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Mom and I ... Vancouver, B.C., Canada. August 2006.
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""... But you know as well as I, patriotism is a word; and one that generally comes to mean either 'my country, right or..."
More about Vivien
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Schools (Other):
Mainland High School, Daytona Beach; U.C. Berkeley; University of Missouri, Columbia; Yonsei University, Seoul
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Occupation:
Escapism
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Hobbies and Interests:
Traveling, Scuba Diving, Cooking, Reading. More traveling. Reading about traveling when I'm not traveling.
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Favorite Books:
Immortality, all things Jane Austen, Video Night in Kathmandu, The Horse and His Boy, The Blind Assasin, the Master and Commander series, Lord of the Rings, Krakatoa, Song of the Dodo, The Quiet American, Lonely Planet guidebooks (seriously), The Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry -- ha! just kidding about that last one.
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Favorite Movies:
Blue Planet, Donnie Darko, Lost in Translation, Cidade de Deus, The Royal Tennenbaums, A Room with a View, Mansfield Park, Stealing Beauty, Star Wars (4-6), Lord of the Rings, Sense and Sensibility, My Life as a Dog, In the Mood for Love
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Favorite Music:
Annie, Jens Lekman, Andreas Mattsson, The Dears, The Postal Service, Old 97s, Astrud Gilberto, Suba, The Killers, Gwen Stefani (sorry, can't help it. She's just so catchy!)
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Favorite TV Shows:
Rome, Antiques Road Show, Lost, Project Runway
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Zodiac Sign:
Sagittarius
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About Me:
"... But you know as well as I, patriotism is a word; and one that generally comes to mean either 'my country, right or wrong,' which is infamous, or 'my country is always right,' which is imbecile."
-- Patrick O'Brian
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me up - we hang out after 2 whole years of not
seeing each other and go shopping and go to the
beach. Then the little cooter gets sick, gets me
sick, gets my roommate sick and gets that guy i
made out with sick. Viv always leave a little
something for you to remember her by.... and
luckily, it's not an STD.
stylish chicks. She began the tank
top with skinny straps craze. It's
because of her that we can let our
bra straps show. She is the only
person I have ever allowed to call
me by my full name. Whoever
thought that a prom queen could be
so sweet.
meeting her in French class. She was
tons of fun. I scared her square
friends with a My Own Private Idaho
video, fun times. Hopefully one day we
can hang out and have a good
conversation. I remember she is good at
that too.
three year old babe and she has been
one of my dearest friends since.Viv is
home to me.She brings the sun with her
wherever she goes and is my favorite
ambassador to foreign lands.I think of
her whenever I listen to the Sundays or
have chocolate ice-cream with milk
poured over it:)I don't know what I
would do without her lovely spirit in
my life.
NYC - I loved living with both her and
her dress-up doll Pete in our posh
Village apartment. Viv always had a
way of letting me know she cared:
whether it was getting shit-canned our
first night in NYC or 3-week old
Kimchi in the fridge, she helped make
the summer memorable.
Vivien is consummate. A
convergence of a good upbringing and an
optimal configuation of genes (I need
to get out more) makes her a source of
inspiration and dreams for many men. I
bear witness to this during our college
days (remember them?) at Berkeley. You
probably don't know this but it was
funny to see how, out of respect for
me, many of my friends would pretend
not to notice you or find you not to be
their "type." Of course, a few of the
truly disillusioned would ask me for my
blessings, to which I would say, "you,
my homeboy are not good enough." I did
get a lot of free meals out of this
though. A fringe benefit I say of
being your cousin. And judging by my
size now, there must've been many such
meals in question. It is funny how we
both came from the coasts to now reside
in the Midwest to pursue our careers.
I don't doubt that you'll be a better
person because of this and successful.
As for me, I just want to ultimately
rebel against my parents and become a
backup dancer.
the first & only person to shave my
head...coming to the rescue as I
struggled to "BIC" it myself from
scratch (no pun intended) I am ever
so grateful that she helped me verify
the existence & location of my head
mole we wonder about throughout life.
Also, I once went out with a girl
named Vivian, mistakenly thinking I
could ever relive my happy days with
Vivien. After that disaster, I can
honestly say there's only one Vivien.
a friend for life. Viv is the
soon-to-be female counterpart of Pico
Iyer, an adroit correspondent, a
wellspring of love, and another fellow
happa houlie who will conquer the
world!