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tia katrina canlas

All of the true things that I am about to tell you are shameless lies.

About Me

my fortune teller said i should be careful when i cross the street. she said that i will have three kids and will get married in the next few years. she said i would meet someone born in 1983 who would make me very happy and tempt me to leave my boyfriend. she said i will be successful and should start a business concerning food. she said i was a jealous person.
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My Interests

metaphysical poetry, dead thinkers, YOUR SCORE ON POLITICALCOMPASS.ORG, knitting, the anti-oxidants in tomatoes, sex on Halloween, global exchange, existence, Indian food, pho, honey nut cheerios, 2% milk, dried cranberries, clouds, non-profit organizations, anarchists, literati, taboo, scrabble, boggle, 3 page essays, the inclusive "or" interpretation, universal health care, sweatshop free sweatshirts, public education k-12 and beyond, voting, paradoxes, mental masturbation, trail mix, unripe mangoes, green apples and peanut butter, green apples and caramel, green apples and chocolate, atis, long-lost friends, family trees, photos, anonymous quotes, sudoku, artificial snow, babeland, swingers, obituaries, ribbons, gifts wrapped in newspaper, the ethical slut, clean used textbooks, paperback textbooks, bubble baths, Jacuzzis, poker chips, intellectually stimulating girls, sexually stimulating guys, sexually stimulating girls, intellectually stimulating guys, redefining kisses, pita chips, sunny days, rainy nights, climbing trees, sexual tension with platonic friends, the last word in books, "bible-dipping", fortune tellers, pandas, one night stands, promiscuity, monogamous non-human animals, sexual dimorphism, vodka tonics, the legalization of prostitution and marijuana, seafood, non-traditional colored rubik's cubes, the correct use of double negatives, friends with benefits, coffee, jealous x-girlfriends, lust, good-byes, hellos, April, jelly beans

I'd like to meet:

one of my ten thousand, five hundred, and forty six soul mates.

Music:

modest mouse, islands, the frames, hot chip, explosions in the sky, the cinematic orchestra, architecture in helsinki, clap your hands say yeah, manu chao, grin department, eraserheads, parokya ni edgar, rivermaya

Movies:

what dreams may come, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, love actually, i heart hukabees, little miss sunshine, the science of sleep, moscow does not believe in tears, edward scissorhands, me and you and everyone we know

Television:

nip/tuck

Books:

the little prince

Heroes:

ponsing

My Blog

Unicorns and Universities

After reading my last note, Crow came up to me while I was sitting cross-legged on my favorite news stand, smoking. He lit a cigarette and took a drag. I asked him if he knew that I loved everything ...
Posted by tia katrina canlas on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:16:00 PST

on future love and accidents

Last year, I went to a fortune-teller in the Philippines. She said that I would get into all the law schools that I wanted to. She said that I was a jealous person; she pointed at the mole below my ...
Posted by tia katrina canlas on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:15:00 PST

Asylum and a Hard Boiled Egg

Today, I went to the Asylum Court to represent an Indigenous woman from Guatemala. My partner and I had been working on her case since October. Our client can only speak Mam Maya, so, we have a tran...
Posted by tia katrina canlas on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:14:00 PST

story-worthy

I only involve myself in relationships that others would deem story-worthy. This standard was made easy when I discovered Craigslist.com's personal ads. There, I found myself a couple of fairy-tale en...
Posted by tia katrina canlas on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:45:00 PST

january 17, 2006

etherealForbidden, we kissed unhiddenoutside in the moonlight's crisp glowunhidden, our kiss (forbidden)felt rabidly rapid-- but slowhis lipswith a hint of Sangria's sweet flavorhis hipsstrategically ...
Posted by tia katrina canlas on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 01:00:00 PST