I’m getting faintly desperate in my choice of titles. Can you tell?
Last night was Oscar night. And with last night I of course mean this morning. In New Zealand the live broadcast started just after lunch, and we’d commit the whole afternoon to it, official printed scorecards in hand. But in London town the Californian [...]
Entries from February 2008
February 25, 2008
And The Sleep Deprivation Goes To..
February 19, 2008
Amongst The People
It’s been a week since I’ve ventured into the centre of London. We’re knuckling down now, with deadlines looming, and our teachers have wisely allowed us the time to spend day after day writing, limiting lectures to about two or three a week. The downside, naturally, is that without classes I have no real reason [...]
February 15, 2008
There Will Be Blood And Other Bits
DUE WARNING: THE FOLLOWING MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF SPOILERS. IF READING PERSISTS, PLEASE SEE YOUR DOCTOR.
Daniel Plainview, another intense Daniel Day-Lewis original, is a self-made man. Around the turn of the 19th Century into the 20th he makes his fortune as a prospector first in gold, then in oil. He has taken in an orphaned [...]
February 13, 2008
Quick Notes A Go Go
Last Sunday at the Baftas, Anthony Hopkins won a lifetime achievement award. These kind of things are always a little scary because they smack of an unspoken expectation that the person receiving them is shortly to die. Luckily, the twinkle in Sir Anthony’s eye showed that that day is still a long while away yet. [...]
February 10, 2008
Mens Sana In Corpora Sano
Writers aren’t known for being wellsprings of vitality and physical strength. Perhaps artists in general aren’t. Poets huddle in their garrets drinking absinthe, painters shut themselves up in their workspace with their canvases and cans of Dulux and proceed to lose their minds, violinists break their wrists and opera singers turn their bodies into round [...]
February 8, 2008
Tick Tock Tick Tock. Who’s There?
I think it is fair to say that the rate at which I write entries for this blog has slowed down somewhat. I also believe it is not presumptuous to say that this rate will slow down some more as the next few weeks progress. I don’t mind this. In fact, I think it’s a [...]
February 2, 2008
A Sappy Ode To Dreams
My likelihood to dream seems to be directly proportional to the volume of food I’ve consumed the night before. This time we’re at the Efteling, a legendary Dutch theme park. I’m with my mother and brother. We may be trying to steal something or do something else borderline nefarious – I can’t quite recall. The [...]
