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Salmanila

You drive like a flying machine

About Me

no more summer school!! one more month of summer left .. so much more to do, especially now that i'm only minutes from downtown and wherever else the bus can take me. hehe.

i miss home-cooked meals. i want adobo!

The dawn is breaking
A light shining through
You're barely waking
And I'm tangled up in you
Howie Day - Collide

Favorite Quotes
me: guys and their porn ..
guy: it's like chicken....it's good stuff

"We're drinking a standard morning breakfast." - andrea
"Spanish isn’t facil. It’s like the opposite … hardo." - Richie Hegarty
"Maybe if you took your clothes off I'd remember your name" - Bob
"Back away from my beer, bitch!" (some drunk lady at the bar)

My Interests

snowboarding, photography, food, organic chemistry labs, happy hour(s), traveling, music, movies, tv, hanging out, playing pool, backyard BBQs, Mariners games, just chillin

I'd like to meet:

my soul mate ... he's out there somewhere. preferably tall, dark and handsome. guys with blue eyes are pretty cute too.

Music:

whatever's on my iPod
Athlete
Augustana
Common
Dave Matthews Band
Death Cab for Cutie
Fall Out Boy
Ferry Corsten
The Fray
Goo Goo Dolls
Howie Day
Jimmy Eat World
John Legend
John Mayer
Justin Timberlake
Kanye West
Keane
The Killers
Linkin Park
Maroon 5
Matchbox Twenty
The Postal Service
Relient K
Snow Patrol
Something Corporate
Travis

Movies:

CHICK FLICKS!!! A Beautiful Mind, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, About A Boy, Mystic River, The Shawshank Redemption, The Transporter, Italian Job, Mr & Mrs Smith

Television:

Grey's Anatomy
House
Law & Order: SVU
Lost
Monk
Prison Break

Books:

Dispatches from the Edge, Harry Potter, Mystic River, The Rule of Four, The Great Gatsby, Brave New World, A Kiss Before Dying, 1984, and anything by Dan Brown, James Patterson, Nicholas Sparks & Michael Crichton

My Blog

rainy weekend

very typical fall weather in Seattle .. perfect for staying inside and doing homework all weekend. or not. Friday night: had some drinks after work. been a while since i've been to that particular bar...
Posted by Salmanila on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:55:00 PST

first day of school

the first day of school is over. got up at 7 to eat breakfast, get ready and take the bus. my first class started at 830 and i was back at the apartment by 1145. Class size ranges from 60 to 325. I wa...
Posted by Salmanila on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:56:00 PST

lazy weekend

it's been a lazy weekend. nothing too exciting happened. i went down to Federal Way last night for my uncle's bday, and earlier in the afternoon i bought a new tv. 32" widescreen hdtv ... aaah. i love...
Posted by Salmanila on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:23:00 PST

re-assignment

It always seems that changes are made at work when you come back from vacation. I went into the office yesterday and pulled out the usual paperwork from the drawer and started highlighting papers and ...
Posted by Salmanila on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:40:00 PST

impulse

went to Target at Northgate yesterday in search of an iron. all their stuff was gone, so i went over to Best Buy instead. i bought the iron, and a new slim silver Playstation2 and Tekken 5. at least n...
Posted by Salmanila on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 11:23:00 PST

hm ..

had to get up early to take the bus back down to FW today and picked up my car .. finally. stopped by my house to get some random stuff (snowboard, sheets, stash of coins) and wash my car. i've been m...
Posted by Salmanila on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:41:00 PST

Fall Quarter

i've finalized my class schedule for Fall Quarter. it looks a little something like this:Visual Schedule - Autumn 2007 ..>Prepared for:Maria Solmiano ..> ..>    Mo...
Posted by Salmanila on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 08:45:00 PST

ugh i’m full

such a nice weekend!!! weather has been great. last night i made spaghetti - delicious. had a free pass to AMC and watched Balls of Fury .. freakin hilarious! you have to go watch it. went back home a...
Posted by Salmanila on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 05:28:00 PST

3-day weekend is over

*sigh* it's been a fun and pretty chill weekend .. don't want to go back to work. for the most part, i spent all weekend hanging out with my friends Alcohol and Mexican food. yep yep. on sunday, i was...
Posted by Salmanila on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 10:05:00 PST

sounds of the city

after living in a quiet neighborhood for so long, i'm still getting used to city noise that i hear coming through my window - cars driving, people talking, sirens wailing .. etc. i sleep with my windo...
Posted by Salmanila on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:23:00 PST