Number 99.
Wednesday, 12 August 2009
Quick blog, before I brave the 7:35am 250 service to The Trafford Centre (via MUFC).
The book seen above, is in fact one of the best books I have ever had the pleasure of reading. It was recommended to me at a very hazy art school party after Field Day, by a rather lovely girl who at first glance looked like a fine art student, but was actually a physiology degree graduate. After half an hour of geeking out she told me to scope this, in which I returned the favour by insisting she read "59 Seconds" by Professor R Wiseman. This book has caused me to:
~never trust anyone in the media
~never trust anyone who trusts in the media
~never trust anyone who trusts in anyone who trusts in the media
~hate all science journalists
~hate all science journalists with a humanities degree
~want to study all my life, preferably in France
~publish another research paper in natural products
~throw away my multivitamin pills
~furiously advocate the MMR jab in children
~take a serious look at some people's 'credentials'
Scientists are cool. Fake scientists are not. Nutritionists make me want to kill myself.
Good read. 8/10 = (he gets a bit self-righteous at times).
A side note, Manchester is rife with uncertainty. More on that later, I need to get dressed.
Labels: ben goldacre, books, bus, early blogging, eat your vitamins, homeopathy is bullshit, nutritionists are scum, party, pharmacology, reading, red, science, the media sucks
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Number 2.
Friday, 18 January 2008
This will be...
This will be interesting. This weblog will be a constant reminder of my steady stream of conciousness regarding music, with a hint of science too. I hate the concept of being random, especially online. It's a known fact that nothing online is "random". It's easy to press backspace to delete anything you're not happy with, or didn't realise you would come out with, so when people say they're being random online, I don't buy it. I personally love my backspace button. Saves me making an arse of myself. The name "geeksandbeats" refers to my love of electronic music. Some people that dance to electro may be pill-popping, wayward, mental media students, but the people who make it certainly are not. Seeing a programme like FL Studio or Cubase being used is really quite humbling. I've had FL for a year and a half now and I still don't know what the hell is going on. So I have a lot of respect for people that do, and a lot more for people that do, quickly.
I'll get round to it sometime. There's too many things going round not to be noted down in notes. This blog won't be constant. If I tried to write in this everyday, it'll turn to sludge. Expect no banalities, quips about "funny things that happened at work today", updates on "that bloke I met the other night", feedback on "last night's episode of Eastenders". That sort of thing makes me want to pin my eyelids shut. Just think: [20 year old female pharmacology student, south england, music obsessive, been to more gigs than lectures, still battling with the electric guitar - what goes on in her head?]
Now you'll find out.
Labels: beats, beginning, geeks, josie, music, pharmacology
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