This is the big one. I have such a mancrush on Johnny Depp that my girlfriend has to accept that there is a very real chance that I will give up on a normal life to just follow him until the restraining order prevents me from doing so. I think the first Johnny Depp film …
Baby brother.
Today my little brother is twenty. I have two brothers (both younger) and today is Edward's birthday. It makes me feel really old, possibly older than my own birthday did because I remember him being born, I remember carting him down the stairs before he could talk or piss standing up and making him breakfast. …
Sickboy.
So I haven't posted in a couple of days, and the truth is that it is physically hurting me to do so now. My head is spinning, and I feel sick as long as I'm upright. I don't know what it is exactly, or what it means, but it has given me a good opportunity …
I dream of Paris.
Last night I watched Midnight In Paris and I have to first say that it did not disappoint. People give Allen a hard time for his portrayal of female characters, for making them subservient to the men, for not casting enough attention to them, but I don't think that's the case with this film in …
Early start.
I've been up since seven, that's just how I roll. I know I harp on about it all the time but lets go there again. It's not even half ten yet and I've redrafted ten pages of my novel, sorted through a bunch of stuff I'm going to give away to charity, been for a …
Bank Holiday plans.
I don't know what it is about having three days off of work instead of the standard two but it just feels like you can do so much more with that extra day. This weekend I am going to try and redraft a fat chunk of my novel because it's getting on my nerves being …
Mancrush Friday – Jack White.
Whenever I see footage of White playing live I'm taken in the same way people are in Red Dwarf when they see Ace Rimmer - I sigh and say 'what a guy!' There's something sexy about guitarists as standard, god knows that's one of the many reasons I stuck with it but Jack is a …
Ready To Start.
Paraphrasing the brilliant Arcade Fire song so you know it's going to be good, today I want to talk about plans, and how to set them into action. I would also like to say that this advice is as just as much for me as it is for you. I like 'get up and go' …
There Are No Innocent Bystanders – an almost review.
MASSIVE DISCLAIMER. Don't read this if you're planning to watch it, I don't want to reveal the magic? The first thing it is important to note is that I am a massive Libertines fan and therefore (and rightly so) pledged to have the documentary by Roger Sargent released on DVD. That makes me (and hopefully …
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Summer (a short story)
The puddle was higher than he had anticipated when he began wading through it with absolute abandon, in fact it coursed over the leather lining of his boots and through the eyelets to join the natural damp of his feet, he didn't care, he was offroading to his mind. He watched the preened faces under …
