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vera

TENGO CORAZON, TENGO DIOS, TENGO VIDA

About Me

ME= LOOKING IN THE MIRROR TO SEE ME AND THEN THINKING, THAT IS ME; THEN LOOKING IN MY CLOSET AND PICKING OUT AN OUTFIT THAT BEST SUITS ME; GOING TO WORK WHERE PEOPLE KNOW ME. MY THEORY ON ME IS THAT SINCE I LIVE IN ME, OTHER PEOPLE'S ME ARE FAR MORE INTERESTING.

My Interests

Travel, lectures, public access, medicine, anthropology, culture, art, photography, making documentaries, riding around on city streets on my bike, London, India, New York, Miami, impulsive decisions, meeting new people, fashion, galleries, grave yards, camping, sleepovers, friends, books

I'd like to meet:

GOD

Music:

Prince, Stevie Wonder, The Rolling Stones, Nico, Verve, Sigur Ros, Kraftwerk, Billie Holiday, Soul music, Oldies, Aphex Twin, Liz Phair, Etta James, Velvet Underground, Bjork, Etta James, Ella Fitzgerald, Squarepusher, Stereolab, Blond Redhead, Beck, Trans Am, Adult, Cat Power, Au Revior Simone

Movies:

Babel, Iraq in Fragments, Manhattan,City of God, Central Station, Workman's Deat, Danzon, Lost In Translation, Born into Brothels, Fog of War, Farenheight 9-11, Hotel Rwanda, JFK, Monsouir Ibrahim, Rushmore, Short Cuts, Nashville, Ameile, Back to the Future, The Last Emperor, Roger and Me, Annie Hall, Citizen Kane, Saalam Bombay!

Books:

Moutains Beyond Mountains, The Last Jew, Gigs, The Alchemist, Peoples History of the United States, Meeting Jesus for the First Time, Peutarch's Lives, The Tipping Point, The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari, Da Vinci Code

Heroes:

The peoJared Diamond, Vets, the abused and tourtured, Michael Moore, Ward Churchill, Martin Luthur King, Malcolm X, Jesus, Ghandi, minimum wage workers, single mothers, doctors, and people who have survived genocide

My Blog

Life is Too Short to be Vain

Nothing makes you think about life more than 1) Going to war2) Having a friend who is dying of a deadly disease.Ok, I am not going to war, but I do have ..2. And she is beautiful, but she said vanity ...
Posted by vera on Fri, 21 Apr 2006 07:14:00 PST

At Harvard and out of work

Ah, times of no work means sitting in the little coffee shop on Harvard's campus "Rojo Gato" with my laptop and to my surprise being able to go online! Praise the Lord! I dread getting another soul su...
Posted by vera on Tue, 28 Feb 2006 09:11:00 PST

live fast die old

I don't know what is harder.....working for " the man" or working for yourself. College...I wish there was a course called "what the hell are you going to do to make money after college 101" instead ...
Posted by vera on Fri, 10 Feb 2006 01:38:00 PST

NYC

AH glorious NYC, fabulous NYC, I was an avid reader before my 5 day sojourn...FORGET IT...THERE is way too much to look at--who wants to be burried in a book? Especially in Williamsburg! Astoria is nu...
Posted by vera on Thu, 09 Feb 2006 07:28:00 PST

Traveling to El Salvador in Sunset Park, Brooklyn

If there was a Zagat guide for authenticity then the El Salvadorian restaurant I went to today in Brooklyn on 20th and 5th Ave would get 5 stars. Go Brooklyn!Brooklyn reminds me of Cambridge, MA but 1...
Posted by vera on Sat, 04 Feb 2006 05:21:00 PST

North End, Boston

The North End in Boston is kinda like what Little Italy used to be in New York City (before tourist inflitration and the Chinatown monopoly). Sitting in a cafe, you can still see those "Mobby" looking...
Posted by vera on Thu, 02 Feb 2006 01:00:00 PST

first blog

Temping is good for the soul, I think--especially if you are freelancer. I feel a little like someone who is dressing up in costume and playing a role. Right now I am temping at a place in the "fianci...
Posted by vera on Wed, 01 Feb 2006 06:22:00 PST