Yummy Wakame

About Olivia

I once met a pig called Olivia. She was a fussy eater and liked to affectionately butt people down the stairs.

Age: 31
Born: 13 February 1977, South Africa
Signs: Aquarian, born in the year of the Dragon
Located: Between Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA and Brighton by the English seaside. Always looking for new adventures!
Occupation: Freelance new media designer
MySpace Profile: yummywakame (Yeah I know. My cousin suckered me into it.)
Photo gallery: Flickr

Weaknesses for:

Yummy cowboys, adventures around the world, rolling down grassy hills, getting sticky faced, sleeping on the beach, feverish daydreaming, the latest gadgets, the bizarre, playing online, gaming, furry and slimey pets like snails and punk caterpillars, playing with LEGO.

Stuff that gets me going:

Robotics and AI, nanotechnology, paranormal stuff, alternative and green products, different cultures, languages, photography, sci-fi, free internet and wi-fi, vegetarianism, humanitarian issues, unusual product design and architecture, alternative medicine, transculturalism, fair trade, arms control.

Favourite Movies:

Waking Life, Run Lola Run, Heavenly Creatures, Kafka, Kill Bill, Hideous Kinky, Besieged, Hero, Bourne Identity, Secretary, Lost Highway, Naked Lunch, Finding Neverland, Blade Runner, Creep, The Edukators.

Zombie TV:

West Wing, 24, Alias, La Femme Nikita, Peep Show, Six Feet Under, Sopranos, Nighty Night, Little Britain, The Office, Black Adder.

Tasty Music:

Depeche Mode, Hybrid, Hooverphonic, Nils Petter Molvær, Jeff Buckley, TwickSisted, Kruder and Dorfmeister, Joanna Newsom, Hallucinogen, Pixies, INXS, Nitin Sawhney, Björk, Jan Garbarek, The Cure, David Bowie, Garbage.

Favourite Internet Radio Stations:

NPR All Songs Considered (USA), FIP (music - France), Digitally Imported (electronica - intl.), BBC Radio 4 (talk - UK), 5fm - Gareth Cliff's show (talk - South Africa), Metro FM (talk - South Africa), Radio 702 (talk - South Africa)

Favourite Books:

Imajica, I Capture The Castle, The Wild.