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a.t.

baby, you're gonna miss that plane

About Me

i'm tyring to figure that out.
so far this is all i got:

i am bangs and hair and ankle pants and t-shirts and sweet shoes and dancing and laughter and silence and nerdiness and awkwardness and insomnia and literature and words and phrases and sarcasm and optimism and pessimism and caring too much/too little and learning and listening and trying and patience and understanding and lessons and a worst-person-ever magnet and appreciation and cartwheels and round-offs but most of all hand squeezes and kisses and love. ( . . . and the best)

i'm well known by people who work in coffee shops.
a night owl with a day job, but it doesn't really matter cause i can never sleep anyway.

My Interests



books. pens. paper. writing. reading. listening. magazines. iced tea. sleeping. shopping. ice cream. being lazy. kitties. picnics. people watching. scrabble. painted nails. long drives. getting lost. staying up late. puns. sarcasm. naked juices. pineapples. will ferrell. quiet and loud. bangs. shorts. big purses. cafe au laits. being shy. mike and ikes. day dreaming. j.d. salinger. philosophy. museums. going for walks. sunny days and rainy days. flats. laughing. high fives. cuddling and hand holding. jeans and tee's. dresses sometimes. ankle pants. list making. picture taking. astronomy but not astrology. awkwardness. half truth's and truisms. pompeii. cherry limeaids. but mostly, hand squeezes and kisses.

I'd like to meet:

world travelers. soul-mates. future best friends. the open minded. the ridiculous. the understanding. the kind of heart.

all of the pieces missing from my life.

Music:



things i listen to include, but are not limited to, the following:

ryan adams
lily allen
the arcade fire
at the drive-in
au revoir simone
azure ray
the b-52's
band of horses
bat for lashes
the beach boys
the beatles
beck
bjork
black lips
blonde redhead
blondie
blood brothers
blur
david bowie
bright eyes
bush
cake
cat power
circa survive
clap your hands say yeah!
the clash
leonard cohen
coldplay
copeland
the cure
cursive
css
daft punk
death from above 1979
bob dylan
the elected
missy elliott
the faint
the fall
feist
the flaming lips
foo fighters
franz ferdinand
further seems forever
the futureheads
gang of four
giant drag
girl talk
the good life
the hives
the horrors
hum
interpol
michael jackson
etta james
jenny lewis
elton john
justice
the killers
the kills
kings of convenience
kings of leon
the kinks
klaxons
lady sovereign
the like
manchester orchestra
maps + atlases
mew
mewithoutyou
mgmt
m.i.a.
modest mouse
mstrkrft
muse
mystery jets
new young pony club
oasis
peter, bjorn, and john
phantom planet
phoenix
piebald
postal service
prince
q and not u
queen
the rakes
the ramones
the rapture
otis redding
refused
the rentals
damien rice
rilo kiley
sahara hotnights
saves the day
the shangri-las
the shins
sigur ros
smashing pumpkins
the smiths
the snake the cross the crown
radio dept.
sufjan stevens
the strokes
maria taylor
the teenagers
thrice
this will destroy you
tilly and the wall
justin timberlake
t.rex
tv on the radio
vampire weekend
violent femmes
weezer
the white stripes
amy winehouse
the who
yeah yeah yeahs
the zombies

Movies:



Before Sunrise
Before Sunset
amelie. pride and prejudice. rushmore. the royal tenenbaums. young frankenstein. garden state. gone with the wind. rosemary's baby. the virgin suicides. lost in translation. old school. swingers. elf. pretty in pink. 10 things i hate about you. bring it on. eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. motorcycle diaries. life aquatic. a very long engagment. say anything. labyrinth. wet hot american summer. robin hood men in tights. monty python. dazed and confused. empire records. ferris buller. the princess bride. gone with the wind. the pianist. edward scissorhands. stand by me. marie antionette. almost famous.

Television:

honestly i don't really watch television at all these days.

science channel
history channel
comedy central
family guy
the office

Books:

the catcher in the rye
franny and zooey
nine stories
raise high the roof beam, and seymour: an introduction
the bell jar
perks of being a wallflower
the virgin suicides
valley of the dolls
fahrenheit 451
kurt vonnegut

Heroes:



My Blog

the art of being shy

i am painfully shy.i wasn't born with the ability to talk to people with ease, nor with the comfort to be around large groups, people i don't know, or even my friends.i am most comfortable when by my...
Posted by a.t. on Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:45:00 PST

the time i was away

a while ago i went awayand i was the most at peace that i have been since long before i can remember.clearness of mind.freedom to think.a sense of ease and peace.it mattered not at all to me that noth...
Posted by a.t. on Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:43:00 PST

running away

does anyone want to move away with me? i never ran away as a child. i think i missed out. one day i was down at the creek and angry at my mother and i could hear her calling me home to dinner. i didn'...
Posted by a.t. on Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:06:00 PST

choices and undeniable moments

if you have to give up everything, make sure it's worth it. but if you have to give it all up, it's probably not. don't turn your back on your past. but cut loose that which is holding you back. choo...
Posted by a.t. on Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:52:00 PST

life . . . at my casio.

sitting around, drinking tea, playing on my casio."when the saints go marching in".i feel like a child.i never learned the piano when i was little.i find myself struggling to remember scales and note...
Posted by a.t. on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:01:00 PST

the cheese stands alone.

it was the perfect night to drive around with the windows down whilst listening to band of horses.i mean, really there is never a bad time to listen to band of horses, but tonight was perfect.and it i...
Posted by a.t. on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:36:00 PST

oh what a night

speaking of life kicking you while you're down.it snowed on me on the trek to my car tonight.the weather knows full and well that my least favorite thing in the world is snow and being cold.the weath...
Posted by a.t. on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:06:00 PST

only because its been a while: a very brief update

tomorrow is the beginning of the last week at a job that i have hated for much, much too long.nothing could make me more happy. . . . .well, that is a lie. i could think of a few things that would ma...
Posted by a.t. on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:46:00 PST

oh, this week . . .

there are one and one half hours left of one of the craziest weeks in recent memorythis week has been completely wonderful and completely horrible in perfectly equal amounts.it has been happy, sad, te...
Posted by a.t. on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:06:00 PST

so, what do you want?

the thing you have to ask yourself is "what do you want?" sometimes getting what it is that you want can be the most terrifying thing in the world. because if you are anything like me then you just ne...
Posted by a.t. on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 04:42:00 PST