My latest (academic) interest is tourism.
When in Cambodia, my tuk tuk driver once stopped on the road from Preah Khan to Siem Reap so that I would be able to join in the mass of tourists photographing the Cambodians who were rice farming. The scene was indeed postcard picturesque...but I couldn't join in the activity.
Then, I understood my reluctance to be about the...
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When in Cambodia, my tuk tuk driver once stopped on the road from Preah Khan to Siem Reap so that I would be able to join in the mass of tourists photographing the Cambodians who were rice farming. The scene was indeed postcard picturesque...but I couldn't join in the activity.
Then, I understood my reluctance to be about the...
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yes, yes. i am only joking...
you know, i write a few serious journal entries and now you all think i've gone emo.
pants to that.
you know, i write a few serious journal entries and now you all think i've gone emo.
pants to that.
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sunfeather:
Ha ha.
I was feeling the same thing, so put a funny link in my latest post...
I was feeling the same thing, so put a funny link in my latest post...
cklarock:
Tricksy rainwolfkin.
i've been seeing my current therapist for nearly a year now.
now you might be thinking, 'rainwolfkin, why would you need to see a therapist?' and there may very well be a multitude of answers to that question, but i'm not going to go into them here.
my real reason for bringing up this aspect of my life is because these sessions can be quite...
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now you might be thinking, 'rainwolfkin, why would you need to see a therapist?' and there may very well be a multitude of answers to that question, but i'm not going to go into them here.
my real reason for bringing up this aspect of my life is because these sessions can be quite...
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cklarock:
Have you asked him yet what his motivations are?
kayliane:
i'd love to go to therapy- not that I think anything in particular needs to addressed but that it would be wonderful to have a completely neutral stranger who is forced to listen to me and offer replies. I think I would love that.
though I don't know about the free thing either, love, sounds kinda creepy...please tell me you're joking about borrowing his car...
though I don't know about the free thing either, love, sounds kinda creepy...please tell me you're joking about borrowing his car...
how does one battle it all without letting their head go under?
i've been here before and i know exactly where my head had gone.
hearts are falling in love. hearts are breaking. and far away - in my own backyard - hearts are having attacks and bodies are collapsing.
you can't ask someone to cry. you can't implore them to feel.
you can watch...
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i've been here before and i know exactly where my head had gone.
hearts are falling in love. hearts are breaking. and far away - in my own backyard - hearts are having attacks and bodies are collapsing.
you can't ask someone to cry. you can't implore them to feel.
you can watch...
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mro:
Are you sure that's a firework display going off outside your house and not another riot....?
It was lovely to meet you at last and I had a great day. Thanks for taking the time off to grab a few drinkies. I hope we can do it again some time.
Take care hon
It was lovely to meet you at last and I had a great day. Thanks for taking the time off to grab a few drinkies. I hope we can do it again some time.
Take care hon
happycherries:
God.
chills that gave me chills.
chills that gave me chills.
slavewire mentioned Tetsuo to me a few weeks ago and we finally got around to watching it together. He suggested that i would like it, not only for the industrial soundtrack and feel, but also for the pure originality of it.
It runs for 67 minutes. and it is non-stop action. this is not hollywood action where arnie saves the day by blowing up 10...
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It runs for 67 minutes. and it is non-stop action. this is not hollywood action where arnie saves the day by blowing up 10...
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littleaardvark:
I was about to say that film sounds Japanese from your description.... sounds like SomeOneUK's sort of film.
Thanks for the compliments on the cow.
I try not to think about things too much most of the time. Otherwise I tear myself up with worry. But thanks for the kind words!
Thanks for the compliments on the cow.
I try not to think about things too much most of the time. Otherwise I tear myself up with worry. But thanks for the kind words!
kinto:
Hey hey
Nice to see you the other day - sorry I had to run not to miss the fast train...!
I was wondering: would you like to be the new group owner for "The Loss of Innocence"? If yes, let me know & I'll contact the admin peeps who change that. I would like this group to live even if I'm not around, as I think it could help people, maybe
Anyway, see you on the 12th if you're around
Nice to see you the other day - sorry I had to run not to miss the fast train...!
I was wondering: would you like to be the new group owner for "The Loss of Innocence"? If yes, let me know & I'll contact the admin peeps who change that. I would like this group to live even if I'm not around, as I think it could help people, maybe
Anyway, see you on the 12th if you're around
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she screams at the top of her lungs: i'm whole i'm body i'm heart i'm mind i'm soul
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i stopped being an artist a long time ago.
i don't think it was because i didn't have anything to say. i think it was because i realized that you didn't care. sometimes you pretended to, but like many things that you revealed to me,...
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she screams at the top of her lungs: i'm whole i'm body i'm heart i'm mind i'm soul
____________________________________________
i stopped being an artist a long time ago.
i don't think it was because i didn't have anything to say. i think it was because i realized that you didn't care. sometimes you pretended to, but like many things that you revealed to me,...
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cyberedz:
Hello again
Sorry to hear of your woe - maybees another wee trip to Asia would revitalise your spirits...
In answer to your question, I went to Thailand, Cambodia and Viet Nam, though spent most of my time in Cambodia (and managed to get by without the Tuk Tuk driver's number you said you'd send me
). My pal Selene has just settled in Nha Trang, so was planning to spend some time with her to see what it's like, but I've little doubt I will settle in SE Asia for a few years at least. Maybe buy a bar somewhere, or teach English. The great advantage of being made redundant and getting a divorce is a big increase in 'options' 
Sorry to hear of your woe - maybees another wee trip to Asia would revitalise your spirits...
In answer to your question, I went to Thailand, Cambodia and Viet Nam, though spent most of my time in Cambodia (and managed to get by without the Tuk Tuk driver's number you said you'd send me
). My pal Selene has just settled in Nha Trang, so was planning to spend some time with her to see what it's like, but I've little doubt I will settle in SE Asia for a few years at least. Maybe buy a bar somewhere, or teach English. The great advantage of being made redundant and getting a divorce is a big increase in 'options' 
creamygoodness:
Hello, it was lovely meeting you too, you seem jolly nice and, well, y'know, the 'hot girl' thing always helps too 
Only slightly creepy? Quite obviously I'm not trying hard enough, I think I'm mellowing out in my old age. And don't worry about weird journal entries, I once wrote an entry containing a letter in which I broke up with my own penis. Everyone has their weird patches
Only slightly creepy? Quite obviously I'm not trying hard enough, I think I'm mellowing out in my old age. And don't worry about weird journal entries, I once wrote an entry containing a letter in which I broke up with my own penis. Everyone has their weird patches
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she screams at the top of her lungs: i'm whole i'm body i'm heart i'm mind i'm soul
____________________________________________
i stopped being an artist a long time ago.
i don't think it was because i didn't have anything to say. i think it was because i realized that you didn't care. sometimes you pretended to, but like many things that you revealed to me,...
Read More
she screams at the top of her lungs: i'm whole i'm body i'm heart i'm mind i'm soul
____________________________________________
i stopped being an artist a long time ago.
i don't think it was because i didn't have anything to say. i think it was because i realized that you didn't care. sometimes you pretended to, but like many things that you revealed to me,...
Read More
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someoneuk:
sometimes it's good to scream.
sometimes it's good to scream.
perdy:
Yes....yes you're right, big fuck off guns would make me feel a whole lot better, big, leaving your shoulder black and blue guns, the ones that take grit and determination to just stay on your feet while you fire them.
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leola:
I completely love your shoulder xxxx
yeoman:
thanks for the wee note! the tattoo convention sure was busy! so much fun though!
ps, lovely profile pic!
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ps, lovely profile pic!
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a notice to any interested parties:
my mobile phone was caught in the rain unexpectedly and no longer works. if you need to reach me, send me an email.
i miss you all and today felt the desire to wish you all luck in your daily ventures.
my mobile phone was caught in the rain unexpectedly and no longer works. if you need to reach me, send me an email.
i miss you all and today felt the desire to wish you all luck in your daily ventures.
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marieceleste:
Will you get a replacement phone soon? WIll you have the same number?
happycherries:
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
I know it wasn't ment to be funny but I laughed and laughed when I read that!
I know it wasn't ment to be funny but I laughed and laughed when I read that!
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suicidedoggie:
and the dogs shall rule the earth...
forkandles:
I could get boring on this topic ..... I agree with what you said on Tue. I don't go along with that 'Gaia' idea, that the earth is ultimately interested in sustaining human life even if it means acting when the balance is disturbed but i do think of the earth as an organism with a form of sentience and that to it we are a destructive parasite.
