Helen Melon
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Biotech |
| Occupation | Biochemist |
| Location | Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa |
| Introduction | I am a cactus trying to be a canoe. |
| Interests | Neurobiology, evolutionary linguistics, baking, cooking, nature vs nurture debate, going green, veganism, perfumes, music, literature, intelligent conversation |
| Favorite movies | 500 Days of Summer, What Dreams May Come, Big Lebowski, The Red Violin, Short Cuts, The End of Violence, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, American History X, Fight Club, Stranger than Fiction, Shortbus, Shaun of the Dead, Lars and the Real Girl, Away from Her, The Butterfly Effect, Science of Sleep, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Consequences of Love, Talk to Her, Half Nelson, Children of a Lesser God, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Mozart and the Whale, Wristcutters: A Love Story, Once, August Rush, Wristcutters: A Love Story, Donnie Darko, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS |
| Favorite music | Over the Rhine, The Veils, Tom McRae, Heather Nova, Shostakovich, Rachmaninov, Nina Simone, Counting Crows, Collective Soul, Better Than Ezra, Belinda Carlisle, S, Carissa's Wierd, David Ford, Japan And I, Great Lake Swimmers, Aereogramme, Minus the Bear, Bush, Louise Carver, Missy Higgins, Matthew Van Der Want, Dashboard Confessional, David Gray, Dark pop, Bright Eyes, Emily Haines, Tori Amos, Pearl Jam, Suzanne Vega, R.E.M., Brand New, Matchbox Twenty, Damien Rice, Why Why Peaches, Emily Haines, Elbow, Placebo, Bat For Lashes, Sublime, Martin Rocka And The Sick Shop, The Hellphones, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Henry Ate, The Cure, Fetish, Alanis Morissette, City and Colour, Bruce Springsteen, Missy Higgins, Interpol, Karma, Cake |
| Favorite books | I Like Books Which Make Your Heart Heavy Falling Colin Thubron, The Dogs of Babel Carolyn Parkhurst, Everything Is Illuminated Jonathan Safran Foer, The History of Love Nicole Krauss, The Time Traveller's Wife Audrey Niffenegger, The Book Thief Markus Zusak, The Girl With Glass Feet Ali Shaw, We Are All Made of Glue Marina Lewycka, Life of Pi Yann Martel, The God of Small Things Arundhati Roy, The Bell Jar Sylvia Plath, The Unbearable Lightness of Being Milan Kundera, The Fountainhead Ayne Rand, Written on the Body Jeanette Winterson, We Need to Talk About Kevin, The Accidental Ali Smith, Paint It Black Janet Fitch, The Brooklyn Follies Paul Auster, Light Years James Salter, Love Life Ray Kluun, Siri Hustvedt, A Spot of Bother Mark Haddon, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Dave Eggers |