hushprelude

I enjoy odd and absurd things, people and events. My goal is to make you feel out of your element (this does not mean offended in most cases) and inspired at the same time. I'm a very calm/mellow individual with theories on most everything, but I don't take them too seriously. In fact, I take very little seriously, but this doesn't mean I don't pull through on responsibility and actually caring, I just don't let anything 'get' to me. You really can make anything absurd and silly, which is how I prefer it.

I am currently interested in mirror neurons and if they exist in humans, what link do they have with autism and can they be researched more in depth if there is a link? Update: There has been recent research at UCLA that has 'proven' they do exist. :D

I work at UCLA in the Division of Endocrinology, where doctors study and treat people with gland disorders, diabetes, hypertension, etc. I work with clinical fellows and make sure their two years with our program is perfect.

I'm really here at UCLA to eventually apply for grad school to research autism and mirror neurons.

The Lover by Marguerite Duras, The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles, Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace, Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman, Cannery Row by John Steinbeck, The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Burberry, Tropic of Capricorn & Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller, Diaries of Anais Nin by Anais Nin, Ways of Seeing by John Berger, The Body Artist by Don Delillo, The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera, House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski, and many others.

Vanishing Point, Moon, The Limits of Control, The Secret Garden, The Rules of Attraction, Choke, Away We Go, Fur, Cria Cuervos, Donnie Darko, Amelie, Dark Passage, Sunset Boulevard, Wristcutters: A Love Story, Solaris, Sunshine, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Little Children, Dogville, Barton Fink, Videodrome, Apocalypse Now, Vanilla Sky, Un Chien Andalou, Ivan's Childhood, Hiroshima Mon Amour, My Own Private Idaho, The 400 Blows, Memento, Following, 2046, In the Mood For Love, Natural Born Killers, etc.

Beirut, Goldfrapp, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Spoon, Elbow, The Rolling Stones, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Radiohead, Khonner, Roy Orbison, Cranes, Fly Pan Am, PJ Harvey, Aimee Mann, The Kills, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Sneaker Pimps, Fiona Apple, Rufus Wainwright, Jeff Buckley, Squarepusher, Slowdive, etc.

Collage scrapbooking (not graduation, travel, holiday, family, wedding scrapbooking), postcard collecting, journal collecting, photography, prose and poetry, poetry readings, chapbook creations and collecting.

Likes: Most things strange, awkward, horror, sci-fi, science, anatomy, chemistry formulas and diagrams, neuroscience, bees, nature and behavior, human behavior, childhood innocence, hot air balloons, private airplane rides, carnival rides, collage anything, experimental anything, chaos theory, cabinet magazine, ecopus magazine, non-fiction travel writing

Dislikes: Lack of tolerance, arrogance, wet bathroom floors, slackers, pothead slackers, trainhoppers with mean dogs, asshats, elitists, los angeles traffic, fraternity life style, reality television paralleling fraternity life style, damaged goods, cutesy hello kitty

Love receiving:

Artistic postcards/postcard sets/ATCs/notecards/stationary/wax and wax stamps/odd stickers that aren't too childish/magnets/buttons with graphics/feathers/scrapbook paper/scrapbook bits/stamps/vintage anything/prints of birds,carmeras, animals, trees, anatomy/3D erasers/animal masks

Please don't send:

Confetti/candy/ribbon/regular buttons/solid color scrapbook paper (unless unique or metallic)/holiday themed anything