lost bird

month

July 2010

71 posts

i just bought a suitcase

ali confronts a bear.

BACKGROUND TO THIS: I’m reading a guide for hiking up Half Dome in Yosemite and this part got my attention. ”If you see a bear, act immediately to scare it away: make as much noise as possible by yelling. If there is more than one person, stand together to present a more intimidating figure, but do not surround the bear.” My friend Simon then said “I would LOVE to see...

20th sept 2010 - 24th sept 2010 i’m currently checking the costs of 5 days in yosemite hire a car from san fran arrive at yosemite… starting with 1 day of a beginners outdoor rock climbing course then hopefully meet people maybe go hiking or hire a bike drive back to san fran on 24th sept go to see BAND OF HORSES in berkeley that evening! end result: argh, i need more money or a travel...

mr-kite: Girl Inform Me by The Shins

“So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the...”

– Chris McCandless (Fairbanks, Alaska)

asifellasleep asked: Hey! I just wanted to say I think that it's amazing that you're moving to New Zealand & essentially starting again. Sometimes I forget that we do have control over our lives. I love remembering that if we're brave enough we can make changes, be they small or big. Thank you for being a reminder, hopefully I will be brave enough to make changes & go for experiences as well.

vaax asked: I just wanted to say that I love Ghosts (that Are Not Ghosts). It's a wonderful album. I love singing it. I hope this helps make your day a bit more cheery. :)

Anonymous asked: where did you live before you moved to london?

“this god damn house” by the low anthem

excited! (again)

i’ve just booked my ferry and train from wellington to christchurch for october…. should be a long and scenic journey… eek!

thank-you tumblrs

for saying kind and confidence-building things about that song i posted i will play it at my gig on sunday because of you i am very nervous these days ;)

this is probably not so good, but in a moment of foolhardy boldness…. this is a new version of an old(ish) song that i wrote… i wondered what you thought? the harmonica playin’ needs some work… but it is the song/the version okay for a gig this sunday?

(via sneedroig) i can’t stop listening to...

swerves: Asleep - The Smiths We accept the...

maybe i'll move to Christchurch rather than...

i’m just not sure…. *shrug* i guess i’ll go see both

the-rza asked: If the world was cruel and you could only have:
- one album
- one book
- one movie
- one object

what would they be?

do you ever just wake up some mornings and sort of...

i have realised that where i was born in May and for me (as i grew up in england) it has always been a birthday at the end of spring or the start of summer, i have now realised that as i was born in new zealand - i was actually born at the beginning of the autumn, and this seems to make much more sense about why i am the way i am. although i can’t explain it.

Anonymous asked: Goodness gracious, I just listened to a few of your songs while reading some of your posts and you truly are amazing. There aren't many people like you in this world, keep doing what you're doing. It's inspiring. x

vaax asked: Didn't you post something about having your music on iTunes? I wanna check it out and I would like to know what name it's classified under. Thank you, have a wonderful day.

why are people so mean?

i try not to let my moods affect my posts, but c’mon… sometimes i get knots inside of me, when i’ve been no harm at all.

“the best thing to hold onto in life is each other”

– audrey hepburn

i go rock climbing soon, i’m gonna have BIG guns (biceps). [ this was just a joke; this is not actually a life mission of mine ] [ but i am going rock climbing…. it’s fun, except i can’t hold on for long after i’ve been there for about an hour, because i am weak maybe ] [ i prefer being the skinny ragamuffin in life, it looks better with a guitar ] [ but my twin...

today before i sleep

i am thinking of a row boat upside down on some far away beach a nest of razor blade grass between the sandy dunes maybe it’s that sort of early morning the one where you can tell just from the stillness before sunrise has stretched its rays to warm the world the silence says that everyone is still asleep or maybe someone tip-toes across a stone kitchen floor to the coffee tin the pale grey...

two things that annoy me

1. your = possessive you’re = you are 2. i keep hearing people misusing the word ‘literally’….. please stop this. particularly uneducated english tv presenters…. for example: someone who is describing how scared they were should NOT say “i was literally shitting myself….” unless that’s what they actually mean, which i doubt.

something i wrote upon my palms when i was on the...

rock n roll clubs in Paris with a stale stench of cigarettes graffiti on the walls some nights there were no crowds others - they just talked too loud it’s not because, it’s just i was empty i was nothingness even if they could have dug me it would have been much worse i think that, errrm, here is what i’ve learnt: in the books, i read a lost protagonist and there is me i cannot...

MusicFestNW, Portland, Oregon

Okkervil River………. …………………..The National…….. ….The Tallest Man on Earth……… ……………………..AA Bondy……….. …….Decemberists…….. http://musicfestnw.com/ And I have just bought my tickets and booked my hostel! Eeek. ...

“You must be the change you want to see in the world”

– Mahatma Gandhi

sometimes i sit up in bed

and look down at my feet and i think “they are a long way away” but not often.

untitled nonsense.

when somebody loves you at the times that you don’t love yourself maybe they’re the sort of person you should treat a little better maybe, ultimately, they’re the sort for you - in the long run y’know…. for happiness’ sake because what folks don’t tend to really realise is that we will all be old someday picture it. imagine that of yourself. and that sadly...

“Love purifies. Suffering never purified anybody; suffering merely intensifies...”

– Harper Lee (from the essay Love - In Other Words)