Monthly Archives: October 2010

looking at the mountain

Posted on October 28, 2010 by rustichello

I so love the mornings, here underneath the escarpment, especially when it has rained a little in the night and the sun catches the wet rocks making them sparkle yellow. It makes it worthwhile to get up and watch the … Continue reading →

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a long hard look at myself…

Posted on October 27, 2010 by rustichello

And it wasn’t too bad, I did a fitness test yesterday and it wasn’t catastrophic. I believe my friendly Gymdude, who administered the test, used the words: “reasonable level of fitness.” I could have kissed his pecs at that point.And … Continue reading →

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Freedom of Corrections?

Posted on October 26, 2010 by rustichello

There’s been a lot of conversation around Jonathan Franzen’s new novel Freedom. I haven’t read it, oddly enough I just can’t get that interested in big bourgeois novels at present thanks to a terrible overdose by means of Infinite Jest, … Continue reading →

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Falklands Ho!

Posted on October 25, 2010 by rustichello

My mate Andy and I are planning a trip to the Falkland Islands in February March 2012, for what reason I’m not sure. Something to do with recognising twenty years since the war but also something about political awareness. Perhaps … Continue reading →

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Loving Mick Taylor

Posted on October 24, 2010 by rustichello

I watched Ladies and Gentlemen, The Rolling Stones at the weekend and it is by some distance the best in concert film I’ve watched the Stones, though obviously it doesn’t have the frisson of Altamont. It is about seven hundred … Continue reading →

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