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Yeah, this is a tough one. I think it's a tie between Star Wars and a girl I "went out with" in Grade 2. Her name was Laura Piddington.

See, I think I saw the first Star Wars movie when I was, like, four. Due to the fact I hated school so much (honestly, I was the most anti-social kid I know of to date, barring Damien) my mother would gift me with ( Read more... )

It feels a little weird introducing myself to a bunch of people I’ve known collectively for hundreds of years but here goes: Hi! My name is Si. Or Simon ( Read more... )

So I've seen this meme kicking around and I thought, well, I might give it a shot. I can't promise it'll be interesting and I sure as ol' blighty don't have the focus to follow through with something like this but if it gets me writing here again, then I can't hardly turn something like that down, si ( Read more... )

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Last night, I dreamed I had a beard shot with stately grey. I really liked it, and when I woke up, I felt that whimsical disappointment you get. You know the type. I’m going to make an obvious segue here and declare 2009 the year of disappointment. You can scratch the whimsical part ( Read more... )

Whatta a year, huh? I remember asking the Universe sometime last year to at least make 2009 different from 2008. Well, I guess that tired old adage about being careful what you wish for or whatever is true: it's been shittierI know I haven't been around these parts too often lately (and frankly, I realise what a yawning hole my absence leaves), but ( Read more... )

I’m sorta kinda feeling anchorless at the moment. If I was going to be honest, I don’t think I’d have it different. All this - picking now to quit, moving out of my apartment, going to New York - feels exactly how I’d imagine it does for birds when they instinctively know it’s time to pack up and head west (or east, depending which way you’re ( Read more... )

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