I am not much of an optimist. I may cross my fingers and pretend to observe some divine and sclerotic laws — universal guiding principles that dictate the motions of the cosmos — but it is nothing more than the affectation of the primeval ethos. I am beside myself.

It’s funny how I associate a certain song with us. It is also funny how we are unable to perceive and thus, to value what is in front of us. I am sorry. But in my defence, and yours surely, it is rather easy to forget the vicissitudes of life; we take things for granted.…

To-day I received in the mail Apple’s video iPod. As tradition dictates, I have named it γραικύλος — grécaillon (fr), græculus (la). Though I am not what I would call a visually-oriented individual — one need only conjure the short list of persons I have loved to confirm — I felt compelled to purchase this…

No tengo nada que decir; por ello no he escrito en tanto tiempo. Tampoco soy alguien – de menos ésto me gustaría creer – que escribe simplemente por escribir. A la vez, tengo el gran presentimiento de que todo lo que escribo aquí, nadie lo lee. No, no es sólo un presentimiento, tengo las pruebas.…

I am bitter, spiteful and jaded. And if I could, I would with celerity and alacrity eradicate the whole of that disgusting entity that is the human species.

I hate that blasted contraption that Americans and their cultural satellites call a cell phone and the rest of the world a mobile. It has, perhaps, irreparably altered the way human beings interact. What once would have been deemed antisocial if not rude, now is acceptable and I dare say, de rigueur. Every being who…

I am telectically driven; my destination, however bemuses me. It is as if I am driving down a meandering road, a deleterious phenomenon in itself, hoping to discover reason, a reason, any reason! Perhaps like some kamikazee insect, desirous of fulfilling its fate, a comet spiralling out of control, splattering its gusts and life over…