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Electric Lemon

Better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not. - Andre Gide

About Me

“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The trouble-makers. The round heads in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules, and they have no respect for the status-quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify, or vilify them. But the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.” Jack Kerouac - On the Road

My Interests

Agatha Christie, alters, ancient lamps, Antik Batik, antique furnishings, apple strudel, aristocratic noses, Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, battered old silver teapots, Betsey Johnson, birdbaths, blackberry pie, blue vein cheese on vogels toast, body language, bohemian tendencies, boots, boxes of mysteries, bumblebees, cabinets of curiosities, candlelight, carnivorous plants, carrot cake with cream cheese icing and walnuts, chandeliers, Claus Porto, Colette, collage, collecting books, collecting stuff, coloured glass, crab curry and roti, crumbling mansions, dancing, daydreaming, deep red lipstick, dolls body parts, dusty old carpets, english violets, essential oils, filming passing life, feijoas, flea markets, freesias, Frida Kahlo, fuschias, gazing into open fires, golden queen peaches, gothic novels, green tea with fresh lemon juice and manuka honey, Hannah Hoch, Jean Paul Gaultier, Jean Pierre Jeunet, John Galliano, Judy Davis, junk, lazy Sunday lunches, Leonora Carrington, Leonor Fini, Louise Nevelson, Lucien Freud, Lulu Guinness, lying on the grass watching the clouds pass by, Man Ray, mannequins, marionettes, mermaids, miniature furnishings, mixed media, Modigliani, movies, music, New Zealand beaches, old boudoir dolls, overgrown gardens, passionfruit ice cream, paua fried in garlic and butter, Peter Sellers, philosophy, Picasso, pohutukawa trees, rainy days, reading headstones, Remedios Varo, running water, rusty old keys, Save the Queen, sea salt, secondhand treasures, secret rooms hidden behind locked doors, shells, shrines, silver lorgnettes, skeletons, slim wrists, soft buttery leather jackets, soft wrinkled old granny necks, stargazing, stormy seas, strong coffee, tamarind chutney, Teesha Moore, turtles, old velvet, victorian dollhouses, vintage, Vivienne Westwood, walking on the beach on stormy days, wild flowers“Don't be reckless with other people's hearts, don't put up with those who are reckless with yours.” “Don't waste time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind.” “We are all a little weird and life's a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.” “In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” - Mary Schmich

I'd like to meet:

Music:

Abakus, Bach, Crystal Method, Chemical Brothers, Eminem, Johnny Cash, Madonna, Dr Dre, Pink Floyd, The Cure, Prince, Salmonella Dub, Marianne Faithfull, Massive Attack, Neil Young, Infected Mushroom, Pavlov's Dog

Movies:

Betty Blue, Since Otar Left, The World's Fastest Indian, Being There, Amelie, Play It Again Sam, The City Of Lost Children, Orlando, The Double Life Of Veronique, Delicatessen, Cul-de-Sac, The Royal Tenenbaums, Grey Gardens, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Leon The Professional, May, The Wizard of Oz, Paris Texas, The Party, Quills, Repulsion, Running with Scissors, Sherry Baby, Tideland, Annie Hall, Stranger than Fiction, Frida, Edward Scissorhands, Rushmore

Television:

Carnivale, Gilmore Girls, Pippi Longstocking (original swedish Pippi), Six Feet Under, The Avengers, Upstairs Downstairs

Books:

Alice in Wonderland, Jitterbug Perfume, Nectar, Norwegian Wood, Perfume, Rebecca, The Secret History, Sputnik Sweetheart, The Thirteenth Tale

Heroes:

My daughter, My Grandaddy Burt Munro (The World's Fastest Indian)