Archive for February, 2008
So it has come to this…
…so bored of my dissertation i have written a sonnet. The sheer desperation of a procrastinating brain never ceases to amaze me.
Emblem of Poor Memory.
A flicker on a page sparks mystery,
An innocuous deja-vu impaled
In the fragments of my own history
Enfeebled sensation mulishly veiled.
Are you a mark of the lost memorable,
Enigma of recognition unfound?
A stigmata of the ephemeral
Glimpse [...]
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Tags: dissertation, poetry, procrastination, quite pointless really, untaggable but here we are
Scary TV!
Just saw an advert for this programme: http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/C/cutting_edge/baby_bible_bashers/index.html
Looks even scarier than the one about the fake babies. Did anyone see that? Here is a clip I found: http://www.channel4.com/video/my-fake-baby/series-1/episode-1/living-doll_p_1.html
There was a grandmother who was ordered one of the dolls to look exactly like her grandson. I don’t know if it was more disturbing that the editors [...]
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Tags: bible bashers, documentary, fake babies, reality tv
An Excess of Pheomelanin
When I was about 10, I realised that there was a huge double standard in my world. Remember the late 90s? Nope, me neither, but I do remember that amongst what little I DID know about the big wide world, racism being a terrible thing was certainly something. There were talks by teachers, special assemblies, [...]
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Tags: gingerism, hair, redhead
