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LIFE IS NOW. CHEERS. 🍒

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  Apparently, I will never be this age again. Good. It would be terribly inefficient to do 60 twice. But here’s the thing. Life is happening now. Not when I lose five kilos. Actually, fuck the five kilos. They seem perfectly happy where they are. Not when work calms down. Not when I’ve organised my life. And certainly not when I meet a man. I’m not waiting for one. There isn’t a vacancy. I’ve become extremely fond of my independence. My house. My bed. My mess. My remote control. My bathroom. Especially my bathroom. I like a toilet closed. Completely closed. Lid down. Finished. Civilisation restored. In my house, men pee sitting down. I introduced this policy years ago and see no reason to review it. And yet, somehow, given access to a perfectly respectable toilet, a man can still leave the whole thing open like an exhibition at the Tate Modern. Why? What exactly are we displaying? So yes, romance may enter the building. It is not getting a key to my bathroom. If I meet someone ...

I AM TOO MUCH. 🍒

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I am too loud. I’m too much. There. That was easy. No healing journey. No emotional breakthrough. No inspirational quote against a sunset. I’ve simply had 60 years to get used to myself. And apparently, I like the result. I like beautiful things. I wear Dior. I wear Chanel. I wear Armani. I like vintage. I like retro. I wear enormous rings, clothes that occasionally enter the room before I do, and trainers with absolutely everything. And yes, I own the yellow Onitsuka Tiger Mexico 66. Uma Thurman wore them in Kill Bill . I wear mine to buy coffee. We all have our battles. I like tattoos. I like rebels. I like unusual. Normal has always made me slightly suspicious. But I do have limits. For example, holes in earlobes large enough to qualify for their own postcode. Especially the sort capable of providing affordable housing to several small insects. That’s not edgy. That’s an ecosystem. I like intelligent men. Not men who perform intelligence. There is a difference. Read a book. Rea...