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Megan

fickle much

About Me

II'm crazy enough to be applying for an MA in Librarianship.http://www.flickr.com/photos/meganamyswartOn ne voit bien qu'avec le cœur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux

My Interests

springsteen dancing. MANHUNTS. being overly melodramatic. northumberland beaches. grazia. wearing foliage. wikipedia. google earth. buff library boy. translating my thoughts into french. afros. roadtrips. atp. french cricket. travelling gin. les francais. rough disko. big eyes. tatty devine.

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who will sit and watch episodes of this back to back and love it as much as me.and Vincent Gallo, s'il vous plait. None of my doppelgangers on myspace thanks. They're rubbish.

Music:

the blow, final fantasy, crystal castles, the thermals, sonic youth, bearsuit, numbers, ariel pink, danielson, the magnetic fields, beirut, of montreal, the microphones, joanna newsom, devo

Movies:

the big lebowski, rushmore, clueless

Television:

sunset beach, peep show, buffy, arrested development, twin peaks

Books:

anything by margaret atwood, douglas coupland (except Jpod, utter rubbish) and doris lessing, and a lot of poetry - see carol anne duffy, charles bukowski, frank o'hara, tony harrison, diane di prima, clark coolidge, and fleur adcock.

Heroes:

my dad.

My Blog

So you want to be a writer

if it doesn't come bursting out of youin spite of everything,don't do it.unless it comes unasked out of yourheart and your mind and your mouthand your gut,don't do it.if you have to sit for hoursstari...
Posted by Megan on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 04:25:00 PST

Myspack > Facebook

SO2007 had a bit of a rough start. Watching a cyclist get brutally run over, losing my debit card, library stuff going mental...wasn't exactly the best week. In many ways, 2006 was a pretty fantastic ...
Posted by Megan on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 12:19:00 PST

ATP vs The Fans

Me and Warren bought our chalet for this today woohoo!  I'm SO excited. Anyone else thinking of going, you should! I've already booked my holiday from work for it now too :D ATP vs The Fans Its...
Posted by Megan on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 02:14:00 PST

FIREWORKS

When I used to live in Walkley, right at the far end, pretty much where the end of the 52 bus goes, and further down than South Road, my bedroom window overlooked a valley and on fireworks night when ...
Posted by Megan on Sun, 05 Nov 2006 05:09:00 PST

Soulseek is a bad thing

1. Which bands/artist do you own the most albums by? Thats easily Belle and Sebastian. Because they are amazing 2. What was the last song you listened to? I'm currently reviving Neutral Milk Hotel's ...
Posted by Megan on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 01:07:00 PST

Zines

Having spent the day at Ladyfest Newcastle yesterday (unfortunately train issues meant I couldn't do the whole weekend - rubbish! Although plans for a Leicester and Leeds one next year should be more ...
Posted by Megan on Sun, 24 Sep 2006 08:07:00 PST

Birthday party photos

are now up here. Thanks everyone who came! It was a lot of fun. Heart/yeah were ace and my neighbours don't hate me. All good.Here's some as photos as a preview:...
Posted by Megan on Sun, 27 Aug 2006 08:03:00 PST

Ladyfest Newcastle

After hearing many great things about previous Ladyfests, this one is looking pretty great. Not just bands playing (including, amongst 30, The Research and Das Wanderlust) but loads of workshops like ...
Posted by Megan on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 03:05:00 PST

Sheffield Manhunt

Best Idea, Most Amount Of Fun. If I hadn't still been so knackered from (the very entertaining) Seal Club the night before - too much Springsteen dancing perhaps - I could have lasted the second round...
Posted by Megan on Mon, 31 Jul 2006 07:28:00 PST

This town is our town, it is so glamorous

I can't believe how hot it is! Visiting Durham last weekend was wonderful, the city looks so beautiful when its sunny. Was lovely to catch up with some old friends too. Not envying those who are gradu...
Posted by Megan on Wed, 19 Jul 2006 03:16:00 PST