Category Archives: stuff i’ve done

People watching V

The couple in the corner: He can’t believe his luck. Not only was there this woman in his bed when he woke up this morning but also her little yappy dog. He certainly hadn’t noticed that in the dim half-light … Continue reading

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It’s not you…

…no, actually, it is. This weekend has been a whirlwind of fun, but sometimes slightly odd, occurences. It all started on Friday at a party in the upper echelons of Lausanne (read, a bloody huge hill away). Three of my closest … Continue reading

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OWILF

“So which one are you going to go for?” the dwarf asked me. “They’re both trying it on, you know.” And I did know. And it confused me. It was 3:30am on new year’s day morning (and yes, I know, … Continue reading

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Weekend round up

…in pictures Cheese, rugby, laughter, friends, cute dogs and wine.

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Le rugby

As regular readers know (and if you’re not regular, I’d recommend prunes*) playing rugby has been a part of my life for the last 5 years. I had a fantastic team, who were fantastic friends and my whole life revolved … Continue reading

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Catching up

It’s been a long time since I’ve written anything remotely interesting here. Apart from a couple of random rants, it’s been pretty quiet. Mainly because I’ve been having too much fun in the real world to think about writing it … Continue reading

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Sure! Let’s meet up! What’s your number?

These words were uttered with abandon. It was the first week of October, 2000. I was in a town I didn’t know, starting a whole new life (sound familiar?) and had the look of a springer spaniel about me (no, … Continue reading

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Reality bites

You know when you look at a man and he’s good looking, has good chat and decent arms. And you look at him and you think “hmmm, I bet he’s a great kisser”? You know that feeling you get, the … Continue reading

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10 years younger

In the inevitable “sorting out of junk” which accompanies moving house, I recently found an old diary. From 10  years ago – very slightly before I had a blog. I was 18. I had just started doing my A levels. … Continue reading

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Pass the zimmerframe

The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young – Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Grey (1891) I’ve been thinking a lot about getting old recently. I’ve been thinking about my parents … Continue reading

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