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Chantal

This could be a case for Mulder & Scully

About Me

    I get bored of my 'about me' every now and again and feel inclined to update it, even though I don't know what to say...As I'm writing this I'm living in Worcester, but I'm getting ready to move to Cardiff. Most exciting (packing boxes aside).Friends requests from bands are always welcome. Don't be offended if I don't accept them though - I can be a little particular in my tastes. If I do add you though it must mean I really like you, so er, yay!Friends requests from other people will only be accepted if I actually know who you are! So if you think I mightn't recognise you from your username or profile, feel free to send me a message too, explaining how we know each other. However if you randomly discover my profile and send me a message or friends request because you think I might want to sleep with you, just because you're that damn arrogant - I'll save you the time and tell you now that I don't! Thanks. I really hope none of my pictures give the impression that I might be 'easy', as I'm really not! You have to put in the hours!! ;-P And preferably be tall, dark-haired and attractive. Oh and with a great taste in music of course! Bonus points for instrument playing, especially guitar... What else? The predictable of course - good sense of humour, kind, generous, blah blah blah. A nice accent helps too (though I'm not setting myself up for abuse by actually specifying the accents I don't like!)... Do I sound fussy enough to deter randomers from contacting me yet? Hmm, does that sound arrogant on my part? I hate arrogance, so I hope not. It's not like I expect people to fancy me, infact I tend to assume they don't, especially when I actually like them! See, I'm insane! Head for the hills!!I'm thinking I'm gonna want to re-write all this in a few weeks and that maybe I should have just left it how it was! Oh well... hopefully people don't even read it anyway!
Enough of the nonsense. Some things don't change and you can still check out my most recently listened to tracks right here:

My Interests

Music! Duh. Also, watching my fave TV progs, writing poetry (sporadically!), going to the cinema and theatre, dancing (at any given opportunity), anything kitsch and camp, writing lists and planning things, taking quizzes and doing memes and owning a scary number of pink shoes ( 13 14 at last count!).

I'd like to meet:

Hmm, who haven't I managed to meet yet? Brett Anderson, Michael Rosenbaum, Seth Green, David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Nick Lea... and ooh Owen Powell, the illusive fellow. (1 down, 6 to go! ;-) )

And finally a random YouTube video (which I'll change now and again):

The Schema - Those Rules You Made:

Music:

Catatonia, Cerys Matthews, Suede, Brett Anderson, Ooberman, Ooberon, Symphonika, Queen, Melys, Super Furry Animals, The Bluetones, Mansun, The Tears, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, Euros Childs, Richard James, Easyworld, Big Leaves, Murry The Hump, The Divine Comedy, Pulp, Jarvis Cocker, Space, Amy Wadge, Cathy Davey, Bree Sharp, Jill Sobule, Semisonic, Y Cyrff, Sherbet Antlers, Y Ffyrc, Simple Kid, Barenaked Ladies, The Fiery Furnaces, Kaiser Chiefs, Alanis Morissette, Catch, tobyslater, Kunta Kinte, Hawksley Workman, The Ark, The Free French, Thirteen:13, The Wannadies, Dogs Die In Hot Cars, Electric Soft Parade, Shivaree, Mull Historical Society, James Marsters, Curerbell, Sibrydion, Poppies, Fi-Lo Beddow, Tompaulin, Regina Spektor, Yorkie, Simian, Bright Eyes, The Decemberists, Alun Tan Lan, The Feeling, Gruff Rhys, The Magnetic Fields and Subaphotic of course...amongst others.

Movies:

Dogma, Memento, American Beauty, The X-Files: Fight The Future, Pirates Of The Caribbean, Sleepless In Seattle, When Harry Met Sally, The Net, Donnie Darko, Twin Town, Very Annie Mary, Gypsy Woman, Miss Congeniality, Sorority Boys, Fight Club, Team America: World Police, Chicago, Party Monster, Poolhall Junkies, Empire Records, Labyrinth, Bridget Jones' Diary, Serenity

Television:

The X-Files, Smallville, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, Twin Peaks, Friends, Coupling, Caroline In The City, The Young Ones, Red Dwarf, The Lone Gunmen, Greg The Bunny, South Park, Family Guy, Monarch Of The Glen, Tru Calling, Lost, Bones, Supernatural, At Home With The Braithwaites, Sex And The City, Ally McBeal

Books:

Iain Banks - The Wasp Factory, Ian McEwan - Enduring Love, Alex Garland - The Beach, Chrissie Glazebrook - The Madolescents, Milan Kundera - Identity

Heroes:

Cerys Matthews, Eddie Izzard, Iain Banks, Dana Scully (yes I know she's fictional. Gillian does rock too) and anyone who's just true to themselves and doesn't care what other people think.

My Blog

Random Update: Last blog from Worcester?

This will probably be my last blog post from Worcester. How strange. It's been a good home to me over the past 3 1/2 years, which is slightly longer than I was planning for it to be a home, but still,...
Posted by Chantal on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:52:00 PST

Free Music!!

Who doesn't love free music?? Especially when it's totally fabulous! Ooberman, one of my all-time favourite bands, are offering their entire (well, almost) back catalogue for free!!! Only for a l...
Posted by Chantal on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 05:08:00 PST

A-Z: Joy Zipper - Kenickie

As I'll be needing to pack my CDs soon, I thought I'd try and fit in a bit of A-Zing while I have the chance.Joy Zipper - Out Of The Sun (single)My fave Joy Zipper song :-)Joy Zipper - 1 (promo single...
Posted by Chantal on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 01:24:00 PST

Random Update

No it's not an A-Z post. And no it's not a DVD post (I'm really behind on doing those - sorry people!!). It's just a quick post to share my excitement at getting a new job! Yes, I'm finally moving to ...
Posted by Chantal on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:14:00 PST

A-Z: Its Jo And Danny - Joy Zipper

It's Jo And Danny - Let It Happen (promo single)Another one of my 50p bargain purchases from MVE Camden. Probably shameful that it's the only 'It's Jo & Danny' CD that I have though.Richard James ...
Posted by Chantal on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 08:09:00 PST

A-Z: The Hidden Cameras - International Airport

The Hidden Cameras - The Smell Of Our Own (album)Ah, The Hidden Cameras! If you're not familiar with them, they have really lovely melodic, twinkly, orchestral type tunes, which make you think they mu...
Posted by Chantal on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 01:49:00 PST

A-Z: Adam Green - Heypenny

Adam Green - Nat King Cole (single)Gwacamoli - Topsy Turvy EPI wonder if there are any English bands beginning with the letters 'Gw'. Actually I don't think there are any English words beginning with ...
Posted by Chantal on Sat, 07 Jul 2007 11:21:00 PST

A-Z: Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Adam Green

Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Spanish Dance Troupe (album)The first Gorky's album I got. I'd read good things about it and about them generally, but I didn't really want to go straight to buying an album if...
Posted by Chantal on Sun, 01 Jul 2007 09:45:00 PST

A-Z: The Free French - Gorky's Zygotic Mynci

Ooh, I'm typing this in MySpace. Usually I type these blog posts in LiveJournal first and then copy and paste them into MySpace. LiveJournal automatically saves your posts as you're typing them so I d...
Posted by Chantal on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 01:47:00 PST

A-Z: Fleming & John - Fountains Of Wayne

Fleming & John - Delusions Of Grandeur (album)I discovered 'Fleming & John' very very randomly. When I first got into Jill Sobule I downloaded a song, through a file sharing program, that clai...
Posted by Chantal on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:58:00 PST