A ballroom dancing idealist who hoards books and likes stand up comedy and spicy red wines that are so heavy they need a crane to lift them.

Running around the political jungles of Whitehall (I'm a civil servant) getting bitten while trying to keep my head in a world that's clearly lost its own.

Ballroom and Latin American dancing (less so at salsa, ceroc and rock'n'roll but can lead the basics), and playing my viola. (The instrument, that is).

"What did they put in your cornflakes this morning?" - Normally something to do with having more energy and enthusiasm for almost anything.

Books, normally historical fiction or historical biography - history in other words. (You won't find "Brooklyn Beckham: My career" in my collection. I've got through much of Philip Pullman's novels. Historical writers who can turn history into a story are the ones that interest me - personalities rather than a list of dates and events.

TV: Mock the Week, Live at the Apollo, documentaries - basically anything funny or hard-hitting stuff. Not a soaps person.

Movies, Life of Brian continually amuses. Kingdom of Heaven and Life is Beautiful are also ones that stand out. Ditto with Amélie because when I watched it in 2002 it started off lots of random acts of kindness from me at the time (as opposed to the example above mentioned it and it seemed "ooh, I'm all into independent movies so I'm cultured" sort of thing).

Music: Chillout and classical (Sibelius, the Strausses, Mozart, Tchaikovsky) for the commute, otherwise a mixture of anything dance-able to stuff from my old indie (Blur, Oasis, Lightning Seeds) and disco days of the 1990s. There are also some shockers on there too, the less of which said the better.

Food: I've yet to hear from someone who says: "Nice food? Nah...don't like that. I'm not a food eater me. Don't like drinking stuff neither." English pub lunches, Italian and Chinese are normally my preferences, though am trying to broaden my horizons.

Food, shelter, warmth...oh...those things.

Oystercard
Laptop
Ipod
Bike
Foxes Chocolate Crinkles
Cinammon Jelly Bellies

The last two explain the energy/sugar rushes. I'm a bit of a choco-chompie.

...all the stuff I want to put in writing;
...all the things I still want to do in life;
...all the stuff that I need to get done - urgently;
...(when on the train) why the engineers don't pick up the random bits of metal and debris strewn about all over the place.

...on a dance floor (one that involves dancing with a partner as opposed to drunkenly swaying to very loud music), playing my viola in an orchestra or eating pies - or chocolate biscuits...!

That would be telling...

...any of the above interests you;
...you like dancing;
...you like to discover new things;
...you are musical;
...you an interest/hobby that is off the beaten track.