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Oklahoma City
Okay, so firstly, this post has nothing whatsoever to do with Oklahoma. Nor does it have anything to do with the US. Nor even travelling, for that matter—instead, it’s about yet another stupid idea that I had. My great idea—pauses to groan and face-palm—was to try online dating. Oh, how I wish I were kidding. I mean, I […]
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’60s Date Night
A couple of times this year, my house-mate Crystal and I have been on what I’ve dubbed “flatmate date nights” (because I am the creepy one in all of my human relationships). One of my favourites was toward the start of the year, when we went to see Anchorman 2 at the moonlit cinema—ie we sat […]
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Home-comings
I made the notes for this post on a page which has a count-down of my days left in Aus, which is not exactly a good sign I suppose! And to be fair, the first draft was written in a coach station with a suspicious keyboard. However, that was pretty super depressing, so I’m redoing […]
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Modern Romance
Last time I was in Athens, I went out for dinner with a lovely French guy. He was staying in my hostel room, and as I told him in my traditionally tactful and indirect way, the ‘least creepy French guy I’ve ever met’. He laughed when he heard this and shrugged. “I’ve been living in Sweden,” […]
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Не привыкайте никогда and squishy hearts.
“I used to be like you,” said my friend Louise, with the involuntary condescension common to happily married couples everywhere. “Then I fell in love, and my heart got squishy.” “Louise,” I replied, turning to her, “I only just barely stopped myself from pushing you down the stairs. Don’t even!” Louise laughed and thanked me […]