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asaase

About Me


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I was born Pyun, Mi Ra in Seoul, South Korea. I was adopted at 8 months of age and was raised in rural Scandinavian Minnesota. So I say Uff Da and sometimes sound like I could be an extra in the movie Fargo...I even like lutefisk! In 1995, I had the thrill of being reunited with my birth family. I have been to Korea four times (you can read about my most recent trip back in my blog - trip blog starts Oct.26, 2006) to visit my birth parents, brothers and extended family. I also had the honor of having my Korean family attend my wedding in 2000.
I am recently divorced from my husband, so this past year or so has been filled with a lot of change and sadness, but also a lot of hope and empowerment. I have evovled and become more of myself and am more clear about what is important in my life....family, my stepsons, friends, community and self. I am looking forward to new beginnings and am enjoying being a first time homeowner! I am sooooo thankful for the support of my family and friends and for the best roommate a girl could ask for!!!

I'm a Balanced Yogi!


A Balanced Yogi

You love your friends unconditionally and accept them for who they are no matter what their yoga style preference, religious beliefs, or spending habits. You focus on the good in people and would never try to change them. Almost everyone feels comfortable in your presence. You live your yoga. You are an inspiration to yoga students everywhere!


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My Interests

Fishing, camping, canoeing, ashtanga yoga (see video of Ashtanga yoga great David Swenson below), golf, billiards, music.

Music:

I like all kinds of music. I always say I like anything from Mozart to Manilow to Metallica! I love attending live musical preformances, whether outdoors, in a small bar or big arena. Nobody Home by Pink Floyd, My Own Worst Enemy by Lit, Woman by John Lennon, Yellow by Coldplay, Holy Mother by Eric Clapton, Creep by Radiohead, Stand By My Woman by Lenny Kravitz are among my very favorite songs. I can listen to Pink Floyd's The Wall over and over and over.....

Concerts I've been to...
Metallica (7X)
Barry Manilow (4X)
Lenny Kravitz (3X)
Aerosmith (3X)
Elton John (3X)
Billy Joel (3X)
Eric Clapton (3X)
Rush (2X)
Don Henley (2X)
The Red Hot Chili Peppers (2X)
R.E.M. (2X)
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
Foo Fighters
Serj Tankian
Against Me!
Prince
The Rolling Stones
The Eagles
Pink Floyd
Stevie Nicks
Rod Stewart
The Wallflowers
A Tribe Called Quest
Violent Femmes
Sinead O'Connor
Rick Springfield
The Breeders
Pearl Jam
Ministry
The Jesus & Mary Chain
Ice Cube
U2
Leo Kottke
ZZ Top
Rage Against the Machine
Boston
Air Supply
Limp Bizkit
Tool
Faith No More
Soundgarden
Linkin Park
Guns n Roses
Melissa Etheridge
Babes in Toyland
The Marshall Tucker Band
Lush
Little Feat
B.T.O.
RATT
The Guess Who
Nazareth
Primus
REO Speedwagon
Kansas
Alice in Chains
Loverboy
Smashing Pumpkins
L7
Beasite Boys
Arrested Develpment
Motley Crue
Vince Neil (solo)
Poison
Skid Row
Kid Rock
Queens of the Stone Age
The Bangles
Foreigner
Styx
Def Leppard
Jane's Addiction
Johnny Winter
Ozzy Osbourne
Rob Zombie
Mudvayne

Movies:



→ An Inconvenient Truth ←

→ Who Killed the Electric Car ←

The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Breakfast Club, Resevoir Dogs, Heathers, Amelie, Raising Arizona, The Man with Two Brains, Woodstock, all things Kevin Smith and many more!

Television:

I have a love/hate relationship with reality TV. I love The Amazing Race, Survivor, Dancing with the Stars. I love the Daily Show w/Jon Stewart! I also love Oprah & Dr. Phil...and Game Show Network! Actually the shows I love the most are no longer on, like, Sex and the City, Friends, Will & Grace, Another World...all good things must come to an end!

Books:

Interview with a Vampire, A Clockwork Orange, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy. I don't have the time or patience to read an entire book these days. I can barely get my magazines read!

Heroes:

My parents (Korean & American), aunt Norma, John Lennon, my friend Ducky, Jason Mewes, Mattie Stepanek.


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My Blog

AMY ANDERSON LIVE! at Illusion Theater in Mpls

Come check out fabulous funny lady Amy Anderson, June 27 & 28, at Illusion Theater in Minneapolis! Amy is a Korean adoptee who was raised in Minnesota. I have seen her perform a couple of times a...
Posted by ¸ø| on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:00:00 PST

If you need a great photographer...

Hello everybody!If you are wondering who took the "fancy" pictures of me in my Halloween 2007 album, they were done by my very good friend Zak Metz! Zak does wonderful photography! He shoots weddings,...
Posted by ¸ø| on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 08:29:00 PST

Legacy of an Adopted Child

Saw this posted on another KAD's blog... Legacy of an Adopted Child Once there were two women who never knew each other..One you do not remember, the other you call mother.Two different lives, shape...
Posted by ¸ø| on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 03:41:00 PST

SJP

Well, today I had one of the greatest thrills of my life...I met Sarah Jessica Parker!!!  A couple of weeks ago I was sitting at my computer putzing around on MySpace when my husband (reading the...
Posted by ¸ø| on Mon, 07 May 2007 09:05:00 PST

So tell me what you really think!

Click on these links and take this "different" kind of quiz! Tell me the good...http://kevan.org/johari?name=asaase And the bad...http://kevan.org/nohari?name=asaase Don't worry...I can hand...
Posted by ¸ø| on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 04:06:00 PST

Sweet Emotion!

Last Thursday, Dec. 7, I went to see Aerosmith and Motley Crue in concert at the Target Center in Minneapolis.  My friend Tom is a concert guru.  He has literally seen every band he loves 20...
Posted by ¸ø| on Sun, 10 Dec 2006 07:23:00 PST

Take the long way home! (Part Two)

I have to back up a little bit.  Before I started packing I discovered a slight problem in our travel itinerary.  While surfing on the computer I thought I better double check my arrival tim...
Posted by ¸ø| on Fri, 10 Nov 2006 02:16:00 PST

Take the long way home! (Part One)

Sorry it has taken be a while to get this updated, but I'm still a little jet-lagged... Well, we have to go back to Saturday.  We got up early and got ready to go back into Seoul with Oh Shin and...
Posted by ¸ø| on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 09:05:00 PST

Back to Japan!

Well, this is going to be shorter than planned.  I will have to finish once I get back to the states.  We are in Japan awaiting our connecting flight to Los Angeles and our 3+ hour layover&n...
Posted by ¸ø| on Sun, 05 Nov 2006 08:56:00 PST

You make me feel like dancing!!!

Today we woke up and got ready for our trip into Seoul!  Chi Shin was our gracious tour guide and we hopped the subway for an hour and a half ride into the metropolis.  Ruth met a 74 year ol...
Posted by ¸ø| on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 10:22:00 PST