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About Me

Tea Toast Good books Good music The occasional lie in Nights out Banter of sorts Essentially, this is the stuff I like best (perhaps not in that order)

My Interests

I enjoy good music and good gigs
And good books
I try to be interested in writing, but I feel I'm fighting a losing battle
Going to the pub
I am a connaisseur of procrastonation I enjoy tea and toast
Pro Evo is probably the only game I play

I'd like to meet:

Anything, I'm not fussed...

Music:

Antony & The Johnsons Arctic Monkeys Au Revior Simone Babyshambles Biffy Clyro Blink 182 Bloc Party Blonde Redhead Blood Red Shoes Coldplay The Cribs Damien Rice Dartz Dirty Pretty Things Dogs Emmy The Great Elle S'appelle Feeder The Flaming Lips Foo Fighters Franz Ferdinand The Fratellis The Futureheads Future Kings of Spain George Pringle Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly Goodbooks Good Shoes Hello Saferide The Hives Hot Club de Paris iLiKETRAiNS Ima Robot I Was A Cub Scout Jack Penate Jamie T Jason Mraz John Mayer Johnny Cash Johnny Foreigner Kanye West The Killers Kings of Leon Kubicheck! The Libertines Lightspeed Champion Los Campesinos Mates of State Maximo Park MGMT Newton Faulkner The Others Paulo Nutini Peter, Bjorn And John Plus 44 Pull Tiger Tail The Rakes Reverend And The Makers Sebastian Fors & The Ones That Got Away Slow Club Snow Patrol The Streets The Strokes Tellison The Thrills Tilly And The Wall Tiny Dancers We Are Scientists Winter Gloves The Zutons

Movies:

Back to the Future Lord of the Rings Old School Shawshank Redemption Green Mile Forrest Gump Radio Flyer Kill Bill Matrix Aladdin Anchorman Batman Begins The Terminal That Thing You Do Good Will Hunting Cast Away Lake Placid

Television:

Flight of the Conchords The Office Peep Show Alan Partridge Family Guy The Simpsons Scrubs Hollyoaks Match of the Day Mighty Boosh

Books:

Yes Man Join Me Are You Dave Gorman? Dave Gorman's Googlewhack Adventure Round Ireland With A Fridge Fever Pitch Crazy Starter For Ten McCarthy's Bar The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time A Piano in The Pyrenees This Book Will Save Your Life The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Heroes:

Olof Mellberg, just look at him. He's glorious. And he's leaving. Well sad. Have fun in Italy.. Danny Wallace - legend! And most importantly, Fernando Torres. He is my God. I'm a bit gutted he's signed for Liverpool, but at least I'll get to see him play every week.

My Blog

Myspace v Facebook

It seems that you can now "tag" people in your photos. What on earth is going on? Every day its like Myspace is trying to become Facebook. STOP IT! While I use Facebook, I much prefer Myspace. Faceboo...
Posted by ben, and that on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:00:00 PST

Dogs & Cribs

Hello all, hope you are well. I have a story to tell, and I figured I'd tell you. It's a kind of story..mostly about the gigs I went to this week.Tuesday I went to see Dogs at Susumi in Derby. I dragg...
Posted by ben, and that on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 08:17:00 PST

The Great Escape - Hamster Style

I'm pretty sure Alfie doesn't like me. Maybe it's because I insist on calling him a him despite the fact he is a she...I don't know. He just doesn't. Last night, he made a bid for escape. After once a...
Posted by ben, and that on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 06:32:00 PST

A Tip For Spain

Spain! Listen up!This is Torres:This is a football:Give the ball to Torres, like this:Then this happens:So to conclude, give it to Torres!...
Posted by ben, and that on Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:28:00 PST

Automatic!

Me and Scott went to see the Automatic last night. This is how it all went down.That's the band in action! Look, how exciting.It's Scott and Rob out of The Automatic!It's Scott's attempt to take a pho...
Posted by ben, and that on Wed, 28 Jun 2006 11:04:00 PST

avoiding work...

avoiding work...avoiding work...avoiding work...avoiding work...avoiding work...avoiding work...avoiding work...avoiding work...avoiding work...avoiding work...avoiding work...avoiding work...avoiding...
Posted by ben, and that on Wed, 01 Feb 2006 04:27:00 PST

Blog Off

I've not done one in a while..but I have nothing to say. Bye!
Posted by ben, and that on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

WTF?!?

who makes you work when the champions league final is on?? a fucking twat!im stayin to watch the first half though, that'll show 'em!!...
Posted by ben, and that on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

first in a while

havent done one of these for some time, probably coz there hasnt been a lot goin on..erm i got a new job at greens. its alright. i get a free gym membership so im not gonna complain countdown to ho...
Posted by ben, and that on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

DRINK! and stuff

I've drank a lot over the past few days. Not sure how the liver is coping... Thursday: went out for some drinks after work, then went to where i always go on thursday nights: Euphoria. This is a plac...
Posted by ben, and that on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST