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Ria

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About Me



28 has been all about self-improvement.

Things that I think are Jazz Hands: Birthday Cake. Plants. Metaphysics and String Theory. Handbags. DVR. Deconstructing. Doggies. Alliteration. Printed Matter. Family. Friends who know how to be friends. The borough of Queens. Transparent democracies. Comprehensive systems of public higher education where there's a place for all levels of society (or at least, in theory). Historians.

Things that are Magnet For Suck: Incompetent People. Bad design(ers). Ohio anywhere but Ohio. Licorice. Bad Handwriting. Pulling Strings. Graft. Relational databases that aren't relational.

My Interests

road trips or cramped airplanes, audio, discourse/rhetoric/esotericisms, making up new words, remixes, rock shows, remixes at rock shows, giggling, eye strain, jersey luv, stress-free livin', pdx, lic

I'd like to meet:

Competent oral and plastic surgeons, Cylons, other nerds-in-training, people who guffaw, ponies, other ex-ad agency ppl who have/are interested in pursuing the better life, Linksys tech support, and someone not unlike Eric Gotts.

Music:

Mix CDs prepared with careful and thoughtful consideration

Movies:

The Philadelphia Story, Bowling for Columbine, Empire Records, 007, Next Stop Wonderland, Fight Club, TRON, Amelie, High Fidelity, Labyrinth, Donnie Darko, Singles, Spirited Away, Say Anything, Lost in Translation, The Warriors, I 3 Huckabees, The Life Aquatic, Serenity, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Science of Sleep, Banlieue 13

Television:

SYTYCD (it's back!), BSG (will be back soon for one last season!), VM (please come back!)

Books:

A People's History of the United States, Murakami, Austen, Blume (Judy), F. Scott, Hammett, Sidaris, Buckley, Robbins, The Chronicle of Higher Education. Currently reading An Elegant Universe/Brian Greene and On Beauty/Sadie Smith

Heroes:

Thom Yorke, Mulder, Scully, Mal Reynolds, you

My Blog

3000%

3000%.*******Btw, back from Manila/Seoul.  Had an amazing time...love my cousins, love my family, love Victoria and Jack, love Ellie, love Kitten, love Anton, love Santino and the rest of my niec...
Posted by Ria on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 07:39:00 PST

Too short...but too good!

I've spent the last two weekends in a row cursing at my genetic shortcomings (no pun intended, but I'm referring to being flat-footed and vertically challenged), but Bonde do Role and the Klaxons at S...
Posted by Ria on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 09:58:00 PST

Fysics Phriday Fun!

Excerpt from The Fabric of The Cosmos by Brian Greene: &imagine that Agent Scully, long overdue for a vacation, retreats to her family's estate in Provence. Before she's had time to unpack, the p...
Posted by Ria on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 02:52:00 PST

Top 5 of 2006

1. Hot Chip - The Warning2. Phoenix - It's Never Been Like That3. Thom Yorke - The Eraser4. CSS - Cansei De Ser Sexy5. Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds
Posted by Ria on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 05:50:00 PST

Dear Santa...

My friend posted her Christmas wishlist on Xanga.  Lo and behold, Santa pulled through, so I thought I would do the same: Dear Santa, I haven't been the nicest girl this year, but I think I did...
Posted by Ria on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 09:45:00 PST

I'm an aunt!

Meet my niece Winifred...
Posted by Ria on Sat, 04 Nov 2006 07:44:00 PST

Again...(another post that proves that age does not harden the heart: warning)

BIG THANKS TO YOU ALL. I love you very much...I've been very difficult for the past few months...I apologize for my stubborn tunnel vision. Thanks for putting up with me. Ready for another year of ...
Posted by Ria on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 07:52:00 PST

Finally!!!

Today is a happy day! I FINALLY received my business cards, after four months of official employment and five additional months of interim status.  No more writing "Assistant Director of Graduat...
Posted by Ria on Tue, 10 Oct 2006 01:51:00 PST

Thank you friends!

Dear Friends,Thank you - Salamat - Merci - Danke - Gracias - Vinaka - Agyamanac - Kamsahamnida - Obrigada...in as many ways as I can say it, and I wish to be able to express it more, THANK YOU for com...
Posted by Ria on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 09:49:00 PST

What I love. A Poem by Ria Rasalan

I love Veronica Mars. I love Battlestar Galactica. And the writers of Veronica Mars love Battlestar Galactica. I love television.
Posted by Ria on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 09:24:00 PST