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verena

About Me

a musican, a dancer, a lover of life, a dreamer yet sometimes a pessimist, a mixed baby combining opposite cultures. love my family, love my job.

My Interests

WIDE range... classical music (choral in particular), politics and humanitarian issues, international cultures, breakin', dancing (from ailey style modern to salsa), exploring nature, exploring the world, exploring my mind and others, poetry/spoken word, reading, volunteering, traveling traveling traveling, learning, night life (mostly for dancing)... i'll keep updating as i think of more

I'd like to meet:

not looking for one thing in particular... maybe something new and refreshing, i always seem to be the one coming up with ideas..bleh

Music:

bjork, portishead, radiohead, led zeppelin, common, the roots, Gaelle, soulful house, drum n' bass (Andy C), Bach, Chopin, Beatles, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, to start...

Movies:

L.A. Confidential, Eternal Sunshine

Television:

Simpsons, that's pretty much all I watch, when I watch

My Blog

lasty sweaty night in haiti

one thing i have to say is that the docs here are super cool.  they come from the west coast, pay all their expences, use their vacation time, etc.etc.  so one of the most rewrading things t...
Posted by verena on Fri, 16 Jun 2006 08:13:00 PST

nothing short of a miracle

The baby made it through the night and by morning was crying, had eaten and peed!  she was brought back to the clinic, stabalized and then brought into the hospital in town.  perfect start t...
Posted by verena on Thu, 15 Jun 2006 09:22:00 PST

haiti work-day 2

today i took a couple steps up from yesterday, and witnessed some incredible things... started working triage, taking vital signs, and successfully took some patients blood pressure.  ha! somehow...
Posted by verena on Wed, 14 Jun 2006 07:02:00 PST

BLOG FROM HAITI

So i'm here and i can't really even begin to write everything i've experienced in the last 3 days.  I started work today, helping in this clinic with no electricity, in the jungle of Haiti. ...
Posted by verena on Tue, 13 Jun 2006 06:41:00 PST

haiti

I leave for Leon, Haiti this friday.  A bit scary but exciting.  I dunno how to blog, or even if i'll have internet while i'm there, but if i do i'll try to update my blog with all sorts of ...
Posted by verena on Mon, 05 Jun 2006 06:15:00 PST