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jeudi 28 janvier 2010

Ostrich burgers and bad phone booths

I took a lot of random pictures in England. I went marketing (of course) and saw that low-fat is a selling point for ostrich burgers. There is an ostrich farm next to Cambridge. They must love the weather. How did someone get this brilliant idea?
My father asked me if ostriches were a more sustainable form of meat than cows, and my answer to that, as a trainee environmentalist, was to laugh incontrollably. I know that ostrich meat is very healthy, but there is something inately absurd about the bird that makes me snort at the idea of eating it.

The splendiferous part of Cambridge is how ornate everything is. You're walking in the street, minding your own business, and POF! Raise your head and you see this. You also meet people in bowler hats (the porters) who tell you about the history of the colleges. If you are a history nerd, this makes progress through the town very dawdling indeed.

I saw this every day in the Quaker library. I love that sentence. I'm not a believer, but as a recovering depressive, this rings a bell. I know, too sugary for words, but bear with me, turn up the Mahler, and have some fudge before it's all gone. There are moments where the light comes from the strangest places, from people you hardly know, or going on strange adventures, even from a little corner on the Internet. Sending hugs!

Am I going all maudlin on you? Fear not, I have pornographic phone booths for my finish!

In all the red phone booths in London, you get these pornographic postcards with numbers you can call. Firstly, this is so low-tech it's laughable. Secondly, in a public phone booth? With kids going to school? Or do you stealthily steal a card with a robot-lady wearing a strap-on, saying "I can go through the back door, can you?" and slip it in your business bag, in case of an emergency?

The moral of this is that a girl can spend hours thinking about GOD LIFE LIGHT WORK QUAKERS and end up snapping dirty pictures while giggling like a fool.

jeudi 3 décembre 2009

Marathon plans

I want to go to Iceland this August to run my first marathon.
I want to see Reykjavik and the beautiful landscapes. I can't wait!

I think I know what my birthday present is going to be.

I am quite obsessed with running. I offer this story as proof. I'm going through a quarter-life crisis at the moment, what with the red hair and the short skirts, and I've decided I needed to get my navel pierced, although 23 is a bit old for such shenanigans and no one I know would approve. Who cares, I thought, striding in my local Tattoo and Body Art shop.

"Hi, I'd like to get my navel pierced."
"OK, so this is what you should know...blah blah blah disclaimer, disclaimer...Oh, and no physical exercice for 4 weeks. Sweat is bad for healing."

"Four weeks! Really? But I can't not run for almost a month.I'm in the track team of my uni."

"Well, I'm sorry, but that's a fact. I had my nipples pierced and continued the American Football Training season, and let me show you some pictures..."

A few revolting pictures later, I left the shop dismayed. I used to hate people who were obsessed with sport. And now I can't stay on the couch for a month of Christmassing, even for my quarter-life crisis?

Anyway, anyone up for a trip to Iceland with me?

mercredi 2 décembre 2009

Making faces



I was an extra years ago in "Marie-Antoinette" by Sofia Coppola. I pretended to be a singer, and mouthed Rameau on a stage in front of many extras, and had lunch with famous actors.

But of all the excitement and weirdness, the sheer pleasure of getting out of that corset is my most vivid memory. Oh the discomfort. And that wig I'm wearing? Is 15 pounds of horse hair.You can't see the long pony tail in the back. Hee, pony tail. The funniest part was getting fitted for this get up. I stood in a cold disaffected factory, while dozens of seamstresses buzzed around, and the head costume designer drawled: "Si,si , non è possible, zees hair ees not possible. Vere is Denise? Denise! You, hold your stomach in!"
"I...can't really breathe..."
"You can just skeep a few meals. How old are you? Nineteen? Too old to eat too much! Now let's put more brocade on zat train."