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Cindy

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About Me


My Interests

Music:

yes i like...a lot...Here's a few for now....The Postal Service, Jack Johnson, U2 (I saw this Italian band one time in the mountains in Italy do an amazing impression of U2, I mean scarily good, except when "Bono" finished a song he's say, "grazie, grazie"...blah blah blah in Italian...), The Sounds, Elliott Smith, Jude, Madonna (still good after all these years), so many more I can't even write them here. I used to be in a band, Full Minute of Mercury. You should check them out at www.fullminute.com They rock.

Movies:

These aren't necessarily my favorites, but good ones I've watched over the past year or so...Crash, MatchPoint, Brokeback Mountain (yeah gay cowboys!) Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Donnie Darko, School of Rock, Office Space, The Notebook, The Wedding Crashers, Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang, Love Actually, Team America, The English Patient, Shawn of the Dead, Finding Neverland, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,...

Television:

Arrested Development (I've been watching the reruns on the G4 network and I love this show, especially G.O.B. and his magic "illusions), Amazing Race, LOST, Grey's Anatomy, Supernanny.

Books:

The Time-Traveller's Wife (so good!), Hypocrite in a pouffy white dress, Naked, Jitterbug Perfume, The Alchemist, Still Life with Woodpecker (my all time favorite), Skinny Legs and all, Hotel New Hampshire, The World According to Garp, A Prayer for Owen Meany, 100 years of solitude, The Fountainhead, The DaVinci code, Angels and Demons, 1984, Harry Potter series (especially 3 and 4 and 6), The Namesake, many more. I love reading.

Heroes:

Terry O'Quinn, Sydney Bristow (ALIAS) and HUMANZEE!

My Blog

New places

My eyes are still doing great. I can see 20/20 now (well, they said 20/15, but I don't believe 'em!) Anyways, another trip for me, yeah! I'm headed to Australia tomorrow and South Africa the week afte...
Posted by Cindy on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 06:39:00 PST

New eyes (I am so excited!)

Yes, I got myself some new eyes on Wednesday. I had lasik surgery performed at the Eye center with Dr. Boutros (you've probably heard the commercials on the radio). I was a bit nervous but knew that t...
Posted by Cindy on Sat, 21 Oct 2006 10:10:00 PST

new map

Yeah! New countries. For some reason, this thing is not showing the picture... http://www.world66.com/myworld66/visitedCountries/worldmap?v isited=CAUSMXBSCRSVATFRDEITLUUKVAAEAFJPTH">>create'>http://ww...
Posted by Cindy on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 06:45:00 PST

Back safe and sound

Hi everyone, I made it back safe and sound from Afghanistan and Dubai, U.A.E. It was a GREAT trip, I am so happy I got to go! I think if I can enjoy a trip to Kabul and see it as an adventure, I'...
Posted by Cindy on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 06:42:00 PST

wheels up in 4 hours

So I'm going to Kabul tonight until June 26th for work. I can't wait! I know you probably think I'm crazy for actually being excited to go to Afghanistan, but, well, I am... Hope everyone is doing wel...
Posted by Cindy on Fri, 16 Jun 2006 02:34:00 PST

lotsa vacations

I am super happy because I have two vacations coming up. I'm going to New Mexico tomorrow with Giovanna. Can't wait to do a little road trip which we haven't done in way too long. Last time was probab...
Posted by Cindy on Tue, 07 Mar 2006 07:40:00 PST

40 questions...just for fun

40 QUESTIONS...ready...GO!1. Ever been given a ring? no2. Longest Relationship? almost 2 years3. Last gift you received: a starbucks giftcard at work party yesterday4. How many times have you dropped ...
Posted by Cindy on Sat, 17 Dec 2005 10:47:00 PST

YEAH! I passed.

I'm so happy that I passed the Foreign Service Oral Assessment. Now the waiting begins to be called to start training. Could be a long time from now. It all depends on how many Foreign Service Officer...
Posted by Cindy on Thu, 22 Sep 2005 05:09:00 PST

crazy map girl

<img src="http://www.world66.com/myworld66/visitedCountries/world map?visited=CAUSMXBSCRATFRDEITLUUKVAJPTH"><br/>< a href="create'>http://www.world66.com/myworld66">create your own vis...
Posted by Cindy on Thu, 15 Sep 2005 01:57:00 PST

I passed!!!!!

I'm a very happy girl today cuz I found out I passed the Foreign Service Written Exam. I still have to take the Oral Assessments which are months away and really hard, but hey, at least that's one thi...
Posted by Cindy on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST