tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81990801308822351182024-03-12T18:19:53.467-07:00A Boy And His BlogTrouble On Blogolonia...Peanuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16484346606727404732noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199080130882235118.post-4695598031592024412010-05-13T16:19:00.000-07:002010-05-13T16:32:26.531-07:00Regarding Apple and the death of the 'cool'.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8TonLkOYjR9nm8mnpvf-JPO41puOybwOGB2vpzDnP_FKHZsQ_w72teaXQNDzBwhat9w2OEdBnIPj8HOo2zYqdJkycvNR3LyHXXX3jxLGy6M-1dSMOFfNjzbzOfPTGR5DkuQj4As91uHpO/s1600/150px-Apple-logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8TonLkOYjR9nm8mnpvf-JPO41puOybwOGB2vpzDnP_FKHZsQ_w72teaXQNDzBwhat9w2OEdBnIPj8HOo2zYqdJkycvNR3LyHXXX3jxLGy6M-1dSMOFfNjzbzOfPTGR5DkuQj4As91uHpO/s320/150px-Apple-logo.png" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Regarding an article I read (</span></i></b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_wguy/20100511/tc_ytech_wguy/ytech_wguy_tc2000"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">When did Apple become uncool? - Yahoo News</span></i></b></a><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">) I just wanted to quickly talk about Apple. They're a great company, they've risen from humble beginnings to become one of these globa-mega-hyper-corp conglomerates that you kinda worry could actually enslave us all if they wanted to. Some would say that they've already enslaved some of us via commercial means, but that's a subject for another day. </span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I'm an Apple user. They made my computer. They made my mobile phone. They made my MP3 player. I wouldn't call myself a 'fanboy', nor do I feel like I have to be 'a Mac OR a PC'.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Basically, I have a bit of an issue with the whole 'Apple = Cool' thing. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Y'see, as I understand it, they started making personal computers way back in the day which were successful but then slowly towards the 90s they were beaten out by the almighty Microsoft who were producing their more popular 'Windows' operating system which would run on a much wider range of hardware (see '</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.#1986.E2.80.931993:_Rise_and_fall"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">The Rise and Fall of Apple</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">' section on their Wiki page). Then with the introduction of the iPod and iMac brands (designed by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Ive"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Jonathan Ive</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">) towards the end of the 90s, they began to rise again. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">It was during this rise that they began to change their marketing strategy somewhat. The iPod MP3 players Ive was designing were revolutionary and beautiful. The computers he was designing looked nothing like the Macs of previous years, or like any personal computers for that matter. So whether it was their returned popularity influencing their marketing strategy or vice versa, Apple began to market their products with a bit of swagger. I'm not saying they began to cater to a higher clientele, or that they knowingly wanted people to think 'Mac = Cool', but it kinda happened anyway. The whole 'Mac vs PC' thing of recent years is a prime example of this. I grew up using PCs, but when I began to look into Apple Macs, I liked what I saw. I didn't at any point think 'Apple Macs are cool, I should get one so people know I'm creative and cool etc...', nor did I feel 'pressured' by commercialism into owning an iPod or whatever, and this is the main point of my argument:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Maybe, just maybe, some people buy Mac products because they're good, not because they want to look good.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I have nothing against other non-Mac machines; I own other non-Mac machines. In some ways, they're better; in some ways, they're worse. Macs are seen as being more stable, more reliable, less prone to viruses etc. This isn't to say they never crash or break, but Apple made Macs, Apple made the Mac operating system to run on their machines, so it stands to reason they'd be much less likely to experience compatibility issues, to crash all the time, as opposed to Windows running on my piece of crap PC that I'd cobbled together from whatever parts I could find on eBay or have as hand-me-downs from my friends' machines. Now that's not to say that using them is like some sort of waking-dream, no matter how many 'it's as simple as that' ads Apple churn out - at the end of the day, they're just computers, they're just MP3 players, I could effectively be doing the same thing on any other machine/OS combination, but I choose to do it on a Mac because they have a proven track record in my life of enabling me to get things done, whether they be Googling for kittens, or recording an album.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj29RqGJDryawZYVg1TwXvrhuobJ8l3R7f7YmTgQupKn77y_hkFvdfrAUfu2VGq8bHsZJAqADDooJQDR0mv_rkoOgY5UailSKbdrYajhhyRpC3b_OgweV5tMH7a3PiUzn9r0y08GxriWcn0/s1600/mac-pc.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj29RqGJDryawZYVg1TwXvrhuobJ8l3R7f7YmTgQupKn77y_hkFvdfrAUfu2VGq8bHsZJAqADDooJQDR0mv_rkoOgY5UailSKbdrYajhhyRpC3b_OgweV5tMH7a3PiUzn9r0y08GxriWcn0/s320/mac-pc.png" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">The article I linked to above basically talks about how Apple are apparently shifting in public image from the archetypal 'cool', benevolent, user-focussed corporation, towards a more self-centred outlook, not unlike the perceived image of old rivals Microsoft. Whether or not this is true, I don't know, and to some extent don't care - if they keep making innovative, beautiful products, I'll keep buying em, and not because I like what owning them says about me; if some other company's phone or MP3 player or personal computer is better, I'll go a different way. Some recent reports of Apple cracking down on people modifying their phones, or not allowing third-party developers to publish their applications do smack of totalitarian regimes, but it's their company and I guess they can do what they want. If they piss off their users, they will </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">probably</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> lose them (I say probably remembering that there ARE a small minority for whom Apple could release the 'iTurd' and they'd be queuing for the midnight launch, but at the end of the day, I think most people will vote with their wallets...).</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I don't feel my 'loyalty' to Apple as a corporation is a slave-relationship; they've gained my trust in as much as the products I own by them all enable me to incorporate technology into my daily routine and in doing so enrich my life. Obviously there's always going to be a percentage of people who let their possessions define who they are, but that percentage is a lot less than 100%. I, on the other hand, sometimes feel like I'm being judged for owning and using Mac products, and I believe this is unfair. PC owners especially, or those who feel too 'uncool' for the Mac's sleek vanilla Justin Long social stereotype, feel the need to look down their nose at Mac users, much like the nerds in a typical American high school drama would look down their noses at the 'poor jocks with their crippling good looks and popularity', despite the fact that most of the PC users I know who act this way have never even tried a Mac.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">The point I'm trying to make is, alright: Apple's marketing strategy might make all Mac users seem like indie-creative douchebags, but in reality, maybe owning a product that makes magic happen on a daily basis isn't a crime.</span></div></div></div>Peanuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16484346606727404732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199080130882235118.post-17203200626185493692010-05-09T14:02:00.000-07:002010-05-13T16:39:07.196-07:00The 'F' Word.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib2QVXBez-gIGEKdWsllwHaNZNPbRTy9J7UkIuN3EKU5ReaxSrMJCv4qfixvRQXCh7jKQIckUxCMWIWJp1z2EJEjsUMaBWFgy9dA3-vYZQ60tQgEcLhPtRLTeZmDBKAh2kQqczha7E6fMK/s1600/baseball.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib2QVXBez-gIGEKdWsllwHaNZNPbRTy9J7UkIuN3EKU5ReaxSrMJCv4qfixvRQXCh7jKQIckUxCMWIWJp1z2EJEjsUMaBWFgy9dA3-vYZQ60tQgEcLhPtRLTeZmDBKAh2kQqczha7E6fMK/s640/baseball.jpg" width="640" /></span></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
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</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I've had this </span></span><a href="http://postsecret.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">PostSecret</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> saved on my desktop for the past three weeks. For the uninitiated, </span></span><a href="http://postsecret.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">PostSecrets</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> is an ongoing community mail art project, created by Frank Warren, in which people mail in their secrets anonymously on a homemade postcard. Frank publishes a group of the 'best' entries every Sunday at his blog. One of the few secrets that has really make me think, it seems to somehow capture the biggest fear (that's the 'F' word, if you were wondering...) of our generation (myself included) and, in the interest of full disclosure, I wanted to share it with you. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">The image is taken from one of my favourite Simpsons episodes, #52 '</span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_at_the_Bat"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Homer At The Bat</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">', where Mr. Burns places a bet on the power plant's company softball team 'The Isotopes' winning it to the championship game and, to this end, drafts nine ringers from the 'big leagues' to ensure his success. In this scene, the famous baseball player Darryl "The Straw" Strawberry is at the plate and the Simpson kids, feeling sorry for their Dad's failure to be asked to play, do their best to put him off by chanting "Darryl! Darryl! Darryl!", eventually driving even the most hardened of ballers to shed a single miserable and simultaneously hilarious tear.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">The episode is often sited by people as one of the greatest ever, but the accompanying caption really changes the whole tone of the image. This simple, five-word question might be the scariest query in the history of words. And it's so ambiguous, it can really be about anything. Anything you really want from life. Anything you're putting off because you think it'll all come in good time. That amazing career. That lucrative idea. The ideal house. The perfect spouse. The chance to make your mark on this world. What if it never happens?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Actually, I mis-quote. The version on the postcard has no question mark, which actually has the potential to totally change the entire tone of the piece from a question to a statement. What if it never happens. What if. Who cares if it doesn't. So what....</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">But still, question mark or none, it's quite a statement. In my own life, it's about the accomplishments I hope to achieve. I'm 25 now. That's a quarter of my life (I know the average male lifespan is around 75 but I plan to go a bit longer...), and I don't really have much to show for it. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I haven't yet written and directed a zombie-robot apocalypse movie.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I can't play the piano nearly as well as I'd like to.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I don't have a valid driver's license.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I'm in poor physical shape.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I wear jeans to work (which in ANY other situation would be a MAJOR plus, but right now I'm using it to communicate the point that my job is menial....). </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I still have a LONG way to go in the pursuit of happiness, whether that be in the form of a great job, or an amazing girlfriend, or a triple-platinum selling album, or just the ability to live a worry-free life and sleep soundly at night knowing you're enjoying this fleeting life as much as possible. But what if it never happens? What if I never get to that plateau of life where you look back at all you've achieved and think 'I wouldn't change a thing'? I'd like to say I have no regrets, but sometimes I look at how much others have done in the same length of time or less and think 'I must have fallen down somewhere along the line'. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Shouldn't I be touring by now? </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Shouldn't I be married by now? </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Shouldn't I be a better Christian by now? </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Shouldn't I have seen more of the world? </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
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Two beautiful 19" Dell TFT LCD screens plugged into my Windows machine; plenty of space for tracks, plugins, and waveforms. But alas, despite the massive desktop area, all was not well (said the ungrateful little Lord to his maidservant). I couldn't both screens with my Macbook, where I seem to be making most of my music at the moment, and they didn't seem to be getting much use. Add to that the fact that they took up a lot of space, on the same platform as 2 different pairs of speakers, 2 x external hard drives and other collected dongles and docks, and you begin to see my quandry... And so I have recently consolidated all my screens into one easy-to-view 24" widescreen HD Iiyama display, and it's purdy:<br />
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The Iiyama B2409HDS boasts a massive 1920x1080 resolution and features DVI, D-Sub and HDMI inputs, so it's plenty versatile. It even has a couple of speakers built-in, so I can theoretically keep playing my PS3 in full 1080p HD glory if my big telly ever moves, say, out of my bedroom into the living room??! (as if.)<br />
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One of my favourite features is the stand. As well as being able to rotate left and right and tilt up and down, it sits on a shaft that allows it to actually raise/lower depending on what height you're sitting it. Kinda reminds me of how Johnny 5 raises up on his cat-tracks to hug Ally Sheedy. Damn lucky robot. <br />
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But by far my favourite feature, one that I enjoyed with the Dell displays, is its ability to rotate its screen orientation from landscape to portrait, which is really useful for working with different apps. For example, my setup when creating music with Reason involves using my Macbook as the sequencer screen, and the second display in portrait orientation for displaying my equipment rack, which being long and thin lends itself well to a portrait orientation:<br />
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Being able to orient the display in portrait also lends itself to other applications, such as writing long documents/screenplays, organising a playlist, viewing a large photo library, or measuring the exact length of an elongated feline memestar:<br />
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The display was second hand from a guy on a computer forum I frequent and he sold it for a good price. I must admit, I experienced slight buyer's remorse after I'd paid for it, just simply because I felt a little guilty about spending out on yet another gadget, but I'm really glad I bought it now, and I reckon after I've managed to sell the old screens off, I'll feel even better.</div>Peanuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16484346606727404732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199080130882235118.post-87234625374418606622010-03-24T18:02:00.000-07:002010-03-24T18:02:50.142-07:00Teenage Engineering's OP-1<div style="text-align: justify;">Yes, another synthy post. It's <a href="http://musik.messefrankfurt.com/frankfurt/en/besucher/willkommen.html">Musikmesse 2010</a>, whatdya expect??<br />
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As well as saving for a Roland SH-01, I have also been following the progress of the little synth that could from unknown garage tinkerers '<a href="http://www.teenageengineering.com/">Teenage Engineering</a>'. Although you really can't call the <a href="http://www.teenageengineering.com/products/op-1/">OP-1</a> a 'synth', it's so much more, and so much less, all at the same time... It's hard to explain, so why not <a href="http://createdigitalmusic.com/2010/01/17/teenage-engineerings-op-1-instrument-hands-on-videos-why-its-different/">read what Create Digital Music had to say about it a couple of months back....</a><br />
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<div style="text-align: auto;">The Gaia SH-01 is a small but fun-packed little synth keyboard. It has an infinitely 'tweakable' front panel, with all the synth parameters set out as faders and knobs. From left to right, you control modulation, oscillators, and amplitude envelope. It also features a pitch/mod paddle, arpeggiator and phrase recorder, and adds newer features like easy preset access, D-Beam, and an effects section.</div><br />
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As if you need another reason, just pause reading this for 9 minutes and watch him rock that thing on the Old Grey Whistle Test:<br />
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Then in the 80s, it was all about the <a href="http://www.vintagesynth.com/roland/sh101.php">SH-101</a>. Its straightforward systematic interface allowed the creation of fat monophonic basslines and squealing lead riffs, all instantly editable via the no-nonsense knob and fader interface. I actually knew someone who owned one, but gave it away. Fool.<br />
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Something about these synths has always sat well with me. I was turned on to synths at a time when most keyboards had you delving through menus and squinting desperately trying to work out what letter was was trying to be produced by the 7-piece LED display. These ones seemed so simple in comparison; a logical progression of 'first I do this, then I do this, then I do this to get the sound I want'. I always wanted to own one of these, so that I could get really 'hands-on' with my noisemaking. Unfortunately they were either extremely rare, out of production, or too rich for my blood. Well, this new model has me thinking maybe I should start saving....anyone wanna buy a MicroKorg??<br />
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You can <a href="http://createdigitalmusic.com/2010/03/24/roland-gets-the-fun-back-pt-2-sh-01-synth/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+createdigitalmusic+%28createdigitalmusic.com%29&utm_content=Google+Reader">read a short preview/watch some promotional videos of its capabilities here</a>.</div>Peanuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16484346606727404732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199080130882235118.post-52132834289244911732010-03-24T17:10:00.000-07:002010-03-24T17:10:29.392-07:00A picture-based joke regarding synthesisers.<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Ov5jJMzY4ns_-MugHwDRWmVopjTw5iQ7MgLoLYKqRLlOumyv98NfKr6sn4janJK8KURqnWLzrWMJI2zl7lqvLjV_S17ffddOq3MbSPvqWWnACTLnjLT8oT7VRPzTLszgfnSd47Xj13se/s1600/envelopegenerators.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Ov5jJMzY4ns_-MugHwDRWmVopjTw5iQ7MgLoLYKqRLlOumyv98NfKr6sn4janJK8KURqnWLzrWMJI2zl7lqvLjV_S17ffddOq3MbSPvqWWnACTLnjLT8oT7VRPzTLszgfnSd47Xj13se/s640/envelopegenerators.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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Quite excited for this now.....<br />
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This is the second video for their latest single, 'This Too Shall Pass'. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJKythlXAIY">The first was equally impressive and featured a marching band</a>, but their record label wouldn't allow users to embed the video to their own sites, a move which effectively killed its chances of becoming as viral as <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1_CLW-NNwc">their previous</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaRfxjcpYvM">well-publicised/parodied efforts</a>. <br />
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Sometimes..........I worry about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_label#Major_labels">the majors</a>...</div>Peanuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16484346606727404732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199080130882235118.post-24928735323093941132010-02-24T17:28:00.000-08:002010-02-24T17:36:50.457-08:00Chatroulette: Redux.<div style="text-align: justify;">An interesting video from one of the <a href="http://neistatbrothers.com/">Neistat Brothers</a> which briefly documents the aforementioned Chatroulette and proves some of the theories I held about this fascinating website:<br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/9669721">chat roulette</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user3007372">Casey Neistat</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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Also, <a href="http://chatroulette.missedconnections.com/">Chatroulette Missed Connections</a>, a site helping re-unite disconnected chatters has inevitably been set up to give true love a second chance.</div>Peanuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16484346606727404732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199080130882235118.post-34269824614273943022010-02-20T16:44:00.000-08:002010-02-20T16:44:53.971-08:00Best Rube Goldberg EVAR.<a href="http://www.chilloutzone.de/files/player.swf?b=10&l=197&u=ILLUMllSOOAvIF//P_LxP92A42lCHCeeWCejXnHAS/c"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">THIS is what you can achieve with a degree in engineering......</span></a>Peanuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16484346606727404732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199080130882235118.post-47217321572806929562010-02-19T18:02:00.000-08:002010-02-19T18:09:08.201-08:00Chatroulette<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://chatroulette.com/">Chatroulette</a>. Is there any simpler premise for guaranteed fun?<br />
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In my day, when all this were fields, we'd hang out or sleep over at a mate's house and insult random peons from other countries via <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat">IRC</a>. But this is 2010, and we live in the broadband generation, where images of your naked genitals can be instantly beamed around the world into the eyes (and unfortunately memories) of innocent chatters!<br />
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<div style="text-align: auto;">Chatroulette - for the uninformed - is a site which simply connects you (your webcam/microphone/computer) to somebody else (and their webcam/microphone/computer) from anywhere in the world at random. Once connected, you can talk, wave, type, discuss life and so on. It seems like a great idea in principle. Alas, it seems the only spanner in the works are us - human beings. The exact same people that used to insult randoms on IRC chatrooms are grown up and still insulting people via videochat, only now they've got their wangs out. You're able to withhold video/audio data if you should so choose, but most allow full coverage, which means that a quick skip through the lines of people eager to chat reads like a game of 'Duck, Duck, Goose'. Except, instead of a duck, it's a man's penis. And instead of a duck, it's a man's penis. And instead of a goose, it's a pedophile. I should say now - this site is definitely not for the faint of heart. Society as a whole can be a pretty freaky-ass place, but I like to think the breakdown of the site is quite similar to a pool of humanity in the 'real world' - 20% weirdos, 75% people making fun of the weirdos, 4% nice human beings and 1% beautiful women. I was lucky enough to chat to one of the 1% tonight, but more on that later....</div><br />
The site seems fairly unpoliced; you don't have to register; you don't need to provide any details. There's no sign in, no logging of your personal data of any kind, so it seems. I'm not one to quash freedom of speech, especially not on the internet, but to have such weird and offensive content accessible in the same place as innocent wholesome content is a veritable legal landmine. Suffice it to say, I wouldn't let my kids go near the site - if I had any - until I had at least had a chance to talk to them - and I have NO idea how that conversation would go.....<br />
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<blockquote>"Billy....now you're gonna see some things.....terrible things......but if you're really brave and reeeeaaally lucky, you might just make a friend!"</blockquote><br />
It's really not worth the risk.<br />
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There are, however, a few good souls online. I was one, and she - let's call her 'Sonic Youth Fan' - was another. She was from New York, so naturally I struck up a conversation about my love of all things American. Read the full, uncensored, unedited conversation after the jump.....<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">> Connected, feel free to talk now</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I know you</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">why are you laughing?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">the world is full of interesting human beings</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">like who?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">the kind of people who wouldnt even be allowed on the Jeremy Kyle show....</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">lol</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">well what'd you see ?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">what didnt I see?!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">haha</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">well what's the funniest thing you've seen</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I was a reasonably innocent young man before tonight</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">ummmmmmmm</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">lmao.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">too......many.........peni./...............</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">lol</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">feeling a little gay haha</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">must........think of..............boobs.......................</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah I've seen a lot of people actually having sex on here</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">ewwww</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">having a good night?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">and there are so many damn old people</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">what like....OLD old?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">no! ugh. It's 7:20 here and I'm not going out till 9</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">so I'm bored.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">and I haven't been out all day</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">haha man I remember those days.....</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">my plan was - get home from work - nap - re-energise - go out.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">like, 65 old.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I achieved the nap........</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah haha</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">now I'm thinking I will probably try the nap again....</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">whenever I nap I nap for way too long though.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah, me too.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Where are you?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">NY</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">you/</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">ah cool.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">UK. Wales to be precise.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">mhm</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">you look british</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">lol what gave me away?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I don't know, I work with internationals in the summer</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">so I can tell the difference.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">not as much between wales and england though. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah, I can always spot euro students in town.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">no, true. only a couple of miles.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I'm coming to NY soon!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">=] cool</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">it's awesome here</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I never want to move.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">well, it was gonna be May but now Ithink it'll be pushed back til after the summer...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah, Iwouldn't either!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">oh, that sucks.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">one of my friends from England (Oxford) is putting on a festival in upstate NY in May....</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">my friend loved new york so much that he's going to speed through his masters disertation and come here this summer</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">even though it's more of an inconvienance for him lol</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">haha cool.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">a festival? like a whole music festival?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah!It's called 'Truck'</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">well this one's called 'Truck America'</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">hmm I was invited to a three days upstate festival over the summer</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">you should check it out, they've got some cool bands playing.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I wonder if it's the same thing</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">oh right? maybe!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I heard there were going to be alot of drugs lol</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">haha always are at these things.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">lol yeah</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">not really my scene! love the music!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">and the sun.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Yeah I love music</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">(http://www.thisistruck.com/ is the url if you wanna check it out...)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I've never been to a festival though I've always wanted to.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I'll definitely check it out =]</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah, well I've only been to this one in the UK (Truck)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">even tho Ilove live music, I dont really fancy roughing it in the mud for 3 days!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">A lot of the festivals I want to go to aren't in new york and I don't have the money to road trip lol.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">what are your favorite bands?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I'd love to come to a few of the big US festivals; I always see SXSW and Coachella and they look killer.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I'm not one to get dirty either hahaha, but it could be fun.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">YES</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I always wanted to go to choachella</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">dunno who's playing this year tho....</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">coachella*</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I haven't checked yet</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">your homeboys the Strokes are playing over here!!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">They always have good stuff</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Haha I like the strokes</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">not as much their last album though</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I still bought it</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah - debut stil the best.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Mhm</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">they ate it up over here in the UK.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">music magazines still cite them as 'saving rock &roll' lol</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Yeah</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">haha</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I think</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">queens of the stoneage</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">saved rock n roll</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah!!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">desert rock!!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">haha</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I'm going to see Them Crooked Vultures in London next month!!!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">and idk if you agree but I feel jack white is one of the only real 'rock and rollers" left as well.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">nice.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I just saw the pixies not too long ago ^^</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Royal Albert Hall; it's like this big teenage cancer charity thing.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">a lot of people want to kill me for that</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">ah cool! haha yeah Iheard they were touring again...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">mhm they were amazing.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">The new documentary film on the Stripes looks amazing</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">have you seen the trailers?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I didn't even know of it!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">noo</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I forget what it's called</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">something to do with Canada?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I'll google it and find out</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">whatever it is, or wherever it is I'm sure it's good.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Thats it, Under Great Northern Lights or something</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I don't like a lot of new music. I listen to mostly bands that started out before 2000</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">my sister does an amazing Meg impression on my drums :-D</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">that's cool lol</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">how old are you by the way?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah, I like a lot of older bands too.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I'm 25. you?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">18</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">ah, so young!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Yeah</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">wish Iwas 18 again!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I'm on the younger end as well</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I'm still a senior... which is like...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">well you probably know.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">here we go straight from high school to uni.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">ah right!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I was just thinking about this the other day actually.....</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">so how many years are in high school?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I think your system is smarter.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">12</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">so I'm in year 12.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">right, last year of HS....?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">mhm</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah ours stops at 11 but then we have 2 more optional years where you can go on to study more specific subjects (you proably know all this....)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I like british systems better because they graduate at like... 16 right? and then go on to what they want to do and then go to uni after that</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">mhm</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">lol</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">we don't have that two year thing and just jump right into uni.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">my best mate from back home in England was originally from New Mexico, and he moved here when he was in Y11, so it totally messed up his learning!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah thats right</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I couldn't even imagine.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Yeah</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">you guys also take gap years xD</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">we don't</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">go usually go straight through >.<</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">so when I see all these American teen movies of kids acting like idiots on 'spring break' etc, that's coz they're only 18 or whatever....?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">in uni I mean</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Yeah.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">ah cool.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah we never take breaks really, haha.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">you guys get a mazzive summer holiday tho, don't you?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">also in america, colleges aren't any lesser than universities.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">like 3 months or something?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">we do.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">haha, lucky!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">we get 6 weeks....</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">june till the end of august.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">but then, there's not really that much sun here to enjoy!!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">well june 26th</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">awe yeah.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">well it's very snowy here at the moment haha</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">haha, here too!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">lol</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">whatdya know.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">what's your major?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">My friend goes to the university of liverpool</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Ummm...well we dont really have majors/minors, we just study one thing.....</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">he's getting his masters in geographical studies x_x</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">wow!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I don't get it</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">what you do with that</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">exactly!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">My sister studied something called 'environmental geoscience' - I have no idea what that is....</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I did music.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">he tried explaining it but I still don't get why he's going for it. he sound like "town planning" x_x</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">haha I'm going to go for art history.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">ah cool!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">you might get some cool field trips then?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah haha</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">visit the Louvre or something!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I'd love to</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">intern in france</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me too.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I love france ^^</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I went to EuroDisney once - it was FREAKINGAWESOME!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">haha</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I went to "disney world" </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">it's in florida</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">it was fun.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">oh yeah.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">man, I've only been to the States once but Iabsolutely loved it.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">can't wait to come back!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I've never been across the water</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I'm really interested in the culture/history.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">only canada and the bahamas</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I always wanted to go to london, obviously paris, maybe tokyo.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">the bahamas is across water!!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">well kind of... it'</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I meant like... west of me haha</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">or east</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">haha yeah I'd LOVE to go Tokyo. I'm a bit of a video game geek so I wanna go search out some vintage consoles in Akihabara!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">haha</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I saw a documentary about tokyo and some of the hotels had like cubbies as sleeping areas</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah, I dropped out of Uni after three years</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">but if Iever go back, think Imight study UShistory</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">and maybe film or something?!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">US history?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">oh yeah!I've seen those, like little sleeping pods!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I love film. I considered majoring in film, but I'd rather be an art curator.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah! they're so cool. Plus I'm a sushi fanatic</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I'd rather be one of those old guards that sits in the chair at the corner of the gallery and sleeps.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">hahaha</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Thats the life for me.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">maybe for retired people =P</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah, maybe.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I'm sure the pay isn't great</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I'll bet they party it up at night tho!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">lolol</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">sleep thru their job</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">then at night - rager!!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">they just made that shitty movie "night at the muesuem"</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Hahah I actually loved that movie!!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">all the stuff came to life</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">hahahaha</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I didn't see it. It looked too silly for me</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">And I'll only admit that because I'll probably never meet you!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">nice.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">It was geniune family fun.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Hmmm what's a movie I can admit to liking...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">haha this is like therapy!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">man idk!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I also love the Taylor Swift song where she goes on about Romeo &Juliet</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">the movie drop dead fred keeps coming to mind</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">lol</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">but I'm not embarassed to like tha</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">that*</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">hahaha with Rik Mayall!!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">mhm</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">thats a great movie</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">They're remaking it D:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">havent seen that in ages.