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mary claire

sometimes the remake is better than the original

About Me


a bit clumsy but i make up for lack of grace with fun and earnestness

My Interests

maps, bass, risk, kitties , poland, food, spicy food, pizza, sweat

I'd like to meet:



doctors who smoke

people who listen to my radio show ->
(((::: wrir.org // .... 6-8am Thursdays :::)))

Music:

favorite live set ever = jamie lidell ekes out early '90s rave anthems, warp records party nyc summer '02.

bpitch control : particularly modeselektor, whose beats i very much dig, and ellen allien, whose music reminds me of love.

anythong that invokes miami (anythong); the quiet storm; the violent femmes; the same music that a lot of teenage boys like when they are man enough to like dance music

Movies:

capers and road movies

Television:


i am also influenced by roseanne, the golden girls, and the big LD. aqua teen hunger force.

Books:

the conjure woman and other conjure tales; cat's cradle; a wrinkle in time; a clockwork orange; the ends of the earth; great granny webster; the american heritage college dictionary

it's worth mentioning that i've always had a thing for james joyce.

Heroes:

mary poppins, jason campbell, charles de gaulle, queen latifah

My Blog

wsj, get this

i finally realized why i like reading the business section more than other sections of the newspaper: it's more objective(!) whoa. rupert, please cease influencing my lifestyle.
Posted by mary claire on Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:38:00 PST

new leaders: design thinking

http://www.ideo.com/images/uploads/news/pdfs/IDEO_HBR_Design _Thinking_08.pdfThis article is from the Harvard Business Review about a new trend in business strategy, labelled "design thinking." It came...
Posted by mary claire on Thu, 06 Nov 2008 08:59:00 PST

targeted advertising rules

this is the world we live in:i get banner ads that say, "I CAN EAT PIZZA EVERY DAY AND STILL LOSE WEIGHT."heaven is where i live. babylon.
Posted by mary claire on Thu, 06 Nov 2008 08:52:00 PST

$$ Obama and Green $$

Maybe you already familiar with what's backing the dollar. It's not tangible: a) international convention;* and b) belief in the hard work and ingenuity of the United States.My idea is that, at least ...
Posted by mary claire on Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:28:00 PST

$$ Oil and Green $$

I remember talking about the Wizard of Oz novel in 7th grade history class as an allegory for something with the gold standard and populists. (That interpretation has been debunked btw.) I think we pr...
Posted by mary claire on Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:23:00 PST

Rainbow Arabia: Good Band. Coming to Richmond.

This band kix ass, and they're coming to Richmond (to the effing Triple). www.myspace.com/rainbowarabia pretty much how the name sounds. they're on merok, which also released teenagers and crystal cas...
Posted by mary claire on Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:08:00 PST

old lady botany entry

so i've been freaking out because there are ants all over the cyclamen plant that david gave me, which i have kept alive for over a year.my ability to keep plants alive has serious subtext, mainly bec...
Posted by mary claire on Sun, 13 Jul 2008 08:02:00 PST

my apple ish

suffice it to say a few people were shocked when i bought a pc, in the summer of 2005. i had basically become a bit dejected with apple. at any rate i had definitely fallen from the "pirates of silico...
Posted by mary claire on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:10:00 PST

i just realized something funny about spanish

which is that their word for hell isn't that great. i guess it's latin's word anyway, though, isn't it.hell is such a better word than el inferno.hell is its own place, whereas the inferno is just the...
Posted by mary claire on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:11:00 PST

israel

i never paid much mind to the graffiti on the side of my next door neighbor's house, which says "israel sucks, go satan." dumb college kids or something.the above print is in my living room. i found i...
Posted by mary claire on Sun, 22 Jun 2008 03:44:00 PST