Veda
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Location | United States |
| Introduction | Writing post-modern obituaries since 2002. |
| Interests | ginger, pumpkins, aporia, themed parties, yoga, black ink, journals, poetry, grey, archaic smiles, Lake Sebago, hiking boots, Post-its, existentialism, transcendentalism, night-walks, dancing, goth-pop, mortuary science, thanatology, culture, ritual, tradition, legacy, |
| Favorite movies | Waking Life, La Dolce Vita, Otto e Mezzo, Blow Up, American Beauty, Legends of the Fall, My Girl, |
| Favorite music | sigur ros, Radiohead, slowdive, Joy Division, New Order, Kate Nash, Regina Spektor, Sara & Tegan, Paris After Crash, Tom Waits, The Psychedelic Furs, Jesus & Mary Chain, the Magnetic Fields, the vanishing, M83, Sonic Youth, |
| Favorite books | In the Dark, Slaughterhouse-Five, Rules of Attraction, Virgin Suicides, A Reasonable Life, The Graduate, Bodies in Motion, |
How do you pronounce the 'g' in bologna?
Bologna is a notorious college town in Northern Italy. The 'gn' combination in the Italian language makes a sort of [y]sound in the English phonetics with a real soft [n] sound flowing directly into the next vowel. Hence, gnocchi, lasagna, and Bologna.
