Category Archives: Other people’s written work

The Chosen is back

Posted on Sunday 6 August 2006 by Hazel

I am very excited to report that Jet Wolf is back and The Chosen is to be updated on the 10th August. I am giddy. And grateful.

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Gamut

Posted on Sunday 28 May 2006 by Hazel

That’s a good word. I came across a Dorothy Parker quote I hadn’t seen before – “This wasn’t just plain terrible, this was fancy terrible. This was terrible with raisins in it.” (does it date it if raisins are considered … Continue reading →

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“It’s me…Gabrielle”

Posted on Friday 19 May 2006 by Hazel

Whenever I have a colon vs semi-colon moment I google colon semi xena to find The Blue Quill which uses the Xena and Gabrielle characters in suggestive situations to illustrate good grammar. I always thought it was a clever and … Continue reading →

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Gibbous Moon

Posted on Sunday 7 May 2006 by Hazel

Since there is a gibbous moon, here are the lyrics to Ghost World by the marvellous Aimee Mann: Finals blew, I barely knew My graduation speech And with college out of reach If I don’t find a job It’s down … Continue reading →

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I can’t be asked to do that

Posted on Thursday 4 May 2006 by Hazel

There are some absolute corkers of “phonetic near-misses” here. One of my favourites in fan fiction is peeked or peaked for piqued: it crops up all the time and I cheer when it is spelled correctly.

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Almost poetry

Posted on Thursday 20 April 2006 by Hazel

I love these lyrics and coupled with Kathryn Williams‘s delicate vocals, the effect is gorgeous. Old Low Light #2 In a room banging on about the world in words There’s an old low light it flicks on and off Like … Continue reading →

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We need to talk about Kevin

Posted on Wednesday 29 March 2006 by Hazel

Half of this novel by Lionel Shriver is stunning, thought provoking, insightful and dowright uncomfortable. However, it over reaches itself and descends into incredulity. I coped with six year old Kevin in nappies and not in therapy but reading about … Continue reading →

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Ramble

Posted on Wednesday 1 March 2006 by Hazel

I wish I was better at writing about music. I don’t think I can adequately express myself mainly because as much as love music I essentially have cloth ears. Although, recently I did do a University of Newcastle survey which … Continue reading →

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Sarah Harmer

Posted on Friday 3 February 2006 by Hazel

I am looking forward to the new Sarah Harmer album. My appreciation of her has crept on me very subtly. I had downloaded a handful of random tracks by her (I do that a lot; download tracks and subsequently haven’t … Continue reading →

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Latest

Posted on Sunday 6 November 2005 by Hazel

My word, I have just discovered somebody is reading this…well, I suppose that was the point! Anyway, I have been very slack recently, in fact, ever since my OU course finished and I haven’t been up here looking for excuses … Continue reading →

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