a b o u t m e:
? i'm a biomedical sciences and classics double major.
? i'm headed towards med school, probably focusing on emergency medicine. my dream is to be a part of doctors without borders.
? i love animals of all kinds, and i have a pet sulcata tortoise named miles
? i like watching really brutal hockey games. martin
? i love organic chemistry to pieces.
? i played with brains in an alzheimer's research lab on campus for two years.
? i have an unhealthy crush on han solo and love star wars to death.
? i like hanging out with people who don't put up a front. who are real. who can hold intelligent conversation about life, love, film, art, science, philosophy, politics, etcetera.
? i don't really fit into any sort of mold, and i don't expect my friends to either.
w h o i ? d l i k e t o m e e t:
? the lil folksinger herself, ms. ani difranco.
? his holiness, the 14th dalai lama.
? allen ginsberg during the beat era.
? gael garcia bernal. [because he is drop dead gorgeous.]
m u s i c:
ani difranco, fiona apple, cursive, joy division, the pixies, sleater-kinney, clap your hands say yeah, the hold steady, a fir-ju well, wolf parade, air, counting crows, benton falls, radiohead, interpol, tegan and sara, jawbreaker, jets to brazil, tori amos, hot water music, simon and garfunkel, the rolling stones, led zeppelin, elliott smith, the smiths, the cure, coldplay, saetia, belle and sebastian, built to spill, the shins, the eels, alkaline trio, mates of state, modest mouse, gregoRy the hawK, elf power, the faint, pete yorn, depeche mode, smashing pumpkins, miles davis, joanna newsom, john coltrane, charlie parker, ida, pinback, badly drawn boy, arab strap, massive attack, the weakerthans, neutral milk hotel, the good life, pretty girls make graves, psapp, lynyrd skynyrd, etc. etc. etc. etc.
m o v i e s:
basquiat, high fidelity, the triplettes of belleville, napoleon dynamite, garden state, the boondock saints, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, amelie, bottle rocket, the motorcycle diaries, happenstance, a very long engagement, dirty pretty things, goodbye lenin!, spirited away, the royal tennenbaums, rushmore, the life aquatic with steve zissou, ghost world, donnie darko, kill bill 1 & 2, lotr, pulp fiction, the big lebowski, star wars (eps: 4, 5, 6), great expectations, rebel without a cause, bonnie and clyde, splendor in the grass, one flew over the cuckoo's nest, the graduate, some like it hot, on the waterfront, clerks, chasing amy, mallrats
b o o k s:
the perks of being a wallflower, all families are psychotic, microserfs, invisible monsters, choke, high fidelity, the bell jar, brave new world, catch 22, 1984, the fountainhead, the sound and the fury, the awakening, and too many more to list.
q u o t e s:
? "i am not a pretty girl,that is not what i do. i ain't no damsel in distress, and i don't need to be rescued." - ani d.
? "i search your profile for a translation. i study the conversation like a map. 'cause i know there is strength in the differences between us, and i know there is comfort where we overlap." - ani d.
? "i'm the dude... so that's what you call me...you know...uh... that or his dudeness or duder or el duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing. " - the big lebowski.
? "believe everything. you'll be right half the time." - blake schwarzenbach.
? "damn, it feels good to be a gangsta."
