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bela

One Day at a Time

About Me

It's all about photography.

Something else I really enjoy is playing Call of Cthulhu, which, for those of you that don't know, is a kind of sci-fi/horror roll-playing game based on the works of the writer H.P. Lovecraft. I love his world of between-the-wars New England meets extra terrestrial horror. If you have no clue what I am talking about check out this great site:

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/

I use a Nikon D50 with the standard 18-55mm lens. I used to use a teenie tiny Finepix F420 (looks like a battered aluminum matchbox) for macros. That's all.



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My Interests

Photography. Playing Call of Cthulhu and De Profundis. Watching movies - the older the better. Music. Archaeology (used to be my job). History. Going to exhibitions. Books about artists. Relaxing at home and with friends. Hiking. Cuddling fluffy animals. img src="http://www.hplovecraft.com/popcult/pics/pvscc.jpg" width="245" height="350"

I'd like to meet:

The people that I already know, but don't get enough time with.

Music:

Abba. Adam and the Ants. Air. Amy Winehouse. Boney M. Bauhaus. Black Sabbath. The Butter Mountain Boys. Chemical Brothers. The Cure. DAF. Dead Kennedys. The Knife. The Delays. Erasure. Gnarls Barkley. Hawkwind. Jethro Tull. Laibach. Led Zepplin. Madness. Marc Almond. Moby. Motorhead. Pete Shelley. Rammstein. Ramones. Rogue Traders. Simian Mobile Disco. Siouxsie and the Banshees. Sertab. Smiths. Soft Cell. Sparks. Steeleye Span. Tarkan. Toyah. Yeah Yeah Yeahs.Just about anything... ..

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Movies:

Basket Case, Bubba Ho-tep, any Buster Keaton silent, Death in Venice, Donnie Darko, Don't Look Now, Dracula, Everything is Illuminated, High Hopes, Muthu, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Repo Man, Any Peter Cushing movie, The Search for One-Eye Jimmy, Secrets and Lies, Signs, Son of the Sheik, White Zombie,

Television:

Twin Peaks, Six Feet Under, The Water Margin; Sherlock Holmes, South Park, Millenium, Little Britain, The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, Michael Palin's travel programs, any travel programs, any nature programs but especially by David Attenborough, Doctor Who (Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker), Ivor the Engine, Eddie Izzard, Tizwas (rather than Swapshop), Father Ted, The Office, Antiques Roadshow, Shameless, It's a Knockout, Ivor the Engine, Roobarb and Custard, Blankety Blank, The Two Ronnies, The Generation Game, Starsky and Hutch, Dallas, The Man from Atlantis, Columbo, Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World, The Mighty Boosh, League of Gentlemen

Books:

My favourite writer is H.P. Lovecraft. I'll try and read anyone. Also love travel books; photography books; art books... I alternate between long spells of reading nothing but fiction, then long spells of reading nothing but non-fiction, then long spells of reading nothing at all.

Heroes:

H.P. Lovecraft; The photographer Raghu Rai; ordinary people I know who are just getting on with life despite it all.

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My Blog

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY DAD!I have been very slack with the blog as of late. Sorry about that. I will try t post more often.Today I am off to the nearest mountain with a couple of friends and the weather i...
Posted by bela on Sun, 15 Jun 2008 05:44:00 PST

Saturday

Well, it's Saturday night once more and I am knackered, but in a good way. Somehow this past week my new job and I have finally clicked. I suddenly feel like I have served my apprenticeship and have t...
Posted by bela on Sat, 31 May 2008 07:38:00 PST

Picnic, Bowling, Karaoke

Yesterday was quite a day. I am still recovering. We went for a picnic in the park even though it was raining. It had stopped by the time we got there and we sat in the tea garden area under a roof lo...
Posted by bela on Mon, 26 May 2008 06:12:00 PST

Sleepy Thursday - Hot and Bothered

It's suddenly started to get warm and I've been sleepy all day. The school down the road woke me up again with their sports day practice. I may have to treat them to the sight of me running amok in my...
Posted by bela on Thu, 22 May 2008 07:50:00 PST

Repo Man

Just watched Repo Man, a film I first saw back in my university days. My boyfriend at the time thought this was just the greatest film. He was a punk, or sort of. Had one of those weekend blow-wave mo...
Posted by bela on Wed, 21 May 2008 10:06:00 PST

Work Angst

The typhoon passed without incident. Just a bit of humidity and rain.Work was chaotic today. Problems. last night one of our students, who we had assured could get a place on a university course, quit...
Posted by bela on Tue, 20 May 2008 09:10:00 PST

Typhoon Number 4

Typhoon number 4 is heading our way, but it isn't expected to hit the Japanese mainland. It'll probably just bring a bit of rain tonight. It's already raining now, actually. I just took the washing in...
Posted by bela on Mon, 19 May 2008 06:16:00 PST

Monday

Today will be busy as I go to teach my private students on Mondays. I'm now thinking about how long to continue doing this for. I need to sit down and work out my finances, but I can't do that until m...
Posted by bela on Mon, 19 May 2008 07:50:00 PST

Im Back :0)

I've been away from the blogging for a while. I think I just needed a break. Hopefully I am now back. I've been very busy. Last night I went out to a friend's birthday party. I hadn't seen him for six...
Posted by bela on Sun, 18 May 2008 06:39:00 PST

Put the Kettle On

Put the kettle on.I have had a quiet day off. Got up late and soaked in the bath for an hour. Cleaned up and very little else. Went out for a walk and then out for an Italian meal with the man.This we...
Posted by bela on Sun, 11 May 2008 08:00:00 PST