My personal trainer, in Pakistan, told me, wide-eyed, that it’s such a strange coincidence, all of my clients seem to know each other! Such is class in Pakistan, especially Lahore. I didn’t say it, as a small tentacle of the octopus, but: Even today, amidst complaints about the nouveau riche, the Pakistani and especially Lahori, […]
Sacred calling
It’s so bad, Allah forgive me, but for me Buddhism is very interesting. You know, I really like the teaching. It speaks to my heart. My favourite Buddhist teaching is that life is terrible. So true.
A well-rounded education
I told her, don’t have a child. Adopt. There are too many people on this planet. I told her, I travel a lot. China, Uzbekistan, Europe. I travel a lot. She should just tell me what she wants. Ethnicity, gender. I’ll get one. I’ll get all the paperwork. All the legal paperwork. I told her, […]
A quiet, weary tone
You don’t have to look like a lumberjack.
Absurdism
I was so angry I went to my room with my iPad. X told me he is reading a book by Albert Camus. He said Albert Camus writes absurdism. So I looked for an absurdist film to watch on Netflix. Then I fell asleep.
Samosas on a train
A message received. I had such a profound dream last night. Saw X and myself on a train in Australia in bikinis and eating samosas. I did eat one yesterday actually after I got my Indian groceries. It was a terribly fat samosa.
Indeed
From Metafilter, on the American Dream.
New identity
A friend, contemplating the stock markets: I hereby dissociate myself from humanity. I am going to self-identify as a coronavirus.
Flash of irritation
Today is a day when my nerves are always a bit raw, though less so this year than in previous years. Felt a flash of irritation when I saw someone has posted on Facebook the most irritating circumlocution for “died” that I’ve seen in a while: “Today is the day when xxx moved to a […]
Out of place
Startled to receive the following rather kawai message from a morose Finn regarding a cafe excursion: I osowan!