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Laura

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About Me

I am: Loving, Loyal, Sensitive,
Silly, Serious, Passionate, Moody,
Complex, Emotional, nerdy,
sometimes lazy and sometimes hard working,
very all or nothing, grateful, clumsy... Layout made by sfaith37

My Interests

I love: reading, dogs, tea, white wine,
taking lots of pictures, plants, flowers, nature, music,
taking naps in the middle of the afternoon,
staying up late, all animals, consciousness, free will,
my niece Jenna, my dogs Hugo and Isabella,
my partner Jamie, sex, travelling everywhere,
England, philosophy, learning, art, my lovely friends,
making new lovely friends, my mom, my brother, my cat kitten, riding my bicycle, health,
(starting to love) the gym, feeling good,
teaching, writing, movies, dancing, ancient Greek,
cooking, foreign food, clothes, green,
beautiful things and places, walking my dog late at night, biographies, feminist theory, fiction & literature,
history, being a kind, loving and good person,
laughing, British comedy,
walking in the rain (with an umbrella, of course),
games, politics, what's happening in the world,
equality, peace and justice, BBC, listening to new music,
writing my PhD thesis on Aristotle's theory of phenomenal consciousness, Epistemology, Metaphysics,
Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Language,
museums, art galleries, gorgeous smells, garlic,
chocolate, cheese, cereal, reconnecting with old friends,
doing things I have never done before, going to the pub,
shopping, swimming, all things Greek, happiness

Music:

Ani Difranco,
Sleater Kinney,
Le Tigre,
Yeahs,
Tori Amos,
Pixies
... there are too many to mention... what I am listening to lately....
Fugazi,
Go Betty Go,
Silversun Pickups,
Coldplay,
Norah Jones,
Regina Spektor,
Nina Natasha,
The Eyeliners,
PJ Harvey,
David Gray,
Heavens to Betsy,
The Suffrajets,
Hooker,
Built to Spill,
Modest Mouse,
Julie Ruin,
Tsunami Bomb,
Young People
Tom Petty,
Jeff Buckley,
Rachel Yamagata,
The Be Good Tanyas,
Natalie Merchant,
Cat Power,
Magic Numbers,
Excuse 17,
Halo Friendlies,
Team Dresch,
Pretty Girls Make Graves,
The Streets,
Van Morrison,
Manic Street Preachers,
U2,
John Lee Hooker,
Social Distortion,
Oingo Boingo,
Travis,
Fugees,
Elliot Smith,
Tricky,
Joss Stone,
Mr. Scruff,
Cub,
Bob Marley,
Snow Patrol
.... okay that's plenty for now...

Movies:

V for Vendetta,Amelie, LOTR, Monsoon Wedding,
Big Fish, Leon, Goodnight and Goodluck,
Empire Records, High Fidelity,
Shawshank Redemption, Hairdresser's Husband,
Clueless, Spirited Away, Seven Samurai,
The Hours, Buffalo '66, Waking Ned Devine,
American Beauty, Magnolia, 12 Angry Men,
Monster's Ball, Lost in Translation
... there are more... I also love the comedy of Eddie
Izzard and Dylan Moran....

Television:

League of Gentlemen, Little Britian, The Office (the original), 6 feet under, BBC, Daily Show, South Park, Black Books, Newsnight (BBC), ER

Books:

Beloved by Toni Morrison,
Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingslover,
Secret History by Donna Tart,
Fall on Your Knees by Ann Marie MacDonald,
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys,
Jane Eyre by C. Bronte, David Lodge,
Ian McEwan, Paulo Coelho, Milan Kundera,
Anais Nin,

Heroes:

Socrates,Aristotle, David Hume, My partner Jamie, Ani Difranco

My Blog

I need a break or my head will implode!

This is called "FIRST REACTIONS QUIZ". You have to type the 1ST thing that comes to mind whenever you hear these 35 things. You can't think and go back and change your answers. TIP: erase all of the o...
Posted by Laura on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 12:57:00 PST

Dylan Moran: My other boyfriend

Check out this video: Dylan Moran Add to My Profile | More Videos...
Posted by Laura on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 03:38:00 PST

I had to share the invitation I received for the

the Postgraduate / Staff Party tonight.Sent from my head of department.*********************Staff and PG party this evening, 6pm, Common Room."Be there or be an entity that when combined with circular...
Posted by Laura on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:44:00 PST

So I leave for England on Monday!

I will be gone until the very end of November. (Another 2 months away, how will I survive?!) I will miss you all, but I think I will have easy internet access so I am sure I still be online regularly....
Posted by Laura on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 02:29:00 PST

Outbreak of deadly virus killing DOGS!

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - Dozens of Orange County dogs have been stricken with the often deadly parvovirus, leading animal health agencies to open emergency vaccination clinics. Fifty-one dogs with pa...
Posted by Laura on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:38:00 PST

Party / Get together at my house this Saturday!

So I am leaving again at the end of the month to go to Bristol and I won't be back until the end of November. Since I have only been back for a month and I haven't really had a chance to see many peop...
Posted by Laura on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 03:21:00 PST

Party / Get together Invite!!!!

So I am leaving again at the end of the month to go to Bristol and I won't be back until the end of November. Since I have only been back for  a month and I haven't really had a chance to see man...
Posted by Laura on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 02:01:00 PST

I posted new pictures!

I couldn't sleep, yet again! (I am taking medication because I have a low functioning thyroid and it causes insomnia! Yay!) Since it is too late to do anything productive I started a new album and hav...
Posted by Laura on Sat, 15 Sep 2007 04:31:00 PST

I miss you alll.....

This course is insane. 8 hours of homework a night (and really I should be doing more, but I have to sleep and my mind is mush if I try to do more& hell, it is already mush) and class 6 days a week.&n...
Posted by Laura on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:06:00 PST

Camping!

Hello all,We (Jamie, Hugo, Isabella, and I ) are going camping for the weekend with some friends, so I will  be unreachable by cell or internet until I get back. Just wanted to let you know! Have...
Posted by Laura on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:04:00 PST