Tag Archives: Why Bother?

Beauty And The Slightly Beastly Girl.

By Vanessa | Published: December 1, 2009
Someone once told me they were glad to be called shallow because it meant they were attractive enough to have that luxury. While this was, on their behalf, an utter fallacy, it’s an interesting idea. Shallowness is one of those things that we all fall prey to, and when we do, we tell ourselves it’s [...]
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Top 5 Songs For a Broken Heart.

By Vanessa | Published: November 20, 2009
5. Thieves Like Us – Your Heart Feels This song is best listened to mid-way through the broken heart process: you’ve moved on long enough not to sniff things they gave you and weep, but not enough to talk to them without wanting to pee. It’s a bit like a 2000s The Rat, but about [...]
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The Heart Has Its Reasons – Episode 1

By Vanessa | Published: October 28, 2009
In the first of what will hopefully be many videos my lovely lovely best friend Alexander Fury and I consider the question “Why Am I Single?” That refers to me, sadly, as he has an equally lovely boyfriend. Bastard. FYI, the choice of such a flowery name for this show will become clear within seconds. [...]
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Did We Sleep Together?

By Vanessa | Published: October 19, 2009
It was a party in Peckham, I think I was wearing a ruff, and I know was drunk. On the other side of the dance floor was an attractive young man. He smiled at me, and I ambled over. We chatted about whatever it is two people witter about at 5am in a freezing cold [...]
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My Worst Date Ever Ever EVER

By Vanessa | Published: October 12, 2009
A few years ago I was living at my parent’s house in Massachusetts and feeling a tad lonely.  So, like the productive, go-getting gal I am I joined OkCupid (for the first time). Within minutes of finishing my profile I was shopping for boys with gay abandon, and found a pretty hipster who liked all [...]
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