jari m

Tag: life and other tales

  • z

    Today I have reached my tolerance for work; yesterday I was beyond exhaustion. Tomorrow I will sleep before the dawn, and on the next I will carry the earth. Sooner or later I will run out of the words to say: I am tired.

  • “Fiction is a lie that tells us true things, over and over.”

  • TBL Book Review: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

    I suppose it provides some insight to this little thing called love: we don’t really know why we love something, we just do. And so Wonderland is enjoyable, even though taken apart it is the furthest thing from wonderful. Overall, it’s not just a little bit mad.

  • Books: Delta of Venus

    At least three people over the weekend have asked me: “What are you reading?” Without a wince, unapologetically and unashamedly I replied: “Porn.” Or perhaps more accurately I should have said erotica. Because that was what it was. Anaïs Nin’s Delta of Venus was a journey into the hot and bothered, into the sexual deviances and discoveries of…

  • …

    Also technically an unscheduled holiday because #MarioPH came and ruined all of my plans. I have done nothing the whole day but sleep and maybe study. A little bit.

  • TBL Book Review: The Giver (1993)

    The Giver (1993) follows a boy named Jonas through the thirteenth year of his life. The society has eliminated pain and strife by converting to “Sameness,” a plant that has also eradicated emotional depth from their lives. Jonas is selected to inherit the position of Receiver of Memory, the person who stores all the past…

  • There are days when I wake up wishing I was a boy: less overt sexism, easier commute, more mobility. But then I imagine living under the pressure of both privilege and the machismo ideal, and I take it back. I like wearing dresses and rallying against oppression too much to give it up.

  • The Book List

    These books are ones I associate with turning points in my life: my foray into the rebellious, my love affair with the nonsensical, my enduring hunger for the philosophical. Some of the books here are so loved that I have two copies, one to read and one to cherish. Some of them aren’t even with…

  • UPMDC Vibes!

    Prepping for a lot of things, stressed out for a couple of reasons. But I am a super woman! So –time to study, pack my things and study some more!