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the quicksands of an ethical life

January 30, 2007

I think this stage where I am now- meat abstained and consumer blind; is the height of hypocrisy. All I know is, I’m trying hard – albeit vaguely- to be a better person. I spent ages typing a post about why I’ve stopped eating meat for nearly two months before deleting it, because it led […]

rant fan

January 20, 2007

I don’t know why I write. I can’t stand writing rants. I don’t know why you read. I rant. Not been doing anything the past two weeks- I’m crossing my fingers that thats all the time I wasted, is all- living with the family. No, thats not a waste of time, quite the opposite really. […]

don’t tell me this is the start

January 15, 2007

2007 I know, is kinda new. But it is wearing out on its brand-new-ness, know what I mean? The year is newly minted yes, but I forsee so much… that I am weary, forsee so much yet not enough to be glad. Things are certainly going down an uncertain path. Everything is so worth noting […]

if i were a cat

January 11, 2007

If only I were a pet a ? I’d be happy to sit and wait wave a silent goodbye from my heart When i see you-s leave my gate. I see you-s in the morning and in the night. (not in the day) I like how you-s […]

Like I can.

January 9, 2007

Don’t know what to do with myself. It’s midnight. Family retires. Sat in the kitchen, stared into the reflected-stainless-kettle-world of my kitchen. Mum spoons medicine into sis’s mouth. Sis swallows. She looks a tad pale, but cared for. I feel like safe. Non-existent-kind-of-safe. (You know the invisibility cloak?) Goodnight I say. Goodnight they say. The […]