around the same time i decided to publish The Book, i bought a new vespa too. and by ‘bought a new vespa’ i meant buying a vespa that is new. 2007 issue. but the newness is not the point. what is the point. off all this shit. the shit is the relationship i had withContinue reading “Tante Sophie”
Category Archives: Ruminations
kritisisme anyar
dialog sing asale soko blog favoritku iki (tulisan nang ngisor iki luwih iso dinikmati nang kono): anggoro gunawan: ing basa jawa, tembung kriya (kata kerja) iku ora kaya basa inggris sing nduwèni wektu. tembung turu, mbok saiki, wingi, sesuk, utawa kapan waè tetep “turu.” beda karo sleep, slept, sleep. wong jawa mataraman sing akrab karoContinue reading “kritisisme anyar”
L=A+N-G+UxA:G=E
when it rains it’s the same everywhere. the loud bullets of raindrops on my shoulder as i get out of the centre culturel : the mango tree nods its wide leaves and lets the rain water bend its back like a swimmer on his starting block, then fall, to the steaming earth. the earth, you,Continue reading “L=A+N-G+UxA:G=E”
futcha
dreaming of my future books, i always imagine nothing is written on the french flaps. (my future books will always have french flaps.) no biography, no blurbs from michael ondaatje, nothing. maybe just a picture of an amazonian kid with his pet lizard that i ripped off nat geo and i keep in my wallet.Continue reading “futcha”
it’s a read-off!
i’m reading several books at once. i digress a lot when i talk to people, when i write, so why not when i read? it’s not like i haven’t been doing it all my life anyway. but i met jj for lunch at tim and he told me he’s writing 18 books all at onceContinue reading “it’s a read-off!”
mereka-reka
aku semakin tidak memerlukanmu sejak aku bertemu mereka dan aku mulai bisa lebih jujur kepada semua yang lebih nyata.
tentang mengulas pèlem
Rating: ★ Category: Movies Genre: Other im just moving all this stuff from dunia-film@yahoogroups.com because i just found out this: ‘apalagi ini milis eksklusif. tidak semua orang bisa masuk milis ini. hanya orang2 yang benar2 terlibat secara langsung dengan dunia perfilman. jadi, milis ini sangat eksklusif, hanya penulis dan pekerja film yang bisa masuk. danContinue reading “tentang mengulas pèlem”
PostSecret
today i bought goenawan mohamad’s on god & other unfinished things (the laksmi pamuntjak translation) and back at home i jerked off to aphorism no. 69.
More honesty you don’t need/more of me repeating myself repeating myself myself myself
«And one night I woke up in room A007 and went straight to my desk (so fast I almost went at it), opened a notebook my mom had left me on her last visit when she threw a full good box of Honey Crunch cereal down the sink, one of the many drug companies’ giftsContinue reading “More honesty you don’t need/more of me repeating myself repeating myself myself myself”
return to sender, sender not cool enough*
dear mr. darnielle, like the best (worst?) of us, my fingers often, automaton-like, type random, stream-of-boredom, things in the google search and see what the web trap and prepare for us to consume this time. in the past two years i often type jakarta, followed by + then other things that might pass my mind:Continue reading “return to sender, sender not cool enough*”
Divagyrations 