Scotty too hottie and me. I met my husband at the "Winchester" Karaoke Bar in Lower Hutt, it was literally LOVE at first sight.

My favourite food is pumpkin, spinach and cauliflower boiled and mashed with sour cream

I own four pairs of sneakers, average prices $8 each, two pairs of jandals (flip flops) and a pair of slippers my daughter bought me for christmas.

I am obessed with the interior design of tiny spaces...

I love the sea although I am terrified of it since seeing jaws when I was a kid, although I made myself swim in it but only with my husband. I always stay on the shore side from him reasoning that if there is a great white shark Scotty will go first...he knows this and still loves me.

The first movie that scared the crap outta me was "Hush Hush sweet Charlotte with Bette David and Olivia DeHavilland, and the song still creeps me the hell out *shudder*

My first full on crush was 'Scott' from the Thunderbirds - it took me a long looooooong time to figure out he was a puppet.

When I was pregnant with my eldest daughter Megan I was addicted to Pixi caramal bars.

My son Nathan was breach and when he was born his feet came out in the taxi on the way to the hospital.

When I was pregnant with Jenna-Rose I ate Watties Baked Beans, apple sauce and pork sausages for almost every meal.

My childhood nickname is bullet, not because I was especially fast but I was bald until I was about three.

I was once a dolly bird back up singer in a band and was on TV, I hope to hell that Video tape has been completely destroyed, but I did look hot.

Browsing Archive: September, 2013

Find a pen, find a pen!

Posted by Olivia Giles on Wednesday, September 18, 2013,

A short story character of mine just said in my head....

'I know there is purification in suffering but by all that's fecking holy don't give me cramps that could drown a whale then make me allergic to painkillers...'

its gonna be a good story....

(yes this happens all the time, and I have to hurriedly find a pen, I have once written a thought down in kohl eyeliner on a tea towel.)

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Political propensities

Posted by Olivia Giles on Sunday, September 15, 2013,

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I am political--as red as a Trotsky cherry--my husband is not.
Council elections are on and a candidate came to the door...Scotty opens the door and say's 'No, not interested bye,'
I'm yelling "ask him if he wants a cup of tea.'
Scott's like 'Nuh,' and slams the door.
'Why?' I gasp in disbelief.
'Not interested.'
I'm like 'What the &*^%$*()_*&^%$, get him back here, tell him he can put a hoarding in our front yard, ask him about his policies...blah blah blah...'
Then my husb...

Short story - "Good"

Posted by Olivia Giles on Wednesday, September 11, 2013,

The doctor said you have three good years and then he shrugged. I didn’t know what the shrug was about but it felt ominous. I didn’t say anything back. I couldn’t think of any words which would fit this situation. Instead, I tried to smile, because I am a woman and I have been conditioned to make others feel better in bad situations. Including the doctor who was giving me some of the worst news a person can receive.

The definition of “good” became of immense importance to...

Rule 11...don't talk too much.

Posted by Olivia Giles on Tuesday, September 3, 2013,

Thank God for Alan Bennett...

In an interview with Mark Lawson he said 'if you talk about what you're writing, while your writing it, it sucks the steam out of it. That's true to because now I have to rewrite 5000 words because I talked about it and pulled the guts out of the pace...argh...bugger.

So here I am sitting in bed, heater on as its freezing and feeling like a failure. I've written nothing all morning. Alan Bennett quoted Auden saying, 'Writers spend most of their time not writing...
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