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About Me

I like people and things I know nothing about. I've got a fondness for the absurd, hate when people chew loud, like the smell of dogs' feet... ...and am currently scheming of a way to move to Brazil, then LA. Morpheus

My Interests

finding out about things I never knew existed, good friends, enlightening conversation, travel, music of all kinds, cities: in all their forms. - and connecting with animals.

I'd like to meet:

people who give good hugs, people who haven't forgotten how to dream, and that one special person who finally won't let me down.

Music:

Movies:

Television:

Mr. Ed, The Simpsons, Peep Show, LOST.

Books:

Krishnamurti "Think on These Things," Sloterdijk "Critique of Cynical Reason," Koolhaas "Harvard Design School Guide to Shopping," Italo Calvino "Invisible Cities," Nick Hornby, Dick Francis, Dave Eggers "How We Are Hungry," James Frey "A Million Little Pieces" and "My Friend Leonard." favorite book ever: "Black Beauty" just finished: Paulo Coehlo "The Alchemist" working on: Dave Eggers "You Shall Know Our Velocity!"

Heroes:

my dad, and each of my friends in their own way.

My Blog

livability

(beautiful panorama by Sbabi) my little city was voted the #1 best city to live in in the US... awww, Pittsburgh... I knew you could do it. the rankings:1. Pittsburgh2. San Francisco3. Seattle4...
Posted by k8 on Tue, 01 May 2007 12:06:00 PST

crunch time

... so I just bought a pack of "emergency socks" at Target. Yeah it's finals and things are that bad. over soon, and I'll officially be back in Brasil in t-minus 22 days. sweet!...
Posted by k8 on Tue, 01 May 2007 11:53:00 PST

mistérios

"existe muito mais mistérios entre o ceu e a terra do que possa sonhar nossa vã filosofia". it says something along the lines of': there are many more mysteries betw...
Posted by k8 on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 06:26:00 PST

happy easter

not reflecting my personal feelings on the holiday whatsoever, but i find the humor in this image absolutely hilarious.(stolen from a comment someone posted on my friend Jay-R's page..)...
Posted by k8 on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 12:36:00 PST

another one down

another day and another all-nighter. That makes two in a row. ugh. but alas, the midterm rendering for animation class is finished, and with it... my last midterm ever. I am so sleeping ...
Posted by k8 on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 02:27:00 PST

back burner

horoscope for today: romance on the back burner, eh? yes... along with the rest of my life! 5 weeks to go until that all changes though......
Posted by k8 on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 11:37:00 PST

my city

a poem about good old P-burgh. totally sums up the city: It takes 50 years to grow up in this town, it takesevery drop of sweetness in every genetic cocktail to breakour regional diseasethe why...
Posted by k8 on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 08:30:00 PST

who your friends are

after much begging and pleading in desperation on my part, a crew came together to help me hang the sculpture: times like these make you really realize who your...
Posted by k8 on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 07:14:00 PST

i want to breathe again!

Meanwhile everyone wants to breathe and nobody can and many say, "We will breathe later." And most of them don't die because they are already dead. -Graffiti, Paris...
Posted by k8 on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 03:28:00 PST

ugh

almost done... a week and a half late!
Posted by k8 on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 03:55:00 PST