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Tanya

Lola Rides Again........

About Me

small, evil, silly, feminist, lover, actress, thinker, player, dancer, freak. i'm an actress living in new york city. always looking for work in that arena. i'm a big surprise in a little package. i'm a little happy ball of contradictions.

My Interests

acting, reading, films, dancing in clubs, painting, purses, sexuality, cats, gender, transgender rights, pro-choice, salvador dali, ghosts, max ernst, erotica, precode movies, astrology, audrey hepburn, guiness beer, barbara stanwyck, betty and veronica, big band, black and white movies, bloody mary's, box shaped handbags, caleb carr, CANDY-ALL CANDY, cary grant, chocolate, Constance Bennett, contrast, current events, feminism, forensics, fresh squeezed orange juice, georges bataille, girlie underthings, golden palominos, gooey butter cake, gummi cherries, hair metal, health food, industrial music, jessica molaskey, joel peter witkin, marilyn monroe, muscle tone, new orleans cemetaries, nonsense songs, nookie, norma shearer, poppy z brite, rita hayworth, sherman's lagoon, stacey kent, superstar -by todd haynes, texture, theatre, used bookstores, vintage hats, zeitgeist. and living my fucking life my way.

I'd like to meet:

i met him already. at least the one i want to get naked with anyway. every day. naked. many times.other people i would like to meet but not get naked with include: people who are into acting, pay attention to the world and can speak intelligently about it, people who like nonsense songs, and people who aren't afraid to laugh loud when other people sit silently.

Music:

i like country music from the 70's & 80's- kenny rogers... FROU FROU, Goldfrapp, snow patrol, the Killers , Tegan and Sara love industrial music - cubanate, apop, acumen nation, kmfdm, nin, thrill kill, newlydeads, razed in black...... hair metal- tuff, poison, guns and roses, faster pussycat, la guns, so many more.... and other stuff like coldplay, travis, foo fighters, yoyo ma, jessica molaskey, stacey kent, tears for fears, romeo void. big band music, trance

Movies:

old black and white movies especially pre code movies, contemporary french films. boondock saints, sling blade, fight club, 8 women, irreversible, lost in translation, indiana jones movies, bringing up baby, funny face, breakfast club, party girl, tipping the velvet, baise moi, house of yes, the women, the misfits, quills, faster pussycat kill kill, beyond the valley of the dolls, bowling for columbine, monster, the hours, superstar by Todd Haynes, hedwig, ma vie en rose, saved, party monster, little miss sunshine sometimes i like movies for the acting, sometimes for the creative film techniques, oftentimes i like the way it moves me. may i tell you how curious i am about the american remake of Funny Games-hmmmm-wonder how that will go over

Television:

now that i have Tivo I'm an even worse tv snob than before but now i can watch shit when i want to. henry rollins show, nip/tuck, rescue me, daily show , real time, black books, millenium, x-files, golden girls, frasier, DEXTER, she-ra, sex & the city, carnivale, coupling, six feet under, prison break, colbert report, new amsterdam still deciding how i feel about lipstick- i like the actresses but....

Books:

joyce carol oates, poppy z. brite, caleb carr, agatha christie, laurie r king, stephen king, julie kaewert, amanda cross, a.m. homes, ......... i like historical mysteries, george r.r. martin,i LOVE the harry potter series. roald dahl, edward gorey, the series of unfortunate events, philip pullman, anything about marilyn monroe, rita hayworth, audrey hepburn. historical erotica, forensic books. art books, books about sexThis year I made a deal with myself to knock out 50 books. So far I'm ahead of my goal. The library is my friend.

Heroes:

the man i married- because he's a tremendously perfect creature. my friends for being the miraculous and amazing animals they are.and mom - because she's the most wonderful giving and loving human in the world.

My Blog

quote of the day............

"Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for - in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car,...
Posted by Tanya on Tue, 15 Nov 2005 09:49:00 PST

My name is marketing........................................

I read this a while back somewhere online and it really struck me. Just felt like sharing today. I posted it in my LJ a while back.   Hi. First of all, you are fat. You are ugly. You stink. ...
Posted by Tanya on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

SNOWWWWWW

At around 3am i ended up putting on warm ski clothes and going out to play in the park on 23rd St in Manhattan. I was bundled in like three layers of clothing. it was beautiful outside. there were no...
Posted by Tanya on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

my mom is soooo cool

she had spoken with me last night about costume ideas for today. i had no real suggestions. she calls me a little while ago to let me know she thought of one and went ahead and did it. so she won ...
Posted by Tanya on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

thunderstorms........

i awoke to the crash of thunder and the pitter patter of rain. i wish i was in the woods somewhere dry under cover enjoying the weather. i miss thunderstorms.
Posted by Tanya on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

dripping.....

so i was out the other night and was hitching a ride on a bike with a fucked up starter. lo and behold we get it started and are trying to ride out of the LES into Brooklyn when suddenly the sky erup...
Posted by Tanya on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST