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graham

tim stalin, from accounting?

About Me

former member of Black Market Cereal Vendors, Finger Condoms, Zombie Facelift, Conspiracy Agogo, Random Axe of Kindness and The Roofies.

Currently planning the Creative Writing Course I will teach upon graduation, entitled "Writing the Cynical."

accepting grants. you know. if you have any lying around.

My Interests

putting the "____" back in "___________", semi-revisionist history, films wherein hardboiled men wear stylish hats, ink-and-paper corrospondences, starting band names, real ales, fake ales, genuine theological discussion, disposable photography, towns by the sea with lots of hills, fish and chips.

I'd like to meet:

more of you than I'm likely to meet, fewer than I already know.

Music:

screee, scrreeeee, chunka chunk. boom boom chikka boom. twang.

Movies:

david lynch, coen brothers, tom tykwer, alfred hitchcock, richard linklater, wes anderson, charlie kaufman, the golden age of zucker/abrams. almodovar sometimes, but not as much. ditto for woody allen.

Television:

scrubs, twin peaks, the mighty boosh and the cartoons of my youth.

Books:

dark fiction, snarky poetry, the odd memoir, occasionally I'll crack open a classic but there's just so many of them.

Heroes:

i have lots of friends who would probably qualify for the positions, but all their applications are late.

My Blog

"Theres like, hella dads out there I dont know and they are so not dank."

This weekend I trained it up to Chacombe to see the British Short Play Tour (something like that) from WWU and hang out with Kamarie Chapman. Refrained from making the "cool Kamarie" reference/joke be...
Posted by graham on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:26:00 PST

Schedule.

a look at the general schedule for this week. may or may not omit key details. this weekend: saw The Tempest at Taliesin. The actors were up on ropes half the time. Saw No Country For Old Men twice, o...
Posted by graham on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 02:55:00 PST

year in review part 2: you want to learn to fish

1. I liked a lot of records this year. More than last year, actually. But I've also found that every. single. time. I make a list of my favorite albums late december/early january, I am unsatisfied wi...
Posted by graham on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 11:23:00 PST

year in review part 1: mark foley was right.

things I did this year: the whole of my significant accomplishments in 2007 is listed below. * attended rugby match. * wrote a letter to each of my sisters. * while slightly inebriated, regaled my tab...
Posted by graham on Sat, 22 Dec 2007 09:51:00 PST

"Crikey, DM, what’s that?!"

I'm always skeptical when people say they're "here to help." generally speaking, people are here to do a lot of varying tasks, such as data filing, lawn-maintenance or status and clothing acquisition,...
Posted by graham on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:39:00 PST

every rose has it’s thorn needn’t apply

so I've now practically, literally and officially lived in Swansea over a month. If Swansea were a girl I was in an irritating relationship with, that would require a present or some kind of date. bec...
Posted by graham on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:54:00 PST

or conversely, in the time it takes to say "return to sender"

alright, by semi-popular demand, my physical mailing address is as follows: Beck House Block D 3.116-26 Sketty RoadUplands, Swansea SA2 0NG currently accepting postcards, letters, packages, anecdotes,...
Posted by graham on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 04:44:00 PST

Honk if you hate croissants

accross the street from me is the cafe where I had breakfast. accross the street from that is a subway sandwiches. up the street and around the corner is the ty beck house, where I live in a pretty sm...
Posted by graham on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 05:05:00 PST

so long, bellingham

It's been eventful. "and the people you loved, but you didn't quite know  well you're the places that I wanted to go."  
Posted by graham on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 12:37:00 PST

seriously though, how DIDN’T i notice all the dust?

so, we took all the posters down, I've started on the pictures, but I think it'll take a few more days before I can bring myself to get on that.  The last hour has been going through old poems, s...
Posted by graham on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 03:26:00 PST