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Shauna

¡Pura Vida!

About Me

Born and raised in the bay area, I'm now a professional nerd (aka grad student). I graduated from UCLA with my MA/MPH in '06, but then I decided to continue my torture with a PhD program in Public Health at Hopkins...seriously, I wasn't kidding about the professional nerd thing! What else...my second home is Costa Rica. I fell in love with it back as an undergrad when i did my study abroad there and I have now been about 9 times in the last 10 years for research, work and just to hang out. (If you've never been you should go....talk to me, I will tell you all about it!) Anyways, as I said, I'm a not-so-closet nerd that loves to work hard, play hard, and be as active as I can. If you wanna know more, just ask....

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Our new home state...still a Cali girl at heart though! ...and this is where you can always find me!!

My Interests

working out...I'm a fitness instructor and i love running, pilates, yoga, spinning, weight training, boxing, step...whatever! I also love to dance and whenever I get the chance (like when I dont have too many papers to write) i'm out at the clubs...when I'm in Costa Rica its salsa, when I'm here in the states, its hip hop mostly, but i love both!
G & E

Duyen...I miss ya!

Also, always gotta support my people....
A a r o n C a r e y has some tight ass artwork..check him out!

And, for your photography needs: Reyes Design & Photography

and AMO Photo & Design

And, of course, if you need a DJ, talk to Felix Flores

I'd like to meet:

Old friends, new friends, any Ticos out there (or anyone who loves Costa Rica as much as I do), any other "cool nerds" (shut up and just let me pretend, all right?), people who make me laugh (especially smart ass people) ...oh, and anyone in the Baltimore/DC area...i'm new to this east coast thing...As far as dating....seriously at this point, as long as you dont wear a fannypack, dont throw any racist comments my direction, dont have a wife or a girlfriend (and definitely not both at the same time), and you're not in jail, we might be able to talk.....and yes, those have ALL happened to me....gotta love the "game"
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my real, down @$$ people
Tengo muchos amigos

The Best Friend & Fam

SILVER...

...and SILVER!

The Roomie

www.aaroncarey.com

TeeTee

C-Hud

My LA Party Girl

La Dra.

The Doc-to-be

My B-more Party Girl

B Eazy, E Breezy

E

DJ Franchise

DTM

Jigga

The Voice

The Bodyguard

ALOE BLACC (the rising star)

MD/VA/DC Party Girl

Ahuja

Batman

Mi Estrella

Xtreme Stepper

E-Harp

S.T.--Straight Trouble!

Eggo the Ego

G-Green

The Yoga Girl

L-dawg

Special Agent K

Laval

Hey Girl Hey

Lena Dawg

The Hater

Brother B

J-Mizzle

Cousin Amanda

Cousin Megan

Cousin Kevin

Cousin Lauren

Mi "hermanita"

...y otra "hermanita"

...y la otra "hermanita"

the rest of mi gente

Music:

Hip Hop, Rap, R&B, Salsa, Reggaeton, Reggae anything you can shake your ass to basically....E-40 (yay area love!), Jay-Z (best concert I've ever seen!!) Too Short, Kanye, Talib, Common, Lupe, Pitbull, Eminem, LL, 2Pac, Biggie, NAS, Nelly, Luda, Busta, Missy, Christina, Alicia Keys, TI, T-pain, Ne-Yo, Chris Brown, Gwen Stefani, Snoop, 213, Pharell, Timbaland, JT, Usher, Robin Thicke, Musiq, Beenie Man, Daddy Yankee, Tego Calderon, Cassie, Sean Paul, Ciara, Eve, Rihanna MJB, Lloyd, Don Omar, Juelz Santana, Chris Brown, DLG, Tito Puente, Rey Ruiz, Cocoband.... oh, and of course, if you haven't checked out my boy
A L O E B L A C C .....you best get on it!!

Movies:

By far my ALL TIME favorite movie is Coming to America. I'm a fan of almost all comedies and romantic comedies (and anything with Will Smith in it) what? i like to laugh and i'm a girl, I mean, come on! Oh, I also have a sick obsession with dance movies (no matter how horrible the plot) and I'm a sucker for sports movies (esp. basketball), holiday movies, and wedding movies. Odd combination, I know. Some other favorites: Hitch, 27 Dresses, The Holiday, Stomp the Yard, Pursuit of Happyness, Superbad, Knocked Up, Step Up, Center Stage, A Christmas Story, The Family Stone, Father of the Bride, The Wedding Planner, Take the Lead, Save the Last Dance, Two Can Play That Game, The Brothers, The Best Man, Bad Boys, You've Got Mail, Bring it On, Clueless, How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days, Hoosiers, Coach Carter, Love and Basketball, Guess Who

my "kids" in costa rica

Television:

Grey's, baby! (I'm addicted) also Desperate Housewives, So you think you can dance, Dancing with the Stars, Sex and the City reruns, Oprah, Ellen, America's Next Top Model, American Idol, almost anything on the food channel, any red carpet special (i know, how sad for me...)


always there for me!

GOLD & SILVER!

Books:

The Saint, the Surfer, and the CEO; Tuesdays with Morrie; The Four Agreements; Maestría de Amor

Heroes:

i know, its cliché, but its true...my mom....i dunno what i would do without her
moms and my stepdad...the best parents ever!

my mami
three generations

me and pops

My Blog

Seek

One one-thousand&Two one-thousand&Hurry, find a place covertWhere I can be free, Untouched And left to myself,Unhurt.Eight one thousand&Nine one thousand&Afraid to go where they might expectTo find me...
Posted by Shauna on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 10:57:00 PST

Queen to be

It's official, kids&I thought at first it might have just been in my head, but I realize now that no&it's pretty much the way of the world (well, of the dating world that is&and, ok, let's be honest, ...
Posted by Shauna on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:08:00 PST

"My-sum"

Not that there is really ever a dull moment in my life (ok, ok, that's really not true at all..I'm a PhD student for crying out loud..I reek of dull-dom..but, hey, I'm bringin' Nerdyback..haha...wait ...
Posted by Shauna on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 06:30:00 PST

STARE

STARE They watch meTheir potent gaze, never to be ceasedNo movement, imperfection, insecurityFrom their scrutiny is ever releasedMy existence, my being, my soulBare to them and not protected, eve...
Posted by Shauna on Mon, 12 Jun 2006 01:03:00 PST

Wake up

I screamYou screamWe all screamTo fulfill our dreamWe all want To discover dreamWe all hope To live our dreamWe all strive To be our dreamWhen will we realizeThat we have already discovered our dream...
Posted by Shauna on Sat, 29 Apr 2006 12:24:00 PST

"THE question"

Single: 1) only one, not one of several; 2) unmarried or not involved in a stable sexual relationship; 3) consisting of one part. As if the actual act of meeting people wasnt already hard enough, the ...
Posted by Shauna on Thu, 20 Apr 2006 10:09:00 PST

Conundrum

somethin' a lil different than usual....check it:CONUNDRUMListen, listen closelyI hear itI feel itIt is my songMy beatA perfectly imperfect percussionA serene and insane syncopationIts rhythm ever-cha...
Posted by Shauna on Mon, 20 Mar 2006 07:41:00 PST

"the one" posted at: http://writingmrwrong.blogspot.com/

Check out the new post "the one"...no, dont get all excited, i am not telling the "i finally met the one" story....just my thoughts on the whole thing....leave me comments, let me know what you think!...
Posted by Shauna on Sun, 05 Mar 2006 03:39:00 PST

Tales from the Vault: "blood, sweat, and tears" posted at: http://writingmrwrong.blogspot.com/

An old school story that is....well....you'll just have to see for yourself... I swear its all true!
Posted by Shauna on Wed, 22 Feb 2006 06:37:00 PST

"Guy calls again" posted at: http://writingmrwrong.blogspot.com/

Ok, so I wasn't planning on posting another blog so quickly, but this just happened, so i had to share! Check it out: http://writingmrwrong.blogspot.com/
Posted by Shauna on Sun, 05 Feb 2006 08:10:00 PST