The Only Way is Arguably Not Essex

Hey look! Today's blog has a guest star! But she doesn't appear for another 13 paragraphs, so don't get too excited. A few weeks ago, my lecturer sent around an email saying "There's a LADO workshop in Essex! Who's interested?". So, being the massive nerd that I am, I said, "Oooh, me!" Well, actually,...

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Black Tuesday

South Africans will already be aware that today was not a good day. ...

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Wanna Ride BIKES?

If I've been overusing the word "lovely" lately, it's only because of Luna, my very lovely new-second-hand bike. My bike is lovely. Cycling is lovely. York in the autumn is lovely.* See? Lovely...

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Talking About the Weather

I just made the mistake of checking the hourly weather forecast for today. That's right. The most exciting thing I can hope for today is two different colours of cloud. I can only assume the question mark in the corner lets you submit a "WHY GOD WHY?" to the deity of your choice...

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The Tyranny of Lettuce

I just made a salad. And then laughed alone with it. Ahahaha! Spinach! Which brings me to the subject of oddly-specific tumblrs that make me laugh. If it's not Women Laughing Alone With Salad, then it has to be Nick Clegg Looking Sad. Which brings me back to salad. (It actually doesn't, but I wanted...

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24.6% More Mysteriousness, 65% Less Sleep

I was all prepared to blame NaNoWriMo for my disappearance from the blogosphere this month. And instead, I'm blaming varsity and general real life busyness for my disappearance from NaNoWriMo. I actually am up to date with my word count (12k), but my heart's just not in it this year. I'm going to...

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Recommended Reading

I spend a lot of time on the internet. Like, a lot. And because I do this and spend a lot of time with people who inhabit the same bits of internet that I do, I've been told that I make references to things that may not make very much sense to other people. So here is a recommended reading list. Most...

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