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Water Baby

Be kinder than necessary - everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle

About Me

I love anything that involves water - Scuba diving, swimming, wake boarding, surfing, skiing, snorkeling, islands, tubing, water slides, waves lapping, boating, storms, sailing, waterfalls, and rain.I am working on a double major in International Studies and Anthropology. I have completed my international experience requirement, but I still have a sabbatical soming up in the next couple months. I am thinking about going to Costa Rica, but I am up for suggestions.

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My Interests

Travel, philosophy, Nesta, photography, culture, soccer, volleyball, wine, cleaning, cards, camping, nakedness, dancing, hiking, spontaneous trips, bocce ball, and croquet. I love flowers, especially Plumeria, Orchids, lilies and Hibiscus.

FOOD, some of my favorite places to eat are, Market Street Grill, Mazza, Bayou, Ottavios, La Frontera, Bombay House, Baja Cantina, Royal India, and Ichiban.

I'd like to meet:



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Music:

Bob Marley, Shakira, Ben Harper, Counting Crows, Sarah McLachlan, Herbie Hanckock, Fiona Apple, Jack Johnson, Corinne Bailey Rae, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nadine Sutherland, Beanie Man, Beck, Pato Banton, The Shins, Black Eyed Peas, Violent Femmes, Yellowman, Shins, Chris Cornell, Warrior King, The Cure, Patsy Cline, Louis Armstrong, 311, Biggie, TOOL, Seu Jorge, Roger Miller, No Doubt, Elephant Man, Pete Yorn, Audioslave, Sasha, ODB, Clapton, Eve, Sean Paul, The Eagles, Erykah Badu, The eels, Regina Spektor, Chaka Demus, Keane...

I also like listening to NPR - This Amrican Life, Car Talk and Wait Wait Don't Tell Me are my favorite programs.

Movies:

Life is Beautiful, Fight Club, The Big Labowski, Amelie, Forrest Gump, Pulp Fiction, The Break-Up, The Bourne Identity & Supremecy, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Almost Famous, Snakes on a Plane, Elizabethtown, Science of Sleep, Blue Planet Series: Seas of Life, An Inconvenient Truth, Blood Diamond, Pan's Labyrinth.

Television:

The Office, Big Love, Grey's Anatomy, Reno 911, The Daily Show, Globe Trekkers

Books:

The Judas Bird, Robinson Crusoe, Around the Edge, The Tao of Pooh, Catcher in the Rye, Of Mice and Men, Decision for Disaster: Betrayal at the Bay of Pigs. Where the Sidewalk Ends. The Old Man and the SeaMostly I read Bios, History, Philosophy, and of course, text books.

Heroes:

The Dalai Lama, Bob Marley, Plato - But mostly, my Mama and my older sister Jen. They took care of my grandfather every day for months when he was not able to take care of himself. They are the most caring, loyal people I have ever known. My Mama ROCKS - always teaching new dance/yoga classes or winning trophies for swim races. She is a world traveler and I want to be just like her when I grow up! On the right - isn't she cute in her Tap costume?

January 2007

My Blog

Somewhere in middle America

I'm home - whew! It was awesome seeing my little sister & her family and seeing my parents, but I am so happy to be home!Cons:Not being able to take the new trailerShitty on-the-road foodBeing surroun...
Posted by Water Baby on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 10:00:00 PST

Wait Wait ...Don't Tell Me!

So last night I went and saw a live taping of "Wait Wait &Don't Tell Me!" the NPR news quiz. It was awesome, I think I have a crush on two of the biggest nerds ever:Mo Rocca (previous daily show corre...
Posted by Water Baby on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 02:08:00 PST

My New Pad

I spent all day yesterday cleaning out the loft. For those of you who are not familiar with it, the loft has 6 cubby spaces, a couple of them are filled with storage now, but I was able to fit my king...
Posted by Water Baby on Sun, 13 May 2007 03:26:00 PST

Stumble Upon

Hey guys Stumble Upon is a really cool website - check it out. The cool part is the tool bar, so sign up, eh?
Posted by Water Baby on Thu, 10 May 2007 05:05:00 PST

Devan Zachary...

Since a lot of you know my friend Theresa James, I thought I would post a little blog to let you all know that she had here baby boy - with NO DRUGS - not even asprin! The baby is a boy - 6 pounds 11 ...
Posted by Water Baby on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 08:43:00 PST

Officially Scared!

I am officially scared of MySpace - I know that everyone gets dumb messages from crazy people every once in a while but I got a message from this creepy guy today. Here it is:"Hello there.How are you?...
Posted by Water Baby on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 03:17:00 PST

Half Way There

So, I got a fucking 68% on my Spanish mid-term, the worst I have done on a test EVER. On top of that - for the second time this year, my computer totally crashed. I lost everything tonight. Luckily, I...
Posted by Water Baby on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 09:55:00 PST

And then there were three

For those of you who don't know, a few weeks ago we accidentally adopted 4 fish (that's another story). Anyway, they have been living in one of those tiny little starter tanks for a while now, and one...
Posted by Water Baby on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 01:44:00 PST

I'm back - and pictures are posted

I am back from Southeast Asia - I went to Bangkok, Ayutthaya, Kanchanaburi (Kwai), Pattaya, Siam Reap, and Phnom Penh. I have a ton of pictures - if you want to see more than what is on the slideshow ...
Posted by Water Baby on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 08:54:00 PST

Cambodian food ROCKS!

We spent the day at the Angkor Ruins yesterday, they were amazing! Today we spent some time at a couple of orphanages - it was an awesome experience to hang out with the children, they are ...
Posted by Water Baby on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 12:22:00 PST