Tag Archives: meaning
This is what happened.
It was almost midnight, and Hanne was lying in bed. She wasn’t quite ready for sleep, however, being at the tail end of an iMessage* conversation with a friend, and so lay on her side, phone in hand and resting … Continue reading
Filed under Discovery of the Day, thoughts
Writing
I’d love to do a complete transcript of the conversation of the girls sitting next to me on the train. It’s all like full of the solutions to like the world’s problems, at least like the interpersonal ones like it’s … Continue reading
All You Need Is… Less Than Three?
A while ago now, Julie wrote about bilingual infatuation. Julie is a bit like me, in that she grew up in two languages, and those two languages were English and Norwegian. You could probably read almost any of her (great!) … Continue reading
Cliché? What cliché?
I think Plinky is being a bit negative. First it wanted to know about my vices (twice!), and today it asked “What is your least favourite cliché?” Why not inquire after my most favourite cliché? That would be a lot … Continue reading
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Female Film?
After seeing Alice in Wonderland with Anna and Dean, I told them “this’ll be blogged about!” That was several weeks ago. And now that I’m finally getting around to it, I realise that what I want to say is actually … Continue reading
Filed under Discovery of the Day, movies
Meatloaf Music Monday
If my life was a movie, this album would be the soundtrack of my childhood. Or at least my childhood between the ages of approximately 9 and 13. When we first got a cd player, Welcome to the Neighbourhood by … Continue reading
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District 9
Did I mention I saw District 9 a while back? I quite liked it, apart from getting utterly bored in the action sequence in the middle. I also wanted to review it here, but soon discovered that my so-so feelings … Continue reading
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The Mind/Body Problem…
…is kinda like cake, to me. No, not a piece of cake. This is an extended metaphor, bear with me for a second. First, imagine a person who has heard about cakes, read about cakes, perhaps seen cakes on tv. They … Continue reading
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