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Randy

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About Me

A physiological yo-yo
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Name: Randy
Birthday: Oct 21
Birthplace: Cali
Current Location: DC
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Blonde(ish)
Height: 6'1'', but I'll tell you 6'2''
Right Handed or Left Handed: Right
Your Heritage: German
The Shoes You Wore Today: New Balance
Your Weakness: Peanut Butter
Your Fears: Myspace
Your Perfect Pizza: Isn't that redundant?
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: Start weight training
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: I'm non-compliant with IM
Thoughts First Waking Up: Why am I awake?
Your Best Physical Feature: My comedy
Your Bedtime: Whenever I can
Your Most Missed Memory: San Francisco
Pepsi or Coke: Water
MacDonalds or Burger King: Neither: Whole Foods
Single or Group Dates: Both, as needed
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Lipton
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate
Cappuccino or Coffee: Coffee: black, no sugar
Do you Smoke: Used to
Do you Swear: F**k yeah!
Do you Sing: Badly, but yes
Do you Shower Daily: Yes
Have you Been in Love: Yes
Do you want to go to College: Currently working on the masters
Do you want to get Married: Possibly
Do you belive in yourself: Sure
Do you get Motion Sickness: Nope
Do you think you are Attractive: Sure
Are you a Health Freak: It's a daily struggle, but I try to be.
Do you get along with your Parents: If by "parents" you're referring to the single mother that raised four boys on her own: YES
Do you like Thunderstorms: From a distance
Do you play an Instrument: My throat (again, badly)
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: Yes
In the past month have you Smoked: Proudly, no
In the past month have you been on Drugs: No
In the past month have you gone on a Date: No
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: Yes
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: No: I don't eat (partially) hydrogenated oils
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: Yes
In the past month have you been on Stage: The world is a stage
In the past month have you been Dumped: No
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: No
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: No
Ever been Drunk: Yes
Ever been called a Tease: No
Ever been Beaten up: Yes: 3 older brothers
Ever Shoplifted: No
How do you want to Die: Happy
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: TBD
What country would you most like to Visit: Peru
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: I'm not too particular
Favourite Hair Color: Brunette
Short or Long Hair: Depends how it frames the face
Height: Isn't an issue for me
Weight: Depends how they carry it
Best Clothing Style: I don't date clothes
Number of Drugs I have taken: N/A
Number of CDs I own: How 90's
Number of Piercings: None
Number of Tattoos: Zilch
Number of things in my Past I Regret: I forget
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My Interests

Languages/Linguistics -- second language acquisition, historical linguistics, creoles, socio-cultural linguistics, yadda yadda yadda -- Humor, Dancing, Art, Walking around naked in my house when I'm alone, Talking to strangers, Singing (badly, but singing), Current Events, Geo-Political news, Living and travelling abroad, Golden Girls, Eating, Diet Pills, et al.

I'd like to meet:

Other yo-yo's and non-lame people.

Music:

My taste is diverse, and I'm not just saying that. I like damn near everything (and in many different languages) from Hip Hop to Country to Techno. Some particulars are: Ladytron, Gnarles Barkley, Shakira (English and Spanish), Sean Paul, John Mayer, The Meek, Brad Paisley, Julieta Venegas, Toni Braxton, Bebel Gilberto, Indigo Girls, Beyonce, Mariah Carey, Miriam Makeba, Dolly Parton, Jack Johnson, Madonna, Christina Aguilera, Laura Pausini, U2, Justin Timberlake, R.E.M., A-Mei, Juanes, Bebe, Gwen Stefani, Dixie Chicks, Thalia AND Paulina (I'm not a hater), Lil Kim, James Blunt, Teresa Teng, India Arie, Missy Elliot, Rihanna, Weezer, Judy Small, Suzanne Vega, Tracy Chapman, Gretchen Wilson, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Prima, The Killers, Neil Diamond, Johnny Cash, Janice Ian, Don McLean, John Denver, Patty Loveless, Outkast, Jem (both the current artist AND the cartoon), Jewel, Coldplay, Eminem, Snoop, Leanne Womak, Tupac, Avril Levign, Sarah McLaughlin, Monifah, Kelis, Gorillaz, Depeche Mode, Basement Jaxx, Matchbox 20, Minna, Celia Cruz, Linda Ronstadt, Chemical Brothers, Kim English, Sweet Pussy Pauline, Kelly Clarkson, Red Hot Chili Pepers, Jill Scott, Amber, Cher, The Carpenters.

Movies:

Clue, Life Aquatic, Lost in Translation, When Harry Met Sally, Kill Bill, Fairwell My Concubine, Talk to Her, Waiting for Guffman, Clueless, Spirited Away, View from the Top, Spellbound, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Trick, Small Time Crooks, All of Me, Goonies, Throw Mama from the Train, Overbaord, Banger Sisters, Amores Perros, Uncle Buck, Smoke Signals, Big Eden, Friday, Birdcage, Best in Show, Noises Off, Wild Cats, Pelican Brief, Philidelphia, Okoge, My Best Friends Wedding, Celluloid Closet, The Wedding Banquet, Muriel's Wedding, All About Eve, History of the World Volume 1, The Opposite of Sex, 200 Cigarettes, Raise the Red Lantern, Harrold and Kumar go to Whitecastle, Todo Sobre mi Madre, Cinema Paradiso, Malena, Baraka, Torch Song Trilogy, Maria Llena de Gracia, Fresas y Chocolate, Mame (both Rosslyn Russell AND Luceille Ball's versions).

Television:

GOLDEN GIRLS, Ugly Betty, Amazing Race, Mama's Family (the later stuff, with Bubba and Iola), The Nanny (don't say anything....I know), Designig Women (can you tell I watch a lot of Lifetime?), Laverne and Shirley (now on Lifetime), Family Guy, American Dad, Will and Grace, Project Runway, Globe Trekker, BBC World, national news.

Books:

Born to Kvetch, Red China Blues, Memoirs of a Geisha, Like Water for Chocolate, Green Grass Running Water, Rain of Gold, You're Too Kind (A Brief History of Flattery), Their Eyes Were Watching God, The Fran Lebowitz Reader, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Bless Me Ultima, Joy Luck Club, Maurice, Word on the Street, The Power of Babel, Naked, Interpretor of Maladies, Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, Atlas of the World's Languages, The Lovely Bones, Les Miserable, Ethan Frome.

Heroes:

My Mom, My Grandma