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Baby boy is a week old and I still can't take my eyes off him! Her name is Pillow and Kay says she would be perfect for me. I know I wou...
... turned a year older and probably a whole decade wiser. ... done something that I NEVER imagined I would. NEVER. ... realised how unfair ...
Disappointment is the only thing my mailbox seems to bring me these days. I think I'm done waiting for that one email that's going t...
And if I take this guy seriously I would end up sounding like a 70's disco queen! Thank heavens I decided to be "fashionable"...
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Today I got your phone number again And once again I will not call Because everything we ever had to say To each other has already been said...
I’m no longer on Facebook and Orkut or any of the other social networking sites. These things stop making sense when you realise that out of...
I could take the credit for all of these, including the title to this post, but my brain went on vacation and dropped my sense of humour off...
I typed up this really nice post earlier and stupid blogger ate it up! Grrrrrrrr. Is anyone else being flashed by obscene "error" ...
I’d like to call you in the old fashioned way Ringing your 7-digit number slowly, one at a time My index finger snug inside the plastic ring...
You can call me Aisha Or Aakansha Ashley or Maurice But call, For the love of leek soup and honey Call me! *********************************...
If 99% per cent of the men surveyed agree that the Gillette Turbo Mach 3 gives them the best shave, I'm wondering why one per cent does ...
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So I've finally decided what I'm going to do. 1. Get rid ********* 2. Find ********* 3. Start ******** 4. Listen ******* 5. Give up ...
Every thought I actually have and every single word I truly mean gets relegated to "draft" status on my blog. I wish I could just ...
Reading the online journal of a boy who once claimed to love me, I realise how far he's gone. Not just from me, but from the life he onc...
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Wong Kar Wai has all the answers. Sid doesn't have any answers but he throws back alternative questions. I have no answers and am runnin...
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I recently spent 2-and-a-half hours in a place that used to be a favourite haunt, with someone I used to really like, talking about stuff th...
Hello and welcome back to me! I'm going to let my delusions of grandeur get the better of me and believe I was missed... sorely missed! ...
On Tuesday night, just as I finished posting on my blog, I had the weirdest feeling. My vision went all blurred, my ears felt hot and I coul...
" A really sweet person, with a good sense of music and the midas touch when it comes to cooking ." That's how I've been d...
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I remember how the roses looked that day. I’m not sure how many there were. Not even sure if they were all red. I’m sure some of them were m...
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