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Laura

get lost

About Me


My life is a collection of childish anecdotes involving kebabs. I miss not having a cat - in fact, I decided today that I am going to open a cat/tortoise sancturary for poorly moggies and tortoises. I like tortoises, they look like sleepy old toothless men. I enjoy bad smells and have been told that I am perpetually 15 minutes late. I'm very good at Tetris. I used to be in a band called happycasio! playing synth and theremin. I need to find another noise-making outlet quite soon, I think. My feet are getting itchy.

My Interests

Lounging, reading, quiz machines, knitting, music, port etc.

I'd like to meet:


See this lady below playing the theremin... that's Clara Rockmore. I would like to have met her, but she's dead. Hopefully she would've been able to teach me a thing or two on the old theremin. I bet she never lost an antenna.

..This profile was edited whilst bored

Music:

They Might Be Giants, Depeche Mode, Flaming Lips, Emiliana Torrini, M.I.A, early Suede, Django Reinhardt, Blur, Bobbie Gentry, Devo, Pixies, R. Crumb, Death In Vegas

Movies:

American Splendour, Woody Allen, Clockwork Orange, Harry Potter, Batman. There are lots of films I like. Hitchcock films too. Sometimes I will see a film I really don't like and will go on about it for ages, more so than films I do actually like. Hostel, for example. Do not watch it. Actually, watched IT for the first time in yonks the other day - crappest ending ever.

Television:

Documentaries about war, University Challenge (I feel smug when I get a question right), Hollyoaks (sorry), Mighty Boosh, The Office, a good period drama, Alan Partridge, Black Books, Green Wing, and that bit in You Are What You Eat where Gillian McKeith shows the person what they've eaten that week and its just a table full of kebabs and pies and curries. I love that bit.

Books:

Lots of books by lots of different people. Anthony Burgess is my favourite. Last book I read was The Growing Pains Of Adrian Mole by Sue Townsend, and at the moment I am reading Enderby's Dark Lady by Anthony Burgess

Heroes:

Clara Rockmore, R. Crumb.

My Blog

Re: Sol

Resolutions.  Its never worth making any, but in 2007 I will attempt to learn to cook and stay away from terrible men. Last year my resolution was to become more knowledgable about wine.  Th...
Posted by Laura on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 03:42:00 PST

My new house

It's not really a house.  It's a flat in a converted pub in Bow.  It's got big bedrooms and a little round balcony overlooking a garden.  I move in next week.  I've never been so ...
Posted by Laura on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 06:47:00 PST

Drum Buddy - seriously. This looks FANTASTIC.

drumbuddydrumbuddydrumbuddy! This looks like the most fun you could have with a box ever. Whoever invented it should be made king... Look at it!!!!! I'm actually so tired right now... I ...
Posted by Laura on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST