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Alvina

Bring the Spring

About Me

-I like to make New Year's resolutions and lists in general -I take Pepsid AC when I drink alcohol to fend off the Asian flush -I love snow -I'm a sucker for books and movies that make me cry -I listen to NPR constantly, even during the fund drive -I'm a recovering candyholic -I have a gold tooth -I am in love with Central Park -I learned the Canadian National Anthem by watching hockey games as a kid -I have a song for everything -my jaw clicks when I eat -I don't always care about winning, but I hate losing -I am battling with my tendency to be a pack rat -I take pictures of everything

My Interests

I'm easy-going and open to trying new things. In other words, I'm pretty much interested in everything. Well, almost.

I'd like to meet:

Great children's book authors or illustrators, friends that I've lost touch with, and anyone cool and interesting.Send me a message if you'd like, but I don't approve random friend requests anymore, only add friends who I've actually met in person, and am no longer accepting friend requests from bands.

Music:

I like most music. I am a sucker for songs I can sing, and I love movie soundtracks. I love 80's music. Debbie Gibson, The Cure, New Order, Chicago, Bangles, Sundays, Madonna. Transhcan Sinatras, Radiohead, Beatles, Wilco, Coldplay, Postal Service.

Movies:

Say Anything, Footloose, Donnie Darko, Amelie, Almost Famous, When Harry Met Sally, City of Lost Children, Rushmore, Office Space, Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Working Girl

Television:

Before: Fame (not the reality show), The Transformers, Robotech, The Smurfs, Our House, The A-Team, Battlestar Gallactica, Party of Five, Felicity, The Real World. Now: Project Greenlight, Sex in the City, 30 Minute Meals, Trading Spaces, Extreme Makeover Home Edition, Law & Order, Entourage, Dexter, Grey's Anatomy, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Top Chef, Project Runway, Dexter

Books:

Zen Shorts, Year of the Dog, Olvina Flies, The Ugly Vegetables, Little Women, Blow Out the Moon, To Kill a Mockingbird, Ender's Game, The Tipping Point, The Seige, Genome, Watership Down, The Snowy Day, Jane Austen, Haruki Murakami, Blink. In general, I love children's books, and also narrative nonfiction.

My Blog

What 80s Movie are you?

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Posted by Alvina on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 08:35:00 PST

I am (I am...I am) Superman

Your results:You are SupermanSuperman 75%The Flash 65%Wonder Woman 63%Catwoman 60%Spider-Man 55%Green Lantern 55%Supergirl 53%Robin 53%Hulk 40%Iron Man 35%Batman 30%You are mild-mannered, good, strong...
Posted by Alvina on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 11:04:00 PST

visit me here...

I've made my blogger blog my main blog (say that ten times fast), so I hope you'll visit me there: www.bloomabilities.blogspot.com also, www.bluerosegirls.blogspot.com (for children's book specific po...
Posted by Alvina on Mon, 14 Aug 2006 06:24:00 PST

Support Groups

So, about once a month we get these emails at work about various "Health Promotions and Work/Life Events." These are usually things like Weight Watchers, or Podiatry screenings, etc. Today, right...
Posted by Alvina on Thu, 01 Jun 2006 08:31:00 PST

it's raining babies

I met baby Alessandra yesterday for the first time--just three weeks old, and so adorable. And then just now I found out that yet another cousin is having a baby. So I was inspired to make a list of ...
Posted by Alvina on Tue, 30 May 2006 11:16:00 PST

Blood

It's been a long time since I've posted anywhere, so I thought I'd just jot down a quick entry. I tried to give blood today. I don't really like giving blood, but I guess it's "my thing." My one good...
Posted by Alvina on Wed, 29 Mar 2006 09:10:00 PST

arghh!!!!

Okay, found my battery charger--was standing talking to Julie in my room yesterday and all of a sudden looked down, gasped, and saw it peeking out from beneath the paper shredder I just bought. I swea...
Posted by Alvina on Mon, 09 Jan 2006 07:35:00 PST

Lost stuff. Frustrated.

Argh. My room, granted, is a mess and cluttered, but still, I've looked in every nook and cranny, under papers, under the bed, behind my side table, etc etc etc. There are three things recently that&n...
Posted by Alvina on Sat, 07 Jan 2006 03:23:00 PST

Ling

On Friday I took a work at home day, which was great because I was out fairly late at a holiday party the night before. However, I still woke up early--around 7--and got some work done. I started to c...
Posted by Alvina on Wed, 21 Dec 2005 07:47:00 PST

cheese, please

Something has perplexed me at work for about a year now. We have a cheese thief in our midst. I bring in string cheese to work occasionally and keep it in the kitchen fridge. I never really keep track...
Posted by Alvina on Thu, 08 Dec 2005 11:28:00 PST