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Claire

I would rather be shot in the face than say ‘lol’ out loud

About Me

------ good things. --- Anne /// My Dog /// Fosters Home For Imaginary Friends /// Fun Wednesdays /// The Boosh is loose and a little bit raw /// Laughing /// Getting advice /// Tarantino /// Eyebrowy /// Conor Oberst /// Southern Comfort /// Dylan Moran /// Douglas Coupland Novels /// Karl Pilkington /// Alex Zane /// Monkeys In Santa Suits /// Loud And Quiet /// Antics /// Frantics /// Novelty cover versions /// Mongrel /// Mister Ted,my friendly childhood teddy bear /// Songs that go 'jingle jangle' /// Songs with clapping in /// Songs with glockenspiels in /// Band's with exclamation! marks in their name /// Modular /// Saddle Creek /// Rough Trade /// Moshi Moshi /// Kitsune /// Last.fm and chart time /// Rice Krispie Squares /// Beatles memorabilia /// Pearls /// Penguins /// Cherries /// Glowsticks /// Glockenspiels /// Brocolli /// Lo-Fi /// Toni & Guy /// Prawn Sandwiches from M&S /// Prawns in general /// Mozzarella /// Cherry Bakewells /// H&M /// Acapulco On Georges Street /// Stealing Mints from Acapulco On Georges Street /// Jalapenos /// Fruice when I'm hungover /// Fruice When I'm Sober /// Buckfast /// 'Rubber Soul' /// 'Turn On The Bright Lights' /// The Cribs first album /// The Mighty Boosh /// Belle and Sebastian in the sunshine /// Rambling through Dublin city with my ipod full volume /// High High High Heels /// New Dresses /// Peely-offy facemasks /// Mandigans /// Cardigans /// Nail painting /// Barry M makeup /// Pyjamas /// Clappy Hands /// Cutaneous Horns /// *asterisks denote actions* /// Maxing Playlists /// Making Mixed CD's /// Accosting friends to listen to said CD's /// Drinking with Anne and listening to music before we go out /// Aldi /// Zooey Deschanel /// Natalie Wood /// Grace Kelly /// Edward Norton /// Ross Noble /// Peter Kay /// Cillian Murphy /// Alan Donahoe /// Christian Slater /// Ricky Gervais /// John Cusack /// Noel Fielding /// Kieren Webster /// Lists /// Trashy American reality shows /// Sarahs handmade presents /// Anne when she's drunk /// How Sean spells stuff as 'stough' /// Being melodramatic /// Getting to know new friends /// Relearning about old friends /// Stripy jumpers /// Buying new dresses /// Listening to loads of Beatles albums in a row and wishing it was the 60's /// Watching A Hard Days Night and wishing it was the 60's /// When my dog high fives me /// High fives /// Getting my hair cut /// Rants /// Paul McCartney and his 'thumbs up' /// When I'm too knackered to take off my own jewelry so somebody does it for me /// 'D.A.N.C.E' /// The video for 'D.A.N.C.E' /// Making plans /// Pear Kopparberg /// Hugs of the Longwill variety /// Hugs of most other varieties too /// 'Toothpaste Kisses' by The Maccabees /// Photos of the profile picture quality /// Supermassive bling /// Presents day /// Calling people cheesy pet names like flower and petal /// Long mail messages /// Trying to remember what happened the night before /// The lyrics to 'Piazza,New York Catcher' /// Going on myspace and seeing you have loads of messages and comments /// Bleepy music /// The word 'bleepy' /// My tshirt collection /// Looking for new music /// The shop in Wexford town that sells really leftfield compilations you don't find in many music shops /// Huge promo posters you can steal for your wall at home /// Footage of Carl and Pete when they were in L.U.V. /// Giving people presents /// Recieving presents /// The 16/A /// When me and Anne do our cackle laugh when we're really drunk /// Photos of nights out /// Pasta salad /// Big handbags /// Sean describing the phrase 'The bees knees' to me via a text:"like the bees knees-bees carry pollen in sacs on their legs.i.e the juicy goodness is kept in bees knees and that's why stough is great=bees knees" /// The word 'cunt' used with undiluted venom /// Scrambled eggs on toast /// Saying stuff is the best thing ever /// Streching when I wake up in the morning /// Peter Petrelli /// Joel McHale /// E! News(it's trashtastic) /// Hollyoaks(it's even more trashtastic) /// When a person gives you a drawer /// Kamakaze bins /// When you're really tired and you get to lie on your bed /// Not having to queue for stuff /// Front row centre /// Conor Oberst(I've said it before,but I've come to the conclusion that he's Jesus,and he deserves another mention) /// Orlando Weeks /// Daniel Kessler /// The classified ad page in Hot Press /// Michael Scofield /// Stickers /// Sun dried tomatoes /// Pesto /// TvLinks.com /// Sesame Seed Bagels and Philadelphia /// My 'A Hard Days Night' mug /// Nice aftershave /// Nice perfume /// Seans blue and grey stripy jumper /// The 'fishie noise' /// Brownies and ice cream /// Crunchie ice creams /// Purple tights /// Ron Weasley //// Orange juice...but not with bits in /// Ego-building /// Sunny day walks /// Mozzerella,sun-dried tomato,and pesto toasted sandwiches /// Reunions /// New potential friends /// When I'm so drunk that I'll drink anything,even Pernot,and even Goldshlagger,and even wine that tastes like petrol(and enjoy it) /// Day trips /// Tea parties and picnics /// 'Le Disko' by Shiny Toy Guns /// Spider pig /// Cheap sweets and sticky bars /// E! Entertainment Channel /// Finding out about cheap gigs of bands you love and adore than you CAN go to /// Free Erdinger tshirts /// Polaroids /// That moment when you're dancing in The Bernard Shaw and you realise it's a)not a dancefloor,and b),there's nobody else dancing but you and your equally trollied friends /// Valiant returns to Dublin /// The fact that Apple LQD's taste like Apple lollies from when I was a young'un /// Deep yet drunken conversations on steps at the Harcourt Street Luas stop at 3am on a Wednesday night/Thursday morning /// Waking up to a nice smelling pillow /// Walks home in the rain under and umbrella with someone you are fond of /// The idea of me and Anne having our own gaff /// The fact that I don't really get spots anymore(if you see me with a spot,please don't say 'in yo' FACE',there are some exceptions) /// 'You'll need heart and you'll need courage,we all need time;so let's make tiiiiiiiiiiiiime work for us,let's make tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiime work for us,let's make tiiiiiiiiiiime work for uuuuuuuuuuuuuuus,let's make tiiiiiiiiiiime work for us----let's take our precious time about it,let's take our precious time about it.....etc' /// Front row at a gig /// Clean sheets /// The feeling you get before a big exiting event you've been looking forward to /// Brownie making /// Mug painting /// That Pasta Bolognese thing I make when at Seans house /// Finding a place to live after househunting to no avail for weeks /// Polka dot bomber jackets /// Floamy /// Nostalgia /// Having a bunch of gigs to look forward to /// When Anne calls me 'sweetyface' /// Skylights /// The Shins' bass player /// Cajoling /// Michael C. Hall in 'Dexter', but not in 'Six Feet Under' /// Googly eyes /// Putting sunglasses on my dog /// Sex in the City reruns /// Private jokes /// Lunch with Sarah /// Shopping with Sarah /// Urban Outfitters(for browsing strictly,I can't afford it) /// Bagel factory - get this:A sesame seed bagel with cream cheese, mozzarella(melted), sweet peppers, and sundried tomatoes.It's to die for /// Thick gravy /// Electric blue tights /// Turqouise tights /// Basically,coloured tights /// Kate Nashes dresses(more style in her little finger than Lily fucking Allen,though her music's a bit shit...just like Lily Allen's) /// Q. Blooregard Kazoo /// The word 'hurrah' /// The pizza in Difontaines at Eamonn Dorans /// Trips to the cinema /// Butter popcorn /// Rolo yoghurts /// Milkybar yoghurts /// Rasher sandwiches /// Hard Working Class Heroes /// Cocktails /// Anne singing the Noahs Ark song /// Vanilla scented candles /// Comfy sleeping /// Five euro dresses /// The drumming on 'Lifted or the Story is in the Soil,Keep your Ear to the Ground' by Bright Eyes,especially on 'Don't Know When But A Day Is Gonna Come' when they break it down at the end.And speaking of breaking it down,the bit on 'False Advertising' after the word 'mistake' /// The Midnight Juggernauts remix of 'I Get Around' by Dragonette /// Huggy Bear books /// I think it's time I said Conor Oberst again,this is the third time he appears on this list I believe /// Doing the weekly big shop(is it odd that I like it?) /// Special K /// Cartoon watching /// How Sean calls Fosters Home For Imaginary Friends-Bloo's House For Imaginary Pets-fantastic /// The Stars' remix album that is 'Do You Trust Your Friends?' /// How I've come around to drinking vodka-much cheaper than my previous avenues /// Nice new Tesco's /// Clubcards /// Superdrug /// Lotions that smell like cocoa butter /// Red nail varnish /// Mr Ted /// How Sarah says 'amazing' /// Sarahs super long likes and dislikes on her about me section-I'm inadvertently trying to beat her(but I never will) /// The Maury Povitch show /// When people on Jerry Springer get married /// People on Jerry Springer /// Anne's lobster story /// Everything that Anne did last night(10th October 2007),especially when she told the bouncer she was 'an army gazelle' /// Thursday night shopping /// The Wombats' 'wooo-oooh-ooooh-oooh's' /// Anniversaries /// Making brownies /// Treats /// How easy my job is /// My new colourful dome umbrella /// My new flourescent hoodie /// New stuff in general /// Pinafore dresses /// Being the most dressy person in the office /// How funny it is when my very