Posts for Sebastian


So… I bought a house

From Sebastian
January 29, 2012 at 9:03 pm
I have been alluding to this for a while, but a while ago — before I moved to the US for a few months — I bought a house. The arrangement is fairly complex, but basically ... (more)

Three Thanksgivings

From Sebastian
January 5, 2012 at 7:52 pm
I started writing this post on December 8, almost one month ago. I meant to finish it while flying home, but… that didn’t happen. I then meant to finish it after I ... (more)

On making friends, Mahler, Virginia, and a lovely bit of priest

From Sebastian
November 26, 2011 at 11:05 pm
It’s a long weekend here in America, thanks to Thanksgiving — but as I don’t have any friends or family to spend it with, I’m just lounging around, sunbathing, ... (more)

Praise Jesus! And zombies and road trips…

From Sebastian
October 23, 2011 at 9:54 pm
I had originally intended for this to be some epic catch-up post that chronicled the last two weeks of blog silence. A lot has happened, after all, including a run-in with Our ... (more)

Americans are big meanies

From Sebastian
October 2, 2011 at 4:02 pm
This was going to be a lovely story about two large-hearted, generous Texans who gave me free tickets to see a very cool concert in Asbury Park tonight (Portishead!) — but ... (more)

Ocean Grove pier and Asbury Park gayness

From Sebastian
September 29, 2011 at 5:50 pm
Almost through my first whole week of living alone! It’s very odd, cooking three hot meals per day instead of just one. I’ve done it before — at university — ... (more)

The rigors of living alone

From Sebastian
September 26, 2011 at 8:09 pm
Who knew that living alone was so difficult… and yet so delightful? I’ve only been alone for three days, but I can already tell that I love it, if only for lack of ... (more)

Ocean Grove, New Jersey

From Sebastian
September 24, 2011 at 1:26 am
Again, as I write this, I am on a plane — but this time I am flying from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey. By the time I post this I’ll be at my ocean-front apartment ... (more)

To America! (a week overdue)

From Sebastian
September 17, 2011 at 12:55 pm
As I write this, I am sitting on a plane heading to Los Angeles. I am the proud recipient of an upgrade, too, as I didn’t physically fit in my previous seat — so the ... (more)

New glasses

From Sebastian
July 31, 2011 at 5:59 pm
I’ve had the same pair of glasses (frames) for about 7 years. I’ve only ever had two pairs of glasses, in fact, but I lost the first pair when I was about 20… ... (more)

The problem with the media: you

From Sebastian
July 17, 2011 at 5:33 pm
By now you have probably heard about the phone hacking scandal that has swept across the United Kingdom and shut down the world’s most popular English-language paper: the ... (more)

Berlin (June 2011)

From Sebastian
July 3, 2011 at 4:21 pm
Berlin is not an exciting city — but at the same time, you’d be hard stretched to find a city that’s nicer than Berlin — or indeed, a city with more modern ... (more)

New York (May 2011)

From Sebastian
July 3, 2011 at 4:16 pm
I ain’t dead! An American once scolded me for using “ain’t”, actually. The cheek of it. I had actually hoped to update this blog a couple of weeks ago, ... (more)

The Roger (#82/365)

From Sebastian
May 23, 2011 at 5:25 pm
In New York, I stayed at a hotel called Hotel Roger William… but they like to call themselves ‘The Roger’. Does American English not contain the phrase ‘to ... (more)

Foot (#81/365)

From Sebastian
May 2, 2011 at 3:37 pm
It’s actually been so long since I last uploaded a photo that I’ve forgotten how to use Photoshop! How embarrassing. (Not that I edit my photos much, but…) I’m ... (more)

How to write less like an ape and more like a human (part 1)

From Sebastian
April 30, 2011 at 1:24 pm
It has slowly and insidiously come to my attention, over the last two years of ‘pro’ writing, that most bloggers seriously struggle to compose cogent sentences that ... (more)

Yoga-me-not (#80/365)

From Sebastian
April 17, 2011 at 9:29 am
Just moments before this photograph was taken, Sebastian realised that the grass was still rather wet with morning dew. Yesterday [This image was originally uploaded to Flickr] [Post ... (more)

72 hours (#79/365)

From Sebastian
April 14, 2011 at 7:46 pm
The last three days have been the craziest, most humbling and mind-blowing days of my life. As I alluded to in the previous photo, I was looking for a new job — because ... (more)

Harried and hairy (#78/365)

From Sebastian
April 8, 2011 at 1:09 pm
It’s been a bit quiet around these parts — and, of course, vice-versa, things in real life have been anything but! [I'm not actually as disgruntled as I look in this ... (more)

Gay druid (#77/365)

From Sebastian
April 4, 2011 at 6:59 am
… Yesterday [This image was originally uploaded to Flickr] [Post link: Gay druid (#77/365)] Related posts:My best angle (#72/365) A bit naked (#58/365) Blue (da ba ... (more)

Plug In. (#76/365)

From Sebastian
March 31, 2011 at 9:13 am
I had originally intended to just stand in front of the camera and take a photo of my new t-shirt… but the resulting photo was duller than a nunnery. I went to get one of ... (more)

My creation… is complete!!! (#75/365)

From Sebastian
March 28, 2011 at 8:50 am
Perhaps I should give up my writing job and paint insane-looking froghugmonsters instead… Yesterday [This image was originally uploaded to Flickr] [Post link: My creation… ... (more)

Daffodils (#74/365)

From Sebastian
March 27, 2011 at 9:49 am
No daffodils were harmed in the making of this photograph. (The bent ones in the foreground were like that before I got there!) I’m going to try and take a few more early-morning ... (more)

My cupcake (#73/365)

From Sebastian
March 23, 2011 at 12:15 pm
A couple of days ago I made cupcakes. Marshmallow cupcakes to be precise. Rather worryingly, I’ve also discovered that I share quite a few traits for my marshmallow cupcakes. I’m ... (more)

My best angle (#72/365)

From Sebastian
March 21, 2011 at 12:36 pm
… ha, ha, ha. I originally wanted this to be just my eyes and forehead, but my face just wouldn’t comply! I took about 20 photos, and this was the best — a ... (more)