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Hicko

wee... bonjour.... mange tou.... jambon.... i am completely fluent ;-)

About Me

Alright peps. Welcome to "my"space.
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My Interests


Name? Andy Hickson
Nicknames? Hicko
Age? 26
Lives? West Bridgford, Nottingham
Occupation? Accountant
What book are you reading? "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
What time is it? 8:11pm
Favourite game? Trivial Pursuits
Favourite smell? Fresh coffee or jean paul gautier for women
Favourite magazine? NME.
Worst feeling in the world? The morning after a messy night before... and dealing with my phone calls
First thing you think of in the morning? If i can hit snooze
How many rings before you answer the phone? Depends on caller....
Favourite colour? Blue
Favourite food? Sandwiches
Most important thing in my life? Family and friends
Do you play an instrument? Yes (Piano and learning the guitar)
Do you like to drive fast? Yes.
Do you sleep with a stuffed animal? No, but i own an awesome stuffed squirrel
First car? Red Nissan Micra.
If you could go back in time and talk to someone from your past...who? Grandparents or Sister
Favourite alcoholic drink? Voddy, Tonic and Lime... or red wine.
Whats in the boot of your car? Spare tyre, wrench, some shoes and mud from V 2006
Do you eat the stems of brocolli? Never
Whats your ideal job? Movie producer
Glass half empty of half full? Half full... most of the time
Favourite movie? Empire Strikes Back and LA Confidential
Whats under your bed? Dust
Do you have a favourite number? Don't think so
Favourite article of clothing? Either all my tees, or my long green shorts
Beach, Mountains or City? Mountains
Technology or Art? Technology
Comedy or Horror? Comedy
Favourite physical feature of the opposite sex? Eyes, Lips.... and breasts.
Favourite time of the day? Late at night
Last CD bought? The Rapture ("Pieces of People we Love")
What time do you wake up in the morning? Between 7 and 8
Favourite kitchen item? Knives (must be sharp!)
What makes you really angry? Selfishness and lack of manners
Do you believe in life after death? Yes.
Favourite season? Winter
Which super power would you most like? Either flying or being spiderman
Can you juggle? Yes.
Favouite day? Thursday
Sushi or hamburger? Hamburger
Favourite cartoon? X-Men and South Park
If you could holiday anywhere... where? New Zealand
Favourite song? "Hurt" (Johnny Cash), "River Man" (Nick Drake) or "America" (Razorlight)
Do you fancy someone right now? Yes, shes ace.
Too hot or too cold? Too cold
Favourite sport? Football (to watch), Badminton (to play)
DVD or cinema? DVD
Favourite city? San Francisco
What is most likely to make you smile? My Friends... everytime.

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I'd like to meet:

Liam, Noel and Ashcroft (for drinking session), Kate Moss, all members of the Italia '90 England world cup squad, keith richards, cartman from southpark (assuming he were a real person), mike skinner, the entire chris moyles breakfast show team, david hasselhoff (circa michael knight era) and anyone who was at Benicassim 2006 so we could just sit and talk about how AWESOME it was.And maybe samuel l jackson... just to get him to say in real life "who put all these motherf*ckin snakes on this motherf*ckin plane?!"
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Music:

I cant list all of the bands i lover here... i cant be arsed to type for that long, but list would defo include - The Velvet Underground, The Stokes, The Rapture, The Streets, Kano, Plan B, Clap you hands say yeah, The Go! Team, Oasis, The Ordinary Boys, Klaxons, The Libertines, Spiritualized, Razorlight, We are scientists, The Sunshine Underground, The Young Knives, Hot Chip, Art Brut, Be your own pet, The Jam, Blur, Pulp, Sigur Ros, CSS, Kasabian, Te Fratellis, Har Mar Superstar, Jet and loads of others which tomorrow when i re-read this i will add!!!

Movies:

Star wars (all 6, but the 3 originals in partiular), City of God, Garden State, LA Confidential, Rear Window, Psycho, North by Northwest, Training Day, Waynes World, Dumb and Dumber, Southpark the movie, The Matrix.

Television:

Peep show, south park, programmes about monster tornados which rip apart american towns, crocodile diaries and spiderman / X-men (the cartoons)

Books:

Bill Brysons "short history of almost everything", "the kite runner", and anything by Ian Rankin

Heroes:

Wolverine, spiderman or mighty mouse.

My Blog

Benicassim excitment begins... (vol 1)

sorry, sorry, sorry... i should have included this in the blof ive just written or something... but it was announced during the week that te ARCTIC MONKEYS are playing benicassim. fookin awesome. im ...
Posted by Hicko on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:42:00 PST

Probably the bestest birthday in the world....?

Hello there fellow "bloggers"... its been a while and i can only apologise for not keeping you all updated and amused with my complete ramblings on a more regular basis.... but thinking of things to w...
Posted by Hicko on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:39:00 PST

Listmania...!

Blimey eh, 2 blogs in a week - im on some kind of "blogathon"! Im starting to wonder whether I have been able to accumulate too much crap on my desk in the 4 years I have worked at my current firm&in ...
Posted by Hicko on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 05:20:00 PST

Hindsight... surely the greatest superpower?

Bonjour, Ive not blogged in a while - maybe the excitement of my initial blogging was too much for me and I needed an extended break to gather my thoughts and consider whether I was just spewing more...
Posted by Hicko on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 09:31:00 PST

booze fuelled mayhem....

Evening all! So another eventful week and a bit for the hicko! Aiming to use this blog as a memory aid (which can also be used by the following people for the same reason.... Dave, Beeky and Alex). Ha...
Posted by Hicko on Sun, 10 Sep 2006 12:27:00 PST

Rider List and belated bank hol update....

Bank holidays eh -  top weekends. 3 days off and no official work holiday used! Sweet!   Although no real plans for the weekend (rubbish!) other than offering to be the mascot for Notts CCC ...
Posted by Hicko on Mon, 04 Sep 2006 12:03:00 PST

Nothing on the TV, nothing on the radio, that means that much to me&

Lets start at the beginning.  The weekend started with the arrival of Dave (off of Hull), 2 Stellas to the good by 8:29 in the am. Magic. Looked like it would be a stormer! (proved right!)  ...
Posted by Hicko on Thu, 24 Aug 2006 07:16:00 PST

sometimes im like the opposite of a trend setter...

just a quick post. So the arctic monkeys have been around for a while now, i managed to get a copy of a loads of demos prior to the album coming out (which i liked), i bought the album (which i liked)...
Posted by Hicko on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 12:37:00 PST

why does it always rain on me& maybe its because I dont like Travis all that much.

Now I know everyone who reads this blog (at the moment thats Mike, Rach and Alex who I know about) is aware that im off to V festival this weekend. But I wanted to make some comments before I go regar...
Posted by Hicko on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 03:32:00 PST

20-20 final.... little more boozy than imagined.

lets recap... having been issued with a set of rules for my behaviour at the cricket final (which involved 1) not drinking, 2) to be well behaved and 3) help with nuts) and been fo...
Posted by Hicko on Sun, 13 Aug 2006 11:30:00 PST