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FUEL

No, I won't meet you for coffee.

About Me


My Interests

Ms. Pac-Man, cow-tipping, mischief, wax, puerile jokes, college football, violin & piano, music videos, thrillseeking, bikinis, gloss, a sun-kissed glow, wreaking havoc, Texas, candid snapshots, polyglots, Valley Girl Spanish, Taiwan, hugs 'n snuggles, DIY, tortfeasors, vulnerability, high IQs, righting wrongs (even my own), Mexican Judo, an den...WasabiMiaGoober (We miss you, little guy)

I'd like to meet:

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Music:

Aaliyah, Adam Levine, Audioslave, Bach, Beethoven, Daft Punk, Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, Eminem, George Michael, Guns 'n Roses, Kanye West, Kreisler, Madonna, Moby, Morissey, musicals (I'm a dork, sorry), Notorious B.I.G., Red Hot Chili Peppers, The White Stripes, Tiesto, U2...

Movies:

Amelie, Coming to America, Forrest Gump, Pretty Woman, Tommy Boy

Television:

Seinfeld, Beavis & Butthead

Books:

Me Talk Pretty One Day, Making Faces/Face Forward

Heroes:

My mama, 9/11 firefighters, and the guy who saved my life when I was almost electrocuted to a crisp.

My Blog

Free as a Baby Bird

What an eventful week! The three baby birds landed on our balcony and started hopping around. Over the past few days, the babies developed their own distinct personalities. One had a grumpy littl...
Posted by FUEL on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:51:00 PST

Birdie Catches the Worm

I have been fascinated with this bird for two days now. I kept watching it with different items in its mouth, most memorably a moth yesterday. At work today, I received an IM from Jon stating that lit...
Posted by FUEL on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:16:00 PST

The Pay-Off

I recently shared with you one of my New Year's resolutions, to take "compelling" photos (in India). I actually had one more resolution: to annihilate one of my private student loans. Man, that thing ...
Posted by FUEL on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 09:25:00 PST

Do You Have a Dirty Mind?


Posted by FUEL on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:41:00 PST

(Wo)Man on a Mission: Ask My Permission!

I posted this on buzznet, another social networking site, when I discovered my images splashed all over the website. I guffawed over my post: Hey, when you guys upload photos, do you ever pay attenti...
Posted by FUEL on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:52:00 PST

Extracting Wisdom & A(nother) Magazine Cover

As a little girl, I always loved the joke, "What time did the Asian man go to the dentist?" When I read the punchline, "Tooth-hurtee," I giggled and repeated the joke to anyone who would listen. While...
Posted by FUEL on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 06:57:00 PST

Goober

He visited to me in a dream last night, cloned. I could still smell him, the same baby scent that always made me drool. I wanted to kiss him. He put his paws on my shoulders and looked at me adoringly...
Posted by FUEL on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 11:13:00 PST

ABSOLUT MESS

             Michael Musto, the gossip columnist from The Village Voice, rolled past me on his bicycle on Lexington Avenue yesterday. I wanted to ...
Posted by FUEL on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 08:42:00 PST

100 Things I Learned in 2006

(in no particular order) 100. Whoever said "money can't buy happiness" said that only to make himself feel better. 99. Life does not always turn out the way you want it to..and sometimes that is okay....
Posted by FUEL on Tue, 26 Dec 2006 03:17:00 PST