Anna - ProfilesArchive

About Me

"Every woman has a story..." Chaotic, impetuous, warm & loving. Sometimes mad, occasionally bad, I'm a shy, self conscious, confident extrovert!? "I'm not a perfect kind of girl. My hair doesn't always stay in place, and sometimes I'm shy & say the wrong thing - but, if I take a step back & think about how truly amazing my life really is, I realise that it's okay - I'm allowed to be just a little imperfect..."

My Interests

Living, loving, laughing. Theatre, live music & art. People, conversation and debate.

I'd like to meet:

....people who can make me laugh & brighten my day!! Those with an (emotionally!) mature, open outlook - willing to embrace the contradactions that exist in us all & enough life experience to appreciate the foibles of human nature. People with true passion! Creative, intelligent, funny (ha,ha!?) warm and compassionate."Making yourself horribly vulnerable and risking humiliation is one of the most dangerous yet potentially rewarding things you can do. As such, it is usually reserved for fools in love....." "...love me for who I am, not for who you would have me be..."

Music:

Absolutely anything that gets me moving and/or moves me:- i.e. Rock, Pop, Indie/Alternative, Soul/Blues/Acoustic, Fusion Jazz, some Classical, (Good) R & B etc., but also have to confess to shamefully being a sucker for 70's dance music - always guaranteed to get me on the dancefloor!? Anything with rhythm basically.

Movies:

Where do I start?! In no particular order (& by no means an exhaustive list)....

Cabaret (Special Edition)

Dangerous Liaisons

The Jungle Book (Limited Issue)

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Some Like It Hot (Special Edition)

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

A Streetcar Named Desire (Original Director's Version)

The Sixth Sense

Sleepless in Seattle

Television:

Good British drama, good British comedy, movies and documentaries.

Books:

Amongst others: The Magus (& The French Lieutenant's Woman) by John Fowles, A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway, Sons & Lovers by DH Lawrence, 1984 by George Orwell, Sophie's Choice by William Styron. Most recent reads include:

Jean Rhys - After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie (Penguin Modern Classics)

Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian

Anna Brownell Jameson - Shakespeare's Heroines: Characteristics of Women: Moral, Po...

Nicole Krauss - The History of Love: A Novel

Gina Ochsner - People I Wanted to Be

Heroes:

My family, my friends, my children (who keep me laughing, keep me focused & give the BEST cuddles!), and......well, you know who you are!!

My Blog

Distractions and diversions...

The weather was unseasonably warm and humid. She detested winter, January and February in particular; but, since she had no choice in accepting the season, she would prefer if the climate were ...
Posted by Anna on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 04:43:00 PST

There are patterns in life...

"There are patterns in life. Not everything happens for a reason, but purpose arises from the things that happen. The key is to blend yourself with patterns that include the things you want. Th...
Posted by Anna on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 01:04:00 PST

Demons...

She woke with a start, the scream still on her lips. Jumping up in panic, her heart pounding, blood rushing in her ears and the ice cold grip of fear twisting her insides. Her left h...
Posted by Anna on Sun, 17 Dec 2006 05:04:00 PST

Once a fool...

&always a fool? Her hands were shaking as she took the statement from the Police Officer to read through and sign. She vaguely heard herself make some lame quip, desperate to lighten the s...
Posted by Anna on Sun, 05 Nov 2006 02:02:00 PST

Deliciously salacious!?

Ok people, I've fast forwarded a bit here! I haven't posted anything for ages because it's such a nightmare cutting and pasting in MySpace and Mary was getting worried that my characters were ma...
Posted by Anna on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 03:51:00 PST

Aftermath...part 1

The phone was ringing, ringing off the hook her Grandmother would have said. Katie didn't want to talk to the caller, whoever it may be. Six rings and the answer machine would kick in; she'd hol...
Posted by Anna on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 01:16:00 PST

Second Chance... (part 3)

The irony of the situation wasn't lost on her. There she was, scrabbling about in the semi darkness trying to locate her hastily discarded clothes, desperate to get away from the same man that o...
Posted by Anna on Wed, 26 Jul 2006 11:03:00 PST

Second Chance... (part 2, of 3... or 4!?)

It would be fair to say that the evening had not passed at all as planned. Katie most certainly hadn't intended for it to be reduced to one of her 'sad, but true!?' party anecdotes, but she cou...
Posted by Anna on Mon, 24 Jul 2006 03:35:00 PST

Second Chance... (part 1)

"Oh God!", she wailed, her cheeks burning at the memory, "It was awful! No, actually it was worse than awful. It was horribly, humiliatingly, excruciatingly ghastly!" Zach and Saman...
Posted by Anna on Tue, 11 Jul 2006 06:38:00 PST

The Singleton (cont.)

Her only consolation was that Zach would be there. Although he had always been on the periphery of her 'crowd', it was only in recent months that they had become properly acquainted. What...
Posted by Anna on Tue, 04 Jul 2006 02:49:00 PST