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Roo

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

I'm a bit of a geek to be honest! I love art, design, illustration, checking other peoples and making my own. Gadgets and technology stuff is where most of my money goes, along with clothes... I love travelling (though my biggest adventure is currently tiny - France. haha.) and seeing new things.

I tend to be a bit of a daydreamer - I have millions of ideas but rarely see them through. Need a shove to make things happen usually, and I am definately the faddiest person I know (apart from my dad)... One week I'm into one thing, the next week I'm into something completely different!

I like making music and singing (another fad). Currently using my laptop as a synth and I'll be working on some tunes as soon as I get the hang of playing the beast.


Have a girlfriend with a beautiful face and a sexy brain... absolutely no common sense, I love her.

I'm feeling like digital is disposable, so I'm getting back to basics with it all: a pencil, a pen, a sketchbook and sometimes some other mark making/paper staining stuff... and lots of time, no shortcuts, just paper scraping till the sun goes down.

If you like the stuff here check my http://www.thelettern.co.uk , there's more, updated.
Sketches and experiments on paper...
Made stuff...
Computer...

My Interests

Music
Art & Design
Out & about
Keeping Fit
Making things
Taking things apart

I'd like to meet:

Artists & illustrators, people that have done or are doing illustration degrees, people with opinions and views, people that inspire, people that just do things.

Music:

Architecture in Helsinki
Alkaline Trio
Bell and Sebastian
Boysnightout
Brand New
Daphne Loves Derby
Fall Out Boy
He is Legend
Lifetime
Motion City Soundtrack
Name Taken
Saves the Day (older stuff)
Set Your Goals
SikTh
Slick Shoes
The Anniversary
The Black Dahlia Murder
The Get Up Kids
Unsung Zeros
Anadivine
Audio Karate
Courtesy Blush
Death Cab for Cutie
Defiance, Ohio
Every Time I Die
From First to Last
Glasseater
It Dies Today
Kid Dynamite
Killswitch Engage
Men, Women & Children
Panic! At the Disco
Small Brown Bike
Summers End
The Beach Boys
The Bled
The Higher
The Killers
The Lawrence Arms
The Postal Service
With Honor

Movies:

Takeshi Kitano

Battle Royale
Brother
Zatoichi

Donnie Darko
Pirates of the Carribean
Kids
LOTR
Dead Mans Shoes
American Pie (1, 2 and 3)
40 Year Old Virgin
The Outsiders
A Bronx Tale
Chasing Amy
Fight Club
LEON
Troy

..

Television:

TV stuff's gone?The OC, Tarrent on TV, Help Yourself, You've Been Framed

Books:

Bravo Two Zero - Andy McNab
Crisis Four - Andy McNab
Lord of the Flies - William Golding

Heroes:

People that just get on with things, regardless of being made fun of or embarrassed.
People that push the boat out and arn't afraid to put their thoughts out there for fear of looking uncool.
People that look to the future and are constantly trying to better themselves.
My dad for his streetwise knowledge and his 'have a go' attitude.
My girlfriend for her determination and will to succeed. She's a huge inspiration to me and it's amazing being so close to someone like that.
My mother for trawling through the rut of every day life despite not being able to see a light at the end.

Favourite Artists/Designers:
Aaron Horkey
Zach Johnsen
Scott Hansen
Hokusai

My Blog

I've got a piece of wood drying in my shed...

It's part of the root of a tree, I love the shape of it, but there's some snapped bits which made me sad.  When it's dry I'm going to brush all the soil out of the nooks and crannys like an arche...
Posted by Roo on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 05:09:00 PST

There's no such thing as failure

There's no such thing as failure, it's all part of a process.  If you're working towards something and you feel like you've failed, you havn't failed... you're just trying to reach goals that are...
Posted by Roo on Mon, 10 Jul 2006 05:09:00 PST

Some Stuff.

Oof... well! First up, I've decided to start skating again and learn from scratch.  This time I feel I'm skating for all the right reasons rather than when I first started at the age of 15 becau...
Posted by Roo on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST