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Carolyn

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

Random facts:
I love airports
I have my dad's temper
I claim to be a vegetarian but will randomly order a steak
I shower religiously
I read too much
I take life too seriously
I rant constantly
I boycott anything I don't agree with
I'm addicted to cigarettes, books and the internet
I spill my drinks (considered yourself warned)
I'll complain about my feet hurting but insist on wearing heels
I'm not scared of anything
I scream during horror films
I snore
I detest sunlight
I'm an insomniac
I'm a trivia junkie
I refer to myself as "we"
I have no idea who Godot is
I don't pretend to understand quantum physics
I may occasionally & unintentionally take things which don't belong to me
I still haven't learned how to use chopsticks properly
Contrary to popular belief, I am not:
A globetrotter
A man-eater
An alcoholic
Insane
Just misunderstood... right?Favorite Words:damsel metamorphosis distant chaos epiphany melancholic random grok crisis coincidence coagulate intrigued obscure catharsis disobedience roam fabulous madness philosophy jovial mischievous solemn angelic captivating philanthropicFavorite Quotes:Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice. - Gabriel Garcia MarquezThere's always the chance though, that he won't make it out of that room without walls. - Brian P.I planted the word "if" and it sprouted the words "Oh, I wish!" - unknownI hate that my family misses me. My mom told me at this fair in downtown Rio my dad saw the stand for Poland and almost started crying. Then my little brother posts a picture of me on his profile and adds "Poland... what the fuck?" And now I get a note from my 12 year old sister telling me she hopes I get fired and come back home. I love them.

My Interests

books
travelling anywhere
restaurants
bar-hopping
conversations

I'd like to meet:

The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue center light pop and everybody goes "AWWW!" - Jack Kerouac

Music:

David Bowie
Amy Steinberg
Pink Floyd
System of a Down
Simon & Garfunkel
Queen
Moby
Garbage
Mad World - Gary Jules
Carolina - Seu Jorge
Iris - Goo Goo Dolls
Blower's Daughter - Damien Rice
Rhapsody in Blue - Gershwin
Paint it Black - Rolling Stones
Yellow - Coldplay
Across the Universe - Fiona Apple
Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve

Movies:

Adaptation
A Home at the End of the World
Harold & Maude
Cocaine Cowboys
Raw Deal: A Question of Consent
Raising Victor Vargas
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)
City of Angels
Rent
Closer
Phantom of the Opera
Cidade de Deus
Donnie Darko
Godfather I, II, & III
Fifth Element
The Beach
Kill Bill I & II
Billy Elliot
Dead Poets Society
The Sound of Music
American History X
Igby Goes Down
Lost in Translation
V for Vendetta
Harold & Maude

Television:

Just torch it already. You know you want to... satisfy the subconscious pyromaniac urges you know are lurking beneath your skin.. Good, now go live a real life.

Books:

By author:
Rand, Marquez, Keroauc, Robert Penn Warren, Hemmingway, Huxley, Dostoevsky, Thoreau, Kesey, Tolkien, Kipling, Clavell, Beckett, Faulkner, Murakami, Somerset Maugham, Heinlein, Camus, Michel de Montaigne, Saramago, Bukowski, Philip Roth, Malcolm Gladwell, Salman Rushdie, BorgesBy book:Moth Smoke, American Psycho, Guns Germs & Steel, Equus, The Globalization Reader, Lord of the Flies, Another Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, Women Who Run with Wolves, Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!, Barbarians at the Gate, Requiem for a Dream, Counterculture Through the Ages, The Tao of Physics, The Elegant Universe, Wuthering Heights

Heroes:

Samuel Beckett, Dagny Taggart, Thoreau, Remedios the Beauty, Howard Zinn, Jack Keroauc, Salvador Dali, Stewie Griffin, Aldous Huxley, Edvard Munch, Jorge Luis Borges, Simon Cowell, Marc Chagall, Jubal Harshaw, my dad (of course!!)