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maria alana

I am here for Friends

About Me

still better than piano lessons.

My Interests

boys with banjos
pete seeger
AD miles
polaroid pictures
chile relleno
woodford reserve
milk and honey
jovovich-hawk

I'd like to meet:

ladies love the feel of the wheel...

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo .

Music:

currently on blast:

Movies:

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Lost In Translation
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
In The Mood For Love
Amelie
Godfather II
Ghost Dog
Monsoon Wedding
Next Stop, Wonderland
Ruby In Paradise
Singing In The Rain
Streetcar Named Desire
Stand By Me
Mississippi Masala
You Can Count On Me

Television:

Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Buffy
Lost
Independent Lens
The Hills
Charlie Rose
The Office
Top Chef
Austin City Limits
Girlfriends
CBS Sunday Morning

Books:

Kafka on the Shore
The Day of the Locust
Heart of Darkness
One Hundred Years of Solitude
To Kill a Mockingbird
Huckleberry Finn
Cat's Cradle
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Fahrenheit 451
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara
The Body (novella by Stephen King)
Slaughterhouse-Five
The Known World
Geek Love
The Fortress of Solitude
Little Women
Galway Kinnell: A New Selected Poems

My Blog

Once upon a time...

short storythe first timejay fellin love,he fellso hardhe broke his nose.the second timejay fellin love,he fellso hardhe shattered his collarbone.jay wasn't more accident-pronewhen he was in love,but...
Posted by maria alana on Thu, 22 May 2008 09:56:00 PST

New, for Spring...

Insatiate I am starving. Without himI am so hungry. I cannot feel full. While I wait for him I eatscallops wrapped in pancetta with figs and...
Posted by maria alana on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:02:00 PST

Personal Approval Matrix...

(except in a list format) Hits: - Danity Kane: "Damaged" ("How you gonna fix it, fix it, fix it...") - "No Bitchassness" - Haruki Murakami - Jeanne Balibar - The FAIL Blog&nbs...
Posted by maria alana on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:10:00 PST

Birdsh**...

    My mother tried to tell me that birdshit was good luck.  She even called it that: "birdshit."  I loved hearing my mother use that word.  It made me feel like an ad...
Posted by maria alana on Sat, 24 Nov 2007 09:50:00 PST

Remember...

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Posted by maria alana on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 04:48:00 PST

Old School...

This is one of my most favorite things ever.  It haunts me, haunts me, haunts me.  I cannot even begin to articulate my love for this piece. ...
Posted by maria alana on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 05:39:00 PST

See! I told you...

..>Huge quake beneath Mariana Islands causes false quake reports in Bay Area --> --> By William Brand, Staff WriterInside Bay Area --> --> Article Launched:09/28/2007 08:35:02 AM PDT MENLO PARK - A ma...
Posted by maria alana on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 01:23:00 PST

Earthquake Weather...

... it's kind of in the air, no?  You can feel it.  Even in Brooklyn.  Strange.
Posted by maria alana on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:16:00 PST

Here is something I cant understand...

... people who clip their fingernails on the subway.  Who ARE these people?I know the subways are synonymous with grime and filth, but what in the world makes you think it's okay to leave your fi...
Posted by maria alana on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 07:03:00 PST

Girlfriends...

... can we please talk about one of my favorite episodes of Girlfriends?  It's the one where Lynn is dating Common and she meets Saul Williams and has to choose between them.  Does this kind...
Posted by maria alana on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 07:23:00 PST