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Emily

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

I am a development assistant and event coordinator at an organization in Seattle. I use myspace to blog about my daily life and events around town.http://blog.myspace.com/emily_oneilI would love to know if you have a blog or any music recommendations. Leave me a message if you would like to meetup for drinks (bubble tea, coffee, martinis).

My Interests

cooking | eating with friends - I love mixing food with conversation! | attending and organizing events | art - design | mopeds | coffee | fences - oh the borders we create! | graffiti | reading - on the bus, with tea, before going to bed, or on a lazy Sunday | photography | food markets | public transportation | learning and retaining information | LGBTA rights | doing those little things that cheer people up | debate w/o hate | tango | french

I'd like to meet:

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Music:

recommendations?

Movies:

In the Mood for Love | Amelie | Coffee and Cigarettes | Gattica | Casablanca

Television:

though I haven't had television in 4 yrs | Project Runway | Star Trek: Original | mid 90's Real World | Great Chefs of the World | Mystery!

Books:

David Sedaris | On the Road Again | Old Man and the Sea | Reading Lolita in Tehran | Cunt | Chronicles of Narnia | Pride and Prejudice | recommendations?

Heroes:

people who travel - live abroad - understanding - debate w/o hate - think about what they can do to improve the lives of others - listen and learn

My Blog

Paris, Je taime

Watched Paris, Je t’aime last night. It’s 18 short films set in 18 of the 20 arrondissements of Paris. The shorts representing the XIe and XVe arrondissements were not included which mak...
Posted by Emily on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 01:15:00 PST

Tosca

The Saturday before the Academy Awards, I went and saw Tosca with my mom, aunt, uncle, and cousin. They have season tickets and I join them for the occasional opera.I love Puccini though my aunt decl...
Posted by Emily on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:03:00 PST

returned

Was in Chicago and ate a Chicago style hotdog. I have such a weakness of hotdogs - hotdogs with onion and sauerkraut, hotdogs with chili and onions, hotdogs with grilled peppers and onions...Every tr...
Posted by Emily on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:56:00 PST

shop til you drop

Currently in NYC relaxing, eating good food, and shopping. I hope to spend a day wandering around the Met, another day wandering around the city, and yet another day sitting in a cafe reading while w...
Posted by Emily on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:32:00 PST

my vote does not count

I have avoided the facade speeches and shifting through the pre-written lies. My plan was to educate myself with the most up-to-date data of what the presidential candidates supposedly stand for hour...
Posted by Emily on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 12:01:00 PST

Robert Crumb and Yiddish Lit

Went to the Robert Crumb exhibit at the Frye. I had forgotten how much of a pervert he was - the aggressive / submissive male sexuality. I do remember Fritz the Cat and the political social changes ...
Posted by Emily on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:31:00 PST

forcing myself to blog

My will to blog has been leaving me. It’s just so time consuming though I feel like it’s good to write and reflect - so I’m forcing myself to blog.I met up with a friend from San Fra...
Posted by Emily on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:08:00 PST

Persepolis

I read Reading Lolita in Tehran which was an amazing book about Iran. I am excited for Persepolis to come to Seattle! It seems to have a similiar theme as the book of how the metamorphosis of Iran h...
Posted by Emily on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:18:00 PST

sick

I still have a runny nose, slight fever, and low energy. I hate having low energy - the low energy part of me wants to just relax in bed and the other part of me wants to go out and socialize.I feel ...
Posted by Emily on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:48:00 PST

4th of July

Flew into Boston for the 4th of July. Boston has A LOT of brick buildings and even has bricks in the streets. It also has a lot of history  the Boston Massacre, Boston tea party, midnight ride of Pa...
Posted by Emily on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:49:00 PST