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Personal Stuff
Visit my blog: johntins.blogspot.com, where apparently I'm complain a lot!
Football
I love Liverpool FC. I like to go to Anfield as much as I can, time and money permitting!
- Liverpool vs. Chelsea (CL Semi) - May 1 2007 - photos
- Liverpool vs. Barceolona (CL Last 16) - March 6 2007 - photos | videos
- Liverpool vs. Blackburn (league) - October 16 2006 - photos
- Liverpool vs. Arsenal (league) - Oct 28 2007
- Blackburn vs. Liverpool (league) - Nov 3 2007 - photos
- Liverpool vs. Inter Milan (CL Last 16) - Feb 9 2008 - *My flight was cancelled so I missed it :-(
- Liverpool vs. Chelsea (CL Semi) - Apr 22 2008 - photos
To Attend
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Travel
I like to travel and take photos. As far as I can recall I've been to:
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Toronto, Canada - September 2009 | photos - Niagara, Canada - September 2009 | photos
- Ottawa, Canada - August 2009 | photos
- Montréal, Canada - August 2009 | photos
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London, England - July 2009 | photos - London/Nottingham, England - June 2009 | photos
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Nürnberg, Germany - June 2009 | photos -
Barcelona, Spain - May 2009 | photos -
Galveston Island, Texas, USA - April 2009 | photos - Houston, Texas, USA - April 2009 | photos
- Atlanta, Georgia, USA - March 2009 | photos
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Taxco, Mexico - March 2009 | photos - Mexico City, Mexico - March 2009| photos (see other folders for more)
- Washington, D.C., USA - February 2009| photos (see other folders for more)
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - January/February 2009 | photos (see other folders for more)
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Belgrade, Serbia - January 2009 | photos - Girona, Spain - November 2008 | photos
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Prague, Czech Republic - November 2008 | photos - Honolulu, Hawaii, USA - October 2008 | photos (see other folders for more)
- Valencia, Spain - August 2008 |
- Nürnberg, Germany - June 2008 | photos
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Porto, Portugal - May 2008 | photos -
Belfast, Ireland - April 2008 | photos -
North Wales, Wales - April 2008 | photos -
Athens, Greece - April 2008 | photos -
Kaunas, Lithuania - April 2008 | photos -
Luxembourg, Luxembourg - February 2008 | photos -
Paris, France - February 2008 | photos - Cork, Ireland - January 2008 | photos
- Belgrade, Serbia - January 2008 | photos
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Bergen, Norway - December 2007 | photos -
Malmö, Sweden - September 2007 | -
Copenhagen, Denmark - September 2007 | photos - Gothenburg/Skovde, Sweden - September 2007 | photos1 | photos2
- Galway, Ireland - August 2007 | photos
- Castellón, Spain - July 2007 | photos
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Edinburgh, Scotland - April 2007 | photos - Valencia, Spain - March 2007 (Las Fallas) | photos
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Zagreb, Croatia - January 2007 | photos - Belgrade, Serbia - January 2007 | photos
- Valencia, Spain - September 2006 | photos
- Xátiva, Spain - September 2006 | photos
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Basel, Switzerland - August 2006 | photos - Geneva, Switzerland - August 2006 | photos
- Bern, Switzerland - August 2006 | photos
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Vaduz, Liechtenstein - August 2006 | photos - Zürich, Switzerland - August 2006 | photos
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Innsbruck, Austria - August 2006 | photos - Vienna, Austria - August 2006 | photos
- Münich, Germany - July 2006 | photos
- Berlin, Germany - July 2006 | photos
- Hamburg, Germany - July 2006 | photos
- Copenhagen, Denmark - July 2006 | photos
- Malmö, Sweden - July 2006 | photos
- Stockholm, Sweden - July 2006 | photos
- London, England - October 2005 |
- Barcelona, Spain - January 2005 | photos
- Valencia, Spain - September 2004-->2005 |
- Gran Canaria, Spain - August 2002 |
- Koblenz, Germany - April 1999 |
- Cologne, Germany - April 1999 |
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Masstricht, Netherlands - March 1999 | -
Brussels, Belgium - March 1999 |
- travelling on hold until I finish this god damned thesis!
Music
I like music. I own four lovely guitars which I love as if they were my own... because they are. They are:
- Epiphone Sheraton II Archtop - photo
- SX Mini Jumbo Cutaway Electro-Acoustic - photo
- Valencia CG50 Classical - photo
- Gibson SG Special Faded Electric - photo
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I also quite like to go to gigs.
I recently saw:
- Apocalyptica @ The Ambassador, Dublin
- Manic Street Preachers @ The Ambassador, Dublin
- Serj Tankian @ The Ambassador, Dublin
- Foo Fighters, Nine Inch Nails, Silversun Pickups @ Marlay Park, Dublin
- Rolling Stones, The Hold Steady @ Slane Castle, Meath
- Billy Talent @ The Ambassador, Dublin
- The Lemonheads, Icarus Line @ The Ambassador, Dublin
- John Cale @ The Village, Dublin
- Tool @ The Point, Dublin
- Muse @ The Point, Dublin
- Avenged Sevenfold @ The Ambassador, Dublin
- Smashing Pumpkins @ The RDS, Dublin
- Jimmy Eat World @ The Olympia, Dublin
- Björk @ The Waterfront, Belfast
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds @ Dublin Castle
- Bad Religion - Rage Against the Machine - Metallica - Queens of the Stone Age - The Offspring - In Flames - HIM - Jimmy Eat World - Serj Tankian - Incubus - The Prodigy - The Fratellis - The Eagles of Death Metal - Kid Rock @ Rock im Park 2208, Nuremberg
- Rage Against the Machine - The Hold Steady - The Stranglers - Kaiser Chiefs - Reverend and the Makers - Eddie Grant @ Oxegen, Naas
- Rise Against @ The Academy, Dublin
- NOFX @ The Olympia, Dublin
- Slipknot - Placebo - Limp Bizkit - Korn - Marilyn Manson - Papa Roach - Billy Talent - The Prodigy - Machine Head@ Rock Im Park 2009, Nuremberg
- Faith No More @ Brixton Academy, London
- Faith No More - Korn - Limp Bizkit @ Download 2009, Donington Park
- Nine Inch Nails and Jane's Addiction @ O2, London
- Metallica, Alice in Chains, Avenged Sevenfold, Mastodon @ Marlay Park, Dublin
- Pixies @ The Olympia, Dublin
- Nick Cave @ Vicar St, Dublin
- Opeth @ The Olympia, Dublin
- Kevin Smith @ Vicar St, Dublin
- The Mars Volta @ The Olympia, Dublin
- Placebo @ The Olympia, Dublin
- Dara O'Briain @ Vicar St, Dublin
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Judo
In September 2008 I began practising Judo in DCU Judo club.
- Feb 21 '09 Irish Intervarsities in NUI Maynooth (and injured ever since!!)
- Dec 15 '08 Graded for my yellow belt
- Sep 29 '08 First training session in DCU