I am multi-faceted, coherent, and quirky.
My Self-Summary
I work as a
journalist, and enjoy it, though I
graduated in engineering. I like to write (my articles aside, I
write stories, mostly science-fiction, and published some), to read
(most anything), to listen to music (a bit of everything, with
special attention to
prog rock), to cook (and to eat too!),
to surf Internet, to watch movies, to play electronic
keyboards (badly). In
fact I tend to do too many things at the same time, what usually
means I don't do anything as well as I should.
What I’m doing with my life
My job as a
writer
in a computer magazine is good, but I'd like to expand my horizons
as a journalist in the future. I would like to get my big chance as
a story writer too. And I'd like to have a baby, and wouldn't mind
to have more money to raise him/her. :)
I’m really good at
Writing. Telling jokes.
Cooking. Making a mess of a room or
desktop. Remembering titles, authors, actors, directors, musicians.
Analyzing things.
The first things people usually notice about me
I'm tall. 192 cm (that makes more than 6' 3"), that's quite a lot,
expecially here in Italy. When talking with me, they usually notice
how everything you say reminds me of a song, novel, movie or
anything else I can quote on the spot.
My favorite books, movies, music, and food
Books:
Italo
Calvino: "Se una notte d'inverno un viaggiatore";
Umberto Eco: "Il
Pendolo di Foucault"; J.R.R.
Tolkien: "The Lord of The Rings";
Douglas Hofstadter: "G�del, Escher, Bach"; Georges Perec: "La vie -
Mode d'emploi"; Neal Stephenson: "Cryptonomicon"; Jorge Luis
Borges:
"Ficciones";
William Gibson & Bruce
Sterling: "The Difference Engine";
Robert Sheckley:
"Mindswap"
Movies:
Stanley Kubrick: "2001 a Space
Odyssey" & "The Shining",
Akira Kurosawa: "The Seven
Samurai", "Ran";
Alfred Hitchcock: "Psycho"
& "North by Northwest"; Philip Ridley: "
The Reflecting Skin",
Christopher Nolan: "
Memento"
Music:
Pat
Metheny,
Genesis,
Porcupine Tree,
King Crimson, Djam Karet,
Bruce
Hornsby, Tori Amos, Les Claypool,
Jan Garbarek,
Joe Jackson, XTC, and lots
more!
Foods: I like to try exotic foods, like chinese, japanese, indian
and eritrean cooking, but italian is still the best! :P I'd kill
for some good dark chocolate, if in need. ;)
The six things I could never do without
Music, books, movies, a computer with a connection to Internet,
good food, lots and lots of friends!
I spend a lot of time thinking about
Ways to squeeze new things to do in my already full schedule. Plots
for new stories. The future. Music. Politics. Daydreaming.
On a typical Friday night I am
Out with a bunch of friends, watching a movie, playing billiard or
simply drinking lots of beer.
The most private thing I’m willing to admit here
I gave my first "real" kiss when I was 21.
You should message me if
You want to chat about books, science-fiction, movies, games, food
and cooking, music, politics and life in general. Or if you are
girls who find myself quite charming even though I'm happily
married. ;)