OddAngelCharon
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Location | The Open Road, Everywhere, United States |
| Introduction | I have worked as a professional swordswallower for over eight years and have been featured numerous times on the Discovery Channel, Travel Channel and History Channel. I have worked as a professional tattoo artist, licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia, for over a decade. I work occasionally as a professional bartender and enjoy experimenting with flavors and presentation, getting elaborate and fantastic with garnish items. I have worked as a web designer for just over a year and enjoy working with Wordpress and Drupal sites. I sew costuming for time periods spanning the Middle Ages to the early 20th Century. I enjoy sewing for the Victorian Era most especially. My corsetry and stays work have been worn on the stage by a number of performers at the Palace of Wonders in Washington DC. I work on relatively elaborate illustrations when I am home with open time, enjoying the tranquility of the pen and pencil moving across the page. I write for two blogs regularly (www.theswordswallowers.com and www.palaceofwonders.org) and read and contribute to a number of others. |
| Interests | Variety performance, sideshow history, the Victorian Era, sewing, costuming, international foods and their preparation, Mac, open source, Linux, web design, Wordpress, Drupal, CSS, PHP, anomalies, the bizarre, sleight of hand and other close up magic, podcasting, old time radio, storytelling, drumming, traditional tattooing, blogging, illustration, our campsite at Penn Wood, our vintage Airstreams, trailer travel, Edgar Allan Poe |
| Favorite Movies | Dead Man, Ghost Dog, Adventures of Baron von Munchausen, Brazil, The Brothers Grimm, Time Bandits, Fargo, American Beauty, Thirteen Ghosts, Mystery Men, Kill Bill Vol. I, Strange Days, White Zombie, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man Collection, The Marx Brothers Collection, Nacho Libre, Roll Bounce, The Fifth Element, The Hunt for Red October, Labyrinth, The Dark Crystal, Serenity, Ed Wood, Spirited Away, Nausicaa, Secondhand Lions, Fight Club, Kinky Boots, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars - Episode IV, Blade Runner, The Fugitive, Sleepy Hollow, What's Up Tiger Lily, Hellboy |
| Favorite Music | Downtempo, Electronica, Ultra Lounge, Soundtracks, Gotan Project, Stereolab, DJ Shadow, Massive Attack, Cocteau Twins, Apocalyptica, Rasputina, Sisters of Mercy, Fields of the Nephilim, Old Blind Dogs, 3 Pints Gone, Lacuna Coil, The Birthday Massacre, Pauline Oliveros, Will Ackerman, Michael Hedges, Sasha, Steve Roach, Robert Rich, T.S.O.L., Thomas Newman, Afro Celt Sound System, Angels of Venice, Coyote Oldman, Goldfrapp, Merlons of Nehemiah, Billie Holliday, Tosca |
| Favorite Books | Anything by Edgar Allan Poe, The Dark is Rising: Susan Cooper, Tailchaser's Song: Tad Williams, Watership Down: Richard Adams, The Art of Mind Management: Dennis Deaton, The Hunt for Red October: Tom Clancy, The Golden Art of Schmoozing: Aye Jaye, My Very Unusual Friends: Ward Hall, A Cabinet of Medical Curiosities, The Feejee Mermaid and Other Essays in Natural and Unnatural History: Jan Bondeson, Bites - Show Stoppers and Conversation Starters: Bob Blumer, The Best of Shocked & Amazed: James Taylor, Trickster Makes This World: Lewis Hyde, Fairy Tale: Alice Thomas Ellis, His Dark Materials: Philip Pullman, Lord of Light: Roger Zelazny, Phantastes: George MacDonald |