by phoenix | Jun 25, 2003 | Uncategorized
It’s all very well to know theoretically that language is arbitrary and all meaning is deferred, to start to grasp Derrida’s notions of supplementarity. It’s another entirely to be surrounded by a tongue you barely comprehend and slowly feel...
by phoenix | Jun 24, 2003 | Uncategorized
Why am I less insulted… nay, even flattered… by a random guy saying “hola guapa” than I would be by the same random guy saying “hi sexy”? I think it´s probably just the jetlag. I am off to have a nap so I can get up and join in...
by phoenix | Jun 24, 2003 | Uncategorized
Hola. Hay muy caler!!! Translation: Man, it´s hot here. Bliss descended as I stepped off the plane. I was chatting with a clear-eyed ex-Yahoo! exec (go figure) who´d moved here to find himself. He spoke with serenity and calm, looking me...
by phoenix | Jun 24, 2003 | Uncategorized
Ah, the great wireless world. At Heathrow, Intel has hung signs everywhere, proclaiming that we should sit down, log on and unwire. Of course, sitting under the signs does nothing. The BAA staff know nothing. I am reduced to booting MacStumbler and...
by phoenix | Jun 23, 2003 | Uncategorized
Anticipation. Excitement. Trepidation. Intense moments of doubt followed by giggling. I have two cute men here (apocraphilia and Jack, about to be inducted to the evil that is LJ), cuddling and making jokes. Thea has just arrived. I am yet to find...
