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Beaker

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About Me

Well I finished University and then took 13 months to backpack around the world. I covered central and Eastern Europe, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and the USA. Along the way I annoyed the local Romanian church by writing an article on the high abortion rates in the country in which i suggested that the answer would be better availability of contraception, I fought off muggers in South Africa outside Sea World, worked in the Sydney Opera House, won Kareoke competitions through renditions of the Blues Brothers, learned to scuba dive on the Great Barrier Reef, cured my fear of heights skydiving, worked for great bosses and slave labourers alike, kicked my feet up in Fiji and nearly got arrested in Washington DC just seven hours before flying home.Not bad really. So where to go from here? I popped over to Europe to visit some friends I'd made travelling shortly after coming back. And now...now i'm back to university to become a qualified teacher. Boring i hear you say. Well think it through with me... Teacher's get upto 3 months off every summer. Thats 2-3 months each summer to travel! Every year! Perfick!Next up! Eastern Europe and Russia!)As for a more detailed analysis of me. Well I'm a partially cynical idealist with a slightly skewed perspective on the world (which is why i laugh at things few others seem to find funny) and an imagination that really hampers my ability to pay attention to anything. Which is why the rest of this will be taken up with some of those annoying yet addictive personality test results. Oh yes, AND I LOVE THE MUPPETS! And cupcakes).
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My Interests

Movies, travelling, reading, writing, history, rugby, the paranormal, spirituality, the apocalypse, teasing my friends, scuba diving, home laboratory cloning of farm animals, driving, walking and building sandcastles!

I'd like to meet:

Anyone, any age, anywhere!

Music:

Queen, Aerosmith, Nirvana, Guns & Roses, Idlewild, The Calling, Pink, The Foo Fighters, R.E.M., Go Team, Kaier Chiefs, Flogging Molly, The Guillemots, Zox, The Blues Brothers, Louis Armstrong and various classical music (especially film scores).

Movies:

Ah, movies. Where can i begin? I LOVE the movies! But I'm not going to bore you with the details here, but so you can get an idea of the types of films i like, I'll post a few of my favourites here for you:Back to the Future, Jaws, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, American Beauty, Pirates of the Carribbean, Signs, The Truman Show, LA Confidential, Zulu, Dodgeball, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Infernal Affairs, The Edukators/Your Days of Plenty are Numbered The Omega Man, Aliens, Pleasantville, The Dish, Groundhog Day, North by Northwest, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Stargate, Leon, The Rock, Highlander, Best in Show, Bringing out the Dead, Xmen 2, Invasion of the BodySnatchers, Robin Hood: Men in Tights......Okay, so maybe I got a little carried away, there... sorry. Am also going a big zombie movie thing at the moment as well, so sue me!

Television:

Frasier, The Simpsons, Have I Got News For You, Dead Ringers, Cheers, Dads Army, Only Fools and Horses, Red Dwarf, Andromeda, Buffy, Dark Place, various one-off crime thrillers that come on from time to time, and documentaries. And, of course, films!

Books:

My favourite books are: Dust (Charles Pellegrino), Prey (Michael Crichton), Jurassic Park (Michael Crichton), Men at Arms (Terry Pratchett), Pyramids (Terry Pratchett), Day of the Triffids (Jon Wyndam), The World At War (Mark Arnold-Forster)

Heroes:

Have never been rescued so don't have a hero, but if i get one I'll let you know!

My Blog

more personality tests

sorry, but im pretty much hooked on these things!   < Gregariousness ||||||||||||||| 46_TD> Sociability ||||||||||||||| 42_TD> Assertiveness ||||||||||||||| 46_TD> Poise |||||||...
Posted by Beaker on Sat, 27 Aug 2005 12:59:00 PST

South Africa

after romania, i was lucky enough to spend a few days at home for xmas. i had to go via heathrow to get from romania to south africa anyway so thought id take a few days to see family, friends and xma...
Posted by Beaker on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

The end of Romania

phew - has been ages since ive been on here - the busy life of the traveller i guess (combined with the fact that the internet is bloody expensive here in South Africa). anyway, what have i been up to...
Posted by Beaker on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

The filmmaker's exam

There are certain things that should automatically tip off any filmmaker that the movie they are about to make shouldn't be made. We have compiled a list of some of these sure-fire tip-offs in the fo...
Posted by Beaker on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

A transylvanian Halloween

I'll be here at the end of the month. In Brasov. And you can you guess which part of Romania I'm in? That's right! Transylvania! We have have Dracula's Castle a mere thirty miles away. A Transylvanian...
Posted by Beaker on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Living and working in Romania

Well ive been in Romania 2.5 weeks now, and have another 2.5 months to go. I'm staying in a town called Brasov, one of their main cities in fact. Myself and another volunteer are staying with a local ...
Posted by Beaker on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Brief stereotypes of various Europeans

British (like myself): fantastic people with a reputation for football violence, getting drunk, high tax rates and a leader that does what any other country wants him to. Still, we ruled the world for...
Posted by Beaker on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Adventures through Europe

Well, i've been travelling now for one month and one day, and feel its about time i actually share some of what i've been doing. My first stop was Amsterdam for two night. And boy is it expensive. Sti...
Posted by Beaker on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

quiz results:

One of my housemates uses livejournal just to record the results of various online test things she takes. So i decided to use a blog to do the same. And why not eh? Fight Club! What movie Do you ...
Posted by Beaker on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

yet even more test results!

I am Tetsuo, from "Akira." Leave mealone, dammit! Which Random Cult Movie Character are you? brought to you by Quizilla Which Survivor of the Impending Nuclear Apocalypse Are You?A Rum and Mon...
Posted by Beaker on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST