forget it

April 29, 2004

a fascination with forgetfulness… If I could do anything I wanted with my life (Oh, existentialism!) I would love to be a memory researcher. Or a dreams researcher. Or a consciousness researcher. Someday, someday.

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to do list:

April 27, 2004

purchase one (1) diaphnous skirt purchase one (1) black kohl eyeliner stop squinting and nervously biting my lip write training course on Regional Structures cut out seven hundred sixty-eight (768) two and one-half inch (2 1/2″) coloured fabric squares become emotionally stable by June 21, 2004 purchase one (1) folding padded reclining deck chair purchase [...]

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leafy therapy

April 26, 2004

Ever since we arrived in Ireland I had wished to live in a house with a garden. We made do for a year and a half with windy and dark cement patches, potted annuals and leaf slime. So, once we moved into our current house, complete with three (count ‘em, three!!) expanses of lawn extending [...]

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smalltalk

April 17, 2004

So I was at the hairdressers yesterday, and while I sat waiting to get my hair cut I flipped through a magazine. All the usual articles were there, the new spring fashions, the domestic violence piece, the tips for the hostess, the interior decoration guide. And at the back was an article on making smalltalk… [...]

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easter interconnect

April 12, 2004

Happy Easter! More photos are up; click the photo above to find them. It never ceases to amaze me. Every year, the leaves start to come out and the sun begins to feel warm against my skin, and every year it is a miracle. This year we celebrated by driving away, far far away from [...]

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anais nin, lace curtains, darkness and dreams

April 8, 2004

At night when I turn out the light, the moon shines through the tall georgian windows and the flowery lace curtains drawn across them. Intricate lace moon-flowers appear on the walls, growing up above my head and across the room through my peripheral vision. They grow quietly in the lunar light, silently blooming in luxurious [...]

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meow?

April 6, 2004

So, I open up my email this morning at work and find this waiting for me… —–Original Message—– From: – – – – (Cork Call Centre) Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 3:26 PM To: – – – – – (Cork) Subject: kittens – – – – please can you forward? Hi all My neighbours 2 [...]

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ballycotton contrast

April 5, 2004

sometimes on sundays we go down by the sea…

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paddy’s day

April 4, 2004

Here are some photos I took on Paddy’s Day. It was an interesting day, full of american tourists and crowded queues at the loo. The parade itself was a unique experience for someone who had never seen a big parade like that in person, or not that I could remember anyway. It all felt very [...]

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