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My blogs
| Industry | Non-Profit |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Location | Miltown, The Great Lakes, U.S. Outlying Islands |
| Introduction | Majorly empathetic, moderately intelligent & minimally noirotic. One foot in America, the other in the Old Country (often to my bemusement). Loyal friend & animal lover. Vintage clothing & curio enthusiast & music semi-aficionado. |
| Interests | Social causes (anti-fascism, poverty, violence, interfamilial abuse, post-trauma & animal rights), Discovering and rediscovering myself and others, 20th Century music, and subsequent pop culture. |
| Favorite Movies | Cinema Paradiso, Mediterraneo, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Before Midnight, Casablanca, Evening, Sylvia, Two Lovers, A Serious Man, But I'm a Cheerleader, Once, Yesterday, Arranged, Sabbah, Limbo, Intersection, Waking the Dead, Sling Blade, The Panic in Needle Park, Easy Rider, Barcelona, Basquiat, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, Superbad. |
| Favorite Music | Garage, Glam, Goa Trance, Laika, Rai, Dream Pop, Dub Reggae & Americana. REM, Tarnation, Luna, Lush, Yo La Tengo, Half-Japanese, Miracle Legion, The Magnetic Fields, The Volebeats, Ass Ponys & their subsequent off-shoots. |
| Favorite Books | To Kill a Mockingbird, The Diary of Anne Frank, Man's Search for Meaning, The Measure of Our Days, The Year of Magical Thinking, Anatomy of Hope, The White Album, Wide Sargasso Sea. |
How did the first eight years of the millennium happen without anyone questioning (much less caring), or holding public political figures responsible for grievous transgressions? Can you answer me that, dear god? ~ Written in late '08. Postscript '09: Hallelujah!