Parker

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About me

Gender Female
Occupation Student
Introduction Uchicago English Major. How messed up is that? Have a tendency to spend large amounts of money on things I desire (clothes, natch). Really, I just want to move to Paris and walk around the streets of Montmartre in Chloé shoes. With Bruce Springsteen on my arm. And a lifetime supply of Limonata.
Interests hot apple cider, yoga, philosophy, garden gnomes, knitting, baseball, historical tourism, old virginia colonial mansions, the American, French, and Russian revolutions, spider-man, hair metal, John Adams, non-fiction essays, chemistry, physiology, taking 5 hour naps, Bach's cello suites, NPR, debate, the United States Constitution, and my copy of The Marx and Engels reader.
Favorite Movies amelie, vertigo, kill bill 1 and 2, resevoir dogs, hero, rashomon, I ♥ huckabees, all about eve, the maltese falcon, sin city, nightmare before christmas, bridget jones's diary, pride and prejudice (BBC), grindhouse, breakfast at tiffany's, the big lebowski, mr. smith goes to washington sabrina, the wedding planner, gigi, charade, casablanca, history of the world pt. I, 1776, jules et jim, v for vendetta, the godfather trilogy, high fidelity, sense and sensibility
Favorite Music ac/dc, allman brothers, ani difranco, beach boys, beastie boys, beethoven, ben folds, blondie, billie holiday, bob dylan, bruce springsteen, the clash, cream, chopin, damien rice, david bowie, death cab for cutie, derek and the dominos, the doobie brothers, the doors, the eagles, edith piaf, ella fitzgerald, elliott smith, elton john, elvis, eric clapton, frank sinatra, gipsy kings, heart, hot club of cowtown, iron and wine, james brown, john lennon, john mayer, johnny cash, john coltrane, josie and the pussycats, j.s. bach, june carter, keith jarrett, kings of leon, led zeppelin, leonard cohen, loretta lynn, louis armstrong, lynyrd skynyrd, mia, the magnetic fields, miles davis, missy elliott, motley crue, nina simone, poison, the police, the pretenders, queen, regina spektor, santana, seu jorge, shane hines, rivers cuomo, rolling stones, smashing pumpkins, stray cats, solomon burke, sum 41, tegan and sara, tenacious d, they might be giants, tom petty, van halen, van morrison, vince guaraldi, vivaldi, weezer, the white stripes, yann tiersen, yo yo ma
Favorite Books les miserables, catcher in the rye, slaughterhouse 5, to kill a mockingbird, franny and zooey, 1984, the great gatsby, cold mountain, anna karenina, the bell jar, lolita, the poetry of jack kerouac, e.e. cummings, t.s. eliot, pride and prejudice, sandra cisneros, pablo neruda the amazing spider-man series, and the ultimate spider-man series, and the watchmen.

When your science teacher smashed a frozen rose with a hammer, did you warm the petals to bring them back to life?

Remember how all of the princes' breath in fairy tales have magical properties? I've got that.