All sorts. Writing. Tunes. Writing tunes. Theatre. Kite flying, sancastle building. Surfing, riding, falconry, climbing. Pretending to diet. Pretending to exercise. Acctually exercising and feeling real after. Collective conciousness, magic, paranormal, psychic phenomena. Some tv but as a media and not as a lifestyle choice. Making things grow. Rocking on down to good tunes that hit the place in the guts that make you grin. Reading. Sign language. Kids books. Puppets. Russian history. Lots of stuff. Everything interests me in theory.
I'd like to meet:
Billy Conelly to tell me a story. Whoppie Goldberg to give me a hug. Myself without knowing it.And just as a quick note... I don't add people randomly in order to extend my friends list. If I've added you its because I'm either interested in what you do professionally or I've seen you around or had some sort of contact with you. If there's someone whose profile really grabs me I will generally message them and ask permission to add them.
Music:
In my MD Player: K T Tunstall, Alanis Morrissete, Tori Amos, Skunk Anansie, Missy Higgins, James Taylor, Kate Rusby, Skin, Carole King, Janis Ian, Sarah MacLachlan, Googoodolls, REM, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Norah Jones, Katie Melua, Joss Stone, Indigo Girls, K D Lang, Amy Wadge, Dido, NoDoubt, Gwen Steffani, Amy Studt, Placebo, Nirvana, Pink.If I'm out dancing I want rock to feel alive or cheese to make me laugh like a drain. I dont get all pissy and 'Muh' if I think people think I'm not cool cos' of what I listen to. Again, its an image thing. You can make all the right noises - say all the right band names - that doesn't mean jack if the chords dont strike the chord. If you get me?
Movies:
What dreams may come, Cube trillogy, Victor Victoria, Mrs Henderson Presents, K-PAX, Shaun of the dead, Pirates of the Caribbean, Tank Girl, Fried green tomatoes at the whistlestop cafe, The Princess Bride, Better than chocolate, Series of Unfortunate Events, Princess Mononoke Brothers Grim. Pans Labyrinth. The Colour Purple. Grave of the fireflies.The last Unicorn, Hook, First Knight, Robin Hood, Edward Scissorhands, Nightmare Before Christmas, Boys on the side, Amelie, The city of lost Children, Gattica Lilo and Stich. Spirited Away. Naussicca. Howls moving Castle. Mirror Mask. Kill Bill.
Television:
Kids TV. OLD kids TV. We're Talking OLD Moomins, Bagpuss, Clangers, Henrys cat, Pigeon Street, Button Moon.Black Books, Buffy, L-word, Sugar Rush.And weird annimation shorts.And period Drama, and anything I can absorb knowledge from.History floats my boat. I like watching it and thinking 'somebody who made me lived then'.But sometimes, Tv REALLY bores me.
Books:
Most kids stuff.Anything thats well written by someone with a truly astounding imagination.Like Lucy. M . Boston, Tove Jansson, Eoin Colfer, Terry Pratchett, E. Nesbit, Janet & Allen Allberg, (their pictures of parents look like my Mum and Dad) Tolkien, C.S.Lewis.(For those that dont know thats, The children of Green Knowe, The Moomins, Artimis Fowl, Discworld and/or Truckers/Diggers/Wings, Five children and It, Pepo and Each Peach Pear Plum, Mr Bliss and The Hobbit and The Narnia Series. If I could remember who wrote The Elephant and the Bad Baby I'd put them in too.)On a more grown up note Poppy z Brite, Toby Litt, Paulo Coelho, Stella Duffy, Rudyard Kipling, Spike Milligan, Sarah Waters, Neil Gaiman, Iain Banks Joanne Harris,among others.My best book ever is The Witching Stone, by Hugo McEwan. He doesn't exist. It's very odd.
Heroes:
Acctual - Dame Ellen MacArthur. Fictional - Shane. Tara.
