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About Me

My name is in the top left corner of the page. As is my age. And where I live for the most part of the year.
The rest of the year I'm hauling luggage around Europe.
Why London, you ask? I'm trying to complete a Linguistics degree at UCL. Why linguistics? Because it's fun (...?). Any other questions, just talk to me. I don't bite... much.
12 things you should know:
  • • best impromptu music video ever can be found RIGHT HERE .

  • • all unknown noises are fire alarms.

  • • all good-looking men are either gay or taken or both.

  • • it's been proven that birthdays are good for you. the more you have, the longer you live.

  • • anchorman will always be funny

  • • i copied this list idea from cozza

  • • i'm trying to make my own (silly) webcomic called Quills & Zebras but have been too lazy to update.

  • • kitchen roll is like gold dust

  • • my name is sexy (it says so here )

  • • you must see this before you die

  • • contrary to popular belief, ladders DO NOT mostly come with buckets.

  • • Camden is the old Old Street.

    • My Interests

    Devouring books, splattering words onto paper, listening to music, Webcomics (especially: Girls With Slingshots, Wapsi Square, Questionable Content, and In His Likeness), spending money on random impulse buys, messing with photos in photoshop, eating copious amounts of chocolate...

    Music:

    TOP ARTISTS:

    Movies:

    Pan's Labyrinth,
    Green Street,
    Pirates of the Caribbean,
    LotR trilogy,
    Life As A House,
    Almost Famous,
    & more...

    Television:

    On the rare occassions I watch tv: Lost, CSI, Futurama, Saiyuki...

    Books:

    A short list:
    Northern Lights by Phillip Pullman,
    The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath,
    I, Lucifer by Glenn Duncan,
    The Joke by Milan Kundera,
    Dune by Frank Herbert,
    Stuff by Angela Carter,
    & more...

    My Blog

    The Scare @ Buffalo Bar

    Chiara dragged me off to see The Scare @ Buffalo Bar on Tuesday, a band I had never heard of before (and apparently, she had only just heard at Reading festival).Twas an interesting night, as hadn't b...
    Posted by anna on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 05:54:00 PST

    Kill Em All @ Fabric

    With: The Chemical Brothers, LCD Soundsystem, Justice, Infadels, Goose, The Teenagers, Busy P, Alan Braxe, Reverend and The Makers, Crystal Castles, Kris Menace, Jagz Kooner, Santogold, Elektrons, Fil...
    Posted by anna on Sun, 20 May 2007 11:00:00 PST

    eurovision

    Obviously anyone with class last night would have watched Eurovision. It was a spectacle in itself, and rather amusingly for a large part of the voting UK didn't get ANY votes. Haha. But then again, w...
    Posted by anna on Sun, 13 May 2007 08:07:00 PST

    Dustin's Bar Mitzvah Farewell Show @ 100 Club (+ White Heat)

    Perhaps I was a bit of an intruder, going to a farewell show of a band I had never heard of until two days previous. Oh well.Apparently, Dustin's bar mitzvah are splitting since the drummer no longer ...
    Posted by anna on Wed, 09 May 2007 07:14:00 PST

    Boombox @ Hoxton Bar & Grill

    .:."Yet again, it's all about dressing up fancily, definitely not fancy dress. Somewhere at the apex of nihilism and narcissism, it's all about looking hot and looking FIERCE. With his off the chain c...
    Posted by anna on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 06:39:00 PST

    Charm Offensive @ Catch-22

    Charm Offensive is on the second friday of every month at Catch-22 (Shoreditch), playing all things stylish and charming.Jan 12 2007. It was an entirely crazy night that began with a phone call from m...
    Posted by anna on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 06:17:00 PST

    Sweet...but deadly @ Clockwork

    I'm a little late in posting this but what with Christmas holidays and all, what can you expect?Anyway, it was the 15th of December with The Fore, The Daze, The Hartes (of course), and The Black Trick...
    Posted by anna on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 10:04:00 PST

    the tube club @ archway tavern music bar

    My friends and I went to the Tube Club on the 15th since The Hartes were having a gig there. Didn't really listen to the other bands, so I can't comment on them, but I CAN comment on the venue. Summar...
    Posted by anna on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 03:23:00 PST

    lovers electric @ water rats

    Chiara came down just for the evening (crazy girl) and we went to see Lovers Electric play at Water Rats.I had forgotten how good they are live! It was great, we sang along and it brought back memorie...
    Posted by anna on Fri, 24 Nov 2006 03:51:00 PST

    coming up next: The Hartes & Lovers Electric

    Long time no myspace... I wish I could go to Antidote tour (http://www.antidotetour.com/go/home/) when they come to London on the 4th of november... Danko Jones & Gogol Bordello will be playing t...
    Posted by anna on Sun, 22 Oct 2006 03:17:00 PST