J.J.N.

Hello you lot! 
Welcome to my page!

I'm J. "Alice Graivenille" is my pen name. It's got a lovely story behind it too. 

So, a few things about me:
Fluent in: Greek, English and French 
(currently learning German, Spanish & Italian)

-Geek
-Traveler and Adventurer
-Paraglider (aspiring sky-diver)
-Sports-person. (National swim-champion) 
-Jazz-pianist and Droit/SciencesPo Student. 
-Poet/Playwright
-Amateur (but dedicated) Director/Actress

Things I absolutely love:

-Vinyl records & the decades '20's-'40's.
-The wind & summer storms albeit being an autumn kinda girl.
-Driving
-Photography
-The emptiness below when you march off to the end of a cliff.  #TheoryOfAnxiety [Kundera/Kierkegaard]
-Cool sunrises as opposed to the typical "romantic sunsets".
-Adrenaline
-The smell of rain
-Volunteering
-Handwritten letters & postcards
-Video Games
-Cooking
-All things artsy
-Quara-ing

-Films of the following genres: Drama, War, Philosophy, Sci-Fi and a tad of Fantasy.
-Music of the following genres: Jazz, Swing, Classical, Opera, Classic Rock, Italian

Literature: Milan Kundera, Pat Barker, J. Kerouac, S. Fitzgerald, Burroughs, Tennessee Williams, Kafka, Vonnegut, Burgess, J. Heller, Hemingway, O. Wilde, Shakespeare, G. Orwell etc.

Music:Last Shadow Puppets, Diana Krall, Benny Goodman, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Ray Charles,Marlene Dietrich, Caro Emerald, Tape5, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Damien Rice,Joe Dassin, Scott Grimes, Aaron Tveit, Emma Shapplin, Queen, Alessandro Mandarin, Foo fighters, Led Zeppelin, Scorpions, The Heavy, Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones etc