When problems overwhelm and sadness smothers us where do we find the will and the courage to continue? Well, the answer may come in the caring voice of a friend, a chance encounter with a book, but also from a squirrel. Not so long ago I lost my father. But not only did I survive this I worked my way out of despondency and now, life is good again. How could this happen? Late one autumn day when I was at my lowest I watched a squirrel storing up nuts for the winter. One at a time he would take them to the nest. And I thought, if that squirrel can take care of himself with the harsh winter coming, then so can I. Once I broke my problems into small pieces I was able to carry them, just like those acorns, one at a time.Take all your problems and rip 'em apart! The problems in hand you should know from the start are lighter than at heart. Be like the squirrel, give it a whirl, be like the squirrel!!!

Dog Bite Dog

Insane film alert!!! Dog Bite Dog is a totally over the top Hong Kong action movie. So Bleak it repels instead of involves. If this is your type of movie, get ready to get bitten!!!

A Bitter Sweet Life

My expectations for this movie were high.
It did not let me down. This movie has a lot in common with Oldboy and Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance. The story is pure revenge. The central character gives a brilliant performance. Plenty of great martial-arts fighting and gunfight scenes! This movie is very harsh and in some places reminded me of the black humor of GoodFellas. Cool movie!!!!

London to Brighton

Check this movie called London To Brighton. Quality film with excellent performances by the whole cast. Got all the ingredients of a good british film, seedy, underground, bad guys, johns and pimps! The amount of cursing, screaming and beating that goes on in this movie is heartbreaking. Gritty, unpleasant, realistic, harrowing. Compelling viewing. See this movie as soon as you can!!!

SPEAK TO ME.....please?

Work in Birmingham, United Kingdom as a government slave which along with teaching, nursing and prostitution is one of the UK's longest running professions!!!! Having a great life at the moment. Happy and have wonderful friends. In the future I intend to travel the world further adding to the fantastic places I have been!!! Music, Comics, Movies, Books, Art are what make my world go round. Welcome any comments, information regarding the above pursuits leading us all ever closer to illumination and enlightenment in this big old place we call earth!!!

Tramp reading!!!

Read tramp!!! League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Catch 22, Andrew Vachss, Mishima, Burroughs,lord of the rings, gormenghast, Swimini Purpose,......

Tele-visual tramp!!!

Viewing of a tramp!!! Dexter, The shield, Battlestar Galactica, Lost, Deadwood, The Thick of it, Snuff box, Prison Break, Heroes, simpsons, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Extras, The Office, The Mighty Boosh, Scrubs, Dr.Who, Futurama, League Of Gentlemen, Spaced, Black Books, Jam, Brass Eye, Nathan Barley, Peep Show, I'm Alan Partridge, Catterick, Twin Peaks, The Prisoner, the lost room, Laurel and Hardy.......

Tramp music

This is the kind of music a tramp listens to on the road!!!The Fall, Smog,Nick Cave, the Violent Femmes, the Arcade Fire, the Futureheads, Queens of the Stone Age, the Kinks, the Pixies, Low, the Cardigans, Nick Drake,Soundgarden, The Beach Boys, Blur, Graham Coxon, Weezer, the Stones,Cat Stevens,Belle &; Sebastian, Talking Heads, Faith No More, Pulp, Neil Young,Super Furry Animals, David Bowie,The Boredoms,Coltrane, Chet Baker, Jimmy Smith, Charles Mingus, John Zorn, Bill Frisell, Wayne Horvitz, Johnny Hartman, Eels, The Clash, Johnny Cash, Ben Folds, The Ramones, Kaiser Chiefs, Deftones, Primus, Tom Waits, The Beatles, Lostprophets, Primal Scream, Frank Sinatra, Dead Kennedys, White Stripes, Massive Attack, The Killers, Rancid, Franz Ferdinand, System Of A Down, Radiohead, Dean Martin, Oasis, Snow Patrol, The Pogues, Flaming lips, Pussy Galore, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Heavy Trash,Sonic Youth, Racontours, Blondie, Siouxsie and the banshees ,Death In Vegas, Butthole Surfers, Soledad Brothers, The 13th Floor Elevators, Bob Dylan, Joy Division, Copter, The Doors, Blondie, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Mudhoney, Air, Beck, The Beta Band, The Seeds, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, White Stripes, Heavy Trash, The Strokes, Black Lips, Make Up, The Kills, AC/DC,NIN, The Smiths,Bo Diddley, The Cramps, Black Sabbath,Marilyn Manson , Johnny Cash, Captain Beefheart, Chuck Berry, Dr John,Link Wray, Sonic Youth, The Verve,Nirvana,The 5,6,7,8's, Chicks On Speed, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Kings Of Leon, Ladytron,Peaches, Human League, Devo,Arctic Monkeys,Howlin' Wolf, MC5, Weird War, The Rapture,Modern Lovers, Stone Roses, Happy Mondays,Relaxed Muscle,James Brown.....