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I blame John Cage;
the constant whir of a generator,
a huge range of porcelain scrapes, dips, taps, drops,
percussive beats,
swash of cloth cleaning utensils,
socks creep over tatami,
water running from spout,
to bowl,
to cup,
to bowl,
trays placed,
knees under cotton-layers,
adjustments of dress,
hands placed in acknowledgment,
drips, plops, gulps, slurps,
thin-metal cup holders against porcelain,
swirling the pot to flavour,
friction of sweetpapers,
crunch of yuzu-sugar sweets,
slight creak of floorboards,
muffled aisatsus below,
screen doors slidden,
explanations of kakemono,
ritual wiping of trays and cups,
nervous/skilled hands stiffen and relax,
teasing flakes from their retainer,
placing back to rest,
soft hands raise to lips,
tiny sips,
liquid drains,
exhalation of breath,
thankyous.

(sounds of a tea ceremony)

En velo avec a daft haircut

Sometimes, when it's windy, this is how I look when I arrive at school.



"I no longer have any underwear. You don't need underwear."
Alastair Humphreys (after 3 months on the road; cycling around the world)

One day I will walk into a bar in Mexico with my friend Pepe. I will saunter –and I use the term with "menace"– to the bar, where I will exclaim,
"Mi amigo, ma verga moy larga. Dos tequilas por favor."

If I survive I will approach the nearest señorita and suggest,
"Hey, cuando pongan mi canción favorita, quiero que bailes conmigo"



Thus it has been decreed. Thus it shall be.

Blaise Pascal vs Tariq 'K-Flex' Nasheed

"Concupiscence has become natural to us, and constitutes our second nature." - Pascal

"Every brother has mackin potential." - Tariq

"All man's unhappiness is due to the single fact that they cannot stay quietly in a room [...] they seek conversation and distraction of games only because they cannot stay pleasantly at home." - P

"Be true to the game, and the game will be true to you." - T

"All our reasoning amounts to no more than giving way to feeling." - P

"Get the money before the "honey",
purse first, ass last." - T

"The greatness of man is great in that he recognises himself as miserable. A tree does not recognise itself as miserable.
So to recognise [oneself] as miserable is to be miserable, but to know that one is miserable is to be great." - P

"I have a nice smile. I'm a fun brother to be around. I'm smart. My game is tight. I have a nice speaking voice." - T


...and something on which I'm sure they'd both agree, in the words of "Rosebudd" -

"If you run out of words, you run out of game."

Idling Miscellany

Gods & Monsters

Windows doors rooves and walls