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April

If she smiles the beefsteaks become well-done...

About Me

I am getting better about checking MySpace.I rarely did before. If you are into reading, check out my blog. I record my reading exploits there. Uh, if you think reading is for dorks, then avoid the blog. Avoid the Blog!
Oh, the quote is from "The Girl Can't Help It" by Little Richard. I wish the same could be said for me...

My Interests

Vintage scooters, collecting old stuff, redheads, obsessive crushes, music from the 50s-80s, 50's & 60's culture, crafts, sewing, making things, reading, flea markets, introspection. Get Your Own! | View Slideshow

I'd like to meet:

Bill Moyers, Hugh Hefner, & John Cusak. As for "real people" I dig those who are crafty & creative, funny and slightly jaded. Scooter people. Those who are more into personal integrity than consumerism.
I forgot to mention that humor is *very* important. True, clever and slightly subversive humor scores with me. I would probably marry Dom Deluise because he's so darn funny. My friends must make me laugh or else I get distracted by hummingbirds and cracks in the floor.

Music:

The Smiths; U2; The Pixies; Dandy Warhols; 4AD like Dead Can Dance & Cocteau Twins; Jamaican ska; Jonathan Richman; Weezer; 80's alternative; dark & moody stuff; Toledo's "Tattooed Mermaid," goofy 50's & 60's music like Bill Deal & the Rondells, Freddie the Dreamers, Connie Francis & Leslie Gore; Merseybeat; twangy rockabilly and pre-70s country; swing music & dancing; Kaiser Chiefs; 60's guitar instrumentals; Surf Noir like the Blue Hawaiians; Tom Waits; The Chameleons; Radiohead; the disco of Giorgio Moroder; the upbeat sunshine of the 88 and Dressy Bessy. Can you say "across the board"?

Movies:

Gilda, The Usual Suspects, Sixteen Candles, Animal House, Baraka, The Thin Red Line, How to Murder Your Wife or anything with Jack Lemmon. John Cusak movies. I'd marry him if only he'd ask. Missed my chance with Jack Lemmon. =dang=

Television:

Simpsons, Everwood (RIP, dam CW network!), The First 48, Cops!, PBS documentaries, The News Hour, Chappelle's Show (RIP), Jeopardy, Match Game, The Gong Show, Fernwood Tonight.

Books:

"If on a Winter's Night a Traveler," Kurt Vonnegut, "Picture of Dorian Gray," "On the Road", Roald Dahl is incredible! I read each night before bed in hopes it will stave off early alzheimers, or at least keep my spelling in tact.

Heroes:

Bill Moyers, Bea Arthur, Rita Heyworth, Jonathan Richman.

My Blog

Stalefish Book signing w/ Tony Hawk, Rodney Mullen and more!

http://yelp.com/events/simi-valley-stalefish-book-... The new book, Stalefish" is out! Learn about skating's early days from the guys who lived it. Come meet Tony Hawk, Lance Mountain, Rodney Mulle...
Posted by April on Thu, 22 May 2008 06:41:00 PST

My Celebrity Look-alikes

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Posted by April on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 06:52:00 PST

Screw has been turned

I finished "Turn of the Screw" last week and felt totally stupid. James' love of clauses and commas was getting to me. Just write a simple sentence, why don't ya! I started to feel really stupid as my...
Posted by April on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:17:00 PST

"Wicked" not so in an 80s slang way...

i finally finished "Wicked" and was a little disappointed. I should know by now to avoid books that have been hyped so much. I would give it a 3 out of 5. But I felt the Wicked Witch of the West chara...
Posted by April on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:42:00 PST

Did you like "Good in Bed"?

I recently read "Good in Bed" by the same author who wrote "In Her Shoes" (which I have not read). Am I the only one who thought her thinly veiled portrayal of actress Minnie Driver was annoying? I w...
Posted by April on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:22:00 PST

Scarlet Pimpernel

I'm trying to create a list of Books I Gotta Read. Not quite "before you die" kinda list, but there are many books that the majority of people have read and or that are considered essential or must-re...
Posted by April on Thu, 17 May 2007 09:55:00 PST

Mag at printers so I can relax?

Maybe not, but our mag is at the printers, so no more editing and rushing around. Some things had to be cut, but overall we're doiing well. We're sneaking in another issue in this year, so 5 issues. I...
Posted by April on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:17:00 PST

So lazy...

Because I stupidly left most of the articles inthis issue for me to write, I am seriously overloaded! So, I've not been doing as much outsie of work. I finally started a new book: Fear of Flying by Er...
Posted by April on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 08:05:00 PST

Respite from rain...

It was raining for the past few days, which is nice. I dragged several of my plants out from under the porch and into the rain. They were previously hidden under the awning to protect them from the fr...
Posted by April on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 05:19:00 PST

On to Perfume...

I finished the grammar book that I've been reading. I'm determined to improve my grammar, or else. Or else---what, I don't know. But it had better get better. :) I am now reading a great book by Patri...
Posted by April on Fri, 28 Jul 2006 11:08:00 PST