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vivian

and do you enjoy making keys?

About Me

yes, yes, no no no, yes yes, no no no, yes.

My Interests

v-necks on boys, echo park, awkward situations, stylin', street cred, pizza, story-telling, poetry, dancing at shows, inside jokes, sass.

Music:

Always: Sigur Ros, Radiohead, M83, Xiu Xiu, Patrick Wolf, Blonde Redhead, My Bloody Valentine, Cat Power, Broken Social Scene, Jeff Buckley, Interpol, Explosions in the Sky, Final Fantasy.

Currently:

Movies:

Forrest Gump, Rushmore, Lost in Translation, The Life Aquatic, Office Space, the Baxter, The Royal Tenanbaums, Almost Famous, This is Spinal Tap.

Television:

the office, stella, arrested development, this american life.

Heroes:

Mr. Brown: At Diversity Today, we believe it's very easy to be a hero. All you need are honesty, empathy, respect, and open-mindedness.
Dwight: Ah, excuse me? I'm sorry, but that's not all it takes to be a hero.
Mr. Brown: Great, well, what is a hero to you?
Dwight: A hero kills people, people that wish him harm. A hero is part human and part supernatural. A hero is born out of a childhood trauma, or out of a disaster, that must be avenged.
Mr. Brown: Uh, you're thinking of a superhero.
Dwight: We all have a hero in our heart.

My Blog

Best of 2006, Part 3

Best Live Acts of 20061.Bloc Party at the Grove in Anaheim(with opening band Mew)Bloc Party was the most fun, energetic, and overall great (set-list-wise, meeting them, sound-wise) show I went to this...
Posted by vivian on Sun, 17 Dec 2006 08:48:00 PST

Best of 2006, Part 2

Last time, I posted my best albums of 2006, from 25-11. Today, I shall post 10-1. And I'm feeling pretty good (aka bored) and so I will add a little bit on why I liked it. Plus pictures! Everybody lik...
Posted by vivian on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 09:19:00 PST

The Best of 2006, part 1

It's that time of the year again...when all the indie kids compile their 'best of' lists. I'm going to start mine with the best albums of 2006, starting from 25-11. Next time, it shall be 10-1, with r...
Posted by vivian on Sun, 10 Dec 2006 06:40:00 PST

Xiu Xiu [11/9] and the Silversun Pickups [11/16]

Xiu Xiuat the EchoThursday, November 9, 2006 Cecily, Shazia, and I saw Xiu Xiu at the Echo. For me, this was the 3rd time, Shaz's second, and Cecily's 4th. We all agreed that this was the best show Xi...
Posted by vivian on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 03:51:00 PST

LA Weekly Detour Festival

I went with Cecily to the heart of downtown L.A. for a day (and night) of musical fun. I got to see all the bands I wanted to see, so I will say that it was quite successful. A longer (and more detail...
Posted by vivian on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 07:18:00 PST

story of my life


Posted by vivian on Fri, 06 Oct 2006 10:27:00 PST

A birthday update

It is official: This week has been named "Vivian's Birthday week" where I do what I want. My actual birthday was very laid-back...mostly because I had class until 4 and a meeting until 6. Samra and ...
Posted by vivian on Sun, 01 Oct 2006 11:11:00 PST

Life and TV on the Radio [pt. 1&2]

pt. 1 Never again will Cecily and I attempt what we did today. San Diego --> Irvine --> USC --> Amoeba for TV on the Radio's free show. And then seeing we were already 10 minutes late, ran down 4 flig...
Posted by vivian on Thu, 28 Sep 2006 10:32:00 PST

An update, as i have not posted anything last week.

So I'm all moved in. I'm looking for some nice posters to put on my wall, but other than that...everything is pretty much set. My roommate and I decided to make our bathroom themed. The overall theme...
Posted by vivian on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 10:23:00 PST

Things I <3 This Week [Sept. 9, 2006]

I'm a little bit late. Whatevs...I do what I want! 1. Being mean to Cecily, but her knowing I'm not doing it on purpose. 1.5. Making mix cds with Cecily and Shaz and realizing we overlapped a lot of s...
Posted by vivian on Sat, 09 Sep 2006 12:13:00 PST