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About Me

i like: music, art and you. boys in striped sweaters and tshirts. pomegranates. tangerines. pom juice. bust. venus. mental floss. laughter. text messages. history. pbs. this old house. bob ross paintings and "happy little trees". merediths apartment. old friends and new friends alike. skylights. mooonlight. shooting stars. astronomy. astrology. reading. painting. my house. my bedroom. my bed. traveling. discovering new things. camping. intelligent conversations. music magazines. art. sewing. designing. hemingway. dave eggers. many more things to be discovered upon introduction. so say hello.

My Interests

music.music.music.music.music.art.independent films.documentaries.shows.cafes.reading.drawing.painting.tra vel.buying new books to add to my collection.fresh paper for a new idea to be translated upon.history.challenges.learning about the people in my life.friends.nice guys.japan.portland.new york. boston.the inside of love.guestroom records.vinyls.discovering new artists and music.

I'd like to meet:

Take on my spine and spit shine it Pull on my heart and unwind it

Music:

lately it has been a lot of this....halou. margot and the nuclear so and so's. beirut. beulah. nouvelle vague. the oohlas. the bird and the bee. inara george. the decemberists. the shins. built to spill. modest mouse. rouge wave. as tall as lions. beta band. western states motel. malajube. balun. the silent years. the french kicks. the lovely feathers. guster. band of horses. boards of canada. beulah. new young pony club. matt costa. the eighteenth day of may. broken social scene. brazilian girls. camera obscura. cursive. decemberists. you me and iowa. deerhoof. deerhunter. electric president. patrick wolf. sea wolf. kate havenik.the rosebuds. the comas. lets go sailing. bang bang. dfa1979. lcd soundsystem. giardini di miro. youth group. my brightest diamond. mstrkrft. metric. young love. new pornographers. the unicorns. scissors for lefty. pilate.

Movies:

house on a hill. amelie. virgin suicides. igby goes down. fear and loathing in las vegas. bottle rocket. donnie darko. malena. my german boyfriend. the machinist.dogville. slc punk. winter passing. pretty little devils. train spotting. now and then. edward scissorhands. ed wood. book of love. oh yea and drop dead fred. hells yea.

Television:

pbs first and foremost. this old house. antiques roadshow. the office. curb your enthusiasm. sienfeld. frasier. greys anatomy. ugly betty. men in trees. arrested development. aqua teen. family guy. home movies. the simpsons.

Books:

heartbreaking work of staggering genuis-dave eggers. the bell jar-sylvia plath. dry/magical thinking/running with scissors-augusten burroughs. garden of eden- hemingway black like me-john howard griffin. dress your family in cordurouy and denim/ me talk pretty one day-david sedaris. middle sex-jefferey eugenides. and the entire collection of brothers grimm fairytales.

Heroes:

coco chanel. granny. aunt michelle. mom.

My Blog

i want...

someone : to hold my hand. to draw on my back as i fall asleep. to wrap their arms around me. to listen to music with. to ride bikes at midnight with. to swing at the park with. to not think i am wei...
Posted by mandolin.<3 on Tue, 22 May 2007 01:51:00 PST

voluntourism.

so now you can take vacations to volunteer. i think i may do this. you get to go exciting places and actually make a change in the world. im thinking of maybe going to costa rica with habitat for huma...
Posted by mandolin.<3 on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 04:55:00 PST

Slyvia Plath.

Born to middle class parents in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, Sylvia Plath published her first poem when she was eight. Sensitive, intelligent, compelled toward perfection in everything she attempted,...
Posted by mandolin.<3 on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:48:00 PST

japland.

im going to japan for most of january. im really excited. if youre nice to me i will bring you things from the hundred yen store. maybe.
Posted by mandolin.<3 on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 06:55:00 PST

i am obsessed.

with scissors for lefty. seriously guys. you need to be listening to them if you arent. i dont know who they really sound like just thats its fucking amazing. i love it. oh yea locksley is a prett...
Posted by mandolin.<3 on Fri, 10 Nov 2006 06:29:00 PST

i found kyle again today.isnt it strange...

when you talk to someone you havent seen for years and their life is completely opposite from what you had imagined it would be? for example theyre married with kids and have a respectable job by the ...
Posted by mandolin.<3 on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 04:24:00 PST

WHERE HAVE ALL OUR INDIE FILMS GONE?

where can i see them in oklahoma? preferrably near norman or okc? or do we not have a theater yet that only plays independent films? if not why not? its common in larger cities for theaters to only p...
Posted by mandolin.<3 on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 01:32:00 PST

holy holy holy shit.bollag is back.

today i got back in touch with the best guy i have ever met, in my entire life. Gabe Bollag i love you. i loved you since i first set eyes on you outside the roseland. i still have alll the ticket stu...
Posted by mandolin.<3 on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 02:50:00 PST

youre like a power packed punch of vibrant color....

everything is going so well. getting a car this weekend. getting to see ben and jason on thursday with my friends. got two wonderful roomies and a nice big house on campus. im back in norman something...
Posted by mandolin.<3 on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

fuck.

fuck you. <3 i fucking hate you. not really just people pretending to be like you. in other words im doing just fine. someone should call me. 1-503-998-6152.
Posted by mandolin.<3 on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST