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Sallyella

Well, I must be the Devil's daughter, what a dark father to dwell in me...

About Me

Hey darl's.

My name is Sally.
I am brunette. Be jealous.
I am an ancient and medieval historian.
Ooh.

I enjoy:

    Spinning yarns.Giggage.Tidying up my room... but not my bathroom.A good ol' chin wag.Hair-raising vocals, filthy relentless riffs, gut-wrenching basslines and one-two drumbeats.

Hello.

Quotage:

"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers" - Thomas J. Watson.

"They call this war a cloud over our land, but they make the weather, then stand in the rain sayin', "Shit! It's rainin'!"" - Ruby Thewes, Cold Mountain.

"Rebellion is now socially accepted behaviour... So what are you rebelling against?" - Jack White III.

"The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it" - Oscar Wilde.

"Radiohead (verb): To succeed despite every effort not to; to ditch your indie rock roots and produce an electronic album with no songs on it and have it go to number one... in America; to give your album away for free but have people pay for it anyway" - XFM.

Videoness

The Good Loser:

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

I'd love to meet any of my favourite musicians, authors and film makers. I think it'd be interesting to learn about what makes 'em tick, though in all honesty a quick opportunity to say thank you would suffice! Most of all, I'd like to meet my real James Harding , wherever he may be.



Music:

I like it. Lots.

Sing.

String.

Ring.

Ding.

Dong.

Movies:

Cold Mountain
Corpse Bride
Donnie Darko
Monty Python And The Holy Grail
The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Phantom of the Opera
The Prestige
Sleepy Hollow
Sweeney Todd
Van Helsing
V For Vendetta

Television:

The Apprentice
Blackadder
Bones
Doctor Who
Fawlty Towers
Midsomer Murders
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Never Mind The Buzzcocks
Strictly Come Dancing
Various period-dramas

Books:

My favourite book is The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde and I want to live on Terry Pratchet's Discworld. I highly recommend The First Law trilogy by Joe Abercrombie. I also spin a few yarns myself.

Heroes:

This man:

... no, seriously. The man actually saved my life!
Death
J.K. Rowling
Oscar Wilde
Tim Burton

My Blog

Reading List

Last Updated 14/09/2008Last Argument of Kings - Joe Abercrombie *****Kingston By Starlight - Christopher John Farley  *****Ratcatcher - James McGee ***Resurrectionist - James McGeeMaking Money - ...
Posted by Sallyella on Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:37:00 PST

Obvious statement... is obvious.

Genius feature is genius. Good music is good. Fabulous book is fabulous. Sexy pirate is sexy. Sweet piece of fiction is sweet. Tiresome reality is tiresome. Irritating thing is irritating. Boring...
Posted by Sallyella on Sun, 21 Sep 2008 06:22:00 PST

A reason to smile :)

Email sent 18th August 2008:(note: edited from original to prevent spoilers indicated by '...') Hello Mr. Abercrombie,Rarely have I been so compelled to pen a thanks and expression of complete admirat...
Posted by Sallyella on Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:42:00 PST

"Butt-scratcher!" "Childsnatcher!" "Margaret Thatcher!"

Well, I am baaaaaaaaack from my first ever proper festival experience (y'know, with the camping and the music and the repulsive disgusting unbearably gross toilets and such like) and I think I can saf...
Posted by Sallyella on Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:09:00 PST

Better late than never!

Right. I think I can now summon the energy to review the gigs I attended whilst on my holiday in Europe  so here goes! First of all let me say, it was an absolutely BRILLIANT holiday and one...
Posted by Sallyella on Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:34:00 PST

DUDE! Suhweet!

PIG IN A PRAM! Le moo! Mont Moo! AGHHHHHHH! Blake has got a new face! "You never speak so I have to guess you're not free-e-e-e-e...e-e-e-e-en..." FLAIL! DRUUUUUUMS! The noise that sounded like someon...
Posted by Sallyella on Sat, 12 Jul 2008 08:10:00 PST

Update

1) I go on holiday tomorrow... YAAAAY! I'm actually excited now that it's rolled around. Before I was a bit mehish... but now it's yayness! And I get to see the Raconteurs (twice), the Kills and the G...
Posted by Sallyella on Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:33:00 PST

A Life Ambition Fulfilled

I think this says it all: x x x...
Posted by Sallyella on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:13:00 PST

*Deep breath*

RAAAAAAAAAADIO FRIKKIN' HEAD! TONIGHT! ... AHHHH! x x x...
Posted by Sallyella on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:24:00 PST

Happy 12th June

My stream of consciousness when thinking about what happened exactly 1 year ago today: - "I feel sick I feel sick I feel sick I feel sick." - Phonecall from Carly."I've finished my exam. What time are...
Posted by Sallyella on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:16:00 PST