Movies: The Secretary, The Piano Teacher, The Idiots, Innocence, La Vie en Rose, Crash, Habla Con Ella, Turkish Delight, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Het Meisje, Lolita, Tideland, House of 1000 corpses

TV:

Books: Lolita, American Psycho, Generation X, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, anything by JG Ballard, and Leonard Cohen

Bar/Pub:

Bands: Nick Cave, Leonard Cohen, Edith Piaf, Nouvelle Vague, Eartha Kitt, Joanna Newsom, Sir Alice, Noisettes, Transvision Vamp, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Howlin' Bells, Juliette &; the Licks, Iggy Pop, Johnny Cash, Gwen Stefani, Cyndi Lauper, The Ramones, Pixies, Rob Zo

I have just graduated from a Fine Art course in the UK, and am off to live the life of a struggling artist in Amsterdam. I love beauty, excess and decadence, creating alternate worlds that allow me to live out my fairytale existance....erm ok, so this has changed a little in the past few days, I still love beauty, excess and decadence, and my fairytale world, but I am no longer off to live the life of a struggling artist in Amsterdam. I tried and I failed! Well, yes, I missed home lots, I'm ashamed to say! And I ran out of money, didn't really take enough. So yes, here I am, back living in Shropshire, its very pretty, but no Amsterdam. I am working really hard to produce some work and get it out there in some gallerys, and performance spaces, and also applying for my MA, I can't get enough of the university life!