Viatrix
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Introduction | I noodle through life, occasionally shooting off in random directions. |
| Interests | Instituting policies. |
| Favorite movies | Bella, The Black Balloon, Babette's Feast, The Castle, Chicago, Million Dollar Baby, The African Queen, To Sir With Love, Yojimbo, Sanjuro, Little Miss Sunshine, Kenny, Fiddler on the Roof, Hot Fuzz, La Vita è Bella, 300, Ghostbusters, Dr. Strangelove, The Lives of Others, Master and Commander. The Notebook, (because I'm incurably romantic) Juno, Once, The Princess Bride, Lars and the Real Girl, Zatoichi, The Ring (Japanese version), Fargo. |
| Favorite music | Eva Cassidy - haunting perfection Sondheim musicals - clever Il Giardino Armonico - baroque bowing Blossom Dearie - cutesy jazz Hot Club of Cowtown - American country/jazz Syncopation - a cappella The Idea of North- a cappella Chase - absolutely insane trumpeting Cure - mincing, prancing Goth Shu-Cheen Yu - East/West classical fusion Tom Lehrer - cunning college silliness Sheena Ringo - J-pop wailings The Cranberries - Irish wailings Guns n Roses - late 80's rock rebellion Regina Spektor - alt pop Beatles - clean, simple joy Andrea Bocelli - popera (And yes, his accent is ALL WRONG for the Napoletana songs) Bach - exquisite harmony Mozart - brilliant sheen & ornate trillery Chopin - evocative nocturnes Carmen is one of my favourite operas I'm also fond of Carmina Burana "O Mio Babbino Caro" from Gianni Schicchi "Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen" from The Magic Flute Giulio Caccini's "Ave Maria" Tool - for when I'm just in one of *those* moods Silence. (I write that knowing I am at risk of sounding like a John Cage afficionado) Rossini Jonathan Coulton - Re: Your Brains, Still Alive, and Code Monkey Billie Holiday - needs no explanation Mes Aïeux – Dégénération Steve Dalton - check him out at cdbaby.com/cd/stevedalton |
| Favorite books | To Kill A Mockingbird, Watership Down, The Little Prince, The Old Man and the Sea, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Flatland, The Screwtape Letters... A lot of Arthur C. Clarke and Isaac Asimov. The Illiad, Roald Dahl's stories for children and adults... I enjoy most Dickens... the Pumblechookian elbow cracks me up every time. Terry Pratchett. Douglas Adams. Much of G.K. Chesterton. I'm also fond of Orwell and Don Watson. A.A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh stories. Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body. Just getting into Solzhenitsyn. |
The love potion you made tastes terrible. How will you drink it?
Sweetened beyond all recognition. (Just the same as I take my iced tea.)