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Celeste

I believe in magic. I believe in love.

About Me


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First and foremost, I can say that I have searched the world over, and have finally found the most wonderful and amazing man that I have ever met, Mr. Andy Bishop. (I met him through work, not through some creepy online thing). He lives in England now, (and yes folks, he does have an accent) but he is making plans to move here very soon...or I should say, we are making plans! We are absolutely ecstatic.
What is there to say...I take great pleasure in simple things. I prefer a good cup of coffee coupled with a warm conversation to almost anything. I feel very lucky - I have an amazing son, Jaden, a daily reminder of how wonderful life and family can be. I have a great family - yeah, they're a little neurotic, and disfunctional, but it works. I couldn't be who I am today without them. I can count my true friends on one hand - and that is enough for me. It's been so amazing to grow with them, as we all begin our lives, and accomplish our goals, and reach new milestones. I can still remember being just kids - sometimes I still feel like one! I have a job that I am loving, and very thankful to have. I am learning new things daily, and I am met with amazing opportunities. I still don't know what I will be doing in ten or fifteen years... I want to go back to school to study public affairs and Latin American studies. I would love to work in the public sector for the government or for a multilateral institution in an economic or social policy capacity. I am insatiably interested in other cultures - especially Latin America - and learning new languages, and meeting new people. I think it could do us all some good to learn something every day about someone else - more people would realize that they are not as different as they think. That is my dream, but my roots are in Austin, and it will be some time before I will ever be able to leave it. I am fine with that. I could not ask for more gifts than I have right now. I am happy with who I am, with who I am becoming. I am content with not knowing what exactly the future holds for me. I suspect it's already been planned out anyhow, and I just have to live as truly and as purely as I can, and it will all come to fruition.
One more thing: I have finally remembered what it means not to settle. Not for mediocrity, not in life. It has reopened my eyes to so many possibilities, and imminent certainties.

My Interests

He is my favorite...and he's good at the self-portraits too!

My job is cool. Leprechauns.

Anything latinoamericano, especialmente brasileiro. Movies with subtitles. Capoeira Angola and musica forró. Ridding my house of white walls. I like eating. A lot.

I'd like to meet:

Fidel Castro (much to the dismay of Joachim de Posada). Bob Dylan (missed my chance in 2007). Ettore Petrolini. Ghandi. Mother Theresa. MLK. John Lennon. Ali G/Borat/Bruno. Willie Nelson. Barack Obama. The Princess of Canada (oh wait! I know her!)

My son in fifteen years. My son in twenty years. Myself in twenty years (wow, I'll be OLD.)

MySpace Exclusive: It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia

For all of you who make fun of my Elephant, I have one question for you: Can you do this in your car? Ha! I didn't think so.

Music:

whatever's good. I'm all over the place when it comes to music...It's about breadth, not depth, for me.

Movies:

I watch too many movies to really annotate... but a a few are: Cidade de Deus, Motorcycle Diaries, Love Actually, The Notebook, Pride and Prejudice (both), anything with Johnny Depp. I know, I'm a loser, baby. loooove Harry Potter. :-)

Television:

I think I have kicked the television habit - thank goodness. I do like me some Grey's Anatomy though. Oh, and when football season comes around, it's a different story. Do sports count as television??? College football, select pro football teams, world cup soccer (a must) and some European league stuff. I don't like baseball all that much, but I like to catch the series games, especially college ball. Of course, some sports are better played than watched, like golf. Be careful, I might break my 9-iron over your head!

Books:

Freakonomics - I recommend to everyone. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah...it is such a gripping and revealing testament to probably the worst atrocity our generation will ever witness. Cold Mountain, The Great Gatsby, The Sun Also Rises, Pride & Prejudice I've read a gazillion times, and now Emma, and Jane Eyre are some of my favorites. I like to read WHO and ECLAC reports, and anything published by the World Bank or the IADB. I'm going to say that I read Economist magazine, but i really don't often enough (although I should, as should everyone else!)

Heroes:

Martin Luther King. Ghandi. Mother Theresa. And then there's the people I actually have had the pleasure of knowing, like my son, who is so smart and pure and innocent - I have learned so much about life and about love and about myself from being his mother. :)

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My Blog

The sun is shining somewhere in Texas...

I am about to turn 27.  Let me say that one more time - I am about to turn 27.  It hasn't quite sunk in yet.  It is not really a big deal...I just am becoming acutely aware that I am so...
Posted by Celeste on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 05:59:00 PST

La Isla del Encanto

So, I have discovered yet another place where I would one day like to own some sort of vacation home.  Only, this place is much more realistic.  San Juan, Puerto Rico, "La Isla del Encanto,"...
Posted by Celeste on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 07:14:00 PST

Chicago Blues and...the White Sox?

A couple of sentiments about Chicago:  what the hell is wrong with the cab drivers in this city?  I seriously feared for my life on more than one occasion.  Road Rage 101 must be a prer...
Posted by Celeste on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:49:00 PST

Bienvenida a Miami!

So, I am currently sitting in an airport bar waiting for my delayed flight to begin boarding.  There is not a plane yet outside the window at my terminal, so I am guessing we will not be moving f...
Posted by Celeste on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 07:53:00 PST

Roma

Ahhh, Roma.  Words cannot express all of the romantic notions inspired in me by this enchanting city. I am sitting in a Bohemian café called Libreria.  I have a smooth glass of red wine at ...
Posted by Celeste on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 02:06:00 PST

Starbucks

So...last summer I pretty much ruined the iced white mocha from Starbucks, i.e. I drank so many of them that I will now become physically ill if I attempt them again (much like tequila.)  I ...
Posted by Celeste on Wed, 30 May 2007 03:30:00 PST

San Francisco (I am skipping right over St. Louis)

So I must preface this with why I am skipping right over St. Louis.  St. Louis is a shithole, and that's all there is to it.  Maybe it was just the conference, or the bad weather, or the fac...
Posted by Celeste on Thu, 10 May 2007 10:39:00 PST

Barcelona

Barcelona  the most beautiful city I've seen in my life.  Where the locals speak Catalán, but will also lower themselves to respond to my attempts at Castillian Spanish.  A city where merel...
Posted by Celeste on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 05:34:00 PST

Colorado

Another Monday finds me back in the throes of work, the daily grind, and the realization that vacation is over.  Okay, so it's Tuesday.  And I'm at home.  But I had to go into the offic...
Posted by Celeste on Tue, 11 Jul 2006 07:58:00 PST

Like what you are hearing?

Check it out:  DJ Grey's Funky Grey Mix http://www.mixupload.com/index.php?act=mlite&CODE=playso ng&s_id=4474...
Posted by Celeste on Wed, 11 Jan 2006 01:03:00 PST