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neenja26

Sparkle Motion

About Me

I just graduated from ASU. Woo! I was born in Korea and raised in a northwest suburb of Chicago for 18 years. (don't expect me to speak or know any korean. japanese on the other hand) Though it sounds cliche, I LOVE movies and music. (No, I don't think you understand the extent of me loving those two things.) Oh yeah, I'm a 6'0'' asian woman.
Pet Peeves
Saying "Illinois" with an "s" at the end
Saying the word "anyway" with an "s" at the end so that it's "anyways"
Finger prints on photos
I also love trying new things and doing the unexpected. I've: licked an ant's butt--more than once. eaten raw sea urchin. eaten raw cow tongue. eaten shark fin. swam with sharks and dolphins. fed sting rays. fed and ridden on an elephant (one of my favorites!). traveled to at least 16 countries--some more than once (two continents, Antarctica and Africa, remain unexplored by me). yes, i know--i'm really weird.
things i haven't done but would like to: sky dive (did this in Australia summer '06), surf. horseback riding (santiago took me for my birthday '06). ski (water/snow).

My Interests

MOVIES. MUSIC. making out. photography. art. drawing/sketching. reading for pleasure. playing piano. traveling. playing/watching basketball. dunking baskets (wishful thinking). dunking oreos in milk. eating good food. crispy bacon. chocolate covered strawberries. pickles. sushi. tonkatsu. i love the galapagos islands. scuba diving. white water rafting. snorkelling. belly dancing. tango. analyzing. spontaneity.

I'd like to meet:

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Music:

Stupid myspace Tom. Deleted my music and movies section. Here's an attempt to create it again.
a-ar, THE ARCADE FIRE, modest mouse, death cab for cutie, postal service, ben kweller, bloc party, snow patrol, the shins, franz ferdinand, coldplay, radiohead, the verve, abandoned pools, muse, neutral milk hotel, the beatles, bright eyes, godspeed you! black emperor, foo fighters, weezer, *soundtracks*, pink floyd, sigur ros, eisley, soco, basementghost, cat power, phantom planet, sublime, the walkmen, the faint, story of the year, the decemberists, clap your hands say yeah, wolf parade, yellowcard, stereophonics, the secret machines, xiu xiu, polysics, rilo kiley, fall out boy, jimmy eat world, danny elfman, beastie boys, my chemical romance, unwritten law, incubus, frank sinatra, blink 182

Movies:

donnie darko, requiem for a dream, pi, memento, amelie, garden state, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, napoleon dynamite, office space, pulp fiction, kill bill, last samurai, billy madison, happy gilmore, the shining, princess mononoke, spirited away, totoro, lotr, boondock saints, austin powers, oceans 11, what dreams may come, moulin rouge, city of god, constant gardener, goonies, edward scissorhands, sandlot, can't hardly wait, 10 things i hate about you, spaceballs, young frankenstein, (pretty much anything Mel Brooks), labyrinth, who framed roger rabbit, pleasantville, jurassic park, sweet november, sleepy hollow (almost everything done by tim burton), romeo + juliet, land before time, the cell, robin hood: prince of thieves, terminator 2

Television:

Family Guy, ATHF, Scrubs, Real World, adult swim, Mr. Bean, Rocko's Modern Life, (old school) Doug, old school Nickelodeon shows, 3rd Rock From the Sun

Books:

The Giver, Stephen King books, The Beach, The Damage Done, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Five People You Meet in Heaven

Heroes:

My parents

My Blog

The Arcade Fire show

*This was originally posted Dec. 7th 2004. I had to edit a few words out. Oh my god. I can't describe in words how amazing this band was live. I mean, their album to begin with is awesome, but wow. Th...
Posted by neenja26 on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Australia/Fiji and Austria/Holland '06 Summer Study Abroad

Have I expressed my love for traveling? It's been with me since...well....before I was even a year old. I was adopted from Seoul, Korea (that's right, I got soul!) and flown to O'Hare airport. Ever si...
Posted by neenja26 on Tue, 16 May 2006 04:52:00 PST

Intonation/Lollapalooza '05

Intonation Music Festival: Head of Femur was good. I also enjoyed AC Newman, Magnolia Electric Company, Broken Social Scene, and whatever I caught of Tortoise. I know I definitely wasnt a fan of The ...
Posted by neenja26 on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

coachella '05

So...I can't believe I didn't post this sooner. Probably because I'm still on a music high from that weekend in California. I still can't believe I went. Me and my buddies had an awesome, awesome time...
Posted by neenja26 on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

the arcade fire part deux

OK. The show in Tucson was nothing short of....AMAZING. We had a little troubles getting there with the damned road construction and five workers who could have been the equivalence to cardboard cutou...
Posted by neenja26 on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

My recent trip to Thailand and Japan

Where to begin? Originally, it was planned to arrive in Phuket first instead of Bangkok. We would have arrived the day the tsunami hit, but we booked a hotel in Bangkok for a couple days in the beginn...
Posted by neenja26 on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Myspace...

I can't believe I joined this. Ah well. For people who are still in college or still have a college e-mail address or somehow know a loop hole, thefacebook is pretty neat. I don't think I'll be updati...
Posted by neenja26 on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST