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johanna

the ticky tack on the poster of eternity

About Me

hello! i am johanna. i have been known to be a slightly distracted yet enthusiastic person who gets quite excited about various things--some legitimately cool and others a tad..obscure. i spend most of my life (job time and free time) doing music-y things like playing the piano and writin bits of stuff and doing the business-y things that go along with music-y things..
You Are the Swedish Chef
"Bork! Bork! Bork!"
Your happy and energetic - with borderline manic tendencies.
No one really gets you. And frankly, you don't even get you.
But, you sure can whip up a great chocolate mousse The Muppet Personality Test

My Interests

music, playing music, hearing music, writing music, travel, books, art, coffee, rum, beer, cooking, films, outdoors, animals, canoeing, hiking, camping, caving, new people, extreme weather, life, design, culture, sunshine, architecture, solitude, religion, fun, conversation, spirals, sculpture, metal smithing, the sea, writing, the unexpected

I'd like to meet:

hello.

Music:

a bit too much to mention... villa-lobos, debussy, bach, radiohead, medeski martin & wood, miles davis, duke ellington, hiromi, beethoven, rachmaninoff, portishead, chopin, george crumb, steve reich, berio, the velvet underground, john scofield, handel, bud powell, scriabin, massive attack, piazolla, albeniz, de falla, ravel, a perfect circle, led zeppelin, pink floyd, stravinsky, prokofiev, esbjorn svensson, cat empire, laurie anderson, the books, gyorgy ligeti, john coltrane, jeff buckly, chris batchelor, herbie hancock, tori amos, stian carstenson, mr. scruff, g love and special sauce, arvo part, wynton marsalis, nina simone, buena vista social club, los hombres calientes, bjork, polar bear, the clogs, tin hat trio, jason mraz, acoustic ladyland, rage against the machine, antony and the johnsons, and lots more but i'm tired...

Movies:

amelie, moulin rouge, the princess and the warrior, pi, shine, star wars, mulholland drive, dancer in the dark, edward scissorhands, memento, pan's labyrinth, everything is illuminated, once upon a time in mexico, waking life, belleville rendez-vouz, etc.

Television:

csi, the simpsons.... tv eats your brain

Books:

tolkien, haruki murakami, william faulkner, poe, anne rice, dostoevsky, charles dickens, c.s. lewis, emily bronte, lots of stuff...