SONYA
|
|
 |
"Back in the US(S)A"
Female
28 years old
Chicago, Illinois
United States
Last Login: 11/16/2009
|
|
|
|
View My:
Pics
| Gifts
|
|
|
SONYA's Interests
|
| General | exploring new places, grenada, israel, super hot sauce, scuba diving, music, reading, cooking, baking, writing, playing guitar, theater (watching and performing), karaoke, art museums/galleries, board games (scrabble, scattergories, parcheesi), dominoes, cards, sudoku, daisies, running, traveling, learning languages (spanish, french, hebrew, sign languages), chocolate as a food group, trying new things, sushi, tennis, art (especially modern and contemporary), film (especially independent and foreign), ethnic food, people-watching, wine, the beach, biking, antiques and vintage things, volunteering, museums, exploring new places, getting lost(and being found)
Can someone please teach me how to knit? | | Music | Dave Rempis, Ken Vandermark, Vandermark 5, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Nick Drake, Portishead, Cat Power, Morcheeba, Bjork, Madeline Peyroux, Lisa Loeb, Tori Amos, Jewel, Johnny Cash, Serge Gainsbourg, Brigitte Bardot, Cal Tjader, Save Ferris, Iron and Wine, Edith Piaf, Arcade Fire, Nina Simone, Bloc Party, Outkast, Frou Frou, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Rosemary Clooney, Jorane, Nelly Furtado, Lisa Loeb, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Retro 80's, soca, calypso, reggae | | Movies | Juno, Waking Life, Little Miss Sunshine, A Mighty Wind, Best in Show, Waiting for Guffman, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Napolean Dynamite, American Beauty, The Triplets of Bellville, Garden State, Amelie, Crash, Singles, Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, Avalon, Home for the Holidays, Lost In Translation, Happenstance, When Harry Met Sally | | Television | Law & Order, Food Network, Greys Anatomy, Seinfeld, Friends, Family Guy, The History Channel, Discovery Channel | | Books | Any Chuck Palahniuk or Chuck Klosterman...I apparently like the name Chuck.
Twilight series, Mountains Beyond Mountains, Cunt: A Declaration of Independence, Without Reservations, The Catcher in the Rye, 1984, Henderson the Rain King, Global Woman, She's Come Undone, The Devil in the White City, Nickel and Dimed, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Sex Lives of Cannibals, Harry Potter, The Color of Water, poetry, biographies/memoirs, non-fiction (especially investigative journalism) | | Heroes | "I consider it a an embarassing display of karmic retardation when someone invests so much money in something that could burn to ashes in a fire, while human beings continue to starve and go insane on the streets."
-Inga Muscio |
| Groups:
|
Peace Corps, Alpha Phi - B.U. (Eta Deuteron), Boston Alpha Phis Do It Better, Destinos : An Introduction To Spanish, PC-Eastern Caribbean 2006-2008
View All SONYA's Groups
|
|
|
SONYA's Details
|
| Status: | Single | | Here for: | Networking, Friends | | Orientation: | Straight | | Hometown: | Northbrook, IL | | Body type: | 5' 6" | | Ethnicity: | White / Caucasian | | Religion: | Jewish | | Zodiac Sign: | Aries | | Smoke / Drink: | No / Yes | | Children: | Someday | | Education: | College graduate | | Occupation: | Non-profit Fundraising |
|
|
SONYA's Schools
|
Boston University
Boston, MASSACHUSETTS
Graduated: 2003
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Psychology
|
1999 to 2003 |
|
|
SONYA's Companies
|
U.S. Peace Corps
St. George's, GD
Community and Youth Development Volunteer
Grenada National Council for the Disabled working with disability advocacy and awareness, general and special education in primary school, adolescent girls' empowerment in a group home.
|
July 2005-August 2007
|
Youth Outreach Services
Chicago, IL US
Treatment Counselor
I worked counseling youth and adolescents in substance abuse, life skills, and emotional issues such as self-esteem, abuse, delinquency, etc.
|
October 2004-July 2005
|
Grove School
Northbrook, IL US
Teacher Aide
Special Ed
|
August 2003-June 2004
|
JNF
Chicago, IL US
Campaign Executive
Fundraising
|
2/2008-present
|
|
|
![]() |
SONYA is in your extended network. Posted at 7:25 PM Jan 18, 2008
view more
|
|
SONYA's Latest Blog Entry
[Subscribe to this Blog]
|
I hate customer service operators.
(view more)
|
Things that make me happy...
(view more)
|
I'll believe it when cockroaches fly...
(view more)
|
Surprise Party!
(view more)
|
I'm EVIL
(view more)
|
| [View All Blog Entries] |
|
SONYA's Blurbs |
About me:
|
Who I'd like to meet:
Inga Muscio, Barbara Ehrenreich,
|
|
| SONYA's Friend Space (Top 9) |
|
![]()
|
