The List: Collect vinyl

When we went to stay with his parents in Norfolk, Ross and I happened across a vinyl fair in Kings Lynn and I got tempted into buying a Marty Wilde 7″ of a song I loved as a kid and also my dad’s favourite song, House of the Rising Sun.  Since then, Ross has sweetly given me his old Dansette (so I’ve “acquired” rather than “got” a vinyl player I suppose!) which means I have achieved this mission.

• Marty Wilde – Rubber Ball
• The Animals – House of the Rising Sun
  (bought at vinyl fair in Kings Lynn, 6/11/10)

• Squeeze – Cool For Cats
• The Ronettes – Be My Baby
• The Crystals – Da Do Ron Ron
• Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill
• The Patti Smith Group – Because The Night
• Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody / These Are The Days Of Our Lives
• Joan Jett – I Love Rock n Roll
  (bought at vinyl fair in Sheffield, 27/11/10)

The List: Set books free into the wild with Bookcrossing

Bookcrossing is “the World’s Library. It’s a smart social networking site. It’s a celebration of literature and a place where books get new life. BookCrossing is the act of giving a book a unique identity so, as the book is passed from reader to reader, it can be tracked and thus connecting its readers.”

Usually when I have a book I don’t want any more I try to sell it on Amazon, but it’s not worth it a lot of the time as they’re only going for about 1p! Any like that usually get dropped off at Oxfam, but I thought it would be interesting to send the odd one off on a journey with Bookcrossing.

My profile can be found here.  So far these are the ones I’ve released:

1. Atlas Shugged by Ayn Rand – travelling
2. The Remains of The Day by Kazue Isihiguro – travelling

The List: Send Postcrossing postcards

Postcrossing is a project which allows people to receive postcards from all over the world, for free. Well, almost free! The main idea is that: if you send a postcard, you will receive at least one back from a random Postcrosser from somewhere in the world.

My profile can be found here. So far I have sent postcards to:

1. Jennyyu, Taiwan
2. Ollychen, Belarus
3. Santruusa, Finland
4. Kaylamai, USA
5. Liujihong, China
6. Klausdiemaus, Germany

The List: Arcadia at the Lowry (See plays at the theatre)

Seven years after I produced it for SUTCo I finally got to see Arcadia again at the Lowry Theatre, Salford – and it was just as incredible, funny and beautiful as I remembered it.  I might have had a little cry again!

The List: Ride the Sheffield Wheel

Done – twice in fact!

The List: Make mix “tapes” for other people

I like music, I like sharing music, hopefully people like music being shared with them, and hopefully they the artwork and geeky liner notes too!

1. Summer themed mix for Ian (part of the Facebook seasonal mix tape swap)
2. Grrrl music mix for Sarah (part of the Facebook mix tape blind date)
3. Eclectic mix for Bob (part of the Facebook seasonal mix tape swap)
4. Iiiit’s Chriiiistmaaas!!!! (festive Spotify playlist for friends)

The List: Eat some unusual foods

I’m quite a foodie and always happy to try something new, no matter how outlandish.   Here are some of things outside of the basics that I’ve tried:

• Alligator
• Black pudding
• Durian fruit
• Glutinous rice cake
• Goat
• Kangaroo
• Manifold (cow stomach)
• Momos (Tibetan ravioli / dumplings)
• Ostrich
• Oysters
• Pearl soy bean drink
• Pheasant
• Pigeon
• Pouting
• Rabbit
• Wild boar
• Zebra