A high-school History classroom, circa the year 2360: 'Okay everyone, settle down. That means you Juniper, stop messing with your laser typewriter now please. And you can turn your the hover down on your chair, Applicious. Come on. Back to ground level. Thank you. We've got a lot of important things to get through today.... Continue Reading →

Lack of focus on anything in particular this week. Instead, I'll have to present a smattering of words that come to mind, completely out of nowhere without any sense of structure, reasoning, logical sense, context, caterpillar, double-decker bus, late night traffic or agoraphobia. This thing might be a bit, you know, like, "woo" and that... Continue Reading →

Rather than whine and moan about the state of the present, maybe we just all have to take a step back and say "maybe this is just what it's supposed to be like". I won't claim to be an expert on politics. Actually I won't claim to be an expert on anything. I'm just another... Continue Reading →

Never satisfied with anything, I decided to spice things up at the beginning of this year by signing up for an Instagram account and throwing photos into the virtual ether, much like many others before me. But what's life without a bit of fun? And what's fun without setting some strict rules to adhere to?... Continue Reading →

Maybe I need to keep things short and snappy. The idea of producing reams of rambling shite is frankly more daunting than that of one or two paragraphs that are actually meaningful. Despite my better knowledge, some part of my psyche can't quite get a hold of the 'quality, not quantity' mantra. This got exhausting... Continue Reading →

To this day and most likely for years beyond, it baffles me how Stay Another Day by East 17 gets carted around on Christmas music playlists. There's literally nothing Christmassy about it. Take some of the other classics, for example... I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday by Wizzard: makes notable references to Christmas and... Continue Reading →

The animals have totally got it right; winter should be all about hibernation. Natural darkness and artificial heat really just serve to induce sleep or at least mild lethargy, so of course, humans in their infinite wisdom maintain the same societal hours of the day all year round. Forget the fact that virtually all of... Continue Reading →

The week has been better than most, but it still doesn't stop me from being a prisoner of myself, trapped inside my own head. Every decision I seem to make about going out, treating myself to a purchase or generally doing something nice for myself is met with internal chastisement before the fact. The brain... Continue Reading →

I don't go to gigs very often. In fact, I've only ever actually been to three as of right now. Before Monday that total was two. Around this time last year, I passed up the chance to go to a live music gig. Then-lesser known Courtney Barnett was playing a small venue in Liverpool and... Continue Reading →

As ridiculous as it seems to even have to mention it, I'm putting this here as hard copy for me to keep referring back to whenever I get stressed. Talking about your problems is much better than not talking about your problems. You're an idiot if you keep not talking about your problems and keeping... Continue Reading →