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Past Encounters

  Past Encounters         Hi.   I visited my old school the other day. My old stomping ground. My college were taking us for a coffee morning. A friend of mine told me. My reaction was this: ‘no-no-nuh-no-no! not going back there – woah!’ or words to that effect. I wasn’t bullied. I wasn’t given six-of-the-best with a belt. I wasn’t given a dunce hat and forced to sing ‘I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General’ or anything. This was because my school had been a part of my life for (pulls up calculator – not even a joke – I think it’s called dyscalculia) fifteen years. Because of that I’d put a line under it … it was the end of that chapter. However, as soon as I stepped into the Primary Hall, the grudge feeling melted. I was particularly in a docile mood that day because it marked six years since I fell in love (I keep   a diary, ok? she wouldn’t date me because I was a wheelchair user and I ended up gay anyway so…) I saw old...

Birthday Blues

  Birthday Blues       Hi. Sorry I’ve took a few months off, I have this thing called a life. So how are you? Good. Good. Hmm. Right. So yeah, it was my birthday at the beginning of this month. A few days before we went down to Whitby (me and my family) and came back the night before my 20 th – stopping off at an aunty’s birthday dinner at a posh restaurant. Whether it was the four hour drive, or the beef (it was so pink I asked for a defibrillator) I don’t know, but I … er, saw it again in the carpark on the way out. Proper projectile stuff. In true me fashion I just sat in my vest on the drive home, saying ‘the sticky toffee pudding was rock hard … no, Mum obviously I never ate it, they’re meant to be soft.’ Then I was sick again once home. Proper everything. Just everything. Exorcist looked like CBeebies. I craved water but couldn't drink it. It was a hang over without the alcohol. Four times from four in the evening ‘til eight on the morning of m...