Mikal Shapiro

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About me

Gender Female
Industry Chemicals
Occupation Scientist of Love
Location New York, New York, United States
Introduction I'm a musician (myspace.com/mikalshapiromusic) and I used to curate a nomadic art and curiosity show called The GypSee (myspace.com/thegypsee). Currently, I study various brain stuff at Sarah Lawrence College.
Interests Myrmecology, Biology, Ecology, Youology, Meology, Musicality, Sensuality, Film Analogy, Car Talk, sweet talk, Moon, Sun, Planet, Animals, etc.
Favorite Movies Magnolia, The Science of Sleep, Speedo, Watership Down, Spirited Away, Jan Svankmajer, Born into Brothels, Planet Earth--anything with David Attenborough (he is sooo dreamy!)
Favorite Music Devotchka, Eleni Mandell, Peggy Lee, G Love, Manu Chao, Muddy Waters, The Violent Femmes, Shoshtakovich, The Shins, my friends in my livingroom after a couple bottles of fine wine or cheap whiskey
Favorite Books Spell of the Sensuous, Watership Down, John Updike, Tim O'Brien, Flannery O'Conner, Hemmingway, Poe, The Bros. Grimm, Sherman Alexi, Riane Eisler, Mary Daly, William Ong, Calvin and Hobbes

Your people want to make a statue in your honor. What will it be made out of and what victory will it commemorate?

It will be made out of gold plated dark chocolate with little bits of candied ginger inside and it will commemorate my opulence.