Today I celebrate three months at my new job. I don't often mention what I do for work because it removes the veneer that I write for a living. Very few people are afforded that luxury/burden. Like everyone else I work a job and get a wage and spend too much on payday weekend and [...]
Never forget that my heart is a husk
I don't know if my view will ever change when it comes to the idea of me and marriage. It doesn't change the fact that sometimes it's awfully nice to be involved in someone else's. On Saturday I got to enjoy the experience of seeing two of my good friends living it up in married [...]
TaskMaster
On Wednesday I was lucky enough to visit Pinewood Studios with (my brother from another mother) Benjy to watch TaskMaster being filmed. He had managed to get tickets for both the afternoon and evening shows and having turned up the week before only to be told they oversold on tickets and he wouldn't be going [...]
CAMPNANOWRIMO – July 2019
I have just completed my National Novel Writing Month project for July. It was touch and go on a number of occasions but I am proud to announce that the first draft of The Gift Shop is now complete. It's one of the most personal stories I've ever written and, as tends to be the [...]
My First Pride
I've always thought Pride was important. Pride with a capital P but pride is also important. That's why I felt very lucky yesterday when I got to take part in the London Pride parade alongside a number of my fabulous new work colleagues. It was such an incredible and moving experience and one I wanted [...]
I’m No Superman
35mm Costa Rica.
This photo was from my first day in Costa Rica, where I wandered around San Jose, made friends with Joey from Denver, and read most of a book while sipping iced coffee high above street level. I was drunk. We were drunk. This was a real bonding experience for the five of us. Later, I [...]
Catching up
A good friend of mine moved away two months ago to take up an amazing opportunity, the selfish bastard. It's strange to realise just how much a friendship can come to mean to you in the space of a year. This weekend was the first time we were able to hang out since he moved [...]
Taking Time
I've got into a terrible habit in recent years of stretching myself too thin. I can't help but agree to things. I'm something of a yes man. What I found in Costa Rica was that I enjoyed not having anything too concrete in the way of plans, and not being at everyone's beck and call [...]
Costa Rica – week two
My second week in Costa Rica has just meant more adventures. We visited a coffee co-operative where I learnt about the ridiculous amount of work that it takes for a cup of coffee to end up in front of me. Then I had a cup and saw into the future. The best goddamn coffee I've [...]