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">no way?!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">with russel brand</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">lol amazing</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I wanted to like... break faces</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">no.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">that'</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">is terrible!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I cant believe they're remaking Bill &Ted's Excellent Adventure.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">that makes me want to break stuff.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">nO</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">noooo</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">don't tell me that!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">don't you just wish you were dead?!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">and apparently Short Circuit too!!!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">NO!!!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">with my alltime hearthrob actress Ally Sheedy!!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I own both bill and teds</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">and short circuit</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">on vhs</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">haha me too!!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">johnny 5 alive!!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">nooo</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">(recorded from the TV....)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">how do you remake that?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">the first bill and ted is recorded hahaha</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">haha with a lot of crappy CGI I suppose...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">nooo =(</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">hmmmm yeah, well I'm sorry to have been the bearer of bad news....</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I totally grew up loving that movie.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah, me too</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I hate keanu reeves but I love bill and ted</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">haha</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">whatever happened to Alex Winter??</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I dont know</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I think I've asked that question before</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">hahaha</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Maybe we should start one of these internet rumours that he died</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">He probably does lifetime movies</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">People would believe it.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">when Iwas in school this rumour went around that Zach Morris from Saved By The Bell had died</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">someone tried to start a rumor that the main characters of boy meets world died.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">it took off like wildfire!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">lol</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">what, ALLof them?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">noo</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">just the main guy</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">ah right</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">so that would mean....</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">.....that Topanga chick was single? ;-)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">hahaha</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">that'd be good news.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Man, I worry what happens to all these kids after the cameras leave......</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">hahaha</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">they sit in a pot circle</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">haha talking about old times</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">haha</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">have you ever seen the mighty boosh?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yes!!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">LOVE THE BOOSH!!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">are they making new episodes?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Maybe.....one day!!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Man, Ican't believe the Boosh has made it stateside!!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I'd hope. They stopped showing it here last year</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yes!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Did you guys ever get 'Spaced'?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">on this channel called adult swim.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I don't think so.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">my alltime favourite British comedy</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">from the guys that went on to make 'Shaun Of The Dead'</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">If you like boosh, I'm sure I'd like spaced so I'll check it out</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">oh! that sounds good then.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">you should try and find it, it's well worth it.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah I think we have Adult Swim</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">summer heights high from australia also made it here</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">HAHAH that is also genius viewing.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah adult swim plays boosh, and I loved every minute of it.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Yeah it's funny</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">How about 'Alan Partridge'?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I hate britians "The office" though ...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">It's very British humour...not sure if would work there.....</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">sounds familiar</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah, well see, the standard story is that Brits love our Office and hate the USremake</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">and vice versa</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Did you ever see "look around you?" that shows fucking hilarious... it's like every science kid show cheapy broadcast from the 90s</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">...made fun of.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">but Iactually LOVEthe US remake! Almost as much as the original!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">HAHAHAHA hold on....</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">god I love that show haha</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Lol I quoted that today in work</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I'm kind of nerdy so I find it hilarious</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">'Thanks ants - THANTS.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yes hahahaha</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">sigh.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">hilarity.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">did you see the second series?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">it's only one REALLY late though so I had to show it via internet to my friends.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I saw like...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">20 something episodes</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">in random order</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">via internet</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">so probably</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">hahah</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">did you see this clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwyuB8QKzBI</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">LOL</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I'll give you a minute to watch...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">BEST. SONG. EVER.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Hahah well it's good to know there's some great comedy making its way over.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">adult swim seems to be an advocate for silly british humor.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">and hbo is the one showing summer high</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">and if you like Look Around You you should definitely check out the Peter Serafinowicz Show (if you don't already)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">ah cool</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I will haha</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">HBO show a lot of my fave shows, like Curb</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">love that show!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I watch true blood</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">and there's this show hung</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">oh is that the vampire one?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">about a male jigalo</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">haha interesting premise</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I hate twilight shit though >.></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">but I find trueblood interesting.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">hahah me too.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">ah cool, might check it out.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I pretty much devour US TV.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">haha</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">hardly watch anything on our actual TV!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">lol</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I stopped watching tv on the actualy television awhile ago for the most part</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I use hulu.com a lot and websites</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">ah yeah, we cant access hulu in this countru</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I think when I move out I might not even pay for cable.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">(at least not for any of the good stuff....)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">really? why?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">some sort of regional lock?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">weird</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">sucks ass.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I guess because it takes away from the ratings</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">but there's always bit torrent!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah probably.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">like, I watch new episodes of house weekly on hulu... but then it's not being watched on cable</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">so I guess that's a problem.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah they always talk about ads not being shown etc....</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">well they do show ads, but it's one per 15min instead of like, 5.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">but people just skip the ads anyway, right? if they've recorded it onto their tivo or whatever....</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">advertisitng never affected me anyway haha</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">thats better.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">haha yeah, me neither.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">you can't skip them on hulu</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">ah right.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">but on other sites</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">lol</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">COKE!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">PEPSI!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">man I'm so gay that I drink v8</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">and green tea</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">V8....</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">triggering.......supressed...........memories................</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">why?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">thats that godawful vegetable stuff, right?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">mhm</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">like a garbage bag smoothie?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I like tomatoe juice so it's basically the same thing</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">well I don't think so xD</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I'll live longer than you hah! lol</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">haha, cant stand tomatoes.....</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">damn!!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Well that would make sense</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">since it's basically tomatoe juice</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">lol I'm not crazy though. I do drink soda lol</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">apple juice is my weakness.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I hate apple juice hahaha</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">but I like grape juice</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">haha well there ya go.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I dont drink any tea or coffee, or much alcohol, but the stuff Ido drink is probably much worse!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">like Red Bull. and blue Powerade!!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I don't drink too much alcohol either</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">ugh</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">ever since I got a car</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I've been designated driver</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">so even if I want to drink I can't.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">haha that sucks.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I still haven't learned to drive.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">probably what I'm doing tonight as well.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">at 25!!!! I know!!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Neither has my cousin, and he's around your age</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I often yell at him about it though.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">ah cool, Idont feel such a fool now!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah my parents are always telling me to learn.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">but Ihave no need for it!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">i live in a city; I never *go*anywhere!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I mean, I could have got my liscence at 17 but was lazy and waited a year, but I still go it!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">haha true.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">and Ido see the plus points of having a license.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">well, I live on long island, but will be going to uni in the city </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">so I'm probably selling my car</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">ah cool</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">in a few months anyway</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah, not much need for it there i suppose.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I won't need a car in the city.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">mh</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">mhm*</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I started learning when Iwas 17 so Ican actually *physically* drive....</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">....just not legally!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">ah.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">can't you just take the test!?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">well you can but you have to do this whole written exam first.....</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">new yorkers don't have to =P</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">we take a 20 question permit test but thats easy.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">and it comes bundled with this stupid video computer thing now that Ican't seem to get my head around</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">it's a bubble in.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">haha</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">a bubble in?!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">mhm</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">well that you can take at 16</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">.......ok...........</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">it's just like a test to see if you can drive period.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">oh right.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">"what do you do at a stop sign" kind of thing lol</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">(Go, right?)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">but to get your liscence I just had to drive.. parralel park, and three point turn;</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I do good?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">F</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">wow, that sounds easy!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">it is</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">maybe Ishould get on that....</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">haha</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">well in wales you drive on the other side right?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">or is it just england?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah, in all of the UK</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">ooh.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">lol </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">My friend emmah has a liscence for both</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah in wales we drive on the left, but in England it's on the right...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">thats why there's so many crashes at the border.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">lol</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">it's horrific really.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">That's scary</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">they should change it.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I may be kidding...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I heard the roads are overall better there than here though</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah maybe, well you guys dont have roundabouts!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">you know, roundabouts?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I probably would if you explained it</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">ok so....</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">let's say you have a crossroads</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">okay</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">so instead of traffic lights, they just put a sort of 'hump' in the road, right in the middle</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">and drivers drive around it..........</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">oh jesus. we always basically have a traffic light there</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">i dont really know how to explain it without it sounding like a totally retarded British invention</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">it sounds ludicrous when Isay it out loud!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">well sometimes we could be at an intersection... and the light will turn green and someone can make a left from the opposite side as the other person is going straight</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">which can cause a collision</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah, and you can turn left right on a red too, can't you?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">or right on a red?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">noooo</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">right on red</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">lol</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">thats it</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">left on red</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">would be horrendous </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">left on red = dead</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">nice little rhyme to help you remember</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah and it rhymes</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">lol</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yup</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">we can't do anything on a red.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">except sit</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">lol </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">and get our windows washed by some hobo.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">haha</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">we do sometimes too</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">but not as much anymore</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">when I was younger</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">there were more window washers</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">whatever happened to them</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">idk</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">less there too</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">more convertibles I guess....</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">lol</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">my car is as old as me</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">My dad once tried to pick one of the guys up and take him home to clean our house!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">or the windows at least</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I would never! haha</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Mam freaked out and drove off</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I'd be afraid of them getting in and killing me</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">it's not the 70s anymore haha</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">haha</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">too bad!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">did you ever see 'That 70s Show'?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I would have loved to live in the late 60s, early 70s</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">of course</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">thats another one of my guilty pleasures!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">tommy cong was on it =P</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">hahah oh yeah</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">it's a good show haha</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">of cheech and....</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">chong</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah I've watched them all now</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">lol</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">it does make me wish I was alive back then.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">especially in 70s America.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I really don;t watch too many tv shows. I watch so many movies</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">a LOTwent on.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I have netflix so</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">all I do is watch movies</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">ah cool!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">even tonight when I go out I'm probably putting on a movie at my friends house lol</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">haha cool</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">seen anything good recently?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I saw boy in the striped pajamas yesterday</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">it was sad and disturbing.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Ah I wanted to see that</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah I expected!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">it's terrible, yeah</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">and I've been watching french films</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">and want to get into ingmar bergman.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">ah! classic stuff.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Yeah I like classic stuff :x</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">i've always been partial to a bit of Spielberg myself...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">well though he's mainstream he still has good film.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah, totally; kids in school used to call me 'Dawson' coz I was always going on about Jaws and E.T. :-D</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I have no beefs with speilberg</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">lol</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">haha</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I loved ET until I had a nightmare about it</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">uh oh!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">he was like on a surgery table and yeah</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">it was graphic</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">haha</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I never wanted to watch et again</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">lol</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">'the deleted scenes' eh??</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah the ones in my head haha</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">did you hear they edited the end of the movie for the re-release?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Did you ever see eternal sunshine of the spotless mind?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">no.../</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">they replaced ther guards' guns with walkie talkies!!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">what a rip!!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">was he supposed to die or something?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">oh...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">gay.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Iknow</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">it's the whole star wars thing all over again</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">some directors dont know when to stop....</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah Ilove eternal sunshine. Gondry is one of my fave directors</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">what did they edit in star wars?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">that's my favorite film</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">everything!! almost!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">cool</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">gondry is amazing.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">really? like what?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">there were still guns in star wars</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">haha yeah</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">well they changed some stuff..</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah, it really made me want to visit....montague?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">is it Montauge?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I don't know how it's spelled</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">oh</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">wait</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">hahaha</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">montauk</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">hahahaha</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">it's up there somewhere!!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">that's near you, right?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I was just there</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">hahahaha</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">haha</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">like two days ago</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">you spelled it so different</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">good work remembering!!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I was like</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">hahah yeah</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">"mon...ta ...hue?"</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">montauk is nice.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah Ilove the part where they go up into that beachhouse and then it all starts like falling apart</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">as he forgets her</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">or she forgets him</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">it makes me cry</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">or whichever</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah. it's such a great story tho.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">did you see Be Kind Rewind?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I like sad endings</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I think they're more realistic</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">haha yeah.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Yeah, I saw it in theatres</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I liked it less than his other films.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I liked science of sleep a lot.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah, but Istill laughed</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah it was entertaining, not as good, but still better than most films</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">lol</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">oh yeah!!we had that in for like one week!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">gondry is so creative.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">that was great.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">only a week?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">it was so good.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah, small cinema.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I loved how it kept changing up from english, to french, to spanish</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">but it kinda almost ripped off a screenplay I was ewriting at the time</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">lol awe.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">about a guy who goes thru a bad breakup and tries to learn to 'lucid dream'</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I'm sure he didn't mean to, hahaha</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">haha, that Gondry bastard.....</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">lol</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I have a cool deal at my local cinema;</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">it's like this card thing, you sign up and for like £13 a month you can go see as many films as you want!!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">oh man</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">they don't have that around here</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">which is bad when there's nothing good out, but it means you can see like 5 films a day!!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">it's such a great deal.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">so lucky.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I'm in there like 3 days a week!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">it's like $12 for one film here</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I don't see many films in theatres for that reason. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Iused to work in the cinema before Iworked in my current job, so Istill get to go chat to all the old guys.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I saw avatar though.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">oh right</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">what did you think?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">it was better than I expected it to be.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah, me too.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">i love sci-fi, but dont usually go in for all that fantasy stuff...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">It was good. a lot of people said the storyline was bad and I'm very critical... but I still liked it</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">but I though Cameron really pulled it off.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I was a little unimpressed by the 3D... I felt like not a lot came out at me</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah well it was basically Dances With Smurfs.....</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">hahaha my friend calls it that too</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">haha strange!!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">is that because of south park?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">haha yeah, well 3Dseems to be changing; in the early days when you'd see 3Dfilms at like big theme parks etc, it was all about the 'wow' facotr</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">*factor</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">stuff coming out of the screen etc...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah I guess I was hoping for the wow factor.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">thats what I wanted.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">but now it's kinda like.....just a second aspect to a movie.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">it certainly gives the scenes some depth.....</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah, I don't think it's realy needed.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah, not in every film...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">a whole load of kids films are getting it now...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">but what I really liked about avatar was I felt it did what cinema was meant to do; take you away from reality and get your mind off real life</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">we went to watch the 3D Toy Story re-iterations.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">cinema is so important for that factor and I feel like not enough film today achieves that feeling.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">but avatar did to me</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah, it did that well</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">the last film I saw that did that......</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">was.....</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I think it must have been something like Where The Wild Things Are</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">which I loved</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">oh </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I wanted to see that</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I never did =(</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">when it's on netflix I will</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">it wasn't quite as good as I'd hoped, but it was really thematic and 'fantasy' like....</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">well I did love the book as a child and the previews made it seem epic</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">the book was never that big over here, so nobody really knew anything about it</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">which was probably a good thing....</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">ah, I owned it</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">lol I almost sneezed on camera hahaha</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">haha</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">gezundheit!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">thankyou</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">did you see 'Fantastic Mr Fox'??????</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">nope</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">dude.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">was that any good/.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">seriosuly.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">best film of last year!!!!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">for me....</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">actually, either I missed out on its opening</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">or It didnt come out</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Wes Anderson is one of my alltime favourite directors</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yes</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I love wes anderson</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">and to see him take on this movie, which is supposed to be for kids, was just amazing.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">everything from rushmore to life aquatic</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah!!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I've still to see Bottle Rocket</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">it's good </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">i think thats his first...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">is it?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">it is</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">mhm'</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">not as good as rushmore, which I thought was his first .. at first, haha.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">yeah, I LOVE the life aquatic.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">and tenenbaums</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">of course</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">tenebaums is usually everyones first</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; 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mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">of course haha</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">cool, have a good night!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #d99594; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Her: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">you too!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">bye.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">> Your partner disconnected. 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The chorus of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrice">Thrice</a>'s 2003 single '<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_That's_Left">All That's Left</a>' -<br />
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The chorus of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biffy_Clyro">Biffy</a>'s 2007 single '<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Superhouse">Saturday Superhouse</a>' - <br />
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</div>Peanuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16484346606727404732noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199080130882235118.post-44324841396410212892010-01-23T14:17:00.000-08:002010-01-23T14:24:55.877-08:00Thrice - Cardiff Uni<div style="text-align: justify;">On Thursday, one of my favourite quasi-Christian rock bands '<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrice">Thrice</a>' from Irvine CA played at the venue where I work. I was especially excited as I got to operate lights for the show.<br />
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Here's a sample of their rocking (and my flashing), uploaded by a random concert-goer '<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/TheBatsMouth">TheBatsMouth</a>'.<br />
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</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">From the 1985 movie 'The Breakfast Club', a circular logo beneath the title typeface:<br />
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</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">…and from the 1986 classic on which I base my life 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off', this rather more inconspicuous logo (possibly based on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Indiana">Robert Indiana</a>'s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOVE_(sculpture)">'LOVE' sculpture</a>) in the lower-right corner:<br />
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</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">I've searched online for any information relating to these logos but as yet have found nothing. If anyone reading this has any information, I'd be interested to find out more about the ideas behind giving the films a logo. Was it something that was utilised during the original release period? An instantly recognisable moniker alerting kids to the new Hughes hot property? Answers on a Molly Ringwald postcard, please…<br />
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</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">I'll always remember the Chester-Le-Street video shop. A tiny upstairs room in a hovel of a building located outside a dingy train station. Floor-to-ceiling tape walls, the stench of stale cigarette smoke imbuing each tape with nicotine and cancer, I'd spend hours (or as long as Dad would let me) trying to pick out a movie which looked good. This was difficult in those days; as a kid, visiting the cinema was a once-a-year activity, a world away from my now bi-weekly visits to the local multiplex. There was no Quicktime Movie Trailers dot com, there was no internet yet. Which raises another question - did life actually exist before <a href="http://AintItCool.com/">AintItCool.com</a>?? A question for another time, perhaps…<br />
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</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">It was a simpler time, but not without its charms. The 'Be Kind Rewind' era is long gone now, and I think it says a lot about the world which we now inhabit. We no longer have to 'rewind', nor do we have to even visit the video shop. But it's about more than video shops - I guess it's about the worry that we're no longer a part of a society that would go a little out of its way so that the next person in line can enjoy the same experience as we have. Maybe I'm overreacting, but I can't help but feel that our world no longer 'rewinds' when we're finished with an experience, and I don't mean 'mentally' rewinds, I mean...well...we leave the hotel room in an untidy state because there'll be somebody in to do that for us. We don't pick up our rubbish when we leave the cinema because somebody else is paid to do it (well I do, but that's because I've been that litter-picker-upper-guy…). We don't bus our own trays when we leave the fast food joint, or refill the paper in the office printer, or keep that library book in pristine condition. We have, in a lot of situations, exchanged our expendable wealth for our sense of community 'niceness'. Am I overreacting?<br />
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</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Let's say there was a new format of entertainment tomorrow, one that asked that, once you were done enjoying it, you'd do a little bit of work to make it easier for someone else to enjoy it the same way. Maybe 'rewinding' is today's equivalent of 'seeding' an illegal download that you've enjoyed. If so, I'm happy to say that there is still a large proportion of society that is functioning by working together, even if the big companies do want to lock us all up for, oh I don't know, 'breaking the law' or whatever….<br />
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</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">I can't think of any perfect examples right now of what I'm trying to get at, but hopefully you can catch my drift. I just worry sometimes that the times of holding a door open for someone even if they're miles away, or giving somebody a lift in a flash rainstorm, or checking that kid crying in the park is ok might be long gone. I'm not saying society has crumbled since the death of VHS. If it has, then I'm as much to blame for it as anyone else, but I don't think we're all doomed. In fact, one thing I've noticed in recent times is that 'random acts of kindness' are everywhere. And every now and again, if you're watching very closely, you'll see somebody 'rewind', and it's really heartwarming.<br />
