How rude of me!! Allow me to introduce myself.
- Natya_Raskolnikov
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It has been recommended to me that I make a brief introduction. I am new to this forum...be gentle. My name is Natasha, I have the great fortune to be currently living on the hallowed ground of Leeds though I hail from Edinburgh originally. I discovered the Sisters at the tender age of 13 having bought a Christian Death CD, noted the decade in which it was released and got my grubby little paws on "The Dark Side of the 80s" compilation (which I would recommend ) I study medicine, which involves a little more "study" than I am naturally inclined towards. I play guitar in a band called Legion, which if you have ever read a post by the infamous Robert Maisey, you will doubtless have heard something of. And I don't want to start any more sentences with "I" so I'll stop there and hopefully find out more about all of "you". Hello Heartland...
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- emilystrange
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- weebleswobble
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Hello again
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- Natya_Raskolnikov
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"You!!!" she cried in a manner suggesting shock. Hehe, hello Weeble, fancy seeing you here. Last time I saw you you were dancing like it was 1985 in front of a man with a massive hat Hope all is well in Weeblesville.weebleswobble wrote:Hello again
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- 7anthea7
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Welcome to the International Consortium of the Nominally Deranged - please to make your acquaintance!
Who can begin conventional amiability the first thing in the morning?
It is the hour of savage instincts and natural tendencies.
--Elizabeth von Arnim
It is the hour of savage instincts and natural tendencies.
--Elizabeth von Arnim
- Natya_Raskolnikov
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Pleased to make your aquaintance also! Nominally Deranged eh? Well it sure beats deranged with no sense of identity I'm sure deranged is one of the nicer traits I have been named with, so I'm delighted to be nominally so I'm sure!7anthea7 wrote:Welcome to the International Consortium of the Nominally Deranged - please to make your acquaintance!
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- Brideoffrankenstein
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Are you a fan of "Crime and Punishment" by any chance?
- Natya_Raskolnikov
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Yes indeed!!! Well spotted You are a fan also?
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- Brideoffrankenstein
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Indeed, it is one of my favourite books!Natya_Raskolnikov wrote:Yes indeed!!! Well spotted You are a fan also?
Welcome \m/
- 17.auflage
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hello and wellcome
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
- Natya_Raskolnikov
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I thank yeven kindly ma'am. Have you read the idiot? I didn't enjoy it as much, mostly because I felt that crime and punishment dealt with the inevitable moral spectrum of the human soul as opposed to the idiot's idealising that a man could be completely innocent and have that innocence "ruined" by the world around him. Less easy to swallow for me, also it seemed by the very suggestion that you could judge him as innocent and the world as "rotten" to back track on what he had written in C and P, about the acceptance of selfish or destructive motives as a natural part of the soul. What are you reading at the moment?
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- Brideoffrankenstein
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Yes I've read The Idiot as well, though did quite enjoy it too to be honest though not as great as Crime and Punishment. At the moment I am reading Madame Bovary by Gustav Flaubert, I tend to stick to old/modern classics and Russian writers with the odd bit of classic Sci-fi.Natya_Raskolnikov wrote:I thank yeven kindly ma'am. Have you read the idiot? I didn't enjoy it as much, mostly because I felt that crime and punishment dealt with the inevitable moral spectrum of the human soul as opposed to the idiot's idealising that a man could be completely innocent and have that innocence "ruined" by the world around him. Less easy to swallow for me, also it seemed by the very suggestion that you could judge him as innocent and the world as "rotten" to back track on what he had written in C and P, about the acceptance of selfish or destructive motives as a natural part of the soul. What are you reading at the moment?
- Natya_Raskolnikov
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I have not read any russian writers except Dostoevsky but I am a fan of Herman Hesse. What did you mean by modern classics and classic sci-fi? Gimme some examples I am thirsty for more reading just now hehe have spent too much time reading textbooks and psychology books this term. What do you think of Madame Bovary?
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- Brideoffrankenstein
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Madame Bovary is pretty good, it took a while for it to get going though. Quite controversial for it's time apparantly and you can see why. A woman gets bored with her husband has affairs etc, people slagging off religion here and there so you can see why for the time it was written (1850's). Very readable as most books from this time can be a bit wordy.Natya_Raskolnikov wrote:I have not read any russian writers except Dostoevsky but I am a fan of Herman Hesse. What did you mean by modern classics and classic sci-fi? Gimme some examples I am thirsty for more reading just now hehe have spent too much time reading textbooks and psychology books this term. What do you think of Madame Bovary?
Classic sci-fi would be Arthur C Clarke (so far, just got dragged into it by my boyfriend) the 2001 books and the Rama series are superb.
As far as modern classics go, try "Foucault's Pendulum" by Umberto Eco, "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt and "Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell" by Susannah Clarke.
Oh and for Russian writers try "The Master and Margarita" by Mikhail Bulgakov
- Natya_Raskolnikov
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Thank you! I have actually read Johnathan Strange and Mr Norrell Really enjoyed it. Madame Bovary sounds like one to read too, always enjoy the air of mischief around someone who is writing something they know will cause a stir...do you know if the author was well off. Like was he from the same class as the people he wrote about?
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- DrG
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Welcome to the Mad House Natya_Raskolnikov... where our
love for a band that no longer makes records keeps us together...
or sometimes tears us apart.... whatever. Stay and have fun!
love for a band that no longer makes records keeps us together...
or sometimes tears us apart.... whatever. Stay and have fun!
wah-hoo
let's do the war on drugs
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let's do the war on drugs
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- timsinister
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Hell, here too?!
Uh, I mean, welcome aboard
Uh, I mean, welcome aboard
- Natya_Raskolnikov
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Exsqueeze me??? A-baking powder??? You know for someone who is having their dinner provided for them you seem pretty confident in the innate tendency of women to enjoy abuse at some fundamental level
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- timsinister
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You're the psychologist, you tell me!
- Natya_Raskolnikov
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Arrrg you're a nippy wee beggar with your pushing my buttons!!!! I'm not a god damned psychologist
WARNING: This post may contain traces of rage
WARNING: This post may contain traces of rage
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- weebleswobble
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Most of my posts contain traces of vodka
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- Natya_Raskolnikov
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Woo and yay for fermented potato flavoured posts! Though I favour the rum myslef yarrrr cutlass...
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34 posts in a day makes you a c**t, a clever c**. but still
maybe you could teach Maisey basic grammar, but...
welcome
or
"Jamie don't push me into the stinging nettles again"
maybe you could teach Maisey basic grammar, but...
welcome
or
"Jamie don't push me into the stinging nettles again"
Goths have feelings too
- 7anthea7
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And full of multisyllabic words, mind you...paint it black wrote:34 posts in a day
Who can begin conventional amiability the first thing in the morning?
It is the hour of savage instincts and natural tendencies.
--Elizabeth von Arnim
It is the hour of savage instincts and natural tendencies.
--Elizabeth von Arnim