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SCRA

I LIVE MY LIFE IN TERMS OF CHAPTERS OF TRAVELS

About Me



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I am starting to hate these mini bios - but my profile needs an update. Anyway, the basics are :

B.A., M.A. U of T, Political Science ( War Theory / Military Strategy ). Right now, I am OBSESSED with blogging to the point that it is DETRIMENTAL to relationships around me. As of current, I am in Japan, working my ass off bc I love the country. Other than that, I have no interest to appeal to anyone on here -bc myspace.com is purely MY SPACE for blogging.

HOWEVER, I WILL MAKE CONCESSIONS FOR MEN WHO LOOK A LOT LIKE GAEL GARCIA BERNAL! THIS MAN HAS PUT A SPELL ON ME SINCE 2000.

My Interests

POLITICS ( War theories, military strategy, military cases, tribunals, monumental wars, Von Clausewitz and all other German theorists, Japanese militarism )

COOKING ( I am the main cook in the family and I LOVE to cook. It relaxes me and actually is a very exciting thing to do )

ART

READING / LITERATURE( I am a voracious reader - name an author and I would probably know at least ONE of his/her works )

EXERCISING AND STAYING ACTIVE ( Outdoorsy stuff )

FINDING OUT EVERYTHING ABOUT JAPAN

BLOGGING

TRAVELING ( I have lived / been in Cyprus, Greece, Egypt, Israel, Bahrain, Dubai, Finland, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, US and now Japan. On my future traveling list is Germany, South Pacific islands and every single European country that I have not been in ).

MEETING PEOPLE ( I love having a diverse group of acquaintances )

BEAUTIFUL MEN

DOGS ( I walk, train dogs that are not " easily adoptable " at the Toronto Humane Society and I have 2 dogs. I also bake for them - lucky f*ckers )

ECCENTRIC PEOPLE

I'd like to meet:

CHRISTIAN BALE - YOWWWZZAAA!!!

Music:

BEAR WITH ME ...BC IT IS ONE LONG, STRANGE LIST :

PUNK ROCK / ROCK / ALTERNATIVE ( The Killers, My Chemical Romance, Deathcab for Cutie, A Perfect Circle, Beck, DMB, David Bowie - late 70s stuff, Depeche Mode, Foo Fighters, Greenday, Matchbook Romance, Oasis, NINE INCH NAILS, U2, Beastie Boys, Rage Against the Machine, Sublime, Strokes, Pink Floyd, Janice Joplin, Radiohead, MUSE, Bloc Party, The Tragically Hip, Weezer, White Stripes, Pearl Jam, Our Lady Peace, New Order, Jimi Hendrix, The Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Neil Young, Simply Red, All American Rejects, Franz Ferdinand )

TRIP HOP/ LOUNGE / BOSSA NOVA / ACID JAZZ ( Massive Attack, Aphex Twins, Portishead, Tricky, Anjali, Lamya, Thievery Corporation, Bjork, Bebel Gilberto, Stan Getz, Benassi Bros, Underworld, Esthero, Kid Loco, Kid Koala, Mono, Sneaker Pimps, Verve-remixes, Fila Brazilia, Brazilian Girls )

JAZZ / OLDIES ( Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Miles Davis, Artie Shaw, Roy Orbison, Connie Frances, Buena Vista Social Club, JOHNNY CASH - LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, JOHNNY CASH! )

Movies:

RABID, FOAMING-AT-THE-MOUTH MOVIE FAN
Sin City, Fight Club, Kill Bill Vol. I & II, Requiem for a Dream, Trainspotting, Spun, Jarhead, Green Street Hooligans, Lord of War ( Nicholas Cage ), The Shining, Raging Bull, Godfather, The Manchurian Candidate, Crash, Forrest Gump, The Sixth Sense, The Village, The Signs, Batman Begins ( Christian Bale ), The Machinist, The Green Mile, Gladiator, Walk the Line, The Usual Suspects, Shawshank Redemption, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Goodfellas, Leon The Professional, Silence of the Lambs, American Beauty ( Kevin Spacey ), The Talented Mr Ripley ( for its scenery ), Apocalypse Now, Pulp Fiction, Dusk 'Til Dawn, The Big Blue, Match Point ( Woody Allen ), Closer, Love Actually, Stay, The Island ( Ewan McGregor ), Great Expectations ( Ethan Hawke ), Samurai Fiction, Fight Club, American History X, Malena, The Sea Inside, Amores Perros, Dot the I, Il Crimen di Padre Amaro, Bittermoon, The Secretary, Motorcycle Diaries, Sex and Lucia, Like Water for Chocolate, Devil's Backbone, City of God ( Brazil ), Lovers of the Arctic Circle, Run Lola Run, Chocolat, Mala Educacion, House of Flying Daggers, The Piano ( Adrien Brody ).....I can't get enough of movies. I've watched some of these more than twice.

