by phoenix | Jun 30, 2003 | Uncategorized
The Russian consulate experience was… unimpressive. Pacific´s web mail is down. I phoned my mother in a fit of piqué and ran my mobile card down to zero. Ouch. I never found a wireless network and so I’ve been paying for access. Grumble....
by phoenix | Jun 29, 2003 | Uncategorized
So here I am on the other side of the world, and I walk into the Institute of Contemporary Culture… and there, on a poster, is a photo of me and apocraphilia and Christina and Catherine naked in Melbourne one rainy morning in 2001. Of...
by phoenix | Jun 27, 2003 | Uncategorized
Tarantula count for hawk_eye: 0. There are however turtles, teensy-weensy turtles. Lots of them. Cutest ever. And squirrels. And hamsters. And pigeons that seem to be either trying to liberate the finches in the cages or get in there with them, I’m not...
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...
