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ellen cherry

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My Interests

singstar (obviously, because it is the coolest), brooklyn!, farms, airstreams, tiny homes, voyeurism, mysticism, Phoenicia, scooters, hula hooping, pinball, monday night bowling, tuesday night crafts, wednesday karaoke, physics, dressing up to get down, books, tea, romanesco broccoli (proof of divine artistry), Vernie & Ya-Ya, costumes, fist fights, pictures of giggling girls with guns, shoes, Julian, lilies, natural nutrition, sufism, and of course, the recently reinstated Ian Loumos (my favorite malaka)...

Music:

blah. lately... KANYE, M.I.A., arcade fire, art brut, mates of state, james brown, lcd, belle and sebastian, talib & mos, spoon, ryan adams, neutral milk hotel, def leppard, shuggie otis, clipse, wu tang, led zeppelin (yum), al green, marvin, erykah badu, blur, yelle, ciara, george michael, arctic monkeys, neko case, feist...

Movies:

Juno! (my new favorite and the most solidfying reason for my obnoxious crush on Michael Cera- even though he essentially plays the same character in everything), the up series, the Life Aquatic, Eternal Sunshine, Kill Bill, Amelie, Adaptation, Lost in Translation, Royal Tennenbaums, elegant universe, Style Wars, Big Lebowski, Hudsucker Proxy...

Television:

WBUR is my television equivalent: this american life, radio lab, on point (sometimes). I cheat, however, with DVDs - The ever-entertaining seinfeld (though the last two seasons are weak), The Office!, Curb your Enthusiasm, Entourage, Arrested Development.

Books:

Another Roadside Attraction, Jitterbug Perfume, Nine Stories, Skinny Legs and All, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Quantum World, Guns, Germs & Steel...

Heroes:

my most amazing guitar teacher Carlton Zeigler, Karl Pilkington David McDermott (anachronistic PSYCHO), Wangari Maathai, Bill Murray, Tom Robbins (How does one get that cool?), Larry David, Ricky Gervais, Bill McKibben, Kenny Shopsin, apparently lots of dudes...

My Blog

Thanks a ton, FATTIES!!!

  Ok, obviously the obese are not the sole cause of our universal bake-off, but if societal rejection wasn't enough, here's yet another reason to avoid being gigantic: May 17, 2008 Washingt...
Posted by ellen cherry on Sun, 18 May 2008 05:50:00 PST

"Excuse me, Miss. Can you help me?"

My apron gave me away. "I'm looking for the lady fingers.""Do you want the hard ones or the soft ones?""I want the looooong ones.""Ummmmm... hard? Or soft?"
Posted by ellen cherry on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:07:00 PST

DIE, DICK!

Cheney, that is. Apparently when the devil resides in your heart, his jubilant dance steps on the strings result in an irregular beat...
Posted by ellen cherry on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 07:39:00 PST

come on...

Do you REALLY need a national recall to inform you about potential contamination of food like this:???Because you shouldn't. Botulism should be the least of your problems....
Posted by ellen cherry on Sat, 28 Jul 2007 03:23:00 PST

A shoutout to the pagans, abortionists, the ACLU, gays, lesbians...

In addition to 9/11, I'm sure that Falwell would have blamed you for his impending demise just before he was smote... did you know he was from LYNCHBURG?!
Posted by ellen cherry on Tue, 15 May 2007 01:36:00 PST

how fast can you have your bags packed for Milan?

I'm off. A day long layover in Milan, enough time to find a scooter, hopefully with a bubble helmet clad rider, and take stylish photographs. then two weeks in Greece. reunion with ian, mopeds, spanik...
Posted by ellen cherry on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:35:00 PST

conspiracy theory.

My favorite zombie photo has been deleted due to the violent content. It was up for a total of 20 minutes! This has led me to ponder the events that resulted in its prompt removal, and I've arrived at...
Posted by ellen cherry on Sat, 02 Dec 2006 07:38:00 PST