October 2011
Beijing Bound →
Moleskine Entry April 22nd 2011
It’s 11:49am local time, we crossed the Chinese border about 12hrs ago and should be arriving at the capital in around 2hrs. Immense.
Some things I need to cover…
TF3: an overdue review →
I’m just sorting through some old Moleskines (making sure that I’ve copied up all the blog posts that I’ve made in them etc before I crack on with the new one) and I stumbled upon this short…
Autumn →
My favourite season.
Bring it on.
Rings of Saturn →
This happened, but I feel it needs elaboration. Below is exactly how I remember it.
It was …an incredible dream.
In darkness, I shouted over the noise of our transport -
…
adrift →
again, wind comes unrolling out of the east
like a prophet, judging with a heft of its
palm the weight of things, taking measure
with spanned fingers of the space between,
while wolf-fish graze…
UB: catching up →
Moleskine Entry: April 20th, 2011
or ‘things that I’ve forgotten to write down and mustn’t forget that I did them’
Day one in Ulaanbaatar (UB):
Feeling immensely spiritual (and…
Go play a video game →
“It’s you, it’s you, it’s all for you…”
Yes, I know. But I don’t care.
DRIVE →
Stunning, vicious, cold, visceral, glorious, sexually-charged, breathtaking, chilling, gorgeous, arresting – DRIVE is one of my films of the year.
Ryan Gosling is silent and broody to…
Fincher, the Girl and the Frog. →
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a stunning film.
The original, gut-wrenching thriller smashed into my face like an iced bucket of water; it was fresh, cold and very, very dark. I…
September 2011
Jasmine flowers of Lebanon →
Jasmine flowers of Lebanon, fall softly on dusty streets. The fragrance soft, enraptures, stops me dead upon my feet.
Around me buildings crumble, scars of war so plain to see. …
Sunrise →
Moleskine Entry: April 20th, 2011
Up at 5am this morning.
Last night I jokingly remarked over dinner how awesome it might be to watch the sun come up over the Mongolian mountains. Given that we…
Learn →
My first iPad wasn’t in fact mine. I merely had it on loan from the office. We danced and we played together but eventually, I had to hand it back. However, a couple of weeks ago (and…
For Trey →
Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because…