furry dog gets a haircut /// The word 'also' /// The word 'deadly' /// The idea of having money,very,very soon /// Thinking of couples me and Sean can dress up as for Halloween /// Laughing at the angry face guy at Antics /// Bitching about the Polish people we live with /// Myspace stalking/bebo stalking /// Entire weekends in Gorey just lying around drinking,watching DVD's,and making baked goods /// Art Brut /// "Noted fashion photographer Mr. Nigel Barker" /// Treats from M&S(I am particularly fond of the Black Forest Gateaux bars and Butter flapjacks-excuse me while I salivate....everywhere) /// I am fond of Ryan Gosling as Noah in the Notebook /// Halloween dress up /// Bewleys Traditional Breakfast /// Leon's Bailey's Cheesecake /// Getting home before the cunts we live with and STEALING the tv for the evening /// Realising you're drunk and it's gonna be pretty much deadly /// Mick dressed as Hitler /// Anne and her plastic chainsaw /// Hand holding /// How Milkybar and/or Rolo yoghurts have become included in mine and Seans breakfast schedule /// Anne and Alan /// Getting promoted to head office /// Cuisine de France pastries /// Pancakes /// Michaels St.Patricks Day 'Power hour' story /// Thoughts of Paris /// Free coffee /// Huge headphones /// Christmas plans /// Sean wearing my pyjamas /// Sean waring HIS pyjamas(that I bought him,yes,they are fabulous) /// The fact that the cunts(old housemates)took their shit and left /// Brie /// Cinema visits /// Warm shoes-keeping them on the radiator before going out is where it's at /// The hazelnut praline bars from Aldi /// Lemon creperie /// Lie-ins // Returning home /// Thermal tights for winter work days /// Deep fried jalepenos stuffed with cream cheese is fairly amazing /// 'Be Safe' by the Cribs /// When a band you go to see throws flowers at you /// New cameras /// New housemates that are nice /// The cherry and almond tarts in M&S /// Seán is pretty much the best guy ever,I've always thought /// Haivng tons and tons of new music to listen to /// Scrambled eggs on toast is ace /// As are crumpets /// And most being at home comfort food that your parents buy /// 'Posh cheese' /// Daniel Farraday /// The time travel stuff in Lost /// The boy-girl gang harmonies in Los Campesinos! /// I am ashamed to say I am obsessed with 'A Shot At Love With Tila Tequila'.I mean,she's a wench,obviously,but it's AMAZING /// Coming home at the weekends /// Getting my haircut and for the first few days it's really easy to take care of /// Michael Cera and as a seperate thing altogether: /// Michael Cera and Ellen Page singing Anyone Else But You at the end of Juno would surely melt you /// This weather we've been having /// Gael Garcia Bernal /// I have a guilty pleasure in the shape of 'How I Met Your Mother' - I know it's wrong but it feels so right /// Summer plans /// Ethan Hawke ///--- bad things. --- The Twang /// The witch in Sleeping Beauty /// Lucy Kennedy /// The E4 Voiceover Man /// Red Hot Fucking Chili Peppers /// James Blunt /// U2 /// When the red button doesn't work /// Mushrooms /// College After A Night Out /// Hicups /// Guns N Roses /// Redz/Coppers/21 /// Dishwashers /// Flu /// Radio advertising /// Facemasks you have to rinse off /// Rainy Converse /// Lidl /// Brandon Flowers' Moustache /// Mika /// Johnny Borell /// Wen ppl typ lik dis /// Or LIkE tHiS /// Being disorganised /// Rain when you're on a night out /// Sunburn /// When a band you love make a crap album /// Crap people at festivals /// Rain at festivals /// When I'm not able to see Anne /// Waiting for stuff /// Getting paranoid /// Losing touch with friends /// Orange juice with bits in /// 'Revolution # 9','Fitter Happier' and other bad songs on great albums /// The confused look on a persons face when I'm overtired and I start rambling /// Finding out what I said in my sleep /// 'No craic'/// The fact that Jared Leto has become and emo /// Bees that wake you up in the morning with incessant buzzing /// Flora butter /// Pimp My Ride /// Fergie /// 'Cupid's Chokehold' by Gym Class Heroes /// Brushing my teeth in front of people /// Being sick from Buckfast(it's the worst kind of being sick) /// Everyone in Big Brother /// Chipped nail varnish /// Having bruises and you don't know where they came from /// When I log into myspace and I have 10679 friend requests from more shitty Radiohead copyist bands /// When people don't text back /// Women who use prams as battering rams /// Getting holes in your tights /// When people don't have their change ready for the bus /// Getting nosebleeds at,shall we say,inappropriate times /// People Who Say Bebo Is Better Than Myspace /// Bad Fake Tan /// People Who Can"t Put Their Make-Up On Properly /// Bandwagon jumpers /// Beer /// Impossible To Understand Design