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Interests
Literature
- The Malazan Book of the Fallen fantasy series by Steven Erikson (As of June 2009, I am 2/3 of the way through my 5th re-read... Don't judge me!)
- The Black Company fantasy series by Glen Cook
- The Durand Col series by David Keck
- The Prince of Nothing series (and the new one) by R. Scott Bakker
- All Tom Holt books
- All Stephen Donaldson series'
Music
- Tom Waits (the greatest every songwriter and musician)
- Counting Crows
- John Frusciante
- Greg Boerner
- Coldplay
- The Bravery
- The Killers
- Tim Minchin (who I am of to see in November 2009)
- Bob Marley
- The Blanks
- Muse
- Bruce Springsteen
Sports
- Chess - perhaps not a sport. Either way, I play chess on gameknot.com and my player stats can be found here
- Football - particularly Glasgow Celtic and the Scotland National Team
- Tennis - particularly Andy Murray
- American Football - particularly the Philadelphia Eagles
- Cricket
- Rugby Union - particularly the Scotland National Team
Grades and Exams
The following are from sitting SQA exams, and ABRSM exams.
Achieved Grades
Standard Grades
- English - 1
- Maths - 1
- Physics - 1
- Chemistry - 1
- Biology - 1
- Music - 1
- History - 1
- French - 2
Highers
- English - A
- Maths - A
- Physics - A
- Chemistry - A
- Biology - C
Piano
- Practical: Grades 1 through 6 (sat Grade 7 in June '09, waiting for results)
- Theory: Grades 1 through 6 (sat Grade 7 in June '09, waiting for results)
Current Studies
Advanced Highers
I've sat these, and will get the results in August 2009:
- Physics
- Maths
- English
- Chemistry
Family
Two parents and a sister.
Articles I've Created
My total edit count, and the wheres and hows can be seen here.
- David Keck
- The Slab Boys Trilogy
- Wick High School
- Foreign Races from the Malazan Book of the Fallen series
- Founding Races from the Malazan Book of the Fallen series
- Human Races from the Malazan Book of the Fallen series
- John Byrne
- Doing some writing for the WikiProject Novels newsletter
Articles I've Done Some Major Work To...
All the above, plus:
Editor review
My editor review as of May 2009.
Closing Thoughts
If you have a question, or just want to get in touch with me, leave me a comment on my talk page.
Alan16 (talk) 02:08, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
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