Television:

Survivor - The News ...and THAT'S IT. I already have my Sex and the City DVD collection so I'm set!

Books:

Von Clausewitz - Political/philosophical works ( Mill, Hobbes, Machiavelli, Hegel, Engels ) - Three of my best professors' works - American Writers ( Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Arthur Miller, Henry Miller, Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe - Beatnik writers ( Kerouac - Capote ) - Feminist Lit ( Sylvia Plath, Woolf, Wurtzel ) - 18th century - Victorian & Gothic ( Thomas Hardy, Elizabeth Gaskell, Lewis, Jane Austen, Byron, Shelley, Godwin, Milton, Thackeray ) - Marquez - Euro Writers ( modern and post modernist - Anais Nin, Duras, some of Henry Miller's works when involved with Nin ) - Political / sociological / psychological journals - National Geographic - Trash celebrity magazines - Erotica - Contemporary / mass literature ( Anne Rice, Dan Brown ) - writings on the bathroom walls, desks etc - ANYTHING that has the alphabet on it.

Heroes:

MYSELF.

My Blog

ABSOLUTELY PROUD OF MY SISTER :) :) :)

My beautiful sister on the left...blonde hair ( with the bangs )   I am soooo proud of my sister :)  She is doing her M.A. at U of T for Egyptology...and basically, she scored a series of l...
Posted by VINTAGE on Sat, 04 Nov 2006 07:38:00 PST

WHAT THE FUCK?

I woke up today, logged onto myspace.com and all the settings have been changed to Japanese!  I don't know how to change it...and that annoying guy " Tom " ( the one who shows up on everyone's fr...
Posted by VINTAGE on Sat, 04 Nov 2006 04:26:00 PST

MORE PICS OF INAMI FESTIVAL

Me having a blast during the " stampede " THE PARTY CONTINUING ON IN THE MORNING, BY THE CROSSING OF THE RIVER, WITH THE SHRINES, WHILE THE TAIKO DRUMMERS STILL PLAY ON SHINTO PRIESTS BLESSING ...
Posted by VINTAGE on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 05:47:00 PST

MY FAVOURITE POEM BY MICHAEL ONDAATJE

THE CINNAMON PEELERIf I were a cinnamon peeler I would ride your bed and leave the yellow bark dust on your pillow. Your breasts and shoulders would reek you could never walk through markets without ...
Posted by VINTAGE on Wed, 14 Jun 2006 11:51:00 PST

HOLY FUCKING VACCINATIONS

ANYWAY, I am a health freak.  So naturally, when I found out that I was going to Japan to work, I took care of 2 PRIMARY THINGS :  Banking and MEDICAL. So, I am scheduled for my consultation...
Posted by VINTAGE on Mon, 29 May 2006 11:13:00 PST

THIS IS THE MOST THAT MY BIOLOGICAL CLOCK WOULD TICK...DRAWING UP A LIST OF BABY NAMES

Once in a while, every odd 3 yrs, I would think up of names to give my future children ( only 2 ).  This is the extent of my biological clock ticking.  Seriously.  BOYS' NAMES ( Note :...
Posted by VINTAGE on Fri, 26 May 2006 10:50:00 PST

WHAT I HATE MOST ABOUT PEOPLE WHO DATE

1) WOMEN WHO INSIST THAT THE MAN SHOULD ALWAYS PAY ON THE FIRST DATE Now, this is the gayest and most archaic thing I have ever heard of in my life.  Women who cry and whine about " Oh, man! ...
Posted by VINTAGE on Thu, 25 May 2006 05:12:00 PST

BOOKS / RESEARCH I AM GOING TO COLLECT

I'm branching off to new research and reading material.  Here is the list I will be buying / borrowing books on : 1) Viking history ( Norse mythology ) 2) Jewish History ( Since I did the course,...
Posted by VINTAGE on Wed, 24 May 2006 11:02:00 PST

MY LUCKY DATING LIFE

I've always been very lucky when it came to relationships with men.  Platonic-wise, I always forged very good friendships with men.  Romantic-wise, mostly during my B.A. years, I was a singl...
Posted by VINTAGE on Wed, 24 May 2006 05:54:00 PST

LUNCH WITH MY PROFESSOR : CONVERSATION ON LIFE AND DEATH

I had lunch today with my dear professor.  Now that he is retired, he is focusing on his gardening and cat.  His wife is a professor at the Kyoto University in Japan and she is gone for most...
Posted by VINTAGE on Tue, 23 May 2006 01:51:00 PST