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Name: Kassandra.

Marital Status: Single. Very.

Zodiac Sign(s): Scorpio, Fire Horse

Location: El estado de Coahuila, desculpe- Tejas.

Interests: Political/Environmental activism, bibliophiliac, cinephile, Buddhism, Taoism, Doctor Who (2005-), Seattle, Austin, Asian cultures, languages & philosophies, nice intelligent guys, zen rock gardens, lying on the ground watching clouds roll by, thunderstorms, exploring abandoned buildings, photography, writing, Chinese astrology, science, history, footie, computers, geekiness. I’m very much into connecting with others, learning who they are, what they’re all about. What drives me most is becoming the change I want to see in the world, and the desire to leave it a better place when it’s time for me to go.

A door to my past opened recently, when I encountered a man I knew from third through seventh form. There was such an electricity. I expect it was to do with the fact that deep down, I’d never forgotten him. You may deduce the rest on your own. For the first time in almost twenty years, I spent Christmas Eve with someone…a man. Unfortunately, my mind in a bit of a timewarp, I didn’t notice certain things, and now I’m a little sad and wiser. Bit more sad than I’d care to admit, but it shall pass. Because of him, and my residual feelings, I’ve undertaken the study of manic depression, or as it’s more commonly known, bipolar disorder. Even with the tarnishing of my golden memories, I very much wish to understand my friends mind, that I may help him and others should our paths cross.

Currently Reading: An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir Of Moods And Madness

Influences & Heroes: Buddha, my Mother & Grandparents, Gloria Steinem, JFK, Bobby Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Al Gore, Laurie David, Dennis Kucinich, Rosa Parks, Julia Butterfly Hill, Chief Seattle, Wonder Woman, Superman, The Doctor and Rose Tyler, Paul Soupilet.

Authors, Artists & Poets: Sylvia Plath, Virginia Woolf, e.e. cummings, William Butler Yeats, Lao Tse, Neil Gaiman, Alex Garland, Jack Kerouac, George Monbiot, Al Gore, Howard Zinn, Bill Lawrence, John Pilger, Bill Moyers, David Edwards, Vincent Van Gogh, Joel Settles, Molly Ringwald, Penelope Keith, Miranda Richardson, Cate Blanchett, Julianne Moore, Christopher Eccleston, Billie Piper, Clive Owen, Joan Plowright, Helena Bonham-Carter, Jude Law, Julia Roberts, Gina McKee, Helen Mirren, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung, Wong Faye, Zhiyi Zhang, Gong Li, Linus Roache, Cecelia Cheung, Allison Elliot, Joan Allen, Laura Linney

Favourite Films: A Room With A View, Howards End, The Remains Of The Day, The Hours, Possession, Enchanted April, Brokeback Mountain, Memoirs Of A Geisha, King Kong, Superman Returns, The Ice Storm, Hulk, Chungking Express, Hero, In The Mood For Love, 2046, Lost In Translation, All That Heaven Allows, All About Eve, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, TransAmerica, House Of Flying Daggers, Pleasantville, Garden State, Secrets & Lies, Amelie, An Inconvenient Truth, The UP Series, Evening, The Ground Truth, Fahrenheit 9/11, Bowling For Columbine, SICKO, V For Vendetta, The Queen, The Power Of Nightmares, The Lives Of Others

Television: DOCTOR WHO (New Series), Planet Earth, Coast, Shakespeare Retold, The British Isles, The UP Series, Berkeley In The Sixties, Making Sense Of The Sixties, Black Adder, Frasier, The Young Ones, Twilight Zone (’85), Outer Limits (classic series), Doctor Who (2005-), Coupling, Goodnight Sweetheart, Keeping Up Appearances, UltraViolet, Are You Being Served?, The Good Life, Once & Again, I Love Lucy, Homefront, Documentaries, Heroes, The Night Stalker, Yes, Prime Minister, Fawlty Towers, Life On Mars

Favourite Doctor: Christopher Eccleston

Favourite Companion: Rose Tyler, Donna…for making the Doctor take a look at himself from a different perspective

Favourite Doctor Who Episodes: End Of The World (the ‘chips’ scene gets me every time!), Dalek, Father’s Day, The Parting Of The Ways, The Christmas Invasion, Love & Monsters, The Girl In The Fireplace, The Impossible Planet /The Satan Pit, Doomsday, Human Nature/The Family Of Blood, Blink

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“Every conversation with you goes mental.”

-Rose Tyler, Aliens Of London