I can’t sleep. It’s after 2am now, and still I’m lying here wide awake, staring at the darkness, listening to the silence. It won’t leave my mind, won’t give me peace, and I am powerless. At the mercy of my own thoughts, tormented by my own mind. When I feel hard done by, or wronged [...]
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I fail to understand the point of insects. Some insects, I suppose, have a purpose, but only insomuch as they are there to keep down the population of other insects. Ladybirds, for example, dispose of greenfly, which is a point strongly in favour of their existence. Britain apparently suffered a greenfly invasion this summer, specifically [...]
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Oh, God, seriously. Have mercy. I am sitting here actually anticipating the pain that will follow when the anaesthetic wears off. Not only did I receive a filling, but also the delight that is the scrapey-scrubby process of having my teeth “Cleaned”. That’s not just cleaned (with your toothbrush), but “Cleaned” (by a pro). I [...]
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Oh, I say brightly, taking off my coat, This is all different from how I remember it! The dental nurse gives me a knowing smile. Well then, she says, equally brightly, it must be well over a year since you’ve been here, then, since that’s when we changed it all. Damn. Walked right into that [...]
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I met up with some old schoolfriends last night for dinner and ten pin bowling (another thing ticked off my 101 Things list! And yes – I am as rubbish as I remembered being), and it was really funny to be sitting there as “adults”, nearly ten years after leaving Sixth Form – especially since [...]
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Before I go to bed, I like to unwind and switch my brain off from work or socialising by either watching a TV show or playing an online game. At the moment, my favourite is Reversi. I play it on a site where there’s a chat feature, and it generally annoys me when people try [...]
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I hate shopping. I have never, ever been able to understand why the majority of women see shopping as a good thing – not only “not a bad thing”, but as an actual, positive, indulgent experience. Lots of women speak of “retail therapy” as something that will cheer them up and generally improve their moods [...]
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The Time Traveler’s Wife was not a disappointment. Hurrah! I think this may be my favourite book (or at least, one of them!), so I was understandably nervous about seeing the movie. What if they wrecked it? What if Henry and Clare didn’t look like Henry and Clare? I worry about these things, you know. [...]
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The thing about break-ups is that they throw you, very suddenly, back into the life that you were once quite comfortable with – so it shouldn’t be too big a deal, right? Only now you’re not used to it any more, and it can be a really huge transition to make. When you’ve had someone [...]
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If you think there’s nothing wrong when a woman (crying) says “nothing’s wrong”, If you feel obliged to mock a sexy male singer though secretly you like his songs, If you can spend the day with your games console and truly believe it’s a day well spent, If sitting on the toilet with a book [...]
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You Say Goodbye, I Say… Historical Snapshots It Just Makes Me Happy
