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About Me

The technicolor tampon says I am a. . .
Concerned ArtistRandom stuff: I'm a cat lover. One of my favorite past-time pleasures is to curl up with my black tortie cat under the covers. I do get out periodically though, when not sleeping or working. I love the directness of a good one-on-one chat. Though, sometimes I miss BBSer GTs (ha, "what is 'BBS'?"), and getting to go on random vacations. I LOVE travel. Been to Russia 3 times (once a whole summer), and want do it again. Wouldn't mind the odd trip to, say, Madagascar if I had the time and money. I have an innate curiosity for design in nature and environment, namely in urban planning and architecture. On vacation, I am usually suspect to photographing buildings in foreign countries. Make that a CRAZY amount of photographs. I'm anisometropic, which always makes a joy out of focusing. I love geeking out just as much as going out dancing. I can sit in front of Revit or Autocad nonstop for far too many hours if my job happens to get me in the groove off the clock. Currently, I'm creating ceramics designs, amongst other things. One of these days, I'd love to take a pottery class. I'm so enticed by juxtapositions of science and mystery, meditation and surrendering to form, just as with infrared photography. I am a double Scorpio (Sun & Ascendant!) with a moon in Taurus. I can be intense and stubborn, but positively loyal and hardworking once I dedicate myself to something. . . . TImes are tough now with the onset of the recession, but hey, at least it's Spring! I love Spring in Chicago. :) Next up: Taxes soon, a new gig hopefully in the near future, and Leonard Cohen eventually (June 3rd, Hamilton, Canada, but awesome nonetheless! He's My Man). What Neubauten instrument are you?
The Guitar
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My Interests

aikido, arete, architecture, art, autumn leaves, bioclimatic eco-friendly architectural design, bubble baths, cafes, carl jung, cats, cello, cooking, cuddling, dancing, dark rooms, design, dressing up, dressing down, dutch language, eastern thought, film, flying, goth-related stuff, green space, hot chocolate, italian language, italy, macs, margaritas, museums, myth, mythology, nightclubs, origins, painting, patterns, photography, poland, reading, running, russian language, russia, scorpios, strongbad, sunsets, tapas, tea, texture, the absurd, tiramisu, travelling, urban planning, bad karaoke, walking, water (bodies of), window shopping, wine (red), writing, youtube.

I'd like to meet:

Friendly, funny, creative, thoughtful, responsible people with character. That too much to ask? Otherwise, people who like to hang out and laugh over silly, simple things are also good. :) Bonus if you speak Russian or are learning it.Flakes, drama queens, religious nuts, and stalkers need not apply.

Music:

leonard cohen, terminal bliss, portishead, nine inch nails, rasputina, zoe keating, nick cave, yo-yo ma, einsturzende neubauten, massive attack, hooverphonic, blue foundation, bjork, carly simon, aphex twin, chemical brothers, the cure, dead can dance, depeche mode, dido, dj tiesto. garbage, moby, orbital, radiohead, rick risi, she wants revenge, sting, tori amos, weird al yankovic (i shit u not).

Movies:

Adaptation, After The Wedding, Amelie, American Beauty, Batman Returns, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Being John Malkovich, Bond films, My Best Friend's Wedding, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Donnie Darko, Eternal Sunshine On the Spotless Mind, Father Ted, The Fountain, Fearless, Ghost Dog, Das Leben der Anderen, La Femme Nikita, La Vita E Bella, Lola Rennt, Lost In Translation, Lust Caution, Memento, Mirrormask, Office Space, Once, Pi, Rain Man, Ruby in Paradise, Spaceballs, Stay, Stigmata, Suspiria, Three Colors trilogy (Red/White/Blue), The Return, Unbearable Lightness of Being, Whalerider, What Dreams May Come, Zoolander.

Television:

I really don't have the time, money, or will to proactively watch TV. If I flip it on, it's because I need to zone out after a hard day, and at that point I am not particularly selective in my viewing pleasures. (Whether or not to keep the TV stored away in the closet required thorough deliberation). I'm a Star Trek original series and TNG fan and blew through 3 seasons of Battlestar Galactica (including Razor) in less than a month. . .though I'm generally not all that into whatever other sci-fi shows, I'm picky. Boston Legal and Daily Show are also good, and I'd love to catch back up on the Highlander series if possible to get my Queen back on! -- geeko! ;)

Books:

Bill Bryson, Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Leonard Cohen. Louis Sullivan, Dutch and Russian language books. Currently enjoying: Neither Here Nor There by Bill Bryson. Currently attempting: Mechanical & Electrical Equipment For Buildings, 8th Edition by Stein & Reynolds (1600+ pages of PURE SNOOZE for you!)

Heroes:

Denny Crane! (sometimes no!). . . or rather more Alan Shore, minus the commitophobia. . . Perhaps Helo?