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…to think about what I want from my blog. And my writing. What do I want from life? Do I want to coast forever, riding on a wave of hope and pleasant smiles – or do I want to LIVE? Do I want to travel more, romp all over the world making friends and learning … Read more
Day Four of Operation: No More Bitch and it’s going alright. Of course, my friends find it hysterical that I’m not entering into catty debates about people we know but I feel good about myself. It is also exactly like the time Chandler tried give up sarcasm. It is part of who he is, and … Read more
And so it came to be that your heroine, Groupie for the Underdog, was to search for another job. Back on the job market, scared and alone, she pulled on her special Interview Trousers, so named because at the time, they were the only smart(ish) trousers that FIT, and found that they were two sizes [...]
Last night my fiance and I had a frank discussion about my weight loss. He tells me I have never looked better, and he’s right. I have never felt better either, and that, after all is the main thing. (Not looking like Oliver Hardy in a ginger wig also helps, mind). But he has mentioned [...]
That’s what a good friend asked me yesterday morning after I had imparted my sorry news on her. My answer was simple: slap on the biggest sunnies to hand, and go out into the day. These past two weeks have been fraught with worry and fear. By the conclusion of last week those emotions were [...]
Dorothy Gale herself stands in silhouette in our front window, a well-known Brighton landmark, or so I am told. Whenever I give peeps who don’t already know a rough idea of where I live, they always say “Not the flat with Dorothy in the window…?” Yes, actually. As it is, I am very much in [...]
A list of possible blog topics, crudely scrawled on the back of a receipt, was left on the counter at work* yesterday, mocha-stained but proud. It prompted my colleague Steve to comment: “That list was looking quite good until I read Linday Lohan’s name…”. Yes, folks – at some point, either here or over here, I will [...]
For some time I have been very lightly researching the prospect of writing a modern self-help book for the hopeless romantic*. The idea would be to send up the traditional format of a how-to manual – whilst still maintaining a truthful tone. Generally, I cringe at the books I have read in the past that [...]
I worry constantly about whether or not I’m any good as a Step Mother. I love TLP very much, though sometimes it feels as though even that doesn’t come naturally. Is it acceptable to find this so hard at times, I wonder? I’m confident that I’m liked and I know we have our own special [...]
