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“If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn’t. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn’t be. And what it wouldn’t be, it would. You see?”"

I think I’ll start with a list, I’m a big fan of lists, breaking things down so I dont stumble over my words trying to put my thoughts into sentences.

grammer and spelling upset me

Christmas lists, to do lists, wants and needs, ideas for my work.. This one will be simple and a good way to launch me into a series of inarticulate and scrambled blog posts to come “likes and dislikes”..

LIKE

  • Taxidermy
  • Jasmine plants
  • daisies
  • lemonade
  • spearmint leaves and licorice all sorts
  • licorice
  • eggplant
  • wunderkrammen
  • tofu
  • vanilla soy milk
  • marianette puppetry
  • catching strangers smiling to themselves on the train
  • trying to figure out what they are smiling about
  • etching
  • aquatints
  • kiki Smith
  • Paula rego
  • cats
  • beige
  • elven ears
  • the virgin suicides
  • kirsten dunst
  • charlotte gainsbourg
  • my bloody valentine
  • brian jonestown massacre
  • red foxes
  • baby rabbits ears
  • rice paper rolls
  • christmas trees
  • table manners
  • frangelico
  • boys with clean hair and nice shoes
  • lady grey tea
  • dandelions
  • kiki smith’s drawings of dandelions
  • circus
  • harlequins
  • nice nick names
  • dusty and scrappy taxidermy
  • victorian taxidermy bird trees
  • geoffry ricardo’s work
  • geoffreys back yard
  • fantasizing about my apartment to come
  • sililoques
  • sylvia plath
  • the magic faraway tree
  • “withnail and i”
  • getting drunk and quoting “withnail and i”

Just a few..now down to business…

DISLIKES

  • noisy eaters
  • circus animals
  • rascism
  • packed trains full of football fans
  • the sound of bananas being eaten
  • “cool” kids
  • anxiety attacks
  • foul bitten plates
  • insuffiecient funds
  • cold hands
  • pins and needles
  • nausea
  • being allergic to MSG
  • people ‘mad dogging’ me
  • due dates
  • mould in tea cups
  • dirty spoons
  • dirty sinks
  • waiting for trains
  • revolver bar
  • waking up with a feeling a got too drunk and took a further chunk from my dignity
  • relationship quarrels
  • ‘missing’ signs

Theres lots more but I’m in a pretty good mood and don’t want to think about my dislikes any longer.

Sincerly, Tessa claire Mcdonnell.

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