Music: where would I be without it and what would I be without it? I play guitar (both acoustic and electric), bass and I started playing banjo and electric mandolin although I haven't fully mastered them yet (they could at least have the strings in the same places as a guitar!). I listen to a large variety of music (see a small list below) and I get excited like a little kid with a new toy whenever I "discover" a "new" cool band. In the past year, GIRL, Psalm69 and The Love Me Nots all had that effect on me.
Books, gotta love them!! Give me a good book and I am happy (biographies, novels based on real life events, erotica, thrillers etc). I feel compelled to read anything with words on them, including the toilet paper's wrapper and the Tampax box(you never know, you can learn something new even from the most unsuspecting sources) but mostly, apart from the above mentioned books, I read magazines (Q, Diva, Mojo, Classic Rock, Focus, The Advocate, New Scientist) and occasionally I read The Guardian and The Times, but only when all my brain cells are working full steam. (can't stand tabloids). Dining out with my girl, that's another thing I enjoy, especially if the food is washed down by a glass or two of a good Cabernet Sauvignon.
I'm very quiet and borderline introvert in person but recently a friend of mine told me that I turn into
"this ferocious verbal beast in letters, emails and messageboards", so be warned.
I like travelling (money and time permitting) and my goal is to spend a couple of months in America.
I'm addicted to chocolate, as long as it's not Cadbury's or Hersheys, which should be classed as "poo".
Other random things I like: taking long walks on the Italian Alps, riding my mountain bike, sunbathing, pondering about the meaning of life, Ebay, writing letter/emails, playing with our dog, drinking coffee.
Things/people I don't like: arrogant cretins, bigotry, hunting, rain, violence, ignorance, people who don't know when to shut up, narrow mindness, arse kissers and oh yeah, people who either talk with their mouth full or make awful noises while eating.
I'd like to meet:
Not sure I want to actually "meet" anybody and I'm not here to collect "friends" (I value friendship way too much for that) but I'd like to talk to like minded people with whom I can have a serious conversation as well as an "off-the-wall" one.
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Music:
Any music by the following artists:
powered by frazy.comalso, in no particular order,except for the first four , who should be at the very top: Skin, GIRL, PSALM 69, The Love Me Nots, Lita Ford, Anastacia, Scissor Sisters, Lacuna Coil, The White Stripes, Missy Elliott, Guns'n' Roses, Pink, REM, Linkin Park, Vivaldi, Lea DeLaria, Sex Pistols, The Cranberries, Fats Domino, Litfiba, Melissa Ferrick, Blue By Nature, Nirvana, Macy Gray, Dixie Chicks, K T Tunstall, Amy Ray, Jefferson Airplane, B-52's, Queens of the Stone Age, Dinah Washington, Ray Charles, Amy Ray, Sheryl Crow, Nora Jones, Papa Roach,Cowboy Junkies, Bertha, Sinead O'Connor, early Elton John, Lenny Kravitz, Bonnie Raitt, Joan Osborne, P.J. Harvey, Tracy Bonham, plus, good old rock and roll, blues etc
Movies:
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Television:
Don't watch much TV, but if I happen to sit in front of it , it's because one of these shows is on:
"The L Word"
"Lost"
"Desperate Housewives"
"Ellen"
"Happy Days"
"Bad Girls (1st series"
"Shameless"
"Six Feet Under"
. And I like to know what's going on in the world, so any news channel.
Books:
In no particular order:
"Unzipped" (by Suzi Quatro); "Affinity", "Fingersmith" and "Tipping The Velvet"(All by Sarah Waters);"Stir Fry", "Hood" and "Slammerkin"(All by Emma Donoghue); Any by Harlan Coben; Any by Bill Bryson; "The Truth is..(by Melissa Etheridge); Any by Dan Brown; "We need to talk about Kevin" (by Lionel Shriver) "La forza della ragione", "Lettera a un bambino mai nato" and "La rabbia e l'orgoglio" (All by Oriana Fallaci); "Book" (by Whoopy Goldberg); "Conversations with God" (by Neale Donald Walsch; "My point is..and I do have one" (By Ellen DeGeneres); "And I don't want to live this life"( by Debora Spungen);"Harry Potter" (by J.K. Rowling); "Va' dove ti porta il cuore" (by Susanna Tamaro); "Shantaram" (by G.D Roberts); "A Child Called It" (by Dave Pelzer)
..and loads more..
Heroes:
Who needs heroes?
