Vitals

Name: Talya Goodman

Nickname(s): Tal, Talbeans, Beans

Birthday: 8-8-1984

Hometown: Watertown, CT

Pets: Black and White cat named Nymue, and a red Beta named Chainsaw

Favorites

Favorite color: Purple

Favorite TV shows: Fushigi Yugi, Home Movies, Avatar:The Last Airbender, Death Note, Blood Plus, Arrested Development, How I Met Your Mother, Psyche, Pete and Pete, Animaniacs, and Venture Brothers.

Favorite movies: The Nightmare Before Christmas, Labyrinth, Dark Crystal, Mirror Mask, Shaun of the Dead, Lord of the Rings trilogy, Harry Potter, Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, 28 Days Later, Treasure Planet, Amele, Secret Garden, Princess Mononoke, Howl's Moving Castle, Spirited Away, The Cat Returns, and Nausicaa.

Favorite books: Candide, Crime and Punishment, The Things They Carried, War for the Oaks, Dragons of Pern series, Lord of the Rings, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, House of Leaves, Wuthering Heights, Washington Square, Pride and Prejudice, A Room of One's Own, The Female Don Quixote, and Tithe.

Random

Likes: Food, especially anything with tomato sauce, kiwis or mint and chocolate. Being outside right when it starts to get dark and there's a slight breeze. Getting all jittery during a movie from eating too much candy. When it's inappropriate to laugh so it makes something funnier. Taking a hot shower, huddling up in blankets, and drinking hot cocoa after being cold. Coincidences. Hanging out with old friends and remembering all of the ridiculous things we've done. When people listen to me. When people like something I've written. Sleeping.

Dislikes: Stomach aches. Getting up early. Rude people. People with closed minds or people who lack any form of depth whatsoever and would be background characters in a television show. When people misunderstand me. Assumptions. Anything with a strong smell: perfume, cigarette smoke, sewage. I especially hate Cigarettes! Cruelty to animals in any way. Retail. Drippy faucets. How fragile people are.

Hobbies: Writing, reading, Frisbee, hacky-sack, larps, talbeltops, video games, painting, and drawing.

Little known fact: For some reason I have a problem putting silverware in my mouth.

My Music

First album I ever got: Nine Inch Nails: Pretty Hate Machine

Favorite bands/singers: Nine Inch Nails, Tool, Led Zeppelin, Altan, Lunasa, Gorillaz, David Bowie, Voltaire

How long I've played: Eleven Years

How I got started: When I was in eighth grade my sister's friends said they were starting a band and that I should play bass. So, I started taking bass and guitar lessons along with clarinet.

My musical influences: See above :)