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Kathleen

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About Me

myspace graphics & layouts I'm getting to be an obsessive Biblical Studies person, now researching the Damascus Document and Gospel of Matthew (no doubt for world domination purposes). I like to sit at my desk and gaze over the water to Tayside with the ruins of the Castle, cathedral and St Rule's tower before me. I am an avid writer and blogger, and enjoy languages and travelling. I have a calling to team ministry and have discovered that as the child of 1970s social workers, I'm always going to feel culturally displaced. I am a keen songwriter and love common sense. If BBC2 would offer me a cutting-edge, low-budget series of investigations into Biblical history, I would be keen.
You scored as Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan. You are an evangelical in the Wesleyan tradition. You believe that God's grace enables you to choose to believe in him, even though you yourself are totally depraved. The gift of the Holy Spirit gives you assurance of your salvation, and he also enables you to live the life of obedience to which God has called us. You are influenced heavly by John Wesley and the Methodists.

Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan


75%

Emergent/Postmodern


61%

Reformed Evangelical


57%

Fundamentalist


50%

Neo orthodox


46%

Roman Catholic


43%

Classical Liberal


36%

Modern Liberal


32%

Charismatic/Pentecostal


29%
What's your theological worldview?
created with QuizFarm.comThis sounds all wonky to me, but OK. I don't think that much of me is postmodern...
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Kathleen
Birthday: 12 March
Birthplace: An operating theatre in a non-glamorous locale.
Current Location: My desk, looking out over the North Sea with the St Andrews Cathedral ruins illuminated and Carnoustie twinkling across the bay.
Eye Color: Hazel
Hair Color: Reddish
Height: A little over 170cm
Right Handed or Left Handed: Right for writing etc, but I do most practical stuff left handed
Your Heritage: "Ethnically" Scottish, by Scottish reckoning, plus some Irish, perhaps, and historically Norwegian Viking. There's some French and German in there too.
The Shoes You Wore Today: My big clompy purple boots!
Your Weakness: I have this heel... Or my bad leg. Tap dancing may exude effervescene and effortlessness, but it's a deadly art.
Your Fears: Long-term listlessness.
Your Perfect Pizza: Thin, crispy, authentic Italian crust, the best tomato sauce, mozzarella in sparing quantities, mushrooms, onions, black olives and salssiccia!
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: Pass the GRO and become a fully fledged PhD student!
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: "freak tapdancing accident"
Thoughts First Waking Up: What was that dream all about?
Your Best Physical Feature: I delight in my currently healthy skin.
Your Bedtime: Depends. Can stay up really late, but when I'm working I'm up at 7, so around 11pm.
Your Most Missed Memory: How am I meant to remember that, if I miss it?
Pepsi or Coke: Diet Pepsi, if it's regular stuff OR Diet Caffeine Free Coke
MacDonalds or Burger King: Burger King milkshakes, chips and onion rings, McDonalds some other stuff but I invariably get indigestion and am visited in my sleep by cute rainforest animals who hate me. I'm glad we have neither in my town.
Single or Group Dates: Groups! The pessimist in me anticipates getting stuck with someone who drives me mad. But I do prefer to meet my friends one at a time.
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Neither. Never got into the iced tea thing.
Chocolate or Vanilla: Vanilla, if it's not too sweet.
Cappuccino or Coffee: Neither.
Do you Smoke: No.
Do you Swear: No.
Do you Sing: Yes, but infrequently in public.
Do you Shower Daily: I want to say yes, but... probably, mostly yes.
Have you Been in Love: Yes... with my little godpuppy.
Do you want to go to College: I came, I saw, I got a degree but didn't leave.
Do you want to get Married: Not bothered, overly.
Do you belive in yourself: Occasionally. Usually when I shouldn't...
Do you get Motion Sickness: Hardly ever.
Do you think you are Attractive: Devastatingly, dear.
Are you a Health Freak: Only about a handful of things.
Do you get along with your Parents: Yes. Do they get along with me?...
Do you like Thunderstorms: As long as they're not merely annoying but great bit torrential impressive things, over the bay.
Do you play an Instrument: Several. Well, piano, some guitar (badly), ukulele, recorder, kazoo...
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: No.
In the past month have you Smoked: No.
In the past month have you been on Drugs: No. Well, does taking four paracetemol count?
In the past month have you gone on a Date: No.
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: No.
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: No.
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: No.
In the past month have you been on Stage: No.
In the past month have you been Dumped: No.
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: No.
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: No. What did I do this month?
Ever been Drunk: No.
Ever been called a Tease: No.
Ever been Beaten up: Yes! Finally I get one! Um...
Ever Shoplifted: No.
How do you want to Die: Quietly, preferably while asleep and very old.
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: Grow up?
What country would you most like to Visit: At this precise moment in time, Jordan.

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My Interests

Songwriting, Biblical Studies, the future of the global Church, Liberation theology, pastoral care, piano, being near the beach at all times, ocean-going, the Scottish diaspora, the theology of the tree, Hebrew, reading, the Auld Alliance, cooking, socialism (I'm Old Labour - drat), history, mental health issues, photography, organising everybody's exciting holidays.

I'd like to meet:

A lot of nice people.

Music:

Billy Joel, Billy Joel, Billy Joel, Gavin DeGraw, Sheryl Crow, Gordon Lightfoot, Paul Simon, Sarah McLachlan, Kaiser Chiefs, Sigmund Romberg, Cole Porter, Michael Marra, Sam Cooke.

Movies:

Apollo 13, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Sound of Music (of course), The Quiet American, Generally well-portrayed non-jingoistic history, the Graduate, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Evolution, Gaslight, Casablanca, Easter Parade, Seven Days in May.

Television:

Buffy, Angel, Firefly, Lost, Desperate Housewives, Doctor Who, Neighbours, Simpsons, QI, Meet the Magoons.

Books:

The Power and the Glory The Quiet American Our Man in Havana The Ministry of Fear (Graham Greene) The White Guard (Bulgakov) The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins) The Chosen (Chaim Potok) Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh) The Robe (Lloyd C Douglas) The Last Juror (John Grisham) The Bourne Identity The Osterman Weekend (Robert Ludlum) Song For A Tattered Flag (Geoffrey Trease) all things Alexander McCall Smith

Heroes:

In songwriting, Billy Joel.

My Blog

As I Was Saying...

I have been telling people about this for at least four years now, and people keep laughing at me, or giving incredulous responses. Scientists have launched a multi-million dollar project to reduce fl...
Posted by Kathleen on Fri, 25 Aug 2006 02:25:00 PST

An Evening Excursion to Ninewells (BYO Gown)

When ones flatmate may be having a heart attack, there are certain things one does not wish to encounter. For example, cars that crawl at 20 mph along North Street, obviously looking for a parking spa...
Posted by Kathleen on Fri, 25 Aug 2006 02:23:00 PST

Post 1

From now on, I'll be duplicating my actual blog here. For anything before then, go to http://www.kathleenhelenburt.com
Posted by Kathleen on Sat, 12 Aug 2006 03:57:00 PST