I originally answered these questions in 2015 while recovering from a nervous breakdown. A lot has happened since then, so here is a second go at these questions. Your favourite virtue? Honesty and kindness Your favourite qualities in a man? Intelligence and benevolence Your favourite qualities in a woman? As above, plus tomboyishness with underlying … More Proust Questionnaire Revisited
Nobody will read this If they do, they will not understand If they do, they will not understand If they understand, they will not care Separated always By names, places, ideas Nobody cares or gets it Isolated on an island of my own Put here from birth, marooned I am an alien, you are not … More Poem – What’s the Point
Snivelling voice Encourages nothing Doubts everything I came from you A world emerged And spun away, crazily Different (operating) System; Potential genius
Graham Coxon from Blur originally answered these so I thought I’d have a go. What is your earliest childhood memory? Being ill at our old house and my dad bringing me some Oravite to drink (I think that’s how it was spelled) which was a sort of orange-flavoured pick-me-up. I don’t think they make it … More Questions
We are not the same as you But at least there is a ‘we’ You surf through the rule book You were handed at birth We are battered by waves, Lost in an unfriendly sea We go home alone with our thoughts While you sign up friends Associate with high-fliers, And party! Senses can be … More Poem – Tribe
Do I qualify? Will I find out at any point Before I die? So much we can talk about Face to face That’s all we need Not enough to occupy The raving brain Or fill in the silence
It’s easier to believe They are not real Than to realise They’re out to cause you agony
Cosmic birth act I emerged from you But what did you create? Chaos, confusion, self-loathing Isolation You’d no idea what you had done And really wished you hadn’t
‘DID YOU SEE WHAT THEY DID LAST NIGHT ON…’ ‘OH MY GOD, DID YOU SEE WHAT SHE WAS WEARING?’ ‘SO WE’RE MEETING AFTER WORK AT BABEZ BAR, YEAH? FREE DRINKS FIRST HOUR…?’ He walked into the bookstore. It was huge and cold but somehow always inviting. The wooden shelves stretched as far as the eye … More Story -Wood, Wine, Friends and Fiction
‘Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.’ (Soren Kirkegaard) I am presently being assessed for Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and this is part two of my diagnostic journey. You can read part two here Nobody likes waiting, do they? I bloody hate it. And while I flatter myself I’m more patient … More All About Me (Part Three) – My ASD Diagnostic Journey
