Entry #5     |     Submitted: 6 June 2006

David Tennant, Johnny Depp, Damian Lewis

Liv Tyler, Jemima Rooper, Emma Thompson

Jonathan Ross, Stephen Fry, Alan Davies

Seth Lakeman, Kate Rusby, Coldplay, Franz Ferdinand, The Eagles

Band of Brothers, Lost, Hex, Firefly, Hustle, Casanova, Dr Who

Creative, anxious, curious, thoughtful, odd

Meeting new people, eating food I like, managing to channel the thoughts and stories in my head into coherent words. Sitting in my garden. Travelling. Sweet Earl Grey tea. Pancakes with lemon and sugar. Getting on with my family - spending time with them. Making people laugh.

People who try and make you feel small, men who leer at you in the street, the feeling of guilt, falling out with my family, spending money I shouldn't have, writer's block, artists block - when you can see it in your head but it just won't come out your pencil! People who are ill-informed yet have no room for lee-way in their opinions. People who judge you before they know you.

My mum's honey mustard chicken. Or tuna and sweetcorn pizza from my local Hollywood Pizza in Aberystwyth

Reading, writing, playing my bass guitar. Drawing, messing around on Photoshop, singing with my band, trampoleening!

I am interested in almost everything.

I am constantly worrying about the next step down the path.

'We may lose or we may win, but we will never be here again.' - from 'Take it Easy' by the Eagles. I try and think about seizing the moment and making the most of every day, because I will never get the chance to do it again. It doesn't always work, but I try and think about it anyway!

My parents - for working so hard to get us where we are today. My dad taught me that you should follow your dreams and take risks if you have to: he was working in sales advertising in London when the company went bust. With two babies and a wife to support, he gave up everything, moved back to his childhood home in Wales, and tried to be an artist. He had no experience and no qualifications. Now, 21 years later, he is one of the most respected and well-known artists in his field. I sometimes think about the different person I would be if we hadn't made that decision.

My family. I've lived with them in the middle of nowhere, twelve miles from civilisation, shops, and all my friends. We've had to get along, and we did. We all respect and understand each other, and I see them all as friends as well as family now.

Everything! No not really. I'm afraid of my family getting hurt, of something teribble happening to them. I'm afraid that I'll die before I get the chance to do so many of the things I'm desperate to do. I'm afraid of never meeting anyone I'll love enough to settle down with, and I'm scared I won't be able to have children, because I would love to have them one day.

They may not seem like much to other people, but to me: working full time to save money to go travelling. Travelling around New Zealand for 3 months. Getting up on stage and singing in a band.

Acceptance that this is life, this is me, and contentment that there is nothing more I could do to better it for myself or for other people. That and sitting in my garden with my family on a sunny day, with nothing that I have to do nor anywhere I have to go, and Earl Grey tea with lots of sugar in my favourite mug.

I'd try and make people see that they can make a difference. The solutions to so many of our problems are right there in front of us: if we all knew the power we had to effect change, and we all pulled the same way at the same time, we could do so much.