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About Me

Larger than life thirty-something living, loving, working, singing and studying in the fabulous city that is Edinburgh.

Home is a lovely flat of my own south of the city centre, that's currently being shared with my younger brother while he sorts out what he wants to do with the next chapter of his life.

Love is pretty one-sided at the moment. It's horrid but there's nothing I can do about it. I love the world I live in, I love my neighbourhood, I love my studies and my singing. I'm also in love with someone who isn't interested in me, which sucks.

I work as a development worker in a non-governmental organisation. It's been great but there's no scope for career progression and sadly it's time for me to look for a new challenge. It's something I need to do for my own sanity, but I'll still be sorry to say goodbye when the time comes.

Singing is my passion. I sing with the Edinburgh Festival Chorus and the Scottish Plainsong Choir, and I also have occasional singing lessons which I positively adore. If I could have a career as a professional singer, I'd jump at it, but I reckon I'm too old now.

I'm studying part-time for an MBA at Edinburgh University. It's a lot of hard work but it'll be worth it in the end. Not sure what I'll do with all the spare time I'll suddenly find myself with when I graduate - singing perhaps?

Life is busy, stressful, challenging and rarely boring!

My Interests

Too many to list!

I'd like to meet:

Jane Austen, to introduce her to the concept of feminism and to sit in a corner bitching about everyone we're watching.

David Tennant, to find out to find out whether he's as lovely in real life as he appears in interviews.

Neil Hannon, to thank him for the music.

Colin Firth, but I'd probably embarrass myself horribly by drowning in a pool of my own drool.

Music:

Too much to list, but here's a select few:
The Divine Comedy
The Proclaimers
Kaiser Chiefs
Queen
KT Tunstall
Lightning Seeds
Christy Moore
Ute Lemper
David Gray
Weird Al Yankovic,
Jarvis Cocker,
Duke Special
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Magnetic Fields
Suzanne Vega
Enya
Clannad
Billy Joel
Right Said Fred
George Gershwin
Eric Bogle
Cole Porter
Tom Lehrer
Bryn Terfel
Edinburgh Festival Chorus
Bach
Monteverdi
Mozart
Vivaldi
Verdi

Movies:

Too many to list, but Dead Poets Society is my all-time favourite.

Television:

Dr Who, Hollyoaks, Casualty/Holby City, Judge John Deed, Inspector Morse. Comedies like Black Books, Blackadder, Father Ted, Friends, Fawlty Towers.

Books:

Where to start? Mansfield Park is my favourite but I love all Jane Austen and some of the other classics, particularly Thomas Hardy. Modern classics are great too, particularly E.M. Forster, Evelyn Waugh, Muriel Spark and David Lodge. Historical novels/biographies about the Tudors and Stuarts, particularly by Philippa Gregory and Alison Weir. 'Chick lit' is great too, especially Joanna Trollope.

Heroes:

everyone's a hero.

My Blog

Turning my world upside down and inside out

Ever wandered round a busy Tesco with tears streaming down your face? I just did. This was following an evening in a lecture theatre where I almost cried a couple of times but ended up with bites al...
Posted by Nikki on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 03:32:00 PST

Its a heartache

Nothing but a heartache... (and that's enough Bonnie Tyler, Ed).My partner of more than two years dropped a bombshell a few weeks ago. He doesn't want to be with me any more.To say I'm devastated is ...
Posted by Nikki on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 01:25:00 PST

Alan Johnson is free

At last - some really really good news Well done Hamas for enabling Alan's release - by negotiation not force. Time perhaps for the rest of the world to recognise the leaders of the Palestinian...
Posted by Nikki on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 10:12:00 PST

Getting on with it

I've been told I need to stand up for myself more. This is undoubtedly true. I am a doormat and allow too many people to walk all over me, take me for granted and generally abuse my good n...
Posted by Nikki on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 05:35:00 PST

Disturbing timing

It's been a funny old fortnight, filled with reminders of times past. It started with the news that Piara Singh Khabra had died at the age of 82. He had been Member of Parliament for Ealing Sout...
Posted by Nikki on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 05:19:00 PST

Trooping the Colour

So, we have a new Prime Minister. Tony Blair has finally left the stage and Gordon Brown can finally take his place in the spotlight. And just how stage managed has the transition been? Did anyo...
Posted by Nikki on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 06:56:00 PST

Incredible Weather

Edinburgh is a fabulous place - and it has incredibly weird weather. The weather forecasts given out on the TV are rarely right because Edinburgh has its own weather microsystem which seems to c...
Posted by Nikki on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 05:02:00 PST

Sunshine on Leith

As promised, here's my review of Sunshine on Leith, a new production by the Dundee Repertory Theatre that those of you who are unfortunate enough not to live in Scotland probably won't get to see. It'...
Posted by Nikki on Thu, 31 May 2007 01:45:00 PST

A great weekend

Himself was up for a long weekend and I had a great time Nothing was too much trouble for him - which was wonderful because I'm still feeling run down and emotional. There were prezzies and lot...
Posted by Nikki on Mon, 28 May 2007 12:33:00 PST

A visit to the doctor's

So I saw my GP just now. She can't tell whether my problems are physical or emotional so has taken blood to test for anaemia and other disorders and at the same time given me advice about dealin...
Posted by Nikki on Wed, 23 May 2007 08:06:00 PST