Dvds I have seen, and recommend

(More to come soon)

28 Days Later A Fistful of Dollars Alien Aliens American History X Austin Powers 1 Back to the Future Back to the Future 2 Baseketball Batman Batman Begins Batman Returns Being John Malkovich Bill Hicks - Sane Man Blackadder 1 Blackadder 2 Blackadder 3 Blackadder 4 Borat Brazil Bruce Almighty Bullitt Casablanca Casino Castaway Citizen Kane Clueless Dead Man Walking Dog Day Afternoon Donnie Brasco Downfall Dr. Strangelove Educating Rita Erin Brockovitch Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind Family Guy Ferris Bueller's Day Off Fight Club For A Few Dollars More Frasier series 1 Frasier series 2 Frasier series 3 Frasier series 4 Frasier series 5 Frasier series 6 Frasier series 7 Get Carter Ghostbusters 1 Ghostbusters 2 Ghostworld Goodfellas Grease Groundhog Day Jack Dee Live Jackie Brown James Bond (various films) Jaws Kill Bill 1 La Jetee Little Voice Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Mean Streets Men in Black 1 Mike Bassett England Manager Monty Python and The Holy Grail Monty Python's Flying Circus Monty Python's     Life of Brian Monty Python's Meaning of Life Not The Nine  O'Clock News Office Space Pan's Labyrinth Philadelphia Phoenix Nights  series 1 Phoenix Nights series  2 Phone Booth Pleasantville Predator 1 Predator 2 Pulp Fiction Rain Man Red Dwarf series 1 Red Dwarf series 2 Red Dwarf series 3 Red Dwarf series 4 Red Dwarf series 5 Red Dwarf series 6 Red Dwarf series 7 Red Dwarf series 8 Reservoir Dogs Rocky Rome series 1 Rome Series 2 Scarface Seinfeld Shaun of The Dead Sleepy Hollow Snatch South Park Bigger Longer and Uncut Space Odyssey: 2001 Spartacus That Peter Kay Thing The Armstrong and Miller show series 1 The Armstrong and Miller Show series 2 The Blues Brothers The Fast Show The Fellowship of The Ring The Godfather The Godfather 2 The Good, The Bad and The Ugly The Goonies The Great Escape The Ipcress File The Italian Job The Magnificent Seven The Manchurian Candidate The Mask The Office (UK) series 1 The Office (UK) series 2 The Princess Bride The Return of The King The Rocky Horror Picture Show The Shining The Two Towers The Young Ones series 1 The Young Ones series 2 This is Spinal Tap Twelve Monkeys Zulu

Study options! and crappy sketch.

  

I blame society.

(by which I mean the biro, and/or my drawing ability)

I've gone back to my natural hair colour (medium/dark blonde) by simply growing it out and using product on the ends (fades colour faster) and an occasional temporary colour for condition and to maintain an even tone. I don't trust the harsh colour-removal products though-- if I was going to damage it by doing that then I might as well have just cut off the darker ends, save some time.

Bands whose music I love

#1: Supergrass (the rest are in alphabetical order) Abba Adam and The Ants Air Annie Lennox Ash Astrud Gilberto b52's Barber Basement Jaxx Beastie Boys Beck Beethoven Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Black Sabbath Blondie Blur Bob Marley Boo Radleys Cast Catatonia Chemical Brothers Chrissie Hynde Crowded House Curtis Mayfield Cypress Hill Dave Brubeck David Bowie De La Soul Deadbeats Death In Vegas Debussy Deee-Lite Deep Purple Depeche Mode Dexy's Midnight Runners Diamond Hoo Ha Men Dodgy Duran Duran Echo and The Bunnymen Echobelly Eels Elastica Elliott Smith Elvis Costello Erasure Eskimo Joe Eurythmics Folk Implosion Frankie Goes to Hollywood Franz Ferdinand Garbage Gary Numan Goldfrapp Gorillaz Green Day Groove Armada Guns 'n' Roses Happy Mondays Holst Iggy pop Iron Maiden J. Pachalbel James Jimi Hendrix Jimmy Cliff Joy Division Kate Bush Kiss Kraftwerk Kula Shaker L7 Led Zeppelin Liszt Longpigs Lostprophets Lou Reed Lunatic Calm Lush Madness Manic Street Preachers Mascagni Massive Attack Metallica

Moby Motley Crue Motorhead Mozart New Order Nirvana No Doubt Ocean Colour Scene Outkast Paul Weller Placebo Portishead Prodigy Prokofiev Propellerheads Public Enemy Pulp Queen Queens of The Stone Age Radiohead Rage Against The Machine Rick James Run DMC Saint-saens Satie Sekiden Sex Pistols Siouxsie and The Banshees Skunk Anansie Sleeper Smashing Pumpkins Sneaker Pimps Sonic Youth Space Stereo MC's Sting Suede System Of A Down T-Rex Tchaikovsky The Avalanches The Beat The Beatles The Breeders The Buzzcocks The Charlatans The Clash The Cooper Temple Clause The Cure The Dandy Warhols The Electric Soft Parade The Fall The Hives The Jam The Kinks The La's The Lightning Seeds The Offspring The Pixies The Police The Pretenders The Ramones The Rapture The Selecter The Shirehorses The Smiths The Source The Special A.K.A The Specials The Stone Roses The Stranglers The Sweeney The Undertones The Verve The White Stripes The Who Tripod U2 UB40 Ultravox Underworld Weezer Wire Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Books I have read and recommend (more to come)

Erich Maria Remarque - All Quiet On The Western Front John Keane - Tom Paine - A Political Life Joseph Heller - Catch 22 Niccolo Machiavelli - The Prince Plato - The Republic Thomas Paine - Agrarian Justice Thomas Paine - Rights of Man Thomas Paine - The Age Of Reason

Decisions

Just made the final decision on my units for this year, which was a migraine-inducing pain in the arse (???) what with some units being only available at certain times so I had to juggle a bit, but I've got it sorted now.

Here you need 24 units for a bachelor degree, you do 12 at level 1, 6 at level 2, 6 at level 3.

I've chosen to take on 3 units per study period, (There are 4 study periods a year). The maximum units you can study per period is 4 but they don't recommend it if you're starting uni for the first time --and I don't want to risk overloading myself too soon otherwise my work will suffer or I'll go mental with the pressure hehehe.

Of course, next year I'm free to pick up the pace and finish before the 2 year mark. Which will be an achievement of sorts, but its not a race, I don't need to prove myself to anyone, so however it plays out, I am fine with it.

I am still backdating my posts --so check back if interested-- but naturally it will be sporadic once I am studying.

It's raining its arse off here, we certainly need it but it's a bit depressing to study with an endless grey curtain falling outside my window.

Then again what's worse for a student than having to study when it's a beautiful day outside...

Uni looms ominously over the horizon...

Hope you all had a great new year and that your accompanying hangovers have subsided by now.

I am currently organising what units I am going to take this year which is a bit complicated and involved, and as such is rather taxing for someone of my intellectual capacity.

So in the meantime, feel free to read the ever-growing list of backdated posts to see the places I've been to, and be blown away by how few of them you've heard of.

Montage! 1: LT's Winamp favourites 2007

Those who dislike turtles (ESPECIALLY testudo), acquaint yourself with the greatness of these artists while I flesh out my posts. (browse through the labels on the right panel to see the 'works in progress') And rest assured, I'll get right on it. *goes off to read about some damnable studenty subject*

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Happy New Year!

With much love to friends and family. You all know who you are. I miss you all, and times of the year when we would all be gathering are even harder to bear.