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About Me

I like to think of myself as a musician, bandname Architec. Ive a thing for books, particularly old second-hand ones, Science Fiction please, or at least i did until i got my new PDA on which i tend to read everything now. I miss the paper sometimes. Im a bit of a film nerd too i suppose. Ive got more music than i could ever possibly listen to.
I dont see many people around here at all cause i live in the middle of a field here in Northern Ireland, more or less. I have milked cows and hypnotised chickens in my lifetime and had sushi once which i would like to try again soon but without the feckin evil wasabi! My thingy over to the left there says im from Carlow but thats just because apparently Northern Ireland isnt a country in myspaceland it seems. Twats. I have been to toronto twice and will go again indeedydo.
Ive had a couple of remixes released for the bands Neikka RPM and Hungry Lucy but i appear to have lost my mojo recently. I like to learn new things but im terrified of change.
I used to have 18 cats but now have 2.
Also id like to note that Science Fiction is not silly and nor is it star wars - thats sci-fi, a very different thing, at least i like to think so.
One last thing, if yer talking to me and i say crimbo, it means christmas ok, if one more person asks me what crimbo means ill blow a wee gasket!!Love is fine
But you can't hold it like a ...

My Interests

Bit of a media-whore i suppose. I love music and film to a possibly unhealthy degree tho its getting less and less so. Im quite passionate about Science Fiction and will defend it with a big stick. I cant stand the treatment it gets at the hands of a dumbed up, cliched and uneducated media who believe that SF has crap and if some SF comes along that isnt crap its therefore not SF anymore - a good example being, "its not really sf, they made it a drama first" GAW!!. Also dabble a bit too much in comics because i can. Bit of a tech head i suppose althought there are many alot more techier than myself.I like nothing better than to snuggle into bed with a hot choccy and sip it with a spoon at first and read but i hate falling asleep 10 minutes later. Im interested in emigrating to Toronto some day.

I'd like to meet:

Someone with similarish interests whos reasonably mature and not fucking insane and who can be silly when its required (which lets face it is quite often).

Music:

Cocteau Twins, Covenant, Dead Can Dance, Haujobb, Mesh, Orbital, Puressence, Sarah McLachlan, Seabound, The Sisters Of Mercy, VNV Nation, Wumpscut, Mind.In.A.Box, The Birthday Massacre, Boards of Canada, Fields Of The Nephilim, Iris, The Mission, 4AD, A23, Peter Murphy, Bauhaus, The Cure, Cranes, The Cult, The Mission, Throwing Muses, X-Mal Deutschland, NIN, Apoptygma Berzerk, Depeche Mode, Talk Talk, Autechre, Front 242, Frontline Assembly, Hocico, The Cruxshadows.

Movies:

Aliens, Predator, James Cagney, Fight Club, Night of the Demon, The Thing, The Thing From Another Planet, Forbidden Planet, Jaws, Solaris, King Kong (1933), Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Akira, Sympathy For Mr Vengence, V For Vendetta, Sideways, 40 Year Old Virgin, Almost Famous, Blade Runner, Mononoke Hime, Legend, War Of The Worlds.

Television:

Theres alot of good TV out there thats every bit as good as film. Babylon 5, Doctor Who, 24, dueSouth, Wonderfalls, DS9 (last 3 seasons), Battlestar Galactica, Lost, Veronica Mars, Gilmore Girls (forgive me!), Firefly, Farscape, Seinfeld, Simpsons, South Park. Liking Heroes at the moment too.

Books:

Hyperion Cantos - Dan Simmons, El Lordo - JRR Tolkein, The Brotherhood Of The Rose - David Morrell, Testament - David Morrell, A Deepness In The Sky - Vernor Vinge, A Fire Upon The Deep - Vernor Vinge, Excession - Iain M. Banks, The Stars my Destination - Alfred Bester, Sandman, Shade The Chnaging Man, Peter Davids Hulk, Sams Kieths The Maxx oh yeah! D.Macks Kabuki.

Heroes:

Im re-evaluating my heroes, no one is safe, tho ive always had a thing for Kory Anders from the Teen Titans.

My Blog

Finest horror film list

Okies, ive priomised to do this for someone so here it is, my top 37 horror films.Its not really a list of the 'best' as in some reflection of masterful film making, its just a list of my favs in the ...
Posted by Shrike on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:38:00 PST

This happened about an hour ago

Yup another day, another crash and i took some pics this time. http://www.mediafire.com/?7yt2xzwynjwThis is the third one this year so far at that same spot and you can even see the silver door from t...
Posted by Shrike on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:02:00 PST

Its Stompy Crimbo Mix time!!! Better late than never.

Alrighty, so every year i do this this where i mix my fav tracks of the year into a big 80min mix and put in on cd for my friends at christmas (which from hereon in will be known as crimbo so dont ask...
Posted by Shrike on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:30:00 PST

This brings back memories

This is Ed Alleyne-Johnson from the Purple Electric Violin Concerto album (1992)A one man orchestra! ...
Posted by Shrike on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 03:31:00 PST

More kitty!

OK, so i got a new kitten, but theres also been this big black cat hanging about outside for the last week whos taught us to feed him quite well. Big solid lump of a cat he is too. 14lbs of lean mouse...
Posted by Shrike on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 04:06:00 PST

Meooww!

It appears we have a new kitten :) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Now what would a missy like that be called?...
Posted by Shrike on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 04:03:00 PST

A sense of feeling

So is it Smilla's Feeling for Snow or Smilla's Sense of Snow?I cant express how unappealing the title 'sense of' is to me.
Posted by Shrike on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 10:07:00 PST

Music thingy

You scored as industrial. industrial100%Indie60%metal50%reggae45%mainstream rock40%grunge40%rap35%Emo35%country30%Pop Punk30%Punk30%classic rock30%ska10%Pop0%what breed of music are you?created with ...
Posted by Shrike on Thu, 21 Sep 2006 07:19:00 PST

Carpe Diem

So you decide to stop living for the future and live for today. You throw caution to the wind and plan on a long trip down the country to meet up with a new friend you just made on t'internets and to ...
Posted by Shrike on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 08:14:00 PST

Women drivers (sort of)

We had a lovely big car crash here yesterday. Some woman put her car over the ditch and down the 15 foot drop into our field. Then the fire brigade, ambulance and police all turned up despite the car ...
Posted by Shrike on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 10:07:00 PST