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Venus in Furs

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About Me

"Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything that it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more". -Erica Jong ----------------------------------------------- I am a work in progress. I am a writer, mother, healthcare worker, wild bouncy gypsy tigger girl and a whole lot more. I am currently just sitting back and thoroughly enjoying my thirties and all of the serendipitious magical moments that come along with it. I tend to be a bit on the sarcastic side, and don't mind admitting that I can be downright intense at times, but try to have as much fun along the was as humanly possible... Sometimes despite myself. Life is a grand adventure. Sing, dance, live, and make some noise! a

My Interests

(wrestling, tackling, whatever..) one day at a time. I have been spending a lot of time with my nose in a book lately. I have also been (albeit intermittenly) working dilligently on my writers block... So far it only looks a little like a rectangle, but I guess that's progress. I spend a lot of time in my garden, I find it to be incredibly therapeutic, and being surrounded by flowers isn't so bad. I would have to say, also, that getting my kid through high school intact and still relatively sane is definitely my number one priority right now. That takes up most of my time. My favorite place to be is as close to people and as far into nature as I can possibly go. I love camping, traveling, living life to the fullest, and taking every opportunity that life allows to grow and evolve as a person.

I'd like to meet:

"A guy walks up to me and asks "what's punk?". So I kick over a garbage can and say "that's punk!", so he kicks over a garbage can and says "that's punk?", and I say "no, that's trendy""

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Music:

Iggy and the Stooges, PIL, Dick Dale, Etta James, DRI, Bratmobile, Tom Petty, Velvet Underground, The Cure, Rolling Stones, Pixies, Flogging Molly, Echo and the Bunnymen, David Bowie, Buzzcocks, Ani DiFranco, Fugazi, Eels, 13th Floor Elevators, Nina Simone, Mazzy Star, The Pogues, Dropkick Murphys, Sonny Rollins, Van Morrison, Ricki Lee Jones, Jane Sibbery, L7, Bikini Kill, The Runaways, Mozart, Ertha Kitt, Arlo Guthrie, the chieftans, 7 year bitch, social distortion, Ramones, Joni Mitchell, Aimee mann, Jane sibbery, Blossom Dearie, The Animals, John Coltrane, Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughan, Anita O'day, New Model Army, Stiff Little Fingers, Flaming Lips, Josephine Baker, etc. etc, and the list goes on and on and on. I could literally sit here all day. (Brian Eno must die)... Rap, Hip Hop and 70's Prog rock are my kryptonite.

Movies:

Still crazy, Kill Bill, Breakfast at Tiffanys, Pretty in Pink (I am from the John Hughes generation)The shining, The Turning Point, Wild at heart, The Haunting, Carnival of souls, Brazil, Alices restaurant, Anne of the thousand days. Again, I could go on and on.

Television:

Rome, Sopranos, CSI, Deadwood, Law and order, BTVS (Joss Whedon is a freakin genius), The Tudors, Notorious, Big Love, Jackass, etc... The history channel is my friend... I have just recently picked up a world war II obsession after watching band of brothers. I am also totally hooked on Lost. I always appreciate good writing, but it is imperative at times that we turn our brains off and laugh at ourselves. I should probably read more and watch less television.

Books:

“Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light." -Dylan ThomasOk, authors are easier... Phillipa Gregory, Margaret George, I am a nerd. I love historic novelists. I don't have space to list them all here. Jim Carrol... Although maybe he belongs in the heroes category.

Heroes:

My son Jonah, My daughter Cinni, my saner half Chris, The Dough boy, Patti Smith, Joan Jett, Anne Boleyn (I want to be just like her when I grow up), Edward Gorey, Shel Silverstein, Steven Vanzandt, Joss Whedon, Bettie Page, Sylvia Plath, Dylan Thomas, Anais Nin, Elenor Roosevelt, my father

My Blog

Nada, zip, zero... Not much.

Fatigue. That is the word for the day.I sometimes wish I could rip out my poets soul and replace it with a nice normal one.Ya know?I get sick sometimes of this ever changing dance of contentment, disc...
Posted by Venus in Furs on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:42:00 PST

Girl in a box

My new job is ok, everyone seems nice. Whatever. Less drama... I think.Blah, blah blah.Nothing new on planet M. Sinking slowly into winter and all that entails.Why am I writing a blog with nothing to ...
Posted by Venus in Furs on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 08:33:00 PST

Round to the ground where I know I must stay

Lately I've been dancing in ceiling fanscircled in secrets, playing a gamewell I know it sounds strange but it could be the other way round to a town where they don't know your name.....SO. I start my...
Posted by Venus in Furs on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:33:00 PST

New job... YAY!

I just got a job at another house in the agency.I will be leaving my current work schedule... (as follows)Mon, Tues, and Fri 3pm to 11pm and sat and sun 7am to 3pm (I was hitler in a past life)My new ...
Posted by Venus in Furs on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 07:43:00 PST

Mourning?

I found out about my grandfathers passing today.He is the third in three generations of men in my family to pass in the last four years.It went backwards, starting with my nephew and my father.By the ...
Posted by Venus in Furs on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 07:53:00 PST

Just a few thoughts on a typical Tuesday

I am starting to feel out of whack, off balance if you will.In the midst of it all I am also trying to gain/hold on to my perspective and not become completely consumed by impending (and impeding) apa...
Posted by Venus in Furs on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:23:00 PST

Getting it out of my head....

I awoke today in your rough and tumble blue collar townI found myself wishing for a pair of ruby slippersOr a somaI saw your sweet face and stopped&For just a momentWe were okBut it's notI'm notEvery ...
Posted by Venus in Furs on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:56:00 PST

Yay... And ouch.

Went and saw Dropkick Murphys in the square in Buffalo tonite. One radio report said 10,000 showed up... I'm not so sure about that, but there were a fuck load of people.So, I just spent an evening ge...
Posted by Venus in Furs on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:17:00 PST

I’ll take door number three, Bob

Change is hard. I see monarchs and dragon flies every where. Still.I wish I could just grow wings, if I could literally just fly from one place to another this wouldn't be so hard.My birthday came and...
Posted by Venus in Furs on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:46:00 PST

Birthday poem

Ok, so here it is.I am thirty six today, and four years away from the dreaded forty.In an effort to stave off the overwhelming sense of panick that has ensued as a result of this day, I have written m...
Posted by Venus in Furs on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 08:57:00 PST