Aletta Mes

Sex: Female
Occupation: arts
Member since: Nov 2005
Forum posts: 6
Yahoo!: mesaletta
Web site: http://www.aletta.org//
Login status: Offline

About me

Born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in 1954 to an opera singer mother and a research chemist father.

My work

At age 13 I took to the stage, dancing in ballet and musical theatre until 1985 when a bizarre illness (Shy-Drager syndrome) made it impossible to continue dancing. I also trained in Dance Therapy (physical, clinical psychology and journalism. Later I started painting in 1980, and as the body started to give out, painting became a ways of expressing myself within a more restricted world of movement. Writing was always a ways of keeping narratives for remembering later, to be used in some other project, a painting, a choreography a play. All art forms are therapeutic for me, a reason to get out of bed, a brief time magically away from pain.

Fast facts

At the movies I like to see:Stricking visual and poignant comedy
Last movie seen:must not have been memorable, enjoyed a whole night of Marx Bothers a few days ago.
Music I listen to:Classical, Jazz and "world" music, specifically brasilian, indonesian and african, on my saddest days Sachmo always hits the spot.
Favorite author:George Bernard Shaw
Last book read:Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town by Steven Leachock for about the 100th time.
Best game right now:still like tetris and my F1
Favorite sports team:Ajax
I'm passionate about:the arts, F1,football (soccer), people and children's literature
I wish I could:have my health back
Favorite travel destination:anywhere not a war zone, and maybe even those, just very fond of living
On my vacation I..:what's a vacation?
If I won 1 million dollars, I would:relax and not sweat the small stuff
If I were a super hero I would:be even more tired of the stupid things people do
Food I like:must be spicey and fragrant, or sweet and fragrant
I don't like:petty people
Software I use:Corel wordPerfect, Videowave 4.0, Paint Shop Pro 7.0, Irfanview
Hardware I use:Frankenputer something scavenged and redesigned, works well enough for an old beast

Why I choose the Opera browser

Fast, reliable and can be adjusted to suit my abilities as my illness unfortuntely dictates. I've found no browser works better when you have visual limitations and rely on keystrokes primarily as mice, even my trackball, on shaky days just won't work. You can probably guess that the name of the browser would sit well with me also.