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Shannon

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About Me

"I don't have pet peeves, I have major psychotic fucking hatreds"-- George Carlin MyGen Profile Generator

My Interests

Movies, especially independent ones, screenplays, soundtracks, cinematography, reading, music, writing, theater, bike riding, American politics, history, hockey (Go Ducks!), tennis, laughing, picnics, Gael Garcia Bernal, pedicures, tiger lilies, peanut butter, making mix tapes, taking pictures, bonfires, driving PCH, ice cream of all varieties, girls nights, doing really bad Christian Slater impressions, romance languages, taking the scenic route, stir fry, chapstick, pajamas, mad libs, Adrien Brody, making lists, stand up comedy, George Carlin, Target, discount shopping, San Francisco, chandelier earrings, greatest hits albums, board games, singing, bowling, awkward moments, the cello, cooking, the history channel, flannel sheets, health food, foreign men, the 1980's, camping, cheesecake, nectarines, Greece, architecture, argyle sweaters, Anne Geddes, Disneyland, Claude Monet, souvenirs, dry senses of humor, scented candles, jacuzzis, road trips, getting dressed up, kiwi jelly bellies, vintage anything, serial killers and crime scene investigation, traveling, winter clothes, impressionist art, ethnic food, cheese, dirty jokes, pop culture trivia, big noses, butt chins, netflix, tivo, and anything banana flavored

I'd like to meet:

If by meet you mean make passionate love to, then all others need not apply

Oh, and the 2007 Stanley Cup champions"

Music:

Aerosmith, Aimee Mann, Air, Arcade Fire, Augustana, Azure Ray, Badly Drawn Boy, The Beatles, Beck, Belle and Sebastian, Billy Joel, Blur, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen, The Cars, Cary Brothers, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The Clash, Coldplay, country, The Cure, Damien Rice, David Bowie, David Gray, Death Cab for Cutie, The Decemberists, Depeche Mode, Devotchka, The Dixie Chicks, the Doves, Duran Duran, The Eagles, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Eels, Eisley, Elbow, Elliott Smith, Elton John, Elvis Costello, Enya, Fiona Apple, Fleetwood Mac, The Foo Fighters, Frou Frou, Garbage, Imogen Heap, Incubus, INXS, Iron and Wine, Ivy, Jeff Buckley, Jem, John Mayer, John Mellencamp, Joni Mitchell, Josh Rouse, Journey, The Killers, M. Ward, Mellowdrone, Modest Mouse, Muse, Neutral Milk Hotel, New Order, Nirvana, Oasis, Ours, Queen, Pearl Jam, The Pixies, Portishead, Rachael Yamagata, Radiohead, Ray LaMontagne, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Regina Spektor, REM, Rufus Wainwright, Ryan Adams, Sarah McLachlan, Schuyler Fisk, The Shins, Sia, Sigur Ros, Simon and Garfunkel, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Smiths, Sondre Lerche, Stevie Wonder, Stone Temple Pilots, the Strokes, Sufjan Stevens, Tears for Fears, Tina Dico, Tom Petty, Turin Brakes, U2, Weezer, The White Stripes, Wilco, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Zero Seven, and more

Movies:

21 Grams, Adaptation, All About Eve, Almost Famous, American Beauty, Amores Perros, Annie Hall, The Apartment, As Good as It Gets, Back to the Future, Before Sunrise, Being John Malkovich, Big, Big Fish, Boogie Nights, Broadcast News, Casino, Chinatown, Clerks, Crash, Dead Poets Society, Dear Frankie, The Departed, Donnie Darko, Edward Scissorhands, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Fargo, Fight Club, Forrest Gump, Fried Green Tomatoes, Garden State, Good Morning Vietnam, Good Will Hunting, Hannah and her Sisters, Heavyweights, High Fidelity, Home Alone, Hook, Indiana Jones, Interview with the Vampire, Jerry Maguire, LA Confidential, A League of Their Own, Life is Beautiful, Love Actually, Magnolia, Mallrats, Mean Girls, Memento, Moulin Rouge, Mrs. Doubtfire, Mystic River, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Network, Never Been Kissed, Notting Hill, Now and Then, Office Space, Old School, On Golden Pond, Ordinary People, Parenthood, Proof, Pulp Fiction, Reality Bites, Rear Window, Reservoir Dogs, The Rock, The Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore, Scent of a Woman, The Science of Sleep, Seven, The Shawshank Redemption, Sideways, Silence of the Lambs, Sin City, Singles, Sophie's Choice, The Squid and the Whale, Stand by Me, Steel Magnolias, Sunset Boulevard, Terms of Endearment, Thank You for Smoking, Titanic, Tootsie, Traffic, Trainspotting, True Romance, V for Vendetta, Vanilla Sky, Vertigo, Walk the Line, Wedding Crashers

Television:

24, Grey's Anatomy, Weeds, Sex and the City, Entourage, ER, Law and Order: SVU, The Simpsons, Real Time with Bill Maher, The Closer, Cold Case, I Love the 80's

Books:

The Catcher in the Rye, A Confederacy of Dunces, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Everything is Illuminated, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Me Talk Pretty One Day or anything by Sedaris, Survivor or anything by Palahniuk, The Firm or anything by Grisham, The World According to Garp or anything by Irving, High Fidelity or anything by Hornby, he Art of War, Brave New World, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Beloved, The Tipping Point, Lies and the Lying Liars that Tell Them or anything by Franken, Freakonomics, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Angels and Demons, The Lovely Bones, The Joy Luck Club, Running with Scissors, Dry, The Great Gatsby

My Blog

Wordplay

The Washington Post once again asked readers to take any word from the Dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supplying a new definition.The 2006 winners are:1. Casht...
Posted by Shannon on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 09:40:00 PST

I love this

1) Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, liposuction and air conditioning.2) Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way...
Posted by Shannon on Fri, 23 Sep 2005 01:01:00 PST

So sad, but so true

20 ways girls can tell they drank too much 1. I have absolutely no idea where my purse is. 2. I believe that dancing with my arms overhead and wiggling my butt while yelling "WOO-HOO!" is truly the s...
Posted by Shannon on Sun, 11 Sep 2005 04:34:00 PST