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Monica ♥

The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceived. - Oscar Wilde

About Me

Books, Politics, Coffee (in a 20- ounce cup), Music, Movies, Mountains, Quiet Time, Art, Traveling, Climbing, Laughing, People Watching, Friends, Orchids, Poets, Plays, Wine, Bagettes, Brie, Indian Food, Colors, Culture, Love, Beach, Fresh Air, French Language, Ikea, Salvation Army, Enzian, European Architecture, Mayans, Dinali National Forest, Being Lost on a Bus, Smiling, Farmers Markets, Sunday Morning Music while reading the Sunday Times, Hikers, Smell of Smoke from a Fire on a Crisp Morning, Fighting for Peace and Justice, Naked Time, Hexagon World, Falling into Rivers, Running by Vineyards, Mountain Folk, Philosophising, NPR, Education, BBC, Any Politican against George W., Waking up and living in the moment. God, I am the type of person I get annoyed with...
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My Interests

My interests span from the geological formation of the earth's core, to the inner workings of a pabst blue ribbon...what can I say "I enjoy it all!"

I'd like to meet:

Oscar Wilde and Anne Sexton, over martinis.

Music:

The Kinks, The Creation, Brian Eno, Roxy Music, Jesus and the Mary Chain, Melanie, Joesephine Baker, Freur, Underworld, Lemon Jelly, Edith Piaf, Phil Spector, Elliott Smith, Depeche Mode, Massive Attack, Fiction Factory, Air, Nick Drake,Talk Talk, Cocteau Twins, Electric Light Orchestra, Joni Mitchell, Wedding Present, Smiths, Peaches, Erasure, Cat Stephens, Will Oldham, Serge Gainsbourg, France Gall, Justice, Palace, Wolfsheim, Gram Parsons, Laura Nyro, Nancy Sinatra, New Order, The Hollies, GBV, Velvet Underground, Miss Kitten, Simple Minds, Radiohead, Patsy Cline, James, The Connells, Dinosaur Jr, Zombies , Belle and Sebastion, T-rex, The Band, Big Star, Bob Dylan, MIA, Dolly Parton, Lionel Richie, Yo La Tango, Labyrinth Sondtrack, Liza Minelli, Hank Willams, Aisler Set, Bonnie Prince Billy, Showtunes that my roommates blast at 3am ,Bahaus, Stone Roses, Lightning Seeds, Happy Mondays, Cole Porter, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Stevie Wonder, Ladytron, Todd Rundgren, Magnetic Fields, The Ravonettes, Misfits, The Cure...The Cure and naked Robert Smith.

Movies:

Directors:Cassavetes, P.T. Anderson, Wes Anderson, Scorsesse, Milos Foreman, Taymore, Hitchcock, Lynch, S.Coppla , Inarritu, Kubrick,Woody Allen, Demme, Mann, and anything written by Charlie Kaufman! Now Movies... Midnight Cowboy, Singing in the Rain, Love Story, Annie, Elephant Man, Wonderland, Spinal Tap, Waiting for Guffman, Bande a Part, Chloe in the Afternoon,Hiroshima Mon Amor, Good Bye Lenin, My Life as a Dog, Rushmore, Boogie Nights, Magnolia, Back to the Future, Seven Samurai, Young Frankenstein, Star Wars, Glengarry Glen Ross, Casablanca, Brazil, Diner, Amadeus, All About Eve, The Good The Bad The Ugly, Ghostbusters, A Hard Days Night, Valley Girl, Eternal Sunshine and the Spotless Mind, The Way We Were, Harold and Maude.

Television:

Monty Python's Flying Circus, Arrested Development, Six Feet Under, Sopranoes, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Office, Mr. Show, Strangers with Candy, The Colbert Report, Daily Show, and Today's Special.

Books:

Authors: Anais Nin, Wharton, Sexton, Harjo, Rushdie, Welsh, Stevens, Dickinson, Chopin, Woolfe, Fauldi, Keates, Stein,Albee, Cummings, Elliot, Moore, Mann, Twain, Sadaris, Frankin, Marquez, Rosseau, Dandicat, Bronte(both), Bukowski, Olds.Now, Books: What is Mr. Winkle, Heavy with Baggage Seeks the Same, Be Here Now, Loose Women. And can't forget my favorite means of the news: NY Times, London Times, Us Magazine (it makes me feel better about myself when I see the stars with no make-up on).

Heroes:

Maude

My Blog

An old poem I found...

The Split  My Mother decided to kill two children with one stone, the night she told my brother and I she was leaving. It was a Tuesday. The same day when twenty-five years prior s...
Posted by Monica ♥ on Thu, 03 May 2007 02:29:00 PST

Volunteers Needed ...

I just got a gig as volunteer coordinator for the Global Peace Film Festival, on top of working on this independent films. So please sign up, I have no time to whore myself out in order...
Posted by Monica ♥ on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 01:08:00 PST

Costa My Rica!

Just returned form the land of Sloths and Gigantic Beetles, and oh how marvelous it was. I got to see both coasts of the country, which consisted of an overwhelmingly apparant cultural dicatomy. I ap...
Posted by Monica ♥ on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

And all the kings men, couldn't put Humpty back together again...

Sometimes I wish I were an egg!!! Because then I would become a hell of an omelet. Just a sad egg...that is I, and that is me.
Posted by Monica ♥ on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

I am blessed with the most amazing friends...

I love my friends. They are my sisters, not of the same mother, but sisters that are tied to me at the soul. They hold my shaking hands when my tears become a hobbie and they don't complain. I love th...
Posted by Monica ♥ on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Club Paris...

Yes...I was one of the Lucky!!!! I got to experience Club Paris, VIP style, on New Years eve. It was everything I expected and more. My friend was lucky enough to work for the advertising company...
Posted by Monica ♥ on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Hostels!

Devin and I have been frequenting the hostels during the last few weeks. I have developed a strange rash from the hostel in Camden Town( London). So here is my advice, don't check into scarey hoste...
Posted by Monica ♥ on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Disgust!

I woke up this morning to the tragic news of Bush's re-election. I sit here and ponder if I should return to the states or not. I feel so defeated. It seems that I surrounded myself with literate...
Posted by Monica ♥ on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Albanian Refugees...

Teaching refugees english as a second language has opened my eyes to the value of learning different languages. Numerous times during class I sit with my students and wish that I was able to communica...
Posted by Monica ♥ on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Brazilians!

Brazilians know how to have much more fun then the stuffy Swiss. As you can see I have now made two Brazilian friends here in Geneva. We have hit all the Latino (mostly Pourtugeese) night clubs and ...
Posted by Monica ♥ on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST