About Me
Hi, my name is Ben.
Age: 26, at the moment. But not usually.
Location: Somewhere way out in the wilds of upstate New York. Okay, Ithaca, NY.
Occupation: When I’m not (very carefully and thoughtfully) churning out stuff for these pages I’m stuck in lab ripping DNA apart.
History: I was born at a very young age. I lived in London until I was 18, went to college in the charming and gorgey Bristol, then flew over to the states to keep going to school because I apparently wasn’t bored of it yet. Although I sound English I’m really half American and half Dutch. My parents originally met geographically halfway.
Interests: Music, clearly. Running. Learning exciting new skills and forgetting them. Lots of crafty things: sewing, home decorating, etc. Vegetable gardening when it’s the half of the year the ground isn’t covered in snow. Browsing of all kinds. Seasonal borders.
Favorite music: Some of my all-time favorite pieces are:
- Shostakovich - Symphony No. 13 ‘Babi Yar’
- Shostakovich - Seven romances on verses by Alexander Blok
- Shostakovich - Cello Concerto No. 2
- Shostakovich - String Quartet No. 12
- Shostakovich - Symphony no. 15
- Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No. 2
- Prokofiev - Symphony No. 2
- Prokofiev - Symphony No. 6
- Beethoven - Grosse Fuge
- Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 32
- Saint-Saens - Piano Concerto No. 4