Category Archives: Ranting and raving

Scarlet is outspoken on most things. She abhors bad attitudes, poor service and hopeless stupidity since she has the temperament of a tiger and all the patience of a rattlesnake…

post script…

Posted on February 29, 2012 by

Any artistic endeavour requires vast amounts of courage – which is why I have an abiding respect for theatre makers. And one of the reasons I struggled to pen the Owl review. I got my former Good Girl panties in … Continue reading →

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RIP: the Good Girl…

Posted on February 23, 2012 by

One disastrous liaison too many, I realize I may have a bit of an issue with boundaries. Yeah, who’d have guessed? (Say anything - I kill you). Comes standard: lock, stock and two smoking ovaries with playing the proverbial good girl as … Continue reading →

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how scar*let got her bush back…

Posted on January 23, 2012 by

(aka: lessons learned camping) At the tail end of 2011, I started dating an alpha-male. Although this doesn’t exactly qualify as ground-breaking news (I get that, don’t worry), it was a pretty profound breakthrough for me. “Why?” some of you … Continue reading →

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fierce…

Posted on October 18, 2011 by

Arguably my most favourite creature alive is the tiger and if I had to choose a totem animal, well – a tiger would be it. They’re powerful, dignified, fiercely independent and beautiful. I’ve always had this crazy dream of one … Continue reading →

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new morning…

Posted on May 22, 2011 by

Yesterday was about as bad as the nightmares the night before. Those wolves are waging a right royal old dog fight inside me: I feel raging oceans of anger and sweeping tides of sadness. Anger at Dax for the double … Continue reading →

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congrats – you made my s**tlist!

Posted on April 19, 2011 by

Mondays are supposedly the bad ones but this Tuesday has been a right royal pain in the proverbial behind. Dax has me helping with his solar company’s audit and there’s a bleeding investor that is all but driving me to … Continue reading →

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domestic warfare – b*tch happens…

Posted on April 6, 2011 by

This week is progressing better. I have committed to writing a 50,000 word ‘draft’ of a novel a’la my own personal NaNoWriMo and Dax is getting more sleep (he’s been plagued by nightmares since we decided to consciously let go … Continue reading →

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shifting gear

Posted on April 4, 2011 by

After aquaplaning into a brick wall of yet another nasty spat, Dax and I danced our little ‘let’s give up jig’, fell down in an exhausted heap and looked in abject bewilderment at one another: “How the hell did we … Continue reading →

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