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Artist. Geek. Oil painting. Vegetarian recipes.
Slow lifestyle. Eco. Contemplation. Foraging. Symbolism. Myth.
New technology. Animation. Add all & simmer.
25 or so things you may not know about me
- So to begin, wine is something I simply don't appreciate.
Useful in cooking, but otherwise undrinkable stuff. Beer
however, well pass it on over. Flat and room temperature
please. Thank my six years living in the UK for that.
- Synesthesia - crossover of the senses. When I'm tired I see
colours sparked by sounds. It's not disturbing, it's subtle
& fun. Also useful - when I see the flashing lights,
bedtime is overdue.
- I am a very fast reader, a slow writer and I first learned
to touch type at 37.
- I am not shy. I am quiet and reserved. These are quite
different.
- It is a rare event indeed that has me in heels. As in,
weddings and funerals, and even then I end up padding about
barefoot after a few hours.
- Life drawing classes bore me. Even though I recognise their
technical worth. Probably because I have zero interest in
drawing people. While I admire portrait art, I don't feel
compelled to put people anywhere in my pictures, even as a
'balance' or 'point of interest'. I now think there's a
connection with the next snippet.
- My brain seems to recognise people by their mannerisms and
their hair. So things such as the way someone walks, their
gestures, speech patterns and hairstyle. This leads to some
silly situations. I have trouble recognising people in photos
(they're not moving) and if they dramatically alter their
hairstyle I won't know them (unless I already know them well).
I don't seem to clearly remember the actual face until many
encounters later. I am informed that this is called
prosopagnosia
- My friends say I am stubborn. I prefer the terms 'tenacious'
and 'determined'.
- Due to my complete lack of patience (read: bad temper) with
telemarketers and data mining call centres, I don't answer
blocked or unknown numbers on my phone. Leave a message. I
return calls to real people. As an aside, my favourite way to
taunt persistent telemarketers is to receive the call &
keep saying hello as though I can't hear anything until they
hang up. Permanently gets rid of most of them.
- I am not a movie buff. I seem to have no ability to remember
names or plots or characters or actors or dates. Also, I find
most tv shows and movies too violent or too predictable to
watch. Even the exaggerated drama in ads will have me in
tears. So I don't own a TV.
- Despite the previous point - I love animation. This short is
an all-time favourite: RiBA
- Since owning and breeding chickens I have discovered why the
phrase 'bird brain' exists.
- I'm often told I'm a great listener. People tell me their
secrets. I don't go looking for this.
- When I dream it's in vivid hypercolour and 3D but there is
rarely any sound.
- I am the go-to DIY person in my household.
- My favourite colour has always been blue. The shade varies
but the colour is constant. At the moment the shade is an aqua
blue.
- I greatly prefer stairs to elevators and you will never ever
in a million years find me caving, the thought of which makes
my skin crawl.
- Swimming is the most exhausting exercise to me. Enjoyable,
but I have to sleep afterwards and eat enough for 2 days to
recover.
- When I visited San Francisco for a month, I ate burritos
every single day.
- I hate washing up. Not ideal for someone who likes to cook.
- I hate being cold. My favourite season is summer. I am
powered by sunshine.
- My favourite city in the world so far is Edinburgh. Why
aren't I living there? See the previous 'about me' snippet.
- Even before I went vegetarian in my late teens/early
twenties, I never liked eating fish and now that I'm vego I
don't anyway (I'm not one of those 'vegetarians' who mistake
fish for plant life). In fact the smell of seafood makes me
gag.
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