Blossoming Almond Tree, Vincent Van Gogh, 1890.
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General mischief and unforeseen calamity, laughing, talking, music, reading, spending time with family and friends, dancing, clothes, missions, good wine, cheap wine, talking to people about classic cars like I know what im talking about, eating, t.v, film, cooking, lounging around, yoga, driving, comedy, festivals, animals, sleeping, drama, my amazing friends (who are all interesting and beautiful ppl!) posh make-up, good conversation, making people laugh, meeting people to bounce off, camping, travel, chocolate, trees, the gym, pretending to sell stuff at work, knitting (im on the slippery slope to craft evenings), having a good sit down, shoes, art, pubs, not being at work, pyjamas, clubbing, procrastination, tea (English Breakfast or Earl Grey), baths, owls, the sun, cocktails, gigs, having fun, plants...living and learning.
good beats!! hard/soft, loving dark, dark, filthy bass lines im afraid! dirty bassline junky, v eclectic, electro, breakbeat, house (not wanky funky house though - hard/acid), electronica, d n b, acoustic lovliness, tracks for all moods and occasions, never being able to get to end of a track coz I get too excited about another one! (annoying for ppl) currently loving Hotchip, Radiohead (as always), Pink Floyd, Aphex Twin, all things Ninja Tune, Nick Drake, Mazzy Star, The Smiths, Squarepusher, all things Warp-y, Rennie Pilgrim, Kid Koala, Gorillaz, Tricky, Fink, The Velvet Underground, Roni Size, Fabio & Grooverider, Portishead, Mylo, Jurassic 5, Krafty Kuts, The Beatles, Jeff Buckley, DJ Shadow, Infusion, Amon Tobin, Luke Vibert, The Chemical Brothers, Bonobo, Stanton Warriors, Pendulum, Blockhead, Devandra Banhart, U.N.K.L.E, James Lavelle, Mogwai, South, The Stones, Chris Clarke, Plaid, The Beta Band, Death in Vegas, Roots Manuva, Plump DJ's, Mogwai, LCD Soundsystem, Lemon Jelly, Prodigy, Justin Timberlake, Massive Attack, Jose Gonzales, Jon Kennedy, Orbital, Bob Dylan, DJ Food, Amon Tobin, Queens of the Stoneage, Mr. Scruff, Zero DB....
Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese, Robert Rodriguez, Kevin Smith, Spike Jonze, Ghibli Studio films, ie. Castle in the Sky, My Neighbour Totoro, Howl..s Moving Castle, Robin Hood Prince of Theives, Pulp Fiction, Baseketball, Napolean Dynamite, Star Wars (yes, I am a geek but I also have a thing for Anakin) Easy Rider, Sin City, Shaun of the Dead, Dead Man, Kung Fu Hustle, Pi, House of the Flying Daggers, Fear and Loathing, The Big Lebowski, Withnail and I ( bit cliche, but genuinely three of my most watched)
The Sopranos, Lost, Sex and the City (oh yes), shamelessly addicted to Neighbours and im not saying sorry, Facemakers (or anything involving major physical deformity ie. programmes about really fat people, or people with 200lb tumours, or people with boobs on their faces), Peep Show, Trapdoor, Greenwing, Diagnosis Murder, Hollyoaks, Family Guy, Desperate Housewives, Alan Partridge, American Dad, some cookery shows, shows about scally's - in particular scally teenagers but not sure why, Holby City, The Mighty Boosh, Spaced, 6 Feet Under, Dark Place, South Park....have just got into Deadwood and am loving it...watch it!
Angela Carter, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, Zadie Smith, Ian McEwan, Wordsworth, John Claire, Katherine Mansfield, Margaret Atwood, am currently reading 'The Double' by a guy called Jose something...and some Ian McEwan...and a biography of John Claire...and a kids poetry book which I found in my cereal the other day, but its fairly rubbish...
anyone who puts themselves out there, people who are honest and genuinely interested. 'Id rather be disliked for who I am, than liked for who I am not!' think on...cant remember where I read that...but I like it. Also, I like the good old classic, 'what goes around comes around' I absolutely have to believe in the concept of karmic justice...and I really love the phrase 'self-knowledge is the most prized form of knowledge, as we can only look to ourselves for its source'...I love it because I just made it up just now....