For our part it seems to be 'our' (as humans) role to be environmentally shortsighted & be unable to grasp that something has to give: The human population continues to increase regardless of future effects on the planet. "So what if the rain forests are destroyed, I got cheap beef. I don't give a monkeys' about no monkeys".
Oops! Brazil = dustbowl.
Essentially our 'leaders' and industrial conglomerations, and the idiots (see first two), for all their knowledge and (less than a million years of) experience can't see the bigger picture any better than a leopard stalking a gazelle: its only interest is in its next meal, not that the gazelle is the last female of its kind. The earth is bigger than we are & has the means to control any of its inhabitants that damage it. I wonder if viruses which mutate and cause pandemics are the earth's equivalent of our producing a new vaccine?
For our part it seems to be 'our' (as humans) role to be environmentally shortsighted & be unable to grasp that something has to give: The human population continues to increase regardless of future effects on the planet. "So what if the rain forests are destroyed, I got cheap beef. I don't give a monkeys' about no monkeys".
Oops! Brazil = dustbowl.
Essentially our 'leaders' and industrial conglomerations, and the idiots (see first two), for all their knowledge and (less than a million years of) experience can't see the bigger picture any better than a leopard stalking a gazelle: its only interest is in its next meal, not that the gazelle is the last female of its kind. The earth is bigger than we are & has the means to control any of its inhabitants that damage it. I wonder if viruses which mutate and cause pandemics are the earth's equivalent of our producing a new vaccine?
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sunfeather:
The seminar was pretty good actually. My favourite bits were as follows:
- a young English Literature lecturer donning a deerstalker and curly pipe to suggest that William Wordsworth and Arthur Conan Doyle were cooler than Lord Byron;
- Erica Carter's suggestion that British and American celebrities are based in a concept of individual identity drawn from Locke whereas stars in 1930s Germany were based on a conception of the individual's rootedness in the nation drawn from Hegel;
- and Rachel Moseley's considerations on the difference between stardom and celebrity. Conclusion: stars are close yet distant; celebrities are just close.
- a young English Literature lecturer donning a deerstalker and curly pipe to suggest that William Wordsworth and Arthur Conan Doyle were cooler than Lord Byron;
- Erica Carter's suggestion that British and American celebrities are based in a concept of individual identity drawn from Locke whereas stars in 1930s Germany were based on a conception of the individual's rootedness in the nation drawn from Hegel;
- and Rachel Moseley's considerations on the difference between stardom and celebrity. Conclusion: stars are close yet distant; celebrities are just close.
saintadatha:
i am me. i am free to change.
used to be how i signed my journal entry every birthday.
i forgot last year...
keep on growin', sista!
(or something less bullshit, perhaps)
used to be how i signed my journal entry every birthday.
i forgot last year...
keep on growin', sista!
(or something less bullshit, perhaps)
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someoneuk:
Thanks!
The one that I went to the first interview for in Islington. It's not in London though, it's at their HQ. But I should have to go to Islington a fair bit for work.
how are you?
Still 3-4 weeks to come and see the oldy world sites of Hampshire/Dorset. Is you and S'Dog want to?
The one that I went to the first interview for in Islington. It's not in London though, it's at their HQ. But I should have to go to Islington a fair bit for work.
how are you?
Still 3-4 weeks to come and see the oldy world sites of Hampshire/Dorset. Is you and S'Dog want to?
subtleblade:
Hello RAINWOLFKIN,
Great pictures, shame you didn't like the food;.
If you're into the Green Man (an' it looks like you are) have you read 'at the end of my teather' by neil astley? Best contemporary fiction that properly uses folklore I've come across
Great pictures, shame you didn't like the food;.
If you're into the Green Man (an' it looks like you are) have you read 'at the end of my teather' by neil astley? Best contemporary fiction that properly uses folklore I've come across
Yes, my trip to Kenya will be all "Holiday" but it is going to be a bit of father son bonding. Hopefully it will be great. I expect so. But I also expect it could easily be more work than any business trip ever dreamed to be. I am really glad to have these opportunities to do things with my dad before either of us are too old to remember them.
It was good to meet you - I'm sorry we didn't really get a chance to talk. Also sorry that there wasn't time for tarot - but then circumstances were not exactly conducive. I actually had the cards with me in my coat pocket and, when I came to pack up on Sunday morning, realised most of them were missing. I think they probably fell out when my coat was on the floor in the Ship getting covered in beer... Shame, but it wasn't my favourite pack. Don't tell Noir, who sold them to me...
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