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    • Things that make me unusually happy: bubble wrap, fireworks, nightly concerts at Café Populart on c/ Huertas in Madrid, simple clean designs, diet cokes, navigating, people who laugh [a lot], the Spanish words pantufla and bicicleta, yo-yo ma, dancing salsa, professors Kent and Jottar, bottles of red wine, clean ears, watered down orange juice, caipirinas, The Shadow of the Wind, secrets. I like cloudy days with low humidity & sleeping in. I’m a world cup fanatic and a politics junkie.

    I don't like anything banana flavored and I hate cilantro. I often assume the ambitions of the person with whom I have most recently interacted. I despise the manipulation of certain issues for political gain. In my future lives I hope to be a movie producer, a photographer, a travel magazine editor, and a professional tourist.

    I hail from: Palo Alto, Cambridge, Jamaica Plain, Gallup, El Paso, Williamstown, Madrid, Washington DC, Oaxaca, Barcelona & NYC (currently).

    April 8

    I like v.042008

    1. finding the perfect present for someone
    2. clean sheets on my bed
    3. windows
    4. leaving early from work
    5. flowers on the table by my entrance
    6. my apartment
    7. that feeling you get after a long day on the beach
    8. a good glass of red wine
    9. ñ, the best spanish restaurant I know (now perhaps Sala One Nine, thanks fe)
    10. reggae dancing at nysc
    11. sleeping in
    12. direct deposit and diet cokes
    13. my friends
    14. my family “un aplauso!”
    15. the shadow of the wind
    16. finding excuses to be on my roof (I miss this roof)
    17. admiring women who can walk in high high heels
    18. my favorite boots and reef flip flops
    19. nice people
    20. the primaries
    21. the Brooklyn Brewery
    22. the world cup!
    23. getting magazines in the mail
    24. getting packages
    25. tribeca film festival
    26. salad bowl, the game
    27. separates
    28. […]
    29. Room & Board
    30. the coffee guys at Cherry Deli on 28th St. who make my coffee when I walk in the door.
    31. staying in my pajamas all day and not showering
    32. taking an hour and a half to get ready
    33. the first kiss
    34. Spain
    35. bargain shopping… century 21!
    36. baking
    37. fall and spring
    38. reading a good book at night till I fall asleep
    39. real tans
    40. boat rides with open bars
    41. ordering food
    42. playing with babies
    43. the Reina Sofia
    44. downtown in general
    45. havanarumba.net
    46. holding hands
    47. Vanity Fair & The Economist
    48. orange juice
    49. people who stay “in the moment”
    50. magnolia cupcakes
    51. Dali
    52. going home to ep
    53. netflix
    54. traveling
    55. fruit, especially strawberries, kiwis, and mangoes
    56. making lists, all kinds
    57. long emails
    58. the Sunday Times
    59. Craigslist missed connections
    60. The West Wing, The Amazing Race, Sex and the City, Brothers & Sisters
    61. vegetables, especially tomatoes
    62. homecoming
    63. bubble wrap
    64. Thanksgiving
    65. People who know more than one language
    66. Arguing about religion and politics
    67. Eurorail passes
    68. gin and tonics
    69. seeing what people become
    70. sparkling water, bubbly, barely flavored water…