• Don Draper - Mad Men
  • Marlon Brando - Stanley Kowalski
  • James Dean - Rebel Without a Cause / East of Eden
  • Gene Kelly - Singin in the Rain
  • Old Spice man
  • Brad Pitt - Troy
  • Christian Bale - American Psycho
  • Robert de Niro - Taxi Driver
  • Justin Bieber
  • big bang?
  • Zayn
apr 8 2017 ∞
apr 8 2017 +
  • I do not want to be your weeping woman - Alison Boordson
  • If You Forget Me - Pablo Neruda
  • Don't Go Far Off - Pablo Neruda
  • I Loved You - Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin
  • I Cry - Tupac Shakur
aug 18 2012 ∞
aug 18 2012 +
  • inform bank I will be using my card abroad
  • get travel adaptor (or 2)
  • get laptop
  • get camera
  • decide whether smartphone / getting mobile phone when in Japan
  • make Heisig anki deck of kanji learnt
  • make anki deck of vocab from lessons + N4/N3
  • receive Fukuoka welcome pack
  • get Certificate of Eligibility from Leeds University and go to Japanese Embassy in London to get student visa
  • look into prepaid cards / using debit card abroad, see which is cheaper option
  • complete checklist of what to bring with me
  • complete compilation of Japanese recipes / ingredients list
  • start blog
jun 15 2012 ∞
sep 8 2012 +
  • recalcitrance = the trait of being unmanageable
  • vacillation = hesitation, indecision in speech or action
  • heteroglossia = the coexistence of distinct varieties within a single "linguistic code". In Greek hetero = different + glōssa = tongue, language
  • eschatology = The part of theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind.
  • protean = Tending or able to change frequently or easily.
  • alexithymia = absence of words to describe emotional states
feb 13 2012 ∞
dec 25 2016 +

films in bold = my favourites

  • Snow white and the Seven Dwarves
  • The Witches
  • Cinderella
  • Prince and the Pauper
  • The Sorcerer's Apprentice
  • One Hundred and One Dalmatians
  • Pinocchio
  • Dumbo
  • Alice in Wonderland
  • Peter Pan
  • Lady and the Tramp
  • Sleeping Beauty
  • The Sword in the Stone
  • The Aristocats
  • Robin Hood
  • Oliver & Company
  • The Rescuers Down Under
  • Beauty and the Beast
  • Aladdin
  • The Lion King
mar 8 2011 ∞
aug 13 2017 +
  • watch at least 10,000 films
  • compose a symphony
  • write and compose a popular song
  • save someone's life
  • participate in a flash mob/dance
  • dye hair a colour other than black
  • let someone be my hero
  • muster the courage to let someone go
  • be able to use varied film quotes in everyday conversation
  • star in a film
  • direct a film
  • win an oscar
  • watch a re-released version of an old classic in the theatre to RELIVE THE MOMENT
  • write a book
  • build something practical to everyday life
  • complete a marathon
  • be able to do 100 consecutive push ups
  • visit Japan
jun 27 2011 ∞
sep 27 2016 +
  • John Williams
  • Hans Zimmer
  • John Williams
  • Mozart
  • John Williams
jun 26 2011 ∞
jun 26 2011 +
  • Eagle vs Shark
    • "She's a lizbian she went to a lizbian party." "Typical."
    • "She's an orphan, like Oliver Twist."
    • "Do you wanna have six?"
  • Marlon Brando
    • "You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contenda. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it."
    • "WE HAVE TO LAASH IT TO SOMETHING!"
    • "Can't you see me with the cows?"
    • "Horror has a face, and you must make a friend of horror. Horror and mortal terror are your friends. If they are not, then they are enemies to be feared. They are truly enemies"
    • "Nobody tells me what to do."
    • "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't ref...
mar 12 2011 ∞
dec 28 2011 +
  • My Ma
  • My uncle
  • My aunt
  • My other fat German uncle
  • My other disabled aunt
  • My first welsh music teacher
  • My second Irish music teacher
  • My violin teacher
  • My piano accompanist
  • My other welsh piano accompanist
  • My crazy Frankfurter German teacher
  • My other less crazy Frankfurter French teacher
  • That man who sells fruit and vegetables
  • Mr Fabulous
  • Meryl Streep
  • Robert de Niro
  • Dustin Hoffman
  • Christoph Waltz
  • Jack Nicholson
  • Liam Neeson (everyone's father)
mar 12 2011 ∞
mar 18 2011 +
  • Marlon Brando
  • Stanley Kubrick
  • Elia Kazan
  • Jeff Buckley
  • Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Johannes Brahms
  • Sylvia Plath
  • Huguenots
  • Prince Albert
  • Bruce Lee
  • Vivienne Leigh
  • James Dean
  • Charles I
  • Ulrich Muehe
  • Hitler
  • Prince Shotoku
  • Steve Irwin
  • Leonard Bernstein
mar 9 2011 ∞
mar 15 2011 +
  • Summer 2012 Dashboard Confessional - Alter the Ending (summer before leaving for Japan waiting for L's reply)
  • Spring 2013 Kate Nash - Girl Talk (returning to Japan after 6 weeks in the UK)
  • Spring 2014 Twin Forks / Jenny Lewis - The Voyager (term abroad in Mainz, travel and meeting Marie)
  • 2015 ??? FINALS AND I CANNOT REMEMBER
  • Spring 2016 Beyonce - Lemonade (watching with the friends I left behind in Hong Kong)
  • November 2016 - 2017 Jolie Holland - Pint of Blood (in Amsterdam getting over J) / Drake - Views (on train home after my job interview)
may 29 2017 ∞
may 29 2017 +
  • Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe
  • Chi-raq
  • Things to Come
  • Certain Women
  • Moonlight
  • Elle
  • American Honey
  • I, Daniel Blake
  • Julieta
  • La La Land
  • Victoria
  • Everybody Wants Some!
dec 29 2016 ∞
apr 23 2017 +

