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nora solamente!!

in the chi

About Me

Click here to learn what's happening in Darfur, Sudan with the knowledge that all merge into one:PAST: concert modern dancer (and aspiring choreographer .. it's still always in my head), cage dancer, music booking agent of a few different sorts, bartender and bar manager extraordinaire! PRESENT: massage/shiatsu/reiki therapist......working on medicine, the "Hello, thank you for calling" girl at the Program in Integrative Medicine FUTURE: treater of whatever ails you .... founder of the free medical clinic SALUD! ALWAYS: infallibly human, searching, curious, learning, analytical, wondering LOVE: complexity in all its simplicity

My Interests

Peace and African Dance. AD ASTRA PER ASPERA!

I'd like to meet:

kindness. and anyone who remembers the downers grove ice arena in the nineteen eighties.

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BIRTHDAY FACTS!




Music:

yes, please. anytime, anywhere, i'll meet you there.

Movies:

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and ZOOLANDER baby

Television:

i ask you, when it's late at night and you can't sleep and twilight zone is no where to be found and something called extreme akim assaults your eyes, what in the name of all that is heaven are you supposed to do!?!?!

Books:

Tao Te Ching

Heroes:

Bill T. Jones, Dr.Andrew Weil, Mother Nature, my brother Matteo and as of right now, WARREN BUFFETT! photo by kevin carter

My Blog

"all we are saying is give peace a chance"

(thanks for your post, thor)100 Years of NonviolenceOn September 11, 1906, Mohandas K. "Mahatma" Gandhi launched the modern non-violent movement by pledging to use non-violence and civil disobedience ...
Posted by nora solamente!! on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 10:13:00 PST

am i on the inside.....

or am i on the outside? sometimes it is hard to tell. the glass is blurry. i need windex.
Posted by nora solamente!! on Thu, 10 Aug 2006 11:51:00 PST

conversations with leo

so nora, what are you going to do in chicago?well, leo, i am going to eat. you know that's a distraction, yes?distraction from what? has the west side gotten to you? are you smokin' crack? baby you ma...
Posted by nora solamente!! on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 09:50:00 PST

Fortitudo Dei

in the spirit of yesterday's unfinished blog......years ago when i lived in NYC and worked at a cafe in the village, there was a man named michael (aka the mayor of macdougal street). michael was a gh...
Posted by nora solamente!! on Sun, 25 Jun 2006 12:21:00 PST

zeitgeist

"if dreams are like movies then memories are films about ghosts....."life is not only like water it is the ocean. some moments are so endlessly deep you can't see your way out, nor do you want to. oth...
Posted by nora solamente!! on Sat, 24 Jun 2006 12:51:00 PST

"stupid a** survey" from jessica d (aka jdur)

1. What do you eat when you raid the fridge late at night?whatever i can find .... nice cold grapes in the summer2. What is your guaranteed weeping movie?dead man walking, seen it a million times and ...
Posted by nora solamente!! on Sat, 17 Jun 2006 11:22:00 PST

real life waiting

so i am back filling in shifts at the hotel. i actually missed it in a way while i got lost in my studies, saving dogs, and whatever else i found to fill the time. but quicklly, i realized that what i...
Posted by nora solamente!! on Mon, 22 May 2006 04:12:00 PST

shame

sometimes i try to pick my favorite ben harper song. or album. or lyric. but really, it's impossible. i give up. blindness and kindness.
Posted by nora solamente!! on Wed, 17 May 2006 11:51:00 PST

united 93

see it........if only to remember. to feel something when you think nothing is left. there is something. there's everything and nothing to say about it. i hope to discover proceeds going to memorial ...
Posted by nora solamente!! on Wed, 17 May 2006 11:08:00 PST

ONE WORD (survey ....it's been a while :)

YOU CAN ONLY TYPE ONE WORD; NO EXPLANATIONS.1. Yourself:tall2. your Lover/crush:luscious3. Your Hair:blonde?4. Your Mother:unpredictable5. Your Father:distant6. Your Favorite Item:dogs7. Your Dream La...
Posted by nora solamente!! on Sun, 07 May 2006 09:33:00 PST