The Living Room

Sometimes you lose your address to find your shelter


March 2011

  • Lent, week 1: sigh no more.

    Serve God, love me and mend This is not the end I can’t listen to that album anymore without the ache of regret and broken desire coming back to close itself around my ribs It was the soundtrack of the October you loved me I’m sorry… I’m sorry… But now I understand that I wanted… Continue reading

  • Lent, week 1: sigh no more.

    Serve God, love me and mendThis is not the end I can’t listen to that albumanymore without the ache ofregret and broken desirecoming back to close itselfaround my ribsIt was the soundtrack of theOctober you loved me I’m sorry…I’m sorry… But now I understandthat I wanted you morefor what you never gave me(hold me, thrill… Continue reading

  • everything turns around.

    1. It’s Lent. Hence the color change to the blog, and hence why I’ve been rather quiet on Twitter and Facebook, those of you that are there. I’ve only been observing Lent for a few years, but it’s been getting more and more interesting the longer I do it. I’m not saying everyone has to… Continue reading

  • the living room recommends.

    Reading old books If anything, it forces you to slow down and actually think about what you’re reading, always a good thing. Even if your writer goes on random discourses on Waterloo (I’m looking at you, Victor Hugo). Punch Brothers covering Radiohead Punch Brothers is a band I like a whole lot, consisting of five… Continue reading