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harriet

very serious about taking things not too seriously

About Me

The conventional ideas about the young modern woman suggest that she is:
(i) rude to her parents and seniors and impatient of authority;
(ii) neglectful of her real duties;
(iii) Selfish about her pleasures;
(iv) unconcerned about matters of public interest;
(v) uncontrolled in habits, given to drinking, smoking and sexual promiscuity muchos besos amigos.

My Interests

a varied selection of twentysomething trivialities
including but not limited to - reading-in-bed washing clothes walks supermarket shopping i am keen

I'd like to meet:

no one new, thanks.

Music:

a small selection of pop music
including and sometimes limited to- plinky plonky music tunes with a beat plus a larger selection of other music too

Movies:

a growing selection of interesting films
including but not limited to- blue velvet me and you and everyone we know belleville rendez-vous and a small selection of gangster based films

Television:

a selection of old-man-centric classics
including but not limited to- twin peaks louis theroux documentaries frasier as well as many different comedy series, films made for television and one-off shows

Books:

a specific selection of fiction
including but by no means limited to- dave eggers geryoneis haruki murakami as well as the usual selection of "hip" and/or "indie" comics, short stories and somewhat fantastical novels

My Blog

first year

me :: oldschoolthem :: pulp - babiesfirst yearfinished yearnow it's junesecond yearsecond yeari'll be back soon
Posted by harriet on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 02:25:00 PST

parma violets and an apology

me :: sulkythem :: fleetwood macthis is so tragicand i'm such a slutfor whoring out snacks,retro drinks, fruit'n'nutchocolate and sweets.it's not cool, they're just eats....
Posted by harriet on Thu, 24 May 2007 02:16:00 PST

raspberry panda pop

me :: alrightthem :: whirrrrrthe sky was so blue(raspberry panda pop blue)and the sun was so yellow(lemon opalfruit yellow)and wearing a skirti sat without shirtas my shoulders turned red(strawb'ry lo...
Posted by harriet on Wed, 23 May 2007 06:23:00 PST

supposedly summer

me :: warm, inexplicably happythem :: dramamine, modest mouseit's supposedly summerbut it's not very sunnyinstead we have coldness and rainsoi'll wear long shortsdream of beachside resortsand wait for...
Posted by harriet on Tue, 15 May 2007 10:55:00 PST

back to the borough

me :: excited, sore of throatthem :: pulp - lipglossthe clocks have gone forwardand i'm leaping tooback to the boroughand back to the viewof streets so suburbanof parks and of townsof places and i kno...
Posted by harriet on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:22:00 PST

ladybugs and camping trips

me :: alrightthem :: speakers are broken, somehowi stretch like a catdaffs bend this way and thatas the days get soft'n'longerthe sunlight it gets strongeras soon there will bebees for you, bees for m...
Posted by harriet on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 02:35:00 PST

we've not much time

me :: excitedthem :: interpols antics albumi just thought you'd like to knowthat i'm back homewatching people goand people growthere's things to doand words to rhymecome quickly nowwe've not much time...
Posted by harriet on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 02:46:00 PST

to and fro

me :: oh yes pleasethem :: pulp - countdowni forgot how much i love to sewback and forth and to and fro(softly softly with the pinsneedles and threadand other things)
Posted by harriet on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 02:19:00 PST

starting again

me :: alrightthem :: nothingit's january's middlethe starting againof places to go wind to blowrain to rain(what there can bewithyou'n'i, them'n'wewith things big and smallnot too much, not at all)...
Posted by harriet on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 03:52:00 PST

incredible

me :: excited, warm, restedthem :: sufjan stevens - casimir pulaski dayif only you knewthe places i've beenand the things that i've seen -they're incredible, inedible. ...
Posted by harriet on Mon, 01 Jan 2007 08:20:00 PST