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Joshua

Make it idiot proof and someone will make a better idiot

About Me

I'm a recreational glasses wearer (it's more fun that way) and Chinese tea enthusiast. If you would like to know anything else, just ask - I'm friendlier than I look.

My Interests

Design, Art, Interiors, Product Aesthetics, Property, Economics, Cycling, Painting, Music, Cooking, Eating Out, Gastropubs, Cocktail Bars, Real Ale, Golf, Shooting, Rugby, Skiing, Classic Cars and exploring London, urban warrior style.

I'd like to meet:

1. Someone who likes ironing.2. Ricky Gervais, Steven Merchant and Karl Pilkington.3. I would love to meet anyone who can teach me something, regardless of how useless!

Music:

Ennio Morricone, The Whitest Boy Alive, Kings of Convenience, John Martyn, The Kooks, The Klaxons, The Beta Band, J Hines, The Meters, The Long Blondes, Arctic Monkeys, Aim, Four Tet, Benevento Russo, Klashnekoff, Phi-Life Cypher, Lewis Parker, Yungun, Jehst, Schiller, Nick Drake, Libertines, Unkle, RJD2, Zero 7, DJ Shadow, Tram, Staz Getz, Bill Evans, Kenny Burrell Sufjan Stevens, Portishead, Seu Jorge, 4 Hero, Willy Mason, Turin Brakes, Goldfrapp, Bonobo, Jazzanova, Harry Love, Jamiroquai, Jill Scott, Jeff Buckley, Bloc Party, Coldplay, High Contrast, Razorlight, Mr. Scruff, Coldcut, Nightmares on Wax, Kinobe, Jimi Hendrix, The Hamsters, LCD Soundsystem, Zutons, A Tribe Called Quest, Pete Rock, Aphex Twin. The Herbaliser, Cannonball Adderley

Movies:

City of God, Withnail and I, Goodfellas, Lost in Translation, Blow, Donnie Brasco, The Life of David Gale, Fight Club.

Television:

Grand Designs, Home Front, Planet Earth, The F Word, The Sopranos, The Blue Planet, River Cottage, Top Gear, Have I Got News For You, Saturday Kitchen, Friends, The Office and BBC News 24

Books:

I highly recommend "Watching the English" by Kate Fox

Heroes:

Ennio Morricone, Boris Johnson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Colin Harbut.And that guy who swam the length of the Amazon.....

My Blog

Repeat that number

I find it incredibly annoying when people leave a message and do the following:"This is a message for Joshua. I would like to confirm my interest in the room that you have advertised for let. Blah bla...
Posted by Joshua on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 02:45:00 PST

Evolving

One thing you realise over time is that friends will always be there, some near, others in the distance. I'm probably guilty of not keeping in touch with many who I would consider to be the ones I car...
Posted by Joshua on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 01:38:00 PST

The latest edition to the Jackson household!!

Hi all,Picked them up today, our piggies!1 boy and 2 girls called Gammon, Pineapple and Rasher (the names were my dad's choice in case you were wondering). We've had to set up and electric fence aroun...
Posted by Joshua on Thu, 30 Mar 2006 09:25:00 PST

Major chain's and the people who frequent them. London specific

It is widely acknowledged among my friends that I detest most major bar and coffee chains in the capital. It's not that I'm a tree hugger and want to rage against major corporations, far from it, I ju...
Posted by Joshua on Thu, 12 Jan 2006 07:32:00 PST

The perils of running in BATTERSEA PARK

As you can see from my photo's I'm nowhere near as fit as a butchers dog. However, one of my recent pastimes has been learning the skill of running, and i don't just mean when your pissed up try to ca...
Posted by Joshua on Mon, 09 Jan 2006 12:13:00 PST