literature, travelling the world, poker, art, fit geeks, singing in the bath, cocktails, films, poetry, fashion, salad, men, yoga, literary theory, taking photos, sexual green, any music, swimming, good spelling, Arsenal FC, dingy bars, beaches, the theatre, my backpack, love sonnets, musicals, dark comedy of any kind, going out with my friends (bleurgh cliche, but you can't beat it), walking, anything Australian, knitting, irony in all its forms, long and interesting words, drinking too little, drinking too much, poststructuralism
I'd like to meet:
We Are Scientists....oooooh looky I've already done that!! The cheshire smile worn by me is not cool, I realise this now, but Keith is so goddamned pretty that I just couldn't help myself.In general:
FIT GEEKS!!!!! These include:Adam Brody,
Matt Damon,
Joseph Fiennes,
Ewan McGregor,
Adrian Brody,
David Schwimmer,
Alex Zane,
Tobey Maguire,
Brandon Boyd,
Nicholas Brendon,
Elijah Wood,
Josh Hartnett,
Jake Gyllenhaal,
Ed Norton,
Wes Bentley,
Paulo Costanzo,
Orlando Bloom,
Pharrell Williams,
Adam Levine,
Daniel Radcliffe (well in a few years!),
Robert Downey Jr,
Samuel Preston,
Paul Rudd,
Jonathan Bennett,
Hugh Grant,
Colin Firth...to name but a few. But these are all fictitious so can I have a real one please? All the members of the Kooks and We Are Scientists are pretty damn delicious. Luke is yum. Keith is yumyum. Having met the latter I can confirm this (see above). It's ALL about tall, skinny with big hair..mmmmm.
I also have a weird desire to get inside the minds of suicidal poets. I'd have love to have met my father's father.
Music:
Mock at your peril. I'm not like, WAY FETCH or ahead of the times or too cool for school or anything but I know what I like and that's fine with me thank you very much. Categories/genres that tickle my fancy from time to time:Indie,
Indie-Rock,
Drum 'n' Bass,
ANY old school dance,
R 'n' B,
Hip Hop,
laid back mellow beats,
Power Ballads. Artists/bands that are frequently played on my shiney pink I-Pod (as well as a few in there that have the priveleged status of being included in my all-time favourites...some more obscure than others, obviously) include:Aerosmith,
Amy Winehouse,
Arcade Fire,
Arctic Monkeys,
Ash,
The Automatic,
Avril Lavigne,
Babyshambles,
Basement Jaxx,
Be Your Own PET,
The Beach Boys,
The Beatles,
Blink 182,
Bloc Party,
Blur,
Boy Kill Boy,
Bright Eyes,
Captain,
Chemical Brothers,
Christina Aguilera,
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah,
Coldplay,
The Cooper Temple Clause,
The Coral,
Corinne Bailey Rae,
CSS,
Damien Rice,
Daniel Powter,
The Darkness,
Dashboard Confessional,
Death Cab For Cutie,
Death In Vegas,
Dido,
Dirty Pretty Things,
The Eagles,
Editors,
Elton John,
Elvis Costello,
Embrace,
Eric Clapton,
Faithless,
Feeder,
The Feeling,
Foo Fighters,
Frank Sinatra,
Franz Ferdinand,
The Fratellis,
The Fugees,
The Futureheads,
Get Cape Wear Cape Fly,
Hard-Fi,
The Hives,
The Holloways,
Hoobastank,
Hot Chip,
Incubus,
Interpol,
Jack Johnson,
James Blunt,
James Morrisey,
Jamie T,
Jeff Buckley,
JET,
Jimmy Eat World,
Kaiser Chiefs,
Kanye West,
Kasabian,
Keane,
Kelly Clarkson,
The Killers,
The Klaxons,
The Kooks,
KT Tunstall,
Lauryn Hill,
Less Than Jake,
The Libertines,
Lily Allen,
The Long Blondes,
Lostprophets,
Lucie Silvas,
The Magic Numbers,
Mariah Carey,
Maroon 5,
Marques Houston,
Massive Attack,
Maximo Park,
Muse,
Mystery Jets,
Nelly Furtado,
New Found Glory,
Nizlopi,
No Doubt,
Oasis,
The Offspring,
Panic! At The Disco,
Pete Murray,
Phantom Planet,
Phil Collins,
The Pipettes,
Pixies,
Placebo,
Primal Scream,
Queen,
The Raconteurs,
Radiohead,
The Rakes,
Razorlight,
Red Hot Chili Peppers,
R.E.M.,
Richard Ashcroft,
The Rolling Stones,
Rooney,
Shakira,
Simon and Garfunkel,
Simple Plan,
Snow Patrol,
Starsailor,
Stereophonics,
The Streets,
The Strokes,
The Subways,
Sugababes,
Take That,
Thom Yorke,
The Thrills,
Tracy Chapman,
Travis,
U2,
Usher,
The Verve,
The View,
The Vines,
The Walkmen,
We Are Scientists,
The White Stripes,
Yeah Yeah Yeahs,
The Zutons!
Movies:
Ahhhhhhhhh to be a film critic. Implausible plotlines really get my goat. Here are some awesome films that make sense on every level:
Moulin Rouge,
American Beauty,
The Jacket,
Donnie Darko,
The Shawshank Redemption,
Bridget Jones's Diary,
Dirty Dancing,
Pretty Woman,
Breakfast At Tiffany's,
The Good Girl,
Fight Club,
Secretary,
Labyrinth,
The Way We Were,
City of God,
Strictly Ballroom,
A Beautiful Mind,
Beauty and the Beast,
The Prince of Egypt,
Harry Potter(s),
Finding Nemo,
Clueless,
Romeo and Juliet,
City of Angels,
Schindler's List,
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,
The Graduate,
Pride and Prejudice,
The Green Mile,
Big Fish,
Lost In Translation,
The Pianist,
Almost Famous,
Cruel Intentions,
E.T.,
Mean Girls,
Sideways,
Good Will Hunting,
The Shining,
Pulp Fiction,
Dead Poets Society,
The Virgin Suicides,
Grease
Television:
Your eyes will go square-shaped. It's simple, yet true.These are a few favourites that distracted me through primary school, my GCSEs, A-Levels, and now my degree. Oh yes:The OC,
Desperate Housewives,
Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares,
Friends,
Neighbours,
Fawlty Towers,
Dawson's Creek,
Beauty and the Geek,
Eastenders,
ANY poker programmes,
The Apprentice,
Grange Hill,
Byker Grove,
Pop Idol (in all its variations),
Trisha,
The Jeremy Kyle Show,
Pimp My Ride,
Will and Grace,
Buffy the Vampire Slayer,
Angel,
Wanna Come In?,
Only Fools And Horses,
ANYTHING on E!,
Friday Night With Jonathan Ross,
Saved By The Bell,
They Think It's All Over,
Have I Got News For You,
Footballers' Wives,
10 Years Younger,
Little Britain,
You Are What You Eat,
The Simpsons,
South Park,
Grand Designs,
What Not To Wear,
Punk'd,
Sex and the City
Books:
I've met some people who claim never to have read a book. HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?! These people are liars and/or cretins. I have waaaaaay too many favourites so I will refine the list to these select few:Adrian Mole(s),A Room Of One's Own,
Bonjour Tristesse,
Bridget Jones(s),
Captain Corelli's Mandolin,
Down Under,
Elli,
Frankenstein,
Girl With a Pearl Earring,
Harry Potter(s),
Jane Eyre,
Life of Pi,
Lord of the Flies,The Da Vinci Code,
Tales of the Unexpected,
The Alchemist,
The Bell Jar,
The Blind Assassin,
The Catcher in the Rye,
The Collector,
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,
The Lovely Bones,
The Mark of the Angel
Heroes:
Seth Cohen: the measure mark of what all boys should aspire to be. My dead fish bacardi who had a bulging eye for a year but who just kept on swimming. Anybody who has overcome adversity. Which is basically everyone. Oh, and my family, friends blah blah. And myself, obviously.
