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About Me

Sometimes I find it hard to write short snappy paragraphs that sum up my entire existence, so I don't try anymore. Basically, I'm a coward.

My Interests

Music, Reading, Computery type stuff, making films and the ancient budhist art of sitting.

Music:

Funk, Rock, Metal, Folk, Jazz, Blues, Indy, Electronica, Classical... you see where this is going.... somebody once said that there are two types of music, good and bad. Instead of listing bands I like I'll just say I like good music, whatever that means...

Movies:

I Heart Huckabees, The Life Aquatic, The Big Lebowski(and most Coen brothers films), David Lynch, I also have a soft spot for most dumb comedies

Television:

Meh.

Books:

Favourite authors include Italo Calvino, Iris Murdoch, Hubert Selby Jnr and Vladamir Nabakov, but with three thousand years of the written word it seems stupid to try to narrow it down.
I am currently reading: Something Happened by Joseph Heller

Heroes:

Generally don't live up to their billing... I suppose Ghandi was probably alright though..

My Blog

Something Happened

Great authors draw their characters in a way that makes you feel they're shining a light on a part of your own personality. The best shine that light on a part of you that you never knew existed. The...
Posted by Paddy on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 02:46:00 PST

Straw Dogs

First off I should be asleep. However I just finished reading one of the three books that's been eye-balling me fo r the last week and it annoyed the piss out of me so much that I was lying in bed ess...
Posted by Paddy on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 05:48:00 PST

Ow ow ow....

So first off I'm in pain. It's ok though because it's a karmic sorta pain that I deserve to balance out the fun of yesterday. What fun of yesterday? The dodgly named 'Lovebox'. All sniggering at the ...
Posted by Paddy on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 11:33:00 PST

Norwegian Wood

So I feel like getting back into a bit of this blogging malarky. Incase anyone's been looking my list of books on the left has been lying for the last week or two. I wasn't actually reading Something ...
Posted by Paddy on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:22:00 PST

Lila

As you may or may not know I'm a little obsessed with the book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintinance by Robert M Pirsig. To me that book is probably the closest thing I have to a sacred text. I fi...
Posted by Paddy on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 08:21:00 PST

It's still bright out and I'm not drunk...

But I'm posting a blog. How weird! Well it's not a blog it's more a rant. You see I'm working on this project for my diploma. Actually it's called an ordinary level degree now, but really, it's a d...
Posted by Paddy on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

The Lesser Spotted Blog

Ah start with a misinterpreted bird watching refrence. And why not? Thanks to the antics of the weekend knocking my sleep pattern out of whack. I have all night to write an essay on the development...
Posted by Paddy on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Christ is it that time?

Goddamn motherhumping insomnia... It's 7am and yet again I've been awake all night. I've seen Euronews about six times. Well I say seen but more heard. I'm sitting here trying to stave off the inte...
Posted by Paddy on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST