February 2012
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Argh, somehow got Tumblr spammed in a few days absence. Sorry if you got a load of posts about cheesecake..
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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...