OkCupid I’m Feeling Stupid

Diary of a Professional Overthinker – Entry 8.   I decided to try a dating app called OkCupid which made me feel like I should switch my brain off on the way in.  It took about two days for my profile to clock up the maximum likes (and no, my breasts did...

CONFESSIONS OF A CHARACTER COLLECTOR

Diary of a Professional Overthinker – Entry 7   I’ve sometimes wondered at what point a collection turns into a hoard. Is it when the item being collected is obscure? Or when the quantity demands readjustments to living space? Maybe it’s both… My...

CATEGORY: None of the Above

Diary of a Professional Overthinker – Entry 6.   I wasn’t the only person reluctant to join Facebook.  When I created the password IHateFacebook an error message popped up: That password is too common, please choose another more secure one.  I’m also not...

I AM A SUN LOUNGE

Diary of a Professional Overthinker – Entry 5.   Have you ever asked a question to be polite and regretted it instantly?  I have. Multiple times. In fact, it happens so frequently that I’ve begun to suspect I possess a rare and largely useless superpower....

EMERGENCY FISH

Diary of a Professional Overthinker — Entry 4.   You start to realise your family’s idea of priorities are skewed when an aunt returns from Germany with very little to say about the sights, and an alarming amount to say about strudel. My family’s atypical...

THE ACCIDENTAL PHILOSOPHER

Diary of a Professional Overthinker – Entry 3.   My grandparents named my father after the great thinker and philosopher Plato, which proves they had no ability to preempt personality. Perhaps a more suitable persona was provided when his peers nicknamed...