December 2011
3 posts
Getting my watch battery changed
The guy in Timpsons was struggling to get the back off my watch, and kept chattering in a thick Geordie accent.
Watch man: What do you do for a living?
Me: Haha, yeah... (six or so seconds later) ...what?
Student Loan
This weekend, I received my first letter from Student Finance since graduating. They said that my loan was due for repayment, beginning in April. They didn’t specify the amount, but I think it’s somewhere in the region of £21,000.
I don’t actually have to pay any of it back until I’m earning over a certain amount (£15,000 a year I think). Hopefully, I will be earning that...
November 2011
5 posts
Phase one, complete!
I got a short story published in a collection! Huzzah!
It’s a story called ‘The Lost Art of Seduction’, which I wrote for university and actually posted on here a while back. Before you ask, because everyone does, no it’s not based on a true story.
This publication is important for a number of reasons.
One: it proves to me that I am actually alright at writing, no matter...