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Overview

  • 3 references
  • Fluent in English; learning German
  • 37, Female
  • Member since 2012
  • Post-grad student
  • Doctoral Program in Social and Political Thought (current)
  • From Staines, UK (suburbs of London)
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

ABOUT ME

Easy-going

Interests

Film, TV, photography, literature, travelling, art....

Music, Movies, and Books

MOVIES: Harold and Maude. Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, and Spring... The Discrete Charm of the Bourgeoisie. The Phantom of Libtery. Los Abajo Firmantes. Inconscientes. In The Loop. Alan Partridge: The Movie. Stand By Me. Sneakers. Dr Strangelove. Being John Malkovich. Layer Cake. American Beauty....

MUSIC: Giraffes? Giraffes! Three Trapped Tigers. Toe. Four Tet. Blockhead. Saul Williams. Fujiya & Miyagi. Godspeed! You Black Emperor. Silver Mt. Zion. Cat Empire. Tune-Yards. Mono. Daft Punk. TV on the Radio. Rain Machine. These Arms Are Snakes. Susumu Yokota. Iron & Wine. Horse Feathers. Cat Power. Tool. Mars Volta. At The Drive-in. Pelican. Isis. Olafur Arnalds. Bjork. Chrome Hoof. The Melvins. Electric Wizard....

BOOKS: Nausea. No Exit. The Outsider. The Plague. Roomanitarian. Solipist. The End of Mr. Y. Norwegian Wood. Wild Sheep Chase. Time and The Other....

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've given a swan a bath, gone paragliding by the Annapurnas Nepal, traveled from Goa to Kanyakumurai by Indian rail, taken a boat into the cataratas Foz do Iguacu on Christmas Day, taught over 2,000 students, met King Buzzo in a chip shop, tangoed with Henry Rollins, successfully tracked lions using telemetry, camped next to hippos, fed Japanese Macaques with me inside the cage and the monkeys outside, seen 40,000 year old petroglyphs and cave paintings at Gobustan (Azerbaijan)

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Liechtenstein, Malaysia, Nepal, Netherlands, Philippines, Poland, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Austria, England, Japan, Wales

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