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Vara

inaction saps the vigor of the mind

About Me

i am many many things. i am a graphic designer, a photographer, an illustrator, a painter, a model-and occasionally a good girl. i love to travel, and want to spend the rest of my life seeing everything there is to see-doing everything i can possibly do.

life has been more interesting and difficult since diagnosed with a lifelong illness with no cure. the staff at multiple local hospitals now know me on a first name basis :P

crohn's disease awareness

My Interests

puppies! art, painting, illustration, photography, graphic design, modeling, anatomy, cybernetics, sacred geometry, chess, science fiction, macs, corsets, latex, burlesque, pin-up, belly dance, men that cook, retro, stockings, high heels, film, propoganda, diabetes, platform shoes, psychology, sociology, rumi, typography, mixed media, surrealism, art nouveau, futurism, history, media packaging, fashion, popular science, feminism, TRAVEL

I'd like to meet:

if you want to add me, and you don't know me, you MUST leave me a message prior. I'm seriously tired of bands and random people adding, I'm not kidding - I really do not accept 90% of the requests I get. Don't think that because there's a large list of friends on here that I do that. Though I do love to add those I find artistically inspiring.

Music:

trip-hop, 80s, new wave, synthpop, ebm, industrial, indie, 50s jazz, swing, punk, classic, opera, downtempo, techno, electronic, female vocalists, glam, j-rock, j-pop, electroclash, futurepop, ambient, noise, shoegaze, lounge...and anything with a heartbreak beat ;)

Movies:

sci-fi, japanese, chinese, korean, german, french, film noir, historic reference, stop motion animation, comedy, artistic, independent, innovative, glamorous hollywood movies of the 1930s-50s

Television:

carnivale, farscape, the 4400, dead like me, little britain, doctor who

Books:

"natural-born cyborgs" by andy clark, "idoru" by william gibson, "american gods" by neil gaiman, "one flew over the cuckoo's nest" by ken kesey

Heroes:

my closest friends

My Blog

party reminder

just wanted to remind everyone (who's coming :P) that my party is tonight!! hope to see you there!
Posted by Vara on Sat, 05 May 2007 02:06:00 PST

fab job & bday bash

i sometimes forget to post on this thing as i primarily only use livejournal. so, here's the big news at the moment:i got a job at an amazing design firm in SF. i'm constantly asked where, and i won't...
Posted by Vara on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 08:56:00 PST

awesome new SF café!

I went to the opening of a really fabulous new café today! It's well worth the visit. They're even open until 5am! If you ever find yourself there, feel free to call me over to join you ;) Here's the ...
Posted by Vara on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:58:00 PST

looking for design job in seattle or SF

I wouldn't post about this so publicly if I weren't desperate. My job search is going horribly, I can't find places hiring. I'm on my last limbs, about to lose my apartment, and I have nothing. I'm be...
Posted by Vara on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 07:52:00 PST

song for vara

so, someone likes me enough to make a song about me :P seriously! it's called song for vara and is by shortwave dahlia. you can hear it here.expect a long intro ;)i feel *special* XD...
Posted by Vara on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 04:13:00 PST

You MUST see to believe!

Shapeshifting clothing!! With the help of special effects experts that worked on Harry Potter, Hussein Chalayan designed a line of clothing that move and change shape with the aid of microchips.See th...
Posted by Vara on Sat, 07 Oct 2006 06:33:00 PST

r.i.p my friend

this is already all over lj, so i thought i'd make it known in myspaceland. my friend john died today in an accident. here's the news article:UPDATE: SF MAN KILLED IN HWY 101 CRASH IN BRISBANE06/07/06...
Posted by Vara on Thu, 08 Jun 2006 11:23:00 PST