14 August 2004- moved to Houston
23 August 2004- first day of classes at Rice University
Since then- adjusting to the new and humid environment, contemplating if this is for the good of my future and still unable to get over the fact that I'm not Scottish...
3 November 2004- starting to read a bit on Philosophy
January 2005
Movies seen in Houston
Things to Look Forward To
March
So here is another attempt and hopefully this one will be successful and more meaningful, more enlightening. I will try to make it simple. It will simply be about myself. Who or what this page is for I know not as there are few people who are truly interested in my mundane life. I guess it will just be something to say I've accomplished and make my life complete.
Basic Facts
Name: Elin
Birthday: 23 October 1981
Wishes and Aspirations: move out of The House of Perdition
Future (if any): Obscure
Hobbies: Contemplating (about Scotland)
Shopping (for Scottish items)
Travelling (to Scottish or Scottish-related places)
Playing with my dog (a Scottish breed)
Playing Piano (European compositions and the BagPiper's Holiday is one dear to my heart)
Reading (about Scotland, both fiction and nonfiction)
Favourite authors:
Paul Auster (American, but spent a few years in France and speaks French fluently. Also his wife is Norwegian.
Jostein Gaarder (Norwegian)
Clive Barker (British but now lives in Los Angeles)
I have had the pleasure of shaking his hand that's written so many amazing stories.
Favourite books besides the ones by the authors above:
In Arcadia by Ben Okri
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
The Big Picture by Douglas Kennedy
The Best a Man Can Get by John O'Farrell
I am best described as a lassie with a Taiwanese Nationality residing in America with a Scottish soul.
For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat and wrong.
-H.L. Mencken
It has not been easy for man to face time. Some, in recoiling from the fearsome prospect of time's abyss, have toppled backwards into the abyss of ignorance.
-Claude Albritton
they're actually not as grainy-looking in real life.
Cheers!
