mortal nonsense

not

2009-01-15T21:07:00.006Z

Я ЛЮБЛЮ СВОЮ РАБОТУ! i love my work!

nyc

2008-07-29T22:47:00.007+01:00

visited my friend in new york at the end of june.

2008-04-27T16:43:00.005+01:00

spent a few days in early march in marrakech.
then easter in scotland. moved house. got a bike.

2008-02-03T21:43:00.003Z

benjamin biolay

lisboa

2007-11-29T23:28:00.000Z

note to self

2007-11-13T22:55:00.000Z

rester groupé en soi sans perdre son short

it's nice to believe in something

2007-11-06T21:13:00.004Z

scenes from a marriage

(bergman)

que nos vies aient l'air d'un film parfait

2007-10-06T22:48:00.003+01:00

dis-moi que tu m'aimes
meme si c'est un mensonge
et qu'on n'a pas une chance.
la vie est si triste
dis-moi que tu m'aimes
tous les jours sont les memes
j'ai besoin de romance

(elli & jacno)

2007-09-10T21:34:00.001+01:00

disappearing

belle-île

2007-08-17T02:22:00.000+01:00

going on holiday. quiberon and then belle-ile-en-mer.
i think i might be turning into an (islo)maniac.

2007-06-06T22:53:00.007+01:00

emily haines

ré

2007-06-04T19:14:00.004+01:00

bath

2007-04-19T21:43:00.001+01:00

marseille(s)

2007-04-08T23:21:00.004+01:00

spending easter in london

doesnt seem so bad

after last weekend.

2007-03-01T22:34:00.003Z

ive tried meditating in london, im not quite sure what to make of it after only one class, maybe i should give it another go? ....

saw faust last week, it was a great evening. also saw the science of sleep which is probably one of the best films ive seen at the cinema for a long time.

all is full of love

2007-02-14T22:44:00.000Z

"i love you" can mean a lot of things... like "you'll do 'till someone better comes along," or "i can't describe how i really feel but i know that i'm supposed to say this," or "shut up, i'm watching tv." jordan white in the doom generation

everyday

2007-02-05T23:14:00.001Z

my first contribution to the 26 things 'photographic scavenger hunt' here.

requiem for a warming world

2007-01-17T19:55:00.002Z

on monday i took a whole hour for lunch and walked around the city to the soundtrack of and while london burns. it’s an opera for one/guided walk. i’m not going to attempt to review it, it’s been done quite well, but i enjoyed the experience and would highly recommend it.

2007-01-06T14:21:00.000Z

had a great xmas holiday. back on the treadmill on tuesday. determined not to let my self diagnosed SAD beat me!

2006-12-07T22:44:00.001Z

shortbus hmm... not sure
but lisa germano was good!

2006-11-28T22:05:00.003Z

'london: a life in maps' at the british library on saturday. ive always had a facility to stare at maps intently. also watched the nomi song.

2006-11-20T22:43:00.004Z

starting to go back to the cinema a bit more, saw marie antoinette and the page turner recently. i liked marie antoinette. alien nation at the ica on saturday afternoon was really good. the ica is good.

je ne sais pas. ou est ma maison

2006-11-16T23:34:00.001Z

'another pointless party
i really should be getting home
they say thats where the heart is
the taxi driver asks me
where i'd like to go
and suddenly im unsure
suddenly i just don't know
where do i call home'

neil hannon

2006-11-11T00:27:00.004Z

i think im becoming lazy... i find myself excuses. am i becoming complaisant? detached? too self centred? am i giving up?...
what am i waiting for? why do i not feel more concerned? am i hardening or softening?

i dont know what it is that makes me feel empty. am i missing something? something doesnt feel real. sometimes i think it could very well stop/be stopped at anytime... will someone unmask me at some point?

i am not even feeling depressed.

iceland

2006-10-21T23:57:00.001+01:00

second move

2006-10-07T19:31:00.001+01:00

moved flat again. things didn't exactly turn out as expected with my now ex flatmate... i think i will resume posting more regularly now?

move

2006-04-19T17:50:00.000+01:00

been a bit busy. new flat. 3 weeks later and still no internet, although possibly entirely my own fault. that should be fixed soon.

just before spring

2006-03-06T19:53:00.002Z

im sorting myself out. i have made plans. overall im feeling in control. the new job is going well. im doing well. the weather is nice. i look forward.

smug?

2006-02-13T17:26:00.004Z

completely inadequate? too slow?? just plain stupid??? or 'maybe i have a piece of potato permanently stuck to my face that only other people can see? that would look really unprofessional and would explain why i cannot get a job... hmm surely my friends would have told me about it though!?' maybe my feet are too big or something? it took a while, but i finally got an interesting job offer... im happy... relieved, and, dare i say, enthusiastic? i might have just turned myself into a corporate slave but im obviously ecstatic at the thought of embracing consumerism again. now i can buy myself stuff again...

back

2006-02-07T23:11:00.000Z

i have now been back back in london for 3 weeks. i have sent out over 40 cvs and i have been to a total of 5 interviews. so far i have also worked 3 and a half hours for an events company. rock'n'roll.
despite the circumstances im quite happy. this may be due to newly self-imposed celibacy. no risk of infection, no diseases, no performance anxiety, no sexual incompatibility, no unrealistic expectations. i dont feel like i am repressing, in fact i find it quite empowering, but i am postponing: i have bigger fish to fry.

yummy

2005-12-24T17:28:00.000Z

ive been in france for over a week now. xmas eve dinner tonight with family. not in a rush to go back to london. changed my return ticket from dec.29th to jan.15th.

self validation

2005-12-11T19:13:00.000Z

him: do you have a blog?
me: er... no (!)
him: yeah, i didnt think you were the kind of guy who needs external validation
me: er... no (?)

day in day out

2005-12-07T16:27:00.000Z

temping: on and off
mood: up and down
bloggable events: 0
days before i go to france: 8

pimp my cv

2005-11-28T21:32:00.001Z

did not work last week. drank too much, smoked too much. spent too much money... good fun though. all this time on my hands, i could have been documenting the ups and downs of temping on here, but i dont seem to be in the mood lately.

second temp assignment starting tomorrow. still going to interviews for real jobs but nothing seems to be happening. the positive side of things: im getting quite good at bullshitting my way through interviews with recruitment consultants.
i hate that!

2005-11-14T21:06:00.001Z

went to bar chocolate on friday night. i hadnt been drinking in a while so i got inabriated quite quickly. on sunday took a walk along the thames and ended up in tower bridge.

id rather be unemployed

2005-11-10T20:28:00.002Z

temping sucks.

saw 'the beat that my heart skipped' loved it. same director as 'read my lips'. great films.

no sex last night

2005-10-26T22:23:00.002+01:00

had dinner with my ex and half jokingly mentioned sleeping together again. we decided not to. this time.

started temping today. yes.

saw crash with my flatmate (pirate dvd subtitled in hebrew) and it was good! made me changed my mind about sandra bullock.

nb. the title for this post is borrowed to sophie calle.

status quo remains

2005-10-04T23:07:00.000+01:00

progress is slow but i havent turned into a potato yet. idleness gets frustrating sometimes but i usually manage to remain undeterred. i have reached an unsuspected level of self discipline.

how my week has gone

2005-09-18T20:56:00.002+01:00

i dunno... very quickly, that's for sure. i haven't done half the things i wanted/was supposed to do, and i don't think i've been particularly lazy, i am actually looking for a job!

ça plane pour moi

2005-09-08T19:11:00.002+01:00

tomorrow is my last day at work. i have no job lined up.

dolce far niente

2005-09-01T22:07:00.005+01:00

love.

sicily

2005-08-18T23:47:00.003+01:00

off to sicily for a week, flying to palermo tomorrow afternoon. ill be meeting my sister there. the plan is to hop around the island as much as we can... although we don't really have a plan.

tidy up?

2005-08-15T19:15:00.002+01:00

i was on the tube the other day and i was thinking "if a bomb goes off on this train and i never make it outside this tunnel, someone will have to deal with the mess i left my place in today". just a (stupid) thought. need a holiday maybe.

august day

2005-08-08T21:27:00.003+01:00

i have now been in london for 5 years (since yesterday actually).

i left france telling my parents i wanted to travel a bit, i didnt tell them much actually, probably that i wanted to get a job or something... i was kinda vague. i didnt really know myself. i think somehow my mum knew i wouldn't be back though. i didn't know. didn't know anyone in london, didn't know the city. i had no clue. my friends were quite impressed, they thought i was "brave", thats the word they used. but to me it was a necessary move. i was bored . my life was becoming suffocating.

it felt pretty exciting booking a single eurostar ticket... discovering london, exhilarating. i did all kinds of jobs when i first arrived, mainly the kinds that pay peanuts but i always remember my first few months in london with fondness.

today london is where my life is. 5 years being a fifth of my age; does that make me a fifth british?!?

utter superfluousness

2005-07-28T20:19:00.003+01:00

i was made redundant on monday. i badly needed a kick in the ass. i was stuck in a job that had started making me unhappy. but at the same time it was comfortable... so now that the decision has been made for me i think im actually quite relieved.

2005-07-14T23:01:00.002+01:00

it's bastille day in france, happy birthday revolution.

keeping your blog updated is overrated

2005-07-06T11:27:00.003+01:00

i dont think im very good at keeping a blog... not much going on. on wednesday night: saw torremolinos 73, not very good. on thursday night: went for morrocan food. on friday: took the day off to go to the consulate and sort out some administrative stuff, walked around chelsea, being off on a weekday feels nice you see the city very differently... also went to turn turnmills where timo mass was playing. on saturday: saw rois et reine. on sunday: summer exhibition 2005 at the royal academy of arts.

sunday stroll

2005-06-15T19:42:00.000+01:00

went to kenwood house for cake on sunday. took a walk in the gardens, saw gigantic trees and small rabbits.

this is how it goes

2005-06-08T20:50:00.005+01:00

by neil labute, at the donmar warehouse theatre last night.

listening to moscou by jean-louis murat.

home

2005-05-30T22:45:00.004+01:00

5 days. i ate a lot of nice/fresh/home-made food, slept, went to the beach, and started planning my trip to sicily...

2005-05-22T19:51:00.006+01:00

slade degree show pre-view evening on friday evening.
on saturday, had a bento in the afternon and then rented a few dvds,
last life in the universe (thai/japanese production,beautiful),
comedie de l'innocence, by raoul ruiz,
and love camp a supposedly cult porn, a bit disappointing.

rokeby

2005-05-18T20:17:00.012+01:00

robeki
Originally uploaded by simplemortel.

this is next to the korean place where i had lunch today. work

was rather...

... excrutiating.

2005-05-17T22:12:00.001+01:00

i now have a blog.