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Wednesday, January 10th, 2007
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3:13 pm
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After a truely massive delay, I've decided to try and get this going again - i'll still give you a 2 day delay on the answers though - No IMDb or Google allowed.
Round 14
1) This upcoming horror flick is actually 2 shorter films back-to-back with fake movie trailers and comercials imbetween.
2) "Torture you? That's a good idea. I like that."
3) This famously wooden actor has been well reviewed for his portrayals of Shakespearean leads, particularly Hamlet - and has even bankrolled some of the smaller Shakespeare productions he's appeared in himself.
difficulty: medium/hard
geek rating: medium
Answers
Round 12:
1) Usual Suspects
2) If (Except it wasn't)
3) Road Trip
Round 13:
1) Ginger Snaps
2) Jack Nicholson ("Here's Jonny" from The Shining)
3) "Shriek if you know what I did last friday the 13th"
Can't remember the kudos.
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| Friday, June 9th, 2006
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2:31 pm
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It is with humble heart and most abject apologies that I present myself before you, my readers.
It seems that the world is out to get me, it is fighting my superior intellect and denying me my true position as master of quizes.
Having set a near perfect question, the world (indeed, it may even be God herself) has decided that it is to change its past in order to make me appear less than correct.
And to be fair it was a long time in the past that i watched this movie, but I swear I recognised it. And IMDb.com has been known to be wrong in the past, so I shall find a copy and investigate.
But to all current knowledge, it appears that "If" was not filmed at my old school.
Humble apologies.
Dagnabbit!
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| Tuesday, June 6th, 2006
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1:36 pm
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Round 13
Unlucky for some, welcome to the horror special! Mwahahahahahahahahahaha!
1.[Playing with a kitchen knife] “Wrists are for girls. I'm slitting my throat.”
2. The accidental catchphrase used by this actor portraying a murdering author, was an adlibbed tribute to the presenter of The Tonight Show at the time, Johnny Carson.
3. This scream take off was released straight to video, starred Tiffany Amber Thiessen (of Kelly Kapowski fame), Coolio and Tom Arnold, but is most notable for it’s setting (the mythical Bulimea Falls High), and it’s great character names:
Barbara Primesuspect
Dawson Dreary
Princpal Interest, The artist formerly known as principal
Slab O’Beef (the main love interest)
Screw Frombehind etc.
Difficulty Rating: Medium
Geekery Level: Low
Answers – Round 11
1. Scream 2
2. Jason Mewes (nearly replaces as Jay in Mallrats before Kevin Smith convinced Miramax he could stay (relatively) clean for the duration of the shoot)
3. Manderlay (directed by Lars Von Trier
The link between the movies is that they are all the 2nd part in a trilogy!
No kudos to nobody today – although you all had fun, right?
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| Monday, June 5th, 2006
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11:18 pm
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No quiz today. Sorry - the big pile of poo (it tries to call itself a college, but it's not deserving of that title), decided it was being crap and disconnected the 'net in my building, so I've had to use the library computers and it doesn't have my copies of questions on it - and I can't be arsed to get my USB kep out and take them with me (I forgot).
Exams are going well - see you all on wednesday - be there; 11.30am sharp!
N xx
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| Saturday, June 3rd, 2006
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7:07 am
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Round 12
1. “Old McDonald had a farm ee i ee i o. And on that farm he shot some guys. Badda boom badda bing bang boom.”
2. Filmed on the grounds of my old school (Tonbridge, that’s with an o not a u), this classic tale of school boy rebellion switches from B&W to colour, not for stylistic reasons, but because the director + producers ran out of money to get colour film and stole some black and white stock from the school’s art department (or so the school legend went – what we were doing with super 16 B&W film stock I have no idea).
3. This film stole the plot entirely from “Overnight Delivery” (which incidentally had uncredited rewrites by Kevin Smith), but did it so much better, and had a funky soundtrack to boot.
