Sonia - ProfilesArchive

About Me

i'm trying to become a doctor and it's not been much fun so far. i have 5 months left of classwork and then i'll be stateside again. this school experience basically consists of studying and studying and studying, then getting fucked up, then going to the beach, then freaking out about studying and then studying some more. and once in awhile i wonder what i have gotten myself into.
i'm really in touch with my sense of smell. i'm slowly reintroducing myself to caffeine. i'm compassionate. i was raised Quaker . i'm a world news junkie and believe in using multiple news sources. i'm opinionated, but have had the passion knocked out of me on some issues. i think men with chest hair are hot. i went to hampshire college and i loved it. i don't do well with mixed messages; they make me nervous. i like straight-forward people. i like shy people. i appreciate lots of kisses from the people i love. i give lots of kisses to the people i love. i collect artists and art .
i love to dance.
i believe in kindness towards all living things and our planet. i love having a boyfriend and i love being single. i miss my friends and my family. i adore google. i speak italian and french. i'm not selfish ever. i can be grouchy. i'm working on improving my patience . i'm ridiculously silly. i'm loyal and genuine. i suffer from a cassandra complex. i rescue bugs. my mother calls me a terror and a principessa. i'm trying to grow up and it's rather painful at times.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

i like hot guys and smart girls. i also like smart guys and hot girls. and kind people are always welcome in my world.

Music:

lately.... gilberto and jobim, andrew sisters, tosca, ursula 1000, kruder and dorfmeister, lamb, portishead, underworld, radiohead, alkaholiks, chambaos, manu chao, ella fitzgerald, guns n' roses, billie holiday, coltrane, garbage, gotan project, madonna, sean paul, lady saw, roni size, PFAC, piotta, thievery corp., janis joplin, bob dylan, M.I.A., al green, 2Pac, pink floyd

Movies:

trainspotting, pulp fiction, happiness, woody allen movies, the thin man movies, sophia loren movies, basketball movies, kung fu movies, zombie movies, baise moi, secretary, moulin rouge, dead ringers, bloodsport, the changeling

Television:

fuck tv, how about artists: waterhouse, woolley, van gogh, mame.one, mucha, cassatt, botticelli, abelow, matisse, da vinci, rodin, banksy, klimt, herring, netter

Books:

some authors: john irving, anais nin, daniel pinkwater, william faulkner, frank herbert, anne rice, oliver sacks, bruce sterling, william gibson, daniel quinn, deepak chopra, edward hall, elizabeth wurtzel, hunter s. thompson, ee cummings, walt whitman, roald dahl, madeleine l'engle, carol queen,umm... and i love wikipedia

Heroes:

gandhi, einstein, mary magdalene, my mother, christine de pizan, MLKJr, schweitzer, freidan, anyone who stands up for what they believe in, anyone who questions the status quo, anyone who stands up for other creatures

My Blog

i love nerds with strong egos and big hands

I read this article not 30 minutes after having a conversation with 3 other women med students about the stupid conversations we have with men we meet about being in med school. There's the "Oh,...
Posted by Sonia on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 03:54:00 PST

The Feminine Critique

www.nytimes.comNovember 1, 2007 Life's Work The Feminine Critique By LISA BELKIN DON'T get angry. But do take charge. Be nice. But not too nice. Speak up. But don't seem like you talk to...
Posted by Sonia on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 01:25:00 PST

Remember 2003? (or how I developed a Cassandra Complex)

Let's think back to the winter of 2002/2003, when our administration was girding its loins for battle. Picture Bush in the corner playing with his toy soldiers while Cheney and Rummy cackled hap...
Posted by Sonia on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 08:37:00 PST

sociopathic sense of humor

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/05/opinion/05krugman.html?em& ex=1191816000&en=e1acc53c196cd0ce&ei=5087%0AOctober 5, 2007Op-Ed ColumnistConservatives Are Such JokersBy PAUL KRUGMANIn 1960, John F. Kenne...
Posted by Sonia on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 02:12:00 PST

goodbye begonia, crustaceans looking grim

ANNUAL RED LIST Vultures vanishing - even scavengers face extinction Global crisis growing more grim, World Conservation Union says, adding new threatened species to its death watch ...
Posted by Sonia on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:25:00 PST

is nothing sacred??? there goes oral sex........

You know, at first I thought the moral of this story was don't swallow, but then I read a bunch of different articles on the topic and it's all dangerous apparently. And in both directions. Men are ge...
Posted by Sonia on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:38:00 PST

food additives cause child hyperactivity

September 6, 2007 Some Food Additives Raise Hyperactivity, Study Finds By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL Common food additives and colorings can increase hyperactive behavior in a broad range of c...
Posted by Sonia on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 04:52:00 PST

i'm not buying into it, period.

I just had an appointment with my ob/gyn and he tried to convince me to let him implant something in my arm that would last 5 years and take away my period for that whole time. And he said this ...
Posted by Sonia on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 02:53:00 PST

please

I've said this before... but I'll say it again.... I think we should all, no matter into which tax bracket we fall, contribute financially to some cause we find worthy. I think it's good for the...
Posted by Sonia on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 09:40:00 PST

pfizer conducted illegal human experimentation on children in nigeria

and people think i'm crazy for vilifying pharm companies.... Pfizer Faces Criminal Charges in Nigeria By Joe StephensWashington Post Staff WriterWednesday, May 30, 2007; A10 Officials in Nigeria have...
Posted by Sonia on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 03:50:00 PST