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Lj idol week 2 - living rent free inside my head
It’s always there. That voice inside you, urging you onward and upward. Constantly striving for something more ( Read more... ) -
Here I go again on my own, going down the only road I've ever known, like a … well you get the idea
*Opens creaky door*
*Dusts off the cobwebs and grime*
*Waves at any friendly people passing by*
It's been a while since I posted (so long that im not 100% convinved the post below was me, I hate poetry, well unless its WB Yeats or a limerick, or at least not from the 'Romantic Era') Anyways I'm back, dusting off the journal and dusting off my very ( Read more... ) -
The Sun
Have you ever seen ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol Season 20, Open Topic
Once upon a time…… oh no wait you’ve heard that haven’t you ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol Season 10, Week 19 - The Invitation
I noticed them instantly at the school pick up. A rush of excited eight year olds pouring out the school gates. The flash of coloured paper clasped in tightly gripped hands. Another birthday party invitation ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol Season 10, Week 17
“It’s not right ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol Season 10, Week 17, The Rent I Pay
There was £4.65 in the current account. Some stale bread, milk and half a tin of baked beans in the fridge. That would do both girls for the evening ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol Season 10, Week 15 , Thunderclap
I get told a lot that sexism is dead. That racism isn’t the issue it once was. Homosexuality is no longer seen as something bad and wrong. That the world has changed and the we no longer have ‘isms ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol Season 10, Week 15 , Patchwork Heart
I was seven years old the first time I saw a dead body. My mum’s uncle had died and they were hosting the wake at my Gran’s. It felt like there were over a hundred people. The place stank of cigarettes and stale whiskey. I remember screwing up my nose as I tried to find my way out of the room past a sea of legs. Knobbly knees and tights ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol Season 10, Week 14 , Campfire Stories
So this week.... this happened. C'est la vie ( Read more... )