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lisa

Don't Touch My Skillet

About Me

I make pancakes that double as weapons.
I organize my records by first name.
I don't eat coots even if they do taste like the sea.
I have a vintage dish problem.
I need to shred my old bills.
I have photo issues and a loud cat.

My Interests

Consuming corny concoctions. Also, alliteration.

I'd like to meet:

Koko the Gorilla,
Mini-KISS

Silly Hans!

Music:

Hall and Oates, Lionel Richie, Steely Dan, ELO, Fleetwood Mac, Wings, Go-go's, Eddie Rabbitt, Nu Shooz, Marshall Crenshaw, Stacey Q, Tommy Tutone, Big Country, and, of course, Talking Heads

Movies:

The Party, Band of Outsiders, Young Frankenstein, 28 Days Later, Better Off Dead, Say Anything, Ghost Dog, 8 1/2, Down By Law, Bladerunner, House on Haunted Hill, Nightmare Before Christmas

Books:

Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin, Illustration Now!, various books on type, cookbooks with pretty photos, books on design, photo books, old books that have the musty mildewy smell, cumin, thyme, and garlic. Oops, those last three aren't books!

Heroes:

Did you ever know that YOU'RE MY HERO?

My Blog

coffee at 3

fuckity fuck fuck. I can't sleep. brilliant. sparkling. sleeeeeeep. dormir.
Posted by lisa on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 11:50:00 PST

Word of the Day: Tarantism

(from wordsmith.org) An uncontrollable urge to dance.[After Taranto, a town in southern Italy where this phenomenon was experienced during the 15-17th centuries. It's not clear whether tarantism was t...
Posted by lisa on Fri, 25 Aug 2006 11:38:00 PST