John Vannai

‘Will you marry me? It’s risky, but you’d get...

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:25:42 +0100

‘Will you marry me? It’s risky, but you’d get fucked regularly.’ John Osborne, proposing to Penelope Gilliatt (she became his third wife).

gabbigeist: leftbehindandsour: Oh Manchester, so much to...

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:19:56 +0100

gabbigeist:

leftbehindandsour:

Oh Manchester, so much to answer for

Fresh lilaced moorland fields
Cannot hide the stolid stench of death

Nowadays my political militancy consists of sitting in front of the news saying ‘Bastards!’...

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:37:20 +0100

Nowadays my political militancy consists of sitting in front of the news saying ‘Bastards!’ periodically. Take UKIP for example. They’re like a fly in amber: nobody cares about the fly; only question is, ‘How the devil did the bastards get there?’ Then again, as far as I can tell I hate the lot of them, all British politicians, with their forced-down Greggs and shit-eating grins. Be thankful that at any given time only one of them can win.

"It’s for the touch, for the touch. After all we are only human beings down here and we could do with..."

Mon, 20 May 2013 02:12:08 +0100

“It’s for the touch, for the touch. After all we are only human beings down here and we could do with a lot more praise and comfort than we actually get. Earthling reassurance - it’s in permanently short supply, don’t you think? Be honest, brother. Lady, now tell the truth. When was the last time a fellow-Earther let you rest your head on their heart, caressed your cheek, and said things designed to make you feel deeply okay? It doesn’t happen often enough, does it. We’d all like it to happen a lot more often than it does. Can’t we do a deal? Oh boy (I bet you’re thinking), that head-on-heart stuff, whew, could I use a little of that.”

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Sun, 19 May 2013 18:17:41 +0100

- Innocence is just too kinky isn’t it? - Live bare...

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:50:00 +0100

- Innocence is just too kinky isn’t it?

- Live bare and barely.

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:36:13 +0100

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Fri, 17 May 2013 12:27:16 +0100

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Thu, 16 May 2013 20:51:00 +0100

confession: i really love the film dirty dancing

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:48:49 +0100

confession: i really love the film dirty dancing

easily one oh the greatest bobby d’s there are (sic).

Wed, 15 May 2013 22:25:17 +0100

easily one oh the greatest bobby d’s there are (sic).

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Tue, 14 May 2013 22:42:03 +0100

Scheherazade Tell me about the dream where we pull the bodies...

Tue, 14 May 2013 22:40:30 +0100

Scheherazade

Tell me about the dream where we pull the bodies out of the lake
and dress them in warm clothes again.
How it was late, and no one could sleep, the horses running
until they forget that they are horses.
It’s not like a tree where the roots have to end somewhere,
it’s more like a song on a policeman’s radio,
how we rolled up the carpet so we could dance, and the days
were bright red, and every time we kissed there was another apple
to slice into pieces.
Look at the light through the windowpane. That means it’s noon, that means
we’re inconsolable.
Tell me how all this, and love too, will ruin us.
These, our bodies, possessed by light.
Tell me we’ll never get used to it.

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Tue, 14 May 2013 15:25:30 +0100

B.B. King - The Thrill Is Gone (1969 Single Version)

Tue, 14 May 2013 00:10:52 +0100

B.B. King - The Thrill Is Gone (1969 Single Version)

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Sat, 11 May 2013 19:26:33 +0100

"I used to think of marriage as a plate-glass window just begging for a brick. The self-exhibition,..."

Sat, 11 May 2013 13:45:51 +0100

“I used to think of marriage as a plate-glass window just begging for a brick. The self-exhibition, the self-satisfaction, smarmimess, tightness, tight-arsedness. The way married couples go out in fours like a pantomime horse, the men walking together at the front, the women trailing a little way behind. The men fetching the gin and tonics from the bar while the women take their handbags to the toilet. I doesn’t have to be like that but mostly it is.”

- Jeanette Winterson - from Written on the Body.

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Fri, 10 May 2013 17:32:56 +0100

How is your novel coming along?

Thu, 09 May 2013 12:12:26 +0100

look dad, we’ve been over this, these things take time alright; you’ve got to work your way through, find the feeling tone you know? - and no dad, i don’t agree with you that i’m wasting my life; besides, the law appalls me while medicine simply frightens, and don’t get me started on business. the thing’ll be finished when it’s finished; and another thing dad! i rather think bullying or prying into my life vicariously through some nice unsuspecting tumblrer very insulting. grr and growl.

- aham, sorry, only playing… it’s coming along nicely, thanks for asking. how are you?

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Thu, 09 May 2013 11:49:00 +0100