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Helen

If a man eats a kilo of pasta and a kilo of antipasto, do they cancel each other out leaving the man

About Me

Tall. curly. poet. philosopher. friend. green. sister. daughter. cousin. aunt. veggie. wanderlust. writer. knitting. fire-spinner. dancing. dinner parties. happy. curiouser and curiouser. slim. dissatisfied where it counts. colourful. silly.

My Interests

political. social. comedic. unearthly. scientific. artsy. and so on....

I'd like to meet:

Spike Milligan but he's dead - boo! Terry Pratchett who's not dead - hooray! Friends I've not seen in ages or just in a while. Peter Singer. Adrien Brody.

Music:

so many.... here are a few: Camera Obscura. Tiny Dancers. Pink Martini. Garry Numan. Ladytron. Nouvelle Vague. James. The Waterboys. Lamb. Kate Bush. Peatbog Faeries. Sam Roberts. Faure's Requiem. Louis Armstrong. The Stranglers. Belle and Sebastian.

Movies:

Betty Blue. The Dreamers. Angel Heart. Twelve Angry Men. Harvey. Watership Down. Amelie. The Producers.

Television:

YUCK! Not had one in years although am currently sharing a flat with a TV in it. Prefer r2 and r4 and any number of other things

Books:

Anything by Joanne Harris (author of Chocolat)or Terry Pratchett. Spike Milligan's war memoirs and poetry. Robert Rankin's Brentford Trilogy. Jasper Fforde for his Thursday Next series. Toni Morrison's Beloved. Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Rebecca Marr and Valerie Gillis' Men and Beasts. Steinbeck's also good. Rabbie Burn's poetry. Philip Larkin's Dockery and Son (I know it's not a book). Aarrgghhhh too many!!

Heroes:

don't do heroes

My Blog

Happy Burns Night!

Fair fa' your honest sonsie face, and a' that.... Just cleaned up after having the family round for a Burns Supper. Was an excellent evening - all went according to plan, nothing burnt, thistles look ...
Posted by Helen on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 03:47:00 PST

Blimey!

Dammit! just wrote a couple of paragraphs and managed to lose it. Probably just as well I'm having a nice time tonight - enjoying a meal of cheese, Bordeaux and blackberries with CORD playing loud. Co...
Posted by Helen on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 11:49:00 PST

Holidays in Canada

Merry Christmas! For the second time over a festive season I find myself visiting friends in Maitland, Ontario. There is a ridiculously large Christmas tree taking up a sizeable area of the loung...
Posted by Helen on Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:33:00 PST

too much work and not enough play

I've just been told off by my boss for studying too much! She called at home and told me to 'put down the manual and go do something more interesting instead'....she knows me too well. So I have obeye...
Posted by Helen on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 01:32:00 PST

decided to continue

Was debating silently to myself whether or not to get into this blog and have concluded, for the moment, that I shall indeed carry on writing. Here's what I'm going to use this blog for: at...
Posted by Helen on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 02:36:00 PST

Return to work

Still feel crap but went back to work anyway - the excellent thing is...I have a half day today - forgot all about it. So I'm home again after braving the torrential (well almost) rain. Hey there's fi...
Posted by Helen on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 05:42:00 PST

first time for everything

Never blogged on a public space before (I say!). Just got round to setting up my myspace profile but the damn laptop won't let me upload photos from a cd - grrr! Will get on to it with some help methi...
Posted by Helen on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 04:51:00 PST