Articles Archive for May 2009
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Geek is cool! This is not a new revelation. From experience I know that owning a pair of Louboutin’s and a Mulberry bag is not mutually exclusive with getting excited about the latest developments in technology or science.
I have always been proud of my completely geeky and random interest in the most abstract of things. Even when the thirst for knowledge strikes me in the middle of the night (I once got up at 3am because I HAD to know whether Bournemouth got it name because it was the mouth …
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When I told people my intention to move to Durham, a city I had visited only three times in my life (as a child, as a drunken student and for my job interview), on more than one occasion I was told that I was brave. I didn’t think it was particularly brave. I was moving for a job that was a lot less stressful than my current one, to a place that would allow me to be lazier than I ever was in London. As for making friends, how hard …
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Having volunteered to help out with a work thing on Saturday I decided that my evening would be spent relaxing and recovering with a movie. But what to watch? I love movies. I’m a sucker for the 3 for £10 and other cheap DVD deals, at least once a month stocking up on classics as well as must see movies. On top of that I regularly check film listings on TV. My PVR box is almost full of films just waiting for me to get through them all. Yet with …
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Until last weekend I would have had a scathing and judgmental opinion of a raucous noisy bunch of women on a hen do, having only ever witnessed them from afar. Within 48 hours I had changed my opinion completely. Get a dozen women together with copious amounts of alcohol and it is very very loud!
I am still recovering from my almost lost voice, it has been embarrassing having to explain reason I sound so ill to all the people who have given me sympathy this week. There is also a …
