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are you going to smoke that?

"We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars"

About Me


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My Interests

Lying on a hill top with my dog and a good book, not wearing shoes, poetry, making things from not much, my family and Florence.....possibly one of the most beautiful places in the world...... width="425" height="350" .. Baby Ella..... Ella now... These are some of my most revered artists, writers and poets...plus some of their work.... Simone de Beauvoir Albert Camus D.H.Lawrence Will Self W.B.Yeats Tom Sharpe Frieda Kahlo / Salvador Dali The Persistance of Memory (Dali) Andy Warhol Kimiko (1981) Pontevecchio Bridge... ........ Vernazza... ........ Vernazza once again...

Philosophy, properly performed was to be nothing less than a guide to pleasure: "The man who alleges that he is not yet ready for philosophy or that time for it has passed him by, is like a man who says that he is either too young or too old for happiness."Those who heard the rumours (about the life of Epicurus) must have been surprised to discover the real tastes of the philosopher of pleasure. There was no grand house. the food was simple, Epicurus drank water rather than wine and was happy with a dinner of bread, vegetables and a palmful of olives. "Send me some cheese so that i may have a feast whenever i like" he asked a friend. Such were the tastes of the man who had described pleasure as the purpose of life. He had not meant to deceive. his devotion to pleasure was far greater than even the orgy of accusers could have imagined. it was just that, after rational analysis he had come to some striking conclusions about what actually made life pleasurable - and fortunatly for those lacking a large income, it seemed that the essential ingredient of pleasure, however elusive, were not actually very expensive.HAPPINESS, AN EPICUREAN WISH LIST1. A home 2. Friends 3. Freedom from superiors, infighting and competition 4. ThoughtYou don't have to throw out your playstation or i-pod to live simply but just think about the things you buy: if it adds beauty, utility or fun to your life then buy it. Otherwise it's useless. To complete Epicurus's list I would like to add... 5. Creativity 6. Fun EpicurusThe Four Philosophers Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)Pimp Your MySpace Profile -MySpacePimps.com


I'd like to meet:

Happy people.......smiley people......with common sense. Not much to ask for eh??? Yousef Islam... formerly Cat Stevens. ............................................................ ..............Seu Jorge...

Music:

Badly Drawn Boy,Rufus Wainwright,Jose Gonzalez,Greenday, Chilli Peppers,Tracy Chapmen,The Killers,Jack Johnson,Pink Floyd,The Doors,Massive Attack,Missy Higgins,Keaton Simons,The Kooks,The Feeling, The Rolling Stones,Arctic Monkeys,U2,The Strokes,Scissor Sisters,Razorlight,Led Zeppelin,Foo Fighters,Reef,Seu Jorge...anything that i feel some emotion with. Formula's simple really.I love this man....

Movies:

Ong-Bak Music Video



This is alot of the fighting parts from the movie Ong-Bak Thai Warrior. Just watched Frieda.......v.good film. Amelie, Ma Mere, Comme un Image,True Romance, The Life Aquatic, City of God, Sylvia, Waking Life - usually independent or foreign film are more my bag but i don't live by rules.

Television:

Like to watch mainly documentary stylie thingies. Like also that one about the animals on a big farm. You know the one with that man with the beard? Mr Longleat.....or however you spell it. Love all the elephants man.......i want a job like that.

Books:

'Making History'....Stephen Fry. Genious Genious Genious. Very bestest author of the moment...the guy is a wonder- Alaine De Botton (favourite is 'Essays in Love' and 'The Art of Travel'), 'Nineteen Eighty-four' George Orwell, anything by Iris Murdoch, Simone de Bevoir, Will Self. Like to indulge in the classics....Bleak House, P and P and so on. Absolutely love to read the Times on a Sunday morning ove a coffee and a cig.....there is a reason why that's so cliched....because it's so true." I like to talk to myself. It is one of my greatest pleesures. I often have long conversations with myself and i am so clever that sometimes i can't understand a single word of what i am saying. " Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

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Heroes:

My dad........soppy i know! The pictures below are of my four brothers and my dadlol

My Blog

Poem - Unjustified skin.

UNJUSTIFIED SKIN He reaches his hand out to untie her hair, Subliminally asking her to lay out her soul before him. "I'll take you to Mars and beyond; Give yourself to me and i'll sing you a song Of l...
Posted by are you going to smoke that? on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 04:45:00 PST

Odes for ode's sake.

Tend to my Heart.Deep and dark and restless night, I feel anger surrounding me as I write.Why is it that I, Your daughter,Should feel this hurt?You've condemned her to slaughter.They're staring at me ...
Posted by are you going to smoke that? on Sun, 19 Nov 2006 02:32:00 PST

Ditty.

BELIEVINGYou tell me I'm dreaming,But I'm all for believing, I'm seething, retrieving what's rightfully ours.Outshone by the moon, Out-beemed by the stars, Surely I needent have to work this hard.I'm ...
Posted by are you going to smoke that? on Sun, 19 Nov 2006 02:03:00 PST

Pensive writing to the sound of a rockin' beat.

On Taking Things That Don't Belong To YouSomething has been stolen from the house of locked doorsIt's a sad irony and the girl at number thirteen deserves it.She stole from the tree and now has to bea...
Posted by are you going to smoke that? on Sun, 10 Sep 2006 11:33:00 PST

Sunday night and it's raaaaayyynin'!

Okay so here it is. I haven't posted a blog for such a long while and now i sit here and feel ready to write so i shall let rip. Is it such a bad thing to feel like you just don't wanna be part of th...
Posted by are you going to smoke that? on Sun, 19 Nov 2006 01:56:00 PST

'Ode to authority

Social divisions, I'm loathing devisions.        &n bsp;         &n bsp;       &nb...
Posted by are you going to smoke that? on Sun, 08 Oct 2006 08:50:00 PST

Some manga/anime that i'm working on.x

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Posted by are you going to smoke that? on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 10:36:00 PST

another poem

'Free as a bird!' she exclaims.The sound of white boysgrunting at carsinogenic pictures on the box reminding her that this is why this is thisand that is that:The truth lies.He ruptures his spleen imp...
Posted by are you going to smoke that? on Tue, 29 Aug 2006 05:52:00 PST

poem

Enjoy the darkA lonesome walk 'dans le park'The little girl laughs at the strange dog on a stringshe does not know it kisses her whilst she sleeps.Dreaming of slumber personified, arranged in circles,...
Posted by are you going to smoke that? on Tue, 29 Aug 2006 05:47:00 PST

Old sky photos.

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Posted by are you going to smoke that? on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 07:04:00 PST