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Dakina

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About Me

Some random facts about me:
*I like to randomly start up conversations with people.*
*I’m a film addict/nerd, both watching AND making.*
*I’ve been writing and directing short movies since I was 16.*
*I’m currently obsessed with Japanese movies and Japanese culture.*
*I spend all my time at the Fantasia Film Festival during the summer.*
*I’m a photographer and I love the smell of darkroom chemicals, they sooth me.*
*I’m a communication studies student at Concordia University in the film profile.*
*I like to have philosophical discussions, especially about movies or books.*
*I love movies that question reality and consciousness, quirky stories, and dark comedies.*
*I enjoy novels and movies about dystopia or a dystopian society.*
*I’m a total Buffy/Angel geek*
*I like to reinvent myself and play characters.*
*My personal style is a mix of cyber, Victorian, lolita, goth and retro (mostly from the 40’s and roaring 20’s).*
*I adore cabaret style musical, dark cabaret music, burlesque, pin-ups, and silent black & white movies.*
*I have a fetish for corsets, high heel shoes and swords/knives.*
*I am a hyperactive overachiever.*
*I have a phobia for porcelain dolls and I am terrified of them.*
I'm currently working on my website. In the meantime, you can see some of my photography work there: http://dakinam.blogspot.com/
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My Interests

Movies, music, books, photography, filmmaking, writing, vampires, vampire literature, vampire movies, film noir, fairies, occult sciences, urban legends, pin-ups, retro, rockabilly, fetish, vinyl clothing, EGL, ruffle skirts and dresses, gothic, dark comic books, morbid kid stuff, visual arts, romanticism, candles and incense, fantasy books for children (Harry Potter, A Series of Unfortunate Events), sarcasm, irony, dark humour, satire, London, brit pop, industrial, glam rock, 70's hard rock, electronica, violin, cello, guitar, Japanese culture, daisies, butterflies, nature, sunshine, rain, sex, moonlight, coffee, sword fighting, RPG, Zen, ambiant music, modeling, acting, directing, internet, cats, magic, peace, flower power, hippy movement, burlesque, cabaret style, roaring 30's, musicals, music-halls, 40's fashion, fishnet, feminity, round toe shoes, high heels, sushi, DDR, corset, cyber, cyber fashion, kwaidan, cyber lolita, tart movies, Z-Movies, B-Movies, creepy plushies, Roman Dirge, Zhonen Vasquez, Lenore, Malkavian, Toreador, action figures, comic books, graphic novels, lipstick, makeup, PS2, working out, garter, lingerie, lipstick lesbians, Arkham Asylum, Wicca, shisha, Festival of Fear, sci-fi, dressing-up, Halloween, autumn, Mark Ryden

I'd like to meet:

1-Interesting People
2-People with common interests
3-People who want to collaborate on projects with me
4-Anyone who wants to worship me
5-Anyone who's respectful and has something to say!

NOTICE TO ALL MY SPACE BANDS: I am very picky musically and let's make it clear, I don't care wether you're trying very hard to get known or just trying to have as many virtual friends as you can, the truth is if you don't fall within my musical taste, I will deny you automatically. If your band falls into the following categories: Rap, Hip-Hop, EMO, Punk, Pop, Indy, Folk, don't even bother trying to add me. I will NOT add you.

Music:

Apocalyptica, Apoptygma Berserk, Combichrist, Dresden Dolls, David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Frank Sinatra, Portishead, Massive Attack, Dresden Dolls, Laika, Cibo Matto, A Perfect Circle, Nine Inch Nails, Tool, VNV Nation, Icon of Coil, L'ame Immortelle, Rasputina, Lacuna Coil, The Gathering, Nightwish, Type O Negative, Madonna, Nirvana, Hole, Morcheeba, Geri Halliwell, Michael Buble, Diana Krall, Etta James, K's Choice, Mono, Curve, Laika, Skinny Puppy, Era, Delirium, Dead Can Dance, Sisters of Mercy, Siouxsie and the Banshee, Depeche Mode, Horrorpops, Brigitte Bardot, Marilyn Monroe, many more that I'm forgetting right now!

Movies:

(in no particular order) Survive Style 5+, Secretary, Ghost World, Donnie Darko, Pulp Fiction, I 3 Huckabees, La Fille sur le Pont, Kill Bill, Reservoir Dogs, Sin City, Desperado, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Dracula, Interview with a Vampire, Edward Scissorhands, Corpse Bride, Battle Royale, Nightmare Before Christmas, Beetlejuice, Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, Ginger Snaps, Halloween, Nightmare on Elm Street, Ju-On, Tale of Two Sisters, Saw, Batman Begins, Le Portrait de Petite Cossette, Fight Club, Constantine, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Virgin Suicides, Lost in Translation, Jawbreaker, Cry-Baby, Heathers, Vertigo, À Bout de Souffle, Trainspotting, Shallow Grave, Great Expectations, A Life Less Ordinary, The Shinning

Television:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Twin Peaks, Sex and the City, Invader Zim, The Simpson, Family Guy, Six Feet Under, The X-Files, The O.C., The L Word, My So-Called Life, The Addams Family (the old series), The Flinstones, The Simple Life, What not to Wear

Books:

Anne Rice, Prozac Nation, Roman Dirge, Jhonen Vasquez, Sandman, The Catcher in the Rye, Girl Interrupted, Chobits

Heroes:

John Lennon, Drew Barrymore, David Bowie, Marilyn Monroe, David Lynch, Quentin Tarantino, Tim Burton, Iggy Pop, Crispin Glover, Madonna

My Blog

New Friendship test

This one is way easier.  Take it if you want to know me more!    http://www.truefriendtest.com/friendtest/99791...
Posted by Dakina on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 06:15:00 PST

Histoire Courte - Le Musée Imaginaire

Voici une autre nouvelle écrite en août 2005. Encore une fois, vos commentaires sont très appréciés. Le Musée Imaginaireune histoire courte de Maude Michaud Annabelle sortit la tête de leau et prit un...
Posted by Dakina on Fri, 04 Aug 2006 01:54:00 PST

Histoire Courte - Porcelaine

Les commentaires sont les bienvenus! Si vous aimez, s.v.p., parlez-en! Porcelaineune histoire courte de Maude Michaud Le cortège funèbre séloignait lentement de la scène suivi du quatuor de basses qu...
Posted by Dakina on Wed, 19 Jul 2006 07:12:00 PST

First Entry ever!! W00t!

O.K., so I figured I gotta use this thing one day... I have to find a purpose for it other than the one my LJ has... hum... I'm sure it'll come to me, eventually!  If people ever read t...
Posted by Dakina on Tue, 13 Dec 2005 10:55:00 PST