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s p a r k y

Ahhhh.....Austin...

About Me

I'll be a Boston Marathoner yet! Gimme a few years... My blog http://sparkysamazonadventures.blogspot.com a

My Interests

Crayons. Pretzels. Barton Springs. Fig Newtons. Bad jokes. Glassblowing. Thrifting with Rhonda. Stickers. Shirley Temples. Rock and Roll. Ira Glass. Running in 174% humidity. Iquitos, Peru. Look it up.

I'd like to meet:

Ira Glass & Arturo Salazar

Music:

Sarah Jarosz. Guided by Voices. Mirah. Kings of Convenience. Charles Mingus. Ted Leo. Guy Clark. TV on the Radio. Marc Bolan. Sarah Vaughnn. Roberto Blades. Panda. M.I.A.

Movies:

You, Me, and Everyone We Know. An American in Paris. The Labyrinth. Inherit the Wind. Fitzcarraldo. Better Off Dead. Little Miss Sunshine. Rushmore.

Television:

My brain continues to rot. I like Scrubs.

Books:

Re-reading Harry Potter 6.

Heroes:

mom.

My Blog

Happiness

No, I didn´t see the movie.  I heard it was quite depressing, actually.  Rather, I´m really happy right now in this moment.  I thought I should chronicle it.  This year has been wa...
Posted by s p a r k y on Tue, 29 May 2007 09:46:00 PST

On my way

I'm at the Miami Airport.  And I just ate a nasty Uno's pizza and I really need a nap.  Despite all this, I'm on my way.  My flight takes off in 2 hours and then 7 hours after that, I'l...
Posted by s p a r k y on Mon, 25 Sep 2006 12:41:00 PST

bloggerific...

I'm heading south on Monday for about 10 months.  I'll be in Iquitos, Peru.  And I'm going to try my darndest to keep up with this blog:http://sparkysamazonadventures.blogspot.com/index.html. ..
Posted by s p a r k y on Thu, 21 Sep 2006 09:27:00 PST

See ya...

Well, the time has come.  My comfortable bubble here in Austin is being popped left and right.  I know that nothing stays the same EVER and as a Military brat, I am extremely accustomed to c...
Posted by s p a r k y on Thu, 20 Jul 2006 08:48:00 PST

Homebody.

Back from my journey to elsewhere.  I'm tired.  Not quite refreshed, but filled.  After manatees and jello shots in Florida, I did tapas and weddings in Pennsylvania.  Then babies ...
Posted by s p a r k y on Mon, 19 Jun 2006 08:11:00 PST

Fissiparousness

This is why grad school does not necessarily make you smarter:  People make up words all the time.  It's kind of silly, but I guess when you're trying to describe something and there aren't ...
Posted by s p a r k y on Mon, 01 May 2006 04:09:00 PST

Vallejo

"The intellectuals never do anything good.  Those who are intellectuals and who are not with the workers and the poor know only how to climb up and get into the government and make themselves ric...
Posted by s p a r k y on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 08:28:00 PST

anxiety

Well, gentle reader, whether you wanted to know or not, I am going to share some personal information.  I suffer from Procrastinitus anxietus, often attributed to the ADHD that has plagued me sin...
Posted by s p a r k y on Mon, 17 Apr 2006 08:06:00 PST

Albert Santa Maria

In the third grade, I lived in Mare Island, California, right near Vallejo in the Bay Area.  I went to school in Benicia at St. Dominic's.  I was in love with Albert Santa Maria, the most da...
Posted by s p a r k y on Tue, 04 Apr 2006 08:04:00 PST

ca$h

This one will be short.  It is 5:25 in the morning on Monday and I am TERRIFIED that: -I will not have enough money for my research trip to Peru next year -I cannot pull my shit together for my d...
Posted by s p a r k y on Mon, 03 Apr 2006 03:47:00 PST