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this is the beginning...

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About Me

I've just finished studying at Napier University for my HND in Photography, Film and Imaging and am currently working over summer in the Box Office for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (good times)!I recently took a wee trip to Manchester to find myself a new pad there for my move down in September and am happy to announce that this ended in the purchase of a brand new property near the M.E.N. arena! It's like a top notch hotel suite right now, but I'm sure it'll get my stamp on it soon enough.Going to miss Edinburgh when I leave at the end of August, but I'm definately looking forward to starting my course at Salford Uni and finding out what Manchester's got to offer me. The pro's outweigh the con's, so it looks good so far!Apparently it's cool to have one of these list things on your profile, so here's mine...
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Paul
Birthday: 05/09/1986
Birthplace: Scunthorpe
Current Location: Edinburgh
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5ft 11
Right Handed or Left Handed: Right
Your Heritage: ?? Cypriot descendents??
The Shoes You Wore Today: My new Hush Puppies
Your Weakness: Fillet Steak
Your Fears: you'd need a survey in itself for this
Your Perfect Pizza: Mediterranean Veg with Feta, Chorizo and Chicken
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: Getting into another Uni!
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: how's you
Thoughts First Waking Up: Fuck, it's THAT early?!
Your Best Physical Feature: Eyes maybe?
Your Bedtime: Too late usually
Your Most Missed Memory: hmmmm, probably 1st year college, or August 30th 2004
Pepsi or Coke: Pepsi Max
MacDonalds or Burger King: BK all the way!
Single or Group Dates: Single
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Lipton (purely on the basis that I aint heard of the other)
Chocolate or Vanilla: Is there double meaning in this question?
Cappuccino or Coffee: Coffee
Do you Smoke: Not anymore!
Do you Swear: Too often
Do you Sing: Occassionally
Do you Shower Daily: Usually..... without fail every other day
Have you Been in Love: I'd like to think i am
Do you want to go to College: I'm there!
Do you want to get Married: Not impossible these days.... but not really
Do you belive in yourself: Depends what I'm doing
Do you get Motion Sickness: In cars and on buses - oh and ferrys (fucking Aran!)
Do you think you are Attractive: I don't think I'm hideous
Are you a Health Freak: nah
Do you get along with your Parents: Mostly
Do you like Thunderstorms: Yep
Do you play an Instrument: A few yeh
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: Try in the past 24 hours - the same answer applies to both
In the past month have you Smoked: ....possibly
In the past month have you been on Drugs: nope
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: Ocean Terminal, or the St James Centre probably
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: Nope
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: No thanks
In the past month have you been on Stage: Haha! Yeah
In the past month have you been Dumped: I don't think so
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: I wish i had
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: That'd be telling
Ever been Drunk: what sort of question is that?!
Ever been called a Tease: Yeah
Ever been Beaten up: Not badly
Ever Shoplifted: YEEEEEARS ago
How do you want to Die: Not knowing that I'm about to
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: Creative Director for a big Ad Agency
What country would you most like to Visit: Maldives before they sink!
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: Green
Favourite Hair Color: Brown
Short or Long Hair: Short
Height: a bit shorter than me
Weight: Trim - but a little bit round the middle can be fun!
Best Clothing Style: If it looks good on them then it's usually ok
Number of Drugs I have taken: How are you supposed to answer that!?
Number of CDs I own: Far Far FAR too many
Number of Piercings: 1
Number of Tattoos: none yet
Number of things in my Past I Regret: I don't have enough fingers or toes
CREATE YOUR OWN! - or - GET PAID TO TAKE SURVEYS!

My Interests

music, photography, film, expensive food, wine, running, shopping, driving around aimlessly, live music and festivals, vodka (come on, it has to be said!)

I'd like to meet:

Serial Mom! - She's armed... and she's fucking nuts!

Music:

placebo, manic street preachers, lamb, howling bells, portishead, ladytron, elbow, jarvis cocker, union of knives, hot chip, zero 7, client, goldfrapp, fischerspooner, radio4, idlewild, damien rice, the arcade fire, camera obscura, good books, death cab for cutie, the tears, primal scream, xiu xiu, pj harvey, mew, the wrens, skin, nine inch nails, silent film project ;)

Movies:

delicatessen, severance, life is beautiful, children of men, magnolia, cruel intentions, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, silent hill, trainspotting, seven, city of god, timecode, sunshine, breakfast on pluto and erm... transformers!!!

Television:

green wing, never mind the buzzcocks, ban this filth, shameless, harry hill's TV burp, big brother (even though we all know it's a load of shite) the apprentice, dragon's den

Books:

the catcher in the rye (cliche or what, but it's true), is it just me or is everything shit? (that's a book), the timewaster's letters.... there's a pattern of naff, tabloid-esque literature already I realise, woops!

Heroes:

brian molko, howard greenhalgh, floria sigismondi, chris cunningham, the creative team at Mother,