What the hell

So much has changed, and yet I reckon if I looked back over these pages to a random entry I'd find myself still going on about the same old stuff. It's kinda comforting, kinda frightening. But what can you do? You obviously aren't as different now as you were then - much as you'd like …

Something I wrote ages ago

Stay awake ‘til I go to sleep The girl walked from class at the fish leap of the bell along with everyone else in her class and joined the tide of children heading out to collect their bags from the port racks. She had allowed herself in her last class to become quite excited about …

Tuesday, What ARE You?

Ok, you fall between Monday, a day of significance because it sucks, and Wednesday, a day that rulz, because once you hit midday you're officially closer to the weekend than you are far away from it.

It only gets easier

We've all done it: started a new project or picked up a new hobby or past-time and made grand plans to make it part of our lives, and yet a few weeks down the track it's been abandoned like an old onion bagel. What is it, exactly, that makes it so hard for us to stick at something, particularly when you know that that 'something' is good for you, like running or stopping drinking alone on Tuesdays?

OK, So I Don’t Travel Well Alone

I had a glorious 9 days in Ubud to myself, with the not small exception of meeting James and Manu, a gloriously fun couple on their first proper holiday together. I had plenty of time for introspection, and have since travelled to Canggu for a week of surfing, relaxing and tanning. I have realised something …

Day Two – Ubud, Hipsters Yogis and An Early Night

**apologies for the delay, internet was SH!T last night** Welp, another day in Ubud, another layer of sunscreen. I had an extraordinarily strange wake up in the middle of the night when I was jolted from deep sleep and dreaming about cats, to being wide awake and realising that I had pulled a long skirt …

I think there’s something in my third eye…

First full day in Ubud. It is as hot, noisy and entirely engulfing as you may have read, heard and/or seen. The beginning of this two week, entirely self-indulgent jaunt has been kicked off with

Someone responded in spectacular fashion to the Gumtree ad

Dear Monty, I am writing to you on behalf of the Pranic Mysteries Transcendental Detective Agency (PMTDA) in regard to the Gumtree advertisement you have recently posted on the 07/01/2015: urgently seeking a dream researcher and live in cook. Your story is of interest to us, as it may relate in some part to an …