August 2006 Archives
You Are A Cat People
My Visionary Indian Friend called me late in the evening, so I knew it must be serious. “Come over,” he said. “I have something to show you.” I drove over, opened the door to his apartment, and tripped all…Continue reading "You Are A Cat People"
Posted by Tudor on Aug 31, 2006 in Various Positions
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Let’s Map All The Lonely Places We’ve Been
Do you remember how all the cool kids started geotagging their photos last year even though the process itself was tedious and unintuitive? You first had to hunt for your latitude and longitude coordinates on a map, then tag…Continue reading "Let's Map All The Lonely Places We've Been"
Posted by Tudor on Aug 29, 2006 in Ideas & Images
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Clean Out Your Closet Day
Today Laura gave away the clothes she never wears. I managed to get myself a couple of hand-me-downs….Continue reading "Clean Out Your Closet Day"
Posted by Tudor on Aug 26, 2006 in Various Positions
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Abandoned Places Phone No One
When my van broke down for the 5th time in a row last month, I spent three long hours in a cornfield near Highway 7 wondering why the telephone wires leading into the nearby farmhouse were cut. I couldn’t…Continue reading "Abandoned Places Phone No One"
Posted by Tudor on Aug 24, 2006 in Here & There
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I’ll Unbirthday You
My Visionary Indian Friend hates birthdays. His was yesterday; mine is tomorrow. So instead of having separate birthday parties, we decided to average things out and have an unbirthday party today instead: we ate too many nachos, drank too much…Continue reading "I'll Unbirthday You"
Posted by Tudor on Aug 22, 2006 in Various Positions
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A Mouthful of Petals
It rained heavily all afternoon. The constant rapping of rain on window panes made us listless and hungry. Thus, we armed ourselves with umbrellas and went out to wade through rivers in search of edible plants, which we found…Continue reading "A Mouthful of Petals"
Posted by Tudor on Aug 20, 2006 in Here & There
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News Of The World
The following snippets of news got me pretty excited in my pants: Jason and Kylie left Vancouver back in June on their cross-Canada bike trip, and they’ve already passed through Toronto. I’ve been excited to track their progress through…Continue reading "News Of The World"
Posted by Tudor on Aug 19, 2006 in Various Positions
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I’m The Sum Of Your Collective Sorrows
I have had *severe* seborrhoeic dermatitis ever since I hit puberty. And all this time I thought it was just me that was hot in the pants region. Fuck shit cock ass motherfucking cunt whore and various other satisfyingly crude…Continue reading "I'm The Sum Of Your Collective Sorrows"
Posted by Tudor on Aug 17, 2006 in Sentences About You
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Talk of Cuteness
The little girl with blond hair watched us fiddle with our cameras. “May I ask why you’re photographing the bunnies?” she said, all polite and shit. “Because they’re so freaking cute,” we said with obvious glee. To illustrate this excess…Continue reading "Talk of Cuteness"
Posted by Tudor on Aug 15, 2006 in Various Positions
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This Is Life And This Is Death
The day felt perfectly ordinary: clouds, followed by rain, followed by a warm dampness that enveloped everything. And then a taste of dying in the wilderness… Do you know that moment when you taste wetness of your lips and…Continue reading "This Is Life And This Is Death"
Posted by Tudor on Aug 14, 2006 in Various Positions
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Things You Should Know
I’m a creature of endless longing and fear….Continue reading "Things You Should Know"
Posted by Tudor on Aug 13, 2006 in Various Positions
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Dear Sherry,
Once in the morning and twice in the afternoon I end up thinking of you, or, more specifically, your blog. I know. It’s weird. I sneak away into the bathroom to take a piss and I’m subtly reminded about…Continue reading "Dear Sherry,"
Posted by Tudor on Aug 11, 2006 in Various Positions
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Flashback Through The Winter Months
In retrospective, the space of time between December to March looked something like this:…Continue reading "Flashback Through The Winter Months"
Posted by Tudor on Aug 10, 2006 in Ideas & Images
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All The Saturdays Of Our Lives
The weekend consisted of haircuts, chasing butterflies, pieces of you and me sprawled on sofas, baked pretzels and muffins, limbs arched between legs and breasts like wild things … The rest of the days of the week offer no…Continue reading "All The Saturdays Of Our Lives"
Posted by Tudor on Aug 08, 2006 in Friends & Lovers
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Hillside Festival Felt Mildly Orgasmic On A Saturday Afternoon
Hillside Festival this year consisted of sweat and throbbing in the sunlight … thirst for coffee and beer … bodies colliding at awkward angles … hipsters and other dangerous creatures fornicating on green grass … stories of birth and…Continue reading "Hillside Festival Felt Mildly Orgasmic On A Saturday Afternoon"
Posted by Tudor on Aug 05, 2006 in Here & There
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All Sorts Of Tiny Insects Sunning Themselves After The Rain
Fly n. Any of the numerous two-winged insects of the order Diptera, all of them carriers of disease and lovers of sweat and shit. Growing up, I used to catch flies and burn them with the lighters I stole…Continue reading "All Sorts Of Tiny Insects Sunning Themselves After The Rain"
Posted by Tudor on Aug 03, 2006 in Various Positions
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Wedding Wrap-up
After the first couple of beers went straight to my head, I grabbed Laura and dragged her away from the wedding party towards the basement. Once we were all by ourselves, I kissed her wildly on the lips, showed…Continue reading "Wedding Wrap-up"
Posted by Tudor on Aug 02, 2006 in Friends & Lovers
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Ode to Sweat
All last summer our bodies were glued together by sweat and longing. Nowadays, whenever the weather gets unbearable and the air too heavy to breathe, all I want is to rip off my clothes and lie naked with you…Continue reading "Ode to Sweat"
Posted by Tudor on Aug 01, 2006 in Friends & Lovers
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