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My name is James
A dark train of thought with too many carriages
Created on 2003-12-08 09:32:00 (#1517174), last updated 2008-07-05
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Basic Info| Name: | James |
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| Birthdate: | 01-29 |
| Location: | Stockport, Cheshire, United Kingdom |
BioHmm, really ought to update this.
My name is James and my rather grandiose job title is web journalist for the University of Manchester. Conjures up all kinds of images, doesn't it? The reality involves sitting in an office overlooking the Mancunian Way, drinking endless cups of tea and dreaming of writing for a glossy men's style magazine instead of corporate information for a university I wasn't quite academic enough to attend.
It's because of my love for all things GQ, Arena or Esquire that my journal attracted a lot of anonymous comments along the lines of various different and expletive-laden ways of calling me a smug bastard. Still, as dear old Oscar said, the only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.
I'm gradually forcing myself away from my roots in Bury, a town that I don't hold all that much affection for apart from the odd pub and my erstwhile - but no longer totally passionate - support for its once famous football club. My first move away was to Preston and my next was to Stockport so it's fair to say that the North West of England is pretty much a constant I can't quite shake.
I talk bollocks all the time. You've probably gathered that though. The only thing I took from my short burst of radio journalism training at university was that we talk at a speech rate of three words a second and that first impressions are made within three seconds of meeting someone. Ergo, if you've read this far then you're here for the duration. Welcome to my life.
My name is James and my rather grandiose job title is web journalist for the University of Manchester. Conjures up all kinds of images, doesn't it? The reality involves sitting in an office overlooking the Mancunian Way, drinking endless cups of tea and dreaming of writing for a glossy men's style magazine instead of corporate information for a university I wasn't quite academic enough to attend.
It's because of my love for all things GQ, Arena or Esquire that my journal attracted a lot of anonymous comments along the lines of various different and expletive-laden ways of calling me a smug bastard. Still, as dear old Oscar said, the only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.
I'm gradually forcing myself away from my roots in Bury, a town that I don't hold all that much affection for apart from the odd pub and my erstwhile - but no longer totally passionate - support for its once famous football club. My first move away was to Preston and my next was to Stockport so it's fair to say that the North West of England is pretty much a constant I can't quite shake.
I talk bollocks all the time. You've probably gathered that though. The only thing I took from my short burst of radio journalism training at university was that we talk at a speech rate of three words a second and that first impressions are made within three seconds of meeting someone. Ergo, if you've read this far then you're here for the duration. Welcome to my life.
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24 hour party people, 6music, alan bennett, alan partridge, albert finney, american beauty, americana, andrew collins, arena, back to the future, badly drawn boy, bbc local radio, black books, blackadder, books, bury, bury football club, bury times, cheesy 80s music, chris addison, clinique, coca cola, daniel kitson, dave gorman, dave spikey, david quantick, debussy, digital radio, dvds, early doors, edward hopper, elbow, esquire, family guy, fashion, father ted, fifties glamour, fifties style, football, frank sinatra, friends reunited, george harrison, get carter, gq, gregory crewdson, guinness, happy mondays, ipod, italian culture, italy, john aizlewood, journalism, kitchen sink dramas, last orders, late junction, league of gentlemen, lightning seeds, lloyd cole, madchester, magazines, manchester, manchester evening news, manners, mark radcliffe, martin scorsese, mates, mod, mojo, motown, music, my laptop, new order, new wave, nick drake, notbbc, old now albums, paddy mcaloon, paul weller, peter kay, phoenix nights, porn, preston, pretentious foppishness, radio 2, radio 3, radio 4, reading, really despising coldplay, record fairs, rem, robert de niro, sampled albums, scott walker, scritti politti, sex, some like it hot, stuart maconie, the bbc, the beatles, the blue nile, the blues, the circle club, the day today, the guardian, the help me thro', the jam, the klf, the la's, the media, the observer, the shawshank redemption, the simpsons, the smiths, the stone roses, the sunday times, the times, thomas newman, thomas pink shirts, thwaites smooth, tony wilson, trainspotting, tvgohome, uktv history, university of central lancashire, university of manchester, videos, vincit omnia industria, whisky, white cotton, winmx, word, wrought iron beds
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Schools:
Bury C of E School - Bury, England - Greater Manchester, United Kingdom (1992 - 1997)Holy Cross College - Bury, England - Greater Manchester, United Kingdom (1997 - 1999)
Bury College - Bury, England - Greater Manchester, United Kingdom (2000 - 2002)
University of Central Lancashire - Preston, England - Lancashire, United Kingdom (2002 - 2005)
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