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Aya

Cliches never converted anyone but hysterical crowds. ~Anais Nin

About Me

karaoke is my true calling; myspace layouts for Get this layout for your myspace page.

My Interests

being a literary dilettante, dance, used bookstores, coconut mochas from padgett station, my spice grinder, writing letters, karen's living room, finding the perfect sentence, procrastination, cilantro, cardamom, cumin, npr, old volvos, being the most annoying big sister ever

I'd like to meet:

salman rushdie and santa claus

Music:

currently loving: m.i.a., norah jones, cheb mami, namie amuro, rachmaninoff, kaiti garbi, faudel, amadou et mariam, asha bhosle & other bollywood, bhangra, astrud gilberto, ace of bace, shakira, britney, aerosmith

Movies:

the emperor's new groove, closer, bride and prejudice, lost in translation, water, farewell my concubine, cinema paradiso, harold and kumar go to white castle, bridget jones' diary, manhattan, harold and maude

Television:

THE COSBY SHOW, conan o'brien, the food network, sesame street, the office, the colbert report, all japanese soaps

Books:

f scott fitzgerald, salman rushdie, john irving, haruki murakami, jhumpa lahiri, the sun also rises by hemingway, anais nin, the fountainhead by ayn rand, banana yoshimoto, david sedaris, harry potter, gabriel garcia marquez, hanif kureishi, allen ginsberg, the polar express, willie perdomo, nikolai gogol, j.d. salinger, hattie and the wild waves by barbara cooney, tom wolfe, zadie smith, z z packer, shusaku endocurrently reading: the diary of anais nin vol 3; the age of micropop: the new generation of japanese artists; install by wataya risa; last evenings on earth by robert bolano

My Blog

greening my myspace

i've been putting off using a myspace layout for a really long time. simple is better, was my reason. but it seems silly not to do my part for global warming where i can. black or grey background can ...
Posted by Aya on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 04:50:00 PST

Remembering Esther Tjoe

Dear Exonians,    As many of you have heard by now, a close friend and fellow classmate Esther Tjoe '02 passed away on April 27, 2007.  Esther was a kind and thoughtful friend and dorm ...
Posted by Aya on Thu, 03 May 2007 08:02:00 PST

my own personal dewey decimal system

how can this be so exciting? if only this were around 15 years ago, when i played library with my little sister. although there's nothing more satisfying that stamping an index card and sticking it in...
Posted by Aya on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 07:05:00 PST

in the name of Procrastination/Boredom/Listmania

Books I've Read This Summer: 1. The Namesake  by Jhumpa Lahiri 2. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole3. Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs 4. White Teeth by Zadie Smith5. The...
Posted by Aya on Wed, 14 Jun 2006 01:03:00 PST

iTunes Fun Time!

Put your music player on shuffle.Press forward for each question.Use the song title as the answer to the question.Terrifyingly true answers and scary. (Or just plain silly.)Will I get far in life?Abov...
Posted by Aya on Thu, 06 Apr 2006 06:18:00 PST

Ummm i met the love of my life...

and he is named KARAOKE. So i was gonna copy karen and make a list of the best moments of last year but it's gonna be crappy. but maybe i'll try. since i'm procrastinating. ok... ready, set, GO! Top 1...
Posted by Aya on Mon, 09 Jan 2006 09:32:00 PST

Until I Find You

Just finished the new John Irving, Until I Find You. Has ANYONE read/finished it, because i can't stop thinking about it!!!! Ahh driving me crazy. Lizzy's the only one who i know that is going to read...
Posted by Aya on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

oh captain, my captain

just watched dead poets society again. forgot how good that movie was.
Posted by Aya on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST