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My Top 5 Board Games

May 14, 2013 in Entertainment, Lifestyle, Technology

For many years the phrase “board games” has immediately reverted me back to childhood with memories of Monopoly-fuelled rage and overturned games of Connect 4. The inevitable realisation that everyone you know is actually a complete twat, and no one ever gives you a break when you’re not as good at games as anyone else. OK, so maybe that was just me. The point is, I hated board games. With the exception of Canasta and Guess Who, I perpetually avoided playing games of any kind as I knew myself well enough to know I was bound to take it personally when [...]

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An Atheist, a Christian and a Marriage

May 7, 2013 in Dating, Friendship, Lifestyle, Marriage, People, Relationships, Religion, Self

I go to church sometimes. Voluntarily. And I don’t mind (much). But I’m not a signed-up member of any religion, and I don’t plan on joining. When I met my husband, Jelly, three and a half years ago, I hardly knew anyone my age who was serious about religion. Other than the compulsory Christianity most of us get in Anglo Australia (weddings, funerals, scripture classes), my childhood had been pretty secular. My attitude was that church was all a bit silly and anachronistic. Where I did have a Christian friend I avoided discussing it or whispered about it (‘they’re churchy, [...]

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Real Beauty and My Ideal World

April 23, 2013 in Body, Body Image, Entertainment, Face, Gender, Health, Mental Health, People, Society, Style

Last week a Dove ad went viral and while Mandi has given her opinion, I wished to give mine. It features a forensic artist drawing a number of “real women” without seeing them – he draws by the women’s description. The women describe their perceived flaws rather than their best features. “Tell me about your chin?” the artist asks one woman. “It kind of protrudes a little when I smile”, she says. “Your jaw?” he asks another. “My mother told me I have a big jaw” she replies. After this first drawing session, the women are encouraged to spend time with [...]

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I Want Your Approval

April 9, 2013 in Dating, Family, Friendship, Lifestyle, People, Relationships, Self

Is there someone in your life you always go to get advice from? Does this person’s opinion matter to you? Has it gotten to the point that their approval of whatever you are doing is required before you do it? I would love to be able to say that I’m not like that. Well actually for the most part I’m not. There isn’t one person that I just need to have their advice on something. I tend to ask a few people and then go from there. And as far as approval goes, I really couldn’t care less. I’ve finally taught [...]

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This Week: Breakfast & Cleaning

March 30, 2013 in Food & Recipes, Home, Lifestyle, Meta, Pets, Self, Sexuality, Society

In the past week I’ve spent more than the recommended amount of time cleaning. The up side being my house is all spotless in time for Easter and we finally unpacked the boxes in the hallway that have been there for, oh, a while (3 years). I also cleaned all the windows which haven’t been cleaned for a long time. This was my week in pics: Breakfast for Good Friday: Porridge! Note how my one is the child size version? Hilarious.  Night at the Chapel last Friday night. Church has changed quite a bit since I was last there. Lionel [...]

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Random Acts of Kindness or Random Acts of Self-Promotion?

March 12, 2013 in Friendship, Lifestyle, Money, People, Society

The idea of random acts of kindness is a good one. Wikipedia defines a random act of kindness as “a selfless act performed by a person or people wishing to either assist or cheer up an individual person or people.” Further to that, being selfless is defined as being motivated to act without concern for oneself. I really like that idea. I like that fact that you just do something with the intention of just helping. But there is something with the random acts of kindness that really gets my goat. It’s when people use random acts of kindness as [...]

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Dumped! The Internet Date (NSFW)

February 27, 2013 in Dating, Fiction, Friendship, Sex

Holly and Carla were sitting in Russell’s bedroom. Normally this would have been an exciting and unusual occurrence for Russell, but he was too busy connecting to the URL Blake had given him the day before. “OK…just connecting now…” “There they are!” exclaimed Holly. “Oh, gross!” said Carla, covering her eyes with her hands, but still somehow managing to peak through her fingers. On Russell’s laptop, in full HD glory, they could see a live-stream of Blake and his date. Blake was naked, tied to a bed, face down. His date was dressed in kinky black latex and long boots. [...]

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Can You Keep a Secret?

February 26, 2013 in Entertainment, Friendship, People, Relationships, Self

I’ve got a secret to tell you. Are you ready? Lean closer, don’t tell… I can’t keep a secret. Unless it’s something serious, I’m probably not going to keep it to myself. If you’re pregnant, leaving your partner, quitting your job, doing anything that actually impacts someone else in a major way, or is important, no problem. I’m a vault. But if you’ve told me something casually that happens to be interesting, or you have some other secret that’s not actually all that important, I’m probably going to repeat it. Especially if it’s my own secret, then you’ll know before [...]

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Sméagol And Gollum: The Two JJs

February 14, 2013 in Books, Film & TV, Friendship, People, Relationships, Self, Society

I’d like to introduce you to my two selves: Sméagol-JJ and Gollum-JJ. Sméagol-JJ is probably the JJ you guys are most familiar with. He’s the bloke who writes fun web-serials like Dumped! and The Last Slice. He’s the bloke who makes funny comments and teases people. He’s charming and witty and friendly – he’s the bloke who’s writing this post. Maybe some of you would like to meet him, or even be friends with him. He’s the bloke you want to follow on Twitter. But there’s another JJ - Gollum-JJ.  He’s the bloke who writes those angry rants on KK&T. The bloke who sometimes makes sarcastic comments, or disagrees with [...]

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Dumped! Two Old Friends

February 13, 2013 in Dating, Fiction, Friendship, Humour

When Holly was eleven, she thought she was the most popular girl in primary school. She had heaps of friends, and she invited them all over to her house for a special birthday party. She wore her prettiest dress, all frilly pinks and blue lace. She loved the attention, and she loved being with her friends, but most importantly she knew Billy Jackson was going to be there. They had been “going steady” for a few weeks now. He would walk her to school, and then walk her home…they would eat a sandwich in her kitchen (made by her mum), and [...]

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