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Ingrid

'In all things, the supreme excellency is simplicity'

About Me

Loyal friend, loving sister, grateful daughter, coffee addict, street walker, soft spoken, music fanatic, steadfast dreamer, professional loner...& let's not forget space cadet

My Interests

~music
~concerts
~art
~drawing/painting
~Impressionism
~Van Gogh
~fashion
~creativity
~travelling
~learning
~history
~Russian/European Literature
~anything to do with French culture/language
~magical realism
~meeting new people
~being useful
~nature
~walking around
~movies
~health/nutrition
~cooking
~coffee in all of its forms/varieties
~wine
~new experiences
~star gazing
~summer rain
~autumn
~spending time with my amazing friends and sister
~ice cream
~speaking/learning different languages
~NYC

I'd like to meet:

~New, interesting people.
~Individuals and the creative type.
~People who make me laugh...to the point that I'm driven to tears!

Music:

Aerosmith,
ABBA,
Albert Hammond Jr.,
Ambulance LTD,
Arctic Monkeys,
Assassins,
Beatles,
Bee Gees,
Belle & Sebastian,
Billy Idol,
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club,
Bloc Party,
Blondie,
Bob Dylan,
Bowie,
Bravery,
Brendan Benson,
Bush,
Carpenters,
Coco Rosi,
Coldplay,
the Color,
the Cranberries,
Damien Rice,
Delta Spirit,
Depeche Mode,
Devendra Banhart,
Diamond Nights,
Dido,
Duran Duran,
Edith Piaf,
Electrolene,
Elvis,
Eisley,
Enya,
the Films,
Fiona Sand,
Frank Sinatra,
French Kicks,
Franz Ferdinand,
Goldfrapp,
The Grand Marquee,
the Greenhornes,
Havana Guns, Hendrix,
the Honorary Title,
Hot Hot Heat,
Imogen Heap,
Incubus,
Interpol,
INXS(the original one),
Jesse Baylin,
Jet,
Jewel,
Johnny Cash,
Jonny Lives!,
Kasabian,
Kaiser Cheifs,
Keane,
the Killers,
the Kills,
Kings of Leon,
Led Zeppelin,
Lions in the Street,
Living Things,
Longwave,
Louis XIV,
Madonna,
Mando Diao,
Metallica,
Mink,
the Modern Society,
Morningwood,
My Morning Jacket,
Neko Case,
Nirvana,
No Doubt,
Oasis,
the Parlor Mob,
Pink Floyd,
Pearl Jam,
People in Planes
Phantom Planet,
Portugal the Man
the Pretenders,
Primal Scream,
Protocol,
Queen,
Rachael Yamagata,
the Raconteurs,
RATATAT,
Razorlight,
Red Hot Chili Peppers,
the Redwalls,
Regina Spektor,
REM,
Rilo Kiley,
Rock n' Roll Soldiers,
Rooney,
Rosebuds,
Rufus Wainwright,
Sarah McLachlan,
Seal,
Sean Paul,
Secret Machines,
Shakira,
the Shys,
Shout out Louds,
Simon Dawes,
Slings & Arrows (formerly Public 4),
Smashing Pumkins,
Snow Patrol,
Snowden,
The Sounds,
the Stills,
Sting,
the Strokes,
the Thrills,
the Twenty Twos,
Under the Influence of Giants
U2,
the Virgins,
the Verve,
the Vacation,
Watson Twins,
Wildbirds,
White Stripes,
Wolfmother,
Wolf Parade,
Yeah Yeah Yeahs,
the Zutons...

Movies:

~The Last of the Mohicans
~Life as a House
~I am Sam
~Dances With Wolves
~Dirty Dancing (the original)
~The Phantom of the Opera
~Moulin Rouge
~Chocolat
~From Hell
~The Man Who Cried
~Dr. Zhivago (the original and the BBC version)
~The Wedding Singer
~The Dictator (old Charlie Chaplin movie)
~Equilibrium
~Crash
~Munich
~The Princess Bride
~Empire Records
~Buffalo 66
~Young Frankenstein
~Wicker Park
~Under the Tuscan Sun

Television:

~music channels
~History channel
~Foodnetwork
~Coupling
~What Not To Wear
~Project Runway
~Sex and the City
~recent discovery: ali g (a.k.a. borat & several other personas)
~the George Carlin show
~travel channel
~Scooby Doo
~I 3 Lucy

Books:

~The House of the Spirits (basically anything by Isabel Allende)
~Pedro Parramo...Juan Rulfo
~Candide...Voltaire
~Dr. Zivago...Boris Pasternak
~Echoes...Maeve Binchy
~Running in the Family...Michael Ondaatje
~Heart of Darkness...Joseph Conrad
~Chronicles of a Death Foretold...Gabriel Garcia Marquez
~Dracula...Bram Stoker
~Of Mice and Men...Steinbeck
~1984...Orwell
~Walden...Thoreau

Heroes:

~Giada deLaurentis...God bless her!

~ma petite seour...une rebelde!

~George Carlin...the only man (other than my dad) who can combine humor, philosophy, and social analysis/criticism...he's just so damn witty, it's scary

~mes amis

~music...it feeds my soul

My Blog

Searching for inspiration...

So...I'm stuck writing an essay which really should not have taken so long to write...I just lacked the inspiration. Plus, there's so much I could say...so much I'd like to say. Avoiding things doesn'...
Posted by Ingrid Edena on Wed, 13 Sep 2006 09:07:00 PST

On a rainy monday morning...

...school resumes yet again...I can't believe it! Last night my mother just realized that I only have two years of college left...hopefully soon she will also realize that I'm an adult, although she i...
Posted by Ingrid Edena on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 07:35:00 PST

New Hours @ Tragically Hip:

New store hours starting this week (poster illustrated by me) !
Posted by Ingrid Edena on Mon, 21 Aug 2006 05:54:00 PST

Lollapalooza 2006

Day 1: The Raconteurs Day 2: The Living Things (Beetle Bob) Wolfmother ...resting after a long day... Day 3: Thirty Seconds to Mars The Red Hot Chili Peppers It was such an ama...
Posted by Ingrid Edena on Tue, 08 Aug 2006 09:20:00 PST

surveys--a new fad...

...or at least so it seems. Thanks to numerous friends who increasingly forward me surveys I think I have a new addiction (other than lattes). Why do I usually feel compelled to fi...
Posted by Ingrid Edena on Sun, 30 Apr 2006 10:49:00 PST

Despite the dreary weather...

...I am very excited about today! It's my first day at a new job; I'll be working at a little store known as "Tragically Hip" (because I am just so tragically hip-LOL  ). Also, while what se...
Posted by Ingrid Edena on Fri, 07 Apr 2006 08:52:00 PST

My mini adventure

The trip...although short...was fun! I'm so glad to have spent some time with my best friends who I haven't seen for the past two weeks. It was also nice to hang out with our other friends. God, ...
Posted by Ingrid Edena on Tue, 04 Apr 2006 06:43:00 PST

Survey about me!

TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey Name: Ingrid Birthday: 05-17-86 Birthplace: Baia Mare, Romania Current Location: Chicago, IL Eye Color: Blue Hair Color: Dark blonde Height: Just found o...
Posted by Ingrid Edena on Fri, 10 Feb 2006 10:07:00 PST