Difficulty Rating: Medium
Geekery Level: Low
Answers – Round 10
Well. Tim got the first clean sweep. The scores as they stand:
Me 9
Tim 1
The rest of you 0
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| Friday, June 2nd, 2006
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2:02 pm
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Round 11
EDIT - I forgot to mention that there is a link between all of today films - again it's linked to my life - again, I'm not a massive egomaniac!
1. “I don't know about homicide, but you've sure got me for raising my voice in a public library.”
2. This actor is famous for his recurring role, but was almost replaced before the second movie he featured in, by Seth Green. Breckin Mayer also auditioned before the director convinced the studio (it was his first studio picture) that the original was the best – especially given that this role was one of only 2 recurring from the first movie.
3. This film achieved a certain amount of notoriety after the director filmed a donkey being put to death (there was nothing medically wrong with the donkey). It was also done entirely within the law, Swedish law allows animals to be put to death in the process of filming as long as the animal is put down by a trained vet. A trained vet was cast especially. The director later cut the scene because animal rights protestors made a fuss, giving as his reason that he didn’t want to detract from the content of the movie.
Difficulty Rating: Hard
Geekery Level: Medium
Answers – Round 9
1. Layer Cake
2. Eddie Izzard
3. Mac & Me
Kudos to Tim for getting 2. I’m surprised no one got no. 1, I find that movie incredibly quotable.
Good Luck
N xx
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| Thursday, June 1st, 2006
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3:18 pm
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Round 10
Today is a quotes special – important stuff happened today – find the link between my life and these quotes. No I’m not an egomaniac. I’ve blanked the names/titles out because they’d be too easy otherwise, if you know the names, add them in with your answers.
(Reminder/Warning - this quiz occasionally delves to the abhorent depths of TV)
Good Luck!
1. "My name is ****-***** *****. When you read this morning's paper, you may come across an article about the unusual day I had last week. Normally, there is never anything newsworthy about my life. But that all changed last Thursday. Of course, everything seemed quite normal at first. I made breakfast for my family. I performed my chores. I completed my projects. I ran my errands. In truth, I spent the day as I spent every other day, quietly polishing the routine of my life. Until it gleamed with perfection. That's why it was so astonishing when I decided to go to my hallway closet and retrieve a revolver that had never been used." ****-***** ***** then shoots herself.
2. "People always ask me if I know ***** ******"
"Three minutes. This is it. Ground zero. Do you have a speech for the occasion?"
3. "Let me tell you what "**** * ******" is about. It's all about a girl who digs a guy with a big dick."
Scooby Bonus Marks if anyone can give me the next line for 2. It's a marvel of screenwriting.
Difficulty Level: Medium - High
Geekery Level: High
Answers – Round 8
1.Breakfast at Tiffany’s
2.Jason Lee
3.Evolution
The link between 2+3 is Ethan Suplee. ½ Bonus Scooby marks to Tim
Kudos to Han (I guess she gets it this time), Tim and Rami.
Andy – the faculty is the name of the movie – but it’s not the right answer.
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| Wednesday, May 31st, 2006
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8:25 am
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Round 9
1. ”Recreational drugs PLC - giving the people what they want... Good times today, Stupor tomorrow. But this is now, so until prohibition ends make hay whilst the sun shines.”
2. This comedian, and sometime movie star, is famous for his bad Christopher Walken impression, as well as using his rather good impersonation of James Mason to represent God. He’s also been known to perform entire stand-up routines in French – including improvised put downs of hecklers.
3. This 1988 movie is a 95 minute McDonalds and Coca Cola advert with a plot stolen off ET. It was backed exclusively by McDonalds and Coca Cola, and cleaned up at the razzies. I give it kudos though for actually casting a disabled person to play… wait for it now… a disabled person. (Why the hell does Hollywood insist on discriminating against disabled people?)
Difficulty Rating: Hard
Geekery Level: Low
Answers – Round 7
1. Jurassic Park
2. George A. Romero (gave parts to Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright after Shaun of the Dead)
3. Star Wars (George Lucas made some shit up – but he was just wrong)
Andy was first on 3 and Tim got 2 but no kudos to anyone for 1. That was an easy quote if ever I saw one.
