\m/ Metal Running Sarah \m/

About Me

I rather love: Andy - my sexy, gorgeous, manly hunk of a husband. Thank you for supporting me, loving me and understanding my weirdness. :) xxx
I can't get enough of: photography, writing, metal, running & racing, life, travelling, mountains, sunshine, hiking, 'big' nature, exploring, hanging out with Andy, Chinese, Thai & Japanese food, cooking & trying weird new things, Japanese culture, history, Vikings, Asatru, battles, honour, cats & reptiles, learning, reading, designing, corsetmaking, dressmaking, Parapsychology, being busy, setting myself impossible challenges, 'The Left', Feminism, Anarcha-feminism, nice people....
I despise: shallowness, pointless contempt, war, Bush, 'The Right', ignorance, controlling men, over inflated egos, stroppy teenagers, bitchy girls, consumerism, wanton destruction, McCrap, chauvenism, racism, sexism, terrorism....
I'm a very driven and ambitious person, I believe in living life to the full and doing as much as I can while I have the chance. Life is short. I see examples of this too much at work. So here is what I hope to achieve this year:
Goals for 2007:
Running
- Beat my 10k time of 58:54 - will smash this either on 15ht July or in November...NER to you crappy PB...
- Run a Half Marathon! Check. Got 2:11!! YAY!!!
- Run the London Marathon. Check! Got 5:13!! Hard bloody work a marathon.
- NEW!!!! - Beat my FLM time at the Loch Ness Marathon Oct 7th!!!!
Photography
- Set up studio in house!! New aim - get a few more lights! - Got lights, got space, it's all go...
Corsetmaking
- Make lots of corsets and maybe make pennies. - Any mates who wants one at cost price in any design you want GET IN TOUCH!!!
Writing
- Finish novel and edit. Start others. Send out to agents/publishers. - This is being tackled slowly lol...
Travel
- Possibly Visit: Isle of Wight, Paris (again), Brussels/Bruges, Bath, anywhere with mountains I can climb...
Life
- Pay off huge chunks of debt... - I have nominated this year year of the debt busting!!! - This has been sorted thanks to lovely family who are lovelier than anyone else in the world. Not paid off completely, just transferred to no interest family debt hehe. I love my mum and lil brother. You guys rules more than anyone. :)
www.ztmag.com
www.arachnid-designs.co.uk
www.fetcheveryone.com
www.theparapsychologist.com
Here be some of the stuff I done: I love Pegg & Frost and Zombies....... :)I also love OTT guitar widdling. Like so.

My Interests

Living life to the full. Experiencing as much as I can. Finding decent human beings.

I'd like to meet:

People with intelligence and consideration for others. Which, in this modern age, are few and far between.

Fellow photographers/artists. I want more arty friends, people from all walks of life.

Vikings.

Pirates.

Ghostbusters.

If want to add me please SEND ME A MESSAGE FIRST - and not any old crap either. NO MESSAGE AND I WILL DENY YOU!
I'm fed up of my 'friends' list being full of people I don't know! So become a friend!
P.S. No I don't want to add your band, listen to your music or any other clap trap.

Music:

Regularly damage my hearing with.....

Agalloch
Amon Amarth
Amoral
Anata
Annihilator
Arsis
As Hope Dies
Atheist
At the Gates
Carcass
Capharnaum
Cryptopsy
Death
Dissection
Edge of Sanity
Einherjer
Enslaved
Equilibrium
Falkenbach
Forefather
Fragments of Unbecoming
Ghoul
Heavenly
Hidden in Fog
Impaled
Isengard
Luca Turilli
Ludicra
Manegarm
Martyr
Melechesh
Mithotyn
Moonsorrow
Neuraxis
Pestilence
Rapture
Rhapsody
Sceptic
Spawn of Possession
Steve Vai
Storm
Suffocation
Symphony X
The Forsaken
Turisas
Tyr
Windir

..those are just my favourites, right now, I can't be arsed to name-drop bands I like but not as much as some others. These bands are on my permanent playlist.

Movies:

Anything that's a bit dark and unpredictable. Asian horror. Zombies. Etc etc.

Television:

Some. Green Wing, JAAAMM, Peep Show...

Books:

"If it's individuality you want; if it's self-discovery you seek; if it's revolution you aspire to: READ."

I never have my head out of a book.Currently enjoying historical fiction (viking mainly, but anything set between the 5th and 12th century with lots of swords are fun), trashy vampire porn and some non-fiction books (Chi-Running, The Viking Ages etc)

Heroes:

Bill Hicks
Henry Rollins
Chuck Schuldiner

Photographers:
Fetish/Bondage....
Nobuyoshi Araki
Bob Carlos Clake (RIP 1950-2006)
Emma Delves-Broughton
Steve Diet-Goedde
Christine Kessler
Doris Kostler
Dave Naz

Other....
Richard Billingham
Guy Bourdin (RIP 1928-1991)
Christian Boltanski (Photographer/Installationist)
Horst P. Horst (RIP 1906-1999)
David LaChapelle
Sally Mann
Robert Mapplethorpe
Mary Ellen Mark
Duane Michaels
Helmut Newton (RIP 1920-2004)
Martin Parr
Rankin
Cindy Sherman
Joel-Peter Witkin

My Blog

Marathon, sewing and the curse of the knee

So I seemed to have trained myself for a marathon. That was an experience. I highly recommend it however, it's fun pushing your body to its limits. No, really, tis. In a kind of sick way. Re...
Posted by \m/ Metal Running Sarah \m/ on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 08:28:00 PST

This week I am mostly pissed off because....

...I didn't get the job. I'm gutted. I knew I had more experience than the other two in the both photography and graphic design but for some reason they must not have liked me or something. I feel lik...
Posted by \m/ Metal Running Sarah \m/ on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 06:02:00 PST

Motorbikes - yes please.

I really hope I get this job now just to get a bike!!!! I've always loved them and always wanted one so having to look into it all now is just making me want one even more.... After having trawled the...
Posted by \m/ Metal Running Sarah \m/ on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 09:17:00 PST