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Four jobs that I've hadClassics teacher in Taunton, Bexley and Birkenhead. My job rules! I am so glad I chose Greek in the Third form. Where would I be now without it?
EFL teaching in Bratislava for two years. I loved that place. Would have stayed if I could. Exchange rates and student debts, eh?
Drone in a factory bakery in Trafford Park. Very close to the Theatre of Dreams in distance yet so very far away in reality. 8 hours a day stacking trays of sausage rolls or putting clean trays onto the line. People at school said it was a sausage factory. I felt like I was dying in there. I was so desperate for something to do that I wrote quotes from Greek lyric poetry in the dirt on old trays between production bouts. Grim-ola!
Two weeks' work experience with the guy who built my Mum's extension. I helped him put a new roof on a house in Davyhulme. I still find myself thinking "I built that" as I go past.
Four movies I can watch over and over
Star Wars, any one of the six films, I just don't buy the so-called unbiased media backlash against Lucas.
Lord of The Rings - I never thought I would see a film which did it justice. All hail Peter Jackson!
Peter's Friends. I loved the ambience of post University what happens next-ness and the eighties soundtrack.
Pulp fiction. There's no particular reason why I have chosen this one. I love films. I like to step out of my world and into someone else's.
Four places I have lived
Flixton, Manchester. Half way to Warrington. It worked for me.
Edinburgh. A top city!
Bratislava. It all happened by accident in October of 1996. I didn't know what I was doing. It was great!
Taunton.
Four TV shows I like to watch
My name is Earl - I love the Karma thing.
X-Files - it seems a long time ago. I suppose it is a sign of my genuine love of any kind of mystery, though I did get frustrated when we never got any proper answers.
Twin Peaks - David Lynch is a genius but I hated the ending.
Farscape
Four foods that I like
Everything, everything, everything and everything, especially all at the same time.
Or:
Takeaways, especially fish and chips, chinese, especially with prawns, and curry, especially with lamb or prawns, but not too hot.
Anything Witho cooks but especially Leek and Bacon pasta.
Fry-ups, especially with black pudding!
Smoothies - I am prepared to give any form of fruit, and some things which aren't, a go.
Four websites I visit on a regular basis
Either of my fantasy football teams, Guardian or Telegraph
Gmail
This one - only from home, though
Football 365 and/or Cricinfo, depending what is on.
Four things I want to do before I die
Go to Old Trafford again.
Go to some nice places.
Get over the fact that our neighbours are evil, selfish, money-grubbing bastards to the point that I can see or hear them without wanting to implode in an mushroom cloud of righteous indignation.
Get another cat and a house which will allow us to have one.
Four places I would rather be right now
On holiday, which I see as a state of mind, rather than necessarily a place.
In the garden
With friends anywhere
On a beach
I am not going to tag people. Do you want to have a go at this?
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