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My blogs
| Gender | Female |
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| Industry | Education |
| Location | shorewood, IL, United States |
| Introduction | artist. feminist. recluse. chain-smoker. responsible/ethical hedonist. polyamorous. OCD list-making fool. inked. socially awkward. panic attack-ridden. infj. anti-bush. anti-war. pro-gay marriage. pro-choice. unapologetically inappropriate. recovering christian. neurotic middle child. enneagram: type 4w5. pain addict. queer. incorrigible. twitchy. camera shy. |
| Interests | World domination, Painting, Boxing, Bull-riding, Sculpting, Knife throwing, Black and white photography, Collecting weird shit, Organizing and labeling that weird shit for later use, Stealing pens, Coffeeshops, Dancing barefoot like the dirrty hippie I am, Bisexuality, Used book stores, Swings, Piercings, Road trips, Dive bars, Kink, Using power tools, Controllable pain, Paganism, Kilts and combat boots, Vintage cars, Self-medicating, Tattoos, Cemetary statuary, Oodles of pillows, Degrassi, Weird mixed media sculptures, Solitude, My evil kitten of the apocalypse, Kneesocks and Catholic schoolgirl skirts, Misanthropy, Democratic Socialism, Vintage glasses, Slam poetry, Shaved heads, Social anxiety, Bettie Page, Creating the perfect grilled cheese sandwich, Curvy girls, Unitarian Universalism, Demolition derbies, Sarcasm, Embellishment and exaggeration, Liberating trees, Eddie Izzard, People watching, Finger painting, Body modification, Redheads |
| Favorite movies | Harold and Maude, 3-Iron, May, Manic, The Station Agent, The United States of Leland, Battle Royale, Garden State, Lost in Translation, Sicko, Waitress, Amelie, Secretary, Life as a House, A Love Song for Bobby Long, The Professional, V for Vendetta, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Jeux d'Enfants, Night Watch, Boondock Saints, Saved!, Ginger Snaps, Freeway, Hard Candy, The Triplets of Belleville, City of Lost Children, Pan's Labyrinth, The Weather Underground, Run Lola Run, Twin Falls Idaho, When Night is Falling, Aimee and Jaguar, Henry and June, Dream for an Insomniac, If Lucy Fell, It's My Party, New Port South, Reach the Rock, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Slam, Stealing Beauty, Lolita, Talk to Her, Live Flesh, Sex and Lucia, Annie, Parent Trap, Royal Tenebaums, Office Space, Romance, Real Women Have Curves, I Shot Andy Warhol, Basquiat, Prey for Rock and Roll, Frida, Summer Lovers, La Femme Nikita, Big Fish, Kiki's Delivery Service, Bastard Out of Carolina, Annie Hall, Thirteen, The Believer, The Company, Unfaithful, Saving Face, The Iron Giant |
| Favorite music | Ani Difranco, Tori Amos, Indigo Girls, Saul Williams, Sarah McLachlan, Cat Stevens, Natalie Merchant, Tara MacLean, The Cure, Rusted Root, The Album Leaf, Tuesday, Boysetsfire, Mineral, Iron & Wine, Damien Rice, Notaword, Billie Holiday, Melissa Ferrick, Twilight Singers, Afghan Whigs, Prince, Bjork, Erin McKeown, Tegan and Sara, Moby, Shawn Colvin, Massive Attack, Beth Orton, Zero 7, Jeff Buckley, Rufus Wainwright, Jen Wood, Bonfire Madigan, Elliott Smith, Frou Frou, Holly McNarland, Jonatha Brooke, Kate Bush, Mandalay, Weekend Players, Wax Poetic, Utah Phillips, Dan Bern, Anne Heaton, Edie Carey, DJ Shadow, Teddy Goldstein, Andrew Kerr, Deftones, Morphine, 16 Horsepower, Madonna, Buckethead, Hem, A Perfect Circle, Red House Painters, Sunny Day Real Estate, Plumb, Knapsack, Delirium, Counting Crows, The Postal Service, Garrison Starr, Peter Gabriel, Patty Griffin, thc, Johnny Cash, REM, Hot Club of Cowtown, U2, Girlyman |
| Favorite books | The Ethical Slut, Quirkyalone, The Giant's House, Blankets and Carnet de Voyage by Craig Thompson, Same as It Never Was, God-Shaped Hole by Tiffanie DeBartolo, Looking for a Fight by Lynn Snowden Picket, Without Apology: Girls Women and the Desire to Fight by Leah Cohen, Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison, Against Love: A Polemic, The Hedonism Handbook, The Starving Artist's Way, Anything by/about Judy Chicago or Joseph Cornell |
That can't really be a fish you're standing on, can it?
It's a carp. Not a koi, a carp. Elaine's mom told me so.