The Republic of Heaven

“He meant the Kingdom was over, the Kingdom of Heaven, it was all finished. We shouldn't live as if it mattered more than this life in this world, because where we are is always the most important place.... We have to be all those difficult things like cheerful and kind and curious and patient, and...

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Latin Camp Vincit Omnia

LATIN CAMP! When I was at university, I did a lot of Latin. It was cheaper than drugs, and I've never been very interested in drugs anyway. People would hear we had a Latin club and say "Oh, so you dance? ... No. That is quite a lot cooler than the Latin we did. And now some of my best friends...

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A Very Pink House Birthday

This weekend was my birthday! I like being 24, because I prefer even numbers to odd, and I really like numbers where one digit divides exactly into the other. So all in all, a good age to be. I do feel like I should be more of a grown up than I am, so one day I'm totally going to learn to iron. I'll...

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A Week 2013

It's A Week! My friend Chris has blogged about it here, but here's the general gist, according to the Facebook page: The idea of ‘A’ Week is simple - to raise awareness of how many people are ‘Good without God[s]’ and don’t need religion to influence their lives. So that's it in a nutshell. All...

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Freelancing Woes

Internet, I'm sad. And when I'm sad, I like to tell you about it. Freelancing is turning out to be not a lot like stock photos would have you believe. It's not all happy skinny white ladies in well-organised home offices. "Look at me! My room is so colour coded and I'm so fulfilled!" (Source) "I'm...

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On Body Shame

Hey, let's talk about body shame! FUN! (Warnings: This post contains maybe-triggery references to food and weight, non-wizard swears, and a picture of a cartoon naked lady.) Caveat: I am a thin-bodied person. I once had a friend say "When I hear skinny girls obsessing about their weight, all I hear...

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Game Face ON

Some of you may know that I'm a little bit competitive. I know, big shock. It's not that I can't stand losing - I really can cope with that (except when it comes to 30 Seconds). I just really really like winning. Do you want to play? Do you want to play RIGHT NOW? Which is why joining Discovery...

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