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Leon

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About Me

I'm Leon and I'm a Cosmologist. I've just moved to Brighton and am forging on with this Cosmology MSc, which would be quite easy if I didn't find it so difficult. I like having blue hair, although why I do; I don't know.
My hidden talents include being a percussionist in an orchestra and am a taekwondo black tag. That last one is me holding onto past glories methinks - I have no idea how good I am at it now - I'll have to check it out once I can actually find a taekwondo club. I've found a kickboxing club though and enjoying that quite a bit! I also play a bit of guitar, enjoy being with my friends. My not so hidden talents include drinking (alcohol or tea) lots, singing badly in the car... actually, I have lots of hidden talents.. but you'll find that out as you get to know me ;)
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My Interests

Reading; going out; astrophysics; film; music; icecream; playing guitar, glockenspiel(badly!), timpani, etc; friends; taekwondo; jam; politics; the word "nutbar"; law; tea; alcomahol; nintendo; pirates (ARRR!!); cosmology; Godzilla; David Attenborough programs; shouting at the television; Russia; Star Wars; scrabble; chess; risk; being in water on a sunny day; the beach; Monkeyball!!; hanging out of my window thinking about things; looking at the night sky; jam... more jam perhaps ;) ; being good; Jack Daniels; discovering interesting factoids about stuff.

I'd like to meet:

an overtly generous billionaire.

Music:

Daisy Chainsaw; Slash's Snakepit; Fountains of Wayne; Le Tigre; Ramones; Nine Inch Nails; NOFX; Prodigy; Radiohead; Rancid; Lamb; Zero7; L7; Jose Gonzales; Super Furry Animals; Sonic Youth; Queen Adreena; Clutch; Sleater-Kinney; Queens of the Stone Age; Pelican; Mono; Kyuss; Brant Bjork; Fu Manchu; Clutch; The Arcade Fire; Explosions in the Sky; Bjork; Mogwai; Godspeed You Black Emperor; Butthole Surfers; Led Zeppelin; Nitin Sawnhey; Miles Davis; The Mars Volta; Bikini Kill; Nick Drake; Nirvana; Guns n' Roses; NOFX; Blur; eels; Kings of Leon; Tom Vek; Cinematic Orchestra; Faithless; PJ Harvey; Gorillaz; Mansun; Chemical Brothers; The Bees; At The Drive-In, Jeff Buckley; Piney Gir; Be Your Own Pet; Clash; Suns of Thunder; Nervosa; Aphex Twin; Air; Johnny Cash; Millencollin...

Movies:

American Beauty, Star Wars, The Big Lebowski, Happiness of the Katakuris, Drunken Master, Pirates of the Caribbean, City of God, Fight Club, Back to the Future Trilogy, O brother where art thou, Blackhawk Down, Dr Strangelove, Pulp Fiction, Run Lola Run; L.A. Confidential; True Romance; Sin City; Delicatessen; Old Boy; Batman Begins; Shaun of the Dead...

Television:

Lost; Doctor Who; 24; Spaced; Peep Show; Invader Zim; Simpsons; Futurama; Deal or No Deal; Six Feet Under; Buffy; Fist of Fun; Scrubs; Black Books; House; That Mitchell & Webb Sound; actually - I don't watch much TV!

Books:

"Surely you're Joking, Mr Feynman," and most anything written by Richard Feynman; Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy; The Dice Man; The Hitchiker's Guide series; The World According to Garp; Goodbye Lenin! To Kill a Mockingbird; Harry Potter; Mankind:Have a Nice Day; Mr Nice; Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas; 1984; Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH.

Heroes:

Richard P Feynman; Slash; Batman; Jackie Chan; Danny Elfman.

My Blog

Because myspace just ain’t cool anymore...

I'm running two jobs on the SDSS server... while I'm waiting for them to go through I figured a quiz might be a nice break. Also, facebook is spinning me out.The Dirty Thirty - 30 Unknown Facts/Secret...
Posted by Leon on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 07:58:00 PST

For those who don't know...

... what the hell it is I do in uni, here's a little somthing I made up for the poster review part of my project. Haven't really said much about the work I've done because the poster is supposed to be...
Posted by Leon on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 03:59:00 PST

I HAVE A DAEMON!

Do the quiz, I hope it stays a lion! ...
Posted by Leon on Sun, 06 May 2007 08:59:00 PST

It's been a long time been a long time been a long tiiiiime

Out with LaurenWho knows why?!Charlie's BirthdayHis real name is Matt. Charlie suits him better thoughKickboxing TournamentJust watching though...Nine Inch Nails - Brixton AcademyWere excellent. Thoug...
Posted by Leon on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 06:52:00 PST

A meme (for a change)

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Posted by Leon on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 11:54:00 PST

Reverse chronological order

Frosty's House PartyErrr... it was a Friday - To the Bar!Kickboxing SocialFun things to browse at in work......
Posted by Leon on Sun, 11 Feb 2007 03:52:00 PST

Xmas holidays and partying and stuff.

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Posted by Leon on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 04:50:00 PST

AStronomy Xmas meal and ATP Nightmare Before Christmas!

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Posted by Leon on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 03:00:00 PST

Menna and John's Wedding!!

And finally, Ella and Craig waving me off from the station in old war film style :)...
Posted by Leon on Sun, 03 Dec 2006 03:06:00 PST

Meanwhile... in communist Brighton

Campus bar crawl with the astro PhD ppl Bees gig with housemate LaurenHouse party!...
Posted by Leon on Sun, 03 Dec 2006 03:09:00 PST