I like trees - a lot, wood in general. I love being near the sea and I love the wildness of nature, living in the city I don't get to see it often enough. I like Games now and then (retro/arcade/computer)- even Scrabble. We have a tarantula. I like reading (books rather than papers/magazines) although I do make an exception in the case of Night Doings Hearsezine because it's well written and interesting and I don't need a microscope to read it. I like making clothes but haven't done it for a while. Hoping to have a go again when I find the time and space ;). I collect skulls, although not real ones.
Music
Well I like so many different kinds of music I'd bore the hell out of you if I listed it all here, but I do like to feel something from it - a bit of heart and soul, without it, music like everything else becomes shallow and pointless. I like Metal, Rock, Soul, Reggae and a bit of Blues - I even have my favourite classical and operatic pieces - basically stuff that's become the wallpaper to my life. I love 60's/70's soul (it's just so moving and so cool) The Four Tops, The O'Jays, The Isley Brothers, Ohio Players, Parliament etc., Jeff Buckley, Slipknot, Amen, various reggae, Deftones, Team Sleep, lovers rock such as John Holt, Dennis Brown etc, Mastodon, Hip Hop, Damien Rice, Ray LaMontagne, The Miserable Rich, Nervous Nellie, Buzzcocks, Damned, Pistols, Stranglers, PIL, Snoop Dogg, The Waterboys, Hurricane Smith, Louis Armstrong, Marvin Gaye, Metallica, Alice Cooper, Echo and the Bunnymen, Van Morrison, Gordon Lightfoot, Neil Young, Howard Keel, Mario Lanza, Tom Waits, Robbie Robertson, Ramones, Warren Zevon, Lou Reed, Leonard Cohen, Motorhead, Beach Boys, Thin Lizzy, early Springsteen, Pantera (RIP DIME), Antony and the Johnsons, Damien Rice, Johnny Cash, the Clash, Captain Beefheart, Gang of Four, Nona, Joy Division, Good Weather Girl, White Stripes and a lot of stuff in between. Oh and let me not forget the wonderful John Trudell. ...and when I am missing my late Mother I play Jim Reeves ;) or watch musicals.
Movies
The Wicker Man. Any Hammer Film, particularly the Dracula ones with Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. (My original hairstyle was a first attempt at being the bride of Frankenstein). Meet Joe Black. Bill and Ted. Dogma (in fact any Jay and Silent Bob films). American Teen movies. The Harlequin. Donnie Darko. Star Wars. Invasion of the Bodysnatchers. The Manitou. Nosferatu (the old black and white one). My dinner with Andre. Powder. Man on Wire. I love Musicals such as Oklahoma, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Carousel that kinda thing. The Ealing comedies, especially any starring Alec Guinness. LOTR trilogy. Born to Boogie. Constantine (I still think Keanu is hot). The Day the Earth Stood Still. Flight of Dragons. The Secret of NIMH. Laputa: The Castle in the Sky. The Lion King (Disney was never the same since). The Business of Fancy Dancing. Alice in Wonderland. Skins (not the TV series). Harold and Maude. The Last Wave. Dreamkeeper. and many more......
Television
I don't watch much TV - the aerial is rubbish and I don't have cable or sky ;).
Books
Anything by Whitley Strieber.... Clive Barker.... Sherman Alexie...His Holiness the Dalai Lama.... The Prophet - Khalil Gibran....Paulo Cuelo.... Robin Hardy and Anthony Schaffer's The Wicker Man....Farley Mowatt - Never Cry Wolf.... John Stienbeck - of Mice and Men .... John Wyndham - the Day of the Triffids .... Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll....The Celestine Prophesy - James Redfield....Tess of the D'Urbavilles - Thomas Hardy....
The Works of Oscar Wilde....
Anything by George Orwell....
Winnie the Pooh - A A Milne (because I'm Eeyore first thing in the morning)....
The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint Exupery....
The Velveteen Rabbit - Margery Williams....
On My Way to the Club - autobiography of Ludovic Kennedy.... All Souls - A Family Story from Southie - Michael Patrick MacDonald....
....Laurence Olivier - Melvin Bragg....
Dion Fortune - The Goat Foot God....A Course in Miracles...Colin Wilson - Mysteries, in fact anything by Colin Wilson. I like poetry too and a bit of Shakespeare ...And although its not actually a book - Maddox's X-Mission website - just Google 'The Best Page in the Universe' - it deserves a mention here simply because it's a damn fine read, and there's most probably much more stuff I haven't yet mentioned...
