I've just been looking back through the old Dirty Mugshots thread and came across the gif of you shaking hands with Bill Bryson. I can now say my brother did one better than that when he graduated from Durham: he high-fived Bill!
Which college were in when you were at Durham? My brother was in...
I'm going to take this chance to say that I think the UK education system is sh*t because I had a really bad time in school with bullying, left in year 10 and didn't take my GCSEs.
These kind of jokes are starting to get old now, aren't they? Oh, well. I felt it had to be said.
Delighted to see that their playing the Academy in Manchester. I will have to try and go to that if I'm still living at home then. Also that new song is amazing. Can't wait for the new album!
At long bloody last! Another Ville Valo fan on here! Although I'm a girl so it's kind of more normal. Anyway, you're right about his eyes. I've got a huge poster on my wall and it feels like he's gazing into my very soul...
He has a sexy smile and laugh as well.
You could try verifying the game cache files. Just go to Half-Life 2 in Steam, right click, select properties, local files, verify integrity of game cache. That usually works. If it doesn't, I haven't got a clue, sorry.
I've got the boxset for series one and two. I've watch all of series one but I haven't yet watched all of series two (the disks didn't work properly on my computer for some reason). I've not seen any of series' three or four but I might check them out. I think series five might be worth a watch...
I'm impressed to see so many Explosions in the Sky fans! I really do love their music but they don't yet fall into my top 5.
Also, @Warped: Yay for Death Cab For Cutie! Again, absolutely love their stuff but doesn't make the top 5 yet.
It's impossible for me to choose an overall top 5 but at the moment mine are (not in order:
Jimmy Eat World
Modest Mouse
Pendulum
My Chemical Romance
Muse
Like I say, that's just at the moment and is definitely subject to change.
As I haven't even seen the latest Doctor Who Christmas special I can't really comment on the new series of Doctor Who. The only one I can really commnet on is Torchwood. I'm a bit apprehensive about the new series. There's no way it can be better than the previous series', and the cast is so...
I've heard of something like this happening before. In some part of America hundreds (maybe thousands, i can't remember) of birds dropped out of the sky. I also can't remember what was said to have caused it but it definitely happened 1-2 years ago.
I'm currently listening to XFM's All Night Remix special. My request (Bloc Party One Vs. Alex Metric One More Chance) was the second track to be played as the show started. The show's eight hours long (10pm-6am) and there are no ad breaks! If I have to rate it I'd give it 20/10 cos all night...
Just an hour and sixteen minutes to go here! I'm spending New Year at home on my own with XFM The Remix All-Nighter, a Ross Noble DVD, a take-away pizza and a fair amount of alcohol, and that's exactly how I want to spend it! Not had enough time to myself this year and over the last few weeks it...