Obsessing over Muse (haha)
Writing and reading fiction/poems/lyrics/fanfiction
Journalism
Music
Forums/messageboards
Traditional pubs (not really into clubs)
Shopping
("Alternative, " lol) fashion/make-up/jewellery
Webcomics
Watching stand-up comedy (Dylan Moran is god lol)
Anime/Manga
PC/video gaming
Booze
Tobacco
Nights out
Nights in (DVD, takeaway + wine = ♥ )
Wining and dining; )
World Cinema
Drama
Musical theatre
Debates
... etc.
Occupation
Technical Author
Gender
Female
Show Flash Content
Yes
Live Journal
http://xspiral-static.livejournal.com/
Favourite Bands
Muse (obviously ;) ) Others include Arctic Monkeys, Klaxons, Enter Shikari, Placebo, Lenny Kravitz, Devo, Garbage, Funeral For A Friend, Bullet For My Valentine, Evanescence, Billy Talent, Radiohead (lol!), Queens of the Stone Age, Slipknot, Iron Maiden, A-HA, Pet Shop Boys, Kraftwerk, The Last Shadow Puppets, Keane, Marilyn Manson, Hadouken!, t.A.T.u, millions more... Artists/composers: Shirley Bassey, Prokofiev, Nubuo Uematsu, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Koji Kondo, Jeff Wayne, millions more... Favourite genres: all kinds of Rock, Metal, Trance/Hardcore, Classical, Post-Hardcore, Screamo, Emotional Hardcore, Art Rock, Electronica, 8-bit and Rave music. Just ask me whether I like/know a band lol I can't be arsed to type out every single band I listen to. I hate Pop (apart from the stuff I listened to when I was little like The Spice Girls, Steps and Abba... ah, the memories lol,) Hip Hop and R'n'B. Sorry, I just can't stand anything about them, the sound, image, lyrics etc.
Favourite Films
Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride, Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, Akira, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, the old Jet Li films, the James Bond series, the Mission Impossible series, the Austin Powers films, the American Pie series, The Full Monty, Billy Elliot, Blade Runner, The Godfather trilogy, the Rush Hour trilogy, The Matrix trilogy, St. Trinian's, Mammia Mia!, Slumdog Millionaire, millions more...
Favourite TV Shows
Hellsing, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Doctor Who, Torchwood, Shameless, Skins, The Sunday Night Project, The Simpsons, Futurama, Family Guy, Hotel Babylon, Waterloo Road, You've Been Framed!, Green Wing, Black Books, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, Coronation Street, The Vicar of Dibley, Sugar Rush (Saint ftw!), Mock the Week, The L Word, The Big Bang Theory, Sex and the City, Have I Got News For You, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, The IT Crowd, Big Brother, Headcases, Love Soup, Hex, The World Stands Up, Lost in Austen, The Big Bang Theory, Peep Show, The Inbetweeners, 8 out of 10 Cats, Distraction, The New Statesman, Blackadder, Red Dwarf, Harry Hill's TV Burp, Moving Wallpaper, QI, Live at the Apollo, Would I Lie to You?, Armstrong and Miller, Plus One, Free Agents, Being Human, Come Dine With Me, Father Ted, Friends, Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, millions more...
Favourite Books
1984 by George Orwell, The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux, The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells, the Harry Potter series (sad, I know lol.) Manga books: the MegaTokyo series, the Hellsing series, the Saiyuki series, the Ranma 1/2 series, The QI Book of General Ignorance, Never Hit a Jellyfish with a Spade by Guy Browning, millions more especially weird ones - Cyberpunk is an amazing genre
Muse Releases Owned
Showbiz
Origin of Symmetry
Hullabaloo CD/DVD
Absolution
Absolution Tour DVD
Black Holes and Revelations
HAARP CD/DVD
The Resistance Limited Edition Boxset
Hyper Music Box
Butterflies and Hurricanes CD/DVD Single
Supermassive Black Hole CD Single
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All the b-sides and rare stuff too, but I just download them because I haven't the funds to get them all... one day I will and I'll buy everything, in all available editions xD (apart from This Is A Muse Demo, of course!)
Muse Concerts Attended / Attending
1. Sheffield Arena (2006)
2. Brabanthallen, Den Bosch (2006)
3. Pinkpop Festival (2007)
4. Forum, Copenhagen (I was at the barrier, met loads of boardies and I MET MATT!!! Best night of my life! xD) (2008)
5. V Festival (Hylands Park, Chelmsford) (the best thing I have ever seen!) (2008)
6. A Seaside Rendezvous: The Den, Teignmouth (Saturday) (I met loads of awesome Musers, all pissed and singing in the Irish pub xD) (2009)
7. Sheffield Arena (Nishe + Interlude + Unintended!!!) (2009)
8. SECC, Glasgow (2009) (Met a boardie who by chance was sat next to me :))
9. Ahoy, Rotterdam (2009) (MK Ultraaaaa!!!)
10. Lancashire Country Cricket Ground, Manchester (2010) (CitizenErased.com!)
11. Reading Festival (2011) ('Origin of Symmetry' album 10th anniversary setlist!)
12. LG Arena, Birmingham (2012)
13. MEN Arena, Manchester (2012)
14. Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam (2012)
15. Ricoh Arena, Coventry (2013)
16. Manchester Academy, Manchester (Psycho UK Tour - tiny venues, minimal staging