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-Lorry- skrev:

Great thanks, how are you? Are you back in a country where the internet is allowed?

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ariadnesthread skrev:

Get you! Nicely done indeed, though I'm surprised your inner statistician managed to tolerate the chartlessness so long. Totally going to catch up your play-count. Really glad China's going well for you, particularly the language thing; I was impressed enough by your German... So, life plans: I'm probably just going to muddle about in the northern hemisphere for the rest of this year, then move to New Zealand to do a post-grad teaching diploma around Nov/Dec. Depends on a lot of things, but at least it means I get to put off all that mortgage-career-household guff a little bit longer. I know I'm going to miss England hugely, but hopefully given a long enough goodbye my feet'll have time to get nice and itchy! What do you miss most? Oh and by the way, I forgot to mention that my MA dissertation ended up being on DeLillo, which I thought you'd appreciate... and yet I *still* haven't properly read Underworld. I really shouldn't feel as proud of that as I do.

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ariadnesthread skrev:

Hello! My god it's been a while. Well, let's see if I can compress it all into this little box, an achievement likely to be both satisfying and a little depressing... Maybe I should stick to the main facts: well, I finished the MA, remained in Brighton though, discovered/bought/saw a LOT of music, got into post-rock hugely yet retained my penchant for the indulgent singer-songwriter acoustic guitar noodling, took up jam-making but still can't knit. Also acquired a kitten, who's absolutely gorgeous but a proper menace. Currently the kitten and I live in a little studio flat with a garden and no television, but we manage to entertain ourselves with webcomics and birdwatching. And you? Which country are you in now, you capricious thing?

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ded_handi skrev:

Yeah it's ok, not really absorbed it properly yet. It's light and folky, with all the trademark Rod Jones harmonies that you know and love from Idlewild albums

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ded_handi skrev:

Looked for your name in the new Rod Jones LP but it wasn't there! Did you not pre-order?!

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sunnychick skrev:

I didn't laugh at the golf, honest... I was too busy admiring your most excellent charts!

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mistakepageant skrev:

ah hey! things have been crazy in the past two months with applying to grad school but i'm finally on the other side of things! i've got internet now and a sweet and easy quarter so we should definitely talk more. i wanna hear about you in china. going on a lot of awesome hikes, i hope? i hear the spiders are about as big as your hand there. not sure if insect repellent would work...you'd have to just take the initiative and wrestle 'em down. anywho i just got an e-mail from my school telling me that peanut butter wolf is playing at a bar on campus. didn't you say he was an awesome DJ? i just might try him out... starting tomorrow i should be on msn far more! hope to talk to you soon!

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-Lorry- skrev:

And seriously unimpressed with dubstep in '09, only good release I heard was Kode9 12" Black Sun/2 Far Gone.

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