Heroes
'Heroes' implies worship, which I don't believe is appropriate to other humans so I don't really have heroes. But an admiration of a few people and their work would have to include....Marc Bolan...Sid Vicious...Michael Jackson...David Bowie...Mick Ronson... Van Morrison....The One And ONLY Morrissey...Alice Cooper...Dimebag Darrell...Christopher Lee...Vincent Price....Peter Cushing....Michael IX Williams... Michael Alago... Desmond Tutu...His Holiness the Dalai Lama....Peter Lorre...Robert Plant...Brian Robertson...Phil Lynott...Scott Gorham....Elizabeth Taylor....Ludovic Kennedy....Salvadore Dali....William Blake....Sir Laurence Olivier....Leonard Peltier....Johnny Cash....Dave Allen....Walter Lure....Wayne/Jayne County....Johnny Depp....Joe Strummer...Bob Marley...Elsa Lanchester (Bride of Frankenstein)....Vincent Price....HRH Princess Diana....Mohammed Al Fayed....Sir Alec Guinness....Jim Morrison....Jeff Buckley....Gary Lucas....Boris Karloff....Kurt Cobain....Elijah Wood ....Terry Waite....Bill Hicks....Mo Bacon....Michael Pilmer....Tommy Maguire....Michael Patrick MacDonald....Martin Neenan (RIP)....Mum....Dad....Shem....Dion....and John Lydon.
Soo Catwoman was born in West London in 1954. During the long hot summer of 1976 she was invited to a small club in Poland Street, Central London. It was there that she first met Sid Vicious and Johnny Rotten. Club Louise was also frequented by members of The Clash, Billy Idol, Marco Pirroni and the ‘Bromley contingent’ all equally unknown at the time. The movement that became known as ‘punk’ was not given its label until much later.
Soo’s image has been widely used since 1976 and has become somewhat iconic, she has even had a cameo appearance in The Simpsons.
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Who I'd like to meet: Desmond Tutu. Leonard Peltier. Ludovic Kennedy. Elizabeth Taylor. Christopher Lee. Sir Alan Sugar. Mohamed Al-Fayed. Russell Watson. Paul Mc Kenna (so he can help stop me smoking - not because I don't enjoy it but because I actually want to stop - honest!...Basically Honest people, with Good Hearts.
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Aw Soo - you describe Cedric so beautifully. I love rats and think they are very cute, but Cedric has got to be up there with the very cutest. It has been quite a couple of weeks hasn't it. :(
I know it's no consolation now, but Cedric will know that she was a very loved rat and she would have had a very happy life with you. :)
hi Soo yes i was in pieces aswell watching it,your right about Al Sharpton and his kids were beautifull-its a shame that the first time we've seen their faces in public had to be because their Dad had died and should bring home to people just how tortured his life was really.Did you see the bit where Marlon commented on him not even being able to cross the street without being mobbed by crowds??Jermaine bursting into tears seemed to some it all up really i hope he'll be left alone now and that his kids can have the normality that he missed out on i'm setting myself off again take care carrie x
evening Soo did you just watch the mj tribute concert??his poor children,folks seem to gorget about them dont they??his daughter spoke at the end and i felt my heart breaking,so sad x
Soo, I'm very happy that you have the Alfajores!! :) I hope you like it!!! I'm very fine, still sad about Michael's death, but thinking in the future (No future?).
I love you! Cheers to you and your family. Keep in touch, Fer.
Dearest Soo- I am very sorry to hear about Cedric. I know how hard it is to lose a creature you never expected to love as much as you did. And you don't expect to bond the way you do. No words, only eye contact, expressions, sweet voices and your actions. Those connections run deep. You and Dion and Shem are in my thoughts. I am sending you love and light. Always. An e-mail is headed your way soon. I really miss you. xx tb
It's so odd to see that iconic "image" I've seen for literally decades come alive here. I always wondered who was the person behind that hair/face/makeup. It's nice to see the actual person is cooler than the image.
awww hehehe thanks for both comments. I have been enjoying the lovely weather too. Havent had no Thunderstorms yet tho ;) . I Got sunburnt again but not as bad as last time..I think I better keep covered now on hot days ! But alls going well with me. Have my Ultra sound scan 23rd June..not long to wait :) and im going to find out if a boy or girl. Hope you have a lovely day xxxx
