Becks

About me

Occupation Academic
Location Johannesburg, South Africa
Introduction ... an accidental tourist in much of my life
Interests Being in the sunlight, tennis, swimming, surfing, food, cooking, reading - I LOVE to- read, writing, comic books, Calvin & Hobbes, people I love-to the point of being nosey, Grace Kelly, retro posters
Favorite Movies Matrix (ALL OF THEM- there I said it! What!), 300, Ground Hog Day, Lord of the Rings, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless mind, The Double Life of Veronique, Madagascar (Both of 'em), All the comic book/superhero movies with exception of one questionable Hulk film.
Favorite Music RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS, The Killers, Bloc Party, Ingrid Michaelson, Josh Ritter, MGMT, Linkin Park, Three Days Grace, Robin Thicke, Beyonce (What?), Missy Elliot, George Benson, Al Jarreau, Fall Out Boy, Green Day, Busta Rhymes, Lauryn Hill, Nina Simone, John Legend, Keri Hilson, Timbaland
Favorite Books ANYTHING by, Bryce Courtenay, especially, Jessica, Veronika decides to die, Interpreter of Maladies, the curious incident of a dead dog in the night-time, Catch 22, God Knows, House of Hunger, Things Fall Apart, Wonder-woman Comics, Wild Sargasso Sea, W.E.B Dubois: Biography of a Race, Respect in a World of Inequality, Their Eyes were watching God, Everything by, Richard Wright, James Baldwin, &, Toni Morrison, Why Race Matters in South Africa, I write what I like, TERRY PRATCHETT

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