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Strumpet

Living Marionette

About Me

Hello! *Grins like an idiot and waves*

First of all, please talk to me before hitting that add button, people are waaaaay too free and easy with it and it really, really narks me off. I am not some frikkin trophy or another number to add to your collection, OK!! Hmmm, rant over. So, wadda ya wanna know? I am a photographer and a living marionette. I love my camera and standing very still for hours at a time. I want to make money from doing these things one day, until then I shall do it for the joy of it and the love of my adoring audience. I also work in a grey metal box beside the M3, I do 12 hr shifts, so if you see me online at silly O'clock in the morning please say hello, any random conversation will do at that time in the morning!If you want to know what I'm up to, or whether I'm free for beers, or when I'm working... my calendar is here.. http://calendar.yahoo.co.uk/tamsweener12 My life tends to get a little hectic, I like it like that, but it does get a bit confusing unless I have all written down!!I've done some travelling- sailing on a tall ship called TS Astrid, teaching and sightseeing in India and backpacking around Tanzania, I want to do a whole lot nmore before I settle but until I manage to save up some serious moullah it will have to wait.Errm, have a nose about if you want to find out more, I urge you to read my blog or (at least some of it) before you start asking questions, the answers are all there!!I took this on St Cats hill. Nice isn't it.I have a variety of places now where you can see some of the things I do, here are the links, have a gander and let me know what you think, if you like, you don't have to, it's a free world still...FLICKRfairy fotograferLRP and other such picsMatt and Lulu's HandfastingCurveball rocks, I spend far too much time playing it really, but what else do I have to do on long lonely night shifts? I've got to level 6 so far, if you do any better let me know!..And heres some silly personality quiz thingys I've done in moments of extreme boredom.....


You are Strength


Courage, strength, fortitude. Power not arrested in the act of judgement, but passing on to further action, sometimes obstinacy.


This is a card of courage and energy. It represents both the Lion's hot, roaring energy, and the Maiden's steadfast will. The innocent Maiden is unafraid, undaunted, and indomitable. In some cards she opens the lion's mouth, in others she shuts it. Either way, she proves that inner strength is more powerful than raw physical strength. That forces can be controlled and used to score a victory is very close to the message of the Chariot, which might be why, in some decks, it is Justice that is card 8 instead of Strength. With strength you can control not only the situation, but yourself. It is a card about anger and impulse management, about creative answers, leadership and maintaining one's personal honor. It can also stand for a steadfast friend.


What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.


.. You scored as Cultural Creative. Cultural Creatives are probably the newest group to enter this realm. You are a modern thinker who tends to shy away from organized religion but still feels as if there is something greater than ourselves. You are very spiritual, even if you are not religious. Life has a meaning outside of the rational.
Cultural Creative


94%

Idealist


81%

Romanticist


81%

Materialist


63%

Fundamentalist


50%

Postmodernist


50%

Modernist


44%

Existentialist


44%
What is Your World View?
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How Will I Die Quiz
You will die at the age of 69
You will be poisoned by your ex from your 7th marriage
Find out how you will die at Quizopolis.com

You Are Kermit
Hi, ho! Lovable and friendly, you get along well with everyone you know.
You're a big thinker, and sometimes you over think life's problems.
Don't worry - everyone know's it's not easy being green.
Just remember, time's fun when you're having flies! The Muppet Personality Test

My Interests

Being a living statue/doll/marionette with my delectable partner in crime Vixen, aka Jones. www.freewebs.com/strumpetandvixenproductions You can see all the photos from our Brighton Beach photoshoots here... Strumpet, Vixen and a load of people in armour Also I'm into larping, burlesque, vaudeville, comedy, photography, travel, wine, the great big beautiful outdoors - it's massive, have you seen it lately? No? Get off your ass and go for a walk now!! Oh and ME!!! Heres some more about me.... Strumpet--
[adjective]:

A phenonomenon like no other, maniacal and seductive: it cannot fail to amuse

'How will you be defined in the dictionary?' at QuizGalaxy.com Tamsin --
[adjective]:

