February 2012
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Don DeLillo love
I’ve been re-reading Don DeLillo’s White Noise which, like The Waves, talks A LOT about death. Since it’s late at night and I’m just about to go to bed I’m not going to post a quote about death; but, instead, an incredible - goddamn Mount Olympus - quote about writing.
Whenever anyone asks me what my favourite book is Mao II always comes to mind. I love loads of books but the cadence of...
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Roller Derby Goals 2012
Inspired by Cherri Blaster some of my team mates have set themselves some derby goals, so before the year runs away with me I want to set my own as a way to measure my progress and have concrete things to work towards in 2012.
I’m proud of what I’ve accomplished in the past year derby-wise considering it was so busy with work and big life deals like getting married.
(That’s me on the...
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Hey Tumblr, I am coming back for a bit of sanity and the chance of a place to express myself in a form I can’t find anywhere else. I’ve had a week filled with far too much reflection on mortality for which I blame the literature course I’m teaching (I know, First World problems). Death didn’t seem quite so visceral back when I was studying literature in my immortal early...
January 2012
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Hmmm, seems I haven’t Tumbled for nearly half a year. This clearly needs rectifying considering just how much I love Tumblr.
August 2011
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Story is about eternal, universal forms, not formulas.
Story is about...
– The masterful Robert McKee
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I love the dark hours of my being
in which my senses drop into the deep.
I...
– Rainer Maria Rilke, from A Book for the Hours in Prayer, trans. Robert Bly (via proustitute)
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July 2011
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April 2011
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seawitchery:
I started out clicking strategically… and by the end was just wildly clicking and dancing in my chair.
biancavirina:
CLICK THE SQUARES.
THE WHOLE WORLD NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT THIS.
THIS THIS THIS THIS!
March 2011
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When you just need to Numa
I just got some cross-platform, cross hemisphere, reblog love from one of my roller derby homegirls out in NZ, for a Numa Numa tribute to my new colleagues that I did by way of breaking the ice. Here it is:
And here’s what she posted. I like a big virtual embrace a lot, so thanks Toto! Find her on her own blog - The Skater’s Journey - it’s a must read if you’re into...
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February 2011
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