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Conor

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

About Me



I'm not a rock star, but on most days I feel like one. :)



Moody

My Interests

Music:

Aimee Mann, Basil Poledouris, Coldplay, Danny Elfman, ELO, E.S. Posthumus, Fatboy Slim, Isaac Hayes, Kraftwerk, Jean Michel Jarre, Jerry Goldsmith, JJ72, Joan Osborne, Joe Hisaishi, Laura Veirs, Lalo Schifrin, Led Zeppelin, Leonard Cohen, Metallica, Mike Oldfield, Moby, Muse, Nirvana, Oasis, Presidents, Queens of the Stone Age, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Ramones, REM, Tangerine Dream, Tenacious D, U2

Movies:

12 Monkeys, 2001, 25th Hour, A.I., Alien, Amadeus, Amelie, Apocalypse Now, Assault On Precinct 13 (1976), Back to the Future, Battle Royale, Blade Runner, Blue In The Face, The Breakfast Club, Bridge On The River Kwai, Bubba Ho-Tep, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Cape Fear(Scorcese), Cinema Paradiso, Contact, Croupier, Desperado, Donnie Darko, The Dreamers, Evil Dead, Fight Club, Gladiator, Game of Death, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Jackie Brown, Joint Security Area, Kill Bill, Koyaanisqatsi, Lawrence of Arabia, Legend of 1900, Lord of the Rings, The Godfather, Hana-Bi, Kikujiro, Magnolia, Meet Joe Black, Munich, Napolean Dynamite, Oldboy, Once Upon A Time In The West, Once Upon A Time In China, Open Range, Pi, Pitch Black, Pulp Fiction, Requeim for a Dream, Rounders, Seven, Shaolin Soccer, Silmido, Sin City, Smoke, Superman, Spaceballs, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Star Wars, Taegukgi, Taxi Driver, The Good the Bad and The Ugly, The Terminator, This is Spinal Tap, True Romance, The Twilight Samurai, Unforgiven, Violent Cop, Zatoichi

Television:

Battlestar Galactica, Bullshit!, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Family Guy, Futurama, Green Wing, The Office (UK..US), Peep Show, The Sopranos, South Park - not that I actually watch TV.. these are all from DVDs, who can be bothered with ads for washing up liquid.

Books:

The Godfather by Mario Puzo, Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell, number9dream by David Mitchell, Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien, Down and Dirty Pictures by Peter Biskind, Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke, The Boer War by Thomas Pakenham, Vipers in the Storm by Keith A. Rosenkranz

Heroes:

George Carlin, Bill Hicks, Sergio Leone, Takeshi Kitano, Stanley Kubrick, Sam Kinnison, Ennio Morricone, Mike Oldfield, Sam Peckinpah

My Blog

Insomnia

In a barren and sandy desertWhere the air, dry and stillRipples in the rising heat. SomewhereThere lies a man who knowsThe craving I feel.His thirst for waterIs my thirst for sleep.The sand that he li...
Posted by Conor on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 05:49:00 PST

Being a Good Samaritan

As many of you know I am evil to the core and will be going straight to hell someday. However, as much as I'm quite fond of the idea of basking in the fiery pits of hell I thought I should probably do...
Posted by Conor on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 05:32:00 PST

I'm baaaaaack

...and this time it's personal.I normally don't impulse buy, but I'm sorely tempted to buy this beautiful monstrosity.This is awesome. And the first girl who even knows what it all means will be a kee...
Posted by Conor on Thu, 27 Jul 2006 06:25:00 PST

So everybody wants a blog then...

Doest thou really believe I'd share my deepest and darkest secrets, here, in a blog, before the entire world?Nay - you shall wait for the movie, like everyone else.
Posted by Conor on Tue, 21 Mar 2006 02:14:00 PST

First thoughts.

Hello world.
Posted by Conor on Thu, 09 Feb 2006 05:41:00 PST