Throughout my life I have been influenced by the following things:
Laziness
Perfectionism
Commander Keen
The dead little city that I call home (sometimes)
Hating the taste of alcohol
Sega
Ribena
France
Taking myself too seriously
Inferiority complexes
Sleep
Nosebleeds
Being shit at pretty much every sport other than swimming
Obsessions
Italy
Nintendo
Wishing I could actually play the guitar but being too impatient and lazy to learn
Advance Wars
Sarcasm
Bacon sandwiches
Internet message boards
Realising I might actually be at least moderately attractive
Newcastle
Using up all my luck not getting killed while driving
Forgetfulness
Australia
Lying on the floor talking shit at 6am
Apathy
Naïveté
Growing up too slowly while everyone else grew up too fast
MSN Messenger
Dancing
Intimacy (or lack thereof)
History repeating itself
Mixtapes
Emotional masochism
Suda 51
Not practicing the piano anymore
Learning things the hard way
Introversion
Faris Rotter’s haircut
Being in awe of people who can speak more than one language
Student radio
My friends
The synthesiser I bought but have yet to get beyond the “ooh, that’s a cool noise†stage with
Awkwardness
Jaffa Cakes
Regret
Amateurish attempts at being a music journalist
Long-distance relationships
Rain on skylights
The death of a laptop
Love letters
Discovering that I’m a bad student
Broken hearts
Learning how to cry again
Uncertainty about the future
Constantly relating song lyrics to my life
Pain
Hope
Love
MUSIC.