- 5 STONE 12 POUNDS
- admiring Ema
- walking behind my mum in her footsteps so when i was older i'd grow up exactly like her.
- my step brothers and sisters
- thinking you sat on a star when you died
- 22 Morley Road and 1 Leonard Street
- "clo's playlist" and "indie kiddd"
- garbage, the spill canvas, the ataris, etc
- thinking sunlight shining through leaves was the answer to everything
- the 3310 being a novelty phone
- being intrigued by "girls under pressure," not knowing anything about eating disorders and wanting to know more
- the self confidence of year 7..
- my orange room, and painting it cream
- only being able to write if i copied someone else's style..i wrote a diary just like anne frank for weeks.
- tresemmé heat defence spray and straightening my hair
- that skirt i made and the teal spotty cardigan
- spending hours in afflecks withotu getting bored
- being so unafraid of meeting people off the internet
- rach burton, ellie hart daves, hannah lancaster, hannah evans and lower site.
- discovering bright eyes.
- discovering how powerful music can be when i was about 10 listening to...avril lavigne -shame-
- having a passion for english, and everyone thinking i was gonna be a writer.
- being scared of alcohol and self harm
- being comforted by looking out the window
- spending most weekends doing arty things with my mum
- making banana and carrot cake from the recipe book with a sunflower on the front
- the christmas tapes my gran used to play and my gran-gran's cookery book
- 20 Grantham Avenue :'(
- walking home with Andy Morgan
- quarry lane, windmill lane, and that baby squirrel.
- 13 Kingsley Drive and Red Lane. Tuesdays
- monday - granny m, tuesday - mum, wednesday - granny b, thursday - aunty j, friday - dad.
- being laughed at in year four for not knowing what periods were
- do wa diddy diddy dum diddy do, electric avenue, shaggy, singing on the bus to/from swimming
- the all weather pitch, and that frog i used to carry around constantly.
- walking down the corridor on the walls and that den under the stairs
- walton road, stonehill close, STEEL LANE (L)
- being naive, but kinda still having this feeling that there was so much more to learn.
- the first time i listened to songs that i hadn't listened to for years..and THAT feeling.
- kayle!!
- bike rides, walks and those boring family holidays.
- the magic of a change in season.
- those pens with purfume in from my uncles, and finding out they were gay. (realising the real reason my mum called them 'the fruits.')
- the inside bbq and chicken and mayonnaise baguettes.
- majorca, gran canaria, the first time i typed "anorexia" into google.
- those frogs legs, movie nights and that rope swing.
- getting really close to katie for the first time
- painting pictures in my mum's office with the office lady, jean.
- the first time i held back tears from my mum in year three
- first getting msn and myspace, bebo and piczo
- just me and my mum going to the beach
- my gran's caravan!!!
- telling my mum i thought sex sounded disgusting and her telling me it was beautiful and i'd understand when i was older.
- "what's a tit-wank?" "i'll tell you when you're 21."
- being perplexed that someone my own age couldn't spell. not understanding intelligence or stupidity.
- lay on slabs of concrete in wales watching cloud shapes go by
- pressing flowers, those clay shapes, one stroke painting, shadow paints, ganutelle and those fluffy bear paintings.
- feeling like i knew everything about computers because i could change the background and screensaver
- that first time my mum taught me to draw, and i drew apples and mugs for weeks.
- that different kind of childhood happiness that went when i was in year 4.
mar 8 2009 ∞
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