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Alexandra Brett was lost in a book

not a best seller but definitely a cult classic

About Me

Fairly Liberal. Thinker. Doer. Greatful. Pedantic. Silly. Curious. Peripatetic. Sleepy. Unintentionally unconventional. Some bad habits.
likes dragonflies. dislikes syrup.
oh, and my bandanna is like totally making ironic fun of you. but it's like totally not like a big deal ok? like NBD ok?
p.s. if you're a potential employer...this is a TERRIBLE way to conduct a background check.

My Interests

i like getting off the bus and walking on the median of Cambridge street with all the cars rushing by on both sides,watching people fall asleep on the train. the weather, especially after it's been raining for a while,cognition, neuroscience, developmental psychology, moral relativism, alternative education, bike riding and long walk taking, reading, urban exploration, light, taking pictures, visual culture theory, synesthesia, consciousness, sociology, perspective and aesthetics.

I'd like to meet:

"and i shambled after as i've been doing all my life after people who interest me, because the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders and in the middle you see a blue centerlight pop and everybody goes 'Awww!"'

someone to inspire the contextual shambling.
someone who has or is willing to put dish soap in a public fountain, someone who doesn't give a fuck about (post)modernism, or maybe some disthymics.
people who live in ALLSTON or near it who like to be silly and stay up late and will be friends.

Music:

Something really obscure you've never heard of that earns me A LOT of street cred.

Movies:

Harold and Maude, Herr Lehman, Waking Life. Tape. Goodbye Lenin. the adventures of sebastian cole.

Television:

House.

Books:

make way for ducklings

Heroes:

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My Blog

a slightly angry PSA

Some things that really get my goat:So a couple months ago this girl on a bike was hit by a car in Allston. I think her name was Kelly. I didn't know her and I don't mean to be disrespectful. I'm sure...
Posted by Alexandra Brett was lost in a book on Sat, 20 Oct 2007 02:54:00 PST

a tiny fraction of the year

Because October was the last time I updated the literate world on things of no concern:I sensitively respect the sensitivity dependency on initial conditions and tip my hat to the fact that just becau...
Posted by Alexandra Brett was lost in a book on Sat, 20 Oct 2007 02:32:00 PST

thank you

To the friends that called and e-mailed on Tuesday. Thank you.I know it's not easy to call someone when you have no idea what to say. I know it's hard to determine what to write, or even if to write a...
Posted by Alexandra Brett was lost in a book on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 06:43:00 PST

gurumph

i don't have tuberculosis.but i still have to take a THIRD trip to quincy to prove this. goshdarmdamnfugginpre-employmenttests. muddafucka.
Posted by Alexandra Brett was lost in a book on Fri, 04 May 2007 06:20:00 PST

on a map the gap's three fingers

but it's more than that. they say the world's getting smaller. i don't buy it. amherst feels like another continent. and for the record, will now be treated as such.
Posted by Alexandra Brett was lost in a book on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 10:33:00 PST

chaqueta negra que está faltando un botón

today you could see the snowflakes, not the snow, but the snowflakes, in perfect melting shapes on my black jacket. white geometry, then grey abstractions, then clear circles, then gone. i thought in ...
Posted by Alexandra Brett was lost in a book on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 02:29:00 PST

toys in the attic crazy/t.s. in the notebook mad...lazarus/lorazepam

You are so much smaller than I imagined. Your itsy-bitsy army of twenty, lined in a single row, doesn..t even extend past the cuticle of my ring finger. You..re white- and neutral. I wished you were ...
Posted by Alexandra Brett was lost in a book on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 05:44:00 PST

some other things

summaries are so hard....july-ended with no sleep and so much work; coffee, year up, david fox-allston lovin-a trip to natick and ken tighe-emt training-mom and the ER-picking up friend drunky friend ...
Posted by Alexandra Brett was lost in a book on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 10:38:00 PST

bam bam

i was bruising badly and couldn't find a cause....so the doctor prescribe Flintstone vitamins. They happen to be the number one cause of fatal iron overdose in children under six....and i know why-the...
Posted by Alexandra Brett was lost in a book on Fri, 11 Aug 2006 06:43:00 PST

summer summary so far

summer summary so farmay ended with:-a kick ass LED instillation-finals week defeated with minimal pain-housing debacle-breaking up with jeff.or was that april?-saint-like Dylan helping me move to all...
Posted by Alexandra Brett was lost in a book on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 04:02:00 PST