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raluca

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

I'm just a girl who talks too much and never takes life too seriously. embed enableJavascript="false" allowScriptAccess="never" allownetworking="internal" allowScriptAccess="never"

My Interests

people, art, traveling, refined food, good wine, challenging ideas

I'd like to meet:

people who have high standards for themselves and don't judge other people.

Music:

rock, jazz, classical, italian music

Movies:

quills, secretary, everything joaquin phoenix and angelina jolie are in, gladiator, fight club, the last samurai, a beautiful mind, igby goes down, the godfather

Television:

I'm a comedy central addict. love sex and the city

Books:

everything by garcia-marquez, faust by goethe, everything by indro montanelli and daniel pennac, poetry by francois villon and toparceanu, gertrude stein's work

Heroes:

any man or woman who transcends his or her human condition

My Blog

the other blog

just posted a new, spicy story on my other blog. go read it and leave your thoughts on it.thanksthe other blog
Posted by raluca on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 03:38:00 PST

billboards

while driving in LA on a rainy day, one has time to acknowledge billboards along the freeway. the best one yet:"If you keep taking my name in vain, I'll make traffic hour longer~GOD"can't recall what ...
Posted by raluca on Tue, 04 Apr 2006 01:08:00 PST

venus trap

written in a particularly dry time. I felt every word of it. I didn't even know how right I was when I wrote it. Just now, reading it again, I realize I was just preparing myself for a ...
Posted by raluca on Fri, 10 Mar 2006 07:31:00 PST

one giant leap

superb documentary that won a couple of academy awards last year. It's divided into chapters and turns out to be a quiet insightful reflection on mankind and western culture. it won't change your opin...
Posted by raluca on Mon, 20 Feb 2006 12:10:00 PST

rainer maria rilke

just rediscovered this dude. he's one of the very first modernists, German and anxious to die, but he describes his angst beautifully. "I am too alone in the world, and yet not alone enoughto make eve...
Posted by raluca on Mon, 13 Feb 2006 10:07:00 PST

what I learned in class

in my anthropology class, we read and discussed an article about infibulation. it is a tradition that consists of removing the entire exterior sexual organ of the woman, practiced in africa and some a...
Posted by raluca on Sat, 19 Nov 2005 02:38:00 PST

dating in hollywood

in order to date in hollywood, one has to showcase oneself. it is an entire production complete with head shots (for the online deal), resume (so that people know how much you make a year) and so fort...
Posted by raluca on Sun, 06 Nov 2005 01:23:00 PST

the troll

so, there is this friend of mine who is a great guy at heart but looks like a troll and not in a good, charming way either. he has a fro in he's a white man. he's into gangsta rap. the other day we we...
Posted by raluca on Sun, 02 Oct 2005 10:33:00 PST

dinner

the majority of people have no story to tell. If they change through the years, they choose to change in the most boring way possible. they trim down their dreams and settle for the worst. however, th...
Posted by raluca on Fri, 19 Aug 2005 05:31:00 PST

Sundance trip

So, I went to Sundance for a couple of days. WOW! the snow was absolutely amazing. the slopes had a good base and plenty of sunshine. I can recommend Alta and Solitude, if you're in the area. seen a...
Posted by raluca on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST