Tag: personal
2026
7 posts-
★ 05 Aug 2026
Winter is here
What I've been up to in July.
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★ 13 Jul 2026
There And Back Again
What I've been up to over autumn and into winter.
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★ 06 Jun 2026
Kelly Tarlton's
A rainy afternoon at the aquarium with the kids
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★ 05 Apr 2026
Happy Easter 2026
Reading ebooks, collecting vinyl, Linkding and dumb movies.
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★ 13 Mar 2026
I'll Name This Post Later
What I've been up to this month. Reading, watching, listening, collecting, and exploring interesting links across the web.
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★ 15 Feb 2026
Carl Cox On Waiheke
A Saturday afternoon on Waiheke for Carl Cox. Ferry rides, steak and beer, new friends on the dance floor.
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★ 09 Feb 2026
The Summer Took Hold
A December and January catch up. Summer road trip, records, bookmarks, and tinkering with the site.
2025
23 posts-
★ 02 Dec 2025
Ain't Enough To Go 'Round In This World
What I’ve been up to this month. Reading, watching, listening, collecting, and exploring interesting links across the web.
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★ 25 Nov 2025
No More Open Homes
We finally bought a house. It needs a full rebuild, but at least the open home era is over.
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★ 10 Nov 2025
Insanity
The night before a gig, a 5am gym session, and a flight to Sydney — what am I thinking?
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★ 07 Nov 2025
Yeah, I Wish A Brother Would
Monthly roundup of life updates, books, music, games, new links from across the web, site updates and anything else worth sharing.
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★ 27 Oct 2025
Golfing Weekend
Friends, golf, and beer
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★ 13 Oct 2025
Open Homes
Keeping up on the property treadmill
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★ 02 Oct 2025
She Likes Listening To Punk Rock
Monthly roundup of life updates, books, music, games, new links from across the web, site updates and anything else worth sharing.
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★ 28 Sep 2025
Waiheke Weekend
A family weekend on Waiheke
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★ 22 Sep 2025
London Hardhouse Reunion 2025
What a huge night of doof doof
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★ 01 Sep 2025
Sicker Than The Remix
Monthly recap for August, family life in Auckland, Bandcamp Friday purchases, trips back home, Beervana, golf, books, and website updates.
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★ 12 Aug 2025
Monthly Recap: July 2025
Settling into our new life routines, open homes, new pages on the website and my favourite posts from around the web.
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★ 01 Aug 2025
Living Local
The joys and convenience of living locally.
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★ 14 Jul 2025
Monthly Recap: June 2025
Moving city, reading books, new records, new website hosting, and stuff across the web!
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★ 26 Jun 2025
Hitting Up The Gym Again
How much do you bench, bro? Working out for mental health. Working out for getting out of the damn house.
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★ 19 Jun 2025
Book Report: The Dream Hotel
This book was unsettling because of how close to our reality it really is. Do you go through life thinking you have nothing to hide? Time to check yourself before you're in for a rude awakening.
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★ 31 May 2025
Monthly Recap: May 2025
What's going on, Internet? Easter road trips, moving cross country, new vinyls, and physical magazines about the Internet, in 2025? Sign me up!
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★ 31 Mar 2025
Monthly Recap: March 2025
Moving city, writing workshops, playing golf, and winning at Warcraft...
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★ 29 Mar 2025
Golf Shot
Got myself some golf clubs.
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★ 25 Mar 2025
Golf Lessons
I'm getting back into golf after not picking up a club in a while.
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★ 24 Mar 2025
The Magic Of Writing It Down
The Magic of Writing It Down: A Journaling Workshop With Dan Keane
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★ 28 Feb 2025
Monthly Recap: February 2025
What's up, Internet? Books, new records, getting back into Warcraft and enjoying being offline and celebrating weddings.
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★ 18 Feb 2025
Keeping A Reading Log
Keeping a physical log has been a nice spark of joy for me so far this year.
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★ 01 Feb 2025
Monthly Recap: January 2025
What's up, Internet? What have I been up to during January?
2024
23 posts-
★ 31 Dec 2024
Reflections 2024: Parenthood
This year has been a whirlwind of parenting challenges and unexpected moments of pure joy. With two energetic kids under four, life is a constant dance of chaos and love.
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★ 31 Dec 2024
Reflections 2024: Books
My year in books 2024. What did you read?
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★ 31 Dec 2024
Reflections 2024: Music Rewind
My 2024 in music rewound
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★ 05 Nov 2024
Monthly Recap: October 2024
What's up, Internet? Blogging, dark romance novels, new vinyl for the collection, a stack of bookmarks, the Cafe's haloween event, and HTML for People? Check out how October went for me.
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★ 02 Oct 2024
Monthly Recap: September 2024
What's going on, Internet? Blogging, bookmarking, gaming, website workshops and a social web!
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★ 18 Sep 2024
Wellington Brick Show 2024
Keeping the family entertained by checking out more Lego displays
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★ 10 Sep 2024
RELICS: A New World Rises
While up in Auckland last weekend the family and I checked out a sweet Lego exhibition at the Auckland Museum.
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★ 02 Sep 2024
Monthly Recap: August 2024
What's up, Internet? Blogging, code jamming, lots of books read, new records, a stack of bookmarks, and IndieWeb discourse? Whaaat? Check out how August went for me.
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★ 17 Aug 2024
Millennial Energy
Born in the eighties, growing up in the ninetess, losing and finding myself in the two thousands.
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★ 04 Aug 2024
Monthly Recap: July 2024
What's up, Internet? A couple of blog posts, heaps of bookmarks and a few updates from these corners of the web.
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★ 01 Jul 2024
Monthly Recap: June 2024
What's up, Internet? June was code jams, blocking bots, posts, books, music, bookmarks and small improvements to the website. - monthly recap - now
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★ 02 Jun 2024
Monthly Recap: May 2024
What's up, Internet? Time to recap the posts I wrote, books I read, links I shared and updates I made to the website during May. This month includes a recap of WebLogPoMo2024.
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★ 04 May 2024
Mac Miller: Swimming
Sit back with a couple beers or a smoke and enjoy Mac Miller's sup chill record Swimming with me.
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★ 03 May 2024
Everything Is Recorded: Friday Forever
Friday Forever is an album that I will happilly listen to front to back in a single sitting multiple times a year.
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★ 17 Apr 2024
Instant Messaging
I miss dedicated instant messaging apps
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★ 15 Apr 2024
Blogging Anonymously
Exploring the benefits of blogging with and using a pseudonym online, how it still enables me to build meaningful relationships world wide with others who share similar interests.
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★ 05 Apr 2024
Monthly Recap: March 2024
Monthly recap for March 2024
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★ 10 Mar 2024
Freaks and Geeks
I just finished watching Freaks and Geeks and I'm happy to report that this show holds up.
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★ 07 Mar 2024
Monthly Recap: February 2024
Hello web surfers, welcome to Feburary's recap.
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★ 03 Feb 2024
Monthly Recap: January 2024
Hello web surfers, welcome to January's recap.
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★ 10 Jan 2024
Summer Days On The Beach
Exploring the evolution of our family's summer holidays.
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★ 07 Jan 2024
What A Weekend
Damn, what a weekend. Friends, beers, live music, good times.
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★ 02 Jan 2024
Monthly Recap: December 2023
Hello web surfers, Happy New Year and welcome to December's recap.
2023
18 posts-
★ 30 Nov 2023
Monthly Recap: November 2023
Hello web surfers, and welcome to November's recap.
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★ 31 Oct 2023
Monthly Recap: October 2023
Hello web surfers, and welcome to October's recap.
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★ 11 Oct 2023
Hear me out: The Whopper is the best type of burger
Why the Whopper combo works, and where to get close to one around Te Awa Kairangi.
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★ 03 Oct 2023
Monthly Recap: September 2023
Hello web surfers, and welcome to September's recap.
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★ 11 Sep 2023
Bushwalks
Intentionally leaving the house during the day and surrounding myself in nature does wonders for the soul.
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★ 05 Sep 2023
Monthly Recap: August 2023
Hello web surfers, and welcome to August's recap.
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★ 21 Aug 2023
Beervana 2023
Beervana is Aotearoa's greatest beer festival held every year in August.
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★ 03 Aug 2023
Monthly Recap: July 2023
Hello web surfers, and welcome to July's recap.
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★ 02 Aug 2023
Whakapapa Ski Trip
We could not have asked for better conditions for a day of skiing at Whakapapa ski field on Mt Ruapehu last weekend.
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★ 26 Jul 2023
My InternetNZ Hat
Check out my sweet new hat from the Internet. InternetNZ that is.
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★ 13 Jul 2023
Monthly Recap: June 2023
Hello web surfers, and welcome to Junes's recap.
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★ 04 Jun 2023
Monthly Recap: May 2023
Hello web surfers, and welcome to May's recap.
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★ 16 May 2023
How have your listening habits changed?
How have your listening habits changed when you started listening to audiobooks?
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★ 30 Apr 2023
Monthly Recap: April 2023
Hello web surfers, and welcome to April's recap. This month I focused on automating more of Flamed Fury.
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★ 31 Mar 2023
Monthly Recap: March 2023
Hello web surfers, and welcome to March's recap. This month I started writing blog posts again.
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★ 28 Feb 2023
Monthly Recap: February 2023
Hello web surfers, and welcome to February's recap. This month I spent time updating existing pages and added some new pages.
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★ 20 Feb 2023
Weclome to Flamed Fury 2023.
Flamed Fury gets a brand new look for 2023.
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★ 31 Jan 2023
Monthly Recap: January 2023
Hello web surfers and welcome to January's recap. It's been an exciting month refreshing existing content and adding new content.
2021
3 posts-
★ 06 Apr 2021
Early Web Memories
My recount of my earliest memories of being on and growing up on the web.
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★ 22 Feb 2021
Games
I've loved computer games forever. I miss having the time and energy I used to have for them.
