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When I lived in Leicester, we had a problem with cats. We had a cockatiel and they used to come into our garden, sit by the window and lick their lips (okay, I made that bit up, but still). We couldn’t keep the little buggers out, and I hated cats ( Read more... )

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So I really, really like Ellie Goulding’s version of Your Song by Elton John (as can be seen at the end of this post). To the point of obsession, which happens with songs, it will wear off, maybe in a week, maybe in a month. I listen to it at least ( Read more... )

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I know I just wrote a post about silence and the lack of human contact in my life on some days, but the stupid thing is, I will go out of my way to avoid human contact if I can.

I don’t have any water because the pipes have frozen up outside (it was - ( Read more... )

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It’s not that I don’t like Christmas, it’s more that it annoys me.

And I suppose it’s not Christmas that annoys me, but what happens at Christmas.

Nothing.

Absolutely fuck all. For two weeks, almost everything comes to a stand still so that we can get ( Read more... )

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Routine is important. Essential. The crazier you are the more essential it is. Or something like that. All I know is that mine has gone to hell over the past two weeks and well, my life has followed. No art, no college, no gym, no Mind, no sleep and ( Read more... )

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Everything I know about history, American history in particular I pretty much learnt from cartoons. Originally from Bill And Ted’s Excellent Adventures, Where On Earth Is Carmen Sandiago, and others, and then The Simpsons. I don’t actually remember any ( Read more... )

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I don’t feel the need to justify why I’m quitting this year’s NaNoWriMo, but I want to, to have it plotted out in my mind and give myself a little closure.

Closure is good.

1. I’m getting behind with my college work. I’ve written one poem in the last ( Read more... )

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I’m struggling already, procrastinating like crazy, thinking about giving up on the odd occasion, but that’s mostly because I’m lacking in the concentration to really do this sometimes and I’ve fallen behind a little. Well I did yesterday, I’m hoping ( Read more... )

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So you’ve got some free time, and you sit down to finally write, and you have a half decent idea, and some characters, and you sort of know where to start.

Until you sit down to actually start.

I didn’t know how to start, what that first sentence ( Read more... )

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My sister had a baby on Wednesday, a tiny little girl called Poppy May. May is the family middle name, my sister has it, as does my mum and so on. I don’t know how far back it goes.

All I know is, my niece is fucking adorable.

I didn’t think my ( Read more... )