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Ganked from everybody:

NAME: Helena (Lena)
NICKNAMES: Leno, Bean, Beanie
BIRTHDAY: March 1st
WHICH MAKES ME A: Pisces.

GENDER: Female
RACE: I'm White European
NATIONALITY: British - specifically English and Northern Irish
RELIGION: Yep. Or rather, faith rather than religion.
SEXUALITY: Straight, although I'd probably shag a chick if I was drunk enough. I certainly plan to try it once before I die.
DATING: Nope, and don't want to.

BORN: Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Gloucester
WHERE: You can spot a chav on every corner
RAISED: From age 2, in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire
WHERE: Sheep roam free and are called 'ships' by the local yokels
COLLEGE: ...ahahahaha. Where haven't I been?
WHERE: I still failed to ever finish my first year
CURRENT LOCATION: Lancaster, Lancashire
WHERE: I'm starting over. Again.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: Loved it! local CofE Primary school. It was ace.
HIGH SCHOOL: Hated it with an unholy passion. Never want to go through that again.
COLLEGE: See above comments on flakiness. Although the first time, in London, was a total blast
MAJOR: Variously - American Studies, Sport Science, Politics, History, Journalism, Chinese, Business (joint majors, some of 'em)

TRADITIONAL ART: I draw for fun, but suck. Take pictures, write.
MUSIC: Piano. Drums. Any brass instrument. And I never stop singing, even though I suck at that too.
DANCE: Nope. Unless I'm drunk and clubbing. I'd like to have taken classes when I was a kid, but won't now
PHOTO: Yay! Adore it. Love my camera.

TRAVEL:
AFRICA: Nope, not yet.
EUROPE: All over it. I live there now, obviously, and have also lived in Germany and Ireland. Travelled through a lot of the other countries on various trips and jaunts.
NORTH AMERICA: Yes yes yes! All over, several times
LANGUAGES (to date): English, German, French
PROFICIENT: English
CRAP: The other two. Better at German than French though.

JOB: I work in a hotel kitchen. Yeah, complain about your food if you dare, muthafuckers.

THINGS I ALWAYS BUY IF I SEE THEM AND I DON'T KNOW WHY BUT I CAN'T HELP MYSELF: Books

QUESTIONS: If there are any, I'll answer.