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UnReidable Chapter 18 – May 1992: Glasgow, Scotland
I was 16 years old in May 1992 when I sat my Highers at Glasgow Academy, the exams that would determine where and what I might study at University. It seems like a long time ago, but then again, I am not sure how much I’ve changed. Highers. It’s not a word that I’ve thought […]
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UnReidable Chapter 19 – May 1999: London, England
When I moved to London in May 1999, I was planning on being there for a very long time. I was about to start a post graduate diploma in English law, which would have led to me qualifying as a barrister within a couple of years. But then Kristy showed up, I spent a summer in […]
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UnReidable Chapter 20 – May 1995: Edinburgh, Scotland
My 2nd Year at Edinburgh University started in August 1994 and finished 10 months later. I lived with some of my best friends, I watched as British indie music became ‘Britpop’, and my brother and I started to become friends. But really I was just drifting along aimlessly until one day in 1995, when I […]
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UnReidable Chapter 21 – June 2014: Austin, Texas
The most fun I’ve ever had as an attorney was the two days in June 2014 that I spent making the first Pete Reid Law commercial. In fact, the whole process was a blast, from coming up with the idea, to working with the filmmakers to make it happen, and then watching the reaction it generated from around […]
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UnReidable Chapter 22 – June 1996: Austin, Texas
After New Orleans, I returned to Austin, drained and dispirited, and I tried to shift my focus to law school and the upcoming final exams. I couldn’t handle the emotional storm inside me. I didn’t have the time or the ability to manage it, and so I just wanted to suppress it all. To somehow […]
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UnReidable Chapter 23 – June 2006: Austin, Texas
I was in love with Farah from the beginning, but I remember the moment that I decided I wanted to spend the rest of my life with her. She and I were standing together, waiting for the lights to change so that we could cross a street in Edinburgh in September 2005. And then she […]
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UnReidable Chapter 24 – June 2012: Manchester, England
In June of 2012, I met up with my old friend Jules in Manchester for one night. He had flown in from Melbourne, and I had flown in from Texas. We were there to see the first Stone Roses performance in 22 years, but it was a bittersweet night. The show was incredible, but when […]
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UnReidable Chapter 25 – June 1993: Glasgow, Scotland
I was a bit emotional on my last day of high school at Glasgow Academy in June 1993. Most of the other boys were in the mood to celebrate as if they had just been released from a prison sentence. But I’d grown to love the school and my friends, so I was sad that it […]
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UnReidable Chapter 26 – July 1996: Chicago, Illinois
I spent a lot of July 1996 on a train, trundling across the vastness of North America with my best mate Nelly. It was the perfect way to reflect on a long and tortuous year that began and ended in Austin. But I was also worried about what lay in wait when it was time […]