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Name:
Gruff
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A portrait of the artist as a grumpy old dinosaur: Not alone, not unloved, just unbearable.
About Me:
Hometown:
Gravesend
Country:
United Kingdom
Occupation:
Preoccupied with being unoccupied, so no occupation at present.
Schools:
University of Sheffield; University of York.
Interests:
Bird watching (astigmatically); Cooking (imprecisely); Grumbling a lot; Photography; Politics (disenchantedly); Reading (abstractedly); Walking (insufficiently); Watching films on DVDs; Wife (see 'grumbling' above); Writing (unsuccessfully).
Movies:
We call 'movies' films and 'shows' programmes in England. I don't have a television set, principally because I object to paying for a licence to watch brain rotting trash, but I do enjoy watching films and amongst my favourites are: 8 Mile; Amelie; Blade II; Breathless (A bout de souffle); The Commitments; The Cruel Sea; Das Boot; Doctor Strangelove; The Draughtsman's Contract; Fitzcarraldo; Good Fellas; Great Expectations; If,Secretary; The Servant; Withnail and I and far too many other films to list, including a number of excellent Indian (non Bollywood) and Japanese films.
Music:
I have very catholic musical tastes but the following should give a general impression: Virginia Astley; Baroque; Bluegrass; Cajun; Delta Blues; The Doors; Doo-Wop; Dub; The Groundhogs; Jazz; Jimi Hendrix; The Prodigy; Renaissance; Rockabilly; The Rolling Stones; Eric Satie; Ska; Ralph Vaughan-Williams; The Velvet Underground; Villa-Lobos.
Books:
This is not an exhaustive selection: American Notes; Brideshead Revisited; Brighton Rock; A Dance to The Music of Time; Down and Out in Paris and London; Food in England; Great Expectations; The Right of The Line; The Road to Oxiana; Sailing; Sketches by Boz; The Sword of Honour trilogy; A Time of Gifts; With The Marsh Arabs.
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I'd guess that you're still at school, by which I don't mean university, and have just covered some topic vaguely related to something I've written somewhere, perhaps some time ago. Your head is probably stuffed full of meaningless economic bullshit that has no practical application in the adult word outside 'academia', as you will learn when you have to earn a living.
Thanks a bundle for the sub, you should know by now that I appreciate your support to no end and beyond! Hope you and yours have a great weekend, mate and keep in touch! Your friend, Hank C...