Pink News

So yeaaaah, I've been doing some amazing work experience for the UK's biggest gay news website. Here's some linkage:

Serious Stuff

Patrick Wolf

Alan Carr

Bruno

Elton John

I really enjoy working here. It's in King's Cross, so I get to bump into all sorts of vagrants, prostitutes and miscreants. There's a halfway house up the road from the office. All of the people there always wear at least one item of cool clothing. They tend to ask me for a cigarette. Or 50p. I told one woman I didn't have 50p and she called me a 'fucking liar'. She was right. I did have 50p, and I spent some of it on a delicious sandwich.

Fuck My Life

A friend introduced me to this website where people write about the fucked up things that have happened to them in their lives.

Today, I was feeling sick and having trouble breathing easily. I decided to take a nap and apparently ended up sleeping with my mouth wide open since breathing was an issue. I woke up to my boyfriend trying to put his penis in my mouth. FML

It's gone viral around Exeter, I'm not sure how it's doing everywhere else. But I like it.

My favourite entries are those where voters have decided that the writer deserved their bad luck/bad treatment. These are the 'flop' entries. I think I like them the most because they have the most obvious cause-and-effect narrative.

Today, my husband found the box my morning after pill came in. He had a vasectomy 10 years ago. FML

As opposed to the downright horrible stuff that happens:

Today, I heard my sister masturbating in her room. I took the dog around the block to get out of the house, and I came back to see her leaving her room... my electric toothbrush in her hand. FML

Sometimes I'm dubious as to the validity of an entry, but it's best not to question any entry otherwise you have to doubt all of them.

http://www.fmylife.com/

twat

I don't really like it/know it/have much expertise with it yet, but Twitter is something I really suppose I should get into, especially now that Facebook has changed its interface again. So here's my twat:

www.twitter.com/sophwilkinson

I'd love to have a silly, elaborate name for it, as, in fact, with this very blog. But there's an anecdote about my sister and applying for jobs and having this email address which was 'shake_that_willy@hotmail.com' or somesuch which comes to mind whenever I consider writing something ridiculous yet steadfast.

oh snap

Just a quickie, as I'm staying in from what looks to be an amazing night out so I can get going on a 4000 word essay due in for next week. So that I can get started on the 3000 word essay ALSO for next week. Although heavily tempted by tonight, my wingman got a case of major stomach poisoning. How bad? So bad her housemates thought she was throwing up.

I stumbled across this in my inbox. I don't know where it came from but it's funny, irreverent and worth the procrastination:

www.readplatform.com

Wish me luck.