Never Walked In High Heels

The Limits of Imagination

admin — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:04:26 +0000

A good friend teaches at a London drama school and recently decided that during the next term, his students would being doing a project on the events of 9/11. However, as he’s been preparing for the summer term for a few months now, he’s had time to look for plays and scripts regarding the matter, [...]

Operating instructions for the Human Imagination

admin — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 06:50:03 +0000

As a writer I spend a good number of my days in sweats and staring blankly at my computer screen. I am told that this is normal, that this is part of the creative process, and that I must learn to love the blank screen days as much any other day of writing. But here’s [...]

Boys

admin — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 08:10:40 +0000

He takes a lighter to the rum soaked picture of Mary and Baby Jesus and the paper bursts into flame. He then grabs my iPhone. “OK, I can film it from this angle and we don’t have to get the BBQ stand at all. It’s quite a good shot really.”  “Great, let’s do that.” I [...]

A Lithuanian, a Moroccan, and a Cripple All Walk into a Tattoo Parlor

admin — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:43:08 +0000

No joke. This was how I spent last Tuesday night. A friend of mine had flow in from Morocco days before and, not trusting anyone in Africa to stick inked needles in her arm, decided that London would be the ideal place to get a tattoo. More precisely she chose Deptford. Those of you who [...]

Nonchalance

admin — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:24:18 +0000

Over the past two or three years I’ve been through a lot. Financial complications, difficulty obtaining my visa, assistants who pick up and leave in the middle of the night, lawsuits due to accessibility violations, the list goes on. Like so many others in life, it has been matter of flitting from one crisis to [...]

The Roommate Position

admin — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 08:00:08 +0000

I have lived with more than thirty five people in the past seven years. That works out to be a new roommate about every other month. Of course when I say “roommate” I really mean “life companion.” These are the people who fix my meals, help me dress in the morning, act as my [...]

Hearing but not Listening

admin — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 07:01:20 +0000

Hearing, but not Listening From the second I got into the cab I knew we were in trouble. The driver would ask me a question and then answer it himself rather than wait for my response in his typically cheery south London way. He kept repeating that my address, the destination I had in [...]

Merry Christmas!

admin — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 07:01:32 +0000

We will be back January 7 2013 with all sorts of stories and surprises.

Pet II: Revenge of the Beta Fish

admin — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 07:02:51 +0000

As many of you are no doubt aware, I received a Beta fish last July from as a well meaning (if somewhat misdirected) thank you. At first I was worried that I was going to kill the darn thing, a common fear of mine whenever I inherit another living organism. It has been a number [...]

The Ikea Fantasy

admin — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 07:01:22 +0000

This morning the mail landed with a thud from the slot in my front door. This was preceded by my dear roommate squealing with joy and running into the living room. I quickly looked at the calendar and registered the smell of autumn in the air. These signs added together could only mean one [...]