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About Me


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"...a perfect saint amongst women, but so dreadfully dowdy that she reminded me of a badly bound hymn-book"…..I am both, and neither....
LIKES(not exhaustive and in no particular order):
Imperfection, Music, Art, Forests, Films, Animals, Spiky heels, Presence, Confidence, The Seashore, Mountains, Cold, Laughing, Taking photos, Spontaneity, Edinburgh, Sensuality, Dancing, San Francisco, Magpies, Rain, Imagination, Diversity, Loyalty, Emotional landscapes, Dark eyes, Honesty, Cello, Kissing, Reading, Driving fast, Snow, Wicked humour, Freedom of Choice, Wit, Listening, Shiny things, Romance, Storms, Velvet, Iceland, Dogs, Eyeliner, Long lashes, Dark things, Smiling, Photographs, Optimism, Waterhouse, Conversation, Vienna, Gargoyles, Piping hot black coffee, Travel, Trust, Candles, Crisp fresh cold sheets, Gigs, PVC, Seahorses, Art Nouveau and Arts & Crafts, Walking through fallen leaves, The night sky, Lust, The smell of freshly laid tarmac, Architecture, Boots, Memories, Comedy, Painting, The Lake District, Museums, Make-up, Being in the company of my friends, Being outdoors, Solitude, Sleep, Sunrises, My instincts, Surprises, Long nails, Kendo, Drums, Wine, Walking, Lightning, Autumn, Corsets, Anticipation, Control, Risk, Scent,
....and Words that take my breath away
DISLIKES: Spiders, Olives! (sorry Porl).....and as a starter for ten, if your tendencies are towards Bullying, Lying, Homophobia, Racism or Fundamentalist thinking, we will undoubtedly NOT get on.

My Interests

"This fantasy's for you; fantasies are in, this year"....

I'd like to meet:


......but for obvious reasons can't.......Yul Brynner, Michele de Nostradame, Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, Alexander.

Music:


From Joy Division to JS Bach,
Cocteau Twins to Apocalyptica,
Muse to Rasputina,
Portishead to Depeche Mode,
The Cure to Dead Can Dance,
The Stray Cats to Fields Of The Nephilim, Psychedelic Furs to Elvis Costello,
Placebo to Puccini,
John Mayer to Athlete,
The Beat to P.I.L.,
Rammstein to Television,
Birthday Party to Bloc Party,
In The Nursery to Skinny Puppy
....all the way back, and everything in-between;
it is perhaps simpler to ask me what I do NOT like;
let’s just say I appreciate a wide range of stuff........I adore Cello, low-down dirty Double bass, soaring duelling guitars...and of course - Drums!....

Movies:


NOT exhaustive and in no particular order: The Picture of Dorian Gray, Donnie Darko, Dead of Night, The Big Blue, Pan's Labyrinth, Cinema Paradiso, Control, Perfume, Hellraiser, The Matrix, Black Narcissus, Seven Samurai, American Werewolf in London, Fargo, The Libertine, The Red Shoes, Harold & Maude, Harry Potter, Sin City, Shakespeare Plays (All)

Television:


Lost in Austen, Jeremy Brett's Sherlock Holmes, QI, Green Wing, Black Books, The Sky at Night, Frasier, Blackadder, Dr Who, Torchwood, Family Guy, Star Trek (all), the usual 'Bodice Rrippers'.....and all things Bill Bailey and Billy Connolly............I also love The News Quiz on BBC Radio Four...

Books:


NOT exhaustive and in no particular order: The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Tale of Genji, The Crow Road, The Boy Who Kicked Pigs, Clive Barker's Books of Blood, Weaveworld, The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs........Art, Architecture & Photography books...

Heroes:



My Dad was my hero. In general "Heroes" don't come easily, if at all, to me.....there are people I admire of course....but if I had to choose then it would probably be people to whom the idea would not have occurred; Alison Lapper for example...

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