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| Tuesday, May 30th, 2006
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11:32 am
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Round 8
1."Poor cat! Poor slob! Poor slob without a name! The way I see it I haven't got the right to give him one. We don't belong to each other. We just took up one day by the river. I don't want to own anything until I find a place where me and things go together."
2. An ex-professional Skateboarder, this actor has risen to a point where he now the lead in his own TV series as, quite literally, a hick(ey). His brother on the TV show is played by an actor who once spent the entire duration of a feature film starring at a magic eye puzzle (which everyone else could easily see was a sailboat, but he never got).
3. A chemistry special, the aliens in this movie are defeat by Head and Shoulders shampoo, which contains large amounts of selenium oxide. The central characters work out that it is a poison to the aliens because of the similar relation of "if arsenic is to carbon then selenium is to nitrogen" (Can you smell the bullshit Helen?).
Scooby bonus marks if you get the link between 2 and 3 (there are probably a couple of links though).
Difficulty: Medium to hard.
Geekery: Medium (Hard if you think I'm a geek)
Answers - Round 6
1. Clerks (although someone did rather imaginatively suggest it was the number of sexual partners Carriie admits to in 4 weddings - this is actually 32)
2. Kill Bill Vol.2 (The subplot was GoGo Yubari's sister, Yubi Yubari, tracks the bride back to america and has a big fight with her immediately after she murders Vernita Green (the start of the 1st movie). In the process, the pussy wagon is blown up, explaining the bride's later line to Esteban Vajero (sp?), "The pussy blew up".)
3. Burn Hollywood, Burn: An Alan Smithee Film (the pysuedonym used to be Alan Smithee, interestingly this movie is listed as an Alan Smithee film because the director was so unhappy with the way the producers re-cut the movie! It currently resides in the IMDb.com worst 100)
The link between them all was The Weinstein brothers and Miramax (they produced them all and miramax released them all).
Kudos to Helen for getting Kill Bill 2 - not an easy one.
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| Monday, May 29th, 2006
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8:35 am
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Round 7
Ok, we're back after the weekend hiatus with another thrilling round of Nik's Movie Quiz! Enjoy.
1. "The lack of humility before nature that's being displayed here, uh... staggers me."
2. This director was so impressed by a british duos addition to the genre he created, that he offered the spaced creators parts as extras in his recent addition to his series, known simply as "Land".
3. Probably the single most geek referenced movie, but my favourite amongst all of the pointless arguements it's fans have; How can the fastest time a race has been completed in, be 10 parsecs, when a parsec is a distance?
Today's difficulty rating: Medium
Today's Geekery Rating: High (only because of question 3)
Answers - Round 8
It was a tricky one, but mass kudos to Tim, who got 2 out of 3:
1. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy
2. Drew Carey
3. Maverick
So nearly the first clean sweep, better luck next time!
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| Saturday, May 27th, 2006
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10:14 am
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Round 6
Extra Bonus Question Today - Spot the link:
1."37?"
2. A sub-plot where a female henchwoman's sister tracks the protagonist back to the US from Japan and blows her up in her yellow and purple car, was cut from this movie in order to accomodate back story of how the protagonist came to be an awesome assasin, under the cruel tutelage of a character supposedly thousands of years old, and who's name translates as "white Eyebrow". (Hmmm, have just realised this is asking about a film, so Q2 today isn't a "Who am I?" - My Bad. - Nxx)
3. The pseudonym used by the director's guild of america for a director whose "film was clearly taken away from [them] and recut heavily against her/his wishes in ways that completely altered the film", was retired after this film was released, because the film gave too much exposure to the psuedonym.
Answers - Round 4
1. Dazed and Confused
2. Samuel L. Jackson (Snakes on a Plane)
3. The Man with the Golden Gun
Even I can't give kudos to my girlfriend when she cheats! Unlucky Helen, Final Destination was a popular guess for Q2.