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★ 12 Jan 2021
Music
Music has always been a massive part of my life, let's dive into how that came to be.
2020
37 posts-
★ 05 Sep 2020
Fathers Day & Sitting Down
Fathers Day 2022
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★ 24 Aug 2020
Still Knocking Around
Quick update that I'm still here
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★ 05 May 2020
Alert Level 3 Day 1 in Review
Where we go crazy for KFC.
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★ 05 May 2020
Ahead of the Curve
Where I'm sick of having a COVID diary for a blog.
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★ 27 Apr 2020
Last Day of Alert Level 4
Where I look forward to not cooking every meal again.
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★ 23 Apr 2020
Hide the Cookware in the Kitchen Cabinet
Where I anticipate eating take aways again
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★ 20 Apr 2020
Lockdown Extended
Where I remain in lockdown for another week.
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★ 18 Apr 2020
George Bondo
Where I boom boom boom boom BOOM.
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★ 16 Apr 2020
Remember the Words You Told Me
Where I get through the day in five seconds.
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★ 15 Apr 2020
I got big dawg status, it ain’t no secret
Where I laugh while watching stupid videos on the Internet.
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★ 14 Apr 2020
Peak Week
Where I complete my supermarket shopping goals.
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★ 13 Apr 2020
Went to the Supermarket
Where I ventured outside to pick up groceries.
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★ 12 Apr 2020
Chill Easter Sunday During Covid-19
Alert level 4, locakdown day 17.
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★ 11 Apr 2020
It's Wild Out There
Where I reflect on how routine is interrupted by lockdown.
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★ 10 Apr 2020
Covid-19 Mid Lockdown Retrospective
How am I feeling two weeks into lockdown?
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★ 09 Apr 2020
I Can't Wait for the Weekend to Begin
Where I think about all the projects I could be working on.
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★ 08 Apr 2020
A Little Bit of Wind
Where I worry about being couped up inside with poodles with cabin fever.
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★ 07 Apr 2020
Tired of Running
Where I work on my website.
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★ 06 Apr 2020
What's Next?
Where I try to understand what's going to happen next.
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★ 04 Apr 2020
Bad Boys For Life
Where the weekends are still over in the blink of an eye.
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★ 03 Apr 2020
Eternal
This post inspired by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Eternal
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★ 02 Apr 2020
Please Pick A Side Or Run From Your Boy
Where I am inspired by new music.
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★ 01 Apr 2020
Covid 19 Lockdown Day 7
Where I realise there's no more comics...
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★ 30 Mar 2020
Covid 19 Lockdown Day 5
Where I wake up early to avoid the crowd.
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★ 29 Mar 2020
Covid 19 Lockdown Day 4
Where the entire neighbourhood comes out for a dog walk.
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★ 29 Mar 2020
Covid 19 Lockdown Day 6
Where I struggle to not start working at the crack of dawn.
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★ 28 Mar 2020
Covid 19 Lockdown Day 3
Where I stay inside to avoid the rain.
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★ 27 Mar 2020
Covid 19 Lockdown Day 2
Where I get into the swing of living in lock down.
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★ 26 Mar 2020
Covid 19 Lockdown Begins
Where Aotearoa enters Alert Level 4.
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★ 25 Mar 2020
Covid 19 Lockdown, It's Happening
Covid-19: State Of Emergency declared in Aotearoa
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★ 24 Mar 2020
Covid-19 Lockdown Setup
What does working from home during lockdown look like?
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★ 23 Mar 2020
Covid-19 Anticipating the Lockdown
Aotearoa heads into Alert Level 3 and expected to shift to Alert Level 4 within 48 hours followed by a nationwide lockdown.
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★ 04 Mar 2020
Bout to put rims on my skateboard wheels, yeah
What list awesome skate board tricks.
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★ 04 Mar 2020
Calm Before the Storm
Where we have a relatively normal weekend.
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★ 01 Mar 2020
Godzilla fire spitter monster
Where I can't make the bed.
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★ 09 Feb 2020
Poodles In the Garden
Where my dogs lie on top of the garden
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★ 03 Feb 2020
A Thought On Littering
Pick up your rubbish and put it in a bin!
2004
6 posts-
★ 12 May 2004
Get on your knees and prey!
That moment when you realise you're going off the rails...
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★ 12 Apr 2004
You must be some kind of superstar
How do you even go out on a Thursday night and not get home until Sunday?
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★ 01 Apr 2004
Amys Dad.....
Wonder what ever happened to that guy?
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★ 28 Mar 2004
get back inside
That Tequila night was definitely something wasn't it?
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★ 24 Mar 2004
Its because, I'm the lead singer of my band!
Little did we know what a wild night this would be
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★ 09 Mar 2004
Godskitchen
Polytech and website work
2003
3 posts-
★ 19 Nov 2003
Is There Hope For Us Yet?
Where I never built that car...
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★ 14 Nov 2003
Gimmie the Loot
Living for the weekend
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★ 12 Nov 2003
Existence
Polytech and job interviews