lanimilbus

About Me

i'm ellie. i live in preston. i live in exeter. i'm a deaf studies and linguistics student (you learn something new everyday, eh?!). i work in a library. i'm a potentate of the rose.

my bedroom has been described as 'pink and fluffy'.

i have not.

i have been descibed as 'a flower', 'manly', 'an angel', 'great', 'a selfish cow' and famously 'an amazing person who'll show the world'.

my bedroom has not.

people i love are - mum, dad, hannah, mr jerry, sam, katherine, hannah (hannzie), elavi, aurimas, matt, rob, dale, claire, andy, carlos, adam, theresa, stuart.

My Interests

theatre, reading, cinema, pink, vegetarian, marmite, sketching, rambling, cheese, photography, eating, doodling, hugging, wine, music, dressing up, singing in the shower, swimming, water fights, belly dancing, ellie dancing, camping, thai chi (?), etymology, cooking, silence, shopping, sorting books alphabetically (i'll come do yours if you want...!), dreaming

Music

meatloaf, jewel, paul simon, indigo girls, eels, the levellers, sweet honey in the rock, amy winehouse, pulp, queen, lauryn hill, joss stone, enya, little birdy, marney and merlin, bread, dusty springfield, alanis morrisette, shania twain, macy gray, diana ross, ( motown ), janis joplin, the kinks, keane, dandy warhols, barenaked ladies, norah jones, annie lennox, counting crows, mozart, jem, jet, jason mraz, joni mitchell, the beatles, outkast, weird al, natalie merchant, dolores keane, train, abba, athlete, nelly furtado, pink

Movies

le fabuleux destin d'amelie poulain, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, angela's ashes, my girl, respiro, now and then, bend it like beckham, l'auberge espagnole, shrek, shrek 2, cool runnings, when harry met sally, napolean dynamite, the choir, iris, somersault, robots, ice age, osama, finding neverland, vera drake, inside i'm dancing, driving miss daisy, wong foo, about a boy, love actually, four weddings and a funeral, LOTR, gigi, grease, the motorcycle diaries, ladies in lavendar, (it made me cry because i missed home), my house in umbria, (maggie rocks), wonderous oblivion, the breakfast club, the english patient, babe, lemony snickett, etre et avoir, girl with a pearl earring, pirates!, the edukators

Television

child of our time, shameless, scrubs, the mighty boosh, extras, the office, red dwarf, those channel 4 body (living) programmes, (when at university) neighbours. i don't watch too much tv. probably because i didn't have one until i was 12. i prefer books and films.

Books

the red tent, the raging quiet, daughters of the moon sisters of the sun, mutant message from down under, the virgin blue, cats eye, alias grace, fingersmith, the secret life of bees, frankie mccourt, atwood, wise children, angela carter, kits law, fried green tomatoes, welcome to the world baby girl, the bell jar, narnia, chambers dictionary of etymology