Desserts

  • Chelsea buns
  • Franzbrötchen
  • Käsekuchen
  • Linzer Torte
  • Dampfnudeln
  • Shortcake biscuits
  • Victoria sponge
  • Muffins
  • Cupcakes
  • Dundee cake
  • Christmas cake
  • Waffles
  • Lemon Meringue Pie
  • Banana Loaf
  • Flapjacks
  • Minnie's Chocolate Pie
  • Pumpkin Pie
  • Apple Pie
  • Jam Tart
  • Giant Choc Chip Cookie cake
dec 4 2016 ∞
dec 4 2016 +
  • Kelly Vitz, actress, Chinese, German
  • Denise Keller, model, Chinese, German
  • Sandra Tsing Loh, actress, author, Chinese, German
  • Bruce Lee, martial artist/actor/philosopher, Chinese, German
  • Myleene Klass
  • Michelle Yeoh
  • T. V. Carpio
  • Johnny Depp
  • Megan Fox
  • Zelda Williams~ daughter of Robin Williams
  • Steven R. McQueen~son of Steve McQueen
  • Shannyn Sossamon, actress/dj, Filipina, Hawaiian, German
  • Brandon Baker
  • Hailee Steinfeld
  • Malese Jow
  • Taylor Lautner
  • Michael Copon, actor, Filipino, German
mar 1 2013 ∞
mar 1 2013 +
  • Vertigo
    • Dusk and Summer - Dashboard Confessional
    • Only in Dreams - Weezer
  • A Place in the Sun
    • Water and Bridges - Dashboard Confessional
  • Rebel Without a Cause
    • My Best Friend - Weezer
    • Everybody Learns from Disaster - Dashboard Confessional
  • Shutter Island
    • I Don't Want to Let You Go - Weezer
    • Don't Let Go - Weezer
  • Inception
    • I Don't Want to Let You Go - Weezer
    • Don't Let Go - Weezer
jul 2 2012 ∞
aug 19 2012 +
  • cigarette vending machines still common in both countries
  • war guilt issues
  • accused of attempts at world domination(but they aren't the only ones)
  • Stereotyped as having no sense of humour and being hard working
  • POWERFUL COUNTRIES.
apr 11 2012 ∞
apr 11 2012 +
  • Revise periodic table
  • Know every country and its place in the world
      • Learn regions in larger countries
      • Learn rivers of countries
      • Learn famous landmarks
  • Listen to 20th century music from every decade
  • Watch 20th century films from every decade
  • Watch films that won an Oscar/Bafta
  • Watch films that won a Baer/Cesar/any other European equivalent ti an Oscar
  • Revise some goddamn Greek mythology because I used to read about it but I've forgotten a lot
  • Read classical literature
  • Read, if not know the plot and characters to, every Shakespeare play
jan 12 2012 ∞
jan 14 2012 +
  • Having thinner hair (!!!)
  • Hair changing a different colour from black (!!!)
  • Getting creases of wisdom
  • Gaining increasing immunity to common colds, hence not dying
  • Getting a walking stick simply for the sake of it doubling as an awesome dueling sabre
nov 19 2011 ∞
dec 21 2011 +
  • Brahms (everything)
  • Ennio Morricone (Burn!, The Mission)
  • Ryuchi Sakamoto (Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence)
  • Leonard Bernstein (On the Waterfront, West Side Story)
  • Joe Hisashi (Miyasaki films, Kitano films)
  • Nobuo Uematsu (Final Fantasy)
  • Nino Rota (The Godfather, Romeo & Juliet)
  • Shosty
  • J.S Bach
  • Mozart
  • Puccini (Madame Butterfly, Tosca)
  • Thomas Newman (American Beauty, Revolutionary Road)
  • John Barry (Out of Africa)
  • Gato Barbieri (Last Tango in Paris)
  • Duke Ellington
  • George Gershwin
jun 26 2011 ∞
dec 21 2011 +
  • Marlon Brando
  • Robert de Niro
  • Meryl Streep
  • Amy Adams
  • Audrey Tautou
  • Mélanie Laurent
  • Vivien Leigh
  • Natalie Portman
  • James Caan
  • Zhang Ziyi
  • David Bowie (actually a pretty good actor)
  • Jackie Chan
  • Toshiro Mifune
  • Hilary Swank
  • Julia Roberts
  • Ian McKellen
  • John Malkovich
  • Takeshi Kitano
  • Anne Bancroft
  • Holly Hunter
jun 25 2011 ∞
apr 22 2012 +

101/288

  • 12 Angry Men
  • 13 Assassins
  • 1900 (Bernardo Bertolucci)
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • 2046
  • 400 Blows
  • 8 1/2
  • 8 Femmes
  • A City of Sadness
  • A Face in the Crowd (Kazan)
  • A Moment of Innocence
  • A Nous la Liberte
  • A One and a Two (Thai New Wave)
  • A Serious Man
  • A Short film about Killing
  • A Single Man
  • A Taste of Honey (British New Wave)
  • A Touch of Zen
  • Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes
  • Alien
mar 9 2011 ∞
dec 4 2016 +
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may 29 2017 ∞
may 29 2017 +
dec 9 2016 ∞
apr 15 2017 +
  • Die Klavierspielerin / Elfriede Jelinek
  • Auch brave Mädchen tun's : Mordgeschichten / Sabine Deitmer
  • Bye-bye, Bruno wie Frauen morden ; Geschichten Sabine Deitmer
  • Female chauvinist pigs : women and the rise of raunch culture / Ariel Levy
  • In a queer time and place : transgender bodies, subcultural lives / Judith Halberstam
  • Female masculinity / Judith Halberstam.
  • The Second Sex / Simone de Beauvoir
  • Being and Nothingness / Jean-Paul Sartre
  • The Interpretation of Dreams / Sigmund Freud
  • Three essays on the theory of sexuality / Sigmund Freud
  • Thus spoke Zarathustra : a book for everyone and no one / Nietzsche
  • A Life / Elia Kazan
  • The Art of Acting / Stella Adler
jun 7 2012 ∞
dec 4 2016 +
  • 家 = home, family, household
  • 映 = glory, to reflect, film(映画)
  • 気 = spirit, mind, heart
  • 帰 = return, to come home (帰る)
  • 茶 = tea (お茶)
jan 13 2012 ∞
jan 13 2012 +
  • Stanley Kubrick
  • Alfred Hitchcock
  • Woody Allen
  • Takeshi Kitano
  • Elia Kazan
  • Lars von Trier
  • Yasujiro Ozu
  • Sam Mendes
  • Ozu Yasujiro
  • Zhang Yimou
  • Milos Forman
  • Bernardo Bertolucci
  • Wim Wenders
  • Richard Linklater
  • Rainer Werner Fassbinder
  • Clint Eastwood
  • Martin Scorsese
  • Hirokazu Koreeda
  • Thomas Vinterberg
  • Fatih Akin
nov 25 2011 ∞
sep 1 2014 +
  • finished school
  • seen the Pyramids
  • went sailing
  • camped in a tent
  • been to a music festival
  • been to Disneyland
  • played on a sports team
  • played in an orchestra
  • reached grade 7 on violin
  • sung in a choir
  • broken into my own house
  • walked epic 3 to 4 mile journey home in snow blizzard
  • swam in a pool half clothed
  • taken steroids
  • been to the circus
  • saw Leonardo's Mona Lisa in person
  • went up the Eiffel Tower
  • eaten escargot
  • learnt three other languages to fairly fluent level
jul 5 2011 ∞
jan 1 2017 +
  • sushi
  • watermelon
  • lychees
  • Doner kebab
  • Aromatic duck with pancakes and hoisin
  • Pizza
  • Schwarzbrot
  • candyfloss
  • Mississippi Mud Pie Muller corner yoghurt
  • fudge
  • dango
  • German Quark Cheesecake
  • Anko manjuu
  • Zenzai
  • Mochi
jun 27 2011 ∞
dec 26 2012 +
  • SEAN PENN
  • David Tennant
  • Jim Carrey
  • Miley Cyrus
  • Matthias Schweighöfer
  • Jeremy Irons
  • Tilda Swinton
  • James McAvoy
  • Emile Hirsch
  • Melanie Griffith
jun 25 2011 ∞
dec 4 2016 +
  • (everybody's good at cooking something, I'm good at cooking)crumble
  • German cheesecake
  • Bread and butter pudding
  • Pancakes
  • Bread
  • Pizza
  • Pastries
  • Shepherd's Pie
  • Quiche
  • Apple cake
  • Banana cake
  • Brownies
  • Eccles cakes
  • Pineapple upside down cake
  • Kaiserschmarrn
  • Frikadellen
  • Melonpan
jun 25 2011 ∞
jan 4 2012 +
  • Emperor
  • King
  • Weaver
  • Warrior
  • Long bather
  • Chinese pirates
mar 9 2011 ∞
mar 9 2011 +