Alex (or Alexandra as we say when we're cross with her - we're never cross with her) joined the Shiny Massive nigh on three months ago and our lives have not been the same since. She made me read my first fantasy book, has added her two pen'orth to Dollymix and has taught us all about the wonders of the Powerplates (and healthy eating). Here are her best bits words of wisdom.
Name: Alexandra Roumbas
Shiny Job: Deputy Editor of Shiny Shiny
Hometown: London
Five favourite web 2.0 sites (besides shiny ones): Facebook, Livejournal, Cupcate’s Vox, Wikipedia, YouTube
Last 3 gigs you went to: Lloyd Cole, Doves, Deacon Blue
Last 3 books you bought: Artemis Fowl and The Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer, Neil Gaiman’s Anansi Boys and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – some blonde bird wrote it; you’ve probably not heard of her. I’ve also just read a review copy of Starving Girls, Perfect Daughters by Courtney B. Martin which is about eating disorders and self-hatred. Cheerful stuff.
Last 3 albums you bought: Zero 7’s The Garden which was disappointingly pants, a Four Tet album I’ve forgotten the name of and Matthew Jay’s Meteorology
Last 3 DVDs you bought: Thirteen Days, Rope and Lost in La Mancha.
In the film of your life you'd be played by: Helena Bonham Carter, according to my cousin who bizarrely insists that I look like her (I don’t see it either). Personally I’d go for Dita von Teese or Linda Cardellini.
What song would you pick for the soundtrack to your life: Black Cab by Jens Lekman
Which female AND male 'sleb would you do the dirty with? Male: Johnny Depp in Jack Sparrow gear though possibly with cleaner fingernails. Female: Jennifer Connelly or Eliza Dushku. Hurrah for the girlcrush.
Favourite beach: Antisamos in Kefallonia. Huge pebbles, which is weird, but also deep, clean, peacock-hued water.
What have you got in your pocket: My Lobster Card for the tube, and a receipt for a bottle of water.
What colour toothbrush do you have: Purple at home, green at my boyfriend’s, yellow at work and orange at my friend Danielle’s. I get around.
What song would you want played at your funeral: Napoleon XIV’s They’re Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haa
Tell us one secret about you that people wouldn't expect: I provided the voice of a mother, her 6-year-old girl, her male toddler, a space Captain and a roving reporter on a software program for children aged 7 to 11.
If you were a car, what would you be: Aston Martin DB9. Or maybe a Vantage. I’m more like an Audi RS4, though; not too flashy on the outside but outstripping anything in my path when necessary.
What is your favourite item of clothing: My flux capacitor T-shirt from Truffle Shuffle.
What colour pants do you wear (Stolen from Smash Hits circa 1991): Black, white, green, blue, polka dot, stripy… I am not a pant racist; they can be any colour they like. I even have pink pants somewhere, although really pale colours generally don’t look good with my skin tone.
What was your first alcohol experience like (stolen from Pop Bitch): I’m Greek, so my family were quite happy for me to sip wine at family meals from sprog age; as a result, getting shitfaced didn’t really hold much appeal. The first time I got really blindingly drunk I ended up in a long relationship with a complete idiot… there’s a moral there somewhere, but I’ve no idea what it is. *raises glass*
If you were a videogame character who would you be: I’d be a garden gnome from the Harry Potter games. Potato-head chic, good teeth. What every woman wants, natch.
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Zero 7! I love them! Am disappointed to hear their new one is bad though - boo.
i learned more about you from reading this than from knowing you 16 years. how worrying. I am quite disturbed by the girlcrush thing - it's a bit icky to think about it!