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Veronica Lourdes "Music Luna-tic"

"Can't talk! I'm driving to Austin for a show, I'll contact you soon!"

This is the response I received from Veronica Lourdes Luna when I asked her when would be a good time to set up an interview. It had merely been an hour since we had been dismissed from class and she was already on the road to catch another band's performance. I don't know why I was surprised at this fact. One doesn't have to personally know Veronica to learn that she is absolutely crazy about music. A quick glance at her Posterous blog will be sufficient proof of this, since every other blog contains pictures and articles about her favorite bands. "I spend all my money on shows. I love all kinds of rock music," she explains. 

Because her parents worked in the oil industry, Veronica moved frequently with her family and lived in hotels until age seven. She was home-schooled until the second grade, when she explained to her mom that she would like to have "real friends" and "go to a real school". At this point, her parents finally settled in Houston, the place she considers her real hometown. 

Now an English-Communication Arts major, Veronica is set on establishing a career in the media industry. "I'm not sure what exactly I want to do, but I want to work with photography and film. I love the idea of putting people in situations that you have been in, making them feel what you felt. I just know I want to write about what I want to, not what someone is telling me to. Music, photography, and writing are my obsession," she says. 

Music seems to be her topic of choice, judging from her Posterous blogs, but that doesn't mean photography is far off. After taking some photographs at SXSW last year, Veronica was contacted by Rolling Stone magazine asking if they could use some of her pictures in the magazine. I expect this to be her response when I ask what she considers to be the most interesting thing that's ever happened to her, but she does not even bring it up. Instead she explains to me how she once followed her favorite band, Brand New, from San Antonio to Austin, then to Dallas and Houston- all within the course of four or five days. "I wouldn't do it again for any other band except them because it was so exhausting. I'll do anything for something I'm really passionate about," she says. After a stunt like that, I find that last statement very easy to believe.
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