You Can Call Me Al
Created | Updated Oct 19, 2002
You can tell a lot about a person from their musical, literary and cinematic tastes, interests, hobbies and favourite sayings... allegedly.
For instance, I dislike the music of Celine Dion. This immediately tells you that I enjoy a decent tune and am fond of cats.
Me - In Word Form
- Live and let live
- I am prone to indecisiveness1
- Variety is the spice of life2
- Loyal
- Honest as the day is long3+4
- A terrible temper
- Never count your apples until they're hatched5
- A tendency to over-commit myself6
- You can lead a horse to water...7
Current Musical Interests
- U2
- Coldplay
- Sting
- Paul Simon
- Manic Street Preachers
- African and Latin American music
- Acres Wild - Jethro Tull
- Martha's Harbour - All About Eve8
Cinematographic Experiences
- Bridges of Madison County9
- Out of Africa10
- Dead Poets Society11
- Good Will Hunting12
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind
- Pride and Prejudice13
- Tarzan, Pocahontas, The Lion King... in fact most good Disney animations
Literature and Beyond
- Douglas Adams - whose work I admired since childhood, the reason that h2g2.com came into existence and my presence therein, and to whom I am indebted in more ways than one
- Terry Pratchett
- Jane Austen
- Karen Blixen - What an incredible woman, what an incredible life!
Current obsession(s)
- The X Files
- What the Night is For
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Major phobia
- being trapped in a lift with Celine Dion...
- WW3
1I think2it also makes a great curry3which is approximately eighty-six-thousand-and-four-hundred-seconds4you just had to double-check me on that, didn't you?!5yeah... wanna make something of it?6Especially at the moment, it would seem7but I'd sooner drink something stronger please8The sea calls to me...9Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep10Robert Redford and Meryl Streep11Robin Williams and some other guys12Robin Williams and some more other guys - is there a pattern emerging here?13BBCV5702
