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maltatoday | SUNDAY • 9 OCTOBER 2022 10 ALMANAC My essentials JOE DEPASQUALE 47 years old, Actor I got back into theatre 11 years ago after a long hiatus. In the recent years I also tried my hand at writing and directing. Most of my work has been put up on Evenings on Campus and one of my plays won best production and the MADC one acts. 1 4 5 1. Book 2. Film/TV 3. Internet 4. Music 5. Place I am a geek and pretty much use the Internet for Netflix and to play online games, not that I'm particularly good at them but I find them useful to unwind at the end of a day, something to just mentally switch off and relax. I also have random questions that pop up in my head, usually in the middle of the night, like "when did Dodos become ex- tinct?" and I use the 'net to satisfy that itch. IF you saw my own personal playlist, you would be very con- fused. I do not have a particu- lar favourite singer or genre of music. If I like a song it goes on my playlist and it could be from any genre, from opera to death metal, to Eminem to Katy Per- ry and I will literally never get tired of hearing the same music over and over again I could attempt to appear to have an exciting life and say something like climbing the alps or scuba diving in the Caribbean but that would be a huge lie. Truth be told I think I'm quite a boring person and my favourite place would be my bed and aside from the random questions that I men- tioned earlier, I do love my sleep time though I don't think I get enough of it. YEARS ago, I read 'IT' by Ste- phen King and I remember finding it too heavy and gen- erally quite unappealing. A few weeks ago, I found my old, battered copy and thought "why not?" and re-read it. I thoroughly enjoyed it; I guess that with the passing years I learnt to appreciate the build- up to a chapter as much as I appreciated the action. Cur- rently reading 'The Institute', also by Mr King, and would recommend both. I am a huge Trekkie and have just finished watching 'Picard' which I found embraced the true spirit of Star Trek. Started watching 'The Orville' which I also highly recommend. It deals with a lot of current is- sues in a hilarious way which I find fascinating and of course it has Seth MacFarlane in it and I am a big fan of the guy. 3 2