Vital Stats: snowduck

Member for: 523 day(s)
Gender: Female
Birthday: October 29
Location: Germany , Greece
Languages spoken: English, French, German
Interested in meeting people for:: Friends, Just looking Around
Astrological Sign: Scorpio 10/23-11/21

About Me

I love sparkly things - wit, talent, ideas, words, brains...& gadgets. I'm a Magpie at Heart. Slave to my Quirks. Heart on my Sleeve. Sue me.

What else?

Maybe, try my introduction:
http://www.alivenotdead.com/snowduck/New+Kid+on+the+Blog-profile-209354.html

...or my Declaration of Independence:
http://www.alivenotdead.com/snowduck/My+Declaration+of+Independence-profile-229956.html

The rest you have to figure out for yourself.

Cheers!

Background

Hometown: Dragged into the world in New London, USA, live in Munich, breath in Greece
Occupation: Translator E/G, CP Editor
Companies: Freelancer (by very nature)
Schools: University of Mainz (Germany)
Hobbies and interests: Fine Arts, Literature / Writing, Photography, Computers, Graphic Arts, Music, Films / Movies, Travelling, Theater / Acting, Languages

Favorites

Favorite Music: Yay for Eclecticism! Raised on black funk & soul of the 80ties and 90ties; Currently Khalil Fong, David Tao, Jay Chou, Wang Lee Hom, Aska, Wheesung, Leslie Cheung, Yoshida Brothers, Hotel Vietnam by Makoto Kabota, Gackt, Hyde; general faves: avantgarde jazz (Trovesi, Tim Berne, Riessler, Takase, Portal, R Giuliani, Michael Wollny, Abu Khalil, Garcia-Fons, aso.), Greek Laika & Rembetika, classical Decca, European 15th & 16th cent., Carmina Burana, Eleni Karaindrou, Alexandre Desplat, Evanthia Reboutsika, Yma Sumac, Edith Piaf, Tom Waits - someone stop me. Pullleeeeze!
Favorite Movies: Truly 2 many 2 name
Favorite Tv Shows: New BSG, all of Joss Whedon's shows, Lost, Veronica Mars, Dr. Who, Heroes, House, StarTrek, currently taking babysteps into Southeast-Asian TV-drama landscape (no preferences yet)
Favorite Books: Firing a shotgun at the nearest bookshelf & reporting hits: Metamorphoses (Ovid), Murakami, Italo Calvino, Oscar Wilde, Arthur Schnitzler, Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Salman Rushdie, Toni Morrison, Neil Gaiman, Angela Carter, Marilyn French, Graham Greene, Terry Pratchett, Paul Auster, Matt Ruff, Brautigan, Rilke, Celan, Baudelaire, Benn..., ok - bored now...
Favorite Faves: 2day? Asian cinema. Ask again 2morrow... In general? The unchartered territory I've just cast my eyes on