January 2010

It was early morning and for a woman who doesn’t take sales as seriously as her gender shoulds her to take them, I was on my way to Zara.It was pouring down with rain. A fitting tribute to the state of my mind. Feeling pessimistic, I was surprised to find a parking space only ten [...]

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Somewhere out there is a boy that received a text message that looked like so: :( Simple enough right? No. This feat of engineering, science and literature took two brainy women (writers no less) two a half cigarettes and ten minutes to prepare. ‘Should it be sent like this’ :( ‘Or like this?’ : ( [...]

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Dear Future Man Friend, Last night, I was a girlfriend. The men wore trilby’s and suits. The women had feathers in their hair and strawberry soaked stains on their lips. Sing sing sing–of gramophone quality–shimmied into a smoky, golden room. The whole evening was dipped in sepia tones. Our costumes allowed us to leave Greece [...]

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Over the last week, 5 bloggers and 5 photographers took over the internet with 5 stories for Just A Moment. Here is the lineup with some of my favourite excerpts. Day 1: Words by Peter/Image by Jen The door opens. It’s him. Him. Messy hair. Unshaven. He looks even more handsome than he did a [...]

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To celebrate the fact that I can now use Google Analytics , I figured it was high time to re-highlight the top searches that bring people to Hope Dies Last. Facebook seems to be a popular concern for most, so I figured I would collect them all into one, easy to read post. In no [...]

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In the last year, two men threaded their way in and out of my life. January’s man was a mistake but for all the right reasons. He was interesting, so funny and sensitive. We were friends, we got along famously and are still friends now. From the very beginning, I could sense (but never quite [...]

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Today you will find me over at Just a Moment. It’s fiction. I really hope you like it.

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Even though… …it is highly unlikely that I would go through with a one night stand, every night before leaving for drinks I tidy up my flat; in case the unpredictable happens. …the light is green, I check both ways before crossing. …I hardly cook for other people, I invest time in finding the right [...]

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