ABOUT ME

Name: Tânia but I go by Merry and Nokas mostly. 
Age: 21.
B-day: April 6th.
Sign: Aries.
Location: Charneca de Caparica, Almada, PORTUGAL!
Height: around 1.70m (5.58ft) I guess. 
Hair: Brown and annoying. =P
Eyes: Blue with a touch of green.

Loves: Watching a good movie. Reading. Writing when inspiration strikes. Making icons. Colorbars. Smelling new books. Non-sense chats ( teresabloom and jackypirate know all about that). Boy/boy love (SLASH yay!). Gorgeous graphics all around. Japanese anime. Ancient Greek Mythology and History. Mythological creatures (i.e. dragons, fairies, unicorns, etc). Stuffed animals. Cats. Fantasy. Ice-cream. Fangirling. Mint tea. Butter cookies. 

Hates: Racism. Xenophobia. Homophobia. Sexism. Religious fanaticism. Bigotry. Voluntary ignorance. Teenage soap-operas. Reality shows. Pseudo-intelectual movies. Pseudo-intelectual people. Rudeness. Envy. Codfish.  

Personality: Curious. Restless. Imaginative. Stubborn. Short-tempered. Dreamer. Annoying (sometimes =P). More naïve than I'd like to be. Lazy. Compulsive giggler. teresabloom says I'm crazy and a perve, so basically a crazy-perve. 

A quote: "I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance."  Socrates. Sounds better in Portuguese though, "Só sei que nada sei."

A person: Alexander the Great.

Clothing: Can't live without my jeans and my earrings. Other than that, anything as long as it's confortable.

An object: My glasses. I'm short-sighted. =P

Dream-travels: New Zealand, Bavaria, London, Vienna, Amesterdam, Kyoto.

Favourite food: My granny's Sea-food Rice (Arroz de Marisco). Yum!

Favourite drink: Mint-tea.

Favourite dessert: Caramel ice-cream.

Favourite color: Black.

Favourite animal: Cats.

Favourite tv-shows: House MD. Lost. That 70's Show. Queer as Folk. Band of Brothers. Supernatural. Into the West. Angels in America. Smallville. C.S.I..

Favourite books: The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien. A Home at the End of the World, by Michael Cunningham. Os Maias by Eça de Queiroz. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.  Harry Potter by JK Rowling.

Favourite films: The Lord of the Rings. Pirates of the Caribbean. Anna Karenina. Velvet Goldmine. Brokeback Mountain. The Pianist. Match Point. Love Actually. The Color Purple. Schindler's List. Finding Neverland. Donnie Darko. Highway. A History of Violence. Shakespeare in Love. 21 Grams. Shrek. Finding Nemo. The Lion King. 

"Favourite" music: 30 Seconds to Mars. Coldplay. Green Day. Keane. Placebo. Jamie Cullum. Rufus Wainwright. Panic! At the Disco. U2. Anastacia. Snow Patrol. Evanescence. Damien Rice. Queen. The Beatles.

A dream: Moving to another country and prospering.

Studies: European Studies course. Final year. *meep*

Missing: My childhood.

Laughter: I giggle. I chuckle. I laugh my ass off. Seriously, I laugh a LOT!

Tears: I can cry like a baby during films or even listening to a song but I rarely cry over the kicks life gives me.

Beliefs: Atheist. I believe love is blind to gender, race and social status. I believe marriage should be all about love. I believe no religion incentivates war. I believe there are still good people in this world, they're just outnumbered. I believe a mind is a terrible thing to waste. I believe real knowledge is to know the extent of our own ignorance. I believe in friendship.

Best thing about a person: Finding a lot of things to smile about.

Worst thing about a person: Intolerance.

Enemies: My neighbour's dog. I swear the damn beast is out to get me!

Friends: They're not many but I like to think they're very good ones.  =)

A secret: I talk to myself more often than I'd like to admit. =P (So it's not a deep secret, sue me!)

Things I have and can't live without: Computer. Books. Notebook. Glasses.  Family.  Internet. DVDs. CDs. Friends. Cat. Watch. Mobile. Paint Shop Pro. Cookies. Ice-cream. Tea. 



IF I COULD BE...

A car: A black and white Mini Cooper.
A word: Supercalifragilisticexpealidocious.
A month: April.
A day of the week: Saturday.
An hour: 21h00
An element: Fire.
A flower: Orchid.
An animal: Cat.
A fictional character: Galadriel.
A celebrity: Keira Knightley.
A fantasy creature: Fairy.
A mystic symbol: A Mystic Knot.
A liquid: Tea. (Surprising huh?)
A season: Spring.
A color: Black.
A fruit: Mango.
A song: Windmills of Your Mind by Dusty Springfield.
A film: Brokeback Mountain.
A book: The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien.
A place: A mountain in New Zealand or Neuschwanstein Castle. 
A scent: Minty.
A texture: Velvet.
A sound: Rain falling.
A flavour: Caramel.
An object: Bookmark.
A feeling: Disappointment.
A planet: Mars!
A part of a house: Bedroom.
A part of the body: Eyes.
A facial expression: Grin.
A musical instrument: Piano or Violin.
A school subject: Hmm... I guess English is my all time favourite.
A number: 8
A verb: To Dream.
An adjective: Ridiculous.
A holiday: Christmas.