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urgh, can't sleep. Instead, here is a list of people I'd assemble as a team of life mentors, and why:
1. Oscar Wilde. He could teach me to be the best ever dinner party guest and say lots of intelligent and witty things, while never really meaning them. Dorian Gray reads like a cautionary tale of believing what you stand for, and that's probably ( Read more... ) -
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I think I must be turning into Chool. On Friday, we're going to Manchester for the premiere of Rufus Wainwright's oper Prima Donna and I'm genuinely excited. At first I agreed to go out of vague curiousity, but in the recent weeks I've begun more and more to anticipate it. There was a documentary about it last night in BBC1's Imagine... series and ( Read more... ) -
I come running back
Yes, that's right, another pledge to livejournal not to neglect it, even though posting my thoughts here is like dropping coins down the wishing well, except they don't cause a splash and there's less optimism involved. Actually, it just occured to me that this is nothing like dropping money down the wishing well, because then the money's gone, ( Read more... ) -
Writer's Block: When I Grow Up
Listen to pop music and say cool. I went through a stage of rebellion when i was 7 or so and decided I would never ever do either of these things. Then s club 7 happened. -
Dear william wordsworth
you say in six pages what many others could say in two.
please, think of the english lit students :(
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sorry friendslist!
From time to time, when some theme pops up in my mind, I consider writing a novel. I will begin to consider what it's about, who could be in it, what could happen. It's the "what could happen" bit that really stumps me. the "what could happen" bits what REALLY stumps me, that being far more important to planning than who's in it (characters being ( Read more... ) -
spring is in the air!
maybe it's because topshop.com is stocking nautical clothing and straw trilbys again, but i feel spring and summer just around the corner! and for some reason that summons images of the underage festival two years ago, patrick wolf in hot pants and sitting in lots of parks. phweeee. today has a lot of potential because it's sunny, but i'll probably ( Read more... ) -
I AM VERY VERY HAPPY
WHICH IS NICE BECAUSE USUALLY IF I POST ON LIVEJOURNAL IT MEANS I AM IN DESPAIRRRR!
I just had the best weekend in the world. I got to see nearly every set of freinds, cat and chool and ellie and momo on friday and i stayed over at the cat's hosue and we all swapped christmas presents and had lots of funtimes and then on saturday i went up to london ( Read more... ) -
things are improving
I GOT A JOB ( Read more... )