Music, music, music. I love listening to, playing and buying records and the only time my flat is quiet is when I'm asleep.

YES to: debating the world with my friends, drinking red wine, travelling to new places, arriving in a new town and being a bit lost, maps, strange coincidences, the sea, the sun, beaches, lie ins, dancing, reading an ace book, practising Spanish, Gilles Peterson, Stevie Wonder, realising I had more time than I thought, random acts of kindness, sarcasm, bad jokes, people who are willing to take a chance and be outside their comfort zones, ....

NO to: Pessimists, moaning minnies, grey-ness and beige-ness (both the colours and the state of mind)

Working too much, fitting in some fun at the weekends and, plotting my next adventure overseas

talking to new people, rustling something up in the kitchen from next to nothing a la Ready Steady Cook, wasting my time on the internet, being indecisive, losing stuff.

that I'm quite tall and quite northern.

Books
Recently I have loved 'American Wife', 'The Outcast', 'The Help'. I don't read enough as there aren't enough hours in my day.

Food
Thai food, cheese, Italian food, red wine.

Music, Shows
I prefer the radio to TV, but I loved watching The Wire a few years ago. I listen to 6music and Gilles Peterson/ Benji B/ 1extra.

my friends and family, my laptop, my records, my digital radio, my passport,

which song to play next, where to go on holiday, what to have for tea.

in the pub, chinwagging with my friends. Or disco dancing in my kitchen. Or asleep on the sofa.

that I'm giving internet dating a whirl.

you know your manners. If you have some sense of style.