I am creative, obscure, and intrepid.
My Self-Summary
Some things I like, in no particular order:
Words,
festivals, cheese,
beaches,
dancing,
travelling,
pubs,
food,
football, fancy dress, giraffes,
parties,
elephants,
mountains.
I am daydreamy, vague and disorganised. I'm also open, honest, and
curious. I'll fit in everywhere and nowhere, and quite enjoy the
feeling of detached involvement that gives me. I try to walk a line
between being involved enough in the world and it's people to
appreciate its chaos, dirt and beauty, and in being separate enough
to understand it. And yeah, I know how arrogant that sounds.
I'm a Londoner by birth, Brightonian by choice. Left my boring
commuter lifestyle and public sector job a year ago and went
travelling through SE Asia and India, and now back home and a
student. It's all working out pretty well right now.
My weekends are generally a mix between partying, slothfullness and
trying to get to see
AFC Wimbledon (I've got a season
ticket which I don't really use as much as I should). The first two
things tend to interfere with the latter though,
unfortunately.
I don't get to
clubs
and
gigs as much as
I'd really like to, or used to, and would also love to get to more
theatre and
comedy. Still, the
pub's always a welcoming fallback. In summer, festivals and
Brighton beach.
What I’m doing with my life
Studying for an MA in
creative writing. I had a
proper job for years, and believe me this is so much better. And
maybe one day I'll even get paid for writing something.
I’m really good at
Hopefully writing, given the above.
Weekends.
Falling over and pretending it didn't happen.
The first things people usually notice about me
My hair. It's sort of giraffe colour.
My favorite books, movies, music, and food
Books - loads, most
of which I can't remember, but for example, anything by - JG
Ballard, Jayne Anne Phillips, Iain Banks, Iain Sinclair, Roddy
Doyle, Irvine Welsh....also various poetry, history,
travel....
Movies - Um, I have to confess, I rarely watch them. Not becasue I
don't like them, but it just doesn't ever seem to happen.
Music - some of most
genres - reggae, blues, rock, punk, electro, indie, house, techno,
dnb, breaks.........but most of all, bassy dance music and punky
guitar music.
Food - most of it. Will try anything, including guinea pig. Thai,
Indian and Italian would probably top my world cuisines list.
The six things I could never do without
Music
Books
Writing
Cheese
My computer
People to care about
I spend a lot of time thinking about
What it might be like to float in space, things to write about,
post-apocalyptic worlds, what a primordial soup looks like, places
I want to travel to, the next Wimbledon fixture, the political
future, whether to have beer or cider, how minds work and don't
work.
On a typical Friday night I am
I think the whole point of Fridays is to be untypical. A few likely
options though, are in a pub, at a party, in a club, on the sofa.
The most private thing I’m willing to admit here
Hahaha! Not likely.
You should message me if
You have something to say to me, whatever that is.