On May 16 1940 Winston Churchill turned to General Gamelin and asked about the strategic reserve available for the German onrush that threatened the collapse of the Maginot line. General Gamelin shook is head and said “There is none.” Three months later, all too well (and sadly) aware of the 200 German aircrafts and equally...
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The age of backwards
Waking up feeling like an Augustine confession, the construction of astral planes already in my head, (fore)seeing exactly where to fold along the dotted (imaginary) lines. In my pocket are mints and assorted letters: I’ve been to the consonant market and blew my money on a vowel-shopping spree. Suddenly it’s later and cupped in my...
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Zeitgeist
zeitgeist TSYT-gyst; ZYT-gyst, noun: (Often capitalized) The spirit of the time; the general intellectual and moral state or temper characteristic of any period of time. juju says: arg, its not so good to live in the past, is it ? belishabeacon says: it’s never been good…but we had nice remembrances Arguably, some would say that...
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Quiet Siege
My mother had a huge crush on Scott Weiland, the lead singer of Stone Temple Pilots, when Big Bang Baby came out on video (she liked his little dance). Encouraged, I made her listen to the Smashing pumpkins, but she opted for Thom Yorke instead, stating that Billy Corgan “had no business making records” on...
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Fool enough to almost be it, cool enough to not quite see it
Summer thunderstorms marking the end of hotheadedness and cool drinks and playing invented card games on friend’s porches. Enter the task of curling up on damp couches, raincoats and badass umbrella patterns, getting your feet wet! no sandals, just boots, or barefoot, whatever suits you, just like rain, melancholia and nostalgia, your favourite rain sweater....
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Kitchen-sink romanticism
If I gave my kitchen sink flowers, a huge expensive bunch of glorious blue roses with dew glistening on their silky petals, would it stop leaking? *takes a trip to the flowershop*
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Because she had a waterlily in her left lung
“THE MANAGEMENT gave Colin plenty of money – but it was too late. Everyday he had to go and see people. THey gave him a list and he had to bring bad tidings a day before they were going to happen. Everyday he went out into the crowded streets or into society. He went up...
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The Universe is Zero
“… but if the universe is really completely self-contained, having no boundaries or edge, it would have neither beginning nor end : it would simply be. What place, then, for a creator?” -A Brief History of Time, Stephen Hawking. is mankind a mass (amass?) of needles? is humanity a woven cloth? knitting ourselves into a...
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House of cards
What was lateral is now bent. Soon you discover the shift. What was lateral, now bent. In this day and age, people argue that mid-twenties is equivalent to putting down one’s foot. Kingsley could be right : twenty-something is when all our ideals come knocking on our doors, salesmen of opinions, options, horizons, special discounts,...
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Crazy radiative monitor color me bad
From a Jul and his love-hate affair with Windows Hooo, Hoooo Choking in front of the TV. The video indigestion. The audio-visual sticky honey is slowly poured from the box installed at the second most strategic point in the room, as a breeder who’s pouring jam for the pigs. At least, in front of your...
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Random music videos I loathe
Random videos are like a hand of cards: you can either win or lose, and most of the time, you lose, because the quality of music video channels are in slow decline. MYX seems to be the one channel that shows presentable music videos, but how long will they last? Note: these videos have no...
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