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Warm or cool? 
Warm. I used to think I prefered cool weather but it's just not true. Nothing compares to feeling the sun on your face. One of my favourite memories from my childhood is sitting with all my friends, aged seven or eight, on the tarmac outside our house with the sun late in the evening. I've written so many times about this particular night and I still can't capture what made it so wonderful. It's hard to explain the pure elation that comes from sitting on still-warm tarmac with your friends until late at night, hoping your parents will never call you in to bed. Everything felt so free back then: we could have done anything. I'm not sure if it was the sun that made the night so pefect, or the night that makes me love the sun to this day, they're too intertwined in my mind to separate them now. I have polaroids of sunny days on my the back of my door so that I always leave the house in a good mood, and if the sun comes out when I'm stuck inside then I run over to the window every five minutes or so to stick my head out, look at the sky and grin like a fool.
Morning or evening? 
Morning. I love waking up at six o'clock and walking across the park outside my house. I'm still looking for an early morning bakery so I can buy croissants on the way back because that's the only thing I can imagine that could improve the experience. Everybody says 'hello' so early, noone thinks you're about to jump them for their ipod. It's such a wholesome time of day, it seems silly to say that but it's true. Everytime I move to a new place I have to see it early in the morning before I can feel like I own it. Even as a child, on the campsites we used to holiday on in France, I'd get up early and wander around with no shoes on, sand and grass underfoot and the sun on my face. That's possibly where the desire for a six am croissant comes from, now I come to think of it. I'm reminded of school trips as well - being woken so early by my dad for a quick breakfast before going to catch the coach to Dieppe (we always went to Dieppe!) with my classmates. Aw, I miss school! But yes, I love the morning. Whether it's winter or summer, there is little better than a walk as the sun's coming up, the birds are singing, and the streets are almost empty.
Do you like to have people around you or are you more of a loner? This is so difficult to answer. I love having people around me but I'm also quite a solitary character. I'm sociable, don't misunderstand, but even when I'm at a party with people I adore I like taking a moment and just watching everything, separating myself from the crowd. I think I like to have a group to belong to, but I also need the ability to be by myself at least for a short amount of time. There's a song I used to love which talks about 'thinking about things (I think too much)' and that sums it up exactly. I need time alone to think, but once alone I overanalyse and I need a group to go back to to stop me doing that.
Please give an accurate description of your appearance; pictures are welcome! 
I'm quite tall - 5'10 - and skinny. Well, maybe not skinny anymore, but definitely slim. I find it quite difficult to describe my appearance because I always want to describe the way I looked in high school; skinny with braces, freckles and a ridiculous smile. I'm pale but it suits me, I have freckles which disappear every winter and I miss them frightfully when they go. I've got brown hair to my shoulders which is in desperate need of a trim, blue-gray eyes (bluer in summer), a nose that goes up at the end, and quite a petulant mouth.
What are your favorite hobbies and extracurricular activities? 
Exploring the countryside, dreaming of places to see, swimming, picnicing on the hills, solo dance parties to the pop-punk/emo hits of 2001 (seriously, so much fun to be had throwing yourself around the room to Jimmy Eat World), letting my imagination run away with me, and walking through cities whilst everyone is asleep. Also the usual - kino, theatre, and books (current favourites: Valentín, The Wild Duck @ Donmar, Northanger Abbey).

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