | DJ Rupture
The Warning | Hot
Chip
Kaliyon Ka Chaman
vs... | Bhangra Tracks
Week of 3 July
"I believe
in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean." So said British
writer G. K. Chesterton. Now I'm passing his advice on to you just in
time for the Purge and Purify Phase of your astrological cycle. In
the coming weeks, you will generate good fortune for yourself
whenever you wash your own brain and absolve your own heart and flush
the shame out of your healthy sexual feelings. As you proceed with
this work, it may expedite matters if you make a conscious choice to
undergo a trial by fire.
Week of 26 June
This is a good
time to risk a small leap of faith, but not a sprawling vault over a
yawning abyss. Feel free and easy about exploring the outer borders
of familiar territory, but be cautious about the prospect of
wandering into the deep, dark unknown. Be willing to entertain
stimulating new ideas but not cracked notions that have little
evidence to back them up. Your task is to shake up the status quo
just enough to
invigorate everyone's emotional intelligence, even as you take care
not to unleash an upheaval that makes everyone crazy.
— Am I being
encouraged to cause trouble? Yes—No? That's the interpretation I'm
choosing to go with. Also. A toilet plunger on a tarot card? Sure. Okay.