About Me

  • About Me: Life can be an opera, but it's good to laugh (most of the time). If writing is like painting pictures with words, this is my gallery.

More About Me

  • Nicknames: CarmenDeBizet
  • Religion: Catholic
  • Heroes: My parents. My other super hero, Mafalda. (The comic strip by the same name ran from 1964 to 1973 and is widely admired in Latin America and many parts of Europe). I admire Mafalda's traits and outlook on life.
  • Interests: In no particular order: Languages, Literature, Education, Traveling, Photography, and many more.
  • Expertise: I used to work in a place where there were people with the word Expert in their title, it was annoying...so, having said that, I would have to say I want to keep on learning about my interests (see above).
  • Occupation: Education/training
  • Industry: Education/Research

Books

  • Favorite Books: Anne Frank: Dairy of a young girl, The Great Gatsby, Lord of the Flies, 1984, Veinte poemas de Amor y una cancion desesperada, Rimas de Gustavo Adolfo Becquer, The Secret Garden, Alice in Wonderland...etc.

College

  • School Name: University Of California - Irvine
  • Status: Alumni
  • Class of: 1999
  • Attended: 1995 - 1999
  • Degree type: Bachelors
  • Major(s): English Literature, Spanish Literature

CarmenDeBizet

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    • Name: Carmen
    • Country: United States
    • State: California
    • Metro: Los Angeles
    • Gender: Female
    • Member Since: 4/9/2006
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Memories (3)

  • corazon_apasionado
    Hola Tu, I was listening to this song by Iron Maiden with my husband yesterday when he asked me "who are the 7 sons of the 7 sons". I told him that it's probably a reference to either mythology or to the Bible in some way. Then I told him about Humanities Core, how I never felt so much like an idi
  • mr_faust
    ello, thanks for the invite. hope for moawr DeadLikeMe!!! (movie is completed, word is waiting on Ellen's Blog for news ^_^)
  • CarmenDeBizet
    Of course I remember Humanities Core. I remember asking myself, "What the hell is this guy (Heidegger) saying???" I would read and reread our version in English and still I found myself asking... "Can someone please translate this into English???" LOL. I did like reading Greek Mythology. Plato and S

Chatboard (13)

  • ClockworkBunny
    Geico just saved money on its car insurance by switching to Chuck Norris.
  • VaultESL
    dinner! mmm. I'm having pizza.
  • VaultESL
    ryc: what, all those fq bits? I think it's called "Tags". cause, well, it displays all your tags. I never use tags, so the automatic FQ ones are the only ones that it shows.
  • CarmenDeBizet
    @VaultESL -  Yes, I do believe English Savoury Lovin' is a "wee" bit catchier than English as a Second Language. 
  • VaultESL
    ryc: heh. that's me, your friendly English safe-deposit-box man. :) you know, on that same subject, during my last Xanga live-chat, someone, I forget who, suggested that it could stand for English Savoury Lovin'. A wee bit catchier, no?
  • lovetakesmehighxx
    @CarmenDeBizet - Ooh, okay, I'll have to check that out.
  • CarmenDeBizet
    @lovetakesmehighxx - Neruda is one of my favorites. I recommend the movie The Postman (Italy, 1994), Neruda's poems are an integral part of the story.
  • lovetakesmehighxx
    I saw you listed Veinte poemas de Amor y una cancion desesperada as one of your favorite books. I was so excited bc I translated Neruda's poem 20 for a comparative literature class of mine this semester. It was so beautiful - in both Spanish and English. :)
  • FreeeVerse
    @CarmenDeBizet - I think it's such a great idea to do that. Why didn't I think of it? LOL. I could have put AdelynneAllende or something. HAHA. Kidding.
  • CarmenDeBizet
    @FreeeVerse - My name is Carmen in real life, but since I wanted my user id to be a combination of my name with something else...I chose an opera, which holds a lot of meaning to me: Bizet's Carmen. I like the version with Maria Callas.