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Hyde.

Saturday, June 26, 2010

My first proper experience with alcohol was when I was fifteen. On the last day of school in May, before we went on a ‘study leave’ to get in the zone for our GCSE’s, we all went a bit mad. As you’re meant to on your last day. Everyone gathered in the park before school, [...]

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Safety.

Sunday, September 20, 2009

I am a bit late to the game, I admit, but it’s never been something I’ve needed to do. Or have had the luxury of doing. What I mean is, I am learning to drive. Tomorrow is my theory test and tonight I am reading through the book of questions and answers. I don’t think [...]

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Vacation.

Monday, August 24, 2009

Motivation seems to die in August. I went to Ireland and stayed in a four bedroom little house on the north coast. To the north were views of Tory Island and the Atlantic, and to the south was the looming stature or Mount Muckish, frequently shrouded in a dramatic fog around its head. The TV [...]

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Blasket.

Saturday, January 17, 2009

In the end we all turn out just as inhuman as the rest. Fled or forced, it’s hard to tell. Ná bheidh ar léithéidí arís ann. – The sand scorches the soles of my bare feet. This is Ireland and the sun is shining on the island just off the coast of Kerry. We took [...]

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