Folkgirl

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About me

Gender Female
Occupation desk jockey
Location Minnesota, United States
Introduction Mommy, wife and wannabe musician/photographer in Minnesota. Now in my mid-30's, I'm trying to reconcile the side of me that wants to grow her dreadlocks back, quit her job and be an urban artist with the side that works a desk job to pay the bills in suburbia.
Interests Good music (read as: anything other than the crap they play on commercial radio, parenting a small (for now) boy, camping, fishing, acoustic guitar, songwriting, photography, my dog and cats, socialism, tattoos, Buddhism, my family, vacations on the North Shore of Lake Superior, beer, true love, being asked what I'm thinking because one never knows what one may get, tall pine trees, rock shows, perennial gardens, thick-rimmed specs, swanky restaurants, the word "swanky", Ireland, the internet, Larry Smith Academy of the Luging Arts, the BWCAW, art for healing, Camp Jolly Pepper Boat Bank - Campsite # 5, picinic tables, asthma inhalers, a woman's right to choose
Favorite Movies Star Wars IV-VI, The Princess Bride, The Big Lebowski, Kung Fu Hustle, Old School, Kill Bill Vols 1 & 2, Chasing Amy, Coen Brothers, Quentin Tarantino, Kevin Smith, you get the picture of my sick and twisted mind...
Favorite Music Ani DiFranco, Billy Bragg, Drive-By Truckers, Wilco, Steve Earle, Greg Brown, Marlee MacLeod, Dar Williams, Led Zeppelin, the Clash, Sonic Youth, Alejandro Escovado, Ben Harper, Uncle Tupelo, Iris DeMent, Willie Nelson, Husker Du, the Replacements, Lucinda Williams, Neil Young, Son Volt, Bob Marley, The Pixies, The Pogues, old U2, Tom Waits
Favorite Books Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, White Teeth, Still Life With Woodpecker, On the Road, Peace is Every Step, Stitch 'n' Bitch

You've got to make contact with the alien leader. How will you tell when the conversation is finished?

When it pulls out its ultra laser beam blaster and zaps me into oblivion.