Dylan Fitzpatrick <DylanDalai>


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Music
The Bastard Fairies, Mr Bungle, Faith No More, Beck, Prince, Saigon Kick, Kiss, The Black Crows, Heavy Pettin, David Lee Roth, Van Halen, Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads, Jack Johnson, Miles Davis, Sting, A Perfect Circle, Rage Against The Machine, System Of A Down, Sikth, Korn, Slipknot, Roger Waters, Nick Drake, Megadeth, Jason Becker, Marty Friedman, Steve Vai, Kings X, Living Colour, Joni Mitchell, John Lennon, Motley Crue, Janes Addiction, Christina Aguilera, Bob Dylan, Buckethead, Goldfrap, INXS, Joe Satriani, Jamiroquai, Jeff Beck, Madonna, Nelly Furtado, Muse, Richie Kotzen, Sheila Chandra. Vivaldi, Beethoven, Mozart, Frank Zappa. All Music is good when you know what your looking for.
Films
Anything by Kubrik, Akira Kurosawa, Ridley Scott, Terry Gilliam, Joel and Ethan Coen, Sam Raimi, Tim Burton, John Carpenter, Wes Craven. My favorite players are Edward Norton, Robert De Niro, Jack Nicholson, Johnny Depp, Daniel Day Lewis, Kathy Bates, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Sigourney Weaver, Nicole Kidman and many more.
Sports
Glasgow Celtic, Boston Red Sox. New York Jets.
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Idiots, corporations and the burden of empirical history.
Happiest When
Playing music, making love or having stimulating conversation with bohemian thinkers.

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    Communication: Intermediate 1

    Outcome 1 Reading Call Waiting. D Fitzpatrick.


    Today I read an article called Call Waiting, written by Fin Macrae, a photojournalist for a national photography magazine, here in the United Kingdom. This article accompanies a series of his related photographs.
    It's an entertaining piece of journalism, where he illustrates what the day to day activities of a photographer actually entail. No it's not all supermodel's, jet setting and rock stars, somewhere along the line the mundane tasks of running an office must take precedence, this is how the article begins, with Finn stuck beneath a mountain of paperwork and menial task's like ordering oil for the central heating of his studio. While carrying out these tedious task's, he is incessantly desturbed by cold callers looking to interest him in whatever it is they are so rudely selling, I can appreciate the scenario, it's happened to me countless times and normally I would get angry with whoever the faceless corporate automaton is on the end of the line, and gleefully fire of a verbal salvo of invective scorn in their ear, but it's not all about fun
    this is where Fin has something to teach me about people and life, you see during the course of the day his curiosity was to take him down a new avenue of thought. A gentleman named Peter called him from Delhi to discuss mobile phone contracts, Fin was not in the least bit interested however after he had placed the phone down on the receiver, possibly for the first time ever, he became curious as to who it actually was, on the end of the telephone line. Are they merely heavily accented minor demons, floating about the telephone wires, waiting to disrupt your serenity, at the most inopportune moment, or are they in fact people, that's right humans just like most of you, and most certainly me, who have their own drives, aspirations, hopes and dreams, not to mention the necessity of having to make a living in the real world.
    With this new found empathy Fin delves into the hypostasis of the call center industry, he begins examining just where these people are located and finds that they hail from Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore. Fin contrasts this with the familiar locations and people from his home in the Highlands who provide the same service and have similar if not the same drives. Looking at an academic report provides him with a more detailed understanding of how the industry operates, and leads him to contact and eventually travel to the industry's trade union in Mumbai, where he was able to photograph a variety of these call centre employees, outside of the highly pressurized environment of the office.
    Working in a call center is an extremely tough job, staff turnover at the moment in India, runs at a shocking 80% ! every year ! and the reason for this seems to be linked to the nature of the task itself, for example it's incredibly repetitive and the pay is not all that rewarding, if you factor in poor statistical based management and shabby working conditions, then I would certainly count myself among those stampeding former employees, racing for the exit sign, onto the street and the next low skill, high turnover, McJob. The transient nature of the 21st century service slaves, driven by debt and design.
    On a lighter note, what Fin's cultural study of the call center workers in India and our own here in Scotland show, is that Universally we are all just people doing our best, we all share more similarity's than differences and we are all, and I include Fin, in complete agreement on two things, firstly let's cut each other some slack while we work, and the other is, Paperwork is a bitch :-)

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    They tried to ban this http://gawker.com/5002269/the-cruise...

