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Sentimental yet caustic

About Me

I make impulsive decisions at all of the wrong moments; That's how I got a Classics degree and chose to do a MA and PhD in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology. Now, I'm moving to New Zealand in February and will finish my grad studies there within two years.Check out my flickr account: http://www.flickr.com/people/metal_tiara/

My Interests

Film;Classics;Thinking people care about what I think;Educational films of the early 20th century;Travel

I'd like to meet:

Fans of all film genres; people I haven't seen in years... width="425" height="350" ..

Music:

Ladytron;NIN;Josef K;Bauhaus;Coldplay;Adam Ant;Luscious Jackson;David Virelles Quintet;Crowded House;Duran Duran;Nina Simone;Ben Folds;Kosheen;KT Tunstall;Stone Temple Pilots;Tea Party;Pink Floyd;Beatles;Junior Senior

Movies:

Wings of Desire; Faraway, So Close;I am Dina;Titus;The Red Violin;The Piano;DEBS;The Funeral;Almost any horror film;Funky Forest: First Contact;RHPS;Boondock Saints;BBC's P&P;Gormenghast;Shaun of the Dead;Special

Television:

The Young Ones; Monty Python;Family Guy;Futurama;Crime Shows in general;OZ;Dead Like Me;Carnivale;Six Feet Under;Trailer Park Boys;South Park;SexTV;

Books:

The heartbreaking work of staggering genius;Bitchfest;Rebal Angels;War Reporting for Cowards;

Heroes:

Uso Uso-so Notti and Takefumi

My Blog

Settling into Christchurch

makemoneyspooky.blogspot.com   Make it your mantra
Posted by B on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 01:08:00 PST

The first thing I do in New Zealand? Miss my flight. Second? EAT!

Check out my comedy of errors/tale of woe at makemoneyspooky.blogspot.com
Posted by B on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 01:07:00 PST

New Blog for New Zealand

Uh, Woo? makemoneyspooky.blogspot.com Marvel at how I can make a so-so template better by assaulting HTML and Microsoft Paint.
Posted by B on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 11:02:00 PST

Not Dead.

Not dead yet. I'm still in Newfoundland but have divided my attention between four things for the past couple of weeks: 1. The Gym. Since I can  no longer run for hours on end due to the weather ...
Posted by B on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:17:00 PST

Rite(s) of Passage

Inspired by a post made by a TAD aquaintence at twitchfilm.net, I'm going to waste all of you fucking time by posting the films that would use as a Litmus Test amongst my friends. No need for anyone t...
Posted by B on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:51:00 PST

Even Harder? Even Softer!

I recently purchase and watched "An Evening with Kevin Smith 2: Evening Harder" For me, Mr. Smith has not done anything of note film-wise since Dogma and the first "Evening" demonstrates that Kevin Sm...
Posted by B on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 10:19:00 PST

You are all gonna die; nuthin you can do about it.

Shitty holiday was greatly improved by four things: 1. Discovering Foamy the Squirrel Flash cartoons and now cannot stop singing about Squirrelly Wrath and wanting to make my breakfast spooky with an ...
Posted by B on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 12:24:00 PST

Errata-tat-tat

I feel like I'm in holiday limbo.Now that I finally have the time to contact people in terms of New Zealand, everyone and their mother is on vacation over there. As well as here. Fucking holidays.But ...
Posted by B on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 11:49:00 PST

Knowing me, knowing you

Oy. Its the night of Atheist Children get Presents Day. It went well. Mom and I watched "Little Miss Sunshine" and "Citizen Kane". I've spent most of the night downloading songs to put on the big Ipod...
Posted by B on Tue, 26 Dec 2006 08:32:00 PST

I'm not a nice person after twelve hours on a bus.

How's this for spreading x-mas cheer...I got two guys kicked off of the DRL today.See, these guys got on the bus in SJ and, like myself, were going to S'ville. One guy asked me if I finished school at...
Posted by B on Sun, 24 Dec 2006 09:50:00 PST