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Erica

I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way...

About Me

Facts about me: I'm a writer. I'm very short and nearly always wear high heels. The smell of tea makes me sick. I've never successfully programmed a video timer. I can analyse handwriting. I don't look like myself in photos. I can't stand coloured paperclips and cannot have them near me. I salute magpies but don't know why. I hate the word 'belly'. I love cooking and am (I'm told by others) quite good at it. When I'm listening to something dull, though I might be nodding away, all I can hear in my head is 'The Girl from Imponena'. My legs and arms are always bruised. I never know where these bruises come from. I know how to mix cement. I'm good at quizzes. When I was a kid, I always wanted something called a 'Rub a Dub Doggie'. I never got one. I don't understand cricket. I have terrible spatial awareness. I always wear nail varnish. I've been told a few times I have a sexy walk - this actually comes from a serious sprain to my right ankle which left me with a very slight limp. Oh, and also, I seem to have one of the most photographed houses on MySpace...

My Interests

Literature, art, theatre, cigarettes, puns, drinking all day, shoes, wit, punctuation, the word 'fabulous', in-depth discussions, boys, bands, boys in bands, shouting at the TV, libraries, kitchenware, black cabs, nail varnish, sandwiches, TCP, 80s cartoons, David Tennant, Barry M's Dazzle Dust, Cilit Bang, colour-coding J-cloths, fit men in wet denim, Kinder Bueno, David Tennant (yes, I know I've already said that)

I'd like to meet:

A two-hearted alien life-form who travels through time and space in a blue Police box wearing suits, Converse trainers and a long coat.

Music:

David Bowie, Elvis Presley, The Beach Boys, The Kinks, The Stones, Suede, The Smiths, P J Harvey, The Detroit Cobras, Scott Walker, Nancy and Lee, The Mooney Suzuki, The White Stripes, The Pet Shop Boys, Patrick Wolf, Johnny Boy, Sons and Daughters, Sparks, The Fall, Adam and the Ants, Talking Heads, Joy Division, The Dears, X Ray Spex, The Specials, The Long Blondes, The Khe Shan Approach, blah, blah, blah (they were huge in the '80s)

Movies:

Labyrinth, Cry Baby, Mean Girls, Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Big Sleep, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Seven Year Itch, any one of James Dean's. Also Hitchcock, Carry On and 80s Brat Pack.

Television:

Doctor Who, Star Trek, Torchwood, Heroes, Desperate Housewives, Lost, Sex and the City, Coupling, The IT Crowd, Father Ted, Ab Fab, The Vicar of Dibley, Green Wing, Nighty Night, Early Doors, Ugly Betty, QI

Books:

Favourite authors: JG Ballard in 70s weird sci-fi phase, Iain M Banks, Martin Amis, Terry Pratchet. Classics by Evelyn Waugh and PG Wodehouse. Also, Hitchicker's Guide to the Galaxy, Catch 22, The Curious Incident of a Dog in the Night Time, The Autograph Man, Steppenwolf...

Heroes:

(Not necessarily in chronological order) Leonardo Da Vinci, Andy Warhol, Dorothy Parker, James Dean, Elvis Presley, David Bowie, Kenneth Williams, Audrey Hepburn, Lord Byron, Eddie Izzard, my Dad...

My Blog

I'll never have that recipe again, OH NO!!!

My boss has just come back from a cruise and this morning she was proudly showing me her photos.  We came to the last one and she said 'Oh, I took this in ..Los Angeles, this one's especially for...
Posted by Erica on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 04:13:00 PST

The Relationship Dictionary, Part 6 (O-Pa)

This is copyrighted material   OBEY 'Will you love, honour and obey?'  Comes up in the wedding vows, that one.  Don't make the mistake I did and think this is a multiple choice questio...
Posted by Erica on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 05:59:00 PST

The Relationship Dictionary, Part 5 (N)

This is copyrighted material   NAGGING   I'm told that nagging is a female trait and is cited as one of the worse things that a woman can do.  I, essentially, have two problems with thi...
Posted by Erica on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 05:09:00 PST

The Relationship Dictionary, Part 4 (M)

MAD COW DISEASE   An awful condition that takes hold of women in the early stages of a relationship where a previously sane, rational woman suddenly becomes a deranged lunatic with OCD, checking ...
Posted by Erica on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 07:21:00 PST

The Truth about Floatation

Recently, I was given an assignment for the magazine to write an editorial on a place in Bury called 'The Flotation Centre'.  I felt a bit guilty because I'd turned down last month's editorial wh...
Posted by Erica on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 06:48:00 PST

Pins and Needles (mainly needles)

This morning I went to the Doctors because I'd developed a condition called Carpel Tunnel Syndrome which is a wrist injury caused by repetitive strain (from typing, I hasten to add stop giggling at th...
Posted by Erica on Thu, 16 Mar 2006 04:21:00 PST

Tee Total

I went to buy a sandwich at lunchtime and I was standing in sandwich shop wondering how many more ways they could jazz up tuna when the man in front of me turned round and I noticed his t-shirt, ...
Posted by Erica on Thu, 23 Feb 2006 07:14:00 PST

What makes a man sexy?

You know, I have many men asking me what women think makes a man sexy.  Alright, not that many, asking me for relationship advice is a bit like taking parenting tips from Joan Crawford, but it ha...
Posted by Erica on Fri, 03 Feb 2006 09:41:00 PST

Bad day? It could be worse...

Any offers of superglue or maybe even King's horses and men, to be sent to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge...   Historic vases smashed in stumble   Fitzwilliam Museum will r...
Posted by Erica on Tue, 31 Jan 2006 07:58:00 PST

Where there be monsters...

When I was a child, I used to believe there were monsters living under my bed.  Which was strange, because I had a cabin-style bed which didnt really have an underneath but more of a sort...
Posted by Erica on Mon, 23 Jan 2006 10:00:00 PST