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basics:
_name, age, location
Charles Henry Jarrett; sixteen; South London, Great Britain
_picture (please limit four & include one clear shot of your face)
http://userpic.livejournal.com/6824431/1293162
art & literature:
_name a musician [or group] who has effectively changed your perspective or expanded your thinking. include lyrics that bear some significance to you, and describe their representation of your ideas & emotions.
I believe I can honestly say that I don't think any particular artists inspire me because of their music. Perhaps I admire a few for the things they do outside of the industry for themselves and for others. However, there are many songs which touch me. I adore love songs, even the sickeningly corny ones. Most recently I've taken a liking to Iris by The Goo Goo Dolls; it was played at the funeral of a friend and the thought of how relevant it must have been to his life kept me thinking.
And I'd give up forever to touch you
'cause I know that you feel me somehow
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
And I don't want to go home right now
And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
And sooner or later it's over
I just don't want to miss you tonight
And I don't want the world to see me
'cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When everything feels like the movies
Yeah you'd bleed just to know you're alive
And I don't want the world to see me
'cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
For me his situation in comparison with this song totally sums relating a piece of music to one's self. And I find that pretty damn inspirational.
_explain, in depth, a particular work of art that you find meaningful, and its importance to you on a personal level.
Y'know I really, really, really like Romeo & Juliet. You can just do so much with it. Re-makes of it hardly ever go wrong. And it's like riding a bike. Once you've done a production of it, or studied it properly, you never forget it.
I just kind of think it's really filled with hormones, I kind of get the impression that if Juliet and Romeo had lived for just two more weeks they probably would have broken up and everything would have carried on as usual...
_construct the following lists to embrace works of sentimental value:
_movies/directors
Oliver!
Grease
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
I like these three movies a lot because I don't dislike them and they were really, really big when they were released.
AI: Artificial Intelligence
This movie made me want to be one of the Mecha. Not the Haley Joel Osment type, but one of the others. The thought of escaping emotion, everything about life being one a level - or even better, a steady improvement - was really attractive to me.
Krippendorf's Tribe
This movie was one of the few examples of how a book and a movie can be really different, but both great. Which is nice. And it was funny. And it had Gregory Smith in and he's just gooorgeous.
Bringing Up Baby
Sunset Boulevard
I don't often watch old movies. But I liked these two.
Legally Blonde
I don't often see a movie which has the exact ending I would want it to have. But this one did. It makes me happy, and the song Perfect Day by Hoku does also.
_books
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Sixteen by P. P. Hartnett
These books are both kind of fun.
The Complete Book of Witchcraft by Raymond Buckland It does exactly was it says on the cover. Heheh. Erm, but yeah it's just easy to read - unlike quite a lot of non-fiction - and I- I like it, yeah.
Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Children from Sex by Judith Levine
Well, y'see, I wanna be a Member of Parliament when I grow up, and one of the first bills I'm going to put forward is one I'm currently compiling. I think the United Kingdom should adopt an Age of Consent system more like that in the Netherlands.
_authors
Shakespeare
Sappho
Lauren Henderson
_items
I have a box. Inside the box are loads of things that I've put in document protectors. Those things are little tokens of the people who I've loved. They've all been unrequited loves, although I still love the people, but I've kept them.
personal & political:
_what is one social ill you wish you could change and why? how does this affect you in your daily life, or in the lives of those around you?
Christianity. Eugh, eugh, eugh. Neeasty, illogical, ignorant, self-contradictory religion. Rampaging itself with the Roman Empire and destroying all the nice Pagan faiths. I'm not willing to believe it all started out with incest. I'm not willing to believe the world was created in 4,004 b.c.. What an unpleasant concept.
I do primarily dislike fundamentalist Christians. But then I also dislike Christians who claim - whether truthfully or not - to not practise the homophobia, et cetera. I dislike people who follow ignorant religions, and I dislike people who don't follow their religions properly, and they fit snugly into both categories.
In Ancient Greece everyone was bisexual. Heterosexuals and homosexuals were both somewhat frowned upon. And I do strongly believe that everyone under the age of twenty-seven should be a polygamous bisexual. Now heterosexuality is the norm, which means loads of suicides and attempted suicides in teenagers who have unrequited love for heterosexuals.
_who or what has most inspired your intellectual growth and why?
Hmm. No one you know. Like, there aren't any celebrities who I model myself on, or who made me have some big revelation or something. But the general rubbishness of being brought up in a household that makes eight-thousand pounds a year, and going to a rather crappy state school has meant that my "easily giving-up" trait and my "academic culture" trait haven't had to clash, and have given me lots of room for self-improvement.
_do you feel that you are prejudiced?
Yeah. Yeah I am. I don't like those wannabe fashionably left-wing, white, middle-class boys who slip into clichés in a not-even-satirical sort of way; and kiss you, but have a wank and regret it afterwards (straight, hedonistic bastards).
I don't like Christianity or Islam very much. And the thought that in Judaism one should stop mourning after seven days disturbed me a little.
And I am irrefragably an elitist. Everyone was - like - comparing me to Hitler when we had to do this project on how people should be chosen to receive one of a limited number of small-pox vaccines a few months ago, 'cause I'd designed this two-week residential to measure one's all-round ability and select based on that.
There's this really stupid boy in my sociology class who just needs to not be allowed the smallpox vaccine. The teacher drilled something into his head - almost sarcastically - and asked him to repeat it. Twenty seconds later she asked him the question, and he didn't know. That's why I hate mixed ability classes. Setting (or at least streaming) all the way...
_do you think it is necessary to be politically correct in a learning environment? a working environment?
Yes. But no. Well, like, to me racism and sexism and homophobia are really stupid and evil. But elitism is kind of logical. I mean by very definition someone who is better than someone else is better than someone else. So why the hell shouldn't they get better treatment.
And being discriminative towards those who discriminate (like, for example, Christians, Muslims, racists, sexists and homophobes) is fine as well. So if we do suspend (or P45) those who discriminate, and give better treatment to the gifted and talented, then everyone else should be treated equally and stuff.
Banter, which can be found offensive, I don't really find appropriate between pupils; or teachers; or pupils and teachers (or their workplace equivalents). Unless, like I said, you're just slagging off someone for being rubbish at sports and generally thick, or something that - by definition means they aren't talented.
_in our generation, who do you feel deserves recognition as a genius, and why? what characteristics do they possess that are definitive of this title?
Ooooh. Nice question. Well I went through a phase about being rather attracted to the concept of superhumans. But then superhuman kind of entails a lot of natural ability, which for some reason doesn't pop to my mind when I think genius. Steve Redgrave has won the Gold Medal at five consecutive Olympic Summer Games, I think that's just great. And Paula Radcliffe smashed of those world records and has an IQ of 121 (which isn't bad)...
Genius. Hmm... Bill Gates has made all of that money and people hate him, but he's not dead yet, I think that's just great too... That's kind of genius.
free expressions:
_describe your greatest passion in life.
A wise friend once asked me - after reading something I'd written, what was more important to me: to love or to be loved. And I honestly answered that it was to love. It makes me emotional, I cry - and I like crying. And I sometimes write - but it makes my writing feel insufficient...
And even though every person I've loved has been someone who I can't have, I've loved him anyway. Even though I'm sexually attracted to females as well and could probably instigate a relationship with one, I'd sooner pursue the one I loved.
_describe yourself in ten adjectives - five positive traits, and five character flaws.
+ Passionate.
+ Political.
+ Multi-talented.
+ Well-hung.
+ Hygienic.
- Arrogant.
- Sinful.
- Sarcastic.
- Easily-infatuated.
- Hyphen-crazy.
_insert a picture, poem, letter, or paragraph that is symbolic of your personality.
Hmm. Well, I guess for it to be truly representative of me then it'll have to be something I wrote, and most of my stories are kinda incomplete and most of my poems I've vowed never to let anyone see again. But there's one poem - incidentally it's - like - the only one that rhymes, which I don't mind y'all reading... Here goes: -
Cold Fire; Stolen Hugs; Vegetarianism;
Holding Hands and Straight Hedonistic Bastardism;
Public Schoolboy in the Jungle, "Li'l Essex Lad".
You make me happy, but this - your sonnet - makes me sad...
He - yes he - my ex-partner in The Game,
The game of phone-sex and of boy-racers,
He alone can boast perfection. His name?
To hear it - Rob - oh how my heart races.
You, Cold Passion, how I do yearn for you:
Your sexy voice, your sexy neck, and yes -
Yes - your amazing nature, which is new.
I adore you. Your earlobe. To caress.
To touch. For hours. Never shall it be!
An unrequited love, again, is this,
Pains to know "a friend" is what you call me,
And your affections lie with that boy, Chris.
And thus - to - no longer will I correspond,
Or call, or e-mail, he of whom I'm fond.
By Charles Henry Jarrett...
