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Gillette

A love letter cannot be erased by a nipple, no matter how rubbery.

About Me

The CricketSoda Myspace Editor!
Things about me:
- I'm a twin
- My favourite colour combination seems to be black and hot pink
- I used to test computer games for a living, before moving on to designing them
- I have been known to read engineering memos in Swedish, and do credit control in Italian
- I'm doing an MA in Linguistics at York uni
- Languages and linguistics are my major passion in life
- One of my pet hates is text speak when it is not necessary
- I like people who know how to punctuate
- I am trying to be vegan :)
- I dislike prejudice, in all its forms - this includes the "I'm not prejudiced, but I hate emos/chavs/goffs/townies" brigade. Hating someone based on what they wear is, quite frankly, shallow and ridiculous.
This is Tigerlily, my cat, who was sadly killed at the end of October. She was the greatest wee cat in the world; so affectionate and small, yet so cuddly!! Needless to say, the biggest void has now been left in my life. I feel empty.
You Should Learn Japanese
You're cutting edge, and you are ready to delve into wacky Japanese culture. From Engrish to eating contests, you're born to be a crazy gaijin. Saiko! What Language Should You Learn?
You Are Strawberry Cake
Fresh, sassy, and romantic.
You're a total flirt, who never would turn down a sugary treat.
Occasionally you're a bit moody - but you usually stay sweet! What Kind of Cake Are You?

My Interests

Tattoos, piercings, music, books, history, art, anthropology, but I have a serious hard-on for anything to do with language and linguistics: foreign languages in general, sociolinguistics, etymology, semantics, syntax, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, discourse analysis, pragmatics, historical linguistics; the list goes on! Semantics and pragmatics are the main areas of interest for me though.

I'd like to meet:

Barbara Partee, Irene Heim, Angelika Kratzer, David Crystal, Steven Pinker, Thierry Mugler and anyone else who's interesting...

Music:

I'm a grunge kid at heart, having begun my clubbing career not that long after Nirvana lit up the world with Smells Like Teen Spirit. However, generally, I listen to rock, metal, industrial, grunge... Specific bands I am enjoying listening to at the moment are:
Tool (as always),
Weapons,
Skindred,
Pearl Jam,
Alice in Chains,
Ministry,
1000 Homo DJs,
Revolting Cocks,
NIN,
Red Hot Chili Peppers,
Faith No More,
Killswitch Engage,
Pantera,
Fishbone,
The Levellers,
Prong,
In Extremo,
Die Arzte,
Corrosion of Conformity
(hed)PE
Six Feet Under
Bolt Thrower
Dying Fetus
Necrophagist
Malevolent Creation
Carcass
Cannibal Corpse

Movies:

I like lots of films, but a recurring theme of some of my favourite movies is dance. Any movie that features dance as its central theme tends to be a winner with me...
You Got Served
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Dance Thigh
Take The Lead
Flashdance
Footloose
you get the picture...

Another really good one is The Swim of Something Mouth, but that has nothing to do with dancing. Well, apart from the opening sequence in the cocktail bar, but it's not a central theme...

Books:

I love books, I have lots, and read lots. I seem to have a penchant for crime novels, thrillers etc. but I love true stories the most. Not necessarily autobiographies though - some are just really boring. I mean, who wants to hear about how Mrs Footballer's Wife grew up, excelled at dance and gymnastics at school, and met said footballer down the social one night after the local football match? But she's since discovered that she has a talent for journalism, business and modelling underwear, and is a successful columnist for the free magazine you get with OK every week?
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Heroes:

David Crystal, William Labov, Ferdinand de Saussure, Noam Chomsky, my sister, my friends.

My Blog

Wendyhouse on Saturday

I figured it's about time I updated here, and at the very least put up a blog about how awesome Wendyhouse was on Saturday night.Wendyhouse was awesome on Saturday night.  'Nuff said...haha!!&nbs...
Posted by Gillette on Thu, 24 May 2007 02:56:00 PST

Silly Saturday

Drinking 3 pints of cider within 45 minutes is a bad idea.  It leads to "great" ideas such as getting someone's number off a friend, and texting them to tell them you think they're sex on legs.&n...
Posted by Gillette on Sun, 06 May 2007 11:05:00 PST

House

I just bought season 1 of House, as it was only £20, so not a bad price.  I'm really enjoying it, but I was disappointed to hear a medical inconsistency in the second episode.  The pretty fe...
Posted by Gillette on Sat, 05 May 2007 11:37:00 PST

7 Deadly Sins

7 deadly sinsWrathWho did you last get angry with?Some twat that was pitting in Fibbers, officially the smallest club in the world (not officially verified), and was banging around like a small boy wh...
Posted by Gillette on Wed, 02 May 2007 08:41:00 PST

Sleeping

I love falling asleep in the afternoon.  It seems to make me restful for the evening, and makes me feel warm and fuzzy which is always a good thing.And speaking of things warm and fuzzy, the celi...
Posted by Gillette on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:39:00 PST

The value of a good towel

Okay, firstly, "towel" is a really wierd word.Anyway, to my point.  A good towel is great.  I washed my hair this afternoon, and using my M&S Supima cotton towel on my hair after really ...
Posted by Gillette on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 11:09:00 PST

A vest I want

I saw a vest on Friday, that I almost bought to wear to Jilly's on the Friday night.  It's really cool - plain and black, but on the front it says "Psycho".  It would suit me I think.  ...
Posted by Gillette on Sun, 15 Apr 2007 09:55:00 PST

A decision

I've made a decision about my life.  After being taken for granted yet again, and treated like shit, I've decided that celibacy is the way to go.  I'm fed up being with guys who spend all th...
Posted by Gillette on Sun, 15 Apr 2007 06:48:00 PST

Saturday night, I feel the air is getting hot...

Oops, no idea where that title came from!!!Moving on...Ah wiz a' wurk oan Sa'urdae, an' the musik wiz wew ge'in' me in the mood fir goin' oot.  Loast Proffits, Faw Oot Boay an' 'at, it wiz wew gu...
Posted by Gillette on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 02:14:00 PST

Upcoming films I want to see

Okay, I'm going to list films that are coming out soon(ish) that I want to see.  I'll also put in some films that are already out that I want to see.  Please feel free to make other suggesti...
Posted by Gillette on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 10:46:00 PST