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Piss Crisps
Tell me, what are your favourite crisps? As I have given this considerable thought The sort of deep, romantic thought that poets like to...
Dec 24, 20242 min read


Mongolian Dave & The All Blacks
Decreasingly Successful Conversations: The next couple bits. Two short stories about the local culture here in Aotearoa. Mongolian Dave...
Dec 17, 202410 min read


The Octopus
For Crago x Decreasingly Successful Conversations: The first bit. The week I moved to Wellington, the only Kiwi I actually knew was...
Nov 2, 20248 min read


Doctor's Orders
The doctor asked if I was suicidal "No, no. Nothing like that. I just think about it all the time." He looked up from his tick sheet and...
Aug 13, 202411 min read


Netball & Equality
"Double double double, Sol Campbell has won the double. And the scum from the lane, 'ave won fuck all again. Sol..." "JAKE!" My teacher...
Mar 21, 20248 min read


Old Donuts - Getting Lost - Party
I have a good enough relationship with my mother that I thought it would be a good idea but a healthy enough relationship that it wasn't....
Jan 14, 202420 min read


Drag Homework
Time to get my shit together, I'm moving country again. Changing continents is the only time all my shits accounted for, and not...
Dec 10, 20237 min read


Great Expectations
I love my dear Nana but when she asked a 19 year old me to go on a "holiday", with her, to meet her elderly cousins, to a small town...
Oct 28, 20237 min read


Champion of Woolies
What do you think of when you hear the name Woolworths? Maybe it's playing an innocent game of 'Who can hide the most non-pick n mix...
Sep 30, 20235 min read


School Prison
I always assumed every school had a prison where they locked up the naughty children. The fuck else do you do with them? Apparently it...
Aug 5, 202310 min read


My Hero Wrighty OBE
Growing up my older brother had a picture of David Rocastle on his bedroom wall. Torn out a magazine & pinned proudly with Blu Tack. By...
Jul 2, 20235 min read


Interview in a Strip Club
My 75 year old great aunt was dropping me off to a job interview an hour outside Toronto one fine spring morning. It was for an...
May 15, 20236 min read


Sluglympics
I walk up the stairs to Wonderland. As soon as I show my face in the hostel common area I hear the usual cry of "Jakeeee". Only this time...
May 7, 20233 min read


Sepian Magic
The year was 2019 and me and my more grammatically correct friends were in Amsterdam. Eager for some culture we smoked a bat and headed...
May 1, 20235 min read


Binmanasaurus
Binmanasaurus Binmanasaurus Binmanasaurus Binmanasaurus Binmanasaurus I was a Junior Gunner from the age of eight right up to 19. I have...
Mar 24, 20236 min read


Abandonment Issues
Jan 10th. I'm all for nepotism, it's just a shame my parents have fuck all to offer. I have an abandonment issue - How do I abandon my...
Feb 19, 20238 min read


Drug Smuggle
I've bought a one way ticket to Bangkok. And no, I am not going on my own. What sort of loser do you take me for? I'm going with my mum....
Jan 10, 202312 min read


Legalisation Day
I had no idea Toronto legalised weed right before I moved there, it was just one of those happy miracles. Like when your dog shits right...
Dec 3, 20225 min read


Cup Final Day
I had this mad dream that I once pulled the fire alarm in the Eaglet pub on Seven Sisters Road during the 2015 FA cup final. Then last...
Nov 6, 20225 min read


The Time I Got Deported
This story is a bit of a mess. A direct result of it being my actual life. I was arguing with the mean lady holding the gun. "I'm not...
Oct 23, 20228 min read
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