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Lauren Asia

Analyzing my acquaintances, one vowel at a time.

About Me


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http://www.xanga.com/LingGradStudent

http://www.kiva.org/lender/lauren5310

My Interests

(socio)linguistics, world travel, playing music (non-double-reed woodwinds), yoga, pilates, getting coffee with friends, getting coffee for work, drinking coffee, playing with cats, playing with dogs, hanging out listening to stories from old people, and cooking/eating good food!

I'd like to meet:

people I used to know, and who I've lost touch with, or people who I've just met, and I'm just getting to know!

Music:

GENRES: Hip-Hop, Tango, Salsa, Ska, Swing, Dixie ...
PEOPLE: M. Doughty, Bobby McFerrin, Stevie Wonder, Evan Ziporyn, Bach, Mos Def, Dixie Chicks, Carrie Underwood, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Manu Chao, Dave Hillyard, Miriam Makeba, Bonnie Raitt, Tracy Chapman, Akon, Ani Difranco, Ben Harper, Lauryn Hill, Paul Simon, Yo-Yo MaGROUPS: Soul Coughing, Zap Mama, Black Star, Outernational, The Slackers, Digable Planets, Kronos Quartet, Ozomatli, U2

Movies:

Baraka; My Life Without Me; Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind; Amalie; Moulin Rouge; Finding Neverland; Proof; [the] X-Men [movies]; The Pianist

Television:

CURRENT: The Colbert Report, The Daily Show, LOST, American Idol
GONE: Whose Line Is It Anyway? (British version), ST:TNG, Freaks & Geeks

Books:

Blindness, House on Mango Street, The Martian Chronicles, The Little Prince, Like Water for Chocolate (NOT the movie), Fast Food Nation, and a fabulous travelogue by Peter Hessler called River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze

My Blog

Maybe it's finally time to move! But I'm definitely not 'rich'...

You Belong in San FranciscoYou crave an eclectic, urban environment. You're half California, half NYC.You're open minded, tolerant, and secretly think you're the best.People may dismiss you as a hippi...
Posted by Lauren Asia on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 06:53:00 PST

Rather accurate music quiz!

from Doug's MySpace blog...-------------------- The True Music Lover You scored 67 Variety, 69 Skill, 60 Knowledge, and 51 Abstract! Not only do you understand that most music is good, you also ...
Posted by Lauren Asia on Sun, 16 Jul 2006 07:47:00 PST

give me your judgment

If I say to you:"There were over 1,000 people at the rally. Several of them were wearing red."How many people do you imagine were wearing red?Post a comment to this blogpost and post the number you im...
Posted by Lauren Asia on Sun, 11 Jun 2006 10:32:00 PST

Tagged for 6 Weird Habits

I got tagged, so here we go! If you get tagged you are supposed to write in your next blog six weird habits that you have. Then you're supposed to tag six people by naming them at end of said blog a...
Posted by Lauren Asia on Tue, 02 May 2006 09:37:00 PST

My real blog (another one)

While I'm directing y'all to one of my real blogs, here's another one.http://www.xanga.com/LingGradStudentPlease visit, please comment!...
Posted by Lauren Asia on Thu, 06 Apr 2006 10:58:00 PST

My Actual Blog

Click here for my real blog: http://pocacosa.blogspot.com
Posted by Lauren Asia on Wed, 07 Dec 2005 09:36:00 PST