Lauren

Lauren

@lmfbs.bsky.social

Lawyer, freelance writer, enthusiastic reader. My life goal is to touch as many animals as I possibly can.

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Hi. I'm looking for beta readers. If you like romance, smart protagonists who know their self-worth, men who go to therapy instead of making their issues other people's problem and happily ever afters, and you're willing to give constructive feedback to improve my manuscript please reach out!

Update on the kittens. They don't hate me anymore - I get lovely, adorable kitten cuddles and they have learned to purr! And despite being feral hedge cats for the first 4ish weeks of their life, miraculously they don't have fleas! (They did have worms though - gross).

I don't really know how to talk on social media anymore. I can't freely share my political reckonings (but I fucking love yours, so please keep them going!) and fuck man, the world is GRIM and sometimes sharing happy stuff feels inappropriate.

One of my favourite things about this app is I follow a small enough number of people that I get to just watch one person I follow being a complete dickhead to people.

Hey so I'm doing #Nanowrimo again this year (writing 50,000 words of a novel in November). My novel is set in part in London, but I haven't been. Is there like an up-town/down-town thing? Where would you describe the CBD is compared to... Other parts of it? This is a stupid question but please help

Hey so I'm doing #Nanowrimo again this year (writing 50,000 words of a novel in November). My novel is set in part in London, but I haven't been. Is there like an up-town/down-town thing? Where would you describe the CBD is compared to... Other parts of it? This is a stupid question but please help

So it's day 11. I've revised my goal to 120k in November. I just hit 45,726 words written. I don't know what my story is about anymore. Also not sure that I care that much what it's about.

How the fuck can you have 4 simultaneous *layers*of traffic, Auckland? How do Aucklanders cope? (yes I know I am traffic but in my defence, I'm trying to leave)

So I'm trying to buy a new phone, but 2deg discount is only for new customers. But I can just transfer my number, then I'm a magical new customer. Anyway, I'm very excited to be a spark customer, for a good time, not a long time.

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Truly living my best life here. More phones than pockets and hands combined (in fairness I'm a woman, so pockets are a rare commodity and I have but the regular number of hands)

Omg I forgot the best part - when he found out I'm 34, he was all "wow, you dont look like you're 34!" On the surface, I was quite chuffed, but now I think about it more, does he think 34 year old are wizened? Walk with canes? Carry oxygen tanks?

So I'm trying to buy a new phone, but 2deg discount is only for new customers. But I can just transfer my number, then I'm a magical new customer. Anyway, I'm very excited to be a spark customer, for a good time, not a long time.

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I'm back after a few hours of no phone with a new phone! I still dont have my old number and I'm honestly not convinced it's going to switch over, but hey, this is something.

The latest update in the saga is now 2degrees can't port my phone number back over. I'm currently running 3 phones, new one for data, old one for receiving calls and texts and my work phone.

So I'm trying to buy a new phone, but 2deg discount is only for new customers. But I can just transfer my number, then I'm a magical new customer. Anyway, I'm very excited to be a spark customer, for a good time, not a long time.

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I am now experiencing the bafflement of "you have to pay your bill before we can candle your plan" "I have, my account is in credit" "it has to reflect on our side before we can cancel" "I paid by credit card. Your app is telling me I'm in credit. What do you mean you can't see it?"

So I'm trying to buy a new phone, but 2deg discount is only for new customers. But I can just transfer my number, then I'm a magical new customer. Anyway, I'm very excited to be a spark customer, for a good time, not a long time.

I spoke too soon, my transfer to spark was rejected (by 2 degrees, who knew they could do that). "someone from 2 degrees is looking into it, but they might have to call you" great

Last night at the bar, I witnessed a break-up. They were sitting at a table right by the bar. He had clearly cheated. She was sad, but stoic, and he was pathetically begging.

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