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Ali P

I'm in a glass case of emotion!

About Me

Hi I’m Ali.
I'm was born in England but raised as a proud Scot by my patriotic parents. Lived in Preston most my life but escaped to Derby uni in 2003 and got a degree in creative writing. With no idea what to do next I got elected as a sabb(I think the american term is 'big man on campus')and edited the student mag for a year. Fate than stuck his big oar in and got me a job at a radio station in Manchester. Now I think of ways to convince people to advertise on radio even when they don't want to, like a professional liar!
I like laughing at stupid stuff. Usually offensive stuff and I'm pretty obsessed with all things media, but specifically music. There's so much good stuff out there to check out.
I play the guitar and if it wasn’t for my darned apathy I’d probably have a platinum record by now. Now I harbour ambitions to write for a living.
My main goals in life are:
Write a sitcom.
Own a drum kit.
Grow a beard.
Live in New York.
See Scotland get to the second round of an international tournament.
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Ali Paterson
Birthday: 9th January 1982
Birthplace: Watford, Scotland
Current Location: Manchester
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 6 ft
Right Handed or Left Handed: Right
Your Heritage: Whole family Scottish so I'm Scottish
The Shoes You Wore Today: well worn dunlops
Your Weakness: I can be quite lazy and don't like causing a fuss
Your Fears: Akward social situations
Your Perfect Pizza: Chicken and sweetcorn
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: Quitting everything that's bad for me
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: Next....
Thoughts First Waking Up: Where am I ?
Your Best Physical Feature: elbows
Your Bedtime: About midnight
Your Most Missed Memory: Don't know what this means
Pepsi or Coke: Coke
MacDonalds or Burger King: Burger king
Single or Group Dates: single
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Neither
Chocolate or Vanilla: Vanilla
Cappuccino or Coffee: Neither
Do you Smoke: Socially
Do you Swear: Socially
Do you Sing: Privately
Do you Shower Daily: Yup
Have you Been in Love: Think so
Do you want to go to College: I've been already
Do you want to get Married: Not thought about it much
Do you belive in yourself: sometimes
Do you get Motion Sickness: No, strong stomach
Do you think you are Attractive: I have my moments
Are you a Health Freak: Yes
Do you get along with your Parents: Yeah
Do you like Thunderstorms: Yes, unless I'm in tree with a kite with a key tied to it wearing metal shoes
Do you play an Instrument: guitar
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: yes
In the past month have you Smoked: Yes
In the past month have you been on Drugs: No
In the past month have you gone on a Date: No
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: Yes
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: What? No, I'm British
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: No, I'm not a yuppie
In the past month have you been on Stage: yes...long story
In the past month have you been Dumped: No
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: the opportunity hasn't arisen
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: I stole a moment
Ever been Drunk: Yes
Ever been called a Tease: Not for a while
Ever been Beaten up: yes, by some deaf people at Uni
Ever Shoplifted: Some munchies when I was a kid
How do you want to Die: Not for a while
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: A writer
What country would you most like to Visit: Iceland - seems like a cool place
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: blue
Favourite Hair Color: Blond
Short or Long Hair: Long
Height: Not fussed (shorter than me ideally)
Weight: Not bothered
Best Clothing Style: Media casual
Number of Drugs I have taken: None, not even cough medicine - I have superior genes
Number of CDs I own: A few
Number of Piercings: used to have 4, but taken them out
Number of Tattoos: none
Number of things in my Past I Regret: I've lost count
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My Interests

Socialising, playing the guitar, Scotland, Everton, writing comedy,and living in the hope that one day I will be more than just a cog in the media wheel of Manchester

I'd like to meet:

You!! People that don't take themselves too seriously, come on...just chill out, jeez!Famous wise I'd like to meet Steve Coogan, Dave Grohl, Eddie Izzard, Ricky gervais and Cameron Diaz. For very different reasons

Music:

Everything from the Beatles to the Beastie boys. Jurrasic 5 to Ben Folds 5. Green day to Roots Manuva. Foo Fighters to DJ yoda. Guns and Roses to Portishead. You get the idea...

Movies:

Every Rocky film, Anchorman, Ghostbusters, Back to the future, Clerks, Donnie Darko, Swingers, Vanilla Sky and Spinal Tap. Don't reckon I'm gonna fit every other film I like onto one page though.I believe a truly good film should have a good inspirational training montage. This one from Rocky 4 is one of the best and should make you want to become a boxer, if it doesn't, watch it again..... width="425" height="350" ..

Television:

Mainly comedy - The Office, Garth Merenghi, Peep show, Scrubs, ,The Mighty Boosh.

Books:

I've definitely read books. Working my way through 'E' by Matt Beaumont at the moment.

Heroes:

Dave Grohl and Ricky Gervais. Both are effortlessly amazing at their chosen profession and haven't sold out.

My Blog

Gullible git

Thought this was worth sharing&   Decided to pay a visit to my local dodgy DVD shop on the way home from work last week.  Most the titles they stock have only just been released at the cine...
Posted by Ali P on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 04:49:00 PST

Big Fat Phoney!!

I was greatly amused this week to discover that the Advertising Standards Authority has forced the walking skeleton gobshite Gillian Mckeith to drop the doctor part of her name.  She's got a PhD...
Posted by Ali P on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 03:28:00 PST

6 days til Rocky Balboa!!

Think I'm far too excited about this film and I got emotional just watching the trailer.  I'm hoping he'll do his famous tactic of getting pummelled for 10 rounds (he won't even bother ...
Posted by Ali P on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 03:40:00 PST

Christmas schmishmas

Don't let the title mislead you, I'm not against Christmas at all, in fact I had a great time - it's the post Christmas suffering I could do without today.  I drank and ate so much that I actuall...
Posted by Ali P on Wed, 27 Dec 2006 07:47:00 PST

Pondering thoughts

Time to dump my thoughts down, they're all random and may be of no interest to you, but here goes... The best album I've heard this month is by a band who split up 36 years ago.  It's that n...
Posted by Ali P on Sun, 10 Dec 2006 04:16:00 PST

Come leave your thoughts...

This is an age old subject but always causes amusement when it comes up in conversation.  Misheard lyrics - the ones that are completely off the mark are definitely the best. I wrote an art...
Posted by Ali P on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 05:34:00 PST

Al(i) about me: My story so far by Ali Paterson

This week I've been genuinely shocked by the sheer volume of autobiographies that are coming out this Christmas and I thought I'd investigate the subject.   I received Ricky Tomlinson's autobiogr...
Posted by Ali P on Sun, 05 Nov 2006 03:31:00 PST

twat factor

Just to kick this off, I don't often watch X factor.  Just like most of the country I tune in for the early auditions to laugh at some of the wannabees, especially the ones that re...
Posted by Ali P on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 07:03:00 PST

Brain Dump..

Fancied having a brain dump... Been a strange old week, I'll take you through it... Saturday - Birthday doo @ South night club.  It was Sams birthday and I was drunk out of my eyes.&nbs...
Posted by Ali P on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 03:27:00 PST

Camping barn

Went camping in the lake district yesterday.  It was in the middle of nowhere.  There was about 17 of us and we all kipped in a barn that had no electricity.  I think the theme of ...
Posted by Ali P on Sun, 17 Sep 2006 05:46:00 PST