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Yariella

she's poetry in motion

About Me

always a work in progress.

My Interests

used books, low-maintenance travel, the seasons, cities, live music, learning, bookmarks, dinner and drinks with fam and friends, cafe con leche, lists, bubble tea, languages, mountains, flea markets, paseos, running, sun-bathing, booty-dancing and other shenanigans ;), gmail, fresh flowers, chicago, keeping busy, fabric softener, details, postcards, wikipedia, laughter, scarves

I'd like to meet:

shf seeks old friends and new acquaintances.

Music:

hip-hop, rap, r&b, 80's, latin, james taylor, lauren hill, john mayer, mana, kanye, and anything i can i move to;)

Movies:

crash, garden state, clueless, le ausberge espagnole, charlie and the chocolate factory, lost in translation, prime, match point

Books:

the house of the spirits, there are no children here, like water for chocolate, ex libris: confessions of a common reader, angela's ashes, a hope in the unseen, reading lolita in tehran, caramelo, one hundred years of solitude, under the tuscan sun, the great gatsby, the secret life of bees, the god of small things, the devil in the white city, notes from a big country

Heroes:

Michelle Gabriel

My Blog

because i love it.

i went to a Latin American lit/wine event tonight (b/c i've been deprived of a life outside of social science) and i just fell in love with this poem. i won't translate it, b/c i won't do it sufficien...
Posted by Yariella on Fri, 10 Nov 2006 06:16:00 PST

forgiveness

one day, when i'm making money (rather than sinking deeper and deeper into debt) i'm going to buy myself a Yaris and insert a little metal apostrophe between the I and the S on the back of the car. th...
Posted by Yariella on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 12:29:00 PST

adapting

right now it's 12:30am (00:30 for you Europeans), and i just got home from the bars. just got home. now, i don't know if this seems normal to a lot of you, but this is usually when my night is getting...
Posted by Yariella on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 05:18:00 PST

giving you another reason to stuff me in the locker and call me a nerd

I would just like to say that I am so happy to be back in school. School for Grownups, of course.;) I know it sounds crAAAzy (yes, that is how I say it), especially when I think about all those 9-5ers...
Posted by Yariella on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 06:41:00 PST

i could never be a secretary

for the sake of being a "realistic" blogger, i'm going to write something negative. otherwise, i might come off as one of those ridiculously cheery optimists that people find so annoying. although tru...
Posted by Yariella on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 07:40:00 PST

game day

i'm a fairweather fan and i know very little about soccer but i DO know who i will be rooting for tomorrow: italy. here's my v. simple logic: france beat spain and, as a result, became THE enemy. i ha...
Posted by Yariella on Sun, 09 Jul 2006 09:08:00 PST

in a Sentimental Mood

"You get a strange feeling when you're about to leave a place, I told him, like you'll not only miss the people you love but you'll miss the person you are now, at this time and this place, because yo...
Posted by Yariella on Wed, 14 Jun 2006 07:19:00 PST

Calling all grammarians,

English majors, writers, and language lovers. I've recently tapped into the uber-entertaining world of podcasts (yes, I know, I'm a little behind) and I'm absolutely addicted to one called The Word Ne...
Posted by Yariella on Wed, 07 Jun 2006 01:05:00 PST

goodbye Gaudi, hello home

it's official --- i'm headed home in just two weeks! hence, a legitimate reason to write blog number two. we all know i just LOVE making lists and my BIG (albeit temporary) return is just begging for ...
Posted by Yariella on Wed, 31 May 2006 04:26:00 PST

blog-worthy

ok, so i'm not a huge blogger....but i'm willing to make some exceptions. BECAUSE....i went to see "crash" this past weekend and i just can't resist giving it another STELLAR review. i highl...
Posted by Yariella on Mon, 13 Mar 2006 03:29:00 PST