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Jane Nina

Stand in love don't fall in love....

About Me

Random bollox about me -I'm from Liverpool England - Anfield to be exact. I used to be the US Producer for TV show The Word and The Big Breakfast, and before that was a Presenter at the BBC, now I'm a muggle. I don't like frogs, but love otters. I have stayed in a men's jail as well as Playboy mansion. I love listening to men speak arabic and I can't sing or dance...oh and............I ONLY ADD PEOPLE I KNOW IN REAL LIFE...AS 'FRIENDS'

My Interests

THINGS I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT...... Jamaica, great fragrances, enough $ to get by, Lucien Freud, Billy Connolly, Mike Tyson, being by the sea, John Currin, Quentin Crisp, Festival+fried fish from Hellshire, Jordan (Katie Price), Sub Commondante Marcos, Chanel 19, Oliver Reed, Sensual/Passionate strong minded men, De La Guarda, English Chocolate, Bubble bath,Peanut Punch, Ziggy Marleys' smile, BBC News, Mike Leigh, the Jackie 60 crew, Joe Orton, Paul Robeson, my 2 passports, Spike Milligan, Jacob Miller, pedicures, IM's from abroad, Listening to men speak arabic, Vic Reeves, Great (european) lingerie, Leigh Bowery, Lee Miller, PG Tips tea, Doctors without Borders, chillin' in Kingston, David Blaine (I know hes a wanker but i do fancy him), The Motherboards, Marks and Spencers foodhall, laughing, Ellen von Unwerth, Oscar Wilde, Larry David, Chris Rock/John Leguizamo humor, The Simpsons, Ras Kassa,Kiva.org, Nick Broomfield docs, Bukowski, Sedaris, Red current Votivo candles, massages, boxers (as in fighters not the undies), Seth McFarlane, Little Britain, Jo Brand, Alan Partridge, early AbFab, and Viz comic. And Liverpool....... am homesick....

I'd like to meet:

Mike Tyson.

Music:

Roots rock reggae.... Prince, Fela Kuti,Marc Bolan,John Holt, The Four Brothers, Rachid Taha, Bob Marley,Janet Jackson, Change, Alicia Keys, Missy Elliot, Marvin Gaye, The Dead 60's, Otis Redding, Nina Simmone, Joy Division, Ray Charles, Joanna Newson, Peech Boys, The Specials, Mavado, Jacob Miller, Tupac, King Jammy, U Roy, Dianne Reeves, Perry Farrell, Adam Goldstone, James Blunt, Womack & Womack, Luther, Dwight Yoakham, Kate Bush, Kanda Bongo Man, Al Green, Joni Mitchell, Pete Gabriel, The Clash, Seal,Bjork, Bowie, Patsy Cline, Pistols, Eno, Debbusy, 2Pac, Iggy, Toumani dibbati, T-rex, John Lennon, Nick Drake, Augustus Pablo, Elephant Man, Billie Holiday, John Martyn, Public Enemy, Blue Nile, Peter Coyle, Earth Wind and Fire, Ian Dury, Cheb Mami, Ian McNabb, Mystere Des Voix Bulgare, Ziggy Markey, Tanya Stephens, The Byrds, Damian Marley,Patsy Cline, Edwyn Collins, Anita Baker, Donny Hathaway, Maze, Michael Jackson, Sting, Lady Saw, Lou Reed, Mary J, Neil Young, U2, Aretha, Sean Paul, Linton Kwesi Johnson

Movies:

Blue Velvet, Blade Runner, Seven, Meantime, Contol, Pulp Fiction, Seven, Crumb, What about Bob, Lost in translation, Secretary, Vera Drake, Something Wild, Tsotsi, Meantime, King of Comedy, Rockers,God Grew Tired of Us, The Sixth Sense, Barbara Koople' Fallen Champ doc,Bunuel, Goodfellers, 40 year old virgin, The Fisher King,Letter to Brezhnev, Galaxy Quest, Rockers, City of God, Remains of the Day, The Piano, Network, Goodbye Girl, Mildred Pierce, Monsters Ball, The Lunatic, Six Shooter, Paradise Now, Heavenly Creatures, Out of the Blue, Beaches, Juice, The Harder they Come, Eternal Sunshine, Black and White, Showgirls (!), Bound, Finding Neverland, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Funeral.An d, The Lover.

Television:

Documentaries.... Curb your enthusiasm...Family Guy.....Little Britain....You Are What you Eat, Trigger Happy TV...Footballers Wives.....The First 48....Mr Ben...Surreal Life... BBC News... Rhoda....Upstairs and Downstairs....PBS .. Acorn Antiques....Royal Palm Estate ..Hill and Gully ride.

Books:

Rod Serling, Sedaris, Helen Walsh, Martin McDonagh, Kahlil Gilbran, Oscar Wilde, Bukowski, Quentin Crisp, Joe Orton, Luis Bunuel. Biographies. Any travel books about Africa or Middle East.

Heroes:

My Dad, Paul Robeson, Sub-Commandante Marcos, MLK, Marcus Garvey, Bob Marley, Steven Biko, Kwame Nkrumah, Any medic from Doctors without borders.(Medecins Sans Frontieres)

My Blog

Up Yer Bum!

For my sins I'm addicted to www.half.com  its just a great cheap place to pick up books and dvds.     I 'wish list' items and what I am willing to pay -it's consumerism at its...
Posted by Jane Nina on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:31:00 PST

June general tings

There's such a thin line between lurve and hate. I just got off the phone with matey bwoy - I adore him, he's a talent, a real talent ... but I also wanna stab him. It's true how thin that line is bet...
Posted by Jane Nina on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:29:00 PST

Thoughts from June...

Tis June and am cleaning house. Tis a beautiful if not turbulent time moving forward cleaning the decks and taking stock. Focusing and givin thanks for what I have. I've had to make allot of big decis...
Posted by Jane Nina on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:13:00 PST

Well chuffed and made up

One thing great about this cyber shit is re-finding the folks from the past who you lost touch with.... one such mate was Terry Christian. Terry was the host of the TV show The Word for which I was U...
Posted by Jane Nina on Wed, 21 May 2008 04:55:00 PST

Television the drug of the nation

Upon return from Jamaica I've been eager to clear out the clutter from my apt and give away/recycle all the stuff I don't need.  It's often harder than you think to give away stuff an it go to a ...
Posted by Jane Nina on Sun, 04 May 2008 08:09:00 PST

Recharged with validation

I realized just how recharged I get with full on validation. It's like an ignition and a hard step on the gas. Portland, Jamaica. The sun was setting it was a rich blue sky and I could peak the diamo...
Posted by Jane Nina on Sat, 03 May 2008 08:24:00 PST

Silly girlie survey

So, this daft survey was just sent to me by two dif folks.... so I thought best to just reply to it on the blog...  I actually like to read the replies of my chums to these stupid questions.........
Posted by Jane Nina on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:14:00 PST

Talk is cheap

Ignore what people say but notice what people do. When someone promises you the earth..... see what they end up doing. Talk is very very cheap these days.  
Posted by Jane Nina on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:45:00 PST

When people show you who they really are....let them

Great saying that... cos tis true... why do so many women (me included) feel we can help a guy. Its that mommie thang. For me I treat all my chums as I wish I were treated myself... maybe I am too nic...
Posted by Jane Nina on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:26:00 PST

Welcome to Hell(shire)

Welcome to Hell(shire). Hellshire, Jamaica is a local beach not far from Kingston town; rougher rugged ramshackle kind of beach, what it lacks in beauty it well makes up for with personality. I've bee...
Posted by Jane Nina on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:26:00 PST