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Shawna

Hoy es un buen dia para empezar......

About Me

Im back and ready to leave again. Colorado bound in a few months then who knows!!

My Interests

anything outside; snowboarding, golfing, biking,swimming, climbing....etc. accents, spanish, CHILE,sushi, thai, cultures, social movements=LOS ZAPATISTAS!,nicknames...

I'd like to meet:


nataliedee.com

Music:

Its too long to list. If you know me, you know Im a music freak/snob. I like all musicians who write/sing/play their own stuff. Ademas, escucho a la musica en espanol para que pueda practicar el idioma

Movies:

y tu mama tambien, City of God, Amores Perros,Babel,dumb and dumber, Maria full of grace, crash, out cold, amelie,team america,Baraka.....

Television:

I dont watch TV.......I wont live vicariously through a box and waste precious time

Books:

PABLO NERUDA'S POETRY! Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the work by Edward Said, Ishmael, Survival in Auschwitz, 1984, Brave New World, ethnographies,anything by david sedaris or jorge luis borges,Isabel Allende, and the poetry by Sor Juana de la Cruz

Heroes:

my parents

My Blog

December 29th

So, here comes the whole 'blog thing' again. As many of you know, I bought my one-way ticket to south america and leave on December 29th.  We fly right into Santiago, so by dinner time on the 30t...
Posted by Shawna on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 02:44:00 PST

another month to a close

So, here I am again-insomnia becoming a regularly occuring thing in my life now, I have decided to type a few random thoughts rather than get writers cramp and write them. Plus, I was having blog...
Posted by Shawna on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 11:35:00 PST

TO MY CHILE FRIENDS...

I LOVE YOU GUYS SOOO MUCH, LIFE IS NOT THE SAME WITHOUT YOU....CHILE HAS BECOME MY DEAD FRIEND........NO ONE GETS MY JOKES......TILL WE MEET AGAIN.....
Posted by Shawna on Sun, 24 Dec 2006 06:37:00 PST

Pinochet

Today, Sunday December 10th, 2006 at 2:15 p.m., Augusto Pinochet died.......the country is nuts and totally split in half....what a monumental time to be here right now..........
Posted by Shawna on Sun, 10 Dec 2006 02:46:00 PST

The driest desert in the world

On friday, the 1st, Heather and I headed up north to trek through the driest desert in the world. We flew into a town called Antofagasta and chilled there for the night. Oh wait, I should mention our ...
Posted by Shawna on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 07:51:00 PST

the last weekend with the gringos....

Ok. So wednesday nite, we went to Cafe Journal for the last time with a few people who are leaving today. It was a kick in the pants. Every wednesday, Journal is 'the place to be' so it was packed. So...
Posted by Shawna on Sun, 26 Nov 2006 01:40:00 PST

Que seria el mundo sin los chilenos......

So this week and next week are finals here at La Catolica....so far, so good. I have done pretty well in my classes, considering. HOWEVER-today was supposed to be the worst day with finals. And i...
Posted by Shawna on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 01:09:00 PST

La Serena!

Ok, so I am back form yet another trip here in Chile. This time it was up north with the COPA group to a city called La Serena. We left last thursday and rode in a bus for six hours. Me and Laura rode...
Posted by Shawna on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 01:47:00 PST

the latest shitshow

so, i just got back yesterday from Puerto Montt-a town in the south, right at the beginning of Patagonia. Everything started off fine, until we got into the airport at 2am. there were hardly any ...
Posted by Shawna on Mon, 06 Nov 2006 02:03:00 PST

quick one...

gotta make it quick.....theres a hurricane/earthquake/tsunami drill in 15 minutes.....I love Chile. I got a surprise package yesterday from my wonderful aunt barb and included was my favorite candy in...
Posted by Shawna on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 08:28:00 PST