Swimming swimming swimming...I love swimming, hopefully one day I could swim for the good 'ole US of A in the Olympics, dare to dream... ...oh and ofcourse: Movies, Music, and Travel! I love traveling! I would work just to support my traveling needs. I Love Kauai, Hawaii, even if I've been there 50 million times (yeah, that's right, 50 million!), I still love going and visiting family...I just recently fell in love with Kayaking. If anybody wants to go, let me know! I love Fashion! Best Designers: marc jacobs, Michael Kors, Stella McCartney, Proenza Schouler, Luca Luca, Cavalli, emanual ungaro, Zac Posen, Alexander McQueen, Chaiken, Celine by Stella or Michael, Yves Saint Laurent, Gucci by Tom Ford (I'm soooo sad he's retired now!), chanel by Karl Lagerfeld, Carolina Herrera (did I spell that right Chris?), Missoni, Muiccia Prada, Carmen Marc Valvo, Nanette Lepore, Diane von Furstenberg(sp?), Monique Lhuillier (sp?) , now if I could afford it all my life would be complete...I love Make-up, Sephora is my Mecca, I could spend hours in there...Music and Movies are my life, there's a song and movie that can help with every aspect of your life...I love the ocean, but not California water, I always feel sick when I get out, yuk...The beaches in Hawaii, now that's a different story, camping on the beach in Hawaii is the best thing ever, there's nothing better than waking up to the sound of the ocean...I took this photo last summer on my home island KauaiLa Victoire de Samothrace
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Larissa
Birthday: October 30, 1983
Birthplace: Torrance, CA
Current Location: Torrance
Eye Color: Milk CHocolate
Hair Color: Chesnut w/ Amber Lights
Height: 5'8
Right Handed or Left Handed: Right
Your Heritage: French and Japanese
The Shoes You Wore Today: Vans and Reef flip flops
Your Weakness: Good Food
Your Fears: Spiders
Your Perfect Pizza: Everything X-cept Sardines, too salty
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: Be able to do an awesome 400 IM! haha
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: I am away
Thoughts First Waking Up: Nooooo!!!
Your Best Physical Feature: My eyes
Your Bedtime: Depends on the day...
Your Most Missed Memory: Summers on Kauai
Pepsi or Coke: Diet Coke
MacDonalds or Burger King: Neither
Single or Group Dates: Either
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Tejava
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate fudge
Cappuccino or Coffee: Toasted Coconut Coffee
Do you Smoke: NO
Do you Swear: Sh*it yah...so unladylike
Do you Sing: Yes
Do you Shower Daily: YES
Have you Been in Love: NO
Do you want to go to College: In College
Do you want to get Married: Yes
Do you belive in yourself: Yes
Do you get Motion Sickness: Oh god yes!
Do you think you are Attractive: I&..39;m alright
Are you a Health Freak: What's that?
Do you get along with your Parents: LOVE LOVE LOVE my MOM
Do you like Thunderstorms: YES, their sexy...
Do you play an Instrument: I've played them all...
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: Yes
In the past month have you Smoked: NO
In the past month have you been on Drugs: Never
In the past month have you gone on a Date: No
In the past month have you gone to a Mall:
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: No, I've eaten maybe 6 or so
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: Yes
In the past month have you been on Stage: No
In the past month have you been Dumped: No
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: No
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: No
Ever been Drunk: yes
Ever been called a Tease: yes
Ever been Beaten up: no
Ever Shoplifted: yes
How do you want to Die: Happy, and Proud of my life
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: Swimmer, Actress, Humanitarian, President who knows....
What country would you most like to Visit: France
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: Emerald
Favourite Hair Color: Chesnut
Short or Long Hair: short
Height: 6'2 and above
Weight: I dunno, whatever...
Best Clothing Style: Laid back, but presentable, NOT METRO!
Number of CDs I own: 300 and up
Number of Piercings: 2 in my ears
Number of Tattoos: ZERO, hate needles!
Number of things in my Past I Regret: a few, but everything happens for a reason...
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You Are 25 Years Old
Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe.
13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world.
20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences.
30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more!
40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.
What Age Do You Act?
I'd like to meet:
Robert Fujimoto Sr., Phillipe Cendre Jr., Princess Diana, Will Ferrell, Bill O'Reilly, Newt Gingrich, David McCullough, John Adams, James Lipton, Nelson Mandela, Angelina Jolie, and Sophia Loren.
Music:
Everything...Jazz, Country, POP, Rock, Punk, Emo, Hip-hop, Alternative, Metal, Soul, Classical, Acid Jazz, R&B, Soul, Reggae, world music, Latin, Indian/Sri Lankan, Reggaeton, Zydeco, Blues...Music is my heart and soul, I could not live without it.