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  • Iain Gibney
    luv Iain Gibney

    great to catch up after all those years my guitar obi wan kinobi ur the best guitar teacher ever

    10 weeks ago
  • Ian
    Ian

    DYLAN!!!!!!!! HOW DOOOO!!! I WAS LOOKIN AT YOUR LOVELY COUPON LASTNIGHT ON TELLY :D

    10 weeks ago
  • Level Thirtytwo Events
    Level Thirtytwo Events

    Alright people!

    Just thought we'd inform you about

    BREAK THE SILENCE!

    This Thursday in Retrospect, 8-12,

    Free entry, 1.50 drinks and some filthy fidget nonsense!

    Plus, a SPECIAL GUEST SET from EVIL EAN!

    Get down early for some funked up mayhem!

    17 weeks ago
  • Klq
    Klq

    Miss u mate x

    23 weeks ago via Mobile
  • Chris Ward
    Chris Ward

    yo chief, happy new year!!!!!!

    ho you doing buddy, l hope 2008 didnt treat you too bad.

    whats the happy haps?

    c-cup

    25 weeks ago
  • Mrs Dub-Ya
    Mrs Dub-Ya

    Oo new doo eh? I demand a pic. ;) x

    29 weeks ago via Mobile
  • Megan Fraser
    luv Megan Fraser

    Hey Dillion hws ya??
    We really need to do tht whole catch up thing tht weve never ever done!!! lol
    Hws the guitar goin???
    U still in the country?? :L :L never kno with u lol
    Hws wee eve?? Still drop dead gorgeous like her dad obv :P :P
    xxxxxx

    29 weeks ago
  • Chris Ward
    Chris Ward

    Stagger, look up, feel embarrassed, realise that its your life and you can do whatever the hell you want, make a stand and show your independance, remember your drunk, fall over, break your hip, wet your pants, can you laugh at this?

    31 weeks ago
  • Mrs Dub-Ya
    Mrs Dub-Ya

    Hey Dylan, how goes it? :)

    I had a missed call from you on my mobile the other night there. Sorry I missed it, I was likely mid face-stuffing in Nando's with Chris and didn't have any signal in that joint.

    Chris was going to give you a call back, but it was a little late and wasn't sure if he'd wake the wee one. Hope all is well!

    Speak soon,

    Lxxx

    P.s I'd give you love, but I'm a whore and have given it all away. ;)

    31 weeks ago
  • Miriam Odonnell
    Miriam Odonnell

    Howr you stranger? X

    34 weeks ago via Mobile
  • Terri McGettigan
    Terri McGettigan

    Hi Mate, how are you? Did you get my message? New to this bebo stuff so not sure if I actually sent it or not.

    Contact me on terri@aps-advance.co.nz - be good to hear all your news.

    35 weeks ago
  • Andy Neil
    Andy Neil

    awrite... hows it goin?

    36 weeks ago
  • Melanie Mcmillan
    Melanie Mcmillan

    WOTS ZAPPN HANDSOME LOL

    X

    37 weeks ago
  • Lady Luck
    luv Lady Luck

    Hey dylan!
    How ye doing?

    xx

    37 weeks ago
  • Chris Ward
    Chris Ward

    The video is cool, but is it allowed to think videos are cool?

    Nothing beats having fingers that reek of turps

    How you been buddy?

    37 weeks ago
  • David MacRae
    David MacRae

    loving the vid man!

    38 weeks ago
  • Chris Ward
    Chris Ward

    Funniest thing lv come up with today:

    "Once l saw Catwoman vomitting into a paper bag behind the Morrisons at anniesland, but instead of passing by l stopped and gave her a 15 minute lecture on Bulimia, pros and cons. She then kicked my balls up into my mouth and shouted into my face:

    "IM FUCKING PREGNANT YOU BASTARD!!!"

    It later turned out to not be catwoman after all, it was Helen that works in the deli in morrisons, simple mistake really what with the hair."

    Anyhoo dude, hows yourself? Im literally falling asleep at the wheel these days; no rest for the wicked, and no time for the damned, if you like living easy, then nothings as planned

    You keep on fucking

    Chris

    41 weeks ago
  • Natasha Scott
    Natasha Scott

    Alright!

    mad pasta talk ti ye aboot a photieshoot wi some grafff? :P

    44 weeks ago
  • Mrs Dub-Ya
    Mrs Dub-Ya

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    Hiya Dylan, not seen you in ages man. Hope all is well at your end. Give us a shout when your next free & we can arrange a well needed catch-up.

    Peace & Love,

    Laura xxx

    46 weeks ago
  • Carly Nayati

    hiya Poppy This hot chick with huge tits is showing on cam! Hit up jane81red@live.com on msn messenger before she gets off. Shes crazy!

    47 weeks ago via Mobile