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Susanne

Gormless Perambulation

About Me

I was born during the Apollo 15 lunar landing, but I don't really remember any of it. It was the hottest day of the warmest week of the driest month of the year, and it hasn't rained in Seattle on my birthday since. I was raised in a barn and during my formative years I was an indentured servant in Santa's Workshop, until I ran away to Paraguay at 16 to vaccinate children against tropical diseases. What else do you need to know?Oh yeah, I'm a loyal friend, slow to judge, but I will also tell you what I am thinking. I like people who stand up for what they believe in, and say what they mean. Willing to risk everything for the truth. Also, I live right by the zoo, hence the pictures of all my neighbors. Update: I no longer live by the zoo, but I still like animals.Little known fact: My nickname is Zaza. It was given to me by my friend Matti in 1995 because apparently I am such a sarcastic smart-ass and it sounds kind of like "Yeah yeah". Some people only know me by Zaza, which is a little bit scary.
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My Interests

Science, staring at the sky, photography, playing with dogs, writing, great conversations, swing and contra dancing, animals of all kinds, Spain, getting lost in D.C., frogs, making movies, playing my fiddle, improv, The National Zoo, over-analyzing people, ornithology, Cape Breton, set design, painting furniture, volunteering, community and neighborhood stuff, camping in the desert without a rainfly, quirky movies, sushi in general, Scrabble, being hit in the head by blunt objects thrown at me by Kelly, irony, wrestling till giddy, summer nights out back with friends, being a skeptical smart-ass, annoying Kelly, swimming with manta rays...

I'd like to meet:

A space alien. And shy extroverts, honest pranksters, and brilliant goofballs. You know who you are.

Music:

Leonard Cohen - 10,000 Maniacs - Natalie MacMaster - Cranberries - Dar Williams - Lucinda Williams - Rufus Wainwright - Teddy Thompson - Lyle Lovett - Ian Moore - Howie MacDonald - J.J. Chaisson - Old School Freight Train, baby!!! - KT Tunstall - Johnny Cash - Natalie Merchant - Jerry Holland - Tish Hinojosa - R.E.M. - Anything from Cape Breton - Big Band era swing for dancing - Balkan/Gypsy/Klezmer stuff my geeky dad listens to, and, of course, Les Fabulous Girls du Oeste Coast.

Movies:

El Dia de la Bestia - El Crimen Ferpecto and the sick mind of Alex de las Iglesias. Dark comedies. I like dark comedies. Donnie Darko - Punch-Drunk Love - Kinsey - Magnolia - Rushmore - Garden State - Election - Amelie - The Hours - Nowhere in Africa - A Home at the End of the World - Seattle International Film Festival.

Television:

It's more fun to make TV than to watch it...plus I can't seem to find the darn remote, which seriously puts a damper on the whole experience.

Books:

The 21 Balloons - A Wrinkle in Time

Heroes:

Peg 'n Bill Stark

My Blog

Bill Stark 1912-2006

Bill and Peg Stark were like the granparents I never had.  Bill passed away last week in Port Townsend, Washington.  They lived together in an army tent by the Icicle River in Leavenworth, W...
Posted by Susanne on Sun, 17 Sep 2006 03:37:00 PST