bury me in this dress

I’m a big fan of Wong Kar-Wai so let me post this forwarded email.

Things Wong Kar-wai Taught Me About Love
by Alice Dallow

1. Requited love is an impossibility.

2. You will fall in love only once. Obstacles will
prevail. The rest of your life is spent recovering.

3. Eroticising their possessions will be the pinnacle
of your sexual fulfilment.

4. Anything that distracts you from the pain of your
loss is good. Some people are more successful in this
regard than others.

5. Hook up with someone. Live with them. Sleep with
them. Tag along. Don’t be fooled. You are only a
transitory distraction. Ask for commitment. Declare
your love. Watch the set up evaporate.

6. The most potent way to exist is to occupy someone
else’s imagination.

7. Desire is kept eternally alive by the impossibility
of contact.

8. Modern communication enabling technologies will
only heighten your sense of desolation by making you
more keenly aware of the fact that no one is trying to
call.

(Alice Dallow is a long time fan of Wong Kar-wai’s
films. In her spare time she makes shorts films and
music clips.)

Damn! I’m almost broke again. I spent most of my salary trying to pay my credit card bills. I also bought some CDs (Strawberry Switchblade, B-Movie, and Regina Spektor’s Begin to Hope) and a DVD (my favorite, Heartburn) Sunday night at the Podium. We were at that mall because it was my cousin Paul’s birthday treat for us. We ate good food at Burgoo. After that, we had desserts at Goodies and Sweets. Oh I digressed again.

I’m already working but money is still elusive to me. I forgot when the next salary will be released. I hope it’s this week. I really need cash.