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Gina

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.

About Me

Well, I'm a graphic designer professionally. I'm also a painter and illustrator. I like to make things whether it is a scarf, a funky dress or something out of paper. I like to dress up. I like to make costumes - my favorite one was a peacock that I spent a month making. I love to travel. I love being in a new place and not knowing what is around the next corner. I love to eat, especially things that are different and exotic, as well as good old spaghetti carbonara. I love old movie stars...I not-so-secretly love Hollywood, but I like the avant-garde as well, as long as there is not too much bulls*** involved. I love to poke my head into little shops and find treasures. I like garage sales. I'm a cineophile - I like small little films with good dialogue and rich characters, but I also love spectacles, like the new King Kong. I'm into music but I'm not into any scene in particular. I was bred on Motown, disco and Paul Simon. I've been a purveyor of electronic music, but I need a balanced diet of jazz, salsa, ska, pop, rock, country even. I hate lots of music too. I mostly despise television, but keep getting suckered into things like "Project Runway". I am very comfortable being by myself, but I like having people around. I think life is best when you can enjoy it and not worry about things, be happy with yourself and keep doing new things.

My Interests

Art/Design, Food, Music, Travel

I'd like to meet:

Friends, especially ones in DC who like to eat, see shows, go to museums, watch films, and make stuff.

Music:

A sampling of what you would find on my dead Ipod (in no particular order): Louis Armstrong, Tito Puente, Beck, Cat Power, Orchestra Baobab, Beastie Boys, Flaming Lips, Nina Simone, The Orb, Underworld, Calxico, Belle and Sebastian, Nick Drake, Andrea Parker, The Skatalites, Toots and the Maytals, Yerba Buena, Youssou N'Dour, Air, Cornelius, Zero 7, Tom Waits, Tinariwen, The Beatles, Pink Martini, Guru, Pete Rock and CL Smooth, Michael Jackson, Little Nonog, John Coltrane, Hepcat, Gotan Project, Francoise Hardy, Django Reinhardt, Jeno, Boards of Canada, Bjork, Black Cat Orchestra, Hank Williams, Kelly Joe Phelps, Cibo Matto, Cab Calloway, The Cure... more later

Movies:

Network(1976), Manhattan(1979), The Deer Hunter(1978), The Manchurian Candidate(1962), Rosemary's Baby(1968), Harold and Maude(1971), Ladri di Biciclette(1948), Vertigo (1958), Chinatown(1974), Dr. Strangelove(1964), King Kong(1933)(2005), A Clockwork Orange(1971), Taxi Driver(1976), Ghost World(2001), Rushmore(1998), Les Triplettes de Belleville(2003), 2001: A Space Odyssey(1968), THX1138(1971), Close Encouters of the Third Kind(1977)...there's more

Television:

Old cartoons (Merrie Melodies, Silly Symphonies, Max Fleisher, Chuck Jones, etc.), Lost, So You Think You Can Dance, Project Runway

Books:

Currently reading: The Time Traveller's Wife. Other books I love: Love in the Time of Cholera; Middlesex; The Vet's Daughter... haven't had much time to read lately.

Heroes:

My biggest heros don't have names. They are the people who do the small things to make the world a better place. But if you need names then, Gandhi, Margaret Sanger, Martin Luther King.