I definitely resisted doing this meme for about 2 or 3 minutes. But I'm possibly not so daggy (just learnt that word, sort of) as I think... So. Here goes. A list of 15 albums that "will always stick with you" written in 15 minutes. The list, not in order other than the order I wrote them down in, pretty effectively maps Indie/BritRock kid to Punk ( Read more... )

Incredibly self-indulgent review of my last decade; I think it's an interesting exercise for me to do, it's not done for readers really. So, to save you the effort of reading it, it goes: *Friends, Fall in Love, Birmingham, Leeds, London, Fall out of Love, repeat from * until last stitch. Knit one ( Read more... )

I read somewhere that scientists had proven (as scientists are wont seemingly at random to prove strange things and make pronouncements to the press)that Love is not really an emotion. All emotions are apparently visible as brain activity in a certain part of the brain. The scientists had taken scans of volunteers' brains whilst they felt various ( Read more... )

In the detached way that I occasionally view my life, it is interesting to me just how much of a negative impact an unfulfilling job, to which I have no connection, can have upon me ( Read more... )

I said: I must remember this, being small.
There were such enormous flowers,
Purple and red mouths, utterly lovely.

The hoops of blackberry stems made me cry.
Now they light me up like an electric bulb.
For weeks I can remember nothing at all.Part of a poem, 1959 ( Read more... )

The job hunt does not go well. My friends are advising me to take on an interim job - temping or some such - in order to finish my qualification and be free to keep looking for the next perfect experience (like the Trace project that I just finished. Nominated for an award! Nice!). Good advice. My criteria for interim job (as it will inevitably be ( Read more... )

How can you tell if what you're feeling is a real feeling or just that you're lonely? Does it even matter 'cause in the end all feelings can change anyway so if I just wait this out then it'll go away ( Read more... )

Why is it raining? I wanted to skate round the park today after [stupid] running ( Read more... )

oh gosh this is a quick post: I am currently surrounded by boxes of donated books, pamphlets and archive material. It's all a bit mucky. I need to respond to some email enquiries and also write some funding proposal type things. I would dearly love to read youse guys' lj entries. I've read the first few lines of some. Gonna try and catch up on it ( Read more... )

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Amazing video, awesome song. Are there any singstars with this on ( Read more... )