bekbek
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| Industry | Communications or Media |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Editorial freelancer and all around ne'er-do-well |
| Location | Florida, United States |
| Introduction | Mid-adventure, you find me in the process of escaping the dubious charms of middle Georgia. My city -Toronto- seems astonishingly close in my new neighborhood near Dunedin, Florida, where the Blue Jays play their spring training games and a slice of strawberry-rhubarb pie can be had at the local diner. If I stand facing North, I imagine I can still just hear the squeal of a streetcar's wheels and smell crispy veal and tomato sauce at Bitondo's hhhmmmm... But here in my new home, there is salt water a few blocks away, there is sand and little tiny lizards and water that goes on and on and on, and there may even be a few veal sandwiches to be found if one tries to find them on any day but Monday. The round world beckons... but I am content, for now. |
| Favorite movies | The Wages of Fear, Lawrence of Arabia, The Red Balloon, Three Kings, Sleeping Man, The Passenger, Mon oncle Antoine, The English Patient, Aliens, Stranger Than Fiction, Les Ordres, The Dead Zone |
| Favorite music | Beastie Boys, Chemical Brothers, Mahler, Gorillaz, Nellie Furtado |
| Favorite books | The Silver Metal Lover by Tanith Lee, The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles, Cryptonomicron by Neal Stephenson, Sleeping Dog by Dick Lochte, The Non-Designer's Design Book by Robin Williams, Ways of Seeing by John Berger |
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