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Dawn

You can see a lot of the world from railings

About Me

I delete all faceless friend requests, no exceptions (and especially ones from bands). Send me a message instead and don't be so bloody rude!
My name's Dawn , I'm a smiley, happy Northern bint and I am so ridiculously in love with a wonderful man that, quite frankly, it's nothing less than sickening. I'm a stickler for accurate spelling and grammar , I live for music and I believe that Duke Special, Delays and David Ford have been sent to save me from the soul-crushing boredom of everyday life. I adore the distinctly un-girly sports of speedway and ice hockey and, in addition, smiling in a patronising fashion at the surprise on people's faces when they learn this. I believe that Johnny Ball should be running the country and that anyone guilty of the sin that is whistling tunelessly in a public place ought to be shot, as should drivers who think that the national speed limit on single carriageway roads is 50mph. I talk too little, laugh too much and have an irrational hatred of those hideous green desk lamps owned by absolutely everyone in TV shows who possesses a desk. I also have a perverse obsession with Tim Wheeler's arse ... but that's another story...
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My Interests

I love:
Gigs | McFlurries | Speedway | Frankie & Benny's | Walking in the park on a summer evening | Vinyl records | Ice hockey | Lying in my 'Favourite Place' | Tom McRae's 'S' sounds | Archie the Inventor | Cuddles | Buying books that I never get around to reading | Black panthers | Arty photos | Chinese food | Greg Gilbert's ankle-twists | Custard do-nuts | Radio 2 | My bloke's handwriting | Being the only princess in my workplace | Ben Willbond | Apple and melon J20 | Poole | David Ford's lyrics | Girly dresses | Rainbow Drops | Having my nose kissed | Ice skating | Japanese chocolate | Snuggling into a pillow with my bloke's scent on | St Ives | Men in eyeliner | Maltesers ice cream | The Framley Examiner | Otters | Decent support bands | Pippo Inzaghi's pout | Silver jewellery | My Uncle Mike | The smell of methanol | White chocolate | Writing letters | Mark Morriss cutting some rug | Pilchard | Words which amuse me | Men in pinstripe trousers | Pancakes and syrup | Gordon Ramsay | Bad 80s power ballads (for the associated memories) |

I hate:
Robbie Williams | Geordie accents | Richard Briers | Radio 1 | Chipped nail varnish | Colin Murray | CD album covers with un-numbered tracklistings | Musicians who shout instead of singing | Smoke machines | Zane Lowe | Peppers | People who don't give my name a capital letter in texts/emails | Vince Vaughn | The taste of alcohol | Norwich City FC | Drivers on mobile phones | Corned beef tins | sofa adverts

I'd like to meet:

The TV legend that was Hoopy McHula. Anyone who can either a) give me the winning lottery numbers or b) explain to me why the talentless simian that is Robbie Williams is so popular. If you are able to do both I will give you my first born.

Music:

Music can save souls. I believe (with the possible exception of Robbie Williams) that every artist, no matter how dire, has one decent song. The chaps below, however, have far more than that to offer and, for that, I love them all dearly.

Ash | The Beatles | Belle and Sebastian | Bell x1 | Ben and Jason | Ben Folds Five | Brendan Benson | The Bluetones | Broken Social Scene | David Byrne | Captain | Ben Christophers | Cocteau Twins | Jack Cooper | Elvis Costello | The Cranberries | The Cure | Deacon Blue | Delays | Kevin Devine | Dexy | Duke Special | Dum Dums | Easyworld | Farrah | Ben Folds | David Ford | The Frank and Walters | Stephen Fretwell | Gene | The Grim Northern Social | Hal | Ed Harcourt | Micah P Hinson | Iko | The Jam | James | Matthew Jay | Keane | The Kinks | Lightning Seeds | Longpigs | Magic Numbers | McFly | Menswe@r | Tom McRae | David Mead | Mull Historical Society | My Life Story | Ok Go | Pet Shop Boys | Placebo | The Pogues | Razorlight | Christopher Rees | REM | The Romance | Savage Garden | Second Sun | Secret Affair | Paul Simon | Story One | Talking Heads | Teenage Fanclub | Travis | T-Rex | The Veils | Rufus Wainwright | Weezer | Ali Whitton | Pete Yorn

I like David Ford's splendid new single, 'I Don't Care What You Call Me', released Feb 20th:



Movies:

Psycho | Back To The Future | Toy Story 2 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Lost In Translation | Singin' In The Rain | Moulin Rouge | The Last Seduction | Blackball | Billy Elliot...

Television:

Black Books | Soccer AM | Corrie | Top Gear | Jools Holland....

Books:

'Are You Dave Gorman?' by Dave Gorman & Danny Wallace | 'Join Me' by Danny Wallace | 'Back Home' by Michelle Magorian | And anything by Mike Gayle...

Heroes:



Lee Richardson, Tim Wheeler, Bernard Black and Norman Bates

My Blog

And I'd gladly put up with this shit til the day that I die

And the churches won't stretch up through tarmac of flyoversThe city don't smell like they said in the brochuresAnd it's no longer surprising when lovers and lawyers they lieBut I'd gladly put up with...
Posted by Dawn on Thu, 27 Jul 2006 03:22:00 PST

So maybe I lost my sense of direction...

"The tide came in, it nearly buried us here -we saw things like they wouldn't believe.You hear a lot about stories about love and romancebut I swear nothing quite like you and me.And every scar sits l...
Posted by Dawn on Thu, 06 Apr 2006 04:19:00 PST

Food packaging!

It's designed by people who were at the back of the queue when brains were handed out and it drives me up the fecking wall. I've just put a lasagne in the oven for lunch. The instructions told me to "...
Posted by Dawn on Sat, 18 Mar 2006 04:44:00 PST