Drunken tinned spaghetti fights, cooking roast dinners for lazy people, food in general, small things - real small
My soulmate preferably... but if not then Alanis Morissette will do
Anything including a guitar, good lyrics or an unusual voice... Alanis, Natalie Imbruglia, Beverley Knight, KT Tunstall, Jack Johnson, James Morrision, Lucie Silvas, The Thrills, Willeth Young, Mary J Blige, The Cranberries, Joni Mitchell, Maroon 5, Eagle Eye Cherry - or alternatively, lots
In no particular order... like the XFactor results:American Beauty, anything made by legendary Stanley Kuberz, all that is French (esp. Mr Jeunet), Evil, the funniest Disney film EVER The Sword in the Stone, The Graduate, Closer, Fight Club, Seven, Baz Luhrmann stuff, Little Miss Sunshine, Wicker Park, Vanilla Sky, Great Expectations, The Kill Bills, a dash of David Lynch, Sex and Lucia, Match Point, Meet Joe Black, anything that makes me squirm effectively, an ongoing search for well-done thrillers (The Life of David Gale, The Usual Suspects, What Lies Beneath)and rom-coms (How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, the original and best Bridget Jones) and anything else I can get my grubby mitts on that doesn't involve a singer/dancer's plight to make it big. Eurgh.OFFICIALLY my favourite scene. You should love it too.
Six Feet Under, Desperate Housewives (minus irrelevant voiceover), The League of Gentlemen (come back!), Smack the Pony, Nip/Tuck, Location Location Location, Property Ladder (Beany is queen), Green Wing, Bad Girls (Darleen Cake and Bodybag... possibly the best characters on Brit TV eveeeer), Pre-Bon Jovi Old School Ally McBeal, the comedy that is Neighbours, Peep Show, documentaries about the world's bizarre and unfortunate folk
Anything by Marian Keyes (for laughs), Chuck Palaniuk (for weirdos), Shakespeare (for absolute lushousness), well-written screenplays in all their glorious variety and sharpness... and Alex Garland should write more
"I love the way you push my buttons, so much sometimes I want to strangle you"(Thanks Alanis)
Lynn-Smithe: Fake toff with all the makings of a great working class miner. Our relationship exists primarily as a mutual humour appreciation tool, allowing us to bask in each other's wit between food discussions and celebrity arguments. Strongest midget I have the pleasure to know, a storm at karaoke, the world's finest grimace and an immediate cure to my bad moods. ARTICULATE.
Sophia Le Brooks: Otherwise known as my left arm. Hooked from the very first dirty look, I have since discovered the most interesting person life has thrown at me thus far. Despite an inability to locate passports and leave on time, her unique brand of sillyness keeps me smiling through long train journeys and godawful days. I have learnt more from her than 50 teachers and a lifetime in statuatory education.
Bojangles: A'Court reminds me of a character out of a fairytale. Short of talking to the animals, her sweetness and innocence radiates like a Disney Princess and even when she tries to bully me I just can't take her seriously. We share carols and rhymes, jolly cooking expeditions, foul language and character attacks. She will always be long, I will always be short. And no matter how hard I try to scare her with my weird thoughts, she simply refuses to judge me (bitch). Smiles aplenty, I will always take pleasure in telling her tales of tortured fluffy animals.
Julie McGriff: My aunty and childhood inspiration. Unafraid of bodily functions, scary/angry people, breaking the rules, eating enough to feed eight and most importantly, of living, she proved that you can be best friends with your family. Globe-trotting, stew-making, volatile, alcohol-swilling (yet respectable) lady of the highest order. Amen.
Rachel-Anne-Fitzgerald: Single-handedly reared eachother through the most laughter-cram-packed years of my short life thus far. Despite getting her long hair trapped irrevocably in a battery-powered fan excavated from the board game 'Operation', she was my walking, trekking, bike-riding, exploring, adventure-seeking, inquisitive, mischief-making, food-eating best bud of the 90's and made me laugh more than anyone else in history (on a relative no. of laughs-per-day scale). I miss her and thank her for joining me in my refusal to grow up/wear make-up/shag boys at 13/pretend to be cool protest.