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m a r i a

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About Me

i really love my life. i truly do. MyGen Profile Generator ..

My Interests

right now: running up hills and forging new trails . travel . el salvador . lip gloss . urban education and equality . my ph.d. program . boxing . capoeira . hula-hooping in the park . dance floors (hip hop, salsa, backroom, table top, greasy hipster indie) . teaching . midnight adventures . running around city lakes . fecalface.com . the alcatraz collective . poker nights . changing the world one kid at a time . debauchary . late night sushi (!!!) . musicmusicmusic . writing . urban landscapes .

I'd like to meet:

if you're sweet and honest and adventurous and give a shit about this world, i will probably love you. ..

Music:

right now: lots and lots of music. common . tv on the radio . the bloc party . ibrahim ferrer . prince . nina simone . al green . the white stripes . yeah yeah yeahs . the birthday party . pj . nick cave . the cataracs (and anything my little brother creates) . high on fire . fleetwood mac . ladytron . digable planets . the murder city devils . tom waits . NWA . wolfmother . the pogues . MC5 . leonard cohen . the killers . rolling stones . the gossip . t rex . cat power . johnny cash . the more get down and dirty from back in the day, the better .

Movies:

amores perros, y tu mama tambien, my own private idaho, buffalo 66, born into brothels, gummo, romero.

Television:

60 minutes, for like 15 years.

Books:

lots and lots and lots of books, all the time.

Heroes:

my family . father bill . nan goldin . jack black . cesar chavez . dolores huerta . malcolm x . angela davis.

My Blog

been a long time. but foreign adventures approaching...

fuck, it's been since may that i actually did this little blog thing.  i've been so half-assed about technology since my summer got really busy and hard-working and fun and relaxing and...
Posted by m a r i a on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 04:31:00 PST

bay to breakers baby

one hour and eight minutes bitches.  ten minutes faster than last year.  not crazy nasty fast, but i think that's pretty good for a shorty like me.  but i'm gonna be one of the naked d...
Posted by m a r i a on Mon, 22 May 2006 09:38:00 PST

the dangers of friendship

last night (this morning), from 2:57am to 5:36am, i was drunk-dialed NINE times. NINE. i think that's a record. bye, i'm gonna try and get some sleep now.      ...
Posted by m a r i a on Sat, 22 Apr 2006 11:20:00 PST

phd or the life of a sinner?

so, i just found out that an ex-boyfriend of mine quite his ph.d. program in political science to hightail it to tahoe/vegas to make it big as a high-rolling sports wagerer with his "bankroll." ...
Posted by m a r i a on Thu, 06 Apr 2006 11:53:00 PST

5 THINGS THAT MAKE THIS GIRL HOT

1.  a weekend full of friends' birthday parties and festivities at which to get down and dirty. 2.  a new professor on my master's committee. one who is brilliant and intense and influential...
Posted by m a r i a on Sat, 18 Feb 2006 07:35:00 PST

*emancipated*

yum, yum, yum. bring on the fun.
Posted by m a r i a on Sat, 28 Jan 2006 02:00:00 PST

yums: la fotografia!

i am taking a darkroom black & white photography class again at the uc berkeley studio. so i need muses for my work. anyone willing to be beautiful for me in the name of art?   of...
Posted by m a r i a on Tue, 17 Jan 2006 12:43:00 PST

last...day...of...wild

the past few days have been deeply wild and saturated and sunny and amazing. but class begin tomorrow. and i don't wanna write long and thick and theoretical papers and do the smart girl act righ...
Posted by m a r i a on Mon, 16 Jan 2006 01:09:00 PST

*poker and stripper poles*

listen up! my two new study breaks for this clean slate, bad ass new year of 2006: 1: weekly ladies' poker nights at my new place (sorry boys!). 2: taking those stripper pole-dancing classes that have...
Posted by m a r i a on Sun, 15 Jan 2006 09:20:00 PST