Books, Films, Gigs, and My Life!

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I'd say my phone, then TV, then music. I was just thinking the other day that our reliance on phones is a bit silly really - obviously they're extremely useful, but people, including myself, just check them all the time just in case someone has called or text us, and I'm beginning to annoy myself by doing it. I want to use things like my phone and the internet less often, maybe I will try and not use my phone for a week and see what happens :)

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No, and no. I think we should try and sort out the problems in our own world before going into space. All the money which has been used to put people into space could be better spent bringing people out of poverty and disease, in my opinion.

I recognise that research into ways of getting people into space has caused other technological advances, but I just don't think thats justification enough. Those advances would have come around anyway eventually.

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I'd ask all my friends, what do you really and truely think of me.

Then I can change myself accordingly if I don't like the answers I get. There are some people I don't mind what they think of me, I'd just be curious, but others I'd really like to know so I can either a) find out what I've done to make them appear not to like me, or b) find out how I can improve or maintain our friendship.

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My favourite when I was younger was Michael Jackson, and yes I still enjoy his songs now. Although I don't have his more recent album (Invincible I think its called?) Dangerous was the first album I ever owned, and HIStory was the first album I got when I totally got into the music, so I love those two most of all. I was *so* sad when he died - I cried and I'm not ashamed to admit it! What made it worse was that I had tickets to see him, and now I will never get to! :( When I was 11 quite a few people I know went to see him, but I didn't go to gigs back then, so I didn't go. I do remember my mum waking me up to watch the 9pm news as it had a bit about when Michael Jackson arrived in London for that gig.

Even though its not my favourite style of music, I still really like his songs, and they have such good memories for me. And quite sad ones - we sang "You Are Not Alone" at our leaving assembly when we left primary school, so it always makes me a bit sad when I hear it!

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I would only lose interest if they changed style to become more "popular". If they continued on the same style, it would be a great thing, as I always like everyone to hear about my favourite bands :) Although I don't like it that the venues they would play would get bigger, there are more positives in the fact that they'll play more, have more merchandise for me to buy!, and have more money to release more songs.

One band which I am a bit annoyed about in this regard is The 69 Eyes. They released two "glam rock" albums before they were famous, then three or four amazing "goth" albums and became more popular, and then as that was becoming less popular, went back to glam. The lead singers voice is amazing on the goth albums, I'm really disappointed that they haven't made more. Although maybe they will!

I don't tend to like bands which are in the mainstream charts nowadays, as I do prefer alternative music, but thats not to say that I wouldn't like a band just because they are "mainstream" - one of my favourite songs at the moment is by Scooter, and they are about as mainstream as you get aren't they? :) Generally I don't like the popular styles at the moment, however in the late 70s / early 80s I think I would have liked almost everything in the charts!

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Yes. I think there are more important things to worry about than a few foxes, however controversial that view is. Its not harming anyone, any person I mean, so I don't have that much of a problem about it.

There are some professions / jobs which I wouldn't be able to be friends with someone if they did...but I won't go into that here :)

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This is probably a bit of a silly one, but everytime an ambulance / police car / fire engine comes past with all their sirens blaring, and all the cars on the road pull over to let it past - it just makes me proud to live somewhere where people will do that :D

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Yes I do - well I would like to. As they have mainly been the ones splitting up with me (well, 2 out of 3 have been!) I am perfectly willing to stay friends with them, though sadly it doesn't seem to work out that way. One of them doesn't live in the same county as me anymore, and seems to have not wanted to stay in touch with his old friends, and one other seems to be perfectly friendly and pleasant to me on his own, but when he's with one of his other friends (who I don't like - for various reasons, nothing to do with our breakup though) he much prefers to talk to her rather than me. I almost feel like to stay friends with him I have to now like this girl, which is silly really, I can like and dislike whoever I like, it shouldn't be for other people to decide that. Its a shame though, as he is a nice guy really, just friends with one questionable person.

The other guy I went out with I split up with him, felt incredibly guilty, and then it went into a good friends relationship, which was really nice. However he's now also not living in the same county as me, which means that I don't see him much.

Maybe I live in the past too much, but I like to keep in touch with old friends, especially those who I still have things in common with (as I do with all my old boyfriends) and who meant/mean a lot to me. Others don't seem to think that at all though, which is sad.