Mari

About me

Gender Female
Industry Communications or Media
Occupation Administrative Assistant
Location Austin, Texas, United States
Introduction I'm an Administrative Assistant for the University of Texas, a freelance writer and make-up artist, and Argentine tango dancer. Visit My Tango Blog for more updates.
Interests Journalism, Argentine Tango, Japan, Kimono, dogs, cats, politics, privacy laws, entrepreneurship, small business, online business development.
Favorite Movies Ghostbusters, Deskset, The Thin Man (any of the Nick and Nora mysteries, actually), Pillow Talk, Big Trouble in Little China, Onmyoji (I and II), Office Space, Buckaroo Bonzai, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, Silence of the Lambs, Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, Princess Bride, Blazing Saddles, Office Space.
Favorite Music Nina Simone, Blues, Jazz, Dave Brubeck, Classical, Bach, Alternative, Finger Eleven, Blue October, Garbage, Natalie Cole, Nat King Cole, Moby, CCR, Three Dog Night, Eric Clapton, Phoebe Snow, Bette Midler, Nitzer Ebb, AC/DC, Iron Butterfly, Dire Straits, Roy Orbison.
Favorite Books The Prophetess, Hannibal, Silence of the Lambs, Red Dragon, The Green Hills of Earth (most anything Heinlein really), Job, a Comedy of Justice, Diamond Age, Cryptonomicron, Dune, Good Omens, Little Fuzzy by H. Beam Piper, American Gods, Elizabeth Peter's Amelia Peabody Egyptologist mysteries.

You moved the pot before the coffee stopped brewing. Do you smell the mountains or the burro?

I hope I smell the mountains... but with my luck, the burro...