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About Me

Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch. James A. Baldwin
LIKES:
My down comforter * Singing * Pistachios * Customizable Internet radio * Tea (pretty much any kind) * Christian Bale * Verveine perfume * Chocolate * Italian food * Sleeping in * Reading books for fun * Helping others (it's so rewarding) * Being healthy * Airborne (even though it tastes bad, it keeps me healthier) * Tulips * Wizard of Oz * The Peanuts * Mexican food * Real snail mail * Real e-mail * Dogs * The exploding bird in Shrek (still priceless!) * Van Gogh * Picasso * Steak * My new laptop * Not being broke * Tebaldi * Green plants * Salsa con queso * Thin Mints * Pistachios * Teaching * Storms * Walking at night
DISLIKES:
Oatmeal * Liars * Hypocrites * People who hold grudges (it's just lame, life is too short) * Tapioca * Coffee * Blind dates * Green pepper * Writing exam reports * Sinus infections * Allergies * Clinical assessments * Feeling incompetent * Vague assignments * Problem Based Learning * Frustration * Nasogastric tubes * FINALS * Moving * Doing Dishes * Arbitrary grading * Being broke * Unrequited crushes

My Interests

Reading, writing, opera, singing, computers, foreign languages, speech-language pathology, travel, art...

Music:

Air, Chicago, Blink 182, Collective Soul, The Smashing Pumpkins, Linkin Park, Dashboard Confessional, Tori Amos, Ani DiFranco, HEM, Josh Groban, Lamb, Lifehouse, Beck, Wax Poetic, Diana Krall, Paula Cole, Sarah McLachlan, R.E.M., Rachael Yamagata, The Beatles, Venus Hum, Norah Jones, Jonny Lang, U2, BT, Green Day, Ben Folds Five, Nellie McKay, Ben Folds, Lisa Loeb, Live, Garbage, Heart, Seal, Aerosmith, Etta James, Jamie Cullum, Peter Gabriel, Aslyn, OPERA!!

Movies:

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Life is Beautiful, Amelie, original Star Wars Trilogy, Ice Age, Shrek, Mrs. Doubtfire, Hook, Office Space, Spaceballs, History of the World Part I, Equilibrium, Swing Kids, The Princess Bride, Edward Scissorhands, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Pretty Woman, The Wizard of Oz, The Shawshank Redemption, Powder, Young Frankenstein, Kill Bill Vol. 1, Batman Begins, The Brothers Grimm

Television:

Sex and the City, Law & Order, I don't watch much TV...

Books:

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, A Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, Vapor by Amanda Filipacchi, A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle, Of Mice and Men by John Steinback, 1984 by George Orwell, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Nude Men by Amanda Filipacchi, Naked by David Sedaris, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein, Night by Elie Wiesel, The Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire, Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden...

Heroes:

My mom.

My Blog

NYC Day 1

Well, it's been a day. I've had Chinese and Italian food at a diner tonight. I spent $200 at the Julliard bookstore. Nico Castel translation books. Mmm...Went with Alex to his ...
Posted by Julia on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 09:17:00 PST

One hell of a week...

OK, this week has been kinda hell on wheels. Good news though:* Jeff and I are back on track.* I have almost made it through!Out of the past 48 hours, I have been at school for 23 hours. I...
Posted by Julia on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 06:56:00 PST

Italy!

Oh yeah, and I AM going to Italy this summer!
Posted by Julia on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 02:32:00 PST

Ready to quit...

Well, I'm ready to just up and quit school. It makes me feel like utter crap on a daily basis. Here's why:- not learning anything in my adult speech pathology classes- haven't made much pr...
Posted by Julia on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 02:57:00 PST

Turkey time...

Hi. It's been quite a while. Let's see... what has happened since my last post:- my computer died and I had to send it to Gateway (I now have it back)- I went to Miami, FL for the ASHA con...
Posted by Julia on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 06:58:00 PST

For the love of... singing...

This last half of the week is devoted to the art of singing for me. Tomorrow morning, I am giving a small lecture to my SLP colleagues about professional voice users. My voice teacher is c...
Posted by Julia on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 06:26:00 PST

Short update...

OK, so after a meltdown yesterday evening, I am much better today. School has just really been getting me down lately, but today I passed my other criterion test on the first try!! WAHOO!!...
Posted by Julia on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 10:59:00 PST

Anxiety or sloth...

OK, so I don't like this. I spend all week delirious with anxiety and then I'm too tired on the weekend to do much of anything.I went home on Friday after the freshman vocal concert. Satur...
Posted by Julia on Sun, 08 Oct 2006 03:59:00 PST

A little lighter load now...

I finished my Head & Neck paper! At least the first draft, anyway. I'm waiting to get it back from Bohnenkamp ripped to shreds so that I can fine-tune it. It's like an enormous weight has been tak...
Posted by Julia on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 08:54:00 PST

P is for Piano

It's been a while, yet again. I've been über busy, so writing in here has fallen along the wayside. I'm finishing up my head & neck paper this week from last spring, so that's been t...
Posted by Julia on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 09:01:00 PST