Geek In The Pink
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Fashion |
| Occupation | Visual Merchandiser |
| Location | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Interests | Visiting the ROM or AGO whenever I can, acting in stage productions or writing monologues, giving other people good advice (but not following it myself), procrastinating (if only it were an olympic sport...), avoiding eye contact, reading Proverbs, learning new languages (Japanese this Fall!) Writing down my thoughts, blogging, sarcastic humour (my greatest friend!), brushing up on my Spanish, reading up on architecture (specifically Art Deco, French Renaissance, early Ming Dynasty) industrial design, fashion (especially couture) and people that inspire me. |
| Favorite movies | Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, The Great Mouse Detective, Bad Education (Pedro Almodovar is a genius!) Stars Wars Eposide II Attack of the Clones, old black & White movies from the '30s like 'Dancing Girl', old Hollywood Movies with Bogart, Crosby, Hepburn, Loren, Holden & Kelly, High Society, To Catch a Thief, Funny Face, Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Sex & City Movie, Sabrina, Mystic River...anything with Nicole Kidman or Cate Blanchett |
| Favorite music | Everything except heavy rap. Mix anything with an element of Pop and I'll like it. Pop, Rock, R&B, Jazz, Gospel, Dance, Artists from the 70's & 80's. I'm now getting into classical and jazz music. I'm still learning the basics, but I do know what I like: Mozart, Beethoven, Vivaldi, Holly Cole, Diana Krall, Chris Botti, Dave Koz, Measha Brueggergosman, Yo Yo Ma, Frank Sinatra, The Duke & Oscar Petterson. Otherwise, on my iPod currently are : Alanis Morisette (she understands me), Anna Nalick, Kenny G, Coldplay, The Fray, Snow Patrol, Michelle Branch, Santana, Lauren Hilll (especially vintage Fugees), Bob Marley, Elton John (yes, you read that correctly), Phil Collins, Beyonce (now now, don't hate...) Brandy, Destiny's Child, Chris Tomlin, Starfield (my fav pop-rock-Gospel band) La Bouche (old school dance), Cascada, The Stylistics, Earth, Wind & Fire, Michael Jackson (vintage Jackson Five stuff) The Ojays, The Supremes, Cool & The Gang, Lionel Ritche, Jennifer Lopez, Fall Out Boy, Mika, SUM41, Evanescene, Garbage, Creed, Three Days Grace, Mariah, David Guetta, I'm getting tired of typing..... |
| Favorite books | 'The Stone Angel' by Margaret Lawrence; 'Galliano' by Colin McDowell; ' The Wind in the Willows' by Kenneth Grahame (Childhood); Memoirs of a Geisha, The book of Esther, The Devil Wears Prada (shutup and just read the book - it's good) Any books/ bios on the people that inspire me : John Galliano, Barak Obama, Valentino, Tom Ford, George Lucas, Ralph Lauren, Poiret, Philipe Stark, Vera Wang, Stephen Jones, Ralph Rucci, Nelson Mandela, Ang Lee, Zhang Yimou, Michael Kors, Nicole Kidman, Grace Kelly, Cristobal Balenciaga, Jackie O, Audrey Hepburn, Millicent Rogers, Oprah Winfrey, Christian Lacroix, Sheikh Mohammed (Dubai's brilliant new ruler) and the original haute couture houses. |