L

The Basics

Name

L

Location

Scotland, UK

About Me

About Me

Nerdbian! Love pretty much all things scientific, dairy-free cooking, photography and playing my guitars. Oh and books. Lots and lots of books.

Check All That Apply

Lesbian

Religion/Spirituality/Philosophy

Atheist

Looking For

Queer Friends in my Area, Queer Friends on the Internet

Relationship Status

In a Relationship

Virtues

I can make dairy-free profiteroles and also kick-ass dairy-free and gluten-free brownies.

Vices

Cheese, beer, impulse buying guitars and of course, women! Not impulse buying women that is. Just wanted to clear that up.

Are You Out To Your....

Member(s) of Immediate Family, Members(s) of Extended Family, Close Friends

What I Like

Favorite Books

Anne of Green Gables, Harry Potter, The Book Thief, The American Boy, The Lieberman Papers series, the Thursday Next series, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Pride and Prejudice.

Favorite Queer Books

The Haven Home for Delinquent Girls, Pages For You.

Favorite Movies

The Manhattan Murder Mystery, Small Time Crooks, Zelig, Play It Again Sam, Kissing Jessica Stein, Imagine Me and You, 9, Julie and Julia, Cinema Paradiso, Hot Fuzz, Serendipity, Wag the Dog, Harry Potter, James Bond.

Favorite Documentaries

Life on Earth, Cousins, Blue Planet, The Spice Trail, pretty much all of the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, Rough Science.

Favorite TV Shows

Black Books, Lie to Me, Castle, Bones, Rizzoli & Isles, Doctor Who, Torchwood, Lip Service, Grey’s Anatomy, Waking the Dead, QI, Have I Got News For You.

Favorite Music

KT Tunstall, Tegan and Sara, Uh Huh Her, Muse, Kasabian, Joe Bonamassa, Fleet Foxes, Snow Patrol, Placebo, The Raconteurs, Nina Simone, The Hives, Ella Fitzgerald, Bon Iver, Iron and Wine, Mumford and Sons, Beirut, The Maccabees, Imelda May, The Mystery Jets, Queens of the Stone Age, The Constellations . Really into my music so I also listen to a lot of unsigned bands: Silent Mob, Aerials Up, Hannah Werdmuller, Paul Gladwell… check them out!

Favorite Sandwich

At the moment it's Roquefort and Avocado.

Favorite Quotes

“Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.” Groucho Marx

Favorite Thing on Autostraddle.com

Love the playlists. Deanne Smith and The Dating Game made me laugh so hard I cried.

Favorite Writers

Jasper Fforde, Stieg Larsson, Henning Mankell, J.K. Rowling, Janet Evanovich, Ian Rankin, Terry Pratchett, John Connolly, Alexander McCall-Smith, J.R.R. Tolkien, L. M. Montgomery, Sylvia Plath, Andrew Taylor, Frank Tallis, Val McDermid, Jane Austen.