User:Stara729

Hello World!

I am a college student hailing from the glorious Windy City. I will update this page whenever I remember something noteworthy about myself. No, I am not an amnesiac - I just always seem to forget my most important traits precisely when I need to remember them...

Favorites (in no particular order)

Books

→ Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

→ A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

→ A Room with a View by E. M. Forster

→ Howards End by E. M. Forster

→ Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

→ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling

→ Tintin by Hergé (not strictly books but oh well)

Mangas

→ xxxHOLiC by Clamp

→ Angelic Layer by Clamp

→ Ouran High School Host Club by Bisco Hatori

→ Gakuen Alice by Tachibana Higuchi

→ Dengeki Daisy by Kyousuke Motomi

TV Shows

→ Spongebob SquarePants

→ Sherlock

→ Nodame Cantabile

Movies

→ Spirited Away

→ Howl's Moving Castle

→ Princess Mononoke

→ Whisper of the Heart

→ Castle in the Sky

→ Summer Wars

→ Moulin Rouge!

→ Hugo

→ The Matrix

→ The Amazing Spider-Man

→ Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Music

→ Johann Sebastian Bach

→ Ludwig van Beethoven

→ Johannes Brahms

→ Claude Debussy

→ Gustav Mahler

→ Ralph Vaughan Williams

→ Philip Glass

→ Joe Hisaishi

→ Pieter Wispelwey

→ Jascha Heifetz

→ Berlin Philharmonic

→ Hilary Hahn

→ Martha Argerich

→ Berlin Philharmonic

→ Quatuor Ébène

→ Cœur de Pirate

→ Frank Ocean

→ Coldplay

→ Muse

→ Bon Iver

Food

→ Tomatoes

→ Pomegranates

→ Raspberries

→ Sushi

→ Ghormeh sabzi

→ Baozi

→ Carrot cake

→ Mochi

→ Anything that's served at Thanksgiving dinner, i.e. turkey with gravy and stuffing and sweet potatoes and cranberry sauce and wild rice

→ Pie (cherry, pumpkin, apple)

Places

→ San Francisco, CA (also Berkeley)

→ Montréal, Québec (Yes, a little different than the above)

→ Marburg, Germany

→ And of course, the marvelous Ann Arbor, Michigan

Wikipedia interests

I'm interested, for Wikipedia purposes, in the following topics:

→ Classical music: particularly string solo, chamber, and orchestral repertoire and composers

→ Manga: particularly Clamp

→ Anime: anything by Studio Ghibli

→ Learning how to use Wikipedia! I'm new to the site, so by all means leave me a message to give me advice or simply say hi!

Currently working on

→ Editing the xxxHolic page

→ Editing the List of xxxHolic characters page

→ Editing the Clamp page

→ Improving any page that has to do with Clamp, actually

→ Editing the Bach Cello Suites page

→ Editing and adding on to the Pieter Wispelwey page - he's my favorite Bach interpreter!

→ Expanding the Jean-Guihen Queyras page

→ Improving the János Starker page

→ Fixing stuff as a member of the Studio Ghibli task force

→ Looking around for more cello-related things to improve

→ Creating an xxxHOLiC Rei page (waiting for updates...)

→ Editing the Wenzel Pichl page

→ Learning how to Wikipedia...

Pages I've created/translated (and would like feedback on)

→ Quatuor Ébène

→ Jacques Mistral

→ Ophélie Gaillard

Skills

→ Language translation and interpretation: English, français, and فارسی

→ English grammar, spelling, and syntax

→ Classical music performance

→ Does being a CLAMP fan count?

Fun stuff

How is a raven like a writing desk?

Poe wrote on both of them.

Quotes

"Only connect! - E. M. Forster, Howards End

Userboxes

Userboxes

This users favourite animal is the Red fox. (Vulpes vulpes)

This user eats raspberries.

This user loves Tomatoes

This user believes in the right of every human being to have access to Wikipedia.

This user likes to ponder Philosophical questions like "Why does 2 + 2 = 4?" and "Why can it not equal 5?"

アニメ
subThis user prefers to watch
their anime subbed.

This user is a Cardcaptor.

千This user has been spirited away.

cel-3This user is an advanced cellist.

pno-3This user is an advanced pianist.

This user enjoys music by Johann Sebastian Bach.

song-3This user's favorite song is "Starlight" by Muse.

This user uses free software wherever and whenever possible.