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Craig

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About Me

Some Basic Info About Me...
    Who I am
    • I was born in 1985 in Chatham in Kent
      • I have lived in two places, Gillingham and Erith
        • I currently live at home with my parents in Erith, Kent/South East London
          • My nickname is 'Sprite' after the little goblin on the drinks commercial
            • I enjoy making myself & other people laugh & generally having fun. Being relaxed and happy is the best way to be!! :o)
              • Am a non-drinker
                • What I do & What I have done
                  • I have 11 GCSE's, 2 A Levels and 3 AS Levels
                    • I worked for 4 years part time at a local B&Q store as a Showroom Sales Advisor selling kitchens & bathrooms.
                      • I moved onto Habitat selling furniture. Left after only 8 months
                        • Next up I worked for Coffee Republic. Fun but very hard work!I spent a year at Greenwich University doing a Law Degree, but left as I didn't think it was the right career choice for me
                          • Having decided I was more of a creative mind I then decided to do an HND in Professional Wiritng which studied book writing and idea development
                            • I am now in the third year of a Creative Industires degree at Greenwich Uni which I am enjoying very much
                              • I drink lots of cranberry juice!!
                                • Am a firm believer that there is more to life than getting pissed up in nightclubs.
                                  • I love listening to late night talk radio
                                    • What I want to do with my life
                                      • Eventually, I would like to move to Canada
                                        • I would like to get into the writing profession (hence the choice of course) either writing scripts, writing books or idea development. I would also like to involve myself with helping up & coming artists in some capacity
                                          • I want to meet as many interesting people as I can & cram in as many interesting experiences into life as possible
                                            • I love going to gigs of all shapes and sizes. From big award winning acts right the way to little unsigned solo singer/songwriters in wee clubs down some back alley in London.
                                              Life Sentence EPK - a video project completed at university

                                              My Interests

                                              Interests are pretty standard. They include...

                                                I love late night talk radio Watching various sports including Football(West Ham fan), Boxing, Gaelic Games (Gaelic football & hurling), rugby and the occasional good cricket match Listening to my music Seeing live music, gigs and bar performances Being with mates Going out, mainly to pubs, avoiding nightclubs where possible. Like live music venues in and around London Playing guitar, not that good at the moment but getting there Gym and swimming pool. am a member of 'next generation' leisure centres Drinking Cranberry Juice MSN Writing & drawing

                                              I'd like to meet:

                                                  Anybody really. Anybody who has something interesting to say about anything or can introduce me to new music or bands.
                                                    Please, no attention whores who just add me and then do nothing but bombard me with bulletins saying 'Hey, I have a new pic, go comment!!'
                                                      Other than that, I'm not picky!! Drop me a message if you feel the urge to or are bored,as I said I want to meet many interesting and like minded people I will always reply, even if im offline and can't straight away!
                                                      Ok, new rule... if you want to add me as a friend then please send a message first to let me know. Even if it just says hello. I get so many "fake" profiles adding me that to be honest I don't even bother checking my friend requests any more.

                                                      Music:

                                                      My main music interests are Rock & Roll/soft rock/indie/any guitar music really although recently I have found myself listening to a lot of female 'jazz/alternative' artists! But i dig pretty much anything. My favourite bands at the moment are Sister Hazel and Oasis! Here are some examples of stuff i'm into...

                                                        Oasis, big fan Sister Hazel KT Tunstall Katie Melua Siobhan Donaghy Michelle Branch Sheryl Crow Missy Higgins Maroon 5, Nickelback Santana Beatles (of course) 3 doors down David Gray Stereophonics Joss Stone Bon Jovi Bryan Adams Norah Jones Embrace McFly (not that i'm proud of it) U2 Red Hot Chilli Peppers Charlotte Hatherley The Wreckers Daniel Powter James Blunt Nerina Pallot Amplifico
                                                      Im also into most of the latest stuff on the radio but grow tired of it after a few weeks 'cos it gets soooo overplayed!!! Always on the look out for new bands/artists to get intoSister Hazel - Concede (acoustic)
                                                      .. width="425" height="350" ..Sister Hazel - Shame (acoustic)
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                                                      David Ford - Go To Hell (Live @ Borderline) .. width="425" height="350" ..
                                                      Beth Orton - Stolen Car .. width="425" height="350" ..

                                                      Movies:

                                                      Unfortunatly I am a very demanding movie go-er. Any film needs to have a decent story, not just a load of special effects.

                                                      My favourite types of films have to be comedy followed by crime. I try and steer well clear of the horror genre as every film at the moment seems to be boring and predictable.Here are some of my favourite films...
                                                        Fight Club Lock Stock... Snatch Terminator 1 & 2 Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Anchorman Jay and Silent Bob Dodgeball Garden State

                                                      Television:

                                                        [scrubs] Father Ted Have I Got News For You Men Bahaving Badly Alan Partridge That 70's Show Two Guys And A Girl Soccer AM Soccer AM All Sports Show The Simpsons Baddiel & Skinner Unplanned Friends Stand Up Comedy Shows The Office Green Wing Nathan Barley
                                                      .. width="425" height="350" .... width="425" height="350" .... width="425" height="350" .... width="425" height="350" ..Some CCTV Footage from my local shop. Erith is really like this...

                                                      Books:

                                                      In doing my HND in Professional Writing I am finding myself reading a variety of books.

                                                        Recent reads include...
                                                        • Frankenstien by Mary Shelly
                                                        • Misadventures by Sylvia Smith
                                                        • Tao of Mouhammed Ali by Davis Miller
                                                        • 1984 by George Orwell
                                                        • Biography of Roy Keane
                                                        • 1001 Nights Without Sex by Suzanne Sholzberg
                                                        • I'm a teacher, Get me outta here by Franais Gilbert
                                                          • As well as an assortment of chapters and material by a mixture of authors we study during the course of my HND!

                                                              Heroes:

                                                                My Folks
                                                              Very normal but so true. They made me!
                                                                Bill Lawrence
                                                              This is the guy that created Scrubs. Without him we would not have this brilliant sitcom. He is also a genius script and story writer.

                                                              My Blog

                                                              Musician Promotional Videos

                                                              During my uni course a project I undertook (as a group project) was to make a promotional video (EPK) for a local metal band called Life Sentence. If you are an artist and would like something simila...
                                                              Posted by Craig on Thu, 31 May 2007 06:15:00 PST

                                                              Gig review 2006

                                                              Inspired by Andy J's gig review to be found at... http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&f riendID=47110930&blogID=210946514&indicate=1 Gigs (all venues in and around Londo...
                                                              Posted by Craig on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 06:54:00 PST

                                                              A little piece of philosophy on life...

                                                              Are you running out of time? No more or less than any other person on this planet. Have you ever wondered why we use the phrase "Human race"? It's because life is a race. It's a competition to see who...
                                                              Posted by Craig on Sun, 28 May 2006 06:27:00 PST

                                                              The product of boredom and frustration

                                                              AAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!! That is all!
                                                              Posted by Craig on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

                                                              My Tarot Reading

                                                              A woman at work had tarot cards with her today and for a laugh, I gave it a go... heres what it said... 1> Card 1 said there is a big problem in my life at the moment 2> In order to solve the pr...
                                                              Posted by Craig on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST