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Maren

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About Me

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My friend once described me saying "she has a tattoo of a lizard and she's not into anything conventional." I guess that's a good way of summing me up.

Apart from that I studied law for 5 years and I'm now desperately trying to get somewhere in the legal profession. I seem to be working quite a lot at the moment and I miss having time to sit around in cafés drinking peppermint tea and reading good books.

My Interests

Art, poetry, literature, music, financial markets, corporate governance, intellectual property, reptiles, dragons, cooking

I'd like to meet:

Anyone intersting. Preferably people who will go out and drink fine wine with me and have random conversations. Or just people who will entertain me when I'm bored.

Music:

My cd collection ranges from Beethoven to Tori Amos to Benton Falls to Pearl Jam.... My favourite band depends completely on my mood. Lately Tom Waits, Nick Cave and Elliot Smith have been getting a lot of listening time. Oh, and Smith6079 rock! That's why they're in my top friends.

Best music video ever:

Movies:

Dancer in the Dark, Leon, Clockwork Orange, Interview With a Vampire, The Crow, Mysterious Skin, Run Lola Run, The Other Side of Sunday, The Corpse Bride

Television:

TV rots your brain

Books:

I love books, my favourites being The Shadow of the Wind, Wonder Boys, Rebecca, The World According to Garp, The Outsider and Slapstick. I'm also a sucker for a good old fashioned murder mystery a la Agatha Christie.

Heroes:

I don't really do heroes. I'm going to make an exception for a fantastic man who will be sorely missed. Go read Clock by Nick Hemsley.

My Blog

Frozen joy

I have a feeling this blog will be a bit incoherent because that is how my brain feels today; incoherent. I'm in Norway now. I've been here for a couple of days now and so far it has been lovely. Let...
Posted by Maren on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 02:51:00 PST

Fortune favours the brave

Or so I'm told. I bloody hope they're right about that. This is what I've done. I've handed in my notice at work, my last day will be January 20th. I've also been in touch with an estate agent to get ...
Posted by Maren on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:11:00 PST

Tom Waits and early morning walks

There are those who say that my heart is completely devoid of romance. My mother claims I'm cold and calls me an Ice Queen. I quite like being called Ice Queen. However, I dispute the fact that I'm de...
Posted by Maren on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 06:13:00 PST

My dear departed friend

It's so wrong that you're gone. People like you are few and far betweenMy friend with the matching tattooWho is going to remind me not to let the bastards grind me down now?And you never got around to...
Posted by Maren on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 06:01:00 PST

Loving London

I have a crush on London. It's the only way to describe how I feel about it. I get that giddy school girl feeling when I think about it and the anticipation of being there gives me a serious case of b...
Posted by Maren on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 03:45:00 PST

Bits and pieces

  WarMe versus the worldknowing that they are rightI am wrongknowing that I cannot winOptions;What are the consequences of surrender?Is it noble to fightto the bloody end?But why fightwhen the e...
Posted by Maren on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 04:22:00 PST

My Addiction

The book junkie strikes again. It was bound to happen at some point or other. Especially after the week I have had, stuck in a luxury apartment in the middle of nowhere. I have been devouring books li...
Posted by Maren on Sat, 07 Jul 2007 10:09:00 PST

Summer Rain

Walking barefoot around the office I was trying to give sound legal advice when I heard the first rumbles of thunder. I felt a little thrill and looked out the window to see the sky light up. It made ...
Posted by Maren on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 04:26:00 PST

The blog that lost momentum

I started this blog once before, while I was still in Norway. I had originally entitled it "The shape of my soul." The idea was to tell you all about the things that have shaped me as a person and som...
Posted by Maren on Wed, 09 May 2007 02:06:00 PST

About belief

I was walking down the street to go to the shop to get some vegetables when I walked past a house where to young men dressed in suits were ringing the door bell. One of them saw me and started talking...
Posted by Maren on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 01:12:00 PST