Monday, 30 July 2007
The Slippery slope
Well. Today I start a blog! Its not my first attempt at something like this, though this has a more satisfying name to say. I used to have a journal, and some of the moments that got honoured in there were life changing. Unfortunately, that journal was on a floppy disk, and life changing as they may be those moments can't get onto my laptop, so will have to stay archived!
I suppose my first blog ought to be a bit of an introduction to me. Which is the bit I always hate on things like my space and facebook, so who knows why I am choosing to do it! The first thing you can do is check my other sites out, if you want a preconceived blurb about lil old me. They're at: www.myspace.com/a_happy_dreamer and http://lancs.facebook.com/profile.php?id=273100748
OK, maybe easier to break me down into manageable chunks. Think BBC Bitesize, think me. Kinda.
Passions: I'm a reader and a half , was brought up on books. Like to think of myself as well read and will try most things, though I have developed a mental block for old classics of the "Pride & Prejudice" variety. I love Chuck Paluhnuik, Jean Auel, Phillip Pullman, Neil Gaimen (both graphic and written novels), Ben Elton, Stephen King, Dan Brown (and cohort), Roald Dahl, Nicholas Evans, E.E Cummings, Phillip Larkin and many, many more!
Probably because of this I write short stories and poetry - though have just recovered from a long period of writers block. I love photography, really admire the likes of Holst, Mapplethorpe, Mario Testino, Cartier Bresson and so on and so forth. Anything that shows the human body as art or the everyday as something special can catch my eye and my heart. I do some photography myself, though not enough - hopefully some of my stuff will be shown on here in the coming months.
I'm also really into music - mainly indie and rock, but to be honest anything has the potential to tickle my tastebuds! I'm going to the lowlands festival this summer and cannot wait! http://www.lowlands.nl/
Adverts: So bold and comprehensive a-title. I'm bordering obsessed with adverts, have respect for many and intense dislike for an equal amount. It seems that if a product, a concept or a dream can be captured in copy, in image or in sound then it ought to be classified as art. Think Guinness' White Horses, Dove's "Campaign for real beauty", Coca-cola's sheer brand power, PlayStation's bringing entertainment beyond the screen, Virgin re-defining train travel. Think Andrex Puppy, Halifax Howard and the potential that Tyrannosaurus Alan has! Think Carling belonging and the pure decadence of M&S Food! I love them.
So there we are. That's me. Hopefully you'll "get me" when I've written a few more blogs. I'm complicated, artsy, dreamy and determined. I can be focused bu woolly headed, funny whilst utterly cringe worthy, and downright silly. Sums me up really!
I suppose my first blog ought to be a bit of an introduction to me. Which is the bit I always hate on things like my space and facebook, so who knows why I am choosing to do it! The first thing you can do is check my other sites out, if you want a preconceived blurb about lil old me. They're at: www.myspace.com/a_happy_dreamer and http://lancs.facebook.com/profile.php?id=273100748
OK, maybe easier to break me down into manageable chunks. Think BBC Bitesize, think me. Kinda.
Passions: I'm a reader and a half , was brought up on books. Like to think of myself as well read and will try most things, though I have developed a mental block for old classics of the "Pride & Prejudice" variety. I love Chuck Paluhnuik, Jean Auel, Phillip Pullman, Neil Gaimen (both graphic and written novels), Ben Elton, Stephen King, Dan Brown (and cohort), Roald Dahl, Nicholas Evans, E.E Cummings, Phillip Larkin and many, many more!
Probably because of this I write short stories and poetry - though have just recovered from a long period of writers block. I love photography, really admire the likes of Holst, Mapplethorpe, Mario Testino, Cartier Bresson and so on and so forth. Anything that shows the human body as art or the everyday as something special can catch my eye and my heart. I do some photography myself, though not enough - hopefully some of my stuff will be shown on here in the coming months.
I'm also really into music - mainly indie and rock, but to be honest anything has the potential to tickle my tastebuds! I'm going to the lowlands festival this summer and cannot wait! http://www.lowlands.nl/
Adverts: So bold and comprehensive a-title. I'm bordering obsessed with adverts, have respect for many and intense dislike for an equal amount. It seems that if a product, a concept or a dream can be captured in copy, in image or in sound then it ought to be classified as art. Think Guinness' White Horses, Dove's "Campaign for real beauty", Coca-cola's sheer brand power, PlayStation's bringing entertainment beyond the screen, Virgin re-defining train travel. Think Andrex Puppy, Halifax Howard and the potential that Tyrannosaurus Alan has! Think Carling belonging and the pure decadence of M&S Food! I love them.
So there we are. That's me. Hopefully you'll "get me" when I've written a few more blogs. I'm complicated, artsy, dreamy and determined. I can be focused bu woolly headed, funny whilst utterly cringe worthy, and downright silly. Sums me up really!
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