Secret Life of Lizs (plural)

JANUARY 2, 2012 6:15AM

New Year's Resolution: Do not be anyone’s doormat

I’ve been waiting patiently for the Mexican to calm down so that I can make arrangements for a financial separation. It’s been eight months since we separated. Over a year if you count the first time I said that it was over. But every time I bring it up I’m accused… Read full post »

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NOVEMBER 27, 2011 6:28AM

The pitter patter of little feet by LizA

The sound of high heels on concrete is scary. Underground carparks make my heart race. Thanks to Stephen King, cats and clowns are forever to be distrusted. However I have discovered there is nothing more heart stoppingly frightening than a child's voice in the dark.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011 4:28PM

7 days in the world of online dating by LizB

I recently ticked off another thing on my bucket list…joining an online dating service and actually going on a date. After hearing about so many happy endings, disastrous dates and an assortment of experiences in between, I decided it was time to add my own stories to the collection.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2011 10:14PM

Anonymous blogging by LizB

I watched Howl recently, an animated depiction of Allen Ginsberg’s four-part poem of the same name. Time and time again I’ve found my mind return to his idea that we limit ourselves by being different people for different groups. Good writing, he thought, came from expressing ourselves re/… Read full post »
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OCTOBER 22, 2011 8:08AM

The truth will set you free. But first it will piss you off.

Gloria Steinem's statement is definitely one of my go to quotes. It popped into my head the other day when I told another lie to protect someone's feelings. I'm not sure if it is compulsive with me but I seem to gloss over the truth, abridge the truth, leave out important… Read full post »

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OCTOBER 18, 2011 5:11AM

Binge drinking by LizB

I can’t remember what happened when we left the pub last Friday night. I vaguely remember fries and my friend telling me to wake up while dragging me into the street to put me in a taxi. The driver took one look at me and asked if I was OK. I… Read full post »
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OCTOBER 18, 2011 5:06AM

One woman show

I saw a friend's One Woman Show last week. It was simply the story of her life. I watched a story unfold of an ordinary suburban life punctured by illness and tragedy, leading to accepted normal dreams being slowly deflated. It was brave and it was powerful and at times it… Read full post »

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OCTOBER 18, 2011 5:03AM

Deciding to end my marriage by LizB

I just read Oh Mexico! by Lucy Neville and it was like reading a neater, more sanitised version of my own sojourn in Mexico. I wish I had kept a journal over those two years. There were so many stories to tell. I went back there earlier this year to meet… Read full post »

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OCTOBER 18, 2011 4:58AM

The getting of knowledge

I love potatoes. I love them all ways...but in descending order, I love them baked, mashed, fried, roasted, smashed and boiled. Who found the first potato? How can we not admire the persistence of this soul who did not give up on this cold, wet, starchy and tasteless, blob covered in… Read full post »

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OCTOBER 12, 2011 7:35AM

Mental de-cluttering after my separation by LizB

One of my best friends, who is a Libra and prides herself on her balanced views, just told me to stop being an idiot. She wanted to know why I was still talking to my ex-husband (the Mexican) and why I answered calls from him at 2am in the morning when… Read full post »

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