December 2011
8 posts
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Part 7 - Criminals, Con Artists and Carpet...
Sam: We set off into what was now becoming torrential rain. We sped down the wider roads and wound our way through the narrow streets until farmland started to consume the city. Eventually, all that was left was the occasional rundown house and the rolling fields and of course, the rain. Brown veins pulsed down green paddocks and began to join up with arteries that were the roads we where trying...
Fes, so far. →
It’s all there.
arainbowofgrey asked: Hello! I haven't read your Fes story before - and I had planned to, however the link in Part 2 for Part 1 doesn't seem to work (probably because your url has changed since posting it). So I was wondering where I could find Part 1 of the story?
laurenren asked: where are you these days?
inthewideopenair asked: fes?????
Anonymous asked: please post the rest of the Fes / Carpet story. I read all of the 6 other parts tonight, going through your entire blog and I'm so desperate to hear how it ends!
Hello Internet
This is a post to once again promise those waiting that the Fes story is on its way.
For real.
September 2011
1 post
4 tags
August 2011
3 posts
“I can see that lack of resolution now as a young writer’s move. You find that...”
– Jonathan Franzen, in an interview in the Paris Review (2010). (via lessadventurous)
July 2011
40 posts
Something that makes me really happy:
hearing about your experiences at Splendour.
Disclaimer: Sarcasm was used in this post.
M83 - Midnight City
Hurry Up, We’re...
David Foster Wallace on The Next Real Literary... →
youmightfindyourself:
“The next real literary ‘rebels’ in this country might well emerge as some weird bunch of anti-rebels, born oglers who dare somehow to back away from ironic watching, who have the childish gall actually to endorse and instantiate single-entendre principles. Who treat of plain old untrendy human troubles and emotions in U.S. life with reverence and conviction. Who eschew...
Google+
galaxyrise:
theydothingsdifferentlythere:
Am I the only one that feels that the marketing for Google+ was oddly similar to Eric Cartman’s ‘You Can’t Visit My Theme Park’ technique?
You mean the invite-only thing? Gmail used to be like that. It worked, too, I felt pretty special for having an account. Then again, I was about 14. (Never really watched Southpark(?), but the name seems pretty...
Google+
Am I the only one that feels that the marketing for Google+ was oddly similar to Eric Cartman’s ‘You Can’t Visit My Theme Park’ technique?
city-and-sea asked: haha I love that you can tell! I even took the photo and I was unsure haha
freshwit asked: What are you doing with your life? And has developing your photos become any less irritating?
Anonymous asked: What is your opinion on hereditarian theories of biology?
Anonymous asked: Ok, but your answer to the last question contradicts 'selfish' notions of yourself by putting others before you,
Interesting.
So the question is do we believe you?
Interesting.
So the question is do we believe you?
“If a woman chooses to spend the night in a single bed with a male, there is an...”
– Judges retire to consider Assange appeal
I’m just going to pop this here for a moment.
(via indefensible)
Inevitable possibilities.
ahugeplatypus asked: Would not freeing underprivileged from x be the dominant method by which we can enable them to do y? Are they not the same?
Watch
Panda Bear - You Can Count On Me
This is brilliant
Anonymous asked: As much as I love exploring your blog, you cover such a wide range of issues that I think it loses direction, sometimes.
So Alistair, provide us with a context...would you say you were:
Closed or Open-minded?
Cold or Warm-hearted?
Constrained (by self-imposed views) or Uninhibited?
Selfish or Self-less?
Finally, riddle me this:
If you could...
So Alistair, provide us with a context...would you say you were:
Closed or Open-minded?
Cold or Warm-hearted?
Constrained (by self-imposed views) or Uninhibited?
Selfish or Self-less?
Finally, riddle me this:
If you could...
standingstillfast:
galaxyrise asked: Oh, and: did you pick up basic expressions in the language of places you stayed? Either preparing beforehand, or while you were there?
galaxyrise asked: A question that came to mind the other day: while you were travelling, how much interaction did you have with people without a common language? How did that generally work?
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Flickr: Morocco →
A few photos that I took in Morroco last year.
“”The peak car use phenomenon suggests we may now be witnessing the demise of...”
– The Age, Believe it or not, we’re driving less than ever (via indefensible)
youmightfindyourself:
Bright Eyes - We Are...
This is a post about the Reds being a better rugby...
Also: having just arrived home from watching the final live, my parents immediately turned on the TV and are now watching the replay.
Soup: The American Tourist and Mexican Fisherman →
soupsoup:
An American tourist was at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked.
Inside the small boat were several large yellowfin tuna. The tourist complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them.
The…
Can we talk for a moment about how this is a weird and somewhat pathetic rip off of...
Ask. →
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No but seriously you guys.
There is only one man in the world who could have pulled off that second try, and he was even mature enough to take the drop goal with 10 to spare. ‘Dude’s grown up a lot from the teenager who dropped like 6 balls in one game at flyhalf in 09.
I'd like to take this moment to talk about the...
Blah Blah Quade Cooper Blah, Blah.
“There’s a bear inside your stomach.”
– Read They Aren’t Playing Our Song (via goodmenproject)
So You Want to Be a Lonely Planet Author - Redux |... →
negevrockcity:
Funny how-to on becoming a travel writer. Also, let me add: Noone will feel sympathetic for you - or even play the world’s tiniest violin - when you’re traveling to exotic destinations while the paycheck to cover your expenses is 120 days late and you’re living off credit cards with crazy freakin’ interest rates. That’s why I only do travel writing part-time now, kids.
This is...
Watchpitchfork:
Click to stream Radiohead King of Limbs remixes by Caribou and Jacques Greene.