trace
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an' i ended up here HOW???!
Female
46 years old
United Kingdom
Last Login: 11/26/2006
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trace's Interests
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| General | spendin' as much time as possible with the grandson...damn these educational laws, WE wanna go to "pirate island" every afternoon!; muckin' about on this here interweb; doin' as much as i can with mah lil' fat horse, which ain't much when yer lungs are a tad crap an' y've lost 25% of yer bodyweight!!
an' of course, rock 'n' roll, my greatest love, has suffered most at the hands of this filthy disease; gone are the days when i could drive 4 hours to a gig, give it some serious stick in the pit, drive out to a service station grab a coupla hours kip an' a coffee & head fer the next gig.....have you ever HAD mr bloody Wildheart wag the "dad-finger" at ya fer causin' everyone to worry??! dat man can lay upon ya a guilt-trip that would see most catholic priests stand back in awe.....
however, he also pointed me in the direction of this self-healin' philosophy, an' high upon the list of reasons to survive, up there with watchin' my son & daughter-in-law have a wonderful life; watchin' my grandson grow into the spectacular young man i know he will become; an' breedin' the winner of the George Prince of Wales Cup at the Royal Welsh Agricultural Show (that's mah sad, smelly, horsy-gal dream....); i wanna be able to jist chuck a bag in the car with a toothbrush & jist enuff pants to survive on, an' take off to whatever gigs take my fancy.
would the phrase "or die tryin'" be temptin' fate, d'ya think?! | | Music | oooooooooo....here we go.....in no particular order, jist as it falls outta the heid...
bonnie raitt; ginger; the wildhearts; conny bloom; tracy chapman; ryan adams; jesse malin; janis joplin; etta james; dinah washington; little steven; crown of thorns; the stranglers; the buzzcocks; the ruts; betty davis; miles davis; loudon wainwright; willie nelson; johnny cash; bob marley; tom waits; steve earle; lucinda williams; the backsliders; antiproduct; kasey chambers; rhcp; jason ringenberg (with & without scorchers!); the stones; the beatles; mott the hoople/ian hunter/hunter-ronson; t-rex; david bowie; joe walsh; tommy bolin; sheryl crow; p j harvey; bob dylan; james gang; the eagles; the ramones; iggy; peter tosh; the waterboys; clannad; ac/dc;motorhead;motley crue;john prine;hanoi rocks; screaming blue messiahs; neil young; magnum;hard rain; sir robert of catley's solo stuff; prince; sandy denny.......
this list will only get longer as i keep thinkin' "OOOO! an' i fergot...." | | Movies | it's a wonderful life
harvey
the colour purple
gladiator
near dark
lost boys
mad max (all 3)
hannibal brooks
willy wonka (gene wilder version)
pirates of the caribbean I & II
haunted honeymoon
so i married an axe-murderer
the rocky horror picture show
5th element
leon
highlander
peter pan
the sleeper
christine
ANY st trinian's
MOST carry-on's
again....one which will be added to as my failin' memory dredges up the odd gem... | | Television | farscape
dr who
green wing
peepshow
the muppet show
time team/various archaeological-ish stuff...don't titter!! :0P
scrubs
medium
afterlife
natural history stuff!
| | Books | neither terry pratchett nor tom holt have yet produced a book which has left me feelin' disappointed; which, when y'consider how many they've produced between 'em, is pretty damned good goin'!
i LOVE a good biography/autobiography; and the likes of the brian lumley vampire series jist boggle my mind; i'm also a terrible impulse-buyer, & thus tend to end up with regular boxloads to cart off to charity shops havin' discovered that the best bits of the book were actually the 1/4-page of sleeve-notes on the back. but, hey...can't knock down a coconut every time! ;0P
i'd highly recommend "you can heal your life" by Louise L Hay, for anyone who finds themselves in a place where they're thinkin' "WHY isn't _____________ workin' out fer me, then??!" and even her cd "meditations for personal healing". what have ya got to lose except a half hour of intense relaxation & some readin' that could make a real difference.... | | Heroes | the dalai lama (again!)
Jane Tomlinson (terminal cancer patient, charity fundraiser, superhero.)
Trudi & Taz (go, go...go badgers, go,go,go....)
Zo, Lise & Hell (fer turnin' the race fer life into the fight fer breath! ;0D )
My Son & his Wife; fer never ONCE, EVER, in FIVE YEARS gettin' whiney, selfish & feelin' sorry fer themselves bein' stuck in the middle of this crap, in spite of the fact that they were 19 & 17 respectively an' almost IMMINENTLY to become parents when i got diagnosed. i am too proud fer words.
ginja-baby & conny bloom....you guys know what for....it's as well y'ain't billin' me fer worn-out keyboards. much love.
& finally, anyone who knowin'ly goes ANYWHERE where they'll be in grave personal danger in order t'make sure the rest of us have our complacent eyes forced open to the evils perpetrated against the weak & the helpless. |
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trace's Details
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| Status: | Single | | Hometown: | pegswood...centre of the universe... | | Religion: | Other | | Zodiac Sign: | Leo | | Smoke / Drink: | No / No | | Children: | Proud parent | | Education: | College graduate |
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About me:
hey, y'all....
i'm trace; small, loud, pictish granny currently engaged in a seemin'ly endless barney with breast cancer; but bein' the typical bull-headed northerner i am, i see no reason to give up merely because my lovely oncologist (Dr Mark Verrill, Northern Centre for Cancer Treatment, Newcastle General Hospital) has run outta chemicals to fuck with my system. fortunately, due to the sterlin' efforts of one "Slick Nick" Williams of the Royal Victoria Infirmary plastics department, i may be one very sick granny, but i'm a sick granny with a set of hooters you wouldn't BELIEVE!! :0D
absolutely PIVOTAL to my survival thus far - havin' been officially told i've been dyin' twice, now - are my son, reckless rick; stacey, his wife; kieron, my grandson and centre of every known universe there is; the lovely christopher (ex-b/f & housemate extraordinaire); AND the most incredible friends anyone could ever imagine. in fact, no. you couldn't IMAGINE friends like these. to know that whatever the time of day or night, if i get "the fear", SOMEONE will be there fer me. EVERY time. people who will, at almost NO notice, get in the car at the opposite end of the country, an' regardless of their OWN shit goin' on, will drive stupidly long distances on the country's nastiest motorways jist to be here fer us. or sit at a computer hundreds of miles away on a different continent at a stupid hour of THEIR mornin', "holdin' my hand" an' shorin' up my belief in myself when the scan results come back lookin' like shit an' i quite literally have the fear of death up me. there's not a sum of money, house, car, or any of that fame & fortune shit that i would swap fer that. even if i were healthy.
an' not only will some of 'em find sponsors & RUN fer me, some will run 13 1/2 miles in badger suits so that someday no-one else will ever hafta go thru what we're all goin' thru now.
i'm still tryna work out what i did to deserve you lot. i love you much.
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Who I'd like to meet:
the dalai lama, billy connolly, eddie izzard, peter o'toole (the last of me hell-raisin' heroes left, since ollie & harris went....); bonnie raitt, little steven; an' strangely.... the queen!! altho' obviously, she'd not be able to answer ANY of the questions i'd wanna ask!!
i'd have LOVED to meet steve irwin...the passion the man had fer conservation, even the butt-ugly mean-as-shit-an'-wantin'-to-kill-&-eat-ya guys....there are not enuff people with that much passion for ANY cause on this earth, an' his has been a sad loss.
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