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| Friday, May 26th, 2006
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11:27 am
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Round 5
1. “Yep, It’s made with bits of real panther, so you know it’s good”
2. This TV actor once appeared in a WWF Royal Rumble to promote a pay-per-view comedy special. He eliminated himself moments after Kane (real name Glen Jacobs) entered the ring having failed to bribe the 7ft wrestler and (supposed) movie star .
3. A cameo in this underated Mel Gibson little-to-big-screen conversion, sees Danny Glover mutter, "I'm too old for this shit", while the Lethal Weapon soundtrack music is playing in the background.
Answers - Round 3
1. Well, I've already told you, but it's from "Back to the Future"
2. Topher Grace (aka Eric Forman from That 70's Show)
3. Plan 9 from Outer Space (directed by Ed Wood)
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| Thursday, May 25th, 2006
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11:57 am
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Round 4
Today we have a special guest cowriter: Tim dS is helping me out - just to make the whole thing even more evil.
1. "I only came here to do 2 things, kick some ass, and drinks some beers. Looks like we're almost out of beer"
2. This actor signed up to star in a film based on the title alone. Later when the producers wanted to change the title to "Pacific Air Flight 121" he threatened to pull out.
3. Which Bond film stars a relation of Tim?
As always good luck.
Answers - Round 2
1. Donnie Darko
2. George Clooney about Batman & Robin
3. Men In Black
Kudos to Rami (grudgingly), Amy and Sarah.
That be all,
N (& T) xx
EDIT
Yes, you could use anything you want to find the answers, but what would be the point. Either take a guess at what you think the answer is, or if you know the answer but can't quite draw it from your memory (e.g. a character name or similar) then you can use IMDb.com to try and find the name/actor. It's just a bit of fun, especially for me, but let everyone have their fun!!!
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| Wednesday, May 24th, 2006
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8:10 am
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Round 3
1. “All right guys, listen, this is a blues riff in B, watch me for the changes and try to keep up, Ok?”
2. Joshua Jackson played himself in a card game at the start of the remake of Ocean’s Eleven, but which player at that table featured in the sequel (apart from Rusty and Danny of course)?
3. Which movie is famous for almost starring Bela Lugosi, being written around some home video of him as well as featuring a significantly taller double (because Legosi died before the script had been written) who covered his face with his cape the entire time he was on screen?
Answers – Round 1
1. The Waterboy.
2. James Michael Tyler (Gunther from Friends).
3. Heat (although they are never seen on screen together, just chasing and talking to each other).
No kudos go to ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) necaris, who knew none of the answers and looked them all up. Not technically cheating, but so against the spirit of the game.
Answer – Bonus Round
Peter Marwood (from Withnail & I played by Paul McGann)
notgoblin was on the right track with Richard E. Grant who of course played Withnail.
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| Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006
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10:04 am
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Round 2
I had complaints that yesterday was too hard, what a shame, well today's is a bit easier anyway:
1. "First of all, Papa Smurf didn't create Smurfette. Gargamel did. She was sent in as Gargamel's evil spy with the intention of destroying the Smurf village. But the overwhelming goodness of the Smurf way of life transformed her. And as for the whole gang-bang scenario, well, it just couldn't happen. Smurfs are asexual. They don't even have... reproductive organs under those tiny, white pants."
2. This actor once said that one of his movies was so bad he would gladly refund anyone who stopped him in the street and said they'd paid to see it in the cinema. He's also said that he deliberately played the titular comic book hero as gay.
3. This blockbuster featured only 2 pieces of music: The title track performed by the co-lead and a short burst of Elvis followed by the line: "No, Elvis is not dead. He just went home."
There you go, guess-me-do:
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| Monday, May 22nd, 2006
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12:25 pm
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Extra scooby bonus points round because it's day 1 of my quiz (and I'm bored):
A "who am i" round?
I'm an actor who once played the doctor. "Who?", you may say, but tis not the question, it's who i play. Against stoned advice, I cut off my hair, and buggered I'll be, if he buggers me. Nameless i appear, but my quest is clear, it's all to find out: "Who fucks arses?"
It's a tricky one - but the clues are there!
N xx
-EDIT-
Ok, change of rules - no resources other than IMDb.com - Take random guesses if you think you know the answer but aren't sure - and I encourage flaming of people you perceive to be giving idiotic answers.
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10:28 am - Personal Amusement
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To amuse myself during this tedious time, I'm gonna set all of y'all a daily quiz (also I don't want my only comment on this thing to be "*penguins*").
Nothing but kudos as prizes, and IMDb will help you out no end.
Question 1 is name the movie that the quote is from.
Question 2 is name the actor/actress/director.
Question 3 is name the movie.
Round 1:
1."Now that's what I call high quality H2O."
2. Which actor was elevated to his minor recurring role on a long running sitcom because he was the only extra who knew how to work a capuchino machine?
3. The first movie with a scene featuring both Pacino and DeNiro together?
Leave your guesses in the comments, c'mon everyone give it a try!
N xx
-Edit-
Use any available source to come up with your answers, but put where you found the answer in brackets so I know if you knew or looked it up. Question 2 is easier than you think - i'll put up answers with the quiz in 3 days time.
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| Wednesday, May 17th, 2006
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5:17 pm - e-mail
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Today I got an e-mail. Aidan sent it. It said I hadn't updated my LJ. Not in 60 weeks.
So Aidan is responsible for this.
That's all she wrote.
current mood:  apathetic
current music: Adam + Joe's XFM Podcast
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| Saturday, March 19th, 2005
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11:47 pm - My 1st time proper
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So my first proper post.
Scary.
Watched basically all of the rugby today, France beat Italy, Wales won the Grand Slam (bt. Ireland) and England bt. Scotland. All whilst I was writing on my old laptop on the comfy sofa. Wrote 2 new scenes, a tracking-steadicam intro and a dream sequence set to Moby. Quite successful really. Made a mega-hot chilli and then watched "Something's gotta give" - poor really. Talked to the girlfriend for 2 hours and then sorted this thing out. Need to work out where I'm going to stay tomorrow really.
Short factual post, but it had to be given that it's the first.
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| Friday, March 18th, 2005
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1:19 am - Everything that has a beginning has an...
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I once heard someone say that if every frustrated teen had a live journal then a hell of a lot of money would be saved in counselling fees, it would also reduce the need for internet humour sites because sensible adults could just laugh at the frustrated teenagers.*
Well, I'm no longer a frustrated teen (I wasted lots of public money on counselling) but I felt like I should try this anyway; If for no other reason than to keep a record of life as it happens, because i have such a poor memory I need to remember stuff somehow.
With that in mind lets get a picture of who I am out of the way; I'm 20, studying chemistry in the 2nd year at the University of Oxford. I attend Lady Margaret Hall college (the one that's basically in Cambridge) in the North of Oxford. At university I work for several clandestine organisations possibly including the Film Foundation, my college hockey team and the junior branch of the double-o network (well I would if it existed - but who's to say that me saying it doesn't exist means that it doesn't and that I don't necesarily work for them?). Imbetween not attending lectures and pretending to work, I consider myself a film director, hence my ever increasing involvement with the Film Foundation. I last term finished work on my debut short film, and then had it crushingly rejected from the OUFF cuppers competition.
Outside of Oxford, I live at home with my mum and twin sisters (currently 15), in Surrey. My dad lives on the south coast of Spain and I get out to visit him about 3 times a year. My dad is retired and lives with his girlfriend, my mother is a student and has somewhat more complex relations with her sort-of-not-really-boyfriend-type-person.
Oh and then I guess I should mention my girlfriend. It’s been 5 weeks now, but really it seems like we’ve been going out much longer.
Ok, so that in one short page is basically me, not that anyone is ever going to read this, and so I hereby resolve that this is to remain purely a personal record of my life. No feelings or emotions, but a pure record of what happens in my life for prosperities sake.
* Ok, so that’s not true but I just made it up and it’s so true
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