House of CardsThe house of cards that was my friendship with Emma crashed down around five years ago, when she told me she had gotten skin cancer (from too many sunbeds). And I flat-out didn't believe her ( Read more... )

8th May 2014
To: 234 Nigerian young ladies
From: Someone who has heard your story, or at least, part of it.

Subject: Silenced

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I'm so sorry.I don't really ( Read more... )

"Oh god, you're not going to start talking about God again, are you?" said my sister without irony, one evening in 2004. I was eighteen and filled with new-believer zeal (read, arrogant upon arrogance) - she was, I think, fourteen, and perhaps more fragile than I realised ( Read more... )

If you've been following the shenanigans over at therealljidol, you'll know today is vote day! If you've been closely following the shenanigans, you'll know that my wonderful Californian, copyright1983 wrote me a beautiful love poem for St. Valentine's Day as his entry for the competition. However, as it currently stands, he's on the line due to be eliminated this week ( Read more... )

There's lots of fun and games working in an accountants. Lots of secrets you learn. Especially if you keep your head down and actually do some work whilst the boss is in the office, and then he won't clock you listening in ( Read more... )