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Cat Risk

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About Me



In brief!

My name is Cat.. the 'Risk' bit orginally came from my old band, At Risk. I live in Oxford, have a degree in Philosophy & Theology am currently studying postgrad Psychology. I sing in two Oxford-based bands: The Courtesy Kill and Ganger Draft (see my top friends for our pages!)

Music is what I'm most passionate about... I also love films (the more disturbing the better!); reading; haircuts and dye; body mods; second-hand/vintage/customised clothes; my naughty adorable cat, Jon; writing lyrics; themeparks and rollercoasters; candlelight and late night conversations...

My Interests

Tomfoolery and hijinks

I'd like to meet:

Nice people! But not nice in a bland sense, nice in an exciting, enigmatic, fun sense. Which 'nice' probably doesn't really cover. If you want me to add you, send me a message first, I have too many randoms as 'friends' on here already! Ah well. Bands - unless you're local and I might actually have a chance of seeing you play, please refrain from adding me. Feel free to add my bands instead!

I'd like to add that my 'top friends' is in no particular order of favourites/ranking system :P Apart from my bands are first!

Music:

Lots... In particular the Cure, AFI, Garbage, Splender, The Smashing Pumpkins, Placebo, Death by Stereo, The Sundays, Vertical Horizon, Elliott, The Smiths, Morrissey, Rachel Stamp, King Adora, Chris T-T, Depeche Mode, Thursday, Matchbox 20, Dashboard Confessional, Bic Runga, Hellogoodbye, Saves The Day... plus some guilty pleasures like Kid Rock and Michael Bolton. And Take That.... oh yes!

Movies:

Psychological thrillers and good chick flicks. With regard to the first, the more of a headfuck the better! Anything with Angelina Jolie in it. Everything Todd Solontz! My favourite film is probably Adaptation. Other favourites include Happiness, Requiem for a Dream, Ma Vie En Rose, Memento, Gia, The Butterfly Effect, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Bad Education, The Green Mile, Storytelling, 16 Years of Alcohol, About Last Night ... and many more.

Television:

Peepshow, Jam, Monkeydust, Spaced, Ally McBeal, Friends, Angel, Sex and the City, The L-Word. Comedy is always good, and anything that's that little bit 'wrong' generally gets my vote ;)

Books:

Many! The Diceman by Luke Rhinehart is a definite favourite. Some authors: Mark Haddon, A. M. Homes, Nick Hornby, Frank McCourt, Steven Chbosky, Alice Sebold, Angela Carter. Anne Rice. I like thrillers, biographies (mainly of musicians)... and of course the odd bit of chick lit. Also have quite a penchant for trashy women's magazines and their all too compelling 'real-life' stories. I think its a reaction to the overload of philosophy books I've had to read the last 3 years :P

Heroes:

I think Bruce Forsyth is wonderful. And no, I'm not kidding!

My Blog

Quizalicious

PICK OUT A SCAR YOU HAVE, AND EXPLAIN HOW YOU GOT ITTiny little scar low down on the right of my stomach, from when I had my appendix out. My brother's is about 4x as big. This pleases me.WHAT IS ON T...
Posted by Cat Risk on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 12:59:00 PST

Questions, so many questions...

LAST GIFT YOU RECEIVED? A 'I WHEN'S THE LAST TIME YOU WORKED OUT? A couple of weeks ago? My gym membership is severely underused!THING(S) YOU SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON? Band practices! Music, clothes, s...
Posted by Cat Risk on Wed, 09 May 2007 03:55:00 PST

Ganger Draft songs now up on myspace!

We've just finished recording our first demo... the three tracks 'Tabla Rasa', 'No Caution' and 'Beat Faster' are up on our myspace (www.myspace.com/ganger draft)Comments and feedback welcomed (on our...
Posted by Cat Risk on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 04:00:00 PST

Sleep talking

Since I was a little kid I've always talked in my sleep, now and again. But the last few days, I've woken myself up (several times a night) sleep talking.... grrr! Still I was quite amused by what I w...
Posted by Cat Risk on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 01:33:00 PST

Quiz: 'The Last Things....'

LAST PERSON.1. You hung out with?Andy2. You texted?Tristan3. You were in a car with?Andy4. Went to the movies with?Hmm... probably my ex to see Borat5. Went to the mall with?...6. You talked on the ph...
Posted by Cat Risk on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 11:25:00 PST

Ganger Draft!

Alongside The Courtesy Kill, I'm now singing in a new band called Ganger Draft... our debut gig is at the Wheatsheaf, Oxford on Friday February 9th, and shortly after that we'll be going into the stud...
Posted by Cat Risk on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 11:19:00 PST

The Courtesy Kill songs now up on our myspace!

The three songs from our demo are now up on our myspace (www.myspace.com/thecourtesykill), if you have a moment feel free to check them out and let us know what you think! Titles are: 'Friendship; the...
Posted by Cat Risk on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 04:56:00 PST

My degree is over!

... And I got a 2:1, woo! 
Posted by Cat Risk on Mon, 10 Jul 2006 02:41:00 PST

New At Risk EP

Our new At Risk EP has now been recorded! It's 4 tracks: 'Sin Before Sunrise', 'Sou Nyuu', 'My Darling My Angel', and 'Miles To Go Before I Sleep'. All songs are up on our myspace: www.myspace.com/atr...
Posted by Cat Risk on Tue, 11 Apr 2006 09:40:00 PST

Photographers

Both my bands have new line-ups since the last time we had some decent photos done, and so we could really use some cool new pictures (for on here, website, cd inlay etc) so if you're a photographer i...
Posted by Cat Risk on Wed, 22 Mar 2006 04:03:00 PST