Monday, June 09, 2003
Have been internet-deprived for more than a couple weeks now: after fiddling with my new webcam software, I brought my computer into such a state that it point-blank refused to allow any of its communication programs other than Outlook to make use of the modem. Then, mid-last week, my phone was cut off; I had forgotten to pay the bill. Eh...
Am hoping to remedy both situations soon, though. In the mean time, for both my own rememberance and preserving your interest, I will list a number of things that piqued my scribbling interest over the past 18 days. I will probably completely disregard the list when I next update.
1. The Poor Illy Experiment. A frank account of how a chickie residing in Bucharest can survive for 4 days on the equivalent of $6.
2. The realization that, if you live in the contemporary Western world, no matter who your parents are, you will consider that they fucked you up. Which a very good and comforting thought, really.
3. Knot Magazine's Quarterlife Crisis section. The Quarterlife Crisis concept, to be more precise.
4. My former fling/new casual friend Cezar. Or how immaturity is deceptive and unrelated to a person's physical experience. And this is not a value judgement.
5. The phrase "it's her/his body, s/he can do whatever s/he wants with it" -- which is used almost exclusively when refering to people involved in the sex industry, although it has the exact same relevance for any, and I mean any kind of profession. Um, or the way that sex can be highly personal and highly impersonal at the same time.
That's it. Hope to be back shortly.
Am hoping to remedy both situations soon, though. In the mean time, for both my own rememberance and preserving your interest, I will list a number of things that piqued my scribbling interest over the past 18 days. I will probably completely disregard the list when I next update.
1. The Poor Illy Experiment. A frank account of how a chickie residing in Bucharest can survive for 4 days on the equivalent of $6.
2. The realization that, if you live in the contemporary Western world, no matter who your parents are, you will consider that they fucked you up. Which a very good and comforting thought, really.
3. Knot Magazine's Quarterlife Crisis section. The Quarterlife Crisis concept, to be more precise.
4. My former fling/new casual friend Cezar. Or how immaturity is deceptive and unrelated to a person's physical experience. And this is not a value judgement.
5. The phrase "it's her/his body, s/he can do whatever s/he wants with it" -- which is used almost exclusively when refering to people involved in the sex industry, although it has the exact same relevance for any, and I mean any kind of profession. Um, or the way that sex can be highly personal and highly impersonal at the same time.
That's it. Hope to be back shortly.
