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Hurt me will ya?

When I was a kidyounger I had a policy for pain inflicted on me by other persons. (Not malicious pain, just the kind that happens, y’know.) I’d forgive the first offense (I don’t mean small stuff, I mean real pain!) and allow the person (friend, lover) to hurt me again should they so “choose”. The […]

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Keep smoking is my advice

Quitting tobacco is not only hard, it’s obviously completely stupid. I used to be a smoker. A month later, I’m an ex-smoker. Oh, and also? I can’t concentrate, I’ve had to get a mouth guard to stop the insane constant headaches caused by teeth grinding (itself caused by the stress of quitting), I have all […]

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Rigid

I can be pretty rigid. Inflexible. Things get organized in my head and when people try to fuck with that I feel like they’re fucking with me. (Ridiculous, I know, and after a few deep breaths I see it too.) It’s not that I refuse to change — oh boy do I not — it’s […]

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Blindness

In law school, I learned about willful blindness, a concept I’ve found very useful (in speech/understanding of the world around me, not application!) since. But what I suffer from is not quite willful… It’s selective, involuntary blindness. Two examples. One. I want strawberry jam and I know (believe) we have some in the fridge. I […]

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Older

I feel myself getting older these days. It’s not related to my birthday and it’s not a bad thing in and of itself, but it requires quite an adaptation, which of course I’m not quite ready for (I can and do adapt but I resist first…). It’s a feeling I get when I realize a […]

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Exhausted

I’m so tired (work here is never ever done and can never be, as weeds grow and houses don’t paint themselves) that frankly, I don’t want to work ever again. Not house-work! Money-bringing work. That could be a problem. I’m so tired I could nap for 12 hours in between nights. So exhausted I can’t […]

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Itchy, itchy, itchy!

Right now I have a rash so bad I can hardly think. It annoys me to no end. It’s on my hand and on my neck. I get those once in a while (way too often for my taste). No way to see a doctor about it: it’s unpredictable. A few years ago I worked […]

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Les nouvelles aventures du vieux bandit!

Attention, attention! Bien que le Monde du vieux bandit demeure, j’ai maintenant un autre pignon sur Web! Suivez-y mes aventures à la campagne, les délices et délires d’une re-néorurale sur Les campagnonades! Le vieux bandit se coiffe d’un chapeau de paille, s’imprime un sourire sur le visage et vit de nouvelles aventures!

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A Vacation of Sorts

I’m on vacation. You wouldn’t know it from watching me but I am. I’m putting the finishing touches to that move idea we had, while Herb’s at the house installing our new mailbox. I’m taping the last few last-minute boxes, organizing mountains of stuff, looking for what’s next. One day, one evening, one night, and […]

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Pre-move thoughts

My books are packed. All except a few I’ll read before the move and one that’s in a box set, a special edition of Émille Nelligan’s poems with a selection of art reproductions. It’s too big for any box of books, it needs to be packed separately. IF I pack it. Yes, if. Because I […]

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