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The mind is an incredibly complex piece of bio-machinery, the extent of which I am not going to even pretend to understand. It translates sensations and inputs into our senses and then triggers the release of chemicals to guide how we feel about a thing. Memory is then a separate kettle of fish, which can be completely divorced from the feelings that were felt at the time of an event. Hindsight being 20/20 and reliving a memory with rose coloured glasses are common preconcept

There are degrees to being from the Country in Australia. I grew up in Woolgoolga, a small coastal town of about 5,000 people situated about 25 kilometers north of Coffs Harbour. Going to boarding school in Sydney, I was sorted into the category of being from the Country and was considered the same level of country as the kid who grew up on a station outside of Tibooburra who literally had to travel for multiple days to get to Sydney. The point is that the term Country, at le

Tell me what you want, what you really, really want. Oh, I’ll tell you what I want, what I really, really want. – Spice Girls Desire can mean any number of things and changes from person to person, minute by minute. At their essence, a desire is a personal want that is communicated to the wider world in a variety of different ways, be it through actions, body language, emotions or by someone straight up saying what they want (known as the Spice Girl approach). You can have mu

Friday nights hold a special place in capitalistic society. They spell the end of the traditional workweek and give the general populace the heady promise of having a solid two days away from the corporate overloads who only see their workers as serfs to be exploited. But I digress, this isn’t a political manifesto, rather Fridays are a promise, they are untapped potential, they are a blank slate that can be filled with a myriad of activities where the repercussions and conse

To have a crush on someone is one of subjectivity and has its roots in the feeling of being overwhelmed or ‘broken down’ emotionally with the metaphorical weight of the heart collapsing under the pressure of someone’s overwhelming existence. Therefore the stirrings of a crush exists as a form of infatuation. It is not surprising that the term plays so well as the name of The Brightside’s four volume series where local bands with modest followings get to perform on a Thursday

Serendipity is a funny word, because it really just takes chance, probability and randomness and applies a subjective positive mental framework to the results. Afterall, whether something is considered a good or bad outcome of a random occurrence is inherently subjective and personal. The combination of doomscrolling, the influence of a band that broke up a couple of years ago and a cob loaf all came together to produce a magical night out. This is the real world story of ser