Kathleen - ProfilesArchive

About Me

Research work in English Literature presently takes up a substantial amount of my energy. To keep life and soul together I also tutor part-time. I believe in doors opening and closing! ....life is real......and to be fought against as much as possible. Let's join the Knights of Cydonia.......don't waste time...or time will waste you!.. a

My Interests

Literature, Theory, Opera, People, Cycling, Nature

I'd like to meet:

Those of you who are experimental, non-judgemental, non-conformist (conformists welcome if willing to be conformed to my way of living!), non-egotisical and who hate fashion. Let's reject the world together!

Music:

Owen Pallett and Final Fantasy. Sufjan Stevens; Illinoise, Avalanche and Greetings from MichiganVNV Nation - symbolism and expression!Beethoven: String Quartet Op. 130 Grosse FugeDepeche Mode: rediscovered!The Doors: Perception? Obviously!Elliott Smith XO,either/or,Figure 8Joan as Policewoman Real Life

Movies:

Cache. Hidden.....Michael Haneke....you will questionLittle Miss Sunshine......quite the best I have seen this year

Television:

Who has time for it? Well sometimes I switch it on.....but just to observe, mind. hmmmm? Watched the Phillip Pullmann adaption tonight (27/12/06 ugh! This is why I DO NOT WATCH television!

Books:

Book of Fairy Tales Angela Carter Confessions of a Justified Sinner James Hogg Third Policeman Flann O'BrienThe Postmodern Simon MalpasCool Memories Jean BaudrillardThe Making of a Philosopher and Mysterious Flame,Conscious Minds in a Material World Colin McGinnGoethe as a Scientist Rudolf Magnus (hard work!)Inquiring Spirit a new Presentation of Coleridge Kathleen CoburnAll books written by Kurt Vonnegut (message me for suggestions)Northanger Abbey Jane Austen (her best imo)Sartor Resartus Thomas Carlyle (my special pet!)Elective Affinities, Italian Journeys, Sorrows of Young Werther and Faust Goethe. (my God!)

Heroes:

Any of the Romanticism Poets but especially Keats and Shelley

My Blog

Words

words I kissed soft places, caressing ears and elbow joints. Your breath hardly existed.Shallow; I barely heard it. Woman's hips, I could feel your ribs.Was your skull perfect as I traced it wit...
Posted by Kathleen on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 05:48:00 PST

Mindblock

When thought becomes numb And stumbles Without voice, Feeling must look for a language.
Posted by Kathleen on Thu, 23 Nov 2006 05:06:00 PST

Look

look sometimes,when you look at me,i get a shockand start to remember i still exist.
Posted by Kathleen on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 05:52:00 PST

Who will fight wars in the future and how will they be fought?

As Science fiction moves into the realm of Science reality, through the deployment of robotic vehicles on the battlefield, what are the moral and philosophical issues facing humanity? Please read...
Posted by Kathleen on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 06:16:00 PST

Historical Amnesia Anyone?

Fascism Anyone?Laurence W. BrittThe following article is from Free Inquiry magazine, Volume 23, Number 2.Free Inquiry readers may pause to read the "Affirmations of Humanism: A Statement of Principles...
Posted by Kathleen on Sun, 29 Oct 2006 11:09:00 PST

THE LANGUAGE OF TERRORISM. NOAM CHOMSKY.

Chomsky On "Terrorism" By Saad Sayeed10/26/06 "Excalibur" -- -- Known in academic circles for his contribution to the field of linguistics, MIT professor Noam Chomsky is widely recognized as one of t...
Posted by Kathleen on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 09:11:00 PST

MOVING BACK TO THE DARK AGES!

Selling Satan: Iraqi War Dead and the Collateral Damage to America's SoulBy Phil Rockstroh "O Nature, and O soul of man! how far beyond all utterance are your linked analogies! not the smalle...
Posted by Kathleen on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 12:31:00 PST

The God Delusion........Richard Dawkins.

Richard Dawkins arguing the case that religious faith is a dangerous force. So, why does the myth of God continue? Dawkins tries to explain the it's persistence. There is no God, sayeth ...
Posted by Kathleen on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 03:04:00 PST