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Raquel

fastidious and precise... she's a killer queen

About Me

read the headline.

My Interests

dancing & singing, hyperventilating on int'l flights to get that bump up to 1st class, IM Pei, Tadao Ando, Gaudi, le Corbu, foreign films, chik fliks, indie movies, surrealism and the art deco, gourmet food, ethnic food, salty food, spicy food, the cosmopolitan, cultures, foreign languages - incl francais, espanol, portugues, hanyu, political debates, any debates really, clever ad campaigns, drawing, the art of manipulating people's perceptions of their own needs so that they buy your product, the science of milking an economy for all it's worth to your own profit (or well, that of your bosses) ^_^

I'd like to meet:

NO ONE. I'm not here to meet anyone new so please don't message me unless you've already met me, you're a friend of a friend or you think you are REALLY worth my making an exception to this rule. But.. if you really think you're worth the exception, you're probably too arrogant for my taste anyway. sorry. hehe.

Music:

Drum n Bass, Breaks, some Trance (yea yea yea), some House (mainly deep and funky), hip hop (underground or mainstream), bubblegum pop, alternative n punk, indie, old school heavy metal, french rap, 80s, disco, the Golden Oldies, Classic Rock, Disney movie songs, showtunes, anything wit da latin flava

Movies:

Audrey Tautou movies, Julia Roberts movies, anything with Julie Andrews, Au Revoir Les Enfants, Como Agua Para Chocolate, HAIRSPRAY, Pet Semetary, Moulin Rouge, Evita, Igby Goes Down ... long, long list

Television:

NEW: Grey's Anatomy, Entourage, What About Brian, Project Runway, Queer Eye, Million Dollar Listing CLASSICS: any Law & Order, the original CSI, the Leno & Conan lineup, America's Next Top Model, Scrubs, The Daily Show, 360 w/ Anderson Cooper, RERUNS: Friends, Will & Grace, Sex & the City, Fresh Prince, Different World, Cosby Show

Books:

Currently: Dostoevsky's The Idiot & Stiglitz's Globalization and its Discontents. Past: Albom's The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio, Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest.

Heroes:

Mom, Jesus, Tina Turner, Mary J and all other women that have overcome

My Blog

extra little D

That's my son in our family.. cuz his great grandfather was Big D, his grandfather is Little D, so now Diego is extra little D... hehe.I need to kill time i actually don't really have to kill because ...
Posted by Raquel on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 05:30:00 PST

It's that time again, folks

time for an overhaul. new hair, new job, new goals, new EVERYTHING.The priorities have been reorganized a bit, the inventory has been downsized substantially, and the time management skills have been ...
Posted by Raquel on Sun, 20 May 2007 04:54:00 PST

caught the bug...

being a Type A personality has never sounded so good. Nevermind the myriad times i annoy my type B personality friends with my impatience and obsessive need for immaculate cleanliness.You Have A Type ...
Posted by Raquel on Tue, 05 Sep 2006 09:16:00 PST

Top 10 Weirdo Pregnancy Facts

People keep asking so I figured i'd answer (plus i need a break from end of semester stress). Pregnancy is more quirky than ya might think. I had heard of the face and ankles swelling, the weight gain...
Posted by Raquel on Fri, 21 Apr 2006 05:30:00 PST

Daddy Cool & i reunited!

this is too much for me, really. I spend way too many minutes of my day wondering about how i will track down the songs that comprised my childhood. My mother raised me on things most (altho not all) ...
Posted by Raquel on Fri, 24 Mar 2006 03:15:00 PST

Happy Freakin 4th

Well it's 4pm on July 4th, out here in Shanghai. Celebrated on Saturday, the 2nd, and caught a nasty cold (how u do that in 8 hours straight of 98 F weather is beyond me). Now it's the actual 4th and ...
Posted by Raquel on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

that's 5:01AM to u out there in the US

that's right... cuz while ur reveling in REM quietude, im in my noisy Shanghai (that's China, for the ignoramuses out there) office, slaving away at these Excel sheets, battling the frequent PRC black...
Posted by Raquel on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

almost forgot how...

Laughing so hard I got tears in my eyes Walk in the park Under sapphire skies Oh, I can't believe that you're still around Almost forgot how you let me down Crying so deep That I thi...
Posted by Raquel on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

what's real

it's not about beauty, caring, intelligence, compatibility, comfort or even trust.... it's about love. That is the only question to be answered. The rest is fluff. And the rest will naturally come fro...
Posted by Raquel on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

PR funnies

so i'm at my internship at APCO Worldwide taking care of my usual, mundane responsibilities. One of them entails flipping through oversized PR Week publications page by page and scanning for the APCO ...
Posted by Raquel on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST