Dina Baxter
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Student |
| Occupation | Student |
| Location | New York City, New York, United States |
| Introduction | Born and raised at the speed of the city in Gotham, Capitol of the World, home of the skyscraper, only source of Manhattan Schist (more valuable per square foot than granite). Birthplace of hot dogs, Al Capone, both Gershwins and me! Let's go to the Metropolitan Opera, get espresso at Cafe Lalo, catch a late night horror movie in Lincoln Square and watch the sunrise from Belvedere Castle. It's on me, sugarplum. |
| Interests | Low-budget campy scifi films, philosophy, theology, fencing, swimming, riding, 19th century romance novels, psychological thrillers, Battlestar Galactica (GINO), Doctor Who, House, cooking, getting manicures and pedicures, arguing for the hell of it, facials, buying shoes... |
| Favorite movies | The Constant Gardener, Chicago, Master and Commander, Gladiator, The Net, Blade Runner, Star Wars Episode V, Star Trek: First Contact, Alien vs. Predator, The Fifth Element, Red Eye, 12 Angry Men, The Godfather, Unforgiven, Ocean's 11 (the remake), Robin Hood: Men in Tights, The Princess Bride, Sleepy Hollow, The Ninth Gate, The Dark Crystal, Death Becomes Her, Hocus Pocus, Practical Magic, Shrek, Willow, The Witches of Eastwick, X-Men, The Matrix, Along Came a Spider, American Psycho, Runaway Jury, Dial M for Murder, Heavenly Creatures, Open Water, the list goes on and on... |
| Favorite music | Anything by: Bob Dylan, Loreena McKennitt, The Vienna Boys Choir, Rene Pape, Renee Fleming, Cole Porter, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, The Beatles, K.T. Tunstall, Allison Krauss, Danny Elfman, Lucinda Williams, Guiseppe Verdi, and so on and so forth. |
| Favorite books | The Princess Bride, The Descent, The Satanic Verses, Women in Love, Persuasion, the Aubery/Maturin series, the Earthsea Cycle, Broca's Brain, The Scarlet Letter, and anything by Neil Gaiman, Terry Prachett, Douglas Adams, John le Carre, Marquis de Sade, Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and on and on... |
Radio wire is often used to make bird nests. What station do they listen to?
The local classical music station, of course; it's how they learn to sing so beautifully.