I am an open-minded, world-embracing girl trying to figure out life the best I can. I am kind, adventurous, and expressive. I'm quite calm and people have told me my "flow is really slow". Hehe.

I'm currently in the middle of a process of realizations where I unravel my fears, free myself from my mind and aim to recreate myself. That's why I really don't know how to describe myself.

Right now I am a waitress with varying working hours, which means that sometimes I have plenty of time and very little money, and sometimes the opposite. I spend a big chunk of my free time with amateur theatre: acting, directing, writing, costuming and all things you can imagine happening in a theatre. I sing and write my own music, and practice visual arts (photography and ink graphics) whenever I get the inspiration.

I'm currently applying for universities to study education sciences.

My eyes, I have been told.

Books:

Tove Jansson
J.K. Rowling
Paulo Coelho
J.R.R Tolkien
Alastair Reynolds
Neil Gaiman
L.M. Montgomery
Ursula K. Le Guin
Marina Nemat: Prisoner of Tehran
Neale Donald Walsch: Conversations with God
Khaled Hosseini: A Thousand Splendid Suns
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: The Little Prince

Graphic novels:

Hayao Miyazaki
Frank Miller
Ai Yazawa

Movies:

I admire pretty much everything by Studio Ghibli, Don Bluth, Tim Burton, Pixar, Satoshi Kon and Sofia Coppola.

Where the wild things are; A Serious Man; Rare Exports; Skavabölen pojat; Scott Pilgrim vs. The World; American Psycho; The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassos; Amadeus; Edward Scissorhands; Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind; Melancholia; Finding Neverland; Girl with a Pearl Earring; The Kite Runner; A Clockwork Orange; The Breakfast Club; The Lord of the Rings -trilogy; Little Women; Lumikuningatar (1986); Låt den rätta komma in; Psycho; Titanic; Observe and Report; The Piano; The Prestige; There Will Be Blood; Trainspotting; The Truman Show; Uzumaki; Who Framed Roger Rabbit?; American Beauty; Donnie Darko; United States of Leland; Pan's Labyrinth; The Rocky Horror Picture Show; Being John Malkovich; In The Mood for Love; Schindler's List; Big Fish; Ghostbusters; Full Metal Jacket; Eyes Wide Shut; High Fidelity; Pride and Prejudice; Sweeney Todd; The Neverending Story 2 (that's right, I never saw part 1)

Animation:

The Land Before Time; Anastasia; The Nightmare Before Christmas; Snow White; Aladdin; Pocahontas; An American Tail; old russian and east-european animation.

TV shows:

Six Feet under; Twin Peaks; Monty Python's Flying Circus; True Blood; South Park; Shoujo Kakumei Utena; Conan O'Brien; Carnivale; Seinfeld; Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon; Serial Experiments Lain; Dr. Phil; Neon Genesis Evangelion; Flight of the Conchords; Cold Feet; Stargate; Now and Then, Here and There; Futurama; Ally McBeal

Music:

Ane Brun, Mew, Ultra Bra, Yann Tiersen, Fleet Foxes, Värttinä, Flaming Lips, A Perfect Circle, Tori Amos, José Gonzáles, Scandinavian Music Group, The Cure, Kate Bush, Ismo Alanko, Björk, Von Hertzen Brothers, Refuge, Junip, Yuki Isoya, Coldplay, Imogen Heap, Regina, Alanis Morissette, David Bowie, The Crash, Sigur Rós, Pink Floyd, The Smiths, Risto, Muse, Efterklang, Gogol Bordello, CMX, The Dissociatives, Múm, Apulanta (old punk-ish stuff), The Rasmus (old funky stuff), Ella Fitzgerald, Blonde Readhead, Bob Dylan, Craig Armstrong, Placebo, Magenta Skycode, Ultramariini

The complexities of relationships and human nature. The absurdity of a life filled with roles and patterns. The search for truth. The Universe.

There is no typical friday night for me. I may or may not be working, may or may not be drinking, may or may not be sitting at home doing absolutely nothing of importance or perhaps inventing a life-changing concept.

Well, right now I'm living a cycle where I have theatre practice every friday night. It usually tires me enough to go straight home, drink lots of tea and fall asleep and wake up shortly with an urge to pee.

... you feel like it. Just do it already! Stop suppressing yourself!