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Alex

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About Me

I'm short, but stronger than I look. Don't get me started on real coffee.
Which House MD Character Are You?

House
You're House! You're mean, insolent, gruff, callous, intelligent, and all the other awesome things that makes House a meaningful and memorable character. You have drive and a dominating dedication to the rules of logic and reason, even in the face of day to day trivialities. Not afraid to back down or change your stance or even be PC, you totally stand out wherever you go, despite standing out in an often negative way.
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What's Your Coffee Personality?

Black Coffee
You are PROPER DRIP/FILTER Coffee, low maintenance and dependable. Pretty down to earth, you don't put much stock in trends and fashion, prefering to stick with what is comfortable. You have your angsty moments. And you're probably addicted to caffeine. Might want to watch that.
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Your Dominant Intelligence is Linguistic Intelligence
You are excellent with words and language. You explain yourself well.
An elegant speaker, you can converse well with anyone on the fly.
You are also good at remembering information and convicing someone of your point of view.
A master of creative phrasing and unique words, you enjoy expanding your vocabulary.
You would make a fantastic poet, journalist, writer, teacher, lawyer, politician, or translator. What Kind of Intelligence Do You Have?

My Interests

Drinking coffee (proper coffee, mind. None of this Americano crap), dancing like a loon, reading, going to the theatre, eating. Ranting about things, especially coffee. Bill Hicks. Morrissey!!! Charlie Brooker.

Smart, sexy, and sassy, both the press and other staffers know not to mess with Claudia Jean. A natural at her job, the press secretary is sensitive toward women's issues and stands up for 'the Sisterhood.' Her wit and one-liners along with her lip synching ability are known across the land.

::I met Tom Stoppard once. It was glorious. He smelled of Marlborough and genius.
Your Withnail and I character is I.
You are indeed drifting into the arena of the unwell.
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I'd like to meet:

People! I love people!! Lots of people!This is Hugh Laurie being frightfully funny at the Emmys.....Attitude.

Music:

The Smiths, Morrissey, The Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, Kayne West, Damien Rice, AC/DC Joni Mitchell, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jamie Lawson, Rufus Wainwright, Counting Crows, Sarah McLachlan, Rob Dougan, Dropkick Muphys, Howie Day, Imogen Head, Oasis, Jeff Buckley, Antony and the Johnsons, The Beastie Boys, Pink Floyd, Tenacious D, Nick Cave and ther Bad Seeds, Chili Willi and the red hot peppers, Guns n' roses, Gorillaz, Dean Martin, Foo Fighters, Faithless, The Dears, Snakefinger....

Movies:

Withnail and I, Batman, Out of Sight, Aladdin, Charade, Some like it hot, Old School, State and main, Team America, The Big Lebowski, Mallrats, Garden State, When Harry met Sally, Kiss kiss bang bang, Halloween, Memento, Pirates of the Caribbean, South Park: the movie, Wonder Boys, Finding Nemo, The Matrix, Dogma, Clue, Keeping the faith, The Exorcist, The Shining, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless mind, Annie Hall....Withnail does Hamlet. Perfect and tragic.

Television:

The West Wing, Scrubs, Doctor Who, House, Huff, QI, Jeeves and Wooster, The X-Files, Buffy, Angel, Lee and Herring, Black books, Have I got news for you, The Daily Show, South Park, Blackadder, Frasier, The Simpsons, Father Ted, Darkplace.

Books:

Enduring Love, Lunar Park, Running with scissors, Anansi Boys. The Rainbow, Girlfriend in a coma, The Secret History, The picture of Dorian Grey, Anansi Boys, Dry, Fight Club, Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit, Screenburn, The Gun Seller, Microserfs, Small World, The Liar, Paradise Lost, The Go-Between, Sombrero fallout, Magical Thinking, The Fingersmith, Howl, The Rainbow, Saturday, On Chesil Beach, Jpod

Heroes:

Tom Stoppard, Keith Richards, Allen Ginsberg, Morrissey, Mandy Patinkin, Joe Perry, Bill Hicks, Rufus Wainwright

My Blog

Snow-phoria

I am pleased to report that it's possible to have an "It's good to be alive and I really appreciate the great things in my life" moment without it being some kind of religious epiphany. Today I experi...
Posted by Alex on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 06:58:00 PST

Bad blogger, BAD!

About a year ago, Mike and I set up a blog on blogspot.com. Its main purpose was to get me writing again as I had a wicked bad case of writer's block (four years! Come on!). I wrote a grand total of t...
Posted by Alex on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 04:42:00 PST

Canadian update - of sorts...

Hello. Yes, yes, I know. I have been utterly crap on the blogging, but I had a fairly good excuse - up until just now, I haven't been able to use the internet for more than 5 minutes - and then I've h...
Posted by Alex on Tue, 10 Oct 2006 01:58:00 PST

Pre-Canada warm-up blog

Some people send postcards when they go on holiday. Others send lengthy, mass emails to their friends with computer crashingly huge photgraphs attached. I am going to try and break the mould and keep ...
Posted by Alex on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 03:49:00 PST