I am quite a creative sort of person (or at least I like to think I am). Photography is my main interest and last year I and a friend undertook a City and Guilds evening course in it and am currently awaiting the results - if me and my friend have passed then it'll be the fluke of the century. Thus, my prize posession is my Nikon digital camera. A couple of my meagre efforts can be seen at www.souljackernory.deviantart.com though I havent taken anything decent recently my current excuse is I just need a muse lol. One of my favourite photographers is Melvin Sokolsky, he has both a funky name and is very unique. People floating about in bubbles - genius!
According to my genres in iTunes my favourite music is either alternative or rock. My favourite band is the Eels - went to see them play in Nottingham and have tickets to see them at Royal Albert Hall in October (from rock to strings lol). I managed to blag one of the posters from Nottingham but I havent the money for a gold frame yet. Also went to see REM when the played Hull KC the other month - preferred the Zutons supporting tho. Currently listening to: The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
Hmmm I always assumed I enjoyed watching films, however, as my total DVD collection comes to a grand total of 3 it appears I am mistaken. Well at least it should make writing this section relatively easy then. Firstly, there is that modern day classic available these days for the bargin sum of less than £5 - Donnie Darko. Hopefully I dont need to explain why this film is cool. Secondly, I have Morvern Callar - I remember watching this in a drunken stupor late one night on BBC2 and thinking it to be a masterpiece. After purchasing it I realised there is precious little dialogue in it and soon grew weary of this strange tale of a girl who doesnt really say much and who has just discovered that her boyfriend has mysteriously died and so does the logical thing in such situations - party and go on holiday. (My very cool friend Mr E. Johnson was in awe of me for somehow coming to own this british art house classic - I just smiled and nodded.) Finally, this list of which i am sure even Barry Norman (is he dead?) would exalt commendations upon concludes with Delicatessen. This is a french film about a hotel/butchers shop in which after a nuclear holocaust the proprieter has to murder his guests to provide elusive meat supplies - its main protagonist is a clown - there is a woman who tries and fails to commit suicide a number of times - it is a comedy - enough said.Other films I like(d): anything directed by Tim Burton (apart from Planet of the Apes), American Beauty, The Life Aquatic, Sin City, anything by Quentin Tarantino, Belleville Rendez-vous, The Man Who Wasnt There, Trainspotting and many more that evade my mind at this point.
Naturally being a potential future medic I hate all things like Casualty, Holby City etc. The only medical drama I watch regularly is House M.D. - Hugh Laurie plays a renegade arrogant doctor who goes by the idiom "I treat disease not patients" - aaahhh my hero lol. My favourite programmes tend to be surreal comedies of which The Mighty Boosh is my current leader in the act of worshipable originality and downright 'what the hell are they on?!'ability ("I have discovered a new note...its between B and C...and consists of the sound of a crab commiting suicide" *cut to crab in a jar*)
Where to begin? My aim in life is to read Amazon's list of cult authors and books. So far my favourites include Lolita (any book that starts "Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul" is a sure fire winner with a student of eng lit - oh the prose!) Also, The Dice Man is an interesting read and led me to surrender my life to the whim of the dice for a day - they choose I go to Hutton Cranswick and promptly that was the last time I listened to their decision. I really liked Life of Pi as it is one of the most original books I have read recently and for a change rather uplifting.Currently I am reading: nothing, though I am looking at a copy of Marcel Proust's "The Way By Swann's" with a sense of foreboding. To be honest I think I might get the new Harry Potter instead.