{"id":876,"date":"2012-11-15T17:53:49","date_gmt":"2012-11-15T17:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.astarmathsandphysics.com\/tutor_profiles\/paul_smith\/paul_smiths_blog\/?p=876"},"modified":"2012-11-15T17:53:49","modified_gmt":"2012-11-15T17:53:49","slug":"why-am-i-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2012\/11\/why-am-i-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Am I Here?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sitting in this damn hairdressers whatevertheycallit having the bitter remnants of my follicles taunted and teased.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.astarmathsandphysics.com\/tutor_profiles\/paul_smith\/paul_smiths_blog\/2012\/11\/why-am-i-here\/photo-768x1024\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1153\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1153\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2012\/11\/why-am-i-here\/photo-768x1024\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2012\/11\/photo-768x10241.jpg?fit=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"768,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"photo-768&amp;#215;1024\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2012\/11\/photo-768x10241.jpg?fit=640%2C853&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2012\/11\/photo-768x10241.jpg?resize=640%2C853\" alt=\"photo-768x1024\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2012\/11\/photo-768x10241.jpg?resize=768%2C10241&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2012\/11\/photo-768x10241.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sitting in this damn hairdressers whatevertheycallit having the bitter remnants of my follicles taunted and teased.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3Wm4j-e8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":190,"url":"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2011\/02\/big-sally-berkos-sad-wail\/","url_meta":{"origin":876,"position":0},"title":"Big Sally Bercow&#8217;s Sad Wail&#8230;","author":"taxicle","date":"February 5, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Nobody wants me, everybody ignores me, why can't I be beautiful and slim and intelligent like a footballer's wife, why am I stuck here in this mouldy old coffin like a speaker's wife. 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