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About me

Gender	Female
Industry	Marketing
Occupation	research analyst
Location	London, United Kingdom
Introduction	"And I sing and sing of awful things / The pleasure that my sadness brings / As my fingers press onto the strings / In yet another clumsy chord Haligh haligh, an awful lie / This weight would now be satisfied / I'm gonna give you only one reply / I know not who I am" - Bright Eyes
Interests	sleeping. reading. writing. going to the movies. COFFEE!! running. nostalgia. email. pink. popular culture. unpopular culture. glossy magazines. forearms. the saturday crossword. having my photograph taken (and pretending to be annoyed). big dogs. dark chocolate. swimming. the english, all of 'em. contemporary art--not that i understand it. ice cream. knee-high boots. daydreaming about strangers. tube rides train rides bus rides plane rides. listening to music. walking. florence. sunsets (i'm not being kitsch). did i mention coffee and chocolate? playing the saxophone - badly. cleaning - obsessively. dancing. vodka. salad followed by decadent chocolate cake. pre-toxing. getting up at the break of dawn to take photgraphs. pret a manger. consumer culture. movie marathons. clean underwear. reminiscing. sushi. other people's taste in music. exfoliating. sunbathing. pyjamas. makin' sweet sweet luhv
Favorite movies	when harry met sally, hannah and her sisters, fight club, une belle fille comme moi, domicile conjugal, the hairdresser's husband, full metal jacket, psycho, north by northwest, cat on a hot tin roof, the apartment, singing in the rain, look back in anger, the spiral staircase, the parent trap (original version), that darn cat (disney), 101 dalmations (disney animation), peter pan (disney animation), freaky friday (original versionw/jodie foster), american psycho, american beauty, american graffiti, pandemonium, heathers, clueless, the wings of the dove, a room with a view, i heart huckabees, casablanca, the philadelphia story, all about eve, all about my mother, annie hall, manhattan, mullholland drive, lucia y el sexo, dogville, shortcuts, harry (un ami qui vous veut de bien), l'adversaire, huit femmes, come te nessuno mai, matchstick men, magnolia, adaptation, memento, batman begins, il ciclone, coffee&cigarettes, being john malkovich, from russia with love, swimming pool, merci pour le chocolat, Queens Logic, where the boys are (!), the science of sleep, romanzo criminale, le fate ignoranti, last tango in paris, romanzo criminale
Favorite music	TOM WAITS!!!, talking heads, rolling stones, eagles, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN!! grateful dead, neil young, iron and wine, paul simon, bob dylan, led zeppelin, creedence clearwater revival, dire straits, PINK FLOYD!!!!!!!!, edoardo bennato, jimmy cliff, bob marley, david bowie, lou reed/velvet underground, neil young, leonard cohen, the pixies, R.E.M R.E.M. R.E.M!!!, blur, gorillaz, killers, belle and sebastian, tom mcrae, radiohead, the bravery, eminem, guns and roses (!), francesco degregori, lucio battisti, white stripes, and of course the beatles and in partic. john lennon, GIANNA NANNINI!!!!, iron and wine, vasco rossi, stars, bright eyes, antony and the johnsons, casiotone for the painfully alone, LCD soundsystem, pavement
Favorite books	(in no particular order) novel on yellow paper, the golden notebook, notes from the underground, heart of darkness, sostiene pereira (antonio tabucchi), moon palace, the new york trilogy, invisible cities, if on a winter's night a traveller, in the heart of the country, clarissa, dracula, the wings of the dove, the house of mirth, jane eyre, wuthering heights, mrs dalloway, to the lighthouse, the woman in white, harriet the spy, a wrinkle in time, anne of green gables, tristram shandy, out of sheer rage, cat's eye, wilderness tips, the edible woman, london fields, john cheever's short stories, anything by salinger, northanger abbey, jacques the fatalist, robinson crusoe, the winter's tale, the clear light of day, come un romanzo, the story of you, norwegian wood ... and many many more