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Michelle

meeshness

About Me

there's a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out but I'm too tough for him, I say, stay in there, I'm not going to let anybody see you.

My Interests

watching an absurd amount of sports, drinking the good ol' whiskey, singing in the shower, finding ways to not sleep, getting blissfully lost in little book stores ...i also have a HORRIBLE obsession with the NYTimes crossword puzzle... seriously.

I'd like to meet:

theo epstein, kurt cobain, johnny depp, teddy roosevelt, fidel castro, danny kaye, doris day, the wilson brothers, cindy sherman, vonnegut, kafka, the friendmates in high school... this boy from maine that i know... oh, and eddie vedder so he can sing me to sleep every night.

Music:

pixies, radiohead, pearl jam, nirvana, ben folds, bjork, elliot smith, bloc party, citizen cope, van morrison, ben harper, the decemberists, cat stevens, the shins, ani difranco, the strokes, pretty girls make graves, the beatles, tom waits, blonde redhead, sigur ros, postal service, the kinks, rage against the machine, portishead, joni mitchell, tears for fears, tori amos, sufjan stevens and old school prince (dallas!!!)

Movies:

braveheart, amores perros, the outsiders, the big lebowski, clerks, high fidelity, bull durham, labyrinth, billy madison, old school, dead poets society, magnolia, chopper, east of eden, west side story, boondock saints, hush hush sweet charlotte, mulholland drive, office space, donnie darko, singles, say anything, princess bride, wet hot american summer

Television:

the family guy, my so-called life, the simpsons, coupling (brit version), sportscenter, south park, the daily show, medium, that 70's show, pardon the interuption, alias, law & order, six feet under, jeopardy, surreal life, VH1 countdowns (they are like crack) and history channel specials

Books:

the world according to garp(john irving), the alienist (caleb carr), house of leaves (danielewski), breakfast of champions/welcome to the monkey house (kurt vonnegut), lolita (nabokov), the trial (kafka), american psycho/glamorama (bret easton ellis), einstein's dreams (alan lightman), a farewell to arms/a moveable feast (hemingway), the stranger (albert camus), love the shakespeare...

Heroes:

philanthropists and volunteers

My Blog

My 6th Grade Story

I found this yesterday. This must have been during my Nancy Drew reading phase... interesting how even my 6th grade self didn't like the Bush family... I'm not quite sure how I didn't get in trouble f...
Posted by Michelle on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 09:19:00 PST

Literature and Libations...

Literature and Libations (aka Books and Booze)co-founding member Jessica (of the Jessica Are I persuasion):"Dostoevsky rules!""Yeah, he's all deep and shit!""Word! Gimme some more whiskey!" I think th...
Posted by Michelle on Fri, 05 Jan 2007 07:23:00 PST

fuck vegas!

This is absolutely ridiculous!!! How can they enact this without offering to remedy the situation by providing alternative services in a comparable area??? Yes, fine and arrest the good hearted peop...
Posted by Michelle on Fri, 28 Jul 2006 11:42:00 PST