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Kate Inglis

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About Me

I like to watch my fella cook my dinner while sat in front of Hollyoaks reading Heat Magazine with a glass of vino....But I am also a little more cultured than that... I love the theatre, watching it and working in it, and I love to travel and see other cultures and architecture and taste new food and meet new people.Getting married next summer, swapping our swanky centrally-located flat for a cheaper one in the suburbs, travelling around SE Asia (namely Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos) and Australia/New Zealand as a year-long honeymoon (and stopping off in Tokyo on the way home), then coming back to Blighty to make babies and buy a few pets (coz we can). My all-time favourite musician is Stevie Wonder. I get all excited when I listen to his music. I am fanatical about music of all genres - funk, soul, R&B (new and old style!) hip hop, ska, classical, rock, you name it! I play the saxophone - not very well, but I can still play by ear and make it sound similar to the original song! I also like to sing... karaoke, on my own in the car and social gatherings only at the mo, til I get a chance to sing with a band, which I'd love to do. I am engaged to a fantastic cook, so I have learned to love lots of different foodstuffs which I would never have tasted before he arrived on the scene. One of my main passions now is food, and I am even starting to cook for myself - which is good fun, and I am actually quite good (at some things)! And I now have a more mature palate for wine! I love a glass of white zinfandel or grenache of an evening. I volunteer for a local theatre group, helping with the youth theatre workshop. I work with kids aged between 9 and 12 and they are so brilliant! I need to have the theatre in my life, and I am not very good at the actual acting side, so this acts as a very suitable substitute! I am a convicted pedant and love words and language - and correcting other people's, which can be a problem... My main hobby is complaining. I can't get enough of it! I am a nightmare on the road - I hate everyone - and I love to wallow in self-pity and loathing of things which make my hair stand on end. In particular: wasps, people who drive convertible cars with their roof up on a nice day, enclosed spaces, people who say 'pacific' instead of 'specific', the 'comedy of Ray Romano' and all of the characters in Everybody Loves Raymond (Debra should have left him by now), too many blow jobs in porn films, long advert breaks during good programmes on TV, being the centre of attention, Sandi Thom, my head being underwater, Shakira's multi-faceted singing voice, ignorant people, arrogant people, slow drivers, men with really big lips, 'LOL', people who speed up when you're trying to overtake them, the builders opposite my flat who angle-grind at 8.30 on a Saturday morning, religion and how much some people rely on it, Richard Madeley... SEE WHAT I MEAN!!! You can't stop me. I'm a nightmare.

My Interests

Music, food (anything cooked by my fella), wine, porn, the theatre, art, TV, films, singing and dancing, planning stuff, shouting at nobhead drivers, travelling, writing.

I'd like to meet:

Stevie Wonder, to tell him that I will be walking down the aisle to the sound of his wonderful song 'Happier than the Morning Sun'. I think he'd be pretty pleased about that!I would also like to meet some of my celebrity faves for a drink at the pub... Simon Pegg, Jessica Stevenson, Ricky Gervais, Peter Kay, Liza Tarbuck, Dudley Moore (if it were possible), Ben Stiller, Gordon Ramsay (but only if he shouts at me), David Mitchell, Will Ferrell.... There are many more, I'm sure!

Music:

Stevie Wonder (so amazing), Michael Jackson, The Police, James Brown, Jamiroquai, Jill Scott, DJ Shadow, Kanye West, Rachelle Ferrell, Jamie Lidell, Ben Jones, Ibrahim Ferrer, Shirley Bassey, Miles Davis, Buena Vista Social Club, Steely Dan, Bjork, Aphex Twin, Level 42, Bossnass, D'Angelo, Brand New Heavies, Herbie Hancock, De La Soul, Guns 'N' Roses, Prince, Christina Aguilera, Leftfield, Ella Fitzgerald, N.E.R.D, Beck, Nina Simone, Chemical Brothers, Vula, Queen, The Specials, John Legend, Massive Attack, Scott McKeon, Gwen Macrae, Neptunes, U2, Angie Stone, Faith Evans, Mary J Blige, Prodigy, Daft Punk, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Arctic Monkeys, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Basement Jaxx, Beyonce, UNKLE, Charlie Parker, Bugz In The Attic, Led Zeppelin, Guama (a Cuban band - amazing!)

Movies:

Nuts In May, Amelie, The Lady Vanishes, Psycho, The Birds, Rear Window, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Belleville Rendez-vous, City of God, Weird Science, The Green Mile, LA Confidential, Shaun of the Dead, Toy Story, Wizard of Oz, Singin' in the Rain, Spirited Away, Kill Bill, Fatal Attraction, Grease, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Buena Vista Social Club, Big, Turner and Hooch, The Hours, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, The Shining, Shawshank Redemption, Witches of Eastwick, A Mighty Wind, Anchorman, Stand By Me, Team America, Rain Man, Abigail's Party, Dog Day Afternoon, Best In Show, Wayne's World, Donnie Darko, Napoleon Dynamite, Thelma and Louise, Rope, Spinal Tap,

Television:

FRIENDS, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Extras (loving the new series), Spaced, Little Britain, The Simpsons, Tribe, Family Guy, Futurama, X-Factor (only the audition shows, though), Law of the Playground (reminiscent of my days at school), Star Stories (a huge surprise - thought it would be shit), You've Been Framed (you've got to love those idiots), Countdown (the conundrum is the best bit), University Challenge and Mastermind (I am so chuffed when I get questions right on these shows), and the most addictive programme Deal Or No Deal. They're all so serious...

Books:

I don't read enough. I have been reading Andrea Levy's book, Fruit of the Lemon, since May. It is great, though, and I must carry on and finish the bloody thing. I read Small Island recently (and finished it) which was such an amazing read. And Chocolat by Joanne Harris. And Stuart - A Life Backwards by Alexander Masters, which is the most touching and moving biography of this century.

Heroes:

Aretha Franklin, Michael Jackson, Christina Aguilera, Rachelle Ferrell, Freddie Mercury, Stevie Wonder and Shirley Bassey - and many others (for their voices and talent), Cytherea (some of you might know who she is - if you do, you'll know why I admire her), Will, Dad, Ben (all for various reasons), and all of the Cubans for their pride, community spirit and hard work