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Diari-a of an academic parasite

Sitting under Socrates' tunic (and by god, it smells)

Created on 2006-07-10 21:07:01 (#10637247), last updated 2006-07-16

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Name:divine_kirke
Location:Durham, United Kingdom
Bio
This is what I'm not:

A pasty, white-skinned Brit
Feeble-minded
Right-wing illiberal
Shockable
Sensitive
Narrow-minded
A telly adict
Bored

This is what I do:
Waste days writing self-indulgent twoddle about Greek virgins immortal and mortal (I'm doing a PhD)
Possess a healthy appreciation of all things weird, wonderful and outlandish as well as all things black, red and flowing
Wine, cigarettes and howling at the moon
Bite toenails (not just mine)
Dress up to go out
John Humphries
Work in the bar
Always have the last word

This is what I used to do:
Two degrees at Magdalen College, Oxford
Lesbianism with biker chicks
Hardcore depression
Squeezing blackheads
Hoarde sharp objects
Incarceration
Inner-city Cardiff (worse than the above)
Hanging around Cardiff cemetery with cheap cider (making the above bearable)
Public speaking
Sylvanian Family animals (in all possible ways)
Be good little Greek girl
Work (in a manner of speaking) in Burger King

This is what I like:
Red things, dead things, black things, things with eyes
The House of Atreus
Learning
Graves and Goddesses
Being proved right
Shiny clever people
Anacreon
Twisted politics
Being proved wrong
Jumping around in fields and woods
Deep conversations
Corned beef pasties
Being deep enough to know I'm shallow
Charity shops
Picking at myself
Odysseus undressed
Fat rabbits
Simpsons 'n' South Park

This is what I dislike:
People in pastel dresses who go skiing in Aspen
People who believe the Bible/Quoran/the American constitution/the Daily Mail
People who read and follow the advice of Cosmopolitan
Waxing bikini lines
Class war waged along simplistic lines
Plato
Sherbet dip-dabs
Tories
Writing profiles for Livejournal
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Interests (37):

academia, all-you-can-eat chinese buffets, alternate mind states, ancient greek literature, ancient history and culture, bitching, blackadder, boats, brass eye, camden market, cheap and plentiful wine, cheesy club music, cod philosophy, cyberdog, going out, goth, grassroots labour party, haunted pubs (haunted anything), horror films, loud conversation, magic, modern politics, mr. nick peacock, my little pony, my little poonani, navel gazing, philology, pillology, red dr. marten's, riot grrl, scandals, scandinavian metal, schadenfreude (jeremy kyle), serial killers, smoking, urban myths, walks in woods

Schools:

Howell's School - Cardiff, Wales - Cardiff (Caerdydd), United Kingdom (1993 - 2000)
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