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Stephanie

No fork left behind!

About Me



I'm an artsy nerd who likes maps, birds, and bright colors. I'm a whore for cardigans and cute shoes. Frugality is my middle name.

I don't ride a moped but I support them.

I started a Flickr account

My Interests

design, printmaking, maps, outsider art, teeth, cardigans, scrabble, polka dots, trivia in all forms, collecting things, ephemera, old photos, old cameras, eating good food, eating free food, cooking delicious vegetarian meals, whiskey (and ginger ale), chocolate milk, trying to learn how to play an instrument, dreaming of playing in a band, (not) living with sorority girls and lovin' every minute of it, moped boys and moped girls, house of sin, house of babes (rip), handmade wallets, sustainable living, conscious consumerism, living in ballard

I'd like to meet:

People who want to eat candy out of Seth's beard.

Wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube man!

Sleepy kitties.
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Cats in a record store.

Music:

a whole lot of everything. anything seth is spinning. indie rock, jangle pop, alt-country, bluegrassy stuff, French rap, all of the above. Ryan Adams, Damien Jurado, Death Cab and all other incarnations of Ben Gibbard, Be Good Tanyas, Decemberists, Fiery Furnaces, Arcade Fire, RATATAT, Neil Young, CSS, Pedro the Lion, Mates of State, My Morning Jacket, Whiskeytown, Old Crow Medicine Show, Ed Harcourt, French Kicks, Cursive, Bright Eyes, Neko Case, Neutral Milk Hotel, the Shins, Wilco, Smoosh, Son Volt, Calexico, Iron & Wine, Kings of Convenience, Walkmen, Elliott Smith, Doug Martsch, the Concretes, Joanna Newsom, Nick Drake, Fruit Bats, The Magnetic Fields, KEXP, songs I've never heard

Movies:

The Wes Anderson suite, Annie Hall, Pi, Back to the Future, anything Coen brothers, Amelie, Documentaries about things unknown to me

Television:

The OC, baby!! Arrested Development, Simpsons, Family Guy, Six Feet Under, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Drawn Together, Antiques Roadshow, Long Way Round

Books:

Me Talk Pretty One Day (Sedaris), Invisible Cities (Calvino), Mao II (DeLillo), 40 Stories (Barthelme), any Grace Paley short stories, the Dictionary

Heroes:

Joseph Cornell, Henry Darger, Andreas Gursky, the little ladies of Smoosh, Stephen Wiltshire (aka the Human Camera)

My Blog

Slate/Treehugger CO2 Challenge!

Want to cut down on CO2 consumption?For the next eight weeks, Slate, in collaboration with eco-Web site treehugger, invites you to consider your own individual contribution to global warming..and chal...
Posted by Stephanie on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 07:14:00 PST

Always check your soymilk lid. ALWAYS.

I just bought a small bottle of Silk plain soymilk to drink with my lunch. I opened it and, because I was really thirsty, I took a big gulp. Immediately, I knew something was wrong. The soymilk left a...
Posted by Stephanie on Wed, 23 Aug 2006 02:02:00 PST

I just made the best sandwich EVER.

OK, maybe not ever, but it was tasty. One package of Starkist albacore tunaTwo strips of fake baconA few pieces of spinachA sprinkling of Colby Jack cheeseA very light spreading of hummusShake on some...
Posted by Stephanie on Sun, 23 Jul 2006 03:43:00 PST

I got a MOTOBECANE

A Motobecane bicycle, that is. Like I would buy a loser moped. Mopeds are for losers. It's a "Moby" - or a "Nobly?" I can't really tell. The model is in scripty writing on the side of the frame. It's ...
Posted by Stephanie on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 11:31:00 PST

I've got THE MONO.

I've been stricken with the plague - AKA mono. It really sucks. Imagine swallowing 10,000 tiny razorblades and having two really annoying ping pong balls shoved in the back of your throat so you can't...
Posted by Stephanie on Wed, 05 Apr 2006 04:11:00 PST

I love rye bread.

Seriously. I had it for the first time ever last week and now I'm hooked. Everything is better on rye bread (especially peanut butter and jelly sandwiches). Carraway seeds are awesome. That is all.
Posted by Stephanie on Thu, 12 Jan 2006 08:28:00 PST