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Mr Sandman....
Yesterday, I did something I havent done in a long time. I picked up my guitar, tuned it, and played it. Its been ages since I played, and I pretty much sucked, but it started to come back to me. Not just how to play, but why I played. I remembered the little ambition I had to be a reasonable guitar player, play my favourite songs while attempting ( Read more... ) -
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Life seems to have become a fast moving crawl since I left uni. My days are dragging in, but time is passing at in an incredible rate. Its August, and thats not right ( Read more... ) -
The End of our Beginning
So uni is done. Got my results recently, and I managed a 2:1 honours degree, because someone up there likes me. This is usually the part where I say something like "now I have to take things seriously and work hard!" or something. But no, not this time. I mean, yeah, I do, but I just dont need to realise it, or be told. I have a placement sorted ( Read more... ) -
Lemniscate
Now, I know that the whole Reflections on Uni bit is pretty cliched, and it kills me to do it, but it has to be done.
On Monday I had the misfortune to read the Metro, However, there was a small article called "5 questions for Willy Mason" I've been a big fan of Willy Mason for years and went to his first concert here in 2005, from his first ( Read more... ) -
A word on sectarianism
I recently bought the first series of the fantastic Life on Mars. Excellent stuff that got even more excellent with an episode on football.
Maybe its just because of where i come from, but this speech says it all when it comes to the unutterable nonsense that is sectarianism
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfVcaUO-42I
Hope you agree
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I've never been one for simplicity. If there is a way to overcomplicate something, I'll find it and make it more complicated before using it. I remember in my first class of english in uni, the lecturer gave us this poem called "an old guide book to prague". In the poem a scene was described, and the class were then asked to comment on it. ( Read more... ) -
Valentines
The history of Valentines day isnt nearly as romantic as I'd hoped. Amongst the origins for it are the slaughter of 2000 jews by christian mobs, and festivals devoted to Zeus and Hera. Not exactly the cupids and hearts the most romantic day in the year is famous for. Valentines day is supposed to be a day of celebrating being with someone you care ( Read more... ) -
Quotes!
I have a thing for quotes, and I dont apologise for it.
What are your favourite quotes? and why? any quote at all, from pop culture to your neighbour to figures from history - any quote thats stuck in your head. I'll post mine later, after a good think about them...
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"Do you feel any different?"
No, actually. Just the same.
Is that right? This is supposed to be one of the big ones, but I feel the same as I did the day before, and the day before that. Still the same person, capable and incapable of the same things I was capable and incapable of when I wasnt 21. Maybe thats cool though. Maybe you dont have to wait ( Read more... ) -
The Winter King
Once upon a time, there was a land ruled by four kings. Although each king was very powerful, the duties of the king were such that they had to rest very often, and so the land was ruled by a different king for each of the seasons. The King of Springtime was a calm King, nurturing and kind, and the land would always grow while in his care. The King ( Read more... )