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Jan 12, 2008

Jan 12, 2008

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Birmingham

United Kingdom

University

My main interests (beyond the blindingly obvious) are: Astronomy, Art, Archaeology, Anthropology, Bushcraft, Biology, Chemistry, History (mostly Ancient and Byzantine but some aspects of Modern), Literature, Luthiery, Physics, Politics, Theology, & Tennis (pretty much the greatest sport ever concieved).

Films: Blade Runner, Cast Away, Catch Me If You Can, Das Boot, Gladiator (despite its historical inaccuracy), The Godfather part 1, Indiana Jones (all of them), Kill Bill volume 1, Lawrence of Arabia, Leon, Saving Private Ryan, Star Wars (2,3,4,5,6), The Terminator films, The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, The Matrix Trilogy, The Bourne series and The Lord of the Rings trilogy.Shows:24 (the first 5 series before it got completely stupid), Black Adder, Frasier, the BBC science series 'Horizon', Stargate (SG1 & Atlantis), Sherlock Holmes (with Jeremy Brett as Holmes), NCIS (both shows), Monk, the original CSI, Whose line is it anyway?, MythBusters, anything with Brian Cox, David Attenborough, or Ray Mears.

AC/DC, Alice in Chains, Andrea Bocelli, Angels & Airwaves, Anthrax, Bach, Black Sabbath, Blink 182, Bob Marley, Chimaira, Chopin, The Cure, Deftones, Descendents, Electric Eel Shock, Ennio Morricone, Frank Sinatra, Green Day, Iron Maiden, Japanese Voyeurs, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Satriani, Johnny Cash, Ladyhawke, Lamb of God, Louis Armstrong, Luciano Pavarotti, Marcello, METALLICA, Motorhead, Mozart, Neil Young, Nirvana, Plus 44, Porcelain and the Tramps, Rob Zombie, Santana, Screeching Weasel, System of a Down, Seasick Steve, Sigur Ros, Slayer, Thin Lizzy, Trivium, Vivaldi, Volbeat... to name a few.

Isaac Asimov: The Foundation series; Philip Pullman: His Dark Materials; George Orwell: nineteen eighty-four, Animal Farm; J.D. Salinger: The catcher in the Rye; Ray Bradbury: Fahrenheit 451; William Golding: Lord of the Flies; J.R.R.Tolkien: The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings; Conn Iggulden: The Emperor Series; Arthur Conan Doyle: Sherlock Holmes; T.E.Lawrence: Seven Pillars of Wisdom; Richard Dawkins: The selfish gene, The God Delusion, The Greatest show on Earth, A devils chaplain; Christopher Hitchens: God is not great, Love, Poetry & War; Milton: Paradise lost, Paradise regained; Blake: Songs of innocence and experience; Robert Burns; and (though she stole a great many ideas from others) J.K. Rowlings Harry Potter series.