February 2011
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“But the beginning of things, of a world especially, is necessarily vague,...”
– Kate Chopin
January 2011
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Reading Break
1. Possession - A.S.Byatt
2. House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski
3. The Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco
4. Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
5. The History of Sexuality - Michel Foucault
6. Death in Venice - Thomas Mann
7. Manon Lescaut -L‘Abbé Prévost
8. The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
9. Blindness - Jose Saramego
10. The Myth of Sisyphus - Albert Camus
11. The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand
12....
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“A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily...”
– Ian McEwan
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I love hearing all about my friends’ relationships.
I really do.
But it just tears me apart inside that I can’t overcome what’s done and in the past and just open up.
Gosh, I’m frantically typing out all these smileys while my eyes are spilling over.
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“Oh, we’re all musicians. Our hearts go boom-boom, boom-boom.”
– Joseph Gordon-Levitt
I’ve always hated the insignificance and discordance of my Chinese name
Until I realized that its literal meaning is “origin of the sky”.
“So there’s a child molester and a little boy walking into the woods. The child...”
– Blue Valentine
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“Dear future generations: Please accept our apologies. We were rolling drunk on...”
– Kurt Vonnegut
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“This is how it works
You’re young until you’re not
You love until...”
– Regina Spektor
Just got back from 7 hour shift at XXI. I’ve found my calling :)
Grabbing a hasty dinner before heading out to Koerner to slave away another 3 hours, after a hasty Rice Crispy before work and a hasty Thai wrap for lunch. I hate rushed, inadequate meals. I like to savour each bite, letting each individual flavour dance across my tastebuds before travelling down to their eventual demise....
mitsukejima asked: Umm... we kind of have to be friends.
Circe. You read my mind. Neo-noir films? Hell yes.
Circe. You read my mind. Neo-noir films? Hell yes.
1. Who are you and what do you do?
I’m Fiona (Trainwreck) Wei, and I exercise my cerebral cortex on a regular basis.
2. What’s the origin of your artist name?
My original username was taken on Twitter, hence fi(zero)naway
3. What has been your biggest challenge with your art so far?
Finding sufficient time, inspiration
4. Who or what is your biggest influence?
Atm? Kate...
"Illusory correlation"
- The perception of a relationship where none exists
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“You know how this is:
if I look
at the crystal moon, at the red branch
of the...”
– Pablo Neruda
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Who IS Trainwreck W.?
“…I thought of all the grief and sadness and fucked up suffering in the...”
– Mysterious Skin
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"Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior"
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704111504576059713528698754.html
Bullshit. I had the most unorthodox Chinese mother ever and I turned out all right…(humour me please)
Midnight transit in Van. Phantasmagoric soap operas.
“I had a mango smoothie. Luxurious.” - Curly-haired Adonais on the 99
Girls in pastel trenches, 3-inch skirts and 5-inch heels. Boys with wandering eyes and hands.
A boy tossed out his stomach’s contents on the Canada Line back. I wanted so much to go up to him and ask if he’s doing okay. Instead, I closed my eyes,...
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“For what would be “beautiful” if contradiction had not first come to a...”
– Friedrich Nietzsche
