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Claire

I am here for Friends

About Me

I have come to the conclusion that writing indepth monologues about oneself and posting them on the internet is damaging to our sense of self.
Hence, personal statements do more harm than good, especially now that UCAS has taken advantage of modern technology.

My Interests

Philosophy. Theology. Religion and all its quirks and implications. Thinking. Art. Piano music. Monopoly. Cluedo. Scrabble. Risk. New Scientist Magazine. Long Walks. Interesting conversation.

I'd like to meet:

Bill Bailey, Richard Dawkins - DONE, The Pope - DONE, Jesus, although to be honest I wouldn't know what to say.

Music:

Eastern European Polka. Ska, best live. Bill Bailey. Beethoven. Neil Innes and the Bonzos. [Three of which begin with a B]. Pink Floyd. Genesis. Simon & Garfunkel. Belle & Sebastian. [Both of which have an & in the title. I like that.] AFI. Opeth. Rammstein. Dave Brubeck & Co. JAZZ in general. Leningrad. + The Offspring for old times sake. Modest Mouse. Dead Kennedys [Despite the grammatical error]. Hell, I even like some indie.

Movies:

Lord of the Rings - though films adapted from books shouldn't really be classed as films in their own right. The Wicker Man. Apocolypse Now. Star Wars. Rocky Horror. Dogma. Bandits. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Ninth Gate. Little Otik. Fight Club. Marx Brothers. Road to Utopia. Dr Zhivago. Trainspotting. Broken Hearts Club. Random Westerns. The Pianist. Twelve Monkeys. Twelve Angry Men. In The Heat Of The Night.

Television:

I like the following: Top Gear, Have I Got News For You, The Heaven and Earth Show, Newsnight, Black Books, Yes Minister, Red Dwarf, Potatoes and Dragons, The Clangers, random documentres that take my fancy and most period dramas. Everything else is just laziness.

Books:

For the past 3 weeks I have read nothing but out of print theology books. But I read other things. Iris Murdoch, Thomas Hardy and JRR Tolkien are all good on the novel front. I like poetry that feels real. and John Clare.

Heroes:

Wittgenstein, Bill Bailey, Richard Dawkins, Jesus, David Hume, Tolkien, Neil Innes, Ian Hislop

My Blog

Pencil Crayons

Gathered in my room are lots and lots of pencil crayons. In days gone by a small girl called Claire used to use them to draw pictures of dragons and rats (she had a thing about dragons and rats), and ...
Posted by Claire on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 04:50:00 PST

Internet called me a Satanist. bastard.

Something really interesting...   You scored as Satanism. Your beliefs most closely resemble those of Satanism! Before you scream, do a bit of research on it. To be a Satanist, you don't act...
Posted by Claire on Thu, 03 Aug 2006 05:22:00 PST

SCORE!

*punches air in triumph* I have just obliterated my previously colossal backlog of emails, which spanned many years. I have never been so pleased to see '0 new messages' at the top of my MSN screen. ...
Posted by Claire on Mon, 15 May 2006 06:21:00 PST

ugh. I am so mediocre.

I really am. Claire, you suck.  
Posted by Claire on Tue, 02 May 2006 12:00:00 PST

YARRR! FEMINISM!

TAKE THAT SOCIETY, I AM WEARING NO BRA! I've concluded that bras are almost entirely pointless. Although they are useful when doing sport, or jumping up and down violently, it is really only very larg...
Posted by Claire on Tue, 28 Feb 2006 11:04:00 PST