...for Robert Peter Edmans
Summer 2003
basics:
_name, age, location
Charles Henry Jarrett; sixteen; South London, Great Britain
_picture (please limit four & include one clear shot of your face)
http://userpic.livejournal.com/6824431/1293162
art & literature:
_name a musician [or group] who has effectively changed your perspective or expanded your thinking. include lyrics that bear some significance to you, and describe their representation of your ideas & emotions.
I believe I can honestly say that I don't think any particular artists inspire me because of their music. Perhaps I admire a few for the things they do outside of the industry for themselves and for others. However, there are many songs which touch me. I adore love songs, even the sickeningly corny ones. Most recently I've taken a liking to Iris by The Goo Goo Dolls; it was played at the funeral of a friend and the thought of how relevant it must have been to his life kept me thinking.
And I'd give up forever to touch you
'cause I know that you feel me somehow
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
And I don't want to go home right now
And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
And sooner or later it's over
I just don't want to miss you tonight
And I don't want the world to see me
'cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When everything feels like the movies
Yeah you'd bleed just to know you're alive
And I don't want the world to see me
'cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
For me his situation in comparison with this song totally sums relating a piece of music to one's self. And I find that pretty damn inspirational.
_explain, in depth, a particular work of art that you find meaningful, and its importance to you on a personal level.
Y'know I really, really, really like Romeo & Juliet. You can just do so much with it. Re-makes of it hardly ever go wrong. And it's like riding a bike. Once you've done a production of it, or studied it properly, you never forget it.
I just kind of think it's really filled with hormones, I kind of get the impression that if Juliet and Romeo had lived for just two more weeks they probably would have broken up and everything would have carried on as usual...
_construct the following lists to embrace works of sentimental value:
_movies/directors
Oliver!
Grease
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
I like these three movies a lot because I don't dislike them and they were really, really big when they were released.
AI: Artificial Intelligence
This movie made me want to be one of the Mecha. Not the Haley Joel Osment type, but one of the others. The thought of escaping emotion, everything about life being one a level - or even better, a steady improvement - was really attractive to me.
Krippendorf's Tribe
This movie was one of the few examples of how a book and a movie can be really different, but both great. Which is nice. And it was funny. And it had Gregory Smith in and he's just gooorgeous.
Bringing Up Baby
Sunset Boulevard
I don't often watch old movies. But I liked these two.
Legally Blonde
I don't often see a movie which has the exact ending I would want it to have. But this one did. It makes me happy, and the song Perfect Day by Hoku does also.
_books
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Sixteen by P. P. Hartnett
These books are both kind of fun.
The Complete Book of Witchcraft by Raymond Buckland It does exactly was it says on the cover. Heheh. Erm, but yeah it's just easy to read - unlike quite a lot of non-fiction - and I- I like it, yeah.
Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Children from Sex by Judith Levine
Well, y'see, I wanna be a Member of Parliament when I grow up, and one of the first bills I'm going to put forward is one I'm currently compiling. I think the United Kingdom should adopt an Age of Consent system more like that in the Netherlands.
_authors
Shakespeare
Sappho
Lauren Henderson
_items
I have a box. Inside the box are loads of things that I've put in document protectors. Those things are little tokens of the people who I've loved. They've all been unrequited loves, although I still love the people, but I've kept them.
personal & political:
_what is one social ill you wish you could change and why? how does this affect you in your daily life, or in the lives of those around you?
Christianity. Eugh, eugh, eugh. Neeasty, illogical, ignorant, self-contradictory religion. Rampaging itself with the Roman Empire and destroying all the nice Pagan faiths. I'm not willing to believe it all started out with incest. I'm not willing to believe the world was created in 4,004 b.c.. What an unpleasant concept.
I do primarily dislike fundamentalist Christians. But then I also dislike Christians who claim - whether truthfully or not - to not practise the homophobia, et cetera. I dislike people who follow ignorant religions, and I dislike people who don't follow their religions properly, and they fit snugly into both categories.
In Ancient Greece everyone was bisexual. Heterosexuals and homosexuals were both somewhat frowned upon. And I do strongly believe that everyone under the age of twenty-seven should be a polygamous bisexual. Now heterosexuality is the norm, which means loads of suicides and attempted suicides in teenagers who have unrequited love for heterosexuals.
_who or what has most inspired your intellectual growth and why?
Hmm. No one you know. Like, there aren't any celebrities who I model myself on, or who made me have some big revelation or something. But the general rubbishness of being brought up in a household that makes eight-thousand pounds a year, and going to a rather crappy state school has meant that my "easily giving-up" trait and my "academic culture" trait haven't had to clash, and have given me lots of room for self-improvement.
