i am very laid back with a hint of stoicism!

I love: computers, marmite, red wine, Italian food, tactile people, lingering kisses, whisky, wiggly wogglies, freckles, A.r.s.e.n.a.l, lazy summer days, people who can hold a good conversation, happiness, quirky beauty, France & French culture (my dream is to live there one day!!), Monet et al, green jelly babies

irritants: shallow people, double standards, project managers, rip off Britain, speed cameras, when people say "lol, lmao, psml, rofl" etc !, global warming hysteria, red jelly babies, vanity - if you're ugly on the inside then all your good looks count for nothing I'm afraid!

my ideal classic car would be a Citroen DS cabriolet. anyone for a drive through rural France?

oh and does anyone remember the kids programme the "Children of the Stones" or did i just dream all that stuff?

it was often followed by Noah and Nelly - this programme rocked! noah sailed his Skylark on the flood; Nelly his wife used to knit. Whenever Noah ran out of flood nelly would knit some more! How cool is that!

Favourite Films:
Chocolat, Dead Poets Society, The Green Mile, Amelie, Stigmata, O Brother Where Art Thou, Les Visiteurs, The Railway Children, Gladiator, L'Apartment, The Village, Les Valseuses, The Swimming Pool, The Sound of Music, Team America, Life is Beautiful, The Station Agent, looooooooooooooooooads!!!

Music:
Most classical, Dido, Axelle Red, Katie Melua, Suzanna Hoffs, Deep Purple, Hayley Westenra, JJ Cale, Lemon Jelly, Pink Martini, Natasha St. Pier, Polyphonic Spree, Goldfrapp, Joshua Kadison, Queen, Zero 7, Aldebert, Crazy Penis, Cali, Moloko, Morcheeba, Sia, Dire Straits,

Favourite Sensations:
quenching a thirst, wiggly wogglies, popping bubble wrap, smelling the inside of new hot water bottles, a first sneeze, the texture of a foam fruit :), smell of freshly mown grass,

I am a very optimistic person and collect silver linings from clouds which i then sell on ebay and make millions.

AND FINALLY....

why kissing is the ultimate in intimacy:

If I had to give it all up, except for one thing, I would keep your kiss.
If I had to lose all memories, except for one, I would remember your kiss.
If I could take only one thought with me into the afterlife, I would take your kiss.
Nothing is better than your kiss.

A kiss is never JUST a kiss.

Oh - if you email me I will always email back - i just think that's good manners. IF I HAVE ADDED YOU AS A FAVOURITE but not emailed you it is because I can't (75 miles restriction - but still worth trying!) and hope you will email me first so that I can reply!! I used to think intimate encounters were a good and special thing - but apparently on POF its a euphemism for one night stand. And suddenly you're blocked from emailing others cos you emailed someone who is looking for an intimate encounter. So - when people yearn for intimacy is that a good thing or a bad thing? Hmmmm!!!

First Date? hmmm am I looking for a "first date"? ok well - if because of being with me she can still smile even though it is raining it will be a good date. if because of being with me she can go home and dream even through a sleepness night it will have been a good date. if because of being with me she has new hope where there was none before then it was a good date. for me a date is good, not just because of what we do but because of who we become because it was a good date.

I find intelligence in a woman and her ability to hold an engaging conversation extremely attractive and makes for an amazing date!