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Ildikó

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About Me

I am a girl with a bit of a crippled back. I cheat at board games when possible, sorry. I am a brilliant banker in Monopoly though because if I like you I'm not averse to sneaking you extra monies.

I just sent off my student loan form. Argh!

I play the saxophone, though not very regularly. I'm not super-fantastic but pretty competent! Haven't played for a while though :(. I would like to learn to play the harp. I like accordions and glockenspiels. Unfortunately I will always be a bit of a musical failure in my family, since my Aunt Audrienne (violin), Uncle Rudolf (violin/conductor) and Cousin Dávid (double bass) are all members of the Budapest Concert Orchestra, Dávid is particularly talented.

I lose things all the time, but somehow manage to blag my way through it. I had a dream last night that I lost my passport which wasn't good!

I am always interested in links to hilarious eBay auctions and pictures of unusual handicrafts.

My Interests

Attempting to tie my hair up without it escaping. I always fail, but I persist like a trooper.

Comedy gigs, music, books, films...easily entertained! Going out for meals, hanging around in pubs with friends.

I LOVE MARMITE.

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who wants to send me homemade things through the post. Getting post is ace, and knitted things are good because I can't knit. Very good at frogging though...

Music:

Joanna Newsom, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Led Zepellin, Tori Amos, Patrick Wolf, Ani DiFranco, Martin White (and Mystery Fax Machine Orchestra), Devendra Banhart, Broken Social Scene, Stars, CAKE, Piano Magic, Calla, Belle & Sebastian, The Flaming Lips, The Smiths, The Arcade Fire, Pixies, Jolie Holland, Doves, Lucky Soul, Elbow, Enon, The Beach Boys, Animal Collective, Blur, Pulp, cLOUDDEAD, The Bluetones, Cassette Boy, The Polyphonic Spree, Regina Spektor, Bloc Party, The Go!Team, Super Furry Animals, Joy Division, New Order, Aimee Mann, Tegan & Sara, Swans, Black Box Recorder, Johnny Cash, Jim O'Rourke, Le Tigre, Prince, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Take That, Cocorosie, Echo and the Bunnymen, Jamie Lidell, Gang of Four, Low, Vashti Bunyan, Khonnor, Erlend Oye, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, The New Pornographers, Wilco, Yo La Tengo, Xiu Xiu, Al Duvall, Bjork, Wolf Eyes, Sufjan Stevens, Metric, a hawk and a hacksaw, My Bloody Valentine, Vic Chesnutt, Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man, The Who, The Pretenders, Faith No More, Of Montreal, Nick Cave (and the Bad Seeds), Arab Strap, Antony & The Johnsons, !!!, Beulah, Panda Bear, The Angels of Light, Sigur Rós, Yann Tiersen, Nick Drake, Magnolia Electric Company, Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan, Dead Can Dance, Deus, Mirah and the Black Cat Orchestra, Pachelbel, Devo, Mull Historical Society, Spoon, Tortoise, Fiona Apple, Architecture in Helsinki, Atari Teenage Riot, And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, Stereolab, Lambchop, New Buffalo, Pink Floyd, Kings of Convenience, Kimya Dawson, The Unicorns, Dirty Three, Trachtenberg Family Slideshow Players, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, MI and L'au, Crass, Outhud, At The Drive-In, American Music Club, Weezer, Mercury Rev, Zero 7, TV On The Radio, Goldfrapp, AIM, Boris, Sonic Youth, Sparks, Drive Like Jehu, Fly Pan Am, Tortoise, Massive Attack, Abba, Polysics, Do Make Say Think, Siz Organs of Admittance, Jimi Hendrix, The Beta Band, Apples in Stereo, Xinlisupreme, The Mars Volta, King of Leon, LCD Soundsystem, Jana Hunter, The Dresden Dolls, All Girl Summer Fun Band, British Sea Power, Acoustic Ladyland, Boredoms, Tom Waits, copshootcop, Red Hot Chili Peppers, kid606, Asobi Seksu, Pelican, The Wedding Present, Neurosis, Buena Vista Social Club, Michael Gira, El Perro Del Mar, Hawkwind, Sibylle Baier, Vetiver, Van Dyke Parks, Les Savy Fav, Primal Scream, Mogwai, Seu Jorge, Iron & Wine, Jah Division, Lo Fidelity Allstars, God Speed You! Black Emperor, Bob Dylan songs covered by other people, Bob Marley, The Charlatans, R Kelly (*snigger*), Ben Folds, Morrissey, Scott Walker, The Ramones, The Kinks, Kate Bush, Biffy Clyro, Birdland, Dinosaur Jr, Dusty Springfield, Diana Ross and the Supremes, Longpigs, Phoenix, The Undertones, The Happenings, Elliot Smith, The Pogues, Blondie, Modest Mouse, Wham!, The Foundations, Gladys Knight, Otis Redding, The Drifters, Idlewild, Beck, The Hollies, M.Ward, The Jam, Love Affair, Asobi Seksu, Bob Marley, Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Not The Kaiser Chiefs, Intwine, Eurythmics, Feist, Sparklehorse, Roxette, Tailgate, PJ Harvey, Sleater-Kinney, The Animals, The Monkees, Stevie Wonder, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, De La Soul, Cat Power, Captain Beefheart, Pizzicato Five, Father, Ray Charles, The Supremes, Random 50s and 60s pop music, loads of one-hit wonders from the 80s and 90s e.g. Coolio,Cheesey stuff from childhood like TLC, the odd song by bands I don't really like.

Movies:

Batman The Movie (1966), Starship Troopers 2, Congo, The Backyard.

Short films.

Television:

Anything really good, or so shit it's good.

Books:

Andrey Kurkov, John Fante, PG Wodehouse, Posey Simmonds, blah blah blah I just wrote out all the music and can't be bothered with writing books at the moment. Hilarious horror fiction, hilarious romantic fiction...especially if it's quite earnest!

Heroes:

Captain Planet, Batman, Jessica Fletcher, Toby Radloff, Monty Panesar, C.B. Fry, The guy at Millie's Cookies who gave me double the ice cream I paid for.

My Blog

3 word answers, nicked from horse lady

1. Where is your cell phone?Upstairs, charging up2. Your boyfriend/girlfriend?In my mind3. Your hair?A Gingery mess4. Where is your father?On a train6. Your favourite thing to do?waste my time7. Your ...
Posted by Ildikó on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 03:51:00 PST

I won't kill your baby.

Xi1an: Medea kind of reminds me of you. OoXi1an: When I read it, I pictured her with your glasses. OoBrilliant.All being well I will never have to read a play by Aeschylus again. This pleases me more ...
Posted by Ildikó on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 03:44:00 PST

My motherland is amazing.

http://www.elvira.hu/Look on the drop-down menu under 'Reduction:'I'm finding me some orphans while I'm in Budapest! Or maybe just a monkey.
Posted by Ildikó on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 09:47:00 PST

One of my favourite quotes ever- T.E.Lawrence

Writing the introduction to his translation of Homer's Odyssey:"A lover of old bric-a-brac, though as muddled an antiquary as Walter Scott - in sympathy with which side of him I have conceded 'tenterh...
Posted by Ildikó on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:39:00 PST

Llamas playing pan pipes

That is what 'World Music' ought to be.I have hurt my wrist and I don't know how (no rude suggestions please). It just started hurting on Saturday and it's still really sore with even the smellest mov...
Posted by Ildikó on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 10:56:00 PST

Happy Birthday dad!

Here is the card I made my dad. As you can tell, he is 60 today!And here is the inside, with lots of signatures and one slightly alarming profession of love. But Daisy loves everyone. :P...
Posted by Ildikó on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:45:00 PST

Surprisingly bored

Friday nights are supposed to be pretty ace when you're 17, but I think I might fall asleep any second and I feel a bit sick. Lord, I am bored with not being well and being so utterly knackered.This w...
Posted by Ildikó on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:43:00 PST

Art Exam titles.

We don't get the paper 'til next week, but have been told the 8 titles...probably just to annoy us.And here they are:Celtic ArtOceanic ArtMultiple PanelsElongated FormsThe Geometry of LandscapeSculptu...
Posted by Ildikó on Sat, 03 Mar 2007 02:38:00 PST

Other people's music.

I have spent a few hours today having to listen to Péter playing (and singing along to) B*witched. Remember them?God it's annoying. And really, really unnerving to hear Péter in falsetto. Ditto him si...
Posted by Ildikó on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:29:00 PST

Old Farm Safety video

When we were in Primary School (I think it was year 6...) we watched the strangest BBC video about Farm Safety. I think it was from around the 1970s.It featured a family with young children who moved ...
Posted by Ildikó on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:13:00 PST