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Tanuja

In a time of destruction, create something. --Maxine Hong Kingston

About Me

Myspace Layouts at Pimp-My-Profile.com / Beyond the horizon

I do my best.

My Interests

pajamas all day, surprises, the ocean, honesty, silence, infinite possibility, good new recipes, new music, peanut butter on apple slices, acupuncture, Chinese herbs, knitting, crocheting, reading, writing, non-intrusive spirituality, politics, public/community health, keep-it-real organizing, short stories, theater, www.3daynovel.com, Acupuncturists Without Borders, Air America Radio, Democracy Now!

I'd like to meet:

some serious start-up cheddar...

Music:

Bjork, Feist, Imogen Heap, Natasja, Jolie Holland, Be Good Tanyas, Edith Piaf, Sheila Chandra, Radiohead, Tool, Portishead, Tracy Chapman, The Decemberists, Wendy McMurry, Ane Brun, Nick Drake, Andrew Bird, Postal Service, Coldplay, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, System of a Down, Dido, Flaming Lips, Iron and Wine, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Cramps, Howe Gelb, Tori Amos, Morcheeba, Wilco, Cat Power, Enya, Soulfly, Ozomatli, John Fahey, Eryka Badu, Lauryn Hill, Jill Scott, Christina A., Regina Spektor, all kinds of opera, classical music, jazz...

Movies:

Kill Bill v. 1 & 2, The Future of Food, Water, Fire, Earth, Little Miss Sunshine, Ma Vie en Rose, Dead Man, Requiem for a Dream, the Harry Potter series, Dave Chappelle's Block Party, Winged Migration, Bandit Queen, Three Kings, The Birdcage

Television:

not at the moment...

Books:

The Reader's Digest Book of North American Birds, The Wind-up Bird Chronicle, Interpreter of Maladies, Rumi (almost) anything, the Harry Potter series, Chinese medicine textbooks, fiction anthologies...oh, and DIY/knitting magazines...they are soooo yummy! I just found The Believer magazine and Selected Shorts, which make me smile, and I also love Bust and Bitch...

Heroes:

my friends.

My Blog

Doris Lessing Wins 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature

Her beautiful and devastating lecture is hereTotal goddess.
Posted by Tanuja on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 01:35:00 PST

They want us OUT.

Iraqi nationalism has spoken: get the Americans OUT.  It's time for the Bushies* to listen.*Bushie: one who either is or supports Mr. George W. Bush and his policies.Majority of Iraqi Lawmakers N...
Posted by Tanuja on Mon, 14 May 2007 04:21:00 PST

Jesus Camp

I just saw this movie.  Ooh, the dreams that followed... ...
Posted by Tanuja on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 01:50:00 PST

International Women's Day

International Women's Day, 2007http://www.counterpunch.org/marshall03082007.html We Stand With the Women of the WorldBy LUCINDA MARSHALLF or the past 5000 years, give or take a century or two, there h...
Posted by Tanuja on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 03:23:00 PST

Did NOT finish bonnet.

That was like so last week... Right now I am in lovely AZ soaking it UP. I have nothing interesting to say except tonight we are having my mom's famous curry, and people, it is truly to DIE for -...
Posted by Tanuja on Sun, 26 Nov 2006 05:24:00 PST

an all nighter for a bonnet.

I am knitting this.  I shall not stop until the last end is woven in, until the last cute little pink thing is positioned perfectly.  I shall not stop though my eyes blur and my fingers prot...
Posted by Tanuja on Sun, 19 Nov 2006 02:16:00 PST

something to do if you can't sleep

Go to the Video section of myspace and type a word in the search space, a simple word, perhaps the name of someone or something you love, an object that you treasure.  A word like water