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NorthCountryBoy

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About Me

a doorknob, completely devoid of any personality that would define me as one of the pack.
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My Interests

Manchester United, Buddhism, meditation, photography, art, books, music, films, writing, exercise, van gogh, long socks, peanut butter, gundam, ninja hoodies, long socks, fried chicken, cooking, photo booths, salford, cameras, dj-ing, window shopping, odd accessories, intelligence, the wicked and the sublime, british comedies, comics, girls who look like boys, long conversations punctuated by one second silences and staring, the other "enter" key, macintosh computers, history, myths, spongebob squarepants...

I'd like to meet:

Bruce, Audrey, Eric, Georgie and my baby monkey.

Music:

ella fitzgerald, sarah vaughan, dusty springfield, nat king cole, mogwai, depeche mode, a-ha, duranduran, blow monkeys, front 242, orbital, prodigy, leftfield, the jam, paul weller, the clash, joe strummer, the sex pistols, pet shop boys, new order, joy division, the smiths, 808 state, electronic, manic street preachers, LRD, the killers, damn dirty apes, massive attack, suede, john barry, joe hisaishi, happy mondays, james, bebel gilberto, UNKLE, DJ shadow, ian brown, stone roses, ennio morricone, craig armstrong, lcd soundsystem, blue states, kasabian, various northern soul...

Movies:

kill bill vol.1 & 2, seven samurai, infernal affairs, infernal affairs 2, mulholland dr., requiem for a dream, usual suspects, spirited away, the mission, my fair lady, Chow Sing Chi movies, Godfather of Canton, Children of Men, Johnnie To's Election and Election 2, Studio Ghibli/Miyazaki animation films...

Television:

Family Guy, Arrested Development, The Office (UK), Extras, Little Britain.

Books:

All of Roald Dahl, Naked, Who Ordered This Truckload of Dung?. A recent favorite is The Subway Chronicles and Boss Tweed (by Ken Ackerman). Am reading Black Swan Green by David Mitchell at the moment...

Heroes:

Eric Cantona, Sir Matt and his Babes, Bruce, Roald Dahl, Diane Arbus, Van Gogh, Hooky, me gramps.

My Blog

Definition

cynical |'sinik?l| adjective 1 believing that people are motivated by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity. " doubtful as to whether something will happen or whether it is worthw...
Posted by NorthCountryBoy on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:20:00 PST

More books...

Finished Slow Man over the weekend and although a little misleading in certain parts, it was a lovely read and thoroughly enjoyed. A story about how tragedy shakes up the very core of our routines and...
Posted by NorthCountryBoy on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:34:00 PST

Books

Here's part of the pile gone through (at the moment):Buddha by Karen ArmstrongHad a false-start reading this a few years ago but picked it up again recently and although there's quite a bit of informa...
Posted by NorthCountryBoy on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 01:39:00 PST

Photo Blog

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Posted by NorthCountryBoy on Sun, 05 Mar 2006 06:28:00 PST

Go here...

http://northcountryboy.blogs.friendster.com/my_blog/ My new, and ONLY blog...
Posted by NorthCountryBoy on Sun, 11 Sep 2005 12:10:00 PST

Shake Your Trixx!

Shake Your Trixx! 1. Apollo -- Way Out West 2. I'm Still Here -- Meat Katie & Justin Arake 3. To Know (F.A.R.T. Remix) -- Nubreed 4. Blackout (Hybrid Y4K Edit) -- Hybrid 5. Destroy Rock & Roll ...
Posted by NorthCountryBoy on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Shake Your Trixx!

Shake Your Trixx! 1. Apollo -- Way Out West 2. I'm Still Here -- Meat Katie & Justin Arake 3. To Know (F.A.R.T. Remix) -- Nubreed 4. Blackout (Hybrid Y4K Edit) -- Hybrid 5. Destroy Rock & Roll ...
Posted by NorthCountryBoy on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Dear Cherry Pickers United

Blow me. Or rather yet, blow the cock of a cow, I've just been too busy. If two liars can get re-elected into top posts in America and the UK respectively, then I can jump off the top of a very tal...
Posted by NorthCountryBoy on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

choices

i'd rather slash my face wide open. i'd rather let a horse shit on me. i'd rather not talk about it.
Posted by NorthCountryBoy on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

definitions

mtv/vh1 best of/worse/this is... specials... a ground for people who no one in their right mind would go to for an opinion in real life but whose opinions now are treated as gold. a ground for ...
Posted by NorthCountryBoy on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST