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Patrick

Self-obsessed? Who? Me???

About Me

at worst, complicated and endlessly neurotic. worries about trifles. believes in the power of fashion. pig-headed. a closet introvert. portrays an adult, in truth a child. drinks vodka but prefers chocolate milk

My Interests

writing, foreign art cinema, fashion, long conversations over coffee, clubbing, recovering from hangovers and alcohol poisoning, shoes, discovering amazing new music that no one knows about yet, boywatching, going to the gym (certified gym bunny), yoga/pilates, 5k marathons, cooking (an excellent cook!) restaurant dinners (am a big foodie), advertising and corporate communications (of course i'm interested in my career!), preparing for my MBA in the US, playing with my niece, boracay (big beach bum), photography

I'd like to meet:

Just people whose brains i'd like to pick. People for whom my fascination will over time exponentially increase, not decrease. People who are perpetually, ever-increasingly interesting.

Music:

everything but the girl (i adore ben watt and tracey thorn. love each of them, love them together. can't get enough of ebtg or anything by either of them), madonna (huge fan since infancy. one of my earliest memories was lipsynching "papa don't preach" at a kindergarten talent show ), chicane (he is unbelievable),the avalanches, annie lennox (she has the most amazing voice), bent, beth orton (reminds me of tracey thorn), bob sinclar, cher (how can you be gay and not love cher?), deep dish, deepest blue, dido, dixie chicks (yes i listen to country), erasure, the eurythmics, george michael (he is still fantastic despite all the hoopla), heather headley, india arie, kaskade, the killers, kylie minogue (hope to see her back soon), m people, mariah carey (this is pure devotion), massive attack, new order, the pet shop boys, prince (prince is just insanely cool. i dressed up as prince once for a costume party), the scissor sisters, seamus haji, take that (only boy band i will admit to liking), tiefschwarz

Movies:

crash, american beauty, one way ticket to mombasa, brokeback mountain, the hours, malena, whalerider, evita, erin brockovich, numbalikdiwa, city lights, lost in translation, moulin rouge, far from heaven, madonna's truth or dare, beauty and the beast

Television:

embarrasingly, i like to watch silly reality crap i.e. america's next top model, project runway, american idol, rockstar inxs. absolutely no to grey's anatomy, csi, alias, lost, or other shows that require mental processing. i miss sex and the city a lot. that was the greatest television ever.

Books:

magical thinking by augusten borroughs (laugh out loud funny!), bridget jones' diary, she's come undone, waiting to exhale, confessions of an advertising man by david ogilvy, the 10-day mba

Heroes:

madonna, tracey thorn, the late princess di, marilyn monroe, mariah carey, the late jackie o, my late guidance council brother dunne