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photos, thoughts, music and writings of a jazz bassist struck by wanderlust.

Oh so while you’re growing old under the gun, gun, gun, and I believed them all — well I’m just one poor baby ’cause well I believed them all

I really wanted to post a photo of my happy self, since it was my 22nd birthday yesterday — but I’m only on my laptop (quickie before uni) so I don’t have access to most files and had to whip this...

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free yourself that leash is long, long, long

I feel like it’s a miracle I managed to survive the past week. I had a contracts test, a technical jury for double bass and a torts moot, back-to-back in the space of 72 hours. That I did not feel...

May 12, 2013 Like

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shaking the habitual

In a conversation with a friend the other night, we were discussing our childhood and adolescence, being bullied by girls and general bodily awareness, etc. She pointed out something that I had...

Apr 22, 2013 Like

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down down under the earth goes another lover

I’m writing this from a new bedroom, in a new neighbourhood, with a new Macbook, in the company of a new teapot. Some things haven’t changed though — I still can’t manage to go to bed early....

Apr 4, 2013 Like

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Now, they’re scared of where their daughter’s been, ’cause who knows, she could be alone with men

Taken on Ilford HP5 Plus 400 B/W film; Nikon F3. I’m supposed to be moving out of home in a week’s time and I haven’t packed a single thing. My room is a wreck but I keep telling myself that...

Mar 29, 2013 Like

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But I’d love to see you before I leave, I leave next weekend, I’m not ready to go

Knowing that I’m a sleep-wrecking advocate of “trying to do it all”, my sister sent me some lecture notes from her religion class about how we simply can’t “do it all.” Whilst I haven’t gotten...

Mar 18, 2013 Like

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heavy night it was a heavy night, feels like we’ve come back from the dead

Given recent events, university starting again, and just basically everything in general, that shiny, clean-slate sheen of the new year has more than worn out for me. I have no idea what anything...

Mar 10, 2013 Like

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louder, lips speak louder, better, back together; still it’s a shock, shock to your soft side + NYC pt 1

In twelve hours’ time I’ll be looking for the lecture room in which I will spend four hours, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday for the rest of the year. This last month of summer has flown and I...

Mar 3, 2013 Like

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i will suck your blood

I’m not sure how far on the scale to “extraordinary” my life is, but it is certainly far from “ordinary”. I’ve got so many little stories, adventures, snippets, epiphanies, meetings with the right...

Feb 6, 2013 Like

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all my loves are within a wild night

Something silly and awful has happened with my webhost and of course I hadn’t backed up anything – so I’ve lost my last blog post. Just as well I didn’t post more often, I would’ve lost more,...

Jan 20, 2013 Like

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how long have you known? how long has it shown? forever, if ever, forever + USA 2012 pt 1

It’s astonishing that more than a week of 2013 has passed already. Happy belated new year! I’ve been eating, drinking and lounging around too much, but I suppose that’s what Christmas and New Years...

Jan 8, 2013 Like

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departure: feels like i cannot kiss you hard enough, not even if i bore right through you

I’ve done it again. I have started to call it my “spontaneous disappearing act” and I think it’s rather suitable. Just a little over two years ago, I dashed off to LA and San Francisco on a whim to...

Nov 20, 2012 Like

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and the noise from the crowd increases the chance of misinterpretation

I’m pretty bummed that I haven’t got any decent photos to post because they’re all on film and I haven’t gotten any developed. So for now I’m afraid phone photos will have to suffice, even though I...

Oct 28, 2012 Like

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she got tricks in the stash, stacking up the cash; fast when it comes to the gas, by no means average

I’m feeling a bit guilty for being a bit of a shop-a-holic lately, but after reining in my shopping habits for the past few months, my aesthetic inclinations could be tamed no longer! Although now...

Oct 14, 2012 Like

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premise to interlude…

Another week, and two all-nighters later, I am three out of five essays down. I cannot wait until November 10th which will be the first day of my summer holiday! So this is the plan, I’ll state it...

Oct 1, 2012 Like

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these days are scraped from ceilings

It was so nice to read the handful of comments/emails that I got in the last post — and really lovely to know that I provoked some thought with regards to goals and bucket lists. I guess those...

Sep 24, 2012 Like

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to live like common people, I never think I’ll do

The list of ever-looming deadlines I have are looking gloomier by the day. It’s amazing how many things I find myself doing instead of writings essays and doing my jazz research dissertation. It’s...

Sep 6, 2012 Like

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and spend my time just sitting in the sun

I’m trying to take my trusty old Nikon F3 with me to as many places as I can again, so that I put my grandparents’ lovely gift to good use. Namely, twenty slick new rolls of my favourite Ilford HP5...

Sep 2, 2012 Like

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the week, end

I wonder if any other couples have a sport-watching routine that would resemble what the boy and I do. We’ve been really sad to see the London Olympics come to an end, and since I stupidly deleted...

Aug 19, 2012 Like

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and everyday, I am learning about you, the things that no one else sees

Today I went about my day feeling, I can’t believe it’s only the third week of semester, I am far too tired, and the feeling hasn’t shaken off since. Even when I get a full night’s sleep, I can’t...

Aug 1, 2012 Like

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bring, bring the thunder and the loud, loud rain

Life’s changed a lot as of late. For one, I haven’t blogged for over a month, and believe it or not, at one stage in the holidays, I didn’t turn my computer on for over two weeks! That is not to...

Jul 17, 2012 Like

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DRIPPING WITH ALCHEMY: glitter on the wet streets, silver over everything

Funny how things work out, I just sat my first exam in two years yesterday, and it also happened to be my most important exam of the semester. I have no idea how it went, my sleep pattern’s once...

Jun 10, 2012 Like

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Saturdays = Youth (but now means exams)

Turning 21; staying-up-until-the-next-day for days on end to complete a painfully difficult assignment; throwing a highly-anticipated and very enjoyable birthday party; now studying for my first...

Jun 5, 2012 Like

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say just what you need and in between it’s never as it seems. help me to name it, help me to name it

It’s getting to the ‘business end’ of semester now, and I feel like every day is a constant struggle with trying to get things read, done and prepared for classes the next day, versus writing...

May 13, 2012 Like

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Every photograph and story, trickled through the lengthy web of friends

I’ve still got a handful of handmade invitations to distribute (mostly to friends who are studying overseas and have not arrived back yet), but after that it will be mission complete for phase-one...

Apr 29, 2012 Like

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it’s been at least another year, and I still haven’t got the chance to say

Disappearing from my blog because, oh you know, real life is so much more… I simply have far too many adjectives to insert here that I’d better just quit while I’m ahead. I’ve had an absolutely...

Apr 18, 2012 Like

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sweet relief calms me down. makes me drown, lost and found. neighbours complain, people they want us to fall down. but we won’t ever touch the ground cause we’re perfectly balanced, we’ll float around til no one is near. do you hear this sound?

There’s a widespread and very annoying myth which surrounds jazz – that it’s easy, because you “just play whatever you want”. To its credit, this myth makes some sense, in the fact that, alright,...

Apr 8, 2012 Like

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feel it come from nowhere, taking over me. feel it come from nowhere, tell me why, tell me why

I don’t think I’ve ever been so glad about it finally being Thursday. It’s not exactly a day of the week that people generally look forward to. Nevertheless, today I’ve been able to sleep, read,...

Apr 5, 2012 Like

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won’t you be my dictionary, won’t you translate fun into something necessary – inter uni sun. won’t you be my dictionary, can’t I be very necessary?

Trying to be realistic about time management is not going well at the moment. I’m trying to do my readings but all I’d rather do is blog. I have a couple of ideas and tangents I’ve been wanting to...

Mar 27, 2012 Like

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the sun is sinking awfully fast, can we make it last? we’ll make a family in the quiet country – you and me, in simplicity

Today feels like good-news day (apart from all the uni work I have to do tonight…) because I woke up to find a txt telling me that I’ve made the hockey team that I was trialling for, and now I’ve...

Mar 15, 2012 Like 1 person likes this

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Oh so while you’re growing old under the gun, gun, gun, and I believed them all — well I’m just one poor baby ’cause well I believed them all

free yourself that leash is long, long, long

shaking the habitual

down down under the earth goes another lover

Now, they’re scared of where their daughter’s been, ’cause who knows, she could be alone with men

But I’d love to see you before I leave, I leave next weekend, I’m not ready to go

heavy night it was a heavy night, feels like we’ve come back from the dead

louder, lips speak louder, better, back together; still it’s a shock, shock to your soft side + NYC pt 1

i will suck your blood

all my loves are within a wild night

how long have you known? how long has it shown? forever, if ever, forever + USA 2012 pt 1

departure: feels like i cannot kiss you hard enough, not even if i bore right through you

and the noise from the crowd increases the chance of misinterpretation

she got tricks in the stash, stacking up the cash; fast when it comes to the gas, by no means average

premise to interlude…

these days are scraped from ceilings

to live like common people, I never think I’ll do

and spend my time just sitting in the sun

the week, end

and everyday, I am learning about you, the things that no one else sees

bring, bring the thunder and the loud, loud rain

DRIPPING WITH ALCHEMY: glitter on the wet streets, silver over everything

Saturdays = Youth (but now means exams)

say just what you need and in between it’s never as it seems. help me to name it, help me to name it

Every photograph and story, trickled through the lengthy web of friends

it’s been at least another year, and I still haven’t got the chance to say

sweet relief calms me down. makes me drown, lost and found. neighbours complain, people they want us to fall down. but we won’t ever touch the ground cause we’re perfectly balanced, we’ll float around til no one is near. do you hear this sound?

feel it come from nowhere, taking over me. feel it come from nowhere, tell me why, tell me why

won’t you be my dictionary, won’t you translate fun into something necessary – inter uni sun. won’t you be my dictionary, can’t I be very necessary?

the sun is sinking awfully fast, can we make it last? we’ll make a family in the quiet country – you and me, in simplicity

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