Tattoo

Been faffing about for years trying to settle on a tattoo design that I could live with. In the last two days two leapt straight to mind that I'll probably be running with. One will probably be a straight-up literary tattoo of this Dorothy Parker poem:

My land is bare of chattering folk;
the clouds are low along the ridges,
and sweet's the air with curly smoke
from all my burning bridges.
- Dorothy Parker, SANCTUARY

and the other will incorporate a saying that has become a mantra over the last few years: Stasis Is Death.


Spent the morning having a slow breakfast, getting grants in order and realising the scale of what's involved with Finland. What little do I keep? How do I sell the rest? Is subletting the room an option? What about storage? When do I go? When do I come back? Will I come back? What if I get the Library Fellowship (which requires me to be here for 3-12 months)? Will there be a job waiting in Helsinki? If I come back here will I be homeless in a crap market? Will I be broke? Will I be loaded? It's pretty exciting.

And sweet's the air with curly smoke...

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You know what?  Working a regular job takes time away from doing other things a lot.

Not sure I approve.

+ rosanegra, for real, in my house.
+ 4 days camping locked in.
+ Veuve Clicquot and pomegranates, in the sunshine (the only way to eat those things is naked, in a bathtub, with a French film star.  In slow motion.)
+ Half a terabyte of smuggled recreational data from Finland. 
+ 1.5TB external for relatively little.
+ Friend may have gotten a book deal.
+ Spent 2 hours with DK, laughed arses off.

God I want to go home.

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Stephen Fry points out that Australia has censored an anti-censorship site.  Specifically: http://stephen-conroy.com/page.php?4