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hi! the name's najah. i'm from new orleans, so i enjoy good food and good times--which usually involves copious amounts of epic dancing. like, all day--every day. i'm currently an interior design major in university, with an themed entertainment minor.
i love to travel, and have a wide, electric array of tastes, which is not limited to just things but places as well, specifically Japan, Korea, Greenland, Turkey, Greece, and India. i intend visit them all, as well as many more places, and become fluent in as many of those corresponding languages as well. hopefully, this site can be the platform upon which i can learn and practice those languages, as well as brush-off on my fairly decent Spanish, and help others with English.
i want to live out of country as soon as possible and just get a feel for what the world is like for different peoples. look-up at our shared sky through varied eyes. maybe it's the anthropologist in me, but i'd love the chance to experience those things that defined the human experience for people, how they interact with our world.
anyway, i'd love to go more into that dialogue with you, or just chat over the latest episode of such and such--but you have to talk to me first! so say hello! ^__^
Hobbies & Interests
Design. Interior, Themed Entertainment, and Architecture are my burgeoning forte, but generally anything related to art and design is something I'm keen on--with special emphasis on written media, ceramics, and sculpture.
Favorite Music
i haven't encountered a form of music i haven't enjoyed, save for free form jazz, but i'm particularly partial to music that gets me dancing or mad chill, which means i'm usually fluctuating between EDM and NEO-SOUL, and enjoying the many love-children born in-between the two.
my steadfast favorite artists:
Jill Scott, Janelle Monae, Lianne Las Havas, Sia [Furler], KING, Sam Sparro, Erykah Badu, Justin Nozuka, Quadron, Little Dragon, James Blake, Alt-J, Andreya Triana, Daft Punk, Gorillaz, India.Arie, Disclosure, Toro y Moi, Julia Easterlin, 2NE1, Crystal Kay, School Food Punishment, Sunnyhill, Miss A, B.A.P., RAIN!!, Steam Powered Giraffe, SPICA, FIESTAR, SuPearls!!!!, Jack Garratt, SBTRKT, Sampha, MNEK, Sinead Harnett, and Gnarles Barkley--to name a few. ^__^
Favorite Movies
although there is an abundance of movies i love, here is just a sample of titles that come to mind:
Slumdog Millionaire, Silver Linings Playbook, American Hustle, Django Unchained, 12 Angry Men, The Sound of Music, Victor/Victoria, School of Rock, Mean Girls, Hitch, The Mummy, Happy Feet, Easy A, Spirited Away, Pan's Labyrinth, Howl's Moving Castle, The Painted Veil, Misery, The Prince of Egypt, The Other Sister, The Great Lebowski, A.I., Jab Tak Hai Jaan, Sunny, The 100 Foot Journey, and anything by Wes Anderson.
and more. bleh!
Favorite TV Shows
here are the shows that have been precious to me:
Xena:Warrior Princess, Lost Girl, Sanctuary, Fringe, Orphan Black, Warehouse 13, Eureka, Stargate:Universe, Stargate:Atlantis, Game of Thrones, Scandal, True Blood, Once Upon A Time, Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, That's So Raven, Avatar:The Last Airbender & Legend of Korra, Rin:Daughters of Mnemosyne, Spice and Wolf, Kuroshitsuji, All That, 30 Rock, and Sleepy Hollow.
ahh!! watch them all!! ;p
Favorite Books
ahhhh, since i do love to read, i do have quite a few of these. sooo, i'll try not to make the list too tedious. here it goes:
Fledgling, Lucy, Bloodchild and other Stories, Kushiel's Legacy Trilogies, The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, Kindred, Empire Falls, Angelology, The Great Book of Amber, It Happened in Boston?, A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Butterfly Revolution, Hunger, Lolita, The Hunger Games Trilogy, His Dark Instruments Trilogy, Divine By Mistake, and This Is All: A Pillowbook of Cordelia Kenn.
i most enthusiastically recommend every single one of these books for everyone and anyone. there is something to be found and admired in all of these pieces for everyone (okay, maybe not for two of them, ;p)
Favorite Quotes
last bit of the information overload >.<
"Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money."
--Moliere