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The pen is mightier than the sword
Hey kids! Now, before we get down to business, you’ll all be happy to learn that I’ve redone my nails, and that they now look only look fifteen per cent terrible. (As opposed to their usual ninety-five...
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Worth one thousand words
Well, another day, another dollar. How are all you fab chaps doing of late? It’s a bit bonkers to think that we’ll knocking down December’s door in but two days. TWO DAYS! Where is the time going?...
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Close your eyes and make a wish
In one week I will turn twenty-nine. Holy smokes. That’s, like, super grown up isn’t it? I mean, I’m by no means a proper Old or anything – goodness knows. But! Growing up I always assumed that once I...
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Say something I’ve giving up on you
Okay. Some things. First. I made this: In light of the Seahawks’ absolute dismantling of poor Peyton Manning (and what I can only surmise to be the entire collective Coloradean consciousness), I...
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She’s just so mouthy
Part 1. I like lipstick. A lot. Every time I see a lipstick I get a little bit excited. Every time I see a lipstick I want to buy it. I want to open it up and smear it all over my stupid face. I’ve got...
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Don’t let me turn to sand and blow away
Sometimes I hear a song and I am overcome by a sense of nostalgia so strong that I feel as though I might never recover. I know this can read a little dramatic (and hyperbolic) – but it’s true. I’ve...
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I love to hear you speak
What are we talking about again? Oh yes, of course. I remember now. My heart is broken and full. I am split. I am whole. Yourself, electric. We turn up a song, and dance around the kitchen on the tips...
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Take my hand. Let’s walk together.
Tonight Marc and I watched two episodes of the British television series Happy Valley. Let me tell you, that is one grossly misleading title. The show is excellent, but grim as shite (in the parlance...
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How can you walk in those things?
Here’s a crazy thing. I think high heels might be killing me. Let me explain. For the past month or so, I’ve been having some problems when running – stiff hips, niggling knee problems, and tight...
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Sometimes I eavesdrop. Sometimes.
“I have always wanted to go to France.” “I was in France once. I was in Normandy. On the beach.” “Wow! I can only imagine how beautiful that must have been.” “It was D-Day. Juno.” … “I want to make him...
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These women. These women.
A very happy International Women’s Day to everyone! This year’s UN Theme is: Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity: Picture it! I encourage all of you – everyone reading at home, as well as those on...
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Sunday Night Confessions
1. It’s completely ridiculous how much I love this music video. Which has me little worried. Because it seems as though the older I get, the more my musical tastes regress. Now, I’m no scientist, but I...
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Not all of me
“And then it struck Oleg that Shulubin was not delirious, that he’d recognized him and was reminding him of their last conversation before the operation. He had said, “Sometimes I feel quite distinctly...
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Running on empty: eating disorders and women athletes
When I was in high school, I used to eat breakfast and then run up to the woods behind the Chan Centre at UBC. There, at the top of the stairs leading down to Tower Beach, I would force myself to throw...
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Who’s the boss?
Picture the summer of 2005. Where were you? What were you doing? What were your passions? Your obsessions? Who did you love? Who did you love? I was twenty years old, fresh out of my second year of...
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The feeling that you give me, wanna give it right back
Today I ran. I ran in the woods, far and deep, fast and free. There is something so innately magical about running outside of the city. I always forget what a difference a forest canopy can make – to...
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Speak low if you speak of love
Marc and I started dating the summer after I graduated from high school. For the past seven months we had wooed each other with the great passion unique only to teenagers – the passion that begets the...
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Eyes firmly on the prize
Here’s a weird thing that I did once. Last November I got eyelash extensions. The impetus behind this decision? “The Holiday Season.” And just to try something different. The process of getting them...
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I cannot wait to do this again
Today was a very good day. I woke at 6 AM to the easy strains of my cellphone’s alarm and the cool darkness of an early east coast autumn. Rufus and Simon – my mum’s two ragdoll cats – skittered into...
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