Archive for July 2011

XIII.

I risked the torrential rains and flash-freezing fronts of the north today, travelling by train and foot and locomotive, only to be told that I did not have to come in; everything I accomplished today could have been done over the phone. that was definitely worth the five years of my life I've shaved off from the stress of it all. xx

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XII.


the one at the top is a setting called "london". it emphasises reds, and gives the rest an almost monochrome colourlessness. the one under it is just a leaky one, and it's the effect I use most of the time, for most things. both of these are taken on my phone, and I want to buy a camera so I'd feel less of a tit...// I got 45 tom & jerry cartoons, the original ones, and I found out that the format I got them in is incompatible with my playstation, so I can't watch them on my tv. very sad day for me.// on the plus-side, my clothes arrived from new look, bringing a cardigan, two tops, one white, one orange (!), a pair of trousers with that cowboy arch thing going on, and a pair of dark blue deck shoes, which are very pointy and look like they're about size 12, but they fit fine.// now my dog has fallen asleep on me while I was unaware and writing away. conniving little thing. xx

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XI.

on a different, less geeky note, look at the nice weather we're having. this was taken very late, so the shadows are longer than you'd expect from a "look at the nice weather we're having" photo, but I took a few today and did not realise I was shooting in 640 pixels. xx

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X.

it is of course possible that all or any of our beliefs may be mistaken, and therefore all ought to be held with at least some slight element of doubt. but we cannot have reason to reject a belief except on the ground of some other belief. hence, by organising our instinctive beliefs and their consequences, by considering which among them is most possible, if necessary, to modify or abandon, we can arrive, on the basis of accepting as our sole data what we instinctively believe, at an orderly systematic organisation of our knowledge, in which, though the possibility of error remains, its likelihood is diminished by the interrelation of the parts and by the critical scrutiny which has preceded acquiescence.
this is an incredibly verbose and seemingly unedited passage by Bertrand Russell. "the problems of philosophy" is a good book, but Russell seems to flip-flop between arguments three times every paragraph, but regardless, I am certainly enjoying the book, from the (very) little I've read. xx // I also just received a philosophy book from a college in america, and this is a passage:
the desire for sex is natural but usually can be overcome; and when it can be, it should be because satisfaction of the sexual drive gives intense pleasure. but it involves one in relationships that are usually ultimately more painful than pleasant, and are often extremely painful.

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IX.


I had some more german bread with the kirsch on, which is like some kind of cherry jam, I suppose? and I also had a jam jar of orange juice. I do love pretention and hipstery. anyway, today, I did very little. went to the shops in the early afternoon, then entertained my brother for the evening, but other than that, nothing. I got my £500 bursary today, for continuing at the University of Lancashire, and I booked harry potter tickets. I also started playing this adorable little tower defence game called "Pixeljunk Monsters", and it's been taking up a good portion of my concentration for the past couple of hours.// oh! I also did the Pokémon Red glitch / exploit, the one where you can catch a Mew in Cerulian City! it's the first time in my life I've done it, seeing as I haven't played on Pokémon Red since I was about 10. I also found out that burning DVDs takes about three hours, which was a surprise.// oh, this has been a boring blog update. oh, well. I suppose it's supposed to be personal. xx

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VIII.

today, I had two breakthroughs shattered. one, I thought I would be able to sort out my university course fiasco, but it became more complicated. I tried to add some understandings, but she kept adding misunderstandings. at the moment, I might not be able to do Philosophy as a single honours; I might have to have it as a combined honours, and continue with creative writing, which I don't want to do, as I'd much rather have a single degree in something that sounds good. two, there was a really attractive girl on the train, and I'd promised myself that when we got off together in birmingham I would ask for her number, and I was so excited about it I couldn't think about anything else, but then she got off at crewe, so all my determination was wasted and I shrunk back into my socially paralytic self. xx

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VII.

I sort-of wanted to put something monumental and important as my seventh post, because it's probably my favourite number, but I haven't done anything fitting either of those descriptions for a good 20 years, so I think I'll just put anything. yesterday, I watched Sherlock Holmes, the recent film starring Jude Law, with his smile, and Robert Downey Jr., with his crawling, through, and tonight I'm going to watch the first episode, and perhaps some of the second, of Sherlock, the recent television series with Benedict Cumberbatch, with his voice, and Martin Freeman, with his eyebrows. gonna be a cuh-raaazy night...

p.s. oh, also, tomorrow I have a talk with my personal tutor because I'm not happy with the way my life is going, and I'm an eventually-do-something kinda guy. xx

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VI.

"does feeling have a physical representation? this video is the story of a feeling represented by a warm vibration spreading all over the body."
I know I should be in bed, asleep, but I'm not. just finished watching a short film from france called "Electronic  Performers" by L. Bourdoiseau, J. Blanquet and A. Ganzerli, produced by revolvair and machine molle. at just five minutes, it is a synthesised and imagined story following the birth of a feeling, including everything from the instant the electronic pulses shoot from the brain, to the serotonin released into the veins, to the sound waves passing the ears and tingling the hair on your neck, coupled with a music number so that the whole thing was set up like a beautifully realised equaliser. and I thought it was very good. I gave it 4/5 on Mubi. xx

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V.

I don't know what to do with this blog other than talk about myself and what I'm doing, and other than some boring family revelations, talking to my Cambodia-travelling friend, and some driving around, I've not been doing much. I made bolognese for supper. I got the recipe from the BBC website, but I did not have bacon, so I did not include bacon. it said add 150ml of red wine to the mix. I was making just under half of the recommended portion, because it serves 4, so I just added about 70-80ml. turns out red wine is not very compatible with small portions of food, and I ended up eating what was essentially 12.5% alcohol bolognese. xx

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