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Notes From The Smoking Area

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  • Sexy when I laugh.

    During a typically cheery conversation at my retail job, someone asked me what my biggest insecurity…

  • Maybe I am a little bit anti sex and a little bit pro weed.

    The other day someone said to me- “You’re just anti sex” ME? The man who is…

  • I love gossip

    There is nothing in my life that feeds my soul quite like hearing a story from…

  • An apology to anyone I have given advice to.

    When I was working at my retail job as assistant manager, I was moving with the…

  • You have body issues? But you’re a boy…

    I remember in December of 2024 breaking down crying to one of my new flatmates. “I…

  • The Art of Embarrassment.

    I watched an interview with Austin Butler and he said that embarrassment is an under explored…

  • The Geography of a Life.

    I have lived in two cities. This is not particularly impressive. There are people who have…

  • Since leaving retail

    In the months since leaving my retail job, I have been trying to find something profound…

  • Signs of Life

    I hadn’t seen my flatmate in a few weeks. Holidays, work and funerals kept us separated…

  • Andy Burn’em: BANNER of BBQs and Killer of Planets.

    Our ‘Prime Minister’ has urged shops in the UK to stop selling disposable BBQs to help…

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