Name:

Helena

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Hometown:

Hobart/ Prague/ since 1995 ~Amsterdam~

Hobbies:

absolutely none; I´m boring, here we go: making pottery; being a perfectionist, my psychotherapist LOL said this would be the best ergotherapy for the Girl Interrupted; it sure is!! a piece of pottery which you take out of the oven will never be perfect; read it kinda heels perfectionist's madness if you know what I mean.. often hard to follow as I think 10 steps ahead & people get lost in it ha!! .. photography!! love my Olympus, nature, wilderness, wintersport, trekking, my Burton 5.6 asymetric goofy, my best friend that will never let me down; once that happens it will be my fatal mistake... life ends on a tree in my off-piste paradise.. globetrotting & freelancing for Lonely Planet as my ultimate dream (working on it).. basically I love life & my ideal setting is 1. a great guy, 2. cool well-paid job that will 3. enable me (using my tactiques & Sharon Stone IQed brains to 4. play my wicked game; me & DJTiina1 plan to 5. shoot Wicked Game II in Andalusia on a beach 6. overlooking Africa, if you 7. focus really hard... from there I'd like to 8. hop over the water back to my favourite continent to 9. cross Sahara per camel to 10. get back to francophone West Africa to 11. work on my French as she 12. scored a new job per 1st Dec 09 and 14. is back in corporate heaven 15. as saving the Planet past month was noble but rough on my bank account 16. enjoy being back in normal working life 17. drive around Benelux to 18. monitor progress of my studies; this explains why I need to 19. work on my French in Africa as Belgium & Lux require it so 20. might either cross that Sahara or book Point Afrique flight to Ouaga, Burkina Faso and 21. explore Planet Helena.. 22. buy a few bronze artworks from my friends, two artists in Burkina, 23. bring those & some bogolans & djembes to A'dam and 24. sell them to make profit for them & me, 25. book a cruise with Polar Quest to 26. sail sail sail & 27. meet my polar bears & whales & listen to echoes submarine.. 28. shoot videos & loads of pics & 29. send them to Lonely Planet & my contacts in Asia, 30. score that freelancer post at LP for more & more fun to fill my spare time so that life does not get boring.. ok is that enough as a sample of my hobbies? my mind is pure madness ;)

Movies:

The Bounty (young Mel Gibson!! to die for) French Polynesia, Tahiti & Moorea.. been there.. en route from NZ to Easter Island

Music:

Pink Floyd (Syd's magical shining diamond, Obscured by Clouds, Ummagumma, Meddle, Atom Heart Mother, Animals as *fav's*) with Echoes live in Pompeii as jewel in PF crown (young David with wild hair looks performing with Rick to die for) .. and then 180degr spin (the black circle) into Pearl Jam!! Stone's Bayleaf, Mother Love Bone (rip Andy), Satchel, Brad.. Many people were introduced to Brad by checking out Stone's 'other' project.. Most of them became Brad fans when they realized that the band offered much more than a place for their favorite guitarist to get his kicks ;)) http://www.sscollective.net/brad

Books:

Into the Wild, Girl Interrupted, The Secret History, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, dictionaries, Lonely Planet guides AND the 1987 'Rock on Compact Disc a Critical Guide to the Best Recordings' by David Prakel (and shopping at http://eil.com)