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</div>Peanuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16484346606727404732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199080130882235118.post-28977773805750075352010-01-10T11:29:00.001-08:002010-01-10T11:55:15.976-08:00Testes, testes, one, two....uh...three?!<div style="text-align: justify;">Ok, so today I bought a domain and some webspace from the kind people at <a href="http://www.ipower.com/">iPower</a>. How much space, you ask? Oh, only......INFINITY SPACE. They were suggested to me by close personal friend <a href="http://www.mikemonaghan.co.uk/">Mike Monaghan</a> of the world famous '<a href="http://www.myspace.com/dustyandthedreamingspires">Dusty & The Dreaming Spires</a>' and seems to be working out well, so far. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The domain is <a href="http://www.peanutismint.com/">www.peanutismint.com</a>; it currently redirects to this very site (a fact you'll already be privee to if that's how you arrived here), but in the future I may try to design my own page or even a whole site; just something to help catalogue and promote my various blogs and musical projects.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I also added some code to my blog's HTML which will hopefully turn all .MP3 links I include into a nice little player. This is, therefore, a test.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">How big a nerd do I sound right now?<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This is a demo of a song I've been working on for my band -<br />
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</div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">It has a super-long and ultimately pointless synth-pad intro. What are you talking about? Of course that's a 'pro'...</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">It's a bit of a spoken word epic - although any comparisons to R.E.M.'s 'Country Feedback' are purely coincidental.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">It's helped me learn how to record a song that will mix well; layering different guitar techniques (like power-chords/jazz picking/lead solos) instead of layering the same guitar technique (power-chords/dirty chords/clean chords).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">It does have an Edge-esque pealing guitar lick during the chorus...</li>
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</div></div><div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">The vocals were recorded in a sitting position in the passenger seat of a Volvo XC60, a technique which at first seemed like a really brilliant alternative to getting in an isolation booth, but ultimately proved detrimental to my singing.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">The drums aren't real.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">The bass I recorded was out of tune so I replaced it with a synth bass from my MicroKorg.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">The guitar I used won't play in tune - I'm probably going to have to buy a new guitar.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">..............sigh.............it has a super-long and ultimately pointless synth-pad intro....</li>
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</div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">Anyways, what I'm saying is, it's far from finished. But these are all things I can build upon! Huzzah!<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">So, this being winter and all, I just thought I'd mention one of my new favourite winter records.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">It's called 'If On A Winter's Night' and it's by my favourite Wallsend-hailing musician, Sting. Somebody, the label I guess, asked him to put out a 'Christmas' record. He basically told them that he didn't want to make a 'Christmas' record, but that winter was his favourite season and he'd love to do some wintery songs. Some are of his own creation, others are re-workings of old hymns, others still are traditional folksongs which suits his recent preferences for more new-age and 'world' music down to the ground. It's a really good record; it's just a little bit classier than your standard 'Christmas' faire of tunes, not that there's anything wrong with those, I'm probably guilty of 90% of the Christmas tunes that get played in our house during December, but I digress...<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGK_HnCkUF437jQdaDCi5oTposiI0M8XjF9RhWRX1XA7sARDqNa0wnR41xWbZu9uDPscM7Vxtv4yqeO1XEVPz-EYv2iF-ewfyBUkqNX_Ju2104MMLZ854EybgDI650ttL2qJDE-yXLIzyR/s1600-h/sting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGK_HnCkUF437jQdaDCi5oTposiI0M8XjF9RhWRX1XA7sARDqNa0wnR41xWbZu9uDPscM7Vxtv4yqeO1XEVPz-EYv2iF-ewfyBUkqNX_Ju2104MMLZ854EybgDI650ttL2qJDE-yXLIzyR/s320/sting.jpg" /></a>So to support this recording, Sting put on a show in the city of my birth, Durham, in the beautiful and majestic hall of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durham_Cathedral">Durham Cathedral</a>, to be filmed and broadcast on the BBC. My Uncle Roy, tour manager extraordinaire to the likes of Zeppelin, The Who, R.E.M. and Michael Jackson (to name but a few...), had recently worked with The Police on their most recent tour, and was asked to put this show together. My lucky parents were offered the usual guestlist spots; in fact my own dear Mother was snapped backstage eating pork pies with the bearded songsmith himself...<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I was quite clearly gutted at missing such an opportunity. Although I'd much rather see The Police, I do also appreciate Sting's solo work, and I love a bit of folk music, when the mood catches me right...<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">From what Uncie Roy told my parents, it was obviously quite a difficult show to put on. Getting lights, sound and rigging into a cathedral built in 1093AD was difficult enough, and this was only compounded by having to fit television cameras and all the related gubbins in there too. Nevertheless, I caught the show on BBC Two over the Christmas period and it was absolutely spellbinding. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: auto;">Sting's band featured this percussionist from Brazil, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyro_Baptista">Cyro Baptista</a>, who is one of the best I've ever seen. The tools this guy brings to the table.... He uses everything. I mean, EVERYTHING. Shakers, beaters, sticks, toys, bottles, a set of chimes made out of keys, pipes, gongs, refrigerator, frog bells, triangles, woodblocks, newspapers, tamborim, vacuum cleaner hose - if it makes a noise, he uses it. What a dude! <br />
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My favourite part of the whole show, though, was a folk interlude played at the end of a song. Sting had asked folk stalwart, Northumbrian Pipes master and local music LEGEND <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathryn_Tickell">Kathryn Tickell</a> to accompany his band. She and her brother <a href="http://www.myspace.com/petertickell">Peter</a>, a talented violinist and small pipist, took the cathedral roof right off. Talk about toe-tapping - it gave a whole new meaning to the word 'jig'. Not that I didn't enjoy the entire performance, and Sting's songs, but these two and the rest of the musicians really made the performance magical. And thanks to the sheer MAGIC of YouTube...<br />
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</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">Music for me is a pretty big deal. I like writing it, I like playing it, I like listening to it, I like going to see it performed.<br />
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</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b>Instruments need to be in tune</b> (where possible), and at the <b>correct levels</b>, i.e. loud enough for the recording. I like to play along to a click track, when necessary, so it's also important for me to be able to <b>clearly hear the metronome, as well as the instrument I'm playing</b>. This can often be difficult to achieve without an external mixer or headphone section (if you're using headphones…I usually do….especially when recording with microphones) - I use a cheap <a href="http://www.behringer.de/EN/Products/MA400.aspx">Behringer monitor/headphone amplifier</a> which enables me to quickly control the level of the recording/the click track independently, and has plenty of headroom. You shouldn't need the click track too loud, especially if your headphones bleed sound which could be picked up on the mic you're recording into.<br />
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</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">Up until I tried it for myself, I never realised quite how much work went into mixing - it can often be quite difficult to get a decent sounding recording, especially when working with lots of instrument tracks that each need to be heard. It's a lot easier when you're recording acoustic tracks or instruments with very different timbres, but when you're making dirrty rock & roll it can be difficult for a bitchin guitar solo to slice through a wall of distorted power chords.<br />
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</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b>Compression</b> is a term that's used more often than not these days in the perforative. There's nothing intrinsically wrong with the technique of compression; it basically refers to reducing the dynamic level of an audio signal so that the quieter signals are made louder and the louder signals quieter. This can be useful when you have a very dynamic instrument which needs to be audible at all times in your track. The human voice is a great example of this. Voices sound different when sung louder or quieter, and if your recording has vocals then varying the singing volume can obviously add emotion and 'feeling' to the track. Compressing the track means that listeners should be able to hear the vocals or whatever clearly irregardless of the level at which they were recorded. Compression therefore, like EQ, is only as good as you know how to use it. I still don't understand all the parameters completely, but you can always rely on the user-made presets found in most computer plugins. There's no point compressing things like distorted guitar parts as they are usually 'compressed' during the act of distortion anyway. But if you have a drum track, for instance, that's getting lost in the mix, compression can really help to keep it afloat, providing you know what you're doing and don't overdo it, obviously. It's technically the same process as 'riding the fader', manually controlling the volume level of a track over the course of a recording, but it's usually more accurate than the human perception of dynamics.<br />
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</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">Which brings me to another point of recording via computer. Since the advent of digital recording, the entire process seems to have changed. A lot of people nowadays, me included, seem to record with their eyes, reacting to the shape of waveforms on the screen rather than the sound in their ears. Which is clearly bonkers. Sound is the king here; it's the sound that's going to get people moving when they're rocking to their ipods, and they won't give a hoot if the section they're listening to looks dodgy through a spectroscope, providing it sounds good. Personally, I always find it hard to ride the fine line between sending track levels into the red or not being able to hear the track clearly in the mix. Let's just remember: VU meters are there to help you, but don't let them control you…. If something's clipping, it's not the end of the world. A little EQ here, a little compression there, or better still, just turn everything down. My most recent project went from sounding like utter crap to sounding like the best mixing I've ever done as soon as I stripped everything back, turned all the levels and the compression down, and then gradually brought each part back in, bit by bit, with more headroom. Of course then I added 4 vox parts and I was straight back in clipping hell, but that's another story.....<br />
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</div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Oh and if you're so inclined </span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/peanutismint"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">you can hear my most recent recordings on my SoundCloud page</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">.</span></span>Peanuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16484346606727404732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199080130882235118.post-41881426752795167752010-01-03T09:15:00.000-08:002010-01-03T09:17:01.838-08:00All is quiet...<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Went out with my parents for a nice new year's day walk on Friday. The snow was deep and the light was perfect for some dusk snapping:<br />
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</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">It's bizarre, it's abnormal, and it flies in the face of the world we know today. <br />
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</div>Peanuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16484346606727404732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199080130882235118.post-29609992583979024372010-01-03T07:07:00.000-08:002010-01-03T07:54:00.982-08:00Please Wait...Not just the title of the first song I ever wrote (a terribly emo affair, probably created around 5 years prior to the birth of the 'emo' genre...), but a request which seems to expend most of my gaming time nowadays.<br />
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</div>A great and oft overlooked thing about modern handheld consoles (such as the Nintendo DS and Sony PSP...) is their uncanny ability to store your game state to RAM on sleep, enabling you to pause and recommence gaming as often as you wish. Contrast that, then, with most home console boot times averaging around 20 seconds, and most games startup time averaging around 60 seconds from inserting the disc to beginning to play, probably a 1000% increase from NES-era consoles. I know games have grown and expanded and the HD revolution is upon us, yadda yadda, but I feel this overlooked issue is a bigger problem than many realise.<br />
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If you, like me, are prone to bouts of unbelievable laziness after a hard day at work (well, a day at work anyway....), then you too might be feeling the pains of all this waiting to game. And this problem is compounded if I'm in one of my 'don't know what I want to play' moods. Playing 10 cathartic minutes of Left 4 Dead before continuing a serious quest on a more time-invested game is the way I generally like to play, but in the knowledge that after having waited 5 minutes to boot the console, start the game, navigate the menus, find a server and connect to a team, and then after playing eject the disc, re-box it, go all the way over to the games shelf, get another game, unbox it and boot it etc.....I usually end up playing for 15 minutes and then turning off the console. <br />
