Who is Nina?
I'm Nina, though you might have encountered me on the internets by my other (and older) online nickname, Swan (also Swanshapes).
I am 24 years old, utterly English with a secret love of Europe, and a jack of many trades. I have a graphic design qualification, have been trained in fine art portraiture, studied traditional photography for a while, and ended up with an undergraduate degree in ancient history and archaeology. Hobbies include roleplaying games (yes, D&D), canine obedience and agility, and cake baking.
I'm due to undertake postgraduate study in archaeology as of Autumn 2008, but who knows, I may run off into the night and become a baker instead just to escape having to write another dissertation.
About Brilliantology
I get a lot of compliments about this word, but for a long time I hated it. This domain was purchased for my mother (as were are both -ologists, and she loved the word brilliant a little too much) so that she could have a fancy email address and a subdomain for a private recipe wiki. When she ended up hardly using it, I decided to take it over myself and release a tumblelog of my very own into the wild.
Online
I also lurk around Flickr and have become addicted to Twitter. Sometimes I tumble my dog.
Contact
If you need/want to say hi, drop me a line at nina at this domain.