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MEET
Lauren NARI
“Happiness is addictive”
NAME Lauren Thachen-Cary.
My brother is Ryan, so I guess
apart from liking the name, my
parents also thought it rhymed.
Ryan-Lauren! AGE 23. CURRENTLY
I have just finished my BSc in
Psychology at Laurentian, and
am now working at Home De-
pot to pay off OSAP. FAVOURITE
COLOUR Green FAVOURITE OUT-
FIT Semi-casual, but dressy. A
nice pair of pants with a bit of
lycra, small T-shirts with cap
sleeves. And heels – but comfortable
ones! Big earrings, lots
of necklaces – I love jewellery!
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FAVOURITE BOLLYWOOD STARS I
don’t follow the language completely
and require translations
sometimes, but I like Aishwarya
Rai. As for male actors, I like all
of them! They are all different
sizes, show different amounts of
skin, and all have different atti-
tudes! FAVOURITE HOLLYWOOD
STARS Catherine Zeta Jones, Nicole
Kidman, Cate Blanchett, Harrison
Ford, Sean Connery and Daniel
Craig. FAVOURITE MOVIES Gladi-
ator, Moulin Rouge and Devdas.
FAVOURITE SINGERS Mariah Carey,
Elton John, George Michael
FAVOURITE SONGS Come
what may from Moulin
Rouge and Kylie Minogue’s
Confide in me. FAVOURITE
TV SHOW The X-Files
FAVOURITE AUTHOR Agatha
Christie. FAVOURITE ICE
CREAM FLAVOUR Moca al-
mond fudge. Anything
chocolate! FAVOURITE
CUISINE I’m so multicultural
– my dad’s from
Kerala and mom is
Irish-Scottish-British! I
like all kinds of food. I
love Indian food. Hot
curries – the hotter the
better! I love spicy burritos,
Thai food, Korean
soups. FAVOURITE SPORTS
Soccer, baseball, basket-
ball. FAVOURITE SPORTS-
PERSON Michael Phelps.
He’s been a little silly recently,
but he’s young,
he’s my age! He must
have followed a very
strict regimen to make
it to the Olympics, and
was just having some
fun. I always stick up for
him, but he has to remember
he’s a role model for kids. So if
he’s going to experiment, he
should keep his nose clean.
Specially these days – every one
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has camera phones! I HANG OUT
At dance clubs. I’m more mature
now, so I don’t really go
clubbing, but I love to dance.
I’m also a bit of a science freak,
and love attending conventions.
I’M FREAKED OUT BY The dark!
The other day I watched Grudge
3 at home on my laptop. The
next day, at work, we had a black-
out. It was scary! I NEED To
travel! FAVOURITE ACTIVITY Read-
ing, going on the net to search
out stuff, looking for new Japa-
nese Anime I WANT TO Act in
movies, be on Broadway as a
singer and dancer, and do research
in forensic medicine! My
bar is very, very risen! MY ROLE
MODELS Katharine Hepburn,
because she was so strong and
wore the pants, literally, when few
women did; Barack Obama, for
what he has achieved in spite
of people trying to label him;
Rosa Parks; all the Canadian
women who fought for our
right to vote and my grandfather.
My mom’s dad is responsible,
logical and very gentle. TO
SAVE THE PLANET We still haven’t
learnt from the blackout of a few
years ago. Look at downtown
Toronto, we don’t need full
power all night! Wear warm
clothes, don’t crank up the heat;
reuse stuff, put things away for
use later, don’t just go out and
buy, buy, buy! IN A PERFECT
WORLD There would be less
negativity. Happiness is addictive!
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