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Teka

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

I live for dreams.

My Interests


Likes: my option snowboard, producing/directing films, French anything, walking, public transportation, Old School Nintendo, classic cinema (especially foreign), german expressionism, French New Wave, strangely danceable tunes, being on set, snowboarding, texas hold 'em, Peter Lorre, Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, Marlon Brando, easy going people, the beach at night, my dogs n cats, wierdo film kids, Welsh Corgis, Orchids, bonfires, reading, cold, my iPod, Holden Caulfield, my new scooter :-)
Dislikes: Driving, smog, heat, LA, America's drinking laws, people who hold a grudge, bugs, spiders, Britney Spears, washing my car, LA traffic, humidity, rap music videos, football, snotty film kids.

I'd like to meet:

Wes Anderson. David Fincher. Daniel Brühl. Wong Kar-Wai. Michel Gondry. Audrey Tautou. Gael Garcia Bernal. Whoever built my Option snowboard, so I can personally thank him. Justin Timberlake.

I want to live in Italy in the 1960s and have an affair with this man

Music:

Anything that rocks or makes me want to dance like Molly Ringwald. Anything prior to 1990 generally gets a thumbs up.

Movies:

Directors: Wes Anderson, Fritz Lang, Billy Wilder, François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, Ingmar Bergman, Spielberg (oh shut up), Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Elia Kazan, Stanley Kubrick, Fredrico Fellini, Tim Burton, Mel Brooks, Jean Renoir
The short list: Garden State, Fight Club, Donnie Darko, Amélie, Gone with the Wind, Singin' in the Rain, Young Frankenstein, Sunset Boulevard, Star Wars, Rushmore, Dr. Strangelove, Metropolis, The Maltese Falcon, West Side Story, A Streetcar Named Desire, Citizen Kane, Happy Texas, Run Lola Run, Napoleon Dynamite, Lost in Translation, 8 1/2, Hook, Back to the Future, I 3 Huckabees, Lord of the Rings, Trainspotting, Requiem for Dream, Casablanca, The Seventh Seal, Beauty and the Beast, When Harry Met Sally, Pirates of the Carribean, Edward Scissorhands, Nightmare Before Christmas, The 400 Blows, M, City Slickers, Goodbye Lenin!, Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Breathless, The Rules of the Game

Television:

Arrested Development

Books:

Top 3: To Kill A Mockingbird, The Catcher in the Rye, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Heroes:

Mom. Dad. Sister. Grandpa.

My Blog

Once

I've got some pretty big news, and it's already getting around, so I figure it was about time to make the official Myspace announcement.My wonderful boyfriend Aaron Alcala came to visit me in Paris a ...
Posted by Teka on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 01:02:00 PST

jobless and nomadic in France

so i switched houses again, but not the one I'll be living in.  I'm in Montreuil; onve again outside the city, with Djodi's friend Fabrice, who's super awesome (we spend a lot of time talkin...
Posted by Teka on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 01:26:00 PST

First week back in Paris. Living here, this time.

Salut mes amours!Well, it has been nearly a week since I have left sunny California for (currently) moderately dreary Paris. But my, how wonderful it is.I am staying in La Défense (north-west of the ...
Posted by Teka on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 12:26:00 PST

Things to do before I die. A constant work in progress.

Things to do before I die (as of 8/24/07):1. Own the following records: -David Bowie -Daft Punk -The Faint2. Take a road trip.3. See Paris and Rome4. Go to NYC, Japan, Croat...
Posted by Teka on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 01:08:00 PST

After hanging out with some Parisians...

I realized I don't speak French. Not theirs at least. But what an awesome night! (Merci à Aroucha, Sebastian et Erin!)As for French, I can generally hold a conversation, but man, with slang thrown ...
Posted by Teka on Thu, 31 May 2007 01:09:00 PST

Surfing with a Swiss?

I've had some days that need to be documented:I was having a rough couple of days last week. Not for any particular reason, but just lonesome and antisocial. Anyways, my friend Rachel calls me up su...
Posted by Teka on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 12:53:00 PST

Lilly the kick-ass Volvo

You read right folks. I have a car back in my life. Her name (tenatively) is Lilly and she's a 1989 Volvo 240 SE sedan. I paid for her with every penny I had and I love her to pieces. She's a rock...
Posted by Teka on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 11:36:00 PST

FUCK

I just totaled my car.Ok, I should actually restate that. Some idiot who ran a red light just totaled my car. Yeah, front bumper and grill, oh forty feet down the down. He smashed right into the le...
Posted by Teka on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:45:00 PST

Five pictures

Here are just some cute pictures I wanted to share...and one that's not-so-cute but is a great image of what madness was A VERY METAL CHRISTMAS PARTY ...Me and my sis strolling through the streets of ...
Posted by Teka on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 03:02:00 PST

Happiness is...

this amazing cole weather. In 40-30 or lower, I am the happiest girl in the world. Seriously. Nothing could get me down right now. Also, having amazing roommates that you can light a fire with, wh...
Posted by Teka on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 01:54:00 PST