Programs /// Pete Doherty-Breaking Up The Libertines/Smoking Crack/Getting Fat/Generally Acting Like A Sap /// The bouncer in Crawdaddy that hates me /// Billy Connolly /// Gillian McKeith and her stupid face /// The Monday morning of a music festival /// Sunburn /// Fucking knackers at festivals who are only there to get plastered then rape and pillage their way around the site /// Sleeping in a tent /// Waking up in a tent /// Having to get dressed in a tent /// Mud /// Spiders /// The acting from most of the lead characters in Harry Potter movies /// Scary gangs of girls /// Cold sweats when you're ill /// How iTunes slows down my computer /// When people talk really loudly on the phone /// When people say hurtful things about those I care for /// The male vocalist from Shiny Toy Guns,he sounds like an emo,though I do like their music besides that /// Liquorice /// Disappointing endings to popular series' of books(I'm looking at you,Rowling) /// The pressure of meeting new people that might hate you /// Poleystyrene cups that make a good coffee taste like a bad coffee /// Waiting for buses /// Waiting for anything,really /// When you don't boil an egg enough and it's all runny /// Hungover bus journeys /// Kids running around screaming and kicking the back of your seat bus journeys /// My bad luck in Sarahs house RE:getting sick /// Forgetting my toothbrush /// How some of my friends are turning into bigger saps by the day /// Starting your day with Radiohead(it's never a sign of a happy,fun filled day ahead) /// Lack of companionship(i.e-being on my own) /// Not having stuff to look forward to /// Not knowing where the next rent/food/drink money is coming from /// When people/bands on myspace over advertise their shitty blogs/gigs that I don't care about /// Repeat Exams /// When people shamelessly kiss ass in order to get 'in with the in crowd' /// House hunting to no avail /// When bread goes mouldy overnight and I have no toast /// Being afraid of not passing college(it's very possible) /// Stomach achings /// Friend request spamming /// 'Captcha' /// The voice and crappy music of Imogen Heap(both solo work and that of Frou Frou and any other endeavours she has associated herself with) /// Polish television /// Messy people /// Waiting for exam results /// People who park in the bus lane /// Bad days at work:Burning yourself,falling twice(and grazing your knee),and burning your finger.Bad day.... /// Emo Conor Oberst /// Old man Conor Oberst /// People who come into the shop at closing time /// Apple Software Updates /// Loud people in internet cafes /// Men who wear sandals/flip flops /// Running out of ipod/phone battery /// When people begin to go 'Ole Ole Ole' at gigs, faux patriotic cunts that they are /// Patriotic cunts /// Old fashioned Tesco's where the roof MAY fall off and they have all the crap food items /// When people spell the word 'legend' as 'ledgend' /// When people spell 'Napoleon Dynamite' as 'Napolean Dynamite' /// Typos /// Laundrette smell /// Missing breakfast /// The slight disappointment of Rufus Wainwrights fifth album /// Temporary jobs and the lack of stability and sanity they bring with them/// Early EARLY morning telly is quite shit /// Coughing /// Microsoft Excel Spreadsheets /// The Enemy /// When bands bypass Ireland /// The saps that have taken over Antics and made it less special /// Girls who think 'Dirty Dancin is da best film eva!!!!1' tend to be saps /// I like CSS as much as the next guy,but don't you think they're a TAD overrated?Or a lot? /// The smell when walking by the Guiness factory /// Waking up with a hangover so bad you want to at your own face /// Having to get a quite long bus journey during said hangover /// When I succumb to Burger King(I never go to Burger King anymore)for the first time in an age with dreams of a Sweet Chilli Chicken Baguette and they 'don't have any baguettes' /// Getting accosted for silly things through my myspace/bebo accounts.Grow up love /// Missing out on winning a CASE of Buckfast in the Bernard Shaw last night /// NME hype of rubbish bands /// Renee in ANTM /// I dislike the emersion in our house,it takes quite literally decades to heat up /// The fact that I have to work on Christmas Eve /// Wet feet /// Being on on my own in the house /// Entire weeks with nothing to look forward to /// Being out of the loop /// I miss the Antics days of yore,circa late 2006/early 2007 /// The night crawlers /// Sore eyes in the morning when you havent slept well /// Noisy housemates /// The fact that I am a light sleeper and Anne never hears any of said 'noisy housemates' shenanigans /// Weekends in Dublin on my own when I have to work weekends /// Waiting for summer to arrive ///
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My Interests

"You know,it's kinda a shame we don't take drugs..." -Anne McKay,The Bernard Shaw,May 9th 2007.
What I've Been Listening To

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    Movies:

  • Fight Club. Thumbsucker. True Romance. High Fidelity. A Hard Days Night. Trainspotting. Donnie Darko. Almost Famous. Breakfast At Tiffanies. The Notebook. Across The Universe Spend An Evening With Saddle Creek. Napoleon Dynamite. Requiem For A Dream. Scarface. Juno. C.R.A.Z.Y. A Clockwork Orange. Dig!. Reservoir Dogs. Kill Bill Vol. I & II. Pulp Fiction. Breakfast on Pluto. Superbad. 28 Days Later. Rebel Without A Cause. Vanilla Sky. The Science of Sleep. Me And You And Everyone We Know. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind. Clerks. Sin City. Say Anything. Withnail And I. Mysterious Skin. Before Sunrise. Before Sunset. The Breakfast Club. Sixteen Candles. Manic. The Devil And Daniel Johnson. Election. The Emperors New Groove.
  • Television:

  • Black Books. The Office. Skins. Family Guy. Peep Show. The Mighty Boosh. How I Met Your Mother. Fosters Home For Imaginary Friends. Heroes. Nathan Barley.
  • I also enjoy the classics: Button Moon. Bananaman. Fantastic Max. Gordon the Gopher. Charlie Chalk. The Sooty Show. And I have guilty pleasures in the shapes of: Hollyoaks. America's Next Top Model.
  • Books:

    Douglas Coupland.Anything by Douglas Coupland. 'Catcher In the Rye' by JD Salinger. Philip Pullmans Dark Materials. 'The Little Prince' by Antoine De Saint-Exupery. 'The Rotters Club' by Jonathan Coe. 'Lord Of The Flies' by William Golding. 'Oedipus the King' by Sophocles. 'The Contortionist's Handbook' by Craig Clevenger. 'The Shadow of the Wind' by Carlos de Ruiz Zafon. 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being' by Milan Kundera. 'The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things' by JT LeRoy. 'In The Miso Soup' by Ryu Murakami. 'The Bell Jar' by Sylvia Plath. 'Fear And Trembling' by Amelie Nothomb./li.

    Heroes:

    Santa Monkey.

    My Blog

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    Posted by Claire on Wed, 27 Dec 2006 08:57:00 PST

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    Posted by Claire on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 01:45:00 PST

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    Posted by Claire on Sat, 11 Nov 2006 01:21:00 PST

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    Well,I thought I would get into this 'blogging' business a little more by boring anyone who bothers to look at this,with my anecdotes and memories of things that happened at Electric Picnic.I will thr...
    Posted by Claire on Thu, 07 Sep 2006 01:20:00 PST