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A few modern games developers have coined on to this fact; the latest GTA games seem to only require a short loading between missions, and a 30 second or so load time at the outset enables the gamer to roam Liberty City without any breaks in play. Modern Warfare 2, I noticed, glazed over load times by using them to display FMVs and information about the upcoming mission. Even older PlayStation games like Ridge Racer used to cover load screens with minigames, an easy-to-implement tactic that other developers would do their best to emulate, had Namco not patented the technique... <br />
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<blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><h3 style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; color: black; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.17em; padding-top: 0.5em;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Minigames"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i>From Wikipedia:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></i></span></span></span></h3></span></blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><h3 style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; color: black; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.17em; padding-top: 0.5em;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Minigames"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Minigames</span></span></h3><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Some games have even included </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minigame" style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial; color: #002bb8; text-decoration: none;" title="Minigame"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">minigames</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> in their loading screen, notably </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Skyline Attack</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> for the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64" style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial; color: #002bb8; text-decoration: none;" title="Commodore 64"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Commodore 64</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> and </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Blade_2" style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial; color: #002bb8; text-decoration: none;" title="Joe Blade 2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Joe Blade 2</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> on the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX_Spectrum" style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial; color: #002bb8; text-decoration: none;" title="ZX Spectrum"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">ZX Spectrum</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">.</span><br />
</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namco" style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial; color: #002bb8; text-decoration: none;" title="Namco"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Namco</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> owns the US Patent for the use of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minigame" style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial; color: #002bb8; text-decoration: none;" title="Minigame"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">minigames</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> during the initial loading screen,</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loading_screen#cite_note-2" style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial; color: #002bb8; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">[</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">3</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">]</span></span></a></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> and have included variations of their old arcade games (</span><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxian" style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial; color: #002bb8; text-decoration: none;" title="Galaxian"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Galaxian</span></a></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> or </span><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rally-X" style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial; color: #002bb8; text-decoration: none;" title="Rally-X"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Rally-X</span></a></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> for example) as loading screens when first booting up many of their early </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation" style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial; color: #002bb8; text-decoration: none;" title="PlayStation"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">PlayStation</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> releases. Even to this day, their </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_2" style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial; color: #002bb8; text-decoration: none;" title="PlayStation 2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">PlayStation 2</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> games, like </span><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tekken_5" style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial; color: #002bb8; text-decoration: none;" title="Tekken 5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Tekken 5</span></a></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">, still use the games to keep people busy while the game initially boots up.</span><br />
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Still, this, I believe, is the very least that we should expect from the games of today in terms of loading times.<br />
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This probably sounds like an inane problem and something which is completely of my own invention, and it may well be. I just find it hard to believe that in today's hi-tech consoles there isn't the ability to quickly suspend, reboot or swap games. I used to love playing games from the hard drive of my original (modded) Xbox; the ease of which I could end one game and begin another without even having to get up, coupled with the increased speed of load times from a hard drive rather than optical media was a joy to work with. I can see why games consoles don't allow this sort of operation as standard, even though some have started to allow the copying of optical data to their internal hard drives for decreased load times. But it's still not good enough, in my eyes. I only hope that future consoles begin to show these traits, putting the power back in the hands of the gamers. I think we need to remember that we play them, not the other way around....Peanuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16484346606727404732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199080130882235118.post-9044069782668705372010-01-01T13:21:00.000-08:002010-01-01T14:31:42.195-08:002009 in Awards<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>The 'Play It Again, Sam' Award:</b></span><br />
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</div><ol><li style="text-align: left;">Left4Dead 2</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Modern Warfare 2</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">The Ballad of Gay Tony</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Assassin's Creed 2</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Street Fighter IV</li>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I absolutely loved Gay Tony's exploits. It was a much more 'cartoony' chapter of GTA, and I like a healthy dose of slapstick unreality in my games, so I thoroughly enjoyed it. Modern Warfare 2 is one of the only games I've completed in one sitting; a combination of the stunning visuals, non-stop action mixed with a pinch of realism made it impossible to put down. I'm only beginning to get into Assassin's Creed II but already I'm confident they've buried most of the bugs that marred the first iteration. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Left4Dead 2 however just manages to rise to the top in my opinion. One of the only online games I've ever been truly excited about, they've taken everything that was done right in the first one and merely built upon it. However, as great as the game is, we probably shouldn't forget that it's the friends that make the experience in any co-op game (add me - <b>peanutismint</b>).<br />
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<li>Star Trek</li>
<li>Watchmen</li>
<li>Avatar</li>
<li>Terminator Salvation</li>
<li>The Hurt Locker</li>
<li>District 9</li>
<li>The Wrestler</li>
<li>Inglorious Basterds</li>
<li>Moon</li>
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</div>One of my favourite directors makes my favourite film of 2009. I love that it's a Wes Anderson movie to its very core, but it's a Wes Anderson movie I could take my kids to, had I any. He really seemed to 'get' the book and Roald Dahl's quirky style; this is probably the first film-of-a-book I've ever seen <i>after</i> reading the book, and I was in no way disappointed. Spike Jonze also managed to pull this off with 'Wild Things', but it juuuust missed out on my list - suffice to say if there were an '11th' film, it would be on there.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Records of 2009:</span></b><br />
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<ol><li>U2 – No Line On The Horizon</li>
<li>Maximo Park – Quicken The Heart</li>
<li>Manchester Orchestra – Mean Everything To Nothing</li>
<li>Mute Math - Armistice</li>
<li>Airborne Toxic Event</li>
<li>Brand New – Daisy</li>
<li>A Silent Film – The City That Sleeps</li>
<li>Biffy Clyro – Only Revolutions</li>
<li>Them Crooked Vultures</li>
<li>Weezer – Raditude</li>
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</div>I almost feel bad about putting U2 at the number one spot. Not because of any shame in being a U2 fan or anything like that (I think my enjoyment of U2 as a band has been mentioned many times, and as with my other 'guilty' pleasure, 'Coldplay', I no longer feel any sense of remorse in my unconditional enjoyment and support of these bands), but i guess more because I don't feel U2 need to sit at the top of anyone's 'list' anymore. Nevertheless, this is a great album, made all the more pertinent by their amazing string of live dates over the summer (but more about that later...).<br />
As with many great records, my first impression of 2009's 'No Line On The Horizon' was that of mediocrity, and possibly even slight disappointment. However, it was when I stopped looking for the album to end all albums and started simply listening to the songs for what they were, I really began to love this record.<br />
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Maximo, similarly, made a great record; the end of their 'pop' trilogy, perhaps. Excited to see where they go from here. I hadn't even heard of Manchester Orchestra before 2009, but they've fast become one of my favourite bands of the moment. Great, swelling, emotional songs - easily on a par with Airborne Toxic Event, who I'm sure are destined for further greatness. Mute Math's sophomore LP was also a grower; although I don't feel it was quite as chock-full of pop hooks as their eponymous debut, it definitely has some things to say, and sounds like the kind of self-produced record I'd love to make someday. Brand New's 'Daisy' was possibly not what I was expecting, but I still enjoyed it immensely.<br />
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The record I'd recommend by the band who may or may not ever reach the public consciousness is A Silent Film's 'The City That Sleeps'. Time and time again this year I've returned to this record; it's like the childhood memory that keeps coming back. Listen to it.<br />
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Finally - more astute readers may notice I've left my favourite band Switchfoot's recent independent debut off the list - I'm desperate for it to grow on me (which it unfortunately hasn't yet) so I chose to leave it out of all this business.<br />
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<ol><li>Friendly Fires</li>
<li>Harlem Shakes – Technicolor Health</li>
<li>Dananananaykroyd – Hey Everyone</li>
<li>Air Traffic – Fractured Life</li>
<li>YYYs – It’s Blitz</li>
<li>Regina Spektor – Far</li>
<li>Thrice - Beggars</li>
<li>Imogen Heap - Ellipse</li>
<li>Jet – Shaka Rock</li>
<li>Johnny Foreigner - Grace & The Bigger Picture</li>
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First off, I want to express my deepest condolences towards 'Harlem Shakes'. GREAT record, but now they've gone their separate ways, and we may never know what greatness they could create together. R.I.P.<br />
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Dananananaykroyd get the award for best small gig for their Los Campesinos-upstaging Swn performance, complete with the dreaded 'wall of hugs'. Johnny Foreigner continue to go from strength to strength - 2010 might well be their year.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The ‘Thanks but No Thanks’ Award for salmon-swimming-against-the-current-like disinterest in the face of widespread public approval:</span></b><br />
<ol><li>Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavillion</li>
<li>The Gaslight Anthem – The ’59 Sound</li>
<li>Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More</li>
<li>White Lies – To Lose My Life</li>
<li>Florence & The Machine – Lungs</li>
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</div>Sorry - I really don't get it. Florence nearly wasn't on this list but for me, talent + catchy songs doesn't always equal success. Not that she cares what I think, she's massive right now.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The ‘I’d Rather Drink Wasps’ Award for most annoying pop culture of the year:</span></b><br />
<ol><li>X Factor</li>
<li>Sugababes</li>
<li>Twilight</li>
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These are records which may well grow on me, given time, but that failed grabbed me from the getgo.<br />
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<ol><li>Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown</li>
<li>Muse – The Resistance</li>
<li>The Cribs – Ignore The Ignorant</li>
</ol>Don’t get me wrong – there’s nothing wrong with these records or artists, this award just goes to artists with new releases this past year that were nothing I hoped them to be, or at least not compared to their former glories in my eyes.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Artists of 2010 Award:</span></b><br />
<ol><li>Delphic</li>
<li>Everything Everything</li>
<li>Darwin Deez</li>
<li>The Drums</li>
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There are always little defining moments in life that all future events are measured up to. U2's 360° show at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff was probably the grandest show I've ever seen. The lights, the sound, the music, the talent - I've never seen a show that big feel so intimate. And I may never again...Peanuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16484346606727404732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199080130882235118.post-17069006593334854532009-12-31T18:07:00.000-08:002010-01-01T03:33:21.937-08:00New Year's CheeseJust a quickie to say happy new year, internets! <br />
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Evidently I'm starting the year as I mean to go on...<br />
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Got a feeling this cheese malarky is gonna catch on in 2010...<br />
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Rock & roll!<br />
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