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Zoe

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About Me


My Interests

Bill Bailey, Eddie Izzard, Harry Hill, Ricky Gervais, Lee Evans, & The Comedy Store...

Singing harmonies, acapella & barbershop groups, playing guitar/bass/piano, Stomp, West-end musicals, good bands...

Short-term missions, languages, Central America, Romania, Cry In The Dark ...

Animals (main favs: snakes, dogs, rats, whale sharks, giraffes, skinks, kinkajous, zebras, & British wildlife!!)

And other random stuff like chocolate, youthwork, web design, clear nights, long drives, laughing, computers, dancing, mobblogging

I'd like to meet:


How beautiful is this?? One of my (many) guitar heroes, John Smith.

Music:

My main favs:

Goo Goo Dolls, Queen, The Calling, John Mayer, MercyMe, Imogen Heap, Einaudi, John Rutter, Barenaked Ladies, The Kooks, Rooster, The Beatles, Embrace, Vanessa Williams, BarlowGirl, Orson, Dashboard Confessional, Beach Boys, Coldplay, The Cure, Damien Rice, Bryan Adams, Phil Collins, Lionel Richie, Gorillaz, Feeder, Justin King (coolest guitarist ever), Chris Rice, Craig David, David Gray, Casting Crowns, Daniel Bedingfield, The Streets, Foo Fighters, Seal, A-ha, The Killers, Tears for Fears, Del Amitri, Kelly Clarkson, Mariah Carey, Simply Red, Green Day, Motion City Soundtrack (thanks to Katie!), Tree63, Jamiraquai, Clocks, Basement Jaxx, Sting, The Magnets, Good Charlotte, Oasis, Backstreet Boys, Tracy Chapman, U2, Stevie Wonder, Stereophonics, Bonjovi

Movies:

Ok...

Nacho Libre!!!!, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (stop sniggering), Shrek, Cheaper by the Dozen, Anchorman, Napoleon Dynamite, Rain man, Field of Dreams (80s classic), The Game, Shawshank Redemption, 8 Mile, Love Actually (but not why you might think), Rat Race, Bruce Almighty, Goldeneye, All three Austin Powers, Pocahontas, Fight Club, Spider Man 2, Ocean's 11, Rush Hour, Fierce Creatures, Serenity (hehehe)...tons more, just can't think of them...

Television:

Comedies and bbc nature documentaries basically, lol.

Books:

Well, I'm not much of a reader, so apart from the bible, it's mainly: Max Lucado, James Herriot, Jeff Lucas, Gerald Durrell and Brian Jacques. In that order. :)

Heroes:

Oh, man, so many. Randall Williams, 'Joe Reaves', Einaudi, David Attenborough, John Terry, Mr.Mahoney, Dave Robson, Jon & Abby, Steve C, the old guy at THT, Dawnie Reynolds, Lesley Thompson, all the guys and girls at Body&Soul ('peace out one love!!'), Albert, Nicoleta, & all the others.

Miriam, Esther, Ruth, Deborah, Abigail, Lydia, Sarah, Mary, Mary M, Anna...timeless courageous women who show what it means to really worship God.

My Blog

An Easter nature blog

Happy Easter everyone!! He is risen! :) When preparing for the Easter festivities at church and reading the Easter story, this year the part that struck me most was that of the women. "On the first da...
Posted by Zoe on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 05:31:00 PST

Singleness!!!!

Well, with Valentines Day coming up I figured now is the perfect time to promote the joys of singleness!!!! If you're single there's no need to feel you're missing out on anything, and here's why :) ...
Posted by Zoe on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 04:17:00 PST

why I like YOU!!!

Just to explain  I wanted to give each of you a little gift this Christmas, but as it was rather impossible to buy 90-odd presents for you all, I have opted for this. I think it's important for you a...
Posted by Zoe on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 05:57:00 PST

Pretty fly for white guys ;)

Two blogs in one night... amazing!! :D I just wanted to show off some of the stunning, smart gentlemen I have the pleasure to share a youthwork college course with!! See - youthworkers don't alwa...
Posted by Zoe on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 02:21:00 PST

The fun side to teaching English

One of my best mates, Kate, is spending two years in China teaching English to Chinese student teachers, who then return to their local villages and teach it there. She is also doing a lot of undergro...
Posted by Zoe on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 09:39:00 PST

ARIZONA: october 2006 :)

I spent 16 days in Arizona, as part of a music team with Steve Cooper, taking services at churches, assembleys at schools, and presentations to youth and uni groups about the work of Cry In The Dark. ...
Posted by Zoe on Sat, 04 Nov 2006 10:32:00 PST

Photography worship

My love of Autumn, enjoying God through nature, and my recent discovery and subsequent obsession with the 'Manual Focus' button on my camera, has led to the results below. There is so much beauty in n...
Posted by Zoe on Sun, 24 Sep 2006 06:38:00 PST

Prayers that change lives

I have stolen the below 'sum' from Steve Cooper (Director of Cry In The Dark), who uses it a lot in his talks, but I feel its simplicity makes a very powerful point:   Compassion = sorrow + ...
Posted by Zoe on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 03:54:00 PST

Biblical donkeys (& Isle of Wight photos)

This entry is dedicated to two people: Hev, who demanded I return from my holiday with lots of photos of cute animals, which gave me the perfect excuse to fully indulge and yet not feel the least bit ...
Posted by Zoe on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 11:29:00 PST

A tribute: the versatility of the human voice

As many people will know, I am obsessed with harmonies. I adore them... I am always awestruck whenever I hear a good choir, and particularly an Acapella one. It could just be me. But something ju...
Posted by Zoe on Sat, 27 May 2006 10:06:00 PST