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Overview

  • 5 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Finnish; learning German, Japanese, Swedish
  • 39, Female
  • Member since 2009
  • Comic artist/geek/unemployed scoundrel
  • Bachelor's degree in Visual Communication at Oulu Univers...
  • From Suolahti, Finland
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To survive the Japanese fighting spiders in my cage.

ABOUT ME

I'm a geek girl who dreams of someday becoming... something (mainly a comic artist). In the mean time I'm killing time by being generally silly.

The most important thing for me is to stay true to myself, and respecting everyone else's right to the same. :)

I studied Visual Communication at Oulu University of Applied Sciences, which allowed me to mess around with many types of mediums and have fun. Now I'm supposed have grown up but I haven't.

PHILOSOPHY

Shyness is nice and
Shyness can stop you
From doing all the things in life
You'd like to

So, if there's something you'd like to try
If there's something you'd like to try
Ask me I wont say no, how could I?

'Ask', The Smiths

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I surf and hope to host!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Great experiences so far! I want to pay my dues by giving a home away from home to someone else.

Interests

Drawing, writing, painting, photography, anime, manga, movies, TV, music, no-life, traveling, singing, world domination, horror, fantasy, scifi, art and entertainment in general, doing short films, bookmooching

  • arts
  • writing
  • singing
  • photography
  • anime
  • movies
  • tv
  • traveling
  • painting
  • drawing
  • music
  • medicine

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies / TV / Anime:
The Ladykillers, The Silence of the Lambs, Trainspotting, Shallow Grave, Re-Animator, The Secretary, Black Swan /
Spaced, Doctor Who, Torchwood, Dexter, Game of Thrones, Black Books, The X-Files, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Black Adder, Life on Mars, The Thick of It, Jeeves & Wooster, QI, Sherlock, Six Feet Under, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy /
Mushishi, Shoujo Kakumei Utena, Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei, House of Five Leaves

Books / Writers:
The Silence of the Lambs, The Alchemist, The Lord of the Flies, Frankenstein, Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Robin Hobb, Stephen Fry, P. G. Wodehouse, Tad Williams, J.R.R. Tolkien, John le Carré

Music:
Morrissey, The Smiths, Voltaire, Vienna Teng, Alanis Morissette, Tracy Chapman, Richard Cheese, Bertine Zetlitz, Poe, Suga Shikao, Spitz, Tori Amos, The Decemberists, St. Vincent, Tegan & Sara, Hirasawa Susumu, PMMP, Le Corps Mince de Françoise, Cristal Snow, Vampire Weekend, Iron and Wine, Janelle Monae, Ellie Goulding

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Travelled to Firenze and Japan all on my own!

Teach, Learn, Share

Uhm, I could help you memorize all the actors who've played Doctor Who? That, and how to make a Vulcan greeting gesture. :D

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Finland, Hungary

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