Lubricate your eyeballs

July 26, 2009

Dear Vessal,

Congratulations on recently turning 25 – wow! That’s awesome. It’s such a fantastic age to be. But also, I’m afraid, an age of robust introspection and rampant bewilderment. Some questions that may have flittered across your mind’s eye of late are sure to have included the following:

a) What am I doing with my life?
b) Do I have any prospect of succeeding in what I really want to be doing?
c) Am I good enough?
d) What is art?
e) Is art important? (as deemed by Nicole Kidman at the 2003 Academy Awards)
f) Should I explore back-up career options?
g) What am I doing with my life?

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How to woo a pretty circus girl

July 7, 2009

1. First things first: You Are Interesting. As if that’s even debatable. How many people know where to source a tin monkey on a tricycle let alone think to send it to someone via snail mail? Hold this knowledge tight in your fist and keep your head high.

2. Pretend that you are already friends. If you and Carmel are already friends pretend you’re even better friends, like, besties. This might sound hard but it really helps. Delusion can be an ally.

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