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Traci

I'm a boatload of Trouble.....

About Me

If what Proust says is true, that happiness is the absence of fever, then I will never know happiness. For I am possessed by a fever for knowledge, experience, and creation.
- Anais Nin

Living apart and at peace with myself, I came to realize more vividly the meaning of the doctrine of acceptance. To refrain from giving advice, to refrain from meddling in the affairs of others, to refrain, even though the motives be the highest, from tampering with another's way of life - so simple, yet so difficult for an active spirit. Hands off!
- Henry Miller


I'm fascinating.

Stay at home mom to 2 - part time homeschooler, part time international spy...

I often enjoy...
Taking long walks with no destination in mind
Philosophical musings...
Hiking through the woods for hours on end... oh yeah and long walks on the beach ;)
Taking roadtrips with friends and causing all sorts of chaos ... normal stuff.
And, sarcasm... I can never get enough of that.
Check out Agent 139's novel!!!
Also, please check out Bernard Mazie's book Prison Manifesto !!!

My Interests

Hiking... hiking... and some more hiking.NY Times crossword puzzles, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, alternative education, Andy Warhol, antiques, attachment parenting, books, Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab, classic literature, co-sleeping, cooking, crocheting, d.i.y, decorating, east village inky, feminism, homeschooling, indie films, journals, letters, literature, livejournal, mail, Marilyn Monroe, mixtapes, motherhood, poetry, reading, records, sewing, traveling, Turner Classic Movies, typewriters, vintage clothing, good wine, writing, zines, sleeping in, Dana Carvey/Mike Myers era SNL, Sephora, MAC, record collecting, gourmet food, eating out, entertaining

I'd like to meet:

People who think too much!

Moms in the area, fun open minded people, folks with a sense of humor, people who like to go out and do things....

I'd also like to catch up with old friends....

People as obsessed with music as I am.

People who can keep up with me!

One caveat - I tend to only add people I know in some way - either in real life or via lj, etc.

Music:

Talking Heads/David Byrne, Patti Smith, Holly Golightly, Jolie Holland, Jenny Lewis/Rilo Kiley, Leonard Cohen, Ryan Adams, Jesse Sykes, Carla Bozulich, Death Cab for Cutie/Postal Service/Ben Gibbard, The Decemberists, Ladytron, 60's girl groups, 60's garage rock, big band, i.e. Benny Goodman, etc. ,David Bowie, Velvet Underground, early Rolling Stones, Marianne Faithfull, Martha Wainwright, Sleater Kinney, Mojave 3, Calexico, Coco Rosie, Black Heart Procession, The Kinks, all things Billy Childish, Coldplay, French pop and jazz 60's - present, Lounge and various electronica, Peggy Lee, Connie Francis, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Neko Case, random opera, Siouxsie & the Banshees, White Stripes, The Cars, Psychedelic Furs, new wave, random classic rock and oldies, Enon, Bjork, PJ Harvey, Thee Headcoatees, Dusty Springfield, The Pretenders, Wolfsheim, Adam Ant, Fiona Apple, Interpol, Pulp, early Liz phair, Detrtoit Cobras....... many more... I'm positive I'm forgetting some

Movies:

Frida, I Shot Andy Warhol, Royal Tenenbaums , Garden State, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Sylvia, Cold Mountain, Lost In Translation, Secretary, Jean Harlow flicks , All About Eve, The Misfits , Marilyn Monroe!, Rebel Without a Cause, Starsky & Hutch, Kingpin, Summer of Sam, Pulp Fiction, Liberty Heights, The Pianist, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Reality Bites, Girl,Interrupted , Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, Wish You Were Here, Diva, Splendor In the Grass, Henry and June, Ghost World, Panic In Needle Park, Casablanca, Kinsey, The Big Sleep..... A lot of movies from TCM that nobody's ever heard of that aren't always that good but I just enjoy the cinematography

Television:

I rarely get a chance to watch tv... nowadays only turner classic movies

On DVD (when I get the chance - mix between little time and a limited attention span):
L-Word
Friends
Good Times!!
Seinfeld
Roseanne
Thee's Company...

Books:

anais nin, dorothy parker, sylvia plath, anne sexton, joyce carol oates, edna st. vincent millay, carson mccullers, zelda fitzgerald, alice walker, emily dickinson, laurell k. hamilton, anne bishop, clive barker, jacqueline carey, margaret atwood, henry miller, anne rice, toni morrison, f. scott. fitzgerald, emma donoghue, flannery o'conner, virginia woolf, d.h. lawrence, marguerite duras, george r. r. martin.....also, various biographys and other non-fiction. cookbooks.

Heroes:

Anyone who wears a cape.... And I'm not talking Halloween here folks ;)

My Blog

waaay behind on things

I need to catch up on email...  this past month has been pretty busy.  We made two trips to the beach and have been in and out of DE and PA a few times as well.  So, in lieu of an in detail report on ...
Posted by Traci on Fri, 18 May 2007 06:33:00 PST

i just did a pretty big cut

if i removed you it's nothing personal i just don't have much time to spend on here since my life seems to get busier by the day but that's what being a mom is all about... basically juggling and tryi...
Posted by Traci on Fri, 18 May 2007 05:22:00 PST

Terrific article

How not to be an asshole: a guide for men " You are wrong. If you doubt that the nature of abuse and harassment women suffer, online or off, differs from that men experience, then you don't know what...
Posted by Traci on Tue, 08 May 2007 07:31:00 PST

C'mon who hasn't done this?!

"At first when I see you cry,yeah it makes me smile, yeah it makes me smileAt worst I feel bad for a while,but then I just smile I go ahead and smile"Beat down on an ex + laxatives...
Posted by Traci on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 02:21:00 PST

Valentine's Day.. V-day... everyone...

I'd imagine that this is what this Bjork video is all about, right?! ...
Posted by Traci on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:25:00 PST

Reiteration... well yeah...

 I didn't want to bring this up but it took a lot of strength to say the things I said before. It took years. And, I know you've grown since then or I hope you have but I still needed to say thos...
Posted by Traci on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:20:00 PST

Did I mention....

That I freakin' love Leonard Cohen.... Did I?   Leonard Cohen, "Famous Blue Raincoat" recorded in Munich, Germany, 1979....
Posted by Traci on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 05:51:00 PST

Sickening... yep

Sex offenders and rapists etc in your surrounding area complete with their photo, name, and complete address.Family WatchdogIt's just a reminder of how prevalent rape, molestations, sexual assaul...
Posted by Traci on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 07:59:00 PST

Clare Quilty... "I notice human individuals..... I'm a normal guy"

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Posted by Traci on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 11:29:00 PST

I lay there hovering between consciousness and unconsciousness. It's really the greatest.

Peter Sellers is my new hero. The guy was freaking insane. Pic taken from Lolita... Clare Quilty: She's a yellow belt. I'm a green belt. That's the way nature made it. What happens is, she throws me a...
Posted by Traci on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 09:03:00 PST