_do you feel that you are prejudiced?
Yeah. Yeah I am. I don't like those wannabe fashionably left-wing, white, middle-class boys who slip into clichés in a not-even-satirical sort of way; and kiss you, but have a wank and regret it afterwards (straight, hedonistic bastards).
I don't like Christianity or Islam very much. And the thought that in Judaism one should stop mourning after seven days disturbed me a little.
And I am irrefragably an elitist. Everyone was - like - comparing me to Hitler when we had to do this project on how people should be chosen to receive one of a limited number of small-pox vaccines a few months ago, 'cause I'd designed this two-week residential to measure one's all-round ability and select based on that.
There's this really stupid boy in my sociology class who just needs to not be allowed the smallpox vaccine. The teacher drilled something into his head - almost sarcastically - and asked him to repeat it. Twenty seconds later she asked him the question, and he didn't know. That's why I hate mixed ability classes. Setting (or at least streaming) all the way...
_do you think it is necessary to be politically correct in a learning environment? a working environment?
Yes. But no. Well, like, to me racism and sexism and homophobia are really stupid and evil. But elitism is kind of logical. I mean by very definition someone who is better than someone else is better than someone else. So why the hell shouldn't they get better treatment.
And being discriminative towards those who discriminate (like, for example, Christians, Muslims, racists, sexists and homophobes) is fine as well. So if we do suspend (or P45) those who discriminate, and give better treatment to the gifted and talented, then everyone else should be treated equally and stuff.
Banter, which can be found offensive, I don't really find appropriate between pupils; or teachers; or pupils and teachers (or their workplace equivalents). Unless, like I said, you're just slagging off someone for being rubbish at sports and generally thick, or something that - by definition means they aren't talented.
_in our generation, who do you feel deserves recognition as a genius, and why? what characteristics do they possess that are definitive of this title?
Ooooh. Nice question. Well I went through a phase about being rather attracted to the concept of superhumans. But then superhuman kind of entails a lot of natural ability, which for some reason doesn't pop to my mind when I think genius. Steve Redgrave has won the Gold Medal at five consecutive Olympic Summer Games, I think that's just great. And Paula Radcliffe smashed of those world records and has an IQ of 121 (which isn't bad)...
Genius. Hmm... Bill Gates has made all of that money and people hate him, but he's not dead yet, I think that's just great too... That's kind of genius.
free expressions:
_describe your greatest passion in life.
A wise friend once asked me - after reading something I'd written, what was more important to me: to love or to be loved. And I honestly answered that it was to love. It makes me emotional, I cry - and I like crying. And I sometimes write - but it makes my writing feel insufficient...
And even though every person I've loved has been someone who I can't have, I've loved him anyway. Even though I'm sexually attracted to females as well and could probably instigate a relationship with one, I'd sooner pursue the one I loved.
_describe yourself in ten adjectives - five positive traits, and five character flaws.
+ Passionate.
+ Political.
+ Multi-talented.
+ Well-hung.
+ Hygienic.
- Arrogant.
- Sinful.
- Sarcastic.
- Easily-infatuated.
- Hyphen-crazy.
_insert a picture, poem, letter, or paragraph that is symbolic of your personality.
Hmm. Well, I guess for it to be truly representative of me then it'll have to be something I wrote, and most of my stories are kinda incomplete and most of my poems I've vowed never to let anyone see again. But there's one poem - incidentally it's - like - the only one that rhymes, which I don't mind y'all reading... Here goes: -
Cold Fire; Stolen Hugs; Vegetarianism;
Holding Hands and Straight Hedonistic Bastardism;
Public Schoolboy in the Jungle, "Li'l Essex Lad".
You make me happy, but this - your sonnet - makes me sad...
He - yes he - my ex-partner in The Game,
The game of phone-sex and of boy-racers,
He alone can boast perfection. His name?
To hear it - Rob - oh how my heart races.
You, Cold Passion, how I do yearn for you:
Your sexy voice, your sexy neck, and yes -
Yes - your amazing nature, which is new.
I adore you. Your earlobe. To caress.
To touch. For hours. Never shall it be!
An unrequited love, again, is this,
Pains to know "a friend" is what you call me,
And your affections lie with that boy, Chris.
And thus - to - no longer will I correspond,
Or call, or e-mail, he of whom I'm fond.
By Charles Henry Jarrett...
...for Robert Peter Edmans
Summer 2003