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... ... Dentistry,
www.dentaid.org
Life, DVDs, Cinema
www.cineworld.co.uk (Liverpool), Graphic Novels, Xbox, Clubbing, Dance?, ...............
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Reading, Technology, Ebay
, Finance, Business, Re-cycling, People? The Internet, I hope to travel more next year + see more live music. Post-Grad Education? More Runs
www.greatrun.org
, 10K+,
www.isketch.net
www.linemypocket.co.uk,
Amazon marketplace
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Finding bargins, my new favourite website:
www.hotukdeals.com
[I added this extra section for nostalgic reasons, feel free skip on ahead for more interesting stuff]
Video Games
My favourite video games:
Loved my first computer an Amiga as a kid, classic games such as: Speedball 2, SuperCars 2, Syndicate, Populous 2, Civilization, Gods, First Samurai, Rainbow Islands, SWIV, Dune 2, Hero's Quest, Rick Dangerous 2, SwitchBlade 2, Hunter...
Think I had a few years break from gaming during A-levels and the start of Uni, then I saw a clearance N64 at a bargin price (near it's demise): Super Mario 64 [I got all 120 stars in this], GoldenEye [ I unlocked all the cheats on this], The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time, Perfect Dark.
GameBoy Advance (PC Emulator): MegaMan, Advanced Wars, Final Fight
Xbox: Halo, Hitman, Grand Theft Auto 3 + Vice City, The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind, Halo 2.
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Acts I have seen live:
The Feeling / The Fray @ Liv Uni 22/02/06 (my brother's birthday)
Christina Aguilera @ MENA 23/11/06
The All-American Rejects @ Manchester Apollo 23/09/06
The Darkness @ Summer Pops Liverpool 13/07/06
The Red Hot Chilli Peppers @ MENA 12/07/06
New Order @ Summer Pops Liverpool 08/07/06
KT Tunstall @ Manchester Apollo 23/06/06
Foo Fighters @ LCCC Lancashire County Cricket Club 18/06/06
The Strokes,
Angels and Airways,
The Subways supporting.
Black Eyed Peas @ MENA 14/06/06
with Pussy Cat Dolls supporting.
Fall Out Boy @ Manchester Apollo 23/05/06
Hard-Fi @ Liverpool Academy 08/05/06
Orson @ Liverpool Academy 22/03/06
Corinne Bailey Rae @ Liverpool Academy 11/04/06
Lucy Styles @ Liverpool Barfly
3 Doors Down @ Manchester Academy 03/04/06
Katie Melua @ MENA Manchester Evening News Arena 27/01/06
The Stranglers @ Liverpool Matthew Street Festival.
Chesney Hawkes @ Liverpool University Guild when I was a student.
Shows I have seen:
Jack and The Bean Stalk: Twist & Sproat @ Liv Everyman
The Wizard Of Oz @ Chester Gateway.
Little Britain Live @ Manchester Apollo 25/11/06
Paddy McGuiness The Dark Side @ Manchester Apollo 22/09/06
Jimmy Carr Off The TV @ Liverpool Philharmonic 14/07/06
Insomnobabble @ Liverpool Unity Theatre 26/01/06
Two Pence Cross The Mersey @ Liverpool Empire Theatre
Jesus Christ Superstar @ Liverpool Empire
The King and I @ Liverpool Empire
My Fair Lady @ Liverpool Empire
Blood Brothers @ Liverpool Empire 27/04/06
Anything Goes @ Liverpool Empire
The Alchemist @ Liverpool Unity Theatre
Jackson's Way @ Liverpool Unity Theatre
Shiny, happy people!
My mates for a good night out whenever I can ....................
Spontaneous people who are willing go to gigs with little or no notice and do other crazy things like crowd surfing!
Otherwise, online:
I'D LIKE TO MEET:
Anyone who can make me laugh.
Good decent people who are honest, intelligent and interesting.
Some like-minded people with similar interests.
New friendly people who are passionate about their own interests and would like to share their thoughts.
Guess I'd like to meet the girl of my dreams someday, doubt it'll happen online though.
People to make the world a better place with.
Anyone who needs my help... just ask.
Trendy
Prepy
Goth
Emo
Rocker, Mosher
Chav, Townie, Rude Boy, Ned, Kev
Skater
Prep
Emo Kid
Geek/Nerd
Hot
Jock
Punk
Loner
Goth
Stoner
"Ghetto"
(ages since I've updated this bit, too hard work to keep this current, try looking at my blogs instead to see what I'm listening to....)
At the moment really like:
Untitled - Simple Plan,
Dirty Little Secret - All American Rejects,
Everyone Else Has Had More Sex Than Me - Bunny (see below),
Beating Heart Baby - Head Automatica, (see blog for video)
Ten Times Tonight - Lucy Styles (see My Friends),
Over You - Vicky Nolan (see My Friends) www.vickynolan.com , ..................... ..... ..... ....
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Recently saw 3 Doors Down live @ Manchester Academy, they Rock:
Also Corinne Bailey Rae live @ Liverpool Carling Academy, isn't she cute:
And Hard-Fi @ Manchester Apollo (great set):
The Foo Fighters:
The Black Eyed Peas:
The Red Hot Chilli Peppers:
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See my blog for some more videos.
The O.C. Soundtrack!!! Didn't usually buy CDs but have started to do so. Recent ones: Now 61+62, Gwen Stefani, ColdPlay, Katie Melua (got tickets to see her in Feb @ Manchester), GreenDay, Franz Ferdinand, Maroon 5, Snow Patrol, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Floor Fillers, Delta Goodrem, Avril Lavinge, Britney, Tenacious D,
www.sonymusic.com/artists/TenaciousD
The Calling. Think I like a variety of things: indie, pop, dance, slow jams, oldies. Am willing to give most things a try. Haven't been that adventurous in the past but wanting to change now. A lot of the times I'm just a bit clueless, take The O.C. Soundtrack, love a lot of those tracks but when ever someone asks me what it's called or who it is I don't even know. Duh. Listen to the radio more frequently in car + @ work now. Rock FM, City FM usually out of habit...
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The No.1 UK Single on my Birthday was Atomic by Blondie.
[US No.1 was A Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Queens].
Find your's at this website:
www.thisdayinmusic.com
View my movie page Get this
Xiao Xiao (see blog pages)
Click, The Last Kiss,
Just Like Heaven (just saw this),
The Corporation (educate yourself - watch this DVD documentary),
Spirited Away (Japanese Animation),
Kung Fu Hustle (Cantonese film),
City Of God (Brazilian),
Life Is Beautiful (Italian),
The Incredibles (Disney Pixar),
Back To The Future,
Aliens
,
Not Another Teen Movie,
Sin City (Frank Miller's Graphic Novels put on live film,
Dave Gorman's Googlewhacking Adventure (brillant 'stand up?' comedy show,
Bring It On ("be agressive, be, be aggressive"),
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Chinese Mandarin),
I Robot,
Lord Of The Rings,
Star Wars,
Mullholland Drive,
Toy Story,
Love Actually,
Spiderman,
Batman Begins,
The Matrix,
Terminator 2,
Gladiator,
Shrek,
Bond,
Dances With Wolves,
Saving Private Ryan,
Moulin Rouge,
The Rock,
Face/Off,
Elf,
Fight Club,
Coach Carter (based on a true story)
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Supposedly if you've seen over 70 films from this list, you have no life (Eek I've seen 173/198, I just think I'm efficient with my time - ps anyone beat that?): ............................................................
