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Mira

Andale Joto, your popsicles' melting.

About Me


I'm a nerd.
I bake killer cupcakes.
I have a thing for geeks.
I blame all my misfortunes on unsent opened chain letters.
I don't pick up pennies unless they're faced up.
I work with bodily fluids.
I love T-shirts from American Apparel.
I am always late to class and tend to fall asleep once I get there.
Once my engineering professor called me a control freak. Perhaps I am.
I'm a shy girl I think even though some people beg to differ.
My hair shines like the sea.

My Interests

Architecture.
Art.
Chemicals.
Comic Books.
Cooking.
Going on little day trips.
Hockey (Go Sharks!).
Katamari.
Making lists.
Medicine.
People watching.
Photo booths.
Photography
Rubik's Cubes.
Sailor Moon.
Sudoku.
The Human Form.

My interests vary and variety is good.

I'd like to meet:

Christian Bale, Hastiin Ch’il Haajiní, Marie Sklodowska Curie, Jesus, Carl Jung, Marilyn Monroe, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, William Sledd, Leonardo da Vinci and Dave Werner.

Music:

30 Seconds to Mars
311
7 Year Bitch
ABBA
AC/DC
Aerosmith
A Kiss Could Be Deadly
Assemblage 23
Axoe
Beck
Bella Morte
Ben Folds
Biff Naked
Billie Holiday
Biopsy
Black Eyed Peas
Blondie
Blur
Buddy Holly
Casting Pearls
Clay Walker
Ctrl
Coldplay
Danzig
Dashboard Confessional
Das Ich
Death Cab for Cutie
Deep Dish
Deftones
Depeche Mode
Duke Ellington
Echo and the Bunnymen
Echo Image
Electric Six
Elvis
Eloquent
Endora
Esthero
Faith Assembly
Fleetwood Mac
Franz Ferdinand
George Strait
Guano Apes
Halovax
H.I.M.
Hot Hot Heat
Interpol
Intervox
Intuition
John Legend
Johnny Cash
Johnny Horton
Joy Division
Justin Timberlake
Kaiser Chiefs
Ladytron
Leonard Cohen
Le Disko
Le Tigre
Lemon Jelly
Madonna
Mazzy Star
Mesh
ModernAge
Modest Mouse
N.E.R.D.
Nine Inch Nails
Nirvana
No Doubt
OK Go
OMD
Oomph
Otis Redding
Our Lady Peace
Pink Floyd
Pink Spiders
Placebo
Portishead
Psychedelic Furs
Queen
Queens of the Stone Age
Radish
Rammstein
Rancid
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Rhea's Obsession
Ruebens Accomplice
Rydell High
Save Ferris
Serial Joe
Shakira
She Wants Revenge
Simulator
Siouxie and the Banshees
Skinny Puppy
Smashing Pumpkins
Sneaker Pimps
Spoon
SPY
Stevie Wonder
Straylight Run
Sublime
Syntax Orion
Taking Back Sunday
The Arcade Fire
The Beatles
The Buggles
The Chemical Brothers
The Clash
The Cranberries
The Cure
The Doors
The Dresden Dolls
The Fair Sex
The Format
The Eagles
The Eels
The Funk Junkies
The Killers
The Kinks
The Like
The Plimsouls
The Postal Service
The Rolling Stones
The Ronnettes
The Subways
The Thought Criminals
The Used
The Verve
The White Stripes
The Who
Tool
Type O Negative
U2
Velvet Acid Christ
Vendetta Red
We Are Scientists
We Are The Fury
WolfMother
Wumpscut
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Yellowcard
Zero 7

Movies:

American Psycho
Better Luck Tomorrow
Can't Hardly Wait
Dazed & Confused
DogFight
Elephant
Fast Times At Ridgemont High
Grease
Latter Days
Napoleon Dynamite
Pretty in Pink
Royal Deceit
Run Lola Run
Sixteen Candles
Stalag 17
Swing Kids
The Breakfast Club
The Dangerous Lives of Alter Boys
The Exorcist

Horror movies are great. No one ever wants to watch them with me though. Boo, you bastards.

Television:

Criminal Minds
CSI
Grey's Anatomy
House
Iron Chef
Numbers

I try and catch them at least.

Books:

1984
A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works
American Gods
American Psycho
Anthem
Brave New World
Catch 22
Catcher in the Rye
Eleven Minutes
Good-bye To All That
Good Omens
Nine Stories
Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stardust
The Bell Jar
The Diaries of Adam and Eve
The Giver
The Handmaids Tale
The Illuminates Trilogy
The Landover Series
The Salmon of Doubt
The Sandman Series
The Ultimate Hitchhikers' Guide

Heroes:

The Kumite Fighters.
It's about respect.
It's about honor.

My Blog

flaxseed oil for dry eyes

today i'm sad. today my mom would have come like she did every friday of labor day weekend to spend time with me in honor of our births. haha. she would call from "checkpoints" to assure me of her arr...
Posted by Mira on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 04:30:00 PST

psychopharmacology has never found a friend in me

ACS Molecule of the Week ..> ..> Methyl paraben,designated as food additive E218 in Europe, is a preservative that inhibits the growth of bacteria and fungi in many products, but it is frequently...
Posted by Mira on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 04:36:00 PST

"have fun... getting married.. being tied down" - carl

so i've been looking at the katy, texas website. yeah, i do that. and i like it (katy) because it's witty, or rather the person who maintains the website is. as taken from website: The Best Thing...
Posted by Mira on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 03:09:00 PST

i’m his everything and that’s pretty awesome.

ACS Molecule of the Week ..> Imidazolidinyl urea, is a preservative derived from allantoin. It is used to control the growth of gram-negative bacteria in many cosmetics products.   I like ...
Posted by Mira on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 01:24:00 PST

dudes, i love personality profiles!!!!

..> This isn't like every other personality profile.We're not here to pigeonhole you,we're here to understand you.The statements below are some of the patterns we've seen in people who answered...
Posted by Mira on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 01:57:00 PST

I’ll leave the lights and my stilettos on for you

ACS Molecule of the Week Loperamide,or Imodium, is a piperidine derivative that alleviates diarrhea symptoms because it is an opioid, like morphine and methadone. Unlike other opioids, very little is...
Posted by Mira on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 04:55:00 PST

I'm not the one you want, I'll only let you down

dudes, i really miss my mom. yesterday didn't help this feeling. i went to target to get my sister her birthday gift and this lady sped by me with her cart. her scent held the perfect blend of honeysu...
Posted by Mira on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:10:00 PST

I can't get no satisfaction

Yesterday was officially one month. I felt like shit the whole day and hid it the best I could. It was fairly difficult.  I called my sister but she didn't answer, and then chatted with my dad fo...
Posted by Mira on Sat, 21 Jul 2007 03:01:00 PST

Your clothes and hair? Yeah, too Billy Ray Cyrus (c. 1992) for my taste.

ACS Molecule of the Week   Miconazole, a derivative of imidazole, inhibits the biological production of ergosterol, a molecule needed by fungi to build their cell walls. Because of this, micona...
Posted by Mira on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:19:00 PST

Maybe we could get a room sometime?

     After a few days of self pity, I bought myself a new sweater. Yes, a sweater.  It's actually a white and green Nike track jacket. Anyway, they've always comforted me even...
Posted by Mira on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:04:00 PST