There are some things that men and women will only talk about when in same-sex company (or company they consider as good as same-sex). This wild and mysterious phenomenon is a fantastic way of ascertaining generally male and female characteristics. For example; when you have a number of men in a room who have receded [...]
Archive for April, 2008
A Cock and Hen Debate
April 27, 2008
Hi my name is ****, and I am… hey nice shoes!
April 26, 2008
There is a moment in an addict’s life where something either trivial or significant flicks the switch in the head transforming denial into realisation. This epiphany can come in so many forms, be it a smoker’s baby being diagnosed with asthma or even a compulsive Second Life player’s mother calling upset that they haven’t spoken [...]
Anticipation
April 22, 2008
Much like the morphing of the pallet, forcing down a gulp of bitter wine at fifteen compared to luxuriating in the velvet slosh it evolves into in adulthood, the way anticipation manifests itself can be paralleled in some ways.
When I was a little girl (and I was never that little, as my doctor told [...]
Desert Island Discs
April 21, 2008
It is strange and unprecedented what inspires a blog entry and tonight was no exception - a mortality on Hollyoaks. As the credits rolled, a rather innocuous indie balad droned before Jon Snow announced what we would expect on the Channel 4 News after the break and at that point I switched to my computer [...]
Escape the bank on your bank holiday
April 13, 2008
In times of recession one is encouraged to put frugality before vanity and when it comes to how we spend our bank holidays there is no exception. My boss, a terrifyingly frivolous soul with dollar-signs for pupils, chuffs at a single night stay at an Ibis. Why stay in an Ibis for 10 hours (eight [...]
Beside not inside the seaside.
April 8, 2008
It is a wonderous thing, the sea. Wonderous and yet terrifying. I live in central England and so my experiences of the sea are reserved for holidays alone and I put it down to my neglecting the sea that I have an uncertain relationship with it.
This weekend, A took me to one of those aquariums [...]
