And I really, really liked it.

( Haters to the left, Spoilers under the cut )

As I lay in bed last night, teetering on the edge of the Gutter of Fear, it finally got through my skull that, in a matter of days, America is going to have a black president. And that that is quite a big deal.

I don't mean this in a pretentious way, because of course I see race and of course I knew all along that it was a huge factor in the ( Read more... )

Let us assume, for the sake of argument, that I have not been reduces to a quivering wreck handing in my extended essay at a minute to midday on Friday, nor eviscerated for my lack of knowledge about what the thesis of my thesis in a meeting with my tutor at 5pm. Let us assume that I make it alive all the way to Saturday afternoon ( Read more... )

When I worked in a guitar shop during my teenage years, walking back to the train station with twenty five fresh pounds clutched in my fist was a death trap, artfully constructed out of second hand books. It is why I have a 'to read' pile which would probably take me a good two years to get through. When I wanted a particular book, when I'd had it ( Read more... )

This not a particular pointful post, it's just I haven't said anything for a while, and I'd rather not talk about the finalsthesisbeast and the Extended Essay Swirling Vortex Of Doom.

jacinthsong pointed this out today - due to low uptake of the MMR vaccine caused by an idiotic and hysterical media hoax, cases of measles in the UK have risen dramatically.It ( Read more... )

As most of you know, one of my preferred genres of music involves beardy Scandinavian blokes who spent the majority of their adolescences sitting in their room learning how to play the guitar really really fast, and working out if they could best shock their parents more by singing about Satan, or by burning down twelfth century stave churches. I ( Read more... )