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tankula

in my head it all makes perfect sense

About Me

i'm a biped, human and hormonally oestrogenic. i like cats more than most people. apart from you. i love you. but you can just stay right there, okay?

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undergoing a period of utter failure in life.

and finally a psa:

i don't accept friend requests from people/bands i don't know. why would i? if you are a band and think i'll like your music, just send me a message asking me to check out your page. if you are not a band and have nothing to say, i pose an even bigger why to you? weardos.

My Interests

arachnophobia. books. cycling. death/mortality. earl grey tea. fucking swearing. grins. hugging my cats. ink. jokes. kisses. love songs to my cats. mountains. nincompoop. oceans. problematising the normal. qwerty. ribald (sometimes). socks. trees. ugly duckling. vegetarian. wilful. x chromosome. yes please. zoomancy.

I'd like to meet:

i think i'm alright for now, thanks.

Music:

apc. tool. joni. modest mouse. pixies. prince. pinback. gil scott heron. jeff buckley. nick drake. fiona apple. marvin gaye. gsybe. ani difranco. pharcyde. black heart procession. nina simone. nirvana. janes addiction. radiohead. pinback. karla anderson. alice in chains. velvets. pumpkins. magnetic fields. the sundays. and stuff.

Movies:

princess mononoke. harold and maude. being there. et. beetle juice. snow white. watership down. pretty in pink. nightmare before christmas. truly madly deeply. indiana jones. johnny depp. and stuff.

Books:

henry miller. rainer maria rilke. hafiz. maya angelou. toni morrison. milan kundera. italo calvino. marge piercy. rumi. audrey lorde. kalil gibran. margaret atwood. dostoevsky. herman hesse. james baldwin. hourani. said. and loads more stuff.

Heroes:

vaclav havel. henry miller. subversive women. cats. bulb plants.

My Blog

Six entries for six people (Israel: Part 6)

And so, the time has come to close out my feelings about my Israel / Palestine trip. I thought six entries for the six people in my travelling group was an appropriate place to stop, and to try to lig...
Posted by utterly shite on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 03:05:00 PST

The Israel Problem (Israel: Part 5)

I recently came across a book I had to have. (I'm always coming across a book I "had to have." I recently quit a job at a bookshop for a few reasons, but a factor was that I didn't make any money: all...
Posted by utterly shite on Mon, 25 Sep 2006 02:46:00 PST

There is no Palestine (Israel: Part 4)

There are roughly three positions to take on the Israel / Palestine issue. (1) You are an "ardent Zionist" with little to no concern about the plight of the Palestinians. (2) You are staunchly pro-Pal...
Posted by utterly shite on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 06:01:00 PST

On being a security risk (Israel: Part 3)

The PSofmyB said my emails don't make him want to go to Israel any time soon. That's not what I mean to be doing here. I want you to go because your experience will no doubt be different from ours and...
Posted by utterly shite on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 11:26:00 PST

On how to tell a story (Israel: Part 2)

Something has happened. Something is always happening, isn't it? But something has happened to make my heart hurt in a different way, and instead of trying to figure out how to tell this Israel story,...
Posted by utterly shite on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 03:29:00 PST

Israel

Very often people (usually men) tell me I am intense. I've never really understood what they mean by it, other than, at best, it is some kind of backhanded compliment. Today, as I sit in my room liste...
Posted by utterly shite on Sat, 09 Sep 2006 06:26:00 PST

On being a bookaholic

I'm starting to think that working in a bookshop is not such a good idea. I've changed from the first shop I worked in, since he was not able to give me enough work. I now work in a shop that speciali...
Posted by utterly shite on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 12:45:00 PST

A question about squirrels

Has anyone else noticed that they have really big balls? 
Posted by utterly shite on Sun, 06 Aug 2006 11:12:00 PST

On bikes and the fantastic River Lee

I got on my bike this afternoon with the intention to ride until I was no longer in London. And I did. I rode until there were golden fields with sheep in and I could pretend I was in France. Although...
Posted by utterly shite on Sat, 05 Aug 2006 10:55:00 PST

The Brainiac Strikes Again!

I got my final results for each class I took last year and I did WAY better than I had hoped. Ahem:Intro to Islam: 1st (A)Intro to the Study of Religions: 1st (A, I was actually only 1% off a distinct...
Posted by utterly shite on Sat, 29 Jul 2006 12:48:00 PST