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shnoraholla whaaat?!?

Tsavd tanem. For the last time, no, I do not want to marry your Armenian lav dgha and learn how to c

About Me


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Well.....I grew up all over the world in an Air Force/Foreign Service family. I lived in England, Spain, Sicily, the Philippines, and Saudi Arabia before moving to the middle of a cornfield in Illinois for high school (ahhh...the worst years ever!). Then on to Florida and eventually Califoria (S. Lake Tahoe, then Orange County). I've traveled like a maniac over the last 4 years, some for school, some for fun. It's my favorite thing...my passion. I was a Peace Corps Health Volunteer in Gyumri, Armenia, near the Turkish border for the last year. Back in Yerevan now for a short project to finish my Masters. Then I guess I better get a job or something. *gasp*I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4"I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can't make it through one door, I'll go through another door - or I'll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present." -Rabindranath Tagore, Indian poet

My Interests

Traveling to crazy places, languages, being outdoors, snowboarding, skiing, swimming, chillin at the lake, hiking, camping, sippin' on gin n juice, reading, sudoko, laughing, playing with my puppy Jiggy, daydreaming, eggnog, good wine and hookah.

I'd like to meet:

Old friends, new friends, and people who care about what is happening outside of their little bubble.
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Sarah Marie Simmons
Birthday: 20 June 1980
Birthplace: Some Air Force Base in Georgia
Current Location: Yerevan, Armenia
Eye Color: Green, sometimes hazel
Hair Color: Dark brown
Height: 5'5"
Right Handed or Left Handed: Right
Your Heritage: English
The Shoes You Wore Today: Brown Kenneth Cole sandals
Your Weakness: I procrastinate a lot
Your Fears: Losing a friend or family member without them knowing how much they mean to me
Your Perfect Pizza: Not Armenian pizza
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: Finish my masters and get a job already
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: brb and :)
Thoughts First Waking Up: Why am I still in Armenia
Your Best Physical Feature: Hmmm...let's just say I have two of them
Your Bedtime: When I'm tired
Your Most Missed Memory: Growing up with my family all together
Pepsi or Coke: Rarely drink soda, but I guess Coke...with some Jack
MacDonalds or Burger King: yuck. I like In N' Out though
Single or Group Dates: Single
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: My grandma's sweet tea
Chocolate or Vanilla: DARK CHOCOLATE
Cappuccino or Coffee: Cappuccino
Do you Smoke: Only Cubans at Havasu, and the occasional hookah
Do you Swear: Nope
Do you Sing: When I drive, but I never drive here!
Do you Shower Daily: yes, peace corps days are over
Have you Been in Love: Yes
Do you want to go to College: Been there done that...best years ever
Do you want to get Married: Yes but not in Armenia
Do you belive in yourself: Of course
Do you get Motion Sickness: Only when alcohol is involved
Do you think you are Attractive: Sometimes
Are you a Health Freak: No but I try to keep a decent figure
Do you get along with your Parents: Long story but now I do
Do you like Thunderstorms: Sure
Do you play an Instrument: A little piano. And like 5 seconds of 2 songs on guitar
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: Yes, it's a skill I picked up in Peace Corps
In the past month have you Smoked: Nope...don't smoke, but if I did, I think I'd get fired from my anti-tobacco project
In the past month have you been on Drugs: Never
In the past month have you gone on a Date: Yes
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: No
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: No, I don't think they sell Oreos here.
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: Yesssssss
In the past month have you been on Stage: Yeah, at an Armenian school. These kids are something else
In the past month have you been Dumped: No
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: Unfortunately no. Last time was in January in the Philippines!!
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: No
Ever been Drunk: Yeah. Frickin' Peace Corps. Look what you started.
Ever been called a Tease: Hmmm... I guess
Ever been Beaten up: I've been slapped once
Ever Shoplifted: No
How do you want to Die: With someone I love
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: A humanitarian
What country would you most like to Visit: Morocco and Namibia
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: Green
Favourite Hair Color: Dark
Short or Long Hair: Short
Height: 6'
Weight: A lot more than me...muscle of course
Best Clothing Style: Clean cut classic
Number of Drugs I have taken: Zero, besides prescriptions
Number of CDs I own: I got rid of them all, it's all on my comp
Number of Piercings: 2
Number of Tattoos: 0
Number of things in my Past I Regret: 1

CREATE YOUR OWN! - or - GET PAID TO TAKE SURVEYS!

Music:

Snow Patrol, The Chemical Brothers, Gorillaz, Thievery Corporation, Beck, Scissor Sisters, Frank Sinatra!!, Johnny Cash, Coldplay, Jack Johnson, Ray LaMontagne, 50cent, Eminem, Jay Z, Snoop, WuTang Clan, Incubus, Outkast, All American Rejects, Taking Back Sunday, Death Cab For Cutie, The Killers, Brand New, Nickelback, Jet, Josh Groban, Paul Oakenfold, Massive Attack, Boards of Canada, Paul Van Dyke, Pearl Jam, Sublime, Jimmy Eat World, Chevelle, Crystal Method, Dashboard Confessional, Long Beach Dub All Stars, My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Something Corporate, A Perfect Circle, System of a Down, Switchfoot, Thursday, Unwritten Law, Persian music (Siavash Ghomeshi) ...pretty much everything but country. Most awesome Armenian music video ever...HAYQ...Wind blow me next to my lover

Movies:

Lost in Translation, Sideways, Napoleon Dynamite, Zoolander, Three Kings, Love Actually, The Incredibles, Office Space, Se7en, 40-year old Virgin, Band of Brothers, War movies, documentaries.

Television:

24, Nip/Tuck, The Office, Family Guy, The Simpsons, and anything on A&E or The History Channel.

Books:

The Alchemist(!!!) and anything by Paulo Coelho, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, Mountains Beyond Mountains, To Kill A Mockingbird, 1776, Life of Pi, Reading Lolita in Tehran, All The Shah's Men, Flags of Our Fathers, Lenin's Tomb, The Third Reich, We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Stories From Rwanda, Seeds of Terror, USS Indianapolis, biographies and other non-fiction stuff.

Heroes:

JACK BAUER IS MY HERO.

My Blog

Hash weekend in T'bilisi, Georgia

This past weekend was the annual Intercaucasus Hash which brought together hashers from T'bilisi (Georgia), Yerevan (Armenia), and Baku (Azerbaijan).  It was a great weekend full of borderline in...
Posted by shnoraholla whaaat?!? on Tue, 29 May 2007 01:59:00 PST

Language Faux Pas

So i'm at the gym the other day when the kickboxing trainer walks in (I just started lessons).  I say to him "Yes kez ktsetsem vagha" which means I will beat you up tomorrow.  Unfortuna...
Posted by shnoraholla whaaat?!? on Fri, 11 May 2007 02:00:00 PST

Armenia Take Two

For those that didn't get the email:I'm off to Armenia again on Thursday for a 3 month stint to finish my Masters field practicum. I just got these details last night and had my ticket booked today, ...
Posted by shnoraholla whaaat?!? on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 01:26:00 PST

New Vacation Pics... China and the Philippines Jan 2007

http://community.webshots.com/user/sarahmariesimmons
Posted by shnoraholla whaaat?!? on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 02:06:00 PST

Armenia....the time has finally come...

So i leave June 1, 2006 for another crazy adventure. Peace Corps. 2 years. YIKES. I'm hoping i'll have a decent internet connection so that i don't go through myspace withdrawals. :)
Posted by shnoraholla whaaat?!? on Thu, 11 May 2006 02:13:00 PST