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gnute

About Me

I look really young for my age; this has saved me much on bus fares.

My Interests

the young british artists, everyday lolitas, dora carrington, hyperspace & all things superstring, large dogs, hannah arendt, neo-feminism, vladimir nabokov, henry darger, jazz choir, mikala dwyer

I'd like to meet:

a friendly labrador

Music:

right now - fiona apple, four tet, ani difranco, plastic bertrand, tori amos, officerfishdumplings, keith jarrett

Movies:

thin red line, eyes wide shut, what time is it there, dancer in the dark, city of god

Television:

don't really watch (edit: but am a buffy fan. diss buffy and die, rectum breath!)

Books:

Lolita, White Teeth, Anna Karenina

Heroes:

I'm blessed with many role models

My Blog

films I'm gonna see

The International film fest is on next week. Here are my picks, I might review them after: Control Room Doco about Al-Jazeera news network Old Boy By Park Chun Wook (sp?), same Korean who dire...
Posted by gnute on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

how many traffic cones get stolen in a year?

I've updated my website. http://www.gnuted.com and my latest post is an atypical rant about local art. I was spitting and spewing, I was, like Rangitoto back in its heyday. I feel a bit bad now, but I...
Posted by gnute on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

(.....+_+.....)

My heart is full of sadness, especially yesterday. I'm very pathetic. But it's a new morning now, and I want to be a new person, newly born, with a fresh outlook on myself, instead of wanting medicati...
Posted by gnute on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

you know it's you

Someone from the past just hurtled a memory into the present. I didn't know you remembered, I was so sure you forgot everything, but it will always be there, and you, standing there so assuredly with ...
Posted by gnute on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

i read the news today, oh boy

In Malaysia alone: Man converts to Islam to get custody of his children who were brought up as non-Muslims. Judge rules OK. Wife will not be allowed custody because she is non-Muslim and does not w...
Posted by gnute on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

god dreamt up the world

On our first day of art school, our introductory lecture started off like this: "Only 5% of you will make it big. The rest of you, start thinking of something else to do in life!" It's funny how us a...
Posted by gnute on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

thank god for sex education huh

John Ruskin, poet-slash-artist. He was so shocked on his wedding night to discover that his bride did not have a dick that he didn't get it up, or any other time for that matter. For the rest of his n...
Posted by gnute on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

henry darger. he drew little girls that had penises.

He was a dishwasher all his life, an extremely unremarkable life it was too. I think he died in the seventies. When he died, they opened his room and discovered hundreds & hundreds of paintings, drawi...
Posted by gnute on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

and something about parties

I fucking hate this election. g
Posted by gnute on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Ceci n'est pas une blog

A question with wrong punctuation. If you make art only because it is therapeutic, is that art or is it just therapy. g
Posted by gnute on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST