http://for-aell.net Insane ramblings from insane minds Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:17:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So much happens in such a short space of time that I'm seriously starting to get whiplash. Does anyone else ever get like that? This big giant resounding 0 for ages, and then the world takes a giant crap all over your life, and you're left cleaning it up for ... http://for-aell.net/2010/01/like-a-phoenix/ I'm posting this really early in the morning, so I'll probably look back at this and none of it will make sense. I realise I haven't posted anything in a while, but as odd as this may sound, my head has been completely free of any form of note-worthy thoughts ... http://for-aell.net/2009/09/trust-me-i-can-fly/ "Fernanda worried whether or not [Aureliano Segundo] might not falling into the vice of building so that he could take apart, like Colonel Aureliano Buendía and his little gold fishes, Amaranta and her shroud... José Arcadio and the parchments and Ursula and her memories." -One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabrial García ... http://for-aell.net/2009/07/quote-of-the-week-2/ "But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve For daws to peck at; I am not what I am." -Iago, Othello. Act One, Scene One lines 64-65. Here, Shakespeare coins the phrase we now use to describe sensitive, open-hearted people. Which, incidentally, is something Iago is not. He does not want to ... http://for-aell.net/2009/07/quote-of-the-week/ I know I'm probably going to get third degree burns from the flames I'll get about this, but it's really something that I feel needs to be said. In my opinion, this whole Michael Jackson thing is being blown so out of proportion by the people of our generation. I ... http://for-aell.net/2009/07/too-intrusive/ Quote of the Week "Praise bounteous providence if you will that grants even an ogre a tiny glow-worm tenderness" Chinua Achebe, Vultures Vultures is a poem about the profusion of love in unexpected places. I like to think that humanity, love (even if just for those closest to you, even if for just one person) and kindness ... http://for-aell.net/2009/07/quote-of-the-week-and-more-guardian-local/ I am going to move the Register Czar, my two-week old literature blog, over to for-aell.net. Starting with: some links. My Guardian Local articles Teacher prevents students from holding charity gig for Help for Heroes / College students plan to run London Marathon 2010 dressed as lungs / Watchmen review / Mercedes Benz ... http://for-aell.net/2009/07/linky-links/ [caption id='attachment_217' align='alignleft' width='170' caption='My new shoes'] http://for-aell.net/2009/07/shopping-the-invisible-people/ Oh boy: Summer is here, the Strawberry festival is coming up, and there will be rides and booths and about a thousand drunk and stoned people. Why can't people just enjoy fun things without screwing with their brain chemistry? Won't it make it seem like they're way more lame once they ... http://for-aell.net/2009/06/festival/ Now I don't claim to be the biggest activist in the LGBT community but I'm really considering it, if only to show the ignorant people that they're ignorant. The other day in one my lessons, a guy was talking about transvestites and transexuals (and no, he didn't know the difference ... http://for-aell.net/2009/06/ignorance-thy-name-is-human/