Love doesn’t discriminate
Between the sinners and the saints
It takes, and it takes, and it takes
And we keep loving anyway
We laugh and we cry and we break
December 27th, 2016
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March 26th, 2016
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One of these days I’ll kick my Idol show habit.
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January 27th, 2015
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De Pierre Reverdy
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September 21st, 2014
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I kind of like listening to hip-hop sometimes – it’s so percussive, and the wordplay can be really glorious.
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August 11th, 2014
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So I’ve found out that marking with French TV in the background really works. For whatever reason I’ve cottoned onto the Voice, possibly because Mika as a coach/judge is totally adorable and he always says the right things to the contestants.
A song which I used to know was covered, and I’m procrastinating, so here goes…
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August 1st, 2014
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Translation of the brilliant illustration here: http://www.huffingtonpost.fr/muriel-douru/le-feminisme-mais-pour-quoi-faire_b_5633338.html
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December 31st, 2013
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10 marks for a perfect report (earned by at least one student!)
9 visits to my old haunt at the university
8 dragonboat competitions
7 capoeira classes
6 countries visited
5 kilometers in my first OC6 race
4 places of employment
3 Couchsurfing experiences
2 paddles purchased
1 gold champion medal
I’ve enjoyed 2013. It wasn’t always an easy year – from troubles with employment to pushing through training with my team – but I find myself in a nice place entering 2014, and I couldn’t ask for more.
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December 23rd, 2013
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It’s been a really long time since I last wrote here. How much things have changed since then. 2013 has brought me even more upheaval than 2012; but in subtler, gentler ways.
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February 14th, 2013
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Now that I’m back all I can think about is how to leave again.
I must down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,
To the gull’s way and the whale’s way where the wind’s like a whetted knife;
And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick’s over.
— John Masefeld, “Sea Fever”
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