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lisa swarna

Oh well, I meant it to look like that...

About Me

A highly confused person. Who loves books.And not much else, apart from trees, plants and rain...

My Interests

smoking cigarettes, drinking coffee, falling off bicycles, scanning book shelves, over-analysing and growing radishes.

I'd like to meet:

Sociopaths with high levels of insecurity, no computer or telephone and no access to one.

Music:

Joanna Newsom, Broken Family Band, Untitled tracks, The Mars Volta, Richard Hawley, Durutti Column, Charles Hayward, Murcof,Vincent Gallo,Sarah-Jane Thirtle, Colleen,Devandra Banhart, David Sylvian, Thomas Truax, Gary Dunne, Nick Cave, Dresden Dolls, Gorecki, Lily Pond, Matmos, Nick Drake, Archive, Coco Rosie, Trespasser Williams, Mazzy Star, REM, Bright Eyes, Suitable Case for Treatment, Martha Wainwright, Fourtet, Murcof, Twentysix feet, Jeff Buckley, Nick Drake, Supergrass, Freeze Puppy, Mr Hudson and the Libary, Pet Shop Boys, Portishead, Massive Attack, The Hawk and the Hacksaw, The Knife, Anthony and the Johnsons, Nizlopi, Tracey Thorn,Regina Spektor, Nina Nastasia, Lamb, At the drive in,Suede, Efterklang, Rod Thomas, Beth Gibbons,Smashing Pumpkins, Midlake, Yaneka, Revere, Rodrigo y Gabriele, Patrick Wolf, Orb, Orbital..

Movies:

A matter of Life and Death, Black Cat White Cat, Roman Holiday, The Return, Brothers Quay films,Underground, All about Eve, Buffalo 66,The Miracle of Life, The Red shoes,Gone to Earth, Great Expectations (1940s one), Heaven, Breakfast at Tiffanys, Roman Holiday...

Television:

not got one...but if i had it would be for Poirot...hmmmm

Books:

Any Murakami, Jasper Fforde books, Peake, Marquez, Rushdi, Angela Carter,Calvino, Kundera,Baricco,Tennessee Williams,Szerb,Blanchot, Tolkien, most poetry, random factual books, small print, the back of cornflake packets, in fact anything as long as its not about protons, though I could be persuaded....

Heroes:

a Cat called Fuschia and a duck called Dee Dee...may they be enjoying their travels...

My Blog

International Car Free Day

Greetings All! Hope your all well, and that the joy of the onset of winter is warming the cockles of your heart! With the promise of Christmas, ope...
Posted by lisa swarna on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 02:50:00 PST

How to kneecap a mouse with a spatula

Gosh- After several months of being kept prisoner by 'The Kidnappers', I finally managed to escape by knee-capping them all with a spatula that I had fashioned out of my own hair, some sticky-back pla...
Posted by lisa swarna on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 04:04:00 PST

extreme sports

I live in a magical world. This gives me the divine right of kings to change Radishes in to Carrots. Just so you know.
Posted by lisa swarna on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 04:07:00 PST

just say no to carrot fly

The radishes are ripe for harvesting, so send your orders in now... I have moved house due to the rebel mice problem, I did have to admit defeat when I was cleaning up moss graffiti daily- saying thin...
Posted by lisa swarna on Fri, 30 Jun 2006 03:20:00 PST

ceilings

I once said I would never paint a ceiling, and now I've broken that promise to myself. I have failed. Oh well. At least I can buy coffee now.
Posted by lisa swarna on Wed, 31 May 2006 02:59:00 PST

this can't go on

I've restored peace and harmony to the garden, battered a dying cat with a spade, and fed it to the squirrels...they loved it..I could of chosen  ravens, but thats too Poe for me... Decided a fer...
Posted by lisa swarna on Wed, 24 May 2006 11:42:00 PST

apparently...

So... I went to Wales. Smoked some cigarettes, drank some coffee, looked at the rain, and thought interesting thoughts about precipitation. Then I came back to Hackney. Where I did the same, looked ou...
Posted by lisa swarna on Mon, 22 May 2006 11:18:00 PST

war

Denziel and I sat looking at each other...as much as a blind cat can look. Her monkey- valet handed me a letter: Dear Madam, Pleased to meet you. This is my faithful retainer, Gertrude. She ( the monk...
Posted by lisa swarna on Fri, 19 May 2006 01:45:00 PST

big mistake

In a moment of blindness, between the coffee induced haze of anxiety and a bronchial cough from nicotine fog, I have made an error of judgement. I don't know how much longer I will be able to write, a...
Posted by lisa swarna on Wed, 17 May 2006 03:45:00 PST

its all over

It rained again. My career as a radish nurturer is over. Been drinking alot of coffee, to get me through the grey days. Decided against a hamster, as we have mice (not pet ones)  and I can't face...
Posted by lisa swarna on Tue, 16 May 2006 03:16:00 PST