Sareh Afshar
My blogs
Blogs I follow
- A la Mode
- blue ashes
- Illumination Via Uganda
- Kehinde Koyejo
- The Starving Artist Manifesto
- Ways of Looking / Formas de mirar
- Writing Women's History
- دنیای زیر آب
| Industry | Student |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Studying |
| Location | New York, NY, United States |
| Interests | words, tumbling, laughing, procrastinating, all things chocolate, gray skies, calligraphy, winter solstices, street theater, loving, post-its, dancing, earrings, flip-flops and fedoras, red, holding hands, licorice, Danish pastries, shy guys, chalk, intellectual capacity, picture-taking, dairy, x's and o's, ice cream, writing, drizzles, spices, road trips, mp3players, yoga, blazing fireplaces, multi-linguisticality, crackling leaves, blue ashes, lip-gloss, spaghetti, kohl, pictures-taken, pomegranates, spring equinoxes, Juventus, burning wood, samovars, bittersweet memories, raw pistachios, bubble baths, magick, living life, ghosts, old books, cotton candy, souvenirs, green tea, thunderstorms, ephemera, the smell of paper, cinnamon, white roses, whispered secrets, good books, hazelnut coffee, saffron, nightingales, the Habs, diving, words, snow angels, wildflowers, side-walk cafes, volleyball, speeding, performing me, random conversations, the World Cup, secluded corners, sun-kissed skin, freezies, assorted gloves and mittens, reckless driving, strangers, beaches, fudgesicles, running til my legs fall off... |
| Favorite Movies | Vicky Christina Barcelona, The Beginners, Le Fabuluex Destin D'Amelie Poulain, The Science of Sleep, Shakespeare in Love, La Double Vie de Veronique, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Midnight in Paris, Shirin, Chocolat, Persepolis, Under the City’s Skin, Volver, Malena, Kill Bill Vols. 1+2, Offside, 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days, Black Swan, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, La Vita E Bella, "M" Like Mother, The Visitor, Duck Soup, Revolutionary Road, Doubt, Edward Scissor Hands, About Eli, Sweeney Todd: Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Fireworks Wednesday, Half Moon, Sweet November, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Love Actually, Serendipity, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Apartment, 2 Days in Paris, Lilo and Stitch, The Bell and the Butterfly, Conversation with Women, Fight Club, Ratatouille, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Mulholland Dr., The Night Before Christmas, Twin Peaks, Nightmare on Elm Street (1984 please), Gilaneh, Women's Prison, Talk to Her, Anastasia, The Incredibles, The Bourne Trilogy, The Illusionist, Wall-E, Mary and Max, Lemony Snicket and His Series of Unfortunate Events, Atonement, Goodnight and Goodluck, Frost/Nixon... |
| Favorite Music | Hermes Records, Stars, The Airborne Toxic Event, Everything But the Girl, Metric, Feist, Sonic Youth, Beirut, Radiohead, Grizzly Bear, Portishead, The xx, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Placebo, Pulp, Mazzy Star, Billy Talent, The Kooks, Passion Pit, Audrey, TV on the Radio, The Dandy Warhols, Amanda Palmer, The Who, Franz Ferdinand, PJ Harvey, Sarah McLachlan, Kate Bush, Velvet Underground, The Fratellis, Arctic Monkeys, Amy Whinehouse, Jale, Dirty Projectors, Enigma, Oasis, The White Stripes, The Cure, Tchaikovsky, St. Vincent, Fifth Column, The "Amelie" Soundtrack, Mirah, Blur, The Virgins, Garbage, The Cranberries, Jewel, The Beatles, Tori Amos, Fiona Apple, Gwen Stefani, Bobby Dylan, Andy, LMDS, Death Cab, Beck, Mozart, Phoenix, The Magnetic Fields, Arash, Our Lady Peace, My Bloody Valentine, Loveless, Snow Patrol, Dido, Paolo Nutini, Cat Power, Low vs Diamond, Debussy, Sarah Brightman, Bush, Smashing Pumpkins, Lady Gaga, Enya, The Henry Clay People, Peter/ Paul and Mary, Ace of Base, Tegan and Sara, Kings of Leon, Kings of Convenience, Jann Arden, Etta James, Red Cortez, Robyn, White Town, Washed Out, Rihanna, TLC, Aaliyah, Alicia Keys, Simin Ghanem, Paucity, Yo La Tengo, Interpol, Adele, Strauss, Lezzies on X, Six Pence None the Richer, Bjork, and really old, really sad Persian songs. |
| Favorite Books | Bibi Shahrzad, Le Petit Prince, A Lover's Discourse, Fox in Socks, La Folle Allure, Ordinary Affects, Touba and the Meaning of Night, Lolita, Leviathan, Matilda, The Witches, Blindness, La Musica Deuxieme, I Had Come To Drink Tea With My Daughter, Sunlight/Moonlight, Persepolis (1+2), Brida, Are You There God? It's me Margaret, The Bell and the Butterfly, A Feast in the Mirror, Blood Wedding, Yerma, Seize the Day, The Taste of Wild Mulberries, Fudge, Theatre Sans Animaux, The House of Bernarda Alba, Anna Karenina, You Don't Love Me Yet, Nadja, Interpreter of Maladies, White Noise, Ghostly Matters, Middlesex, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept, Tender is the Night, The Divan of Hafez, Petits Crimes Conjugaux, Enigma Variations, Feminisms, Her Eyes, Regarding the Pain of Others, Sohrabkhani, The Four Boxes, The Catcher in the Rye, The Face on the Milk Carton, Catch 22, The Senses Still, Le Chat Comic, Harry Potters and more. |
You've written a hit musical! How will you avoid having fame go to your head?
Standing upside down.