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(1) Rocky Horror Picture Show
(2) Grease
(3) Pirates of the Caribbean
() Boondock Saints
(4) The Mexican
(5) Fight Club
(6) Starsky and Hutch
(7) Neverending Story
(8) Blazing Saddles
(9) Airplane
(10) The Princess Bride
() Young Frankenstein
(11) AnchorMan: The Legend of Ron Burgandy
(12) Napoleon Dynamite
(13) Saw
(14) White Noise
(15) White Oleander
(16) Anger Management
(17) 50 First Dates
(18) Jason X
(19) Scream
(20) Scream 2
(21) Scream 3
(22) Scary Movie
(23) Scary Movie 2
(24) Scary Movie 3
(25) American Pie
(26) American Pie 2
(27) American Wedding
(28) Harry Potter
(29) Harry Potter 2
(30) Harry Potter 3
(31) Harry Potter 4
(32) Resident Evil I
(33) Resident Evil 2
(34) The Wedding Singer
() Little Black Book
(35) The Village
(36) Donnie Darko
(37) Lilo & Stitch
(38) Finding Nemo
(39) Finding Neverland
(40) Ghost
(41)Signs
() The Grinch
(42) Texas Chainsaw Massacre
(43) White Chicks
(45) Thirteen Going on 30
(46) I, Robot
(47) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
(48) Universal Soldier
(49) A Series Of Unfortunate Events
(50)Along Came Polly
(51) Deep Impact
(52) KingPin
(53) Never Been Kissed
(55) Meet the Fockers
() Eight Crazy Nights
(56) A Cinderella Story
(57) The Terminal
(58) The Lizzie McGuire Movie
() Passport to Paris
(59) Dumb & Dumber
(60) Dumb & Dumberer
(61) Final Destination
(62) Final Destination 2
() Halloween
(63) The Ring
(64) The Ring 2
(65) Harold And Kumar Go To White Castle
(66) Practical Magic
(67) Chicago
(68) Ghost Ship
(69) From Hell
(70) Hellboy
(71) Secret Window
() I Am Sam
(72) The Whole Nine Yards
(73) The Day After Tomorrow
(74) Child's Play
() Bride of Chucky
(75) 10 Things I Hate About U
(76) Just Married
(77) Gothika
(78) Nightmare on Elm Street
() Sixteen Candles
(173) Coach Carter
(79) Bad Boys
(80) Bad Boys 2
() Joy Ride
(81) Seven
(82) Ocean's Eleven
(83) Ocean's Twelve
(84) Identity
() Lone Star
(85) Bedazzled
(86) Predator I
(87) Predator II
(88) Independence Day
() Cujo
() A Bronx Tale
(89) Darkness Falls
() Christine- the possessed car
(90) ET
() Children of the Corn
() My Boss' Daughter
() Maid in Manhattan
() Frailty
() Best Bet
(91) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
(92) She's All That
(93) Calendar Girls
(94) Sideways
(95) Mars Attacks
(96) Event Horizon
(97) Ever After
(98) Forrest Gump
(99) Big Trouble in Little China
(100) X-Men
(101) X-2
(102) Jeepers Creepers
(103) Jeepers Creepers 2
(104) Catch Me If You Can
(105) The Others
(106) Freaky Friday Original
(107) Freaky Friday Remake
(108) Reign of Fire
(109) Cruel Intentions
(110) Cruel Intentions 2
(111) The Hot Chick
(112) Swimfan
() Oracle
(113) Old School
(114) Ray
(115) K-Pax
(116) Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
(117) Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
(118)Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
(119) Walk to Remember
(120) Boogeyman
(121) Hitch
(122) The Fifth Element
(123) Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
(124) Star Wars Episode II: Attack of The Clones
(125) Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of The Sith
(126) Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
(127) Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
(128) Star Wars Episode VI: Return of The Jedi
() Troop Beverly Hills
(129) Swimming with Sharks
(130) Air Force 1
() For Richer or Poorer
(131) Trainspotting
() People Under the Stairs
(132) Blue Velvet
(133) Sound of Music
(134)Parent Trap 1
(135)Parent Trap 2
(136) The Terminator
(137) The Terminator 2
(138) The Terminator 3
(149) Empire Records
() SLC Punk727
(150) Meet Joe Black
(151) Nightmare Before Christmas
(152) The Silence of the Lambs
(153) Sleepy Hollow
(154) The Godfather
(155) The Godfather 2
(156) The Godfather 3
(157) Goodfellas
(158) Pulp Fiction
(159) Jackie Brown
(160) Kill Bill
(161) Kill Bill 2
(162) Reservoir Dogs
(163) Scarface
(164) Full Metal Jacket
(165) Taxi Driver
(166) Master and Commander : The Far Side Of the World
(167) Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory
(168) Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
(169) Crash
(170) The Breakfast Club
(171) Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
(172) The Good Girl
The O.C!!! House, Naruto, Scrubs,
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, Grey's Anatomy, Nip/Tuck, Lost, The Apprentice - "You're Fired!", 24, Smallville, Stargate SG-1 + Atlantis, Sopranos, The Office, Band Of Brothers, Cold Feet, Dark Skys! Used to watch: Dawson's Creek, Ally McBeal, Quantum Leap, Star Trek, X-Files, Friends, Buffy, Angel, Babylon 5. ER. Anyone familar with :The Opposite Sex (Axed US teen drama started Allison Mack + Chris Evans) or Off Centre (Axed US comedy series with Eddie Kaye Thomas, John Cho + Sean Maguire from Grange Hill)? Just started Battle Star Gallatica on DVD. Don't watch much live TV anymore, just boxsets these days; I like to do things in my own time. Dave Gorman. Black Adder, Red Drawf, HitchHikers Guide to the Galaxy, Due South. Desperate Housewives, Extras - so funny, truely LOLROTFLMAO style.
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_____________________________________________ The Cube.
Dune (superb - science fiction yet works at so my different levels), Catcher In The Rye (classic), The Alchemist, To Kill A MockingBird (GCSE fav), Harry Potter, Little Women, LOTRs, Da Vinci Code, anything by David Gemmell (heroic fantasy at it's best - think Gladiator, Troy, Braveheart) or Frank Miller (eg Sin City), The Dark Knight Returns, DC Vertigo titles: Preacher (Garth Ennis), Sandman (Neil Gaiman), HellBlazer, Manga: GTO (hilarious!), DragonBall Z (fun), Akira, Eagle, Lone Wolf + Cub, Kelvin + Hobbs, Bone, Random Acts of Kindness, Yes Man, Join Me, Are You Dave Gorman?
I have read over a thousand different graphic novels, I am a great fan of the medium. I love to appreciate the art as I read and find the material more easily accessible - it is a faster medium and can be more rewarding with less commitment on time. ............................................................
.....................BOOKS I HAVE READ + BOOKS I INTEND TO READ:-
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I couple of years ago I had a running competition with a colleague to see who could read the most books from this list by xmas 04. I won. The list is from BBC's BIG READ (the Nation's favourite) Top 100.
I have put an 'X' before each book I have read. ............................................................
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1.X The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
3.X His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
4.X The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
5.X Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
6.X To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
7.X Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne
8.X Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell
9.X The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis
10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bront
11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller
12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Bront
13. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks
14. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
15.X The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
16.X The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
18.X Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
19. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres
20. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
21. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
22.X Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, JK Rowling
23.X Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling
24.X Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK Rowling
25.X The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien
26. Tess Of The D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy
27. Middlemarch, George Eliot
28. A Prayer For Owen Meany, John Irving
29. The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck
30. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
31.X The Story Of Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson
32. One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Gabriel Garca Mrquez
33. The Pillars Of The Earth, Ken Follett
34. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens
35.X Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
36.X Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
37. A Town Like Alice, Nevil Shute
38. Persuasion, Jane Austen
39.X Dune, Frank Herbert
40. Emma, Jane Austen
41. Anne Of Green Gables, LM Montgomery
42. Watership Down, Richard Adams
43.X The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
44. The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
45. Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh
46.X Animal Farm, George Orwell
47. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
48. Far From The Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy
49. Goodnight Mister Tom, Michelle Magorian
50. The Shell Seekers, Rosamunde Pilcher
51. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
52.X Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck
53. The Stand, Stephen King
54. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
55. A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth
56.X The BFG, Roald Dahl
57. Swallows And Amazons, Arthur Ransome
58. Black Beauty, Anna Sewell
59.X Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
60. Crime And Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
61.X Noughts And Crosses, Malorie Blackman
62. Memoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur Golden
63. A Tale Of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
64. The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCollough
65. Mort, Terry Pratchett
66.X The Magic Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton
67. The Magus, John Fowles
68. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
69. Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett
70.X Lord Of The Flies, William Golding
71. Perfume, Patrick Sskind
72. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, Robert Tressell
73. Night Watch, Terry Pratchett
74.X Matilda, Roald Dahl
75.X Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding
76. The Secret History, Donna Tartt
77. The Woman In White, Wilkie Collins
78. Ulysses, James Joyce
79. Bleak House, Charles Dickens
80.X Double Act, Jacqueline Wilson
81.X The Twits, Roald Dahl
82. I Capture The Castle, Dodie Smith
83.X Holes, Louis Sachar
84. Gormenghast, Mervyn Peake
85. The God Of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
86.X Vicky Angel, Jacqueline Wilson
87. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
88. Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons
89.X Magician, Raymond E Feist
90. On The Road, Jack Kerouac
91. The Godfather, Mario Puzo
92. The Clan Of The Cave Bear, Jean M Auel
93. The Colour Of Magic, Terry Pratchett
94.X The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
95. Katherine, Anya Seton
96. Kane And Abel, Jeffrey Archer
97.X Love In The Time Of Cholera, Gabriel Garca Mrquez
98.X Girls In Love, Jacqueline Wilson
99.X The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot
100. Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie.
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.......Total Read = 38(I would like to hear from anyone who has read more than this.)
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