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My favourite books and authors

The Catcher in the Rye, Lady Chatterley's Lover, We Need To Talk About Kevin, anything by David Lodge or Laura Kipnis.

My favourite music and artists

Our Lady Peace, Dar Williams, Cake, Jimmy Eat World, Nada Surf, Snow Patrol, Shiny Toy Guns, Lupe Fiasco, Shakira, Kanye West, Fort Minor, Sway, Panic! At the Disco, OK Go, Fountains of Wayne... dance, soul.

My favourite movies and actors

Far From Heaven, Donnie Darko, Reality Bites, Gilda, Welcome To the Dollhouse, F***ing Amal, Amores Perros, My Son the Fanatic, Lovers of the Arctic Circle, Mulholland Drive, Beauty & the Beast.

I adore

Taking strolls with a friend in tow (though my mp3 player is an equally good companion).

I can't stand

Waiting for buses. The inconsistent nature of the British climate.

My best experience ever

Cannot be summed up in one sentence.

I always wanted to say

My trains of thought never go "choo choo".