July 2011
21 posts
Minou & Robin
I got Robin, the black cat, as a kitten when I lived in London and one day he fell off the balcony and I had no idea where he went. We lived by a canal and I thought he fell in so Kevin had to leave work because I was hysterical and running around the car park shaking cat food and then we found him in a bush, right under the balcony, but it was so dark that I had not seen...
This is my cousin, Madeleine. She is insanely talented.
Something happened to my grandmother. She doesn’t want to go to an assisted living facility, not even for rehabilitation, she would be terribly depressed, and my grandfather is lonely without her. So instead a nurse will come to their house every two hours and twice at night to care for her. Provided by the state. Fucking taxes, right? People could be buying Pateks and ski lodges.
10 Things...
Det ligger döda barn i vattnet, det flyter döda barn, det ligger döda barn på stranden. Dom ligger i grupper tillsammans. En man sa till hans döttrar att springa in i skogen och båda två är döda, hur kommer han leva nu? Jag är så ledsen, jag förstår det inte. Vad fan har hänt?? Våra vänner i Norge är okej, men dom kände bomben, allting skakade.
80 fucking kids. At least.
There are dead people all over the beach on Utöya. This is so horrible, I can’t imagine.
Oh god, seven people have died in Oslo.
Yesterday we took the boat across the harbour, past flocks of sailboats, the ferries, kayaks, and drank inside Manuel’s tiny schoolbus. Now I’m on the side of the road with sweat and dirt everywhere, after riding a horse, about to catch on fire. The hose broke while I was washing him off and it was the best I’d felt all day, the barncats plastered to the ground. The pets are on...
How A Rape Case Went Off The Rails(via @Jezebel) →
When University of Iowa graduate student Rebecca Epstein reported to police that she’d been date-raped, she hoped she’d get justice. But because of the circumstances of her case —
Karaoke rooftop party, a backyard candle-lit teepee, lying in the grass next to Casa Loma, racing home while still happy, limbs like cotton, walking up and down my street as the sun came up.
Menuhin & Kempff Beethoven Violin Sonata no.9 (Kreutzer)
There are more parts to this, you should look them up. I saw The Kreutzer Sonata at the Young Centre last night and I wanted to sit there and listen forever, I was sad when it was over.
My hands are torn up from riding, I lost my gloves and forgot how important they are. It’s disgusting, seeing the inside of your body, stinging and wet. But I got to jump! I thought it would take so long to build up again and it is depressing to have lost so much of what used to be one of your biggest talents, but however bad my take offs might be, my flat corners and lack of a flying lead...
Dogtooth was so beautiful. The light.
On September 11, 2001 I was on a plane from Göteborg to Brussels to London. I was moving from America to England. At Heathrow I got in a cab and thought that the news broadcast was a radio play.
Six years ago yesterday I was on a train from Göteborg to Forserum. Kevin was at work on the west side of London. He was an engineer at a home shopping network then and he worked 12 hour shifts. Overall...
I started riding again, on a farm where everything is green and the horses are beautiful. My muscles are like water but it will get better. This summer is already making up for last.
Thursday: hike to secret places & hot springs with someone who will tell us about Iceland Friday: rent car & maybe drive to Snæfellsjökull Saturday: drive to Landmannalaugar Sunday: stay in Landmannalaugar Monday: hike a volcano in Thorsmörk Tuesday: go to Thingvellir & snorkel, maybe actually sleep Wednesday: Blue Lagoon on the way home
That’s good, right? I want to hike from...
My commute.
We went all over the city for a music video Yuula and Kevin are making, walked a million miles, until I thought we were going to pass out in the sun, getting bitten, and then at night floated through the water in a boat in the dark with the quiet city lit up across the harbour. I think I found someone who is going to teach me how to sail. Now I’m going to sleep with a cat in...
We had a fire and watched the lightning over the lake, over New York, over St. Catherines and Hamilton and Toronto, I drank wine and rain and laid in the sand in the dark and the sound was just water.
