Hey, all! My name's Encaitare (that's En-CAI-tah-ray), which is an Elvish translation of my real name. *is a Tolkien nerd* I respond to Encai, Jamie, and just about anything except "Hey, stupid!" =P
1. What do you do? (Hobbies, job)
- I love to read; my favorite genres are fantasy and science fiction. I'm a total bookworm and always have been. I have also been known to write... I've written a lot of fanfiction and am currently working on some original short stories.
- I am a musician and play the flute, but more on that later.
- A very large portion of my time is spent on my arse in front of the laptop, and I fear this will only get worse as I sign up to yet another site!
- I really, really love Star Trek. A lot. Too much.
- I like doing crafty things, like making shirts and doing cross-stitch. Sometimes I can draw.
- I enjoy studying theology and learning why people believe the things they do. Personally, I think religion is a mistake, but it's really interesting to learn about.
2.Where are you from?
New York, USA.
3.Who is your favorite author?
Favorite living author: Neil Gaiman. I've read most of his books and each one I read just makes me love him even more. The Sandman is my favorite of all his works, but my other faves are Good Omens and American Gods.
Favorite dead author: J. R. R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings is another unhealthy obsession of mine.
Others that I like are Douglas Adams, Edgar Allan Poe, Alexandre Dumas, and Orson Scott Card. If anyone ever wants to talk books, I'm so there. :-D
4. What are your favorite films?
The Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Caribbean, Moulin Rouge, Star Trek II: the Wrath of Khan, Star Trek: First Contact, Mirrormask, V for Vendetta, Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
5. What music do you want played at your wedding?
If I should ever marry, I don't plan on having much of a ceremony. I guess if there were to be a reception where music was played, I'd want a full orchestra to play Beethoven's 6th Symphony, because that is one huge piece of awesome right there. Or for a generic one, Pachelbel's Canon in D. I don't care how overused it is; it's a lovely piece.
6. At your funeral?
“Further” by VNV Nation. If you're not familiar with it, download it or at least look up the lyrics. They're very beautiful.
7. This IS a gothic website, so... how do you want to die?
In my sleep. Death isn't scary if you don't know it's coming. =P
8. What kind of casket would you want?
I'll probably be cremated, but if I am buried, I wanna be in one of these!
http://knuttz.net/hosted_pages/Artfull-Coffins-20060928
9. What's your FAVORITE outfit?
I only get to pick one?! Oh, very well. My current favorite is probably a black Tripp corset with black lacing up the front and panels of tiny Chinese dragons, with a greenish brown off-the-shoulder shirt underneath, with a long skirt of deep green, and these suede-like black boots that I got at Payless. All this with some kind of awesome necklace and big bangles and wavy hair makes me very, very happy.
10. What's one thing you miss about being a little kid?
Bill Nye the Science Guy!
11. What's your favorite band?
I shall not be limited to one again! I was always into all kinds of rock and gradually discovered the wonders of metal and eventually symphonic metal. I've recently gotten interested in synthpop and other electronica too. So here's a list of my top bands/artists:
Assemblage 23, Bauhaus, Bjork, Blind Guardian,
Children of Bodom, Coldplay, the Decemberists, DragonForce,
the Dresden Dolls, Enya, Jethro Tull, Leaves' Eyes, Marilyn Manson, the Mediaeval Baebes, Metallica,
Nightwish,
Pink Floyd, the Planet Smashers, Rammstein, Rasputina, Regina Spektor, Sigur Ros, the Smashing Pumpkins,
Switchblade Symphony, the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Type O Negative,
VNV Nation,
Voltaire, the Who.
I listen to a bunch of classical music too... Beethoven is my favorite composer.
12. What kind of education do you have? What is/was/will be your major?
I go to the Crane School of Music for music education and flute performance. It's fun but a
lot of work. I spend entirely too much time in practice rooms that very closely resemble jail cells.
13. Why did you join?
I was Googling for goggles and one of the threads here came up. Of course, I had to investigate further and then discovered the DIY thread and a lot of other cool things. Everyone here seems pretty nifty and like the kind of people I'd enjoy talking to.
14. If the first 13 questions didn't give it away. What is your gender?
Female... although I took the quiz below and it told me I'm exactly gender neutral. O_o
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbo....shtml?users=1
But really, I'm a chica! Here's photographic proof:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y2/...ff/Photo74.jpg