Visually addictive

'How will you be defined in the dictionary?' at QuizGalaxy.com
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Tamsin, Strumpet, Bored Office Bunny, Lady Marjorie Blithington Smythe, Death and Loretta the 1950's Housewife
Birthday: 17th March, St Paddys Day!
Birthplace: Sherborne, Dorset
Current Location: Winchester, Hampshire, I've not got far.
Eye Color: Allsorts, depending on whos looking, generally described as hazel, but I have these brown freckles in them too
Hair Color: Lousey mousey or pink, depends on my mood
Height: 5' 7"
Right Handed or Left Handed: Right mostley
Your Heritage: Mongrel, dunno, don't really care
The Shoes You Wore Today: The shiney sparkly silver ones, mmmmmmm
Your Weakness: Temptation
Your Fears: Running out of ideas, getting bored, stagnating
Your Perfect Pizza: Today its: Spinach, Ricotta, Sunblush Tomato, Pepperoni, Mozzarella, Fresh Basil and Fresh-ground Black Pepper
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: Save for the European Tour of Strumpet and Vixen Productions
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: Hehehehe
Thoughts First Waking Up: Ugh, what am I meant to be doing?
Your Best Physical Feature: My lovely bottom
Your Bedtime: Between 12 and 2 am
Your Most Missed Memory: Watching dolphins play in the bow wake, with the sun rising and smelling bacon cooking; Walking up the side of the valley wall, looking down at the red monks robes drying on stones by the river, knowing you could stop at the ice cold waterfall pool for a rest before climing up to the Shiva cafe for a ham and cheese toastie and looking out over the whole massive valley below McLeod Gange and Dharamsala; Drinking wine on the Salama, or sitting in a hammock watching the sun set over the Indian ocean, then going back to our little lamplit beach hut on Zanzibar
Pepsi or Coke: Neither
MacDonalds or Burger King: NEVER
Single or Group Dates: Single
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Never tried'em
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate, but its got to be at least 70% cocoa, or Galaxy
Cappuccino or Coffee: They're both coffee at the end of the day, if given a choice, I'll have a latte
Do you Smoke: Not anymore
Do you Swear: Frequently
Do you Sing: Only in private, or for special people
Do you Shower Daily: No, three reasons, a) I think its a waste of water, b) I believe a bit of dirt is good for you and c) I have far more important things to do, like sleep
Have you Been in Love: My heart's been broken, so yeah, but I don't think I liked it
Do you want to go to College: Been there, done that, hated it, quit at the end of me second year
Do you want to get Married: If I meet someone I want to marry
Do you belive in yourself: *pinches self* Yep, I'm here!
Do you get Motion Sickness: No, thank god.
Do you think you are Attractive: Yeah I reckon I'm alright
Are you a Health Freak: Noooooo!!! (The very bloody idea)
Do you get along with your Parents: Love them to bits, though I couldn't go back home to live there permanently, no siree!
Do you like Thunderstorms: Ooooooooh yeah! We had a brilliant one the other day, I walked home through it from Maya's house, got drenched and just stood in the middle of the Cat Grounds looking up at the sky as the lightning turned it yellow and purple and orange and white, laughing at the rain and the thunder in awe
Do you play an Instrument: Does the triangle count?
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: Yep, but you should say drunk, better grammar.
In the past month have you Smoked: Nope, I'm tobacco free!.
In the past month have you been on Drugs: Not really
In the past month have you gone on a Date: Not as such.
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: Nope
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: Nope, that would be piggy
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: Yeah, I recently dicovered how great it is!
In the past month have you been on Stage: Brighton Beach a big enough stage for you?
In the past month have you been Dumped: No
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: Nope
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: No
Ever been Drunk: Never, I get merry, pissed, hammered or wasted, never drunk.
Ever been called a Tease: Yep, many a time
Ever been Beaten up: Nope
Ever Shoplifted: Nope
How do you want to Die: Happy
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: Never gonna be one of them
What country would you most like to Visit: Well, Morocco's next, then Peru, then the rest of the world as I get around to it.
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: Depends on the person
Favourite Hair Color: Likewise
Short or Long Hair: Again....
Height: Prefer taller than me, but it's not vital
Weight: As long as they don't take up two chairs..
Best Clothing Style: Individual
Number of Drugs I have taken: Err, 7! ( Alcohol, Nicotine, Paracetemol, Ibruprofen, Calpol, THC, Antibiotics.)
Number of CDs I own: No idea, never count 'em
Number of Piercings: 3 (Ears and nose)
Number of Tattoos: 1 (Bum)
Number of things in my Past I Regret: None, I see no point.
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I'd like to meet:

Anyone who's interested in the world around them, anyone who enjoys a heathly debate, anyone with something interesting to say... I like proper, long conversations and hold little truck with small talk. However, utterly random conversations are always welcome, throw a bizzare idea my way and I'll run with it!

Music:

Umm, I hate these questions, but here goes anyway; The Dresden Dolls, Thomas Traux, The Hip Hop Farmers, Shpongle, Susuma Yakota, Sophie Lux, Fourtet, Otis Reading, Sandi Thom, The Flaming Lips, Gorillaz, Faithless, Lemonjelly, Leftfield, Beastie Boys, Bob Marley, T-Rex, The White Stripes, Royksopp, The Darkness, Elliot Smith, Queen, Nina Simone, Avalanchers, Smashing Pumkins, Red Hot Chillies, Tenacious D, Bowie, Tracy Chapman, Polyphonic Spree, Morcheeba, Gershwin, Huckleberries, Ryan O'Reilly........Thats a brief idea, theres a million other things I like too, it may be easier to just say....NO to.. Pop, Psy-trance, Gabba, Thrash metal and anything not made with love.

Movies:

I've seen many movies, some were good, some were not, it's not that important to me........... But heres some with me in them!!Oh and I LOVE Bill Bailey... ..
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Television:

I am a TV addict, I don't wish to discuss it, it may damage the therapists work. Strumpet

is a Robot that is fitted with a Flip-Arm, makes Buzzing Noises, runs on Petrol, is Entirely Automated, jams Radio Transmissions, and slithers like a Snake.

Force: 4 Handling: 6 Weaponry: 0

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Books:

I devour them, all of them. Mwahahahaaaaaaaaa! The Wind-Up Doll More than this, yes
more than this one can stay silent.With a fixed gaze
like that of the dead
one can stare for long hours
at the smoke rising from a cigarette
at the shape of a cup
at a faded flower on the rug
at a fading slogan on the wall.One can draw back the drapes
with wrinkled fingers and watch
rain falling heavy in the alley
a child standing in a doorway
holding colorful kites
a rickety cart leaving the deserted square
in a noisy rushOne can stand motionless
by the drapes—blind, deaf.One can cry out
with a voice quite false, quite remote
“I love…”
in a man’s domineering arms
one can be a healthy, beautiful femaleWith a body like a leather tablecloth
with two large and hard breasts,
in bed with a drunk, a madman, a tramp
one can stain the innocence of love.One can degrade with guile
all the deep mysteries
one can keep on figuring out crossword puzzles
happily discover the inane answers
inane answers, yes—of five or six letters.With bent head, one can
kneel a lifetime before the cold gilded grill of a tomb
one can find God in a nameless grave
one can trade one’s faith for a worthless coin
one can mold in the corner of a mosque
like an ancient reciter of pilgrim’s prayers.
one can be constant, like zero
whether adding, subtracting, or multiplying.
one can think of your --even your—eyes
in their cocoo of anger
as lusterless holes in a time-worn shoe.
one can dry up in one’s basin, like water.With shame one can hide the beauty of a moment’s togetherness
at the bottom of a chest
like an old, funny looking snapshot,
in a day’s empty frame one can display
the picture of an execution, a crucifixion, or a martyrdom,
One can cover the crake in the wall with a mask
one can cope with images more hollow than these.One can be like a wind-up doll
and look at the world with eyes of glass,
one can lie for years in lace and tinsel
a body stuffed with straw
inside a felt-lined box,
at every lustful touch
for no reason at all
one can give out a cry
“Ah, so happy am I!”’ By Forough Farrokhzad

Heroes:

Me. I am a strumpet, we're a dying breed, plus I have a theory that no-one ever reads these bits, so I figure I can be as fookin arrogant as I like, however if you are reading this, then you're my hero!

My Blog

Sailing blog, part 3, Yeah I know, its been a long time coming!

The next morning I nervously piloted the boat out and we pootled over to Iona, after anchoring the boat we ferried ourselves ashore in the rib for a look around. Iona is picture perfect; qua...
Posted by Strumpet on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:42:00 PST

Today is a good day

Despite the rain and getting soaked I walked home from the hospital in a jubilant mood this morning. Finally someone has taken me seriously!! When I went to the doctor to get a referal, he was very di...
Posted by Strumpet on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 03:14:00 PST

Sailing blog (part 2)

Huzzah! The photos are up on flickr (have been for a while in fact, my last blog guilt tripped me into getting a shift on with them) I've managed to whittle it down from over 500 to a mere 250 an...
Posted by Strumpet on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:30:00 PST

Sailing blog

I promised an illustrated sailing blog didn't I? Problem is, I'm still working on the photos. Well, actually that's a lie, I've not done any for a while now, but that's because I'm busy doin...
Posted by Strumpet on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 09:50:00 PST

In a nutshell...

I must down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by, And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white sail's shaking, And a...
Posted by Strumpet on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 11:15:00 PST

I love my sofa, but it feels neglected...

I've been so busy over the last month that I've not spent any quality time with it and so today has been spent making amends. I have sat, sprawled, snuggled and slurped coffee on it. I'm now back in m...
Posted by Strumpet on Sun, 20 May 2007 05:32:00 PST

Fucking bastard idiot drivers!!!!!!!!!!

LOOK WHERE YOU'RE GOING!!!!!! Some fucking moron blind idiot drove into me on my way home this morning in broad daylight!! He came straight out of a junction and into my knee. I should have taken his ...
Posted by Strumpet on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:40:00 PST

Itchy feet

Its full of eastern promise, but close enough to be affordable to get to. I'd love to drive or rail down through Europe, visiting the Rock on the way. I want to stay in a Riad in the medina, explore a...
Posted by Strumpet on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 05:13:00 PST

Busy as a busy bee can be

I feel bad, I've not blogged in a while and the last few haven't been particularly cheery or enthraling either. But hopefully that's all settled down, and, in fact, while some of the stuff life's thro...
Posted by Strumpet on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 05:23:00 PST

A TV programme made me cry..

Ok I may be a little tired (and therefore emotional) right now, having finished the last of four 12hr night shifts at 6.15 (that's am if you're not sure), followed by another 15 minutes of arseing abo...
Posted by Strumpet on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 02:49:00 PST