Wow, two blog posts in the same month, you lucky people!
Inspired by Emma at Roselovelybones post, I have decided to tell you 50 things about myself, from the quite important to the utterly mundane, with one thing tying them all together... They are all about my favourite subject, me. (Disclaimer: I am in no way self loving, just a narcissist having a good day)
001: My favourite book of all time is The Picture of Dorian Gray. I just adore everything about it. I love the characters and the descriptions of rooms and the era and GAH... Everything. I feel quite close to the character of Dorian, and HATE Ben Barnes' portrayal of him. Hate hate hate. I do however, LOVE Stuart Townsend as Dorian... Dark hair and being a little bit older aside.
002: Speaking of Victorian London, that would be one of my favourite eras in history. I studied History to degree level and fell in love with Weimar Berlin, but my true first historical love is the Victorians. I don't know if maybe it was growing up in London, but I'm a Victorian history nut.
003: On the subject of History, and my degree, I received a 1.1 for my efforts.
004: I also wrote two dissertations silmuteneously, as I couldn't decide which one to give in. One was about Weimar Berlin, German Expressionism and the Third Reich, and the other one was about Victorian Mourning Rituals.
005: I grew up in Kentish Town, North West London. I spent all of my Sundays as a child walking round Hampstead Heath and on Saturdays me and my family used to go to Camden and hang out. I'm really really proud of where I come from and refuse to try to modify my accent to fit in the 'Shire!
006: My Mother is of Italian and Romani descent and my Father is Scottish. Hence my temper tantrums.
007: My favourite genre of film is Horror. Anytime, any place, any where... Stick on a horror film and I'm happy.
008: I am currently taking time out between my MA and my PhD. My degree was in History, My MA was in Cult Film and Television and my PhD... Wait and see!
009: I am really short. I'm 5'1". This means I can literally me picked up and placed in a different spot if I'm in your way.
0010: I have an eye colour somewhere between light yellow brown and full on yellow. In the sunlight my eyes scare me!
0012: At the moment, my favourite thing to watch on television is Ripper Street, I bloody love it! Especially Capt. Homer Jackson, who is essentially my spirit animal.
0013: I can't say "rural areas" without making it sound like some sort of tropical disease.
0014: I have nicely skirted around the issue of my favourite film till now... I can't choose, I find it unfair and cruel that you are trying to make me.
0015: I am very odd when it comes to friends. I used to not really have any! I'm very solitary and perfectly happy with my own company. Up until the age of about 24, I really didn't see the point of friends. I then met Laura, who became my first proper friend! At this point in time, I have 3 people I call proper friends.
0016: Because I never really had any friends, I am quite bad at reading social cues and responding. I was called "Reid" at my last job because of this similarity with Spencer Reid from Criminal Minds.
0017: I love comic books. My favourites are The Walking Dead (before everyone else started bumming the series btw!) and Preacher. I did have a brief flirtation with Ultimate XMen.
0018: My natural hair colour is blond. At the moment I have dyed black hair with a white part at the front.
0019: I'm a vegetarian. I also have a vegan day once a week.
0020: I fucking hate Glee and everything it stands for.
0021: I used to smoke.
0022: I haven't had hair this nice since forever. I only have my friend Emily to thank for it's current state!
0023: I have a fear of having my Achilles tendons slashed. When I get out of bed I get out with my feet facing inwards, because there is blatantly a murderer under there.
0024: I have been really trying, since Xmas, to be a better person.
0025: I'm really not sure what I'm doing with my life! I kind of want to own a shop, I kind of want to be a lecturer, I kind of want to write about History and I kind of want to write about films. **sigh**
0026: My first gig was the Big Day Out in 1998. I went with my older brother and my boyfriend at the time and moshed to Placebo. Ha!
0027: I have quite a few tattoos, my biggest ones being the seams on my legs and the smallest being a pink diamond on my left middle finger. I am making an appointment this weekend to get my newest one, a stag on my thigh. After that it will be my feet!
0028: I used to have snakebite piercings.
0029: My favourite type of music.. is a bit all over the place. I like hardcore metal, I like grindcore and deathcore. I also like Kate Nash, an awful lot of indie, 1950S Death ballads, Rockabilly, 80s pop... it gets messy.
0030: I never moisturise my hands, its something I'm trying to work on.
0031: I love Alkaline Trio. They are my favourite band. Matt Skiba is a god and he makes the noise my soul makes.
0032: My favourite alcoholic drink is Gin and Tonic
0033: I have a pug called Hemingway, who is like my child. I would die for him!
0034: My favourite colour is black. Closely followed by gray, rust, burgundy, purple.
0035: I'm in love with my iPhone. I have had three since they came out, not because I have to have the newest model, but because I killed the first two. One got run over (don't ask) and one had a bath related mishap. The first one was called Metalli-phone, last one was called Dallas. This one doesn't have a name.
0036: I love zombies and zombie films. I can't wait till the zombie Armageddon .. Which is totes going to happen by the way.
0037: I am a little bit OCD about cleanliness.
0038: I used to work in Lush, they love the animals and the environment, but they do not give a shit about their employees, at all. I loved the people I worked with, bar most of the managers, who were twats.
0039: I wish I was more artistically inclined.
0040: I can understand written French, and written and spoken Italian. Can barely speak either though! I'm going to learn German soon though!
0041: I used to have an eating disorder. The least I have ever weighed was about 6 and a half stone. The most I have ever weighed was 15stone. Which considering my height, is completely mental! I'm OK with my weight at the moment, I could do with being a little more toned, so am taking up swimming. I've become OK with the fact that I am always going to be curvy, the way my bones are set up means I will always have big boobs, big hips and a little waist, and that's cool.
0042: I'm a Piscean. I'm not sure if I believe in star signs or not though.
0043: I want to write like Hemingway.
0044: I might be clever academically, but I literally have zero common sense! Also, very poor sense of direction unless I'm in London.
0045: I love New York, and have been there twice in the last three years. I love it so much, and so does Cole, that he decided to propose at the top of the Empire State Building.
0046: I LOVE fashion. Not so much following trends, but how far fashion can push boundaries. I don't really know what 'look' I subscribe to, I just buy things I like!
0047: When I was seven, I wanted to be a rock star... Still kind of do.
0048: I love Christmas. I love Winter, presents, the food, the drink, the fairy lights!
0049: My favourite season is Autumn
0050: My favourite actor is Kyle Gallner. He is the bee's knees. I also like Cillian Murphy, Matthew Gray Gubler, Tom Hiddleston, Rachel Weisz... I'm sure there is a ton more, but I can't think!
Well, that's it! I hope it was informative, or at the very least, mildly amusing!
Laters potatas!
xxx
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