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• Another

  November 23, 2009

  "Sometimes you see these men. You can see 'em and you think 'That's it! That's him!' You don't even talk to him. You never see him again and he doesn't even know you exist, but you think about that man for the rest of your life..." That's a quotation for the original UK "Queer...

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• Busy Weekend

  September 13, 2009

  Well, My brother and his girlfriend came, as planned, late Thursday evening. I was increasingly stressed during the day - I started out calm, but by half past ten, I was carrying boxes and furniture to and fro, and not happy at all. Still, I got parts of the house clean and organised, and that&he...

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• New Beginnings (The Stress of It All)

  September 9, 2009

  My back hurts. I have just shifted 300 books from the landing back into my bedroom, not because the decorating that forced them out there in the first place is finished, but because my brother and his girlfriend are coming to stay tomorrow. I've had this hanging over me for months. How strange an...

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• Can We Fight Our Desires?

  August 28, 2009

  And if the future me can't place that title, FORSHAME! I'm a little drunk. And a little down, but those two go together, right? I'm just writing because I had a look for the love-of-my-life (thus far) online just now, and then re-read the last few entries here, and they tally, so... Well, I'm as&...

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• Full Circle

  August 20, 2009

  "I lament the loss of a life in Manchester. And the chance to do an undergraduate course in linguistics." I wrote that in this diary a little over eight years ago, on my own A-level results day. In brief, things have come full circle, because I am indeed going to study Linguistics at Ma...

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• The Old And The New

  March 29, 2009

  A lot happened today. I was thinking of writing an entry, after I overdosed on Twitter updates (I like to call them tweets, but that may be open to interpretation, especially in future). Anyway, to sum up, I slept badly, got up late, did 15km on my exercise bike, went to the hospital to have…

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• Better Off?

  February 23, 2009

  I just had a thought (hopefully fairly original). I was listening to some music from the mid-90s, and the I decided to swap to the early 2000s, and I thought 'the young'uns [i.e., those under my age by a few years] won't fully appreciate this music, because it isn't linked to a moment in the...

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• Mission Pretty-Much Accomplished

  February 23, 2009

  I just noticed a previous entry dating the beginning of my mammoth "finish all the alcohol I have" mission. I have pretty much reached the end - 18 months of heavy drinking later. Actually, I lived away for nine of those months, but I drank heavily of other sources (and sauces). I have ...

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• Regrets, In Theory

  January 28, 2009

  It's funny. I suppose I wanted children back when I was a teenager. My parents fostered, mostly babies with a few toddlers, from when I was about 5 until I was in my mid-teens. I loved the kids, like little brothers and sisters (well, not all of them), and I wanted some of my own…

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