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About Me

Well, I'm Sam (but I was christened Sammy - I hated it when I was a nipper but I actually like it now... The only problem is I've called myself Sam for so long I always forget to introduce myself as Sammy!), I'm 23, my birthday is April 25th and I have two main passions in life - MUSIC and LANGUAGES! ///A couple of years ago I completed a degree in Spanish and French with Qualified Teacher Status, taught for a year in beautiful(!) Basildon (which gave me a hell of a lot of experience and some great/horrible stories to tell!) and I'm currently teaching in a school in Ingatestone (which I happened to go to as a youngster). My degree was mostly fun, the main downside being that I had to live in the concrete jungle of Coventry for three years of my life, and the major advantage being that I lived in Tours (France) for four months and Zaragoza (Spain) for five, where I taught English in a bi-lingual private school. ///Let's see, a few random things about me... --- I had a blue mohawk, it rocked (see my pics). --- I believe that if you're good at something you should bloody well tell people, I've been (wrongly in my opinion) called arrogant by certain people, but I don't particularly care what they say - if you can't love (or even like) yourself, who else is gonna? --- I play several instruments (see left), and I'm not lying. --- I speak Spanish, French and German. --- I play guitar and harmonica and sing in DEADBEAT ALIBI... Click on the picture below to check us out! --- I used to play in this band, check out the page and show us some love: PLEASE DO NOT ADD ME OR CONTACT ME IF YOU ARE A PUPIL FROM MY SCHOOL... I WILL NOT ACCEPT THE ADD AND WILL NOT REPLY TO YOUR MESSAGE! NO OFFENCE!

My Interests

I play guitar, bass, drums, harmonica, ukelele, electric organ, piano, melodica, percussion, a bit of trumpet, a bit of trombone, a bit of accordion, a bit of recorder, a bit of tin whistle, a bit of ocarina, a bit of glockenspiel, just started playing double bass. It's an addiction. I love writing and playing music. Have a look at my solo project: Also, I love travelling and speaking foreign languages.

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who's cool, but no racists, homophobes or twats.

Music:

Well... the Specials are my favourite band ever. Mostly ska and punk, with a bit of blues, rockabilly, jazz, swing, reggae and metal thrown in for good measure. Bands: Rancid, Big D, Bad Religion, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Link 80, Looking Up, B-52s, MU330, No Fun At All, SOAD, Send More Paramedics, The Skunks, Mad Caddies, NOFX, Madness, Eric Clapton, Supatones, Hippos, RX Bandits, my old band (www.myspace.com/case81). Also, music for which I have my Dad to thank: David Bowie, The Who, Thin Lizzy, Donald Fagen, Steely Dan, Blues Brothers, The Allman Brothers, Bruce Springsteen, Bryan Adams. You love it you big slag.

Movies:

Charlies Angels (Drew Barrymore, enough said), the Goonies, Carlitos Way, Donnie Brasco, True Romance (absolute genius).

Television:

Black Books, Star Trek (tng), Battlestar Galactica (the new version is fantastic!), PRISON BREAK - I'm absolutely addicted.

Books:

Terry Pratchett (Discworld), Eoin Colfer (Artemis Fowl), the Edge Chronicles, basically cool fantasy novels. Oh, Dan Brown is excellent too, I loved The Da Vinci Code. Sean Hughes has written some great novels too. PHILLIP PULLMAN IS A GENIUS, get the "His Dark Materials" trilogy - you owe it to yourself.

Heroes:

The almighty RANCID width="425" height="350" ..The legendary OPERATION IVY width="425" height="350" ..My favourite band ever, THE SPECIALS width="425" height="350" ..Fantastic ska, TOKYO SKA PARADISE ORCHESTRA

My Blog

Food poisoning

Oh my god, I've never felt so rough in my entire life - literally!!! Sympathy please?
Posted by Sammy on Sun, 06 May 2007 06:44:00 PST

Glad to be alive!

You know, I was just sitting outside reading my book, listening to the birds chirping in the trees and enjoying the sun and the breeze, and I realised how glad I am to be alive - compared to millions ...
Posted by Sammy on Sun, 15 Apr 2007 10:03:00 PST

Check out my new band - DEADBEAT ALIBI

Yeah, that's right - check it out... www.myspace.com/deadbeatalibi [email protected] We'll have tracks, pictures and all sorts of goodies up asap... We're bursting at the seams with music, i...
Posted by Sammy on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 08:16:00 PST

Tonight...

...was random, but good fun nonetheless! Drove for 1.5 hours to spend 10 minutes on Frinton beach then have a cup of tea in a pub in Walton-On-The-Naze! How rock 'n' roll are we??? Sx...
Posted by Sammy on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 04:47:00 PST

Life

You know, I was driving along today, hair blowing in the wind, thinking how weird life is. A few weeks ago I was so down in the dumps about stuff, and now I feel on top of the world - life really is a...
Posted by Sammy on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 04:13:00 PST

Blog you, you blogging blogger! I'm blogged off blog stylee!

Hmm, couldn't think of another blog title ;-) I don't post these things that much, as I generally believe that not many people read 'em, but now I've met two dedicated bloggers maybe someone'll read i...
Posted by Sammy on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 08:48:00 PST

New band

Oi dee oi, I've just joined a new band with a kick-arse bassist called Lars and a wicked drummer called Stevey... Very happy about that, as Case 81 has been fizzling out for quite a few months and it ...
Posted by Sammy on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 09:49:00 PST

Jan 12th 2007 - blog time

That's right - it's blog time. Actually, I've decided I can't really be bothered to do a blog now. Hasta la vista (a los que me concocen, y a los demas, adios!) Sammy C. Nelson esq....
Posted by Sammy on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 04:33:00 PST

In case you're wondering about the background...

It's a picture of San Sebastian (Donostia en Euskera) in the Basque Country in the North of Spain... My favourite place in the whole world (that I've been to yet!). I would recommend anyone to go ther...
Posted by Sammy on Sat, 01 Jul 2006 01:53:00 PST

I hate goodbyes.

I just had to say goodbye to my girlfriend... Her name is Kristin, she's from Norway, and she's an amazing woman. Unfortunately, her summer holidays have started, and she's not going to be living here...
Posted by Sammy on Sun, 18 Jun 2006 03:06:00 PST