Donna the Gin Gypsy

Attention Trig Folks!

I know I have a lot of friends here on Trig, and I might seem like a Trig whore because of that, but let me assure you that I'm more interested in meeting the people here on Trig, than racking up the Trig points.  I do my best to answer every comment I receive and to create friendships and deserve the Trigs you send. 

Now back to our regularly scheduled biography:

After roaming the planet for years and moving house every six months, I finally realized I have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and would never be completely happy anywhere for too long.  Two years ago, I settled down back in old New York City to be close to my family.  London will always be the love of my life, but friends span three continents, and New York City is pretty much the center of it all and the easiest place to get to and travel from.  One day, I will move back however.

About me?  Well I'm a total optimist working in the music industry (a complete contradiction in terms, I know) in many capacities and facets such as print/online media (a major music publication), artistic and public relations, and tour personnel.  The touring schedules with my bands keep my need to constantly move at bay as I'm on the road a good nine months out of the year.  Sometimes it sucks, but most of the time I love it.  Music has always been a major driving force in my life, and I love surrounding myself with like-minded individuals. 

In my spare time, I make dead things

I love meeting people from other countries, and absorbing their cultures.  Right now my goal is to learn the Finnish language and be able to shout Perkele! in a perfect Finnish accent.  I'll get it eventually.  Why Finnish?  Well, lets just say that in the last four years, whenever you'd see a group of Finnish people hanging out in the U.S., I was usually right amongst them. 

I am obsessed with the following:  Alice in Wonderland (book & Disney cartoon), Berlin, boys in dresses, boys in eyeliner, cheese, cooking, CSI/forensics/profiling, dancing, F/X makeup and gore, Halloween, Harry Potter (books and films), Helsinki, holistic medicine, horror movies, Jerry's Ass, Kevin Smith films, languages, London, the ocean, old books, old manual typewriters, ranch dressing, San Francisco, shock collars for my bands, shoes, skulls and crossbones, theology, travelling, vegetarianism.

Favourite Films:  Airplane!, The Amityville Horror, Alien, Aliens, Blazing Saddles, The Changeling, The Dark Crystal, Dogma, Donnie Darko, Evil Dead(s), The Exorcist, Freddy vs. Jason, Grosse Pointe Blank, Harry Potter(s), Heathers, Hellraiser II, History of the World Part I, Holiday Inn, It's a Wonderful Life, The Lost Boys, Murder by Death, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Nightmare on Elm Street 3 - The Dream Warriors, Real Genius, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead, Secretary, Shaun of the Dead, Showgirls, Sid & Nancy, Top Secret!, Velvet Goldmine, Young Frankenstein.

Favourite Bands:  ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, The 69 Eyes, 80's Metal and Hairbands, Tori Amos, The Beatles, Bjork, Black Market Saints, Blur, David Bowie, CKY, The Clash, Nat King Cole, Concrete Blonde, Bing Crosby, The Cure, Curve, Depeche Mode, Placido Domingo, Duran Duran, Eagles of Death Metal, Danny Elfman, The Exit, Faith No More, Fleetwood Mac, Peter Gabriel, Gipsy Kings, Hall & Oats, Hanoi Rocks, Billie Holliday, HIM, Billy Idol, Isabelle's Gift, Jane's Addiction, Jesus Jones, KMFDM, Kyuss, Life of Agony, Lush, Madonna, Massive Attack, (old) Ministry, The Misfits, Motley Crue, Mozart, Muse, The Music, Nitzer Ebb, Sinead O'Connor, Placebo, The Police, Primal Scream, Queen, Queens of the Stone Age, Radiohead, Rammstein, The Ramones, The Rasmus, Recoil, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sex Pistols, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Sisters of Mercy, Skinny Puppy, Slayer, The Smiths, Sneaker Pimps, Rick Springfield, Talk Talk, Thompson Twins, Turbonegro, U2, Robbie Williams.