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Nick

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About Me

23, quasi-journalist with aspirations to the real thing, strong for some things but weak for others, constantly hopeful.
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Nick
Birthday: 29/12/82
Birthplace: Ipswich
Current Location: East London
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown, dwindling tho
Height: 6ft
Right Handed or Left Handed: Left
Your Heritage: Three-quarters English, a quarter Aussie
The Shoes You Wore Today: Boring black work ones
Your Weakness: Embrace once said "My weakness is none of your business"
Your Fears: No overriding ones
Your Perfect Pizza: Chicken, peppers, some pineapple would be nice too, and some nachos, why not.
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: Do something fulfilling
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: Hello
Thoughts First Waking Up: "Where's the snooze button"
Your Best Physical Feature: I'd not know. Eyes ok. Legs alright.
Your Bedtime: Vastly depends
Your Most Missed Memory: I don't want to be mawkish so no answer
Pepsi or Coke: Pepsi probably
MacDonalds or Burger King: If pushed, BK - onion rings redeem it a little
Single or Group Dates: Not sure
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Nestea perhaps, quenches thirst better
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate
Cappuccino or Coffee: Coffee
Do you Smoke: No
Do you Swear: Yes
Do you Sing: Yes
Do you Shower Daily: Yes
Have you Been in Love: Indeed
Do you want to go to College: Been already
Do you want to get Married: If the right chance arises, if not then no
Do you belive in yourself: Yes, just about
Do you get Motion Sickness: No
Do you think you are Attractive: It's possible to do worse I hope
Are you a Health Freak: Sometimes I think so
Do you get along with your Parents: Majority of the time
Do you like Thunderstorms: Strangely exhilarating, yes
Do you play an Instrument: Sadly no
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: Yes I most certainly have
In the past month have you Smoked: No
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: I don't understand that word
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: No
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: Yes
In the past month have you been on Stage: If karaoke in Germany counts, yes
In the past month have you been Dumped: No
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: Yes actually, sort of
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: No
Ever been Drunk: Yes
Ever been called a Tease: No
Ever been Beaten up: Yes
Ever Shoplifted: No
How do you want to Die: Without regrets
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: A journalist/writer
What country would you most like to Visit: A South American one; Peru would be nice
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: Really don't mind
Favourite Hair Color: Brown
Short or Long Hair: Don't mind
Height: Shorter ideally
Weight: Depends
Best Clothing Style: Chilled out, casual
Number of Drugs I have taken: Not many
Number of CDs I own: Not counted for ages, over 100 tho
Number of Piercings: Nil
Number of Tattoos: None
Number of things in my Past I Regret: One, although I don't know to what degree it was in my control
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Fun, "like-minded", friendly, interesting people.Or in "real" life? Can anyone bring William Blake back from the dead? Drop me a line if so.

My Blog

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end

Been a while - and nobody reads this but it's good to update from time to time. So, tomorrow (Fri) is my final day at Adfero.  Range of emotions; obviously your job shouldn't dictate wh...
Posted by on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:22:00 GMT

Glasto

After getting through at the very last minute and - it seems, touch wood - overcoming a last-minute bank crisis it seems I'm off to Glasto for the second time!  The drama of it!  If it's as ...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 06:12:00 GMT

Time off!

Three days off at the end of this week - and perhaps the first time in 18 months that I've had three consecutive free days to explore London at leisure and appreciate the things and places that perhap...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 03:15:00 GMT

Hull and back

Yes, my jaunt to the land of Marvell, Larkin and....well....countless other luminaries was fun.  Hull's seemed to crop up in my life in various forms over the past few years so it was intere...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 12:42:00 GMT

Time on my hands, for once

Two blogs in a week?  Christ - I must have too much time on my hands. Well tonight I do, but it's a much-needed night in after quite a hectic week which culminated in going to see Borat (brillian...
Posted by on Sat, 04 Nov 2006 13:32:00 GMT

Footy x3/Law/Brixton/Midgets - inter alii

Been a while since I've done this..... Anyway, quite a breathless weekend.  My equivalent of Sky Sports' Apocalypse Sunday (or whatever hyperbolic name they ascribe when there are a couple o...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Oct 2006 14:50:00 GMT

It's all gone wrong.....

Yes, yes it has.  New house/housemates fallen through at the last.  I guess I did luck out for 23 years but 2006 has been one mean fucker.....
Posted by on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 05:26:00 GMT

There's no I in team....

But there is a U in.....anyway. Still rooted in houselessness, a subject which officially makes this blog a contender for the Most Boring Blog On Myspace....actually is there a real list of those...
Posted by on Sun, 10 Sep 2006 14:27:00 GMT

Wake me up when September ends.....

Actually don't, because I'm going to Brazil v Wales at White Hart Lane tomorrow!!! It will be pretty marvellous and I'd like to stay awake for as long as Ronaldinho is in the building.&...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Sep 2006 13:38:00 GMT

Strange times

The times they are a-changing....I think.  But first I need to find somewhere to live (the signature phrase on my profile suddenly assumes a very literal and spacial meaning).  The Dalston D...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Aug 2006 10:19:00 GMT