CURRENT MISSION

to have adventures; to live differently; to get lost and get found; to care less what people think and more about people; to touch and be touched, be interesting and interested, never bored and never boring.

Interests

right now, dinner.
more generally, trying to see the commonplace with new eyes; trying to reach people and be open to being reached; new experiences; having lots of interests and being good at what i do; looking up; noticing stuff; walking around; trying to be a kinder, happier person; names and etymology generally; folk wisdom; getting lost; getting tickled; sleep; my son and all his wondrousness; taking risks.

• acting
• cooking
• running
• walking
• knitting
• music
• etymology
• sign language

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies - loads: Strictly Ballroom, Ghost Dog, Amelie, LA Confidential, Life is Beautiful, Il Postino, To Live, anything by Studio Ghibli (Castles in The Sky, My Neighbour Totoro), The Lives of Others, Blue in the Face, Lady Vengeance,The Hours, loads more but my mind's gone blank..
Music - The Decemberists, Regina Spektor, The Smiths, REM, Indigo Girls, Dizzee Rascal, Ravi Shankar
Authors - Murasaki, Ishiguru, Capote, Ian McKuen, E.Annie Proulx, David Mitchell,Philip Pullman, Bulgakov, ee cummings, philip Larkin, Louis Macneice, Sylvia Plath

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

had my son.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can bake pretty good cakes, play samba, do a pretty good Shakespeare monologue, an even better south african accent, and my spelling is sh*t-hot. what else...i can sign the alphabet in sign language, give a mean massage and stand on my head...i'd like to learn to knit, to network, to cook more dishes, to build a yert/teepee,to whistle with my fingers, to run acting workshops, to read music and to make money quick!

Countries I’ve Visited

Mexico, Netherlands, Sweden, Thailand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, South Africa, United Kingdom, Zimbabwe

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