Movies:
There are too many to name, but I'll name 'em anyway: Antonement*THE DA VINCI CODE*RUDY*Braveheart*Blood Diamond*Across the Universe*Hotel Rwanda*Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby*Quigley Down Under*Animal House*Caddyshack*Big Trouble In Little Chinatown*Night at the Roxbury*Ferris Beuhler's Day Off*Indiana Jones Movies*Bogus*Anything w/ the Wilson Brothers (Luke and Owen)*Pan's Labyrinth*Star Wars Movies*Anything from Sophia Coppola*Anything with Steve Carell*Anchorman*Lord of the Rings Trilogy*Any Audrey Hepburn Film*Wedding Crashers*Saving Private Ryan*Police Academy Movies*This is Spinal Tap*Zoolander*WAR MOVIES, Love WWII movies*The Arias Collection*Joy Luck Club*Patch Adams*Any Sophia Loren film*Dodgeball*Any Julia Roberts Film*Anything with Helen Mirrin*Calendar Girls*School of Rock*Lost In Translation*Steel Magnolia's*Kill Bill*Anything w/ Jim Carrey (excluding The Majestic & Cable Guy)*Dumb and Dumber and Dumberer*Millions*Orange County*Splash*Philadelphia*Secretary*Moulin Rouge*Freedom Writers*Letters from Iwo Jima*Step Into Liquid*Anything w/ Nicole Kidman*Anything w/ Harrison Ford*Chicago*Gigdet (The one with Sandra Dee)*Run Lola Run*Basic*BIG*Trainspotting*Anything with Hilary Swank*The Vacation movies*Anything w/ Brad Pitt*Little Miss Sunshine*Dazed and Confused*Elizabeth and Elizabeth: The Golden Age*Life is Beautiful*Anything w/ Drew Barrymore*Anything w/ Tom Hanks*Labryinth(Love David Bowie)*Anything made by Christopher Guest(Best in Show,Waiting for Guffman,A Mighty Wind)*Anything w/ Fred Willard*The Little Mermaid*Anything w/ Geoffrey Rush*The First Wives Club*To Wong Foo, Thanks for everything Julie Newmar*Chaplin*Heart and Soul*Miracle*La Vie en Rose*Cool Runnings*Finding Nemo*Any Mel Brooks Movies*Tommy Boy*Ski Patrol*Flight of the Navigator*Benny and Joon*Interview with the Vampire*Quills*Anything w/Ben Stiller*Get Shorty*Anything with Leonardo DiCaprio*The Cure*Anything w/ Diane Lane*This Boys Life*Wedding Crashers*Anything w/ Adam Sandler*Anything w/ Jack Black*The Sea Inside*Secondhand Lions*Real Women have Curves*Good Fellas*Dracula*A Beautiful Life*Anything with Emma Thompson*Calendar Girl*Samantha*Peggy Sue Got Married*Toy Soldiers*Only the Strong*Gangs of New York*Wayne's World 1 and 2*Anything w/ Mel Gibson*Anything w/ Orlando Bloom*X-Men Movies*Citizen Kane(Duh, greatest movie ever made!)*Chocolat*Whale Rider*Anything w/ Johnny Depp*The Good Girl*Donnie Darko*Anything with those damn Gyllenhaals*100 Girls*Million Dollar Baby*The American Pie Trilogy*Anything w/Will Ferrell*Anything w/ Chris Katan*Anything w/ Cheri Oteri*The Last Samurai*Talledega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby*Nacho Libre*Roman Holiday*Legend of Eight Samurai*Selena*80's Movies, I LOVE 80's movies!*Gia*Anything w/ Angelina Jolie*With Honors*October Sky*Out Cold*Old School*TROY*The Pianist*in America*Le Divorce*Singles*Reality Bites*Gladiator*In God's Hands*The Endless Summer(s)*Born into Brothels*School Ties*Encino Man*Son in Law*In the Army Now*The American President*and...
Television:
**NBC: The Office, Scrubs, any of the Law and Order's, Heroes, My Name is Earl, I love NBC, I'm an NBC freak!
**Discovery Channel: I LOVE SHARK WEEK!!!! I hate bugs, but I'll watch anything with bugs, and Underwater stuff, anything to do with the ocean...
**Travel Channel: Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern, Passport to: Samantha Brown**Animal Planet: Emergency Vets, The Planet's Most Extreme...
**Comedy Central: Crank Yankers
**HBO: I love cable! I hate commercials... I try only to watch cable if my TiVO isn't workin'..."Band of Brothers" is the best by far, Entourage, Tsunami the Aftermath, oh and "Sex and the City" (tears...) the best show ever!! I'm sooooo sad it's over!
**IFC: Good Independents on there...
**BRAVO: Inside the Actor's Studio, Top Chef, Project Runway, Project Greenlight
**FOX news: Your world w/ Neil Cavuto, On the record with Greta van Sustren, The O'Reilly Factor/The No Spin Zone
**ESPN, FSW: The Best damn sports show period, Anything with College sports none of that pro ball business! YuCK! Anything with USC football, the best damn team around!
**ABC: Grey's Anatomy, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Sadly, there is no cure for TV addiction...
Books:
I prefer non-fiction, anything WWII, Greek Mythology, Art History, Middle-Eastern culture, "Reading Lolita in Tehran" "The Greatest Generation" by Tom Brokaw is amazing, and you can't go wrong with "The Chronicles of Narnia" particularly "Voyage of the Dawn Treader," "Prince Caspian," and "The Last Battle"...I do believe everyone should own a Bill O'Reilly book "The O'Reilly Factor," "Who's Looking out for You?" "Culture Warrior," and "The No Spin Zone" are all really good. Also Mitch Albom's "Tuesday's with Morrie," "Character is Destiny" by John McCain, and any book by the late Steven Ambrose, especially "Band of Brothers" and "Citizen Soldiers". If you love food or the culinary world, anything by Anthony Bourdain is amazing (ie. "Kitchen Confidential"). Peter Mayle's "French Lessons," "Toujours Provence," and "A year in Provence" are fabulous. "Letters to a young chef" by Daniel Boulud is great as well.
Heroes:
My MOM, Sophia Loren, Princess Diana, Natalie Coughlin, Jenny Thompson, Angelina Jolie, Kevyn Aucoin, Steven Ambrose, Pericles,Drew Barrymore, Bill O'Reilly, the Military men and women of our Country, Support the Troops! Lastly, our Founding Fathers who had the foresight to see our human imperfections.
