my family, spending time with good people, my pets (3 dogs and 2 cats), anything to do with animals, esp. dogs and horses; literature, writing, children, driving too fast, road trips, travel, Brazil; old, foreign, and/or independent films, sleep, affection, cooking, motorcycles, psychology, primatology, red lipstick, Art Noveau, flappers, Russian archaeology, history, horseback riding, singing, music, live shows in small venues, staying up past my bedtime, dancing, working out to booty music, drawing, flying in airplanes, volunteering, feminism, good sex, spirituality, indulging my didactic impulse, living in the South as a cultural outsider, bossa nova
Music
The Pixies, Smashing Pumpkins, Hole, PJ Harvey, Morphine, Nina Simone, Elis Regina, Tom Jobim, Stan Getz, Babes in Toyland, L7, Type O Negative, old Motown/Stax, bossa nova, samba, Tchaikovsky, Turina, Dvorak, Portishead, Puccini, indie stuff, etc.
Movies
Vertigo, Dersu Uzala, The Big Lebowski, All About My Mother, Black Orpheus, The Princess Bride, Rear Window, To Live, Shower, Burnt by the Sun, Talk to Her, Donnie Darko, Somewhere in Time, 12 Monkeys, Fight Club, 28 Days Later, Trainspotting
Television
all the Law & Orders, Weeds, Dexter, Rome, Sex & The City, L-Word, Six Feet Under, ER, Medium, Northern Exposure, Reno 911, Chappelle's Show, Law & Order, CSI, The Simpsons, X-Files, The Shield, ATHF, Family Guy, Home Movies, Futurama; nature, real life, and forensic/crime shows on Discovery, A&E, TLC, etc.
Books
The Satanic Verses, Oryx & Crake, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, The Mists of Avalon, Blonde, House of Leaves, anything by Murakami, Fitzgerald, Dostoevsky, Nabokov, McCullers, Porter, Kundera, Hardy, Vonnegut, Eco or Marquez; lots of Palahniuk; too many to list
Heroes
Che Guevara, Carson McCullers, Hillary Clinton, Rita Hayworth, Bettie Page, Courtney Love circa 1992, Margaret Atwood
About me: I'm half Brazilian, half whitebread American. I grew up here in Atlanta but visit my massive, wonderful family in Brazil whenever I can, which if I'm lucky is every 2 years or so.
I watch more foreign films and read more books than anyone I know, but I hope that won't always be the case.
My plan is to eventually study medicine, but for now I'm slowly working on an undergrad degree in neuroscience.
I love spending time with my animals (a Basset hound, a German Shepherd mix, a Bull Terrier, and a domestic longhair cat); my two brothers, and my gorgeous, smartass, endearlingly odd friends. I try to spend a good portion of my time shopping & cooking with my Brazilian grandmother-she knows all kinds of stuff I need to learn, like how to make the best flan ever.
I love exploring the cultural melting pot that is Buford Highway...there's something fabulous about a pho joint, a Mexican flea market, and a 24 hour tofu restaurant/coffee house sharing the same block.
yah! boxing is fun as heck to watch! glad you enjoyed it :) as for easter- nothing in the pipeline as far as i know (but mom and dad usually tell me at the very last moment if anything is planned). are you going to be in town??
It was good seeing you last night. I will really miss you when you go to NYC. However, I will find the time to come and visit you. Anyhow, I know that you will do well in the big city, but I won't hurt if I wish you a little good luck.
when did this happen?? can you email me your address again so i can mapquest it- i'm going to plan on it. for some reason i can't find the invite after i replied to it. also, what time? i can't believe you ARE MOVING SO FAR AWAY! :(
wow....Mari, I'm sooo sorry for not getting back to you sooner.....so here's the thing, I was SUPPOSED to be in nyc that wekend, but I got caught up with some things and couldn't make it.
sux that I couldn't link up with you, but thanks so much for hitting me up.
Life is good at this end, I'm going back to school in the fall, and working 2 part time jobs...busy busy busy, but good nonetheless.
Miss you tons! Hope to see you by sometime soon! xo
8/12-8/25! Whenever you go visit your dad in Texas you will have to come visit me! He lives in Houston right? Thats just a couple hours away from where we will be.
A surgical internship hurts. It hurts deep. Also, I now know how to shove a tube down someone's throat without making them gag. I'll let you know if this knowledge transfers over into my personal life.
momma is great, they are all doing really well(getting a lil old) dirk and oscar are lovers too! they spoon alot. you can come to b-town anytime! you are always welcome:) how are ya?
Online Now!
