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posted at 04:44 pm on 03-05-2008
I think I preferred writing the fanzine to people reading it. The whole social process of distributing the things and recieving feedback has been totally overwhelming, and I don't think I've suffered nearly half the fallout yet. Last night I got very, very drunk at white heat and gave them to a selection of tastemaker types, people who looked cool, and people who happened to stand next to me when I was drunk. I know I'm supposed to want people to read my words but the thought of people doing just that makes me feel physically ill. I hate self promotion. I think this is why I'm slipping back into my bad old ways, alcohol wise. I spent most of today twitching involuntarily and trying not to throw up. I can't wait to lock myself away and write issue two... except that issue two is going to involve the potentially rewarding yet extremely stressful process of Taking Other Writers On Board. I have always envisioned my fanzine - which by the way, I eventually want to be a proper magazine - as a home for already established writers who've become disenfranchised, and it looks as though I will get my wish. I knew I would get places by pitching it as an opportunity to have work published unedited, (except for typos and factual). The two writers I'm currently talking to are people I really respect. I don't want to name names yet in case it doesn't come off, but it's looking good. But it's also a major source of stress and worry. I want to do this, but I am going to have to be careful it doesn't make me ill again.
I created a new music blog ---> http://bloga45.blogspot.com
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posted at 03:41 pm on 01-27-2008
Last night, approximately 2am, an absurdly tall and skinny short haired female creature is curled up in a ball by the side of the Hackney Road, with her fingers in her ears. Her friend helps her up and calmly escorts her to the bus stop. On the way home they go to the twenty four hour tesco and she buys her favourite gluten free food stuffs. She sleeps on his floor under a white fur trimmed red blanket.
I have known Dan since the day before my fifteenth birthday and have never understood quite what about me it is about me that makes it all worthwhile for him, why he feels compelled to look after me. Apart from that I keep him entertained and tell him things about music.
The thing I value the most is that he does not treat it as a disaster if i melt, and I never worry I will lose his friendship for it.
That is all I want to write - just a short tribute to my top favourite person.
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gluten free diaries
posted at 12:19 pm on 12-30-2007
Warning - this may not make immediate sense. I do not believe, so far, that the gluten free diet does what its supposed to for us. However, I like it and plan to stay on it.
To summarise its effect on me after a month - I have all the exact same social problems I did before. But now I feel AMAZING. At some points I believe I may even have come off as 'annoyingly chipper'. Rather than feeling burdened with my AS, I wake up and thank the lord for being so super high functioning. Yes really.
I'm not a scientist, (my obsessions are all to do with cultural stuff) so I can't really explain it. But i like it a lot.
Hint - gluten free bread is MUCH better toasted.
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Journalism ism ism
posted at 05:53 pm on 12-19-2007
I got the concept for my magazine about a week ago. I can't even remember how I thought it up, but once I did it seemed ridiculously obvious. Its a guide to all the seven inch singles that will come out over the next month. All the limited ed., indie label, coloured vinyl, heavy vinyl, ridiculously packaged, incredibly cool seven inch releases! I will run label profiles and interview key bands. Its going to be literally amazing. I have sent off about fifty messages to record labels already and got a good response. I'me going to do the first one to cover february, because its a very exciting month, Xerox Teens, Kap Bambino and Fanfarlo are all releasing singles on the same day. I am far too excited about this.
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