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Shoppinghour Issue 7
In an age of cuts and rioting somehow distinguishable from other ages of rioting and cuts, it’s always good to find bohemianism is still alive and well, and paying £4.30 for a bottle of beer. Is Dalston a particularly trendy … Continue reading
Posted in Autobiographical, Popular Culture, Review
Tagged Cafe Oto, Dalston, Elise Boularan, Florian Lunaire, Hejira, Jovita Berlin, kettling, Naomi Kashiwagi, rights, Schopenhauer, Shoppinghour, Stik
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“Why Would You Want Empathy?”
At the risk of trivialising the previous week of thankfully ebbed unrest in this country, I’m reminded of a bit in Malcolm In The Middle. Reese, the eldest and most rampantly antisocial sibling, is sent to cookery class as punishment … Continue reading
Posted in Autobiographical, Comedy, Current Affairs, Popular Culture
Tagged August, Croydon, Enfield, Hal, Lois, London, Malcolm In The Middle, Reese, Riots, Scum, Tottenham
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Amusing Search Terms
Part of the joy of having a blog, aside from the ability to vom out words to an audience of nada, is the Stats page, which gives you the ability to monitor your own flailing social trajectory like Kirk’s dad … Continue reading
Posted in Autobiographical, Comedy, Comic Books, Navel Gazing
Tagged search term, stats page, wank, wordpress
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Why Slow Zombies are Objectively Better than Fast Zombies
It has come to my attention that it’s been far too long since I last put in a blog entry. I have a good reason, as I’ve spent the past two weeks recovering from Citalopram-related withdrawal symptoms whilst simultaneously … Continue reading
Posted in Autobiographical, Film, Horror, Popular Culture, Review, science fiction, Television, zombies
Tagged 28 Days Later, Charlie Brooker, Citalopram, Dawn of the Dead, Dead Set, Dream Endings, fast, lumbering, Paul Auster, Romero, running, slow, symptoms, The New York Trilogy, tonsil, withdrawal, Zack Snyder, zombie, zombies
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Googling Myself.
Sorry, but I feel I have to type something in order to justify the day, as I feel It’ll be uneventful otherwise. All in all, it’s been a very quiet week. I’ve spent it mainly indoors, writing a … Continue reading
The Originals
I started this a few days ago, before losing interest. Today has mainly been spent sorting out a bunch of promo CDs for various magazines. It sounds more fun than it really is. For starters, I’m a wee … Continue reading
Posted in Autobiographical, Comic Books, fantasy, Review, science fiction
Tagged Dave Gibbons, Dirt, Hovers, Mods, Rockers, The Originals
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Here’s a bit I wrote about nostalgia a while back. Enjoy.
I guess I’m luckier than a lot of the people here because I don’t really suffer from nostalgia in the same way. There isn’t any period from my past that I pine towards, nothing I look back on … Continue reading
Posted in Autobiographical, Comedy, Current Affairs, Popular Culture, Television
Tagged Duffy, Les Dawson, Mr Show, nostalgia, Nu-Soul, Rusty Lee, West Byfleet, whimsy, Youtube
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“A thin layer of white dung.”
I feel like I’m getting lazy with this. It’s half 7 and I’m only just starting, plus yesterdays was just a bunch of (admittedly lovely) pictures of some snow. I guess I could do a bit about how … Continue reading
Posted in Autobiographical, Current Affairs, Navel Gazing
Tagged boots, goretex, lethargy, Snow, wellies
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tired and sad.
Today’s one is going to be short and rather perfunctory. Sorry, but I’d just like to be able to say to no one in particular that I do one of these a day except on weekends. Anyway, today … Continue reading
Posted in Autobiographical, Depression, Navel Gazing
Tagged Canelone, Diane Keaton, Painkillers, sad, tired, TV Movie
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