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Retagged by Jess

10 Things I Don't Like

1. The IB (some days)
2. Not remembering something you know that you know in an exam which is quite important
3. Finishing a speech/exam then remembering afterwards all the things you forgot to say/write
4. Unreliable people who renege on arrangements/promises
5. Wanting to talk to people who don't want to talk to you (This you is me, not 'you' - Refer to Post 115 if you've forgotten the distinction)
6. Forgetting where you're up to in the middle of a music performance (Competition/Eisteddfod) and then failing even further while trying to get back on track.
7. Not remembering the difference between a readerly and a writerly text despite Googling 50 times.
8. That gut feeling when you realise that you've screwed something up
9. That part of an adjudication in a debate where you know you've lost but you still have to listen to another 5 minutes of pointless rationalisation
10. Not living up to expectations (both mine and that of people I care about)

Vamoose.

Reretag (Let's see how long this can get) - William, Jess, Elena

Make something up. I dunno.

Till next time, may you agglomerate all your unpremeditated contemplations.

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Cybernetically attacked by Ngiam, I've now been tagged. It's much like a disease or a virus, but with the getting so sick you die part being replaced with having to write 10 things that you (you in this instance, being me, of course, but if my contagious HTML code infects you, then feel free to read 'you' as is, in other words, read 'you' as 'you' and not 'me' even though in this instance, it is 'me' and not 'you' that you (to be distinguished from 'you' because you and 'you' are totally different, you (that you is you, not 'you') see) refers to. Glad we (and by we, I actually mean me, but this is a completely different me than the me used in the distinction earlier between you and 'you') cleared that up.

Moving onward.

10 Things I Like (In No Particular Order)

1. Mornings where I don't have Music Rehearsals
2. The IB (most days)
3. Soundtrack Film Scores
4. Political Satire
5. (Actual) Conversations with People that you Like
6. Pretty Checkmates (or Combinations)
7. Finishing a Creative Work (Short Story/Poem/Composition)
8. People who comment on this blog
9. Postmodernism
10. Malcolm Tucker

My favourite film this year has been In the Loop. I was recently very excited to hear that Season 3 of 'The Thick of It', its associated TV show, is coming out on DVD in Australia soon. To celebrate, here's a gem from Malcolm Tucker that shows exactly why he is one of the kings of
swearing.



And now for the people I'm going to tag. Since most of the people who read my blog have probably already done this, I'm going to do a two degrees of separation thing and tag people from Ngiam's blog. However, Ngiam shall not remain unscathed. Ngiam, Jess and Elena - you hereby are tagged except to kill the repetition factor, you can post 10 Things you Don't Like. I expect with this manoeuvre, I'll make Number 1 on your list.

To finish off, here's another video to watch. Part 3 of 3 of the deleted scenes from 'In the Loop' - the other two can be found on youtube. Pure brillance



Till next time, may you agglomerate all your unpremeditated contemplations.