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ilana

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About Me

I've just finished a degree in Philosophy, which I liked a lot. Clumsy things happen to me, but i'm happy, so it's ok.

My Interests

drawing, dancing, philosophy, fairytales, escaping, tel aviv, edinburgh, cambridge. making up silly dances, tracksuit bottoms, crepuscular light, rainbows, cartwheeling, stepping stones, king arthur and the knights of the round table, board games, going to the park, fruit, summer, green grass with daisies, hills, soft things, red shoes, greek myths, vegetables, paddling, hills, wiggling my toes, the stars, waterfights!

Music:

in no particular order: alisha's attic, brendan benson, ok go, beck, all girl summer fun band, phoenix, the cardigans, zero7, letters to cleo, bif naked, Jurassic 5, ben folds 5, weezer, girls aloud, morcheeba, mali levi, sahara hotnights, laura veirs, eagle eye cherry, ed harcourt, ben kweller, jack johnson, semisonic, veruca salt, powderfinger, the beach boys, lily allen, kirsty mccoll, hall and oates, spice girls, 90s music in general- i havent left that decade yet, 60s soul is also good- stuff like the supremes, and the shangri-las, loud and quite rubbish music that i should have stopped listening to when i was 15, nice melodic jazz, the honky tonk orchestra, minus jack. songs that make you want to dance.

Movies:

empire records, the sting, the worst witch (the original tv movie - no tv series for me thanks), amelie, Disney's sleeping beauty (all the old school disney films infact...the little mermaid, lady and the tramp, robin hood etc), city of god, the usual suspects, shawshank, eat drink man woman, 7 brides for 7 brothers, charade, ferris buellers day off, the breakfast club, now and then, guys and dolls, some like it hot, gentlemen prefer blondes, a life less ordinary, grease 2 ( i would also say the original Grease but that would hardly be radical information), strictly ballroom, the parent trap (original), italian job, chicago, charade, how to steal a million, princess bride, mallrats, chasing amy, dogma...

Television:

Spaced, teachers, neighbours, scrubs, desperate housewives, ready steady cook, csi, diagnosis murder, heroes, monk, america's next top model. i miss sharky and george. numb3rs is hilarious.

Books:

his dark materials trilogy, gossip girl, i capture the castle, calvin and hobbes, to kill a mockingbird, the problems of philosophy, the 12 dancing princesses, the once and future king, the Stephanie Plum series, angus thongs and full frontal snogging (et al), the bonesetter's daughter, enigma, pride and prejudice, i've recently discovered Jasper Fforde who is good, dubliners (but i havent read it since a level, its not exactly a relaxing read...)...