Wedded To The City Part One

"I had already seen more blood and death than I cared for, and I felt we were wrong to be dishing out such violence against civilians. Still, I thought our military presence was justified in Iraq. I still believed that we were there to eradicate terrorism, but that the villains had simply not yet shown their faces. Sooner or later, I thought, we would catch them... I did what I was told and kept my mouth shut."
Joshua Key, The Deserter's Tale.


Amazing what you can do on a mobile phone.


She could make a shopping list sing; and explored the everyday. His interest in biography was long gone. The merging confusions of the city were all that mattered now. Wedded to the city, married to its fabric; he had become the crumbling pathway in an inner-city corner, the comfortable drift of paper and the fences offering poor security; it being unclear what purpose they served.

The towers of despair were only blocks away; an unclear distance. Jesus they're all fucked up; he thought, staring at a fat girl who had picked her face to pieces; hanging with her junky boyfriend outside the station; arguing, waiting for something; suddenly heading off in a hurry; their self-contained drama leaving them oblivious to the scornful eyes of others in the crowd.

But next to them. And next to them. The whole city had suddenly rotted in its fabric and everyone was off their scones; diseased and dissembling; they were all falling apart. Health had terminally declined.
They laughed and their teeth were missing. No one could afford the dentist. And the politicians kept on boasting of an economic boom. And wondered why the world was angry with them.


THE BIGGER STORY:

The airline was One To Go; which we used to get to Phuket in January. i thought they were great; and cheap. You can fly anywhere in Thailand for $70.00.

ABC:

A total of 55 foreigners, including one Australian, have been confirmed among the 88 people killed after a budget Thai airliner crashed whilst attempting to land on the resort island of Phuket yesterday.

The family of a Queensland man killed in the crash has been notified of his death.

A Perth man who lives in Thailand is currently recovering from injuries and burns after surviving the horrific incident

According to the airline president two black boxes have been located at the scene of the crash, which occurred at about 4:00pm local time on Sunday during torrential rain.