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Valeri

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

I'm intellectual, but silly. I'm honest, but not tactless. I'm sensible, but spontaneous. I'm levelheaded, but not boring. I'm cool, but don't try to be. I'm an endless human database of film quotes and movie star stats. Ask me anything, but don't ask me to remember anything really important...This profile was edited with MySpace Help - Profile Creator and Editor MySpace Profile Help!

My Interests

camping, fly-fishing, listening to live music, hiking, swimming, horseback riding, weight training, skiing, traveling, karaoke, drinking beer & kickin' ass

I'd like to meet:

If you have a passion for talking about films, music, politics, religion, or philosophy without being too opinionated or judgmental, I can talk too you all day. If you like taking long hikes on a beautiful day, I'm your girl! Otherwise, I just like people who drink beer...

Music:

Radiohead, The Doves, My Morning Jacket, Ween, Beatles, Portishead, Thievery Corporation, The Shins, Modest Mouse, Willie Nelson, YEAH YEAH YEAHS, The New Pornographers, The Dears, Franz Ferdinand, Sufjan Stevens, Arcade Fire, Spoon, ELO, Billie Holiday, Dave Brubeck Quartet,

Movies:

A Clockwork Orange (or almost any Kurbrick film), The Graduate; The Big Lebowski; O Brother Where Art Thou?; Saving Grace; Sexy Beast; Slacker; Amelie; City of Lost Children; Kill Bill Vol 1 & 2; Lost in Translation; Garden State; Love Actually; Motorcycle Diaries; Batman Begins

Television:

Arrested Development; Flight of the Conchords; Lost; Coupling (BBC version); The Office (BBC and NBC); The West Wing; Curb Your Enthusiasm; The Daily Show; The Colbert Report

Books:

Confederacy of Dunces; Catcher in the Rye; Me Talk Pretty One Day; The Kite Runner; A Wrinkle in Time; The Chronicles of Narnia; How to be Good; Middlesex

Heroes:

My mom, Queen Elizabeth I (the Shakespeare one), Peter Jennings, Bono, Nelson Mandela, Jimmy Carter, Dhali Llama, Cohen Brothers, and Colby my cat.

My Blog

Functional Family Day

Last weekend, my friend Mark and I decided to go to Krause Springs.  If you don't know where that is, I'm not going to tell you.  It was a damn good secret for a long time and recently,...
Posted by Valeri on Fri, 19 May 2006 03:48:00 PST

Next time sit closer to the restroom....

Man: You could turn people to stone with your eyes.Girl: Dude, there are lots of other people on this train, go hit on someone else.Man: I know, but you're the closest and I don't want to move because...
Posted by Valeri on Mon, 03 Apr 2006 03:20:00 PST

Overheard in NYC 2/23

Hipster girl: I still don't understand why they say "word."Hipster guy: Well, I think it's because they don't know what word to use. Like, they get so excited they can't say anything else.Hipster girl...
Posted by Valeri on Thu, 23 Feb 2006 09:05:00 PST

Overheard in NYC 2/17

Dude #1: I didn't brush my tongue this morning.Dude #2: Yeah, I didn't have a cigarette.Dude #1: No, I saw a sign that said, "Have you brushed your tongue today?"Dude #3: No, you just have to go to th...
Posted by Valeri on Fri, 17 Feb 2006 09:24:00 PST

My Warrior Battle Cry....

Stalking along the mountains, swinging a vorpal blade, cometh Valeri! And she gives a cruel grunt: "Brace yourself, oh human speck of dust! I desecrate faster than the super-flu!!!"...
Posted by Valeri on Thu, 09 Feb 2006 12:40:00 PST

Gotta love Mom!

My mother is out of town visiting my Aunt June who's had a pretty rough year.  Whenever they get together, they get really silly and they start to f*ck with their kids.  That being said, I s...
Posted by Valeri on Wed, 08 Feb 2006 02:23:00 PST

The curse of the cancer stick....

Since the smoking ban passed here in Austin, the bars smell nicer, our eyes stopped burning, and the Febreez can now be saved for the pet odors on the couch.  The smoking has a down side for tho...
Posted by Valeri on Tue, 07 Feb 2006 03:56:00 PST

Do you know the way to Santa Fe?

Okay, so I spent about 4 days at this beautful home in Santa Fe, NM last week with about 12 of my friends.  The house was owned by the father of my friend, JW. His father was in Hawaii, so t...
Posted by Valeri on Fri, 20 Jan 2006 08:46:00 PST

WOO-HOO!!

The UT football team are now what we've always knew they'd be.....NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!!! HOOK 'EM HORNS!  It's a beautiful thing...(sniff)
Posted by Valeri on Thu, 05 Jan 2006 11:23:00 PST

I give up...

Can anyone tell me why "Arrested Development" is being cancelled, yet we get an all new season of "Dancing with the Stars"??? I mean, haven't most of us already seen George Hamilton dance in "Love at ...
Posted by Valeri on Tue, 03 Jan 2006 02:27:00 PST