I have completed a speech pathology degree in Manchester, embarked upon life in the real world for a while and am now a music student. Honestly, I never intended to be an eternal student! I generally love being active and outdoors, and enjoy having thought provoking conversations. My main passion in life is music of most genres, especially classical, jazz, rock, metal, folk and bluegrass. I am a pretty intelligent person, but have dyspraxia and dyslexia, which makes it challenging to find practical applications for my intelligence and also to get it across to others in situations I don't feel comfortable in. My hobbies include playing clarinet, saxophone and a tiny bit of piano, swimming, hiking, trampolining, playing word games, reading and socialising. I also spend way too much time in the theatre, both on-stage and back-stage!

Having spent two years working in the science and music departments of a secondary school for children with learning disabilities, I have now quit the world of work in favour of music and more academia! I'm currently studying music in London, singing in choirs and playing in concert bands whilst teaching music theory, sax & clarinet privately and also keeping up with hobbies such as trampolining. I consider myself very lucky to be able to spend so much time pursuing the things I enjoy most.

Usually that I'm small, quirky, have a lot of get up & go and enjoy a meaty debate. They probably also notice that I'm not brilliant at social chit chat and am intolerant of bimbos.

Music: Rock, bluegrass, metal, folk, classical, jazz, klezmer, blues and basically anything that isn't r'n'b, garage or anything techno. I have a pretty eclectic taste in music and it is something I try to fill my days with as much as possible. Music helps me to enhance my emotions and really experience them vividly. In other words, it lets me express and understand my feelings where words fail to suffice.

Books: A Gathering Light, My Sister's Keeper, The Notebook, Jane Eyre, The Kite Runner, Damaged, The Pact, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Reading is most definitely the best form of escapism. Each time I finish a good book, it's like leaving a part of my life behind and saying goodbye to an old friend. For this very reason, I love re-reading my favourite books.

Films: Donny Darko, 10 Things I Hate About You, Cruel Intentions, Vera Drake, Mrs Henderson Presents, History Boys, Hilary and Jackie, Shine.

Television: Not much really, but if anything University Challenge, Coupling, Red Dwarf, One Foot in the Grave, Neighbours and Futurama.

Food: Anything vegetarian really

Aside from the obvious water, oxygen, sleep, food etc. my top 6 would be [hugs, music, family, books, exercise]] and [my friends.

In general I'm a pretty pensive person, possibly to an unhealthy extent.

Religion: I spend hours each day (and more so each night) contemplating how likely it is that there's a god and if so, how anyone could be so sure of what path he'd want you to take. How can so many contradicting religions be so convinced that they're doing god's will, when it's impossible for them all to be right. I tend to just think that if god did exist in the way that most dictionaries would define him, he'd not care so much about what we do for him, but more about how we treat each other and his planet. Whether he exists or not, caring for others could never be a bad thing. It also baffles me as to why a being that doesn't need anything would create us and require us to form a relationship with him. So I am actually the dyslexic, agnostic insomniac who lies awake all night wondering if there is a dog!

Morals: I spend a lot of time contemplating moral dilemmas and enjoy discussing them with others.

Life path: I also think a lot about my life path and future plans, attempting to work out what I'd be best off doing career wise and how best to fulfil my potential whilst making myself happy and satisfied. I analyse all the decisions I've ever made and try to work out retrospectively the turning points in my life and how they have made me who I am. Contemplating the differences between who I am and what I am is also a favourite of mine.

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