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About Me

I LOVE THE GOONIES! And Colin Firth! I study the Euro (yes, you CAN study a European currency!) and the European Monetary Union (sounds boring I know). I just got done with a year of Masters courses in Economics at the University of British Columbia, and soon it is off to the London School of Economics for a Ph. D in European Studies.Oh, and check this out .... YESSSSSSSSSSSS!
Your Inner European is Swedish!
Relaxed and peaceful.You like to kick back and enjoy life. Who's Your Inner European?

My Interests

SWEDEN, windsurfing, swimming, crew at 6 in the morning with Gen, Erin, Ash and SMALLISON, travelling (specifically to sweden), European Monetary Integration, WORLD CUP FOOTBALL! Swedish soccer, making the perskimiester laugh! I also LOVE skiing (cross country and downhill), ice skating, and the board game RISK (Adrienne and Heather, our armies will conquere the world!). Indian food, Vietnamese food, frisbee, Oh-so-rugged-Canada

I'd like to meet:

Colin firth, James Nesbitt, Liev Scheiber, MATTHEW MACFAYDEN and Swedes.

Music:

Coldplay, Death Cab for Cutie, The Killers, REM, U2, Counting Crows, Michael Buble (best Canadian crooner ever), techno (OMIBUS), James Blunt, Paul Simon, The Boys Least Likely To. HATE rap and country (sorry Kerri!).

Movies:

The manchurian candidate, (both versions), Usual suspects, Zoolander, GOSFORD PARK, anything harry potter (ESPECIALLY NUMBER THREE) Napoleon Dynamite (but only when I watch it with Ailing and Corinne, or Gen, or Angelique). The English Patient. Anything with Colin Firth works. Good Night and Good Luck, Adaptation, Crash, Capote (AMAZING FILM!), both Pride and Prejudice films, Constant Gardner, Gosta Berlings Saga (best 6 hour Swedish mini-series!). Little Miss Sunshine (I would be so happy, if a child beauty pagent actually ended like that!)

Television:

Murphy's Law (BBC) THE DAILY SHOW! The Office (the American version, gotta love Dwight). Da Ali G Show. I don't watch much TV though.

Books:

FREAKONOMICS: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (it makes me happy that I study regression analysis. Because the theory behind regression analysis is so damn boring) Harry Potter, (especially book three)! Globalization and it's Discontents by Joesph Stiglitz. Pride and Prejudice. Anything by James Michener (yes, I spelled his name wrong, and yes he writes 1000 page novels, but it's like crack for people who like history). I am going to go on a limb and say this, but I did like the Da Vinci Code. JARED DIAMOND BOOKS (Guns, Germs and Steel, the Third Chimpanzee). Dave Barry books.

Heroes:

Sloth, toothpaste, raymond shaw (I seek to be a brainwashed robot when I get out of school). Professor Silberberg (don't ask, just accept it). Gen Sofie, because she can fucking solve ANYTHING, AND she ran a marathon. Angelique Croan, who can fall on cue. Anyone who has managed to escape the hell of Buchanan Tower unscathed. Henrik Larsson, because he scored a goal in the 90th minute against England, helping them advance to the second round of the World Cup, AND preserving their "haven't-lost-to-England-since-1968" record. Stewie from the Family Guy

My Blog

Annoying

So, London has pretty much been engulfed in rain for the past 2 months. I mean, what the hell people, it's SUMMER, and yesterday as I was gritting my teeth since I had to walk to work in the rai...
Posted by Alison on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 02:22:00 PST

El updato!

So, it's been a while ... and in that while a LOT has happened! Exams are over (HOORAY!) which means all I have left is the dissertation. (And it also means I have more free time, SO PEOPLE COME...
Posted by Alison on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 01:01:00 PST

My dog, Shadow.

So many of you know, I have a great dog. His name is Shadow, and he's a 15 year old golden retriever. When we were on vacation he got real sick and had to go to the hospital. He's al...
Posted by Alison on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:51:00 PST

Vietnam and New Zealand

Just got back from 2 and a half amazing weeks in Vietnam and New Zealand. Both were incredible! Started in Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh is amazing. There are 8 million people in the city and...
Posted by Alison on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 07:16:00 PST

School's over!

I am so bummed! God I'm such a nerd, to think I miss school! So, for our last seminar for our core class, we had screw drivers and beer, at 11 in the morning. It was quite wonderful, reall...
Posted by Alison on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 12:10:00 PST

WTF MEN?!

So, I think there is something in the water ... everywhere ... because this time of year, men are being quite the dicks! It all started with my good friend here, who had a thing for a guy and he...
Posted by Alison on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 01:51:00 PST

I suppose it's time for an update

Shashi has told me that I need a new blog entry. I suppose now is the time to put one up. London is AWESOME. God I love my school. We've got a classic set of professors including an ...
Posted by Alison on Sun, 26 Nov 2006 08:13:00 PST

Back of the net

So, I just found out today that cider is the devil..... I am completely drunk by the way, on a Tuesday, this is because all the Ph.D students and professors, like to buy MRes students drinks at the on...
Posted by Alison on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 02:00:00 PST

Coincidence?

So it turns out that the national animal of Canada is the beaver, which just so happens to be the mascot for the LSE. Coincidence? I think not. So I've been playing online chess with a fri...
Posted by Alison on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 01:18:00 PST

London Calling

So, last night's e-mail was written in an act of pure rage ... since then everything has turned out ok. My paper is done, I turned in my final time sheet (and am expecting a FATTY paycheck), my ...
Posted by Alison on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 11:42:00 PST