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April

I am here for Networking

About Me

here's a silly but cute sonny and cher cartoon cover of one of my favorite randy newman songs. it's how i wish my life would go. it's a big wish.

My Interests

graduating sooner rather than later, music, feminism, cooking, recycling, spanish, catz and doggs, other animals, tv on dvd, (attempts at) crafting, sgrrc, singing and dancing in my room, babies and kids, expensive beauty products, cheap everything else, familiar parties, flea markets, antique stores, yards sales, the south, the things going on the in the pictures i sometimes take that can be found at this site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/april_june

I'd like to meet:

new people i haven't known before, laid back people with ambition, humble activists, fun-loving nuns, people not allergic to cats, talkative ghosties, spanish practicers, truth-tellers, and good time-havers. oh, and still the kids in the hall. more tall people.

Music:

talking heads, white stripes, roxy music, wanda jackson, the walkmen, yeah yeah yeahs, brian eno, the fiery furnaces, the features, fiona apple, joanna newsom, clinic, x-ray spex, television, sex pistols, the slits, regina spektor, echo and the bunnymen, the gossip, the kills, cat power, joni mitchell, odb, randy newman, the smiths, pixies, the b-52's, beyonce, bob dylan, deerhoof, the cramps, stereolab, the kinks, loretta lynn, m.i.a., of montreal, gravy train!!!!.

Movies:

amelie, the tenant, wayne's world (1 and 2), best in show, all wes anderson movies, steel magnolias, party girl, audition, d2: the mighty ducks, eternal sunshine, high fidelity, jurassic park, annie, the science of sleep, jesus is magic, various music dvds.

Television:

the kids in the hall, seinfeld, gilmore girls, lost, sex and the city, scrubs, top chef, freaks and geeks, classic nickelodeon, food network, roseanne, six feet under, the deadliest catch, sarah silverman program, the fo' show.

Books:

my professor says i have to read these books this semester: "like water for chocolate" (amazing), "a sad affair" (it grew on me), "scarlet song" (liked it), "jealousy" (complicated, but worth it), "juletane" and "contempt."

My Blog

i need 3 big-hairs and an anthony.

are you telling me that NOBODY wants to be this with me for halloween? because other than this i'm pretty dry in the ideas department.  do suggest. do i even need a halloween costume?  is t...
Posted by April on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 08:07:00 PST

weak-end

anyone have any suggestions for weekend plans?  i recently fell out of the loop. i plan on seeing "halloween" tomorrow night, but i gotta do somethin' else too.  beerz at least....
Posted by April on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 07:51:00 PST

who stole my liver?

if you know me then you also know that i rarely (if ever) experience shame of any sort when i carry myself over to the video store, march with an unnatural amount of determination right to the new rel...
Posted by April on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:58:00 PST

R U Wigglin?

We just got back from the gravy train show in atlanta. it was hella hella fun yall. this is nicole's sister's computer and that is kind of weird. how nerdy are you when you use the computer drunk? ...
Posted by April on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:21:00 PST

looks like he's having a ball(s)!

(this is just incase you guys don't read pitchfork or brett's blog.) have you guys seen kevin barnes (of montreal)? no no, i mean ALL of kevin barnes. because i have. and it was hottttt. okay, and ki...
Posted by April on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:05:00 PST

"Bands to watch out for"

someone linked this on nashville cream and i thought it was too funny (pathetic) not to share with you (unless you already read nashville cream, in which case i am sorry to have wasted your time)...
Posted by April on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 01:36:00 PST

Po(o)p Quiz!

I got bored and made this quiz thing.  It would be nice if you took it.  Some of it is funny, I think.  I don't know.  If you make one, I'll take yours. Here's the link:  htt...
Posted by April on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:45:00 PST

ol' bloggy bastard

i'd been on a sizeable hip hop kick anyway (mostly wu-tang related, too), but the MAC-OS cover of "i can't wait" inspired me to listen to that whole album specifically at work today.  i ...
Posted by April on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 12:05:00 PST

Oatmeal and Eggs...

...dino eggs, that is.  i forgot they even made oatmeal with dino eggs (you know, little candy eggs that magically dissolve into dinosaurs).  well, i'm about to have some.  i'm all for ...
Posted by April on Thu, 21 Sep 2006 04:55:00 PST

the blank generation

i think it's pretty safe, mr. hell, to fill in that "blank" with "awesome." southern girls rock and roll camp. a few things: DIY workshop---went amazingly great. i was completely stressed and felt ov...
Posted by April on Mon, 07 Aug 2006 09:43:00 PST