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Candyfloss and Medicine: March 2009
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I simply like to watch myself exist.). Wednesday, 18 March 2009. This thing I will one day be writing about womanhood – in Ancient Greece and in general – is ticking away, developing in the back of my mind. An overused metaphor, I know, but it’s as if it’s alive somehow, in utero. Like I’m going around in the early stages of pregnancy. I often find that metaphorical truth and literal truth blur together. Except we haven’t moved on that. Far, have we? We live in a rape-apologist culture. There’s...Ive-wor...
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Candyfloss and Medicine: A Fascination with Hair
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I simply like to watch myself exist.). Tuesday, 2 June 2009. A Fascination with Hair. I've been, pondering the Victorians' obsession with hair, particularly women's hair. If you have JSTOR access, I'd really recommend you check out The Power of Women's Hair in the Victorian Imagination. Like most academic reading, though, it requires effort. Hence I've not read all that much of it! Pictures are much more suited to my mood in these post-dissertation days. Check out The Seven Sunderland Sisters. I'm about ...
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Candyfloss and Medicine: The Big Red Button
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I simply like to watch myself exist.). Monday, 1 June 2009. The Big Red Button. I hadn't been taking my meds. The more I live a "normal" life (and, oh, I'm almost there), the more I want it. I am so well, for months at a time. I fool myself. Look, look, at my well-adjusted life, my degree, my friendships, my healthy relationship. How can there be anything wrong with me? When Stephen Fry did his The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive. But still I passed out cold for 12 hours. I woke up feeling like I w...
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Candyfloss and Medicine: TWLOHA, Glasgow, 7th June
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I simply like to watch myself exist.). Wednesday, 3 June 2009. TWLOHA, Glasgow, 7th June. Event starts at 12:00 PM. TWLOHA Meet and Greet. George Square - Glasgow City Centre. Gathering for supporters interested in getting involved as TWLOHA starts to happen in the UK. Meet Stuart and Olivia from the TWLOHA team. Please send questions to UK@twloha.com. If you haven't heard of TWLOHA, please check it out: http:/ www.twloha.com. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile.
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Candyfloss and Medicine: Surviving May 15th
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I simply like to watch myself exist.). Friday, 15 May 2009. Here I am, having got breakfast and coffee, taken the scenic route through the park, faffed around finding myself a seat with a plug for my laptop, gone to the toilet. no more procrastination now. (Besides this, of course! No internet connection, most terrifying of all. The dissertation and I are sat in this library, face-to-face, and there is to be no shying away until lunch time! Argh I am peckish – why? Jon declares that everything is “...
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Candyfloss and Medicine: The Guns of Brixton
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I simply like to watch myself exist.). Tuesday, 2 June 2009. The Guns of Brixton. No guns, actually. A Counting Crows gig: me, Jon, James and. What is my role in the church? How will I fulfil myself intellectually? How will I write? Will I pursue recognition? But back to Brixton. I could have sworn I had never been there. But one venue looks much like another, and Jon reminded me of last time we were there. I was fourteen. A whole group of us went to see Delirious? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Candyfloss and Medicine: June 2009
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I simply like to watch myself exist.). Wednesday, 3 June 2009. TWLOHA, Glasgow, 7th June. Event starts at 12:00 PM. TWLOHA Meet and Greet. George Square - Glasgow City Centre. Gathering for supporters interested in getting involved as TWLOHA starts to happen in the UK. Meet Stuart and Olivia from the TWLOHA team. Please send questions to UK@twloha.com. If you haven't heard of TWLOHA, please check it out: http:/ www.twloha.com. Tuesday, 2 June 2009. A Fascination with Hair. It seems to be a way of holding...
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Candyfloss and Medicine: Surviving May 16th
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I simply like to watch myself exist.). Sunday, 17 May 2009. Humph The Jubilee line is down so I’ve just spent an hour travelling here to the British Library to work with Katie. The British Library is a fantastic place and Katie and I went to look at the pretty manuscripts and said, “Oooh,” and then I went to register and the bastards wouldn’t let me in! It really annoys me: a public library is a public library. 3639/7500. We had scampi and it was good. 4570/7500. And I’ve put all the prose I ha...And the...
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Candyfloss and Medicine: The Night Before I Was Free
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I simply like to watch myself exist.). Saturday, 30 May 2009. The Night Before I Was Free. Sunday 17th May, 9:15pm. Kerry will be here in twelve hours, and then I will have to work elsewhere until noon, when we’ll polish this thing off. Before noon, I need to have this thing written and mostly edited. It’s scary stuff. I have a checklist of the specifics. 5028 words. Time for a cup of tea, methinks. 5222 words. Hope to finish the Christianity section by midnight, and will then have a little break. This s...
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Candyfloss and Medicine: May 2009
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I simply like to watch myself exist.). Saturday, 30 May 2009. The Night Before I Was Free. Sunday 17th May, 9:15pm. Kerry will be here in twelve hours, and then I will have to work elsewhere until noon, when we’ll polish this thing off. Before noon, I need to have this thing written and mostly edited. It’s scary stuff. I have a checklist of the specifics. 5028 words. Time for a cup of tea, methinks. 5222 words. Hope to finish the Christianity section by midnight, and will then have a little break. This s...
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