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Ellen

Stop the world....I wanna get on!!

About Me


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Hey guys I'm a 23 year old New Yorker living, working and studying in Beijing, China doing the "ESL" thing. I'm a college grad with a B.A. and half an M.A. in Asian studies with aspirations of an eventual Ph.D. Hopefully being here in China will help that along. Very open-minded with a lot of interests such as theater, reading, religion, philosophy, manga, circus peanuts and piano bars.

My family and friends are big, loud and the most important thing in my life. I also LOVE to travel. So far I have been to Canada, Dominican Republic, France, Italy, Japan and China. I'm looking forward to traveling more around China and the rest of Asian in the near future. Languages include un poco Italiano and conversational Mandarin Chinese.


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My Interests

theater, religion, art, history, music, movies, meeting new people

I'd like to meet:

People with goals, intelligence and a sense of humor. (Very realistic goal for myspace, huh?) I would love to reconnect with old freinds and other travelers. If anyone is going to be in China, hit me up with an email. Or anyone if you'd like to say hi.

Music:

I have pretty open tastes in music. My mp3's go from Outkast to Queen, to Beatles to Ella and Jamie Cullum, Michael Buble back to Something Corporate and Bare Naked Ladies, The Decemberists, We Are Scientists, and whatever else Nikks tells me to listen to. Of course I have to have my generous sprinkling of Italain and French arias and sugar coated Asian pop music (Jay Chou, JJLin, S.H.E, Wang Lee Hom, Utada Hikaru, BOA) .

Movies:

Favorites include: Froest Gump, Say Anything, Ever After, Breakfast Club, Benny and Joon, When Harry Met Sally, Hero, and anything by Tray Parker and Mat Stone..... and several others in many languages.

Television:

I have to admit....I do watch Sex and the City, but I also LOVE Family Guy and the Daily Show....and the History Chanel

Books:

"Of Mice and Men" is my favorite book. Other than that my shelf is lined with history books and cultural studies and the occasional novel. At the moment I am catching up on my fiction. Currently reading Edith Pearlman, Dai SiJie, Chuck Palahniuk and Miri Yu.

Heroes:

My mother for sure. There isn't enough time in the world to describe just how strong, intelligent and caring a woman she is. I only hope that I can grow up to be half the woman that she is.

oh yea....and these guys...

My Blog

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Recently went to visit Sarah in Maine. This city girl went to the country, well New England anyway. Here are some highlights. ...
Posted by Ellen on Tue, 30 May 2006 07:28:00 PST