My teenager came home crying for the umpteenth night in a row. She hates school. What to do? She starts GCSE’s next year…Can I home educate her? I can’t do maths or science. I could probably hire a tutor for those. And all the other subjects she’s interested in…like conspiracy theories (can you get a…
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Not in front of the kids
Dvd says cuntionary not dictionary, makes me laugh. John came round and we discussed whether I am dom or sub, still confused but worth exploring. He said a beautiful phrase, the sub is stronger because they say to the dom “I will do anything you want that I let you make me do”. We will…
The other Boleyn Girl
What a bloody awful film. I mean, they weren’t exactly wearing hair gel, à la U.S. import The Tudors but it wasn’t far off. Scarlett Johannsen looking somewhat as my teenager would say “butters” (butt ugly) and Natalie Portman overacting as Anne Boleyn. No one will surpass Dorothy Tutin in this role or her runner…
The Orphanage
a film on the theme du jour, a missing child. The leading actress is a rail- thin Kate McCann lookalike, her patron saint is St. Anthony, a portuguese saint for the ‘missing’. Why didn’t the police search the basement?Strange equinox: intense, something is in the air… last night a squat party in Hackney. Our band…
Dead Can Dance to the vernal equinox
Years ago I photographed Lisa Gerrard of Dead can Dance, never heard their music though. Did some really nice pictures of her which I’ll post up sometime, when I find them…Last night listened to their whole oeuvre and Lisa Gerrard’s solo stuff… amazing. She can sound Indian or African or medieval…Really atmospheric. Especially while roasting…
Heather Mills
as in sneaking admiration for… she’s nutty and brave! Bunny boilers, a much-maligned and exclusively female section of society (male retort to being caught out! if you read your Susan Faludi). Men are hunters, predators, go-getters, attractively forceful and determined, women who exhibit similar behaviour should be ridiculed or sectioned.Musing upon this, I remember as…
14
My teenager will be 14 on the 23rd of March, better make another cake! My solstice baby…13 is such an important number, the number of moons per year, an unlucky number in the UK but lucky in France. In the hospital, I was in bed 13.13 traditional age to start menstruation? (Although girls start earlier…
juno
The eponymous title and heroine of this film brings the asteroid Juno into the public gaze. My teenager and I loved the film (although I was hoping that it wasn’t too influential!). I felt that giving up the baby was unrealistically ‘easy’ and the protagonists parents would have taken care of the baby in real…
Drumming out the blues
Spent 3 hours doing a 5 mile anti-war march with Barking Batteria and Rythms of resistance from Trafalagar square over the river to finish at Westminster. I played a large heavy surdo, which is a real physical effort but the vibe of playing with 60 drummers is amazing. I delve into my inner boudicca…and thump…
blackfriars pub
Well worth visiting. Only art nouveau pub in London. Full of marble, golden mosaics and phrases cut in stone. Area previously home to Dominican monks.