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On Saturday, I did one of the girliest things I've ever done. I asked people to change plans so that I could paint my nails. Stewart and Greg looked at me in horror and confusion, speechless ( Read more... )

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I spent last weekend at my parents house, trying to clear out many of my things in preparation for the rebuilding of the house, which should hopefully start in less than a couple of months (they're fully demolishing and starting over - it's pretty dramatic). It's fairly likely that I'll be spending most of my long weekends there, as I only got ( Read more... )

Today has been a bit crazy. Intention was: take cats to vets. take Stewart to work. drive to Suffolk, start weekend of going through my childhood (in preparation for the house coming down ( Read more... )

This is a post about my car. You might know I now have a car of my own - most of you probably don't. I officially took ownership of it on Christmas eve, and it belonged to my dad (he now has a brand new Audi A5). Unlike the previous car I was driving, the Ka which belonged to my sister who was away for a year, this car is completely, officially ( Read more... )

I presume most of you have heard of the horrible Kenneth Tong. Be grateful if you haven't yet - he's a creep who promotes "managed anorexia".

Johann Hari, one of my favourite journalists, has just done a brilliant interview with him. The guy is a sociopath, but Johann talks him round in circles, illustrating all of his faults like an expert ( Read more... )

You know that feeling when you get on a rollercoaster, just before it pulls away? You know it's going to twirl you around but you don't know how or when ( Read more... )

THIS is a fantastic article by chris_coltrane on the occupation by student protesters of a hall at UCL.

You really should read it!

Today, I am being productive, pro-active, and pretty fearless (considering my usual level of anxiety, and especially around calling people ( Read more... )