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Julie

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About Me

i'm just a girl trying to get by, tooth and nail. yeah right, who am I kidding? i'm fearless yet insecure (enough to keep me grounded). i believe laughter really is the best medicine and take pride in the fact that my laugh, as someone once told me, could be considered a mating call in certain animal kingdoms. i appreciate honest friends. bluntness sometimes works against me, but i don't learn from those mistakes. a good cup of coffee in good company makes me happy. i have a teenybopper past. Fall '03 (Vietnam) was undoubtedly one of the most challenging and memorable 5 months of my life...which consequently led me back to Vietnam where I reside today. i believe warmness comes from the heart. i really am a student of life. i hate LA traffic but am an LA girl at heart. nail salons are the bane of my existence yet growing up in one gave me a marketable skill. writing keeps me sane, as I live vicariously through the words I write. My randomness can make you go Hmm. And, as I marvel at the beauty of life, God keeps me humble and thankful. all in all, just trying to do my part in this crazy world we live in.

My Blog

UNFPA International Film Festival in Ha Noi!

    More and more women are leaving their home countries whether by force or by choice. For many women, migration means greater equality and opportunity. But it also has its dar...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 09:01:00 GMT

Hanoi

It's been two weeks since I've arrived in Hanoi, VIA orientation has finally ended and my fellow vols have departed to their respective posts.  Yet another round of so longs and farewells and it...
Posted by on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 01:45:00 GMT

Change is the essence of life...

So, it's official.  I'll finally be heading back to Vietnam this July for an indeterminate period of time. It's just amazing how timely everything has been--meeting and connecting with the r...
Posted by on Sat, 01 Apr 2006 17:09:00 GMT

Can't buy my love

I have issue with Oprah Winfrey.  Yes, the queen of Harpo Productions-Oprah Winfrey.  Now, dont get me wrong.  I respect her as an intelligent and successful philanthropist ...
Posted by on Sun, 18 Dec 2005 12:36:00 GMT

Drivin' on the road of life...

Here in Southern California, theres no denying that we live in a car culture.    Regardless of the season, most of us can be found hibernating in our carssipping warm cups of good...
Posted by on Sun, 06 Nov 2005 00:01:00 GMT

Home is where the heart is...

Home is where the heart is, but getting away from the brow-beating energy that is LAs concrete jungle for a much needed breather was great, and Ive come back much more positive and refreshed. It wa...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Aug 2005 22:54:00 GMT

this here's a long one...

Updates (via pictures and commentary): As I sit thinking of something insightful to share, a news report of Vietnams Prime Minister Pham Van Khais visit with Dub-Bush earlier today displays mu...
Posted by on Fri, 24 Jun 2005 11:24:00 GMT

Gettin' by...

Capitalism, pushed to its extreme ends up as a malignant or atrophied narcissism where you become so self-focused that you a just a commodity that needs to consume to exist. Eve Ensler (performance ...
Posted by on Fri, 10 Jun 2005 11:16:00 GMT

Like Paris by Night, but not...

hey ya'll, come out and play at Club O'Noodles upcoming performance this Saturday. Support arts in our community and laugh-it up...it'll be like Paris by Night's wackier and much funnier cousin, a...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Jun 2005 14:18:00 GMT

time...

is of the essence in my life right now. translation: life is draggin' me through the dirt, kickin' my ass, making me re-evaluate what my passions are, but leading me to amazing people who inspire m...
Posted by on Sun, 10 Apr 2005 09:55:00 GMT