Ann-Marie - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I thought it was time I updated this bit. I generally dislike talking about meself, but some details: I'm a Finnish/Bolivian nomad who grew up as an expat in SE Asia. It's cool yet inconvenient to live without roots, but I prefer to enjoy it and honestly, that's not too hard. Only bit that really sucks is, no matter where you are, you're always missing someone. So far I've been getting cushy for 8 years in Portland, though that will definitely end in the near future.
I'm currently meditating on what step to take next once I can work freely in the US. Not really getting anywhere with the meditation so I may just have to jump in. Getting a better feel for what I like though...but it is hard to differentiate interests with possible career paths. I love music, clothes, and awesome design (whether it be a cd cover, an ergonomic chair, or a beautiful, functional and sustainable building). I try to think green, too. We all have to go in that direction!
So that's about as much me as you'll get... I'm spread over these friend programs (also on Friendster and the facebook) because I like the idea of keeping in touch with old pals, but in reality am fairly bad at actually keeping in touch. Kinda like I enjoy hanging out with people but I'm poor at initiating it. I live pretty deep inside my head. :) But I'm trying to be less reserved...

My Interests

music, movies, reading, road tripping in the summer, traveling (top on my list is doing the whole Europe-by-rail thing), learning languages, anything to do with design (interior, architecture, fashion, but especially graphic), green/sustainable building, developing nations, ending extreme poverty, learning Adobe programs, cooking/eating yummy food (fave: SE Asian of course), walking around big cities, watching seasons change (it'll never get old, even after 8 years), trying to be a homie. haha.

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who has their head in the right place and would give me noble and worldly direction. Or maybe just are kind and funny.

Music:

I love the indie - rock - electronic - trance - jazz - lounge genres the best. Mostly can't top the "indie man with his guitar/piano" deal:

Ed Harcourt, Jeff Buckley, Nick Drake, Jamie Cullum, James Blunt, Alexi Murdoch, Damien Rice, Johnathan Rice, Jason Mraz, Jack Johnson, Jose Gonzalez, Joseph Arthur, Sufjan Stevens, Josh Pyke, Phoenix, Snow Patrol, Keane, Kings of Convenience, Postal Service, My Morning Jacket, Doves, British Sea Power, The Crash, Mew, Sun Kil Moon, The Shins, Thom Yorke, Modest Mouse, The Strokes, Interpol, The Stills, The Killers, The Autumns, Bloc Party, Delays, Voxtrot, Acid House Kings, Starsailor, The Rasmus, The Cure, The Smiths, Chicane, Royksopp, St. Germain, Jazzanova, Nuspirit Helsinki, Rinneradio, Sade, Maria Rita, The Gypsy Kings, Pearl Jam, U2, Manic Street Preachers...and Billy Idol. Cause he was cool.

Movies:

Great Expectations, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Love Actually, Pride & Prejudice (newest), Serenity, The Jacket, Garden State, Gattaca, Monsoon Wedding, Sprited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, Dot the i... Anything basically, that's not predicatable and is well done. Which actually rules out quite a few.

Television:

Current: The OC, Gilmore Girls, House, Lost, The Office (US), Grey's Anatomy. Oldies: X-Files, Firefly. I watch shows but I don't have TV - magic, no? ;)

Books:

The Time Traveller's Wife (Nifenegger), His Dark Materials trilogy (Pullman), The Bronze Horseman (Simons), the Da Vinci Code (Brown), The Master and Margarita (Bulgakov), One Hundred Years of Solitude + Love in the Time of Cholera (G. Marquez), Third Culture Kids (Pollack and Van Reken) and for comedic relief, anything by Nick Hornby. For inspiration, Jonathan Livingston Seagull (Bach) and Paolo Coelho's works.

Heroes:

I've never felt like I had any heroes, but the closest embodiment to it for me is my admirable Fedor. He has qualities I don't see in very many: courage, talent, drive, generosity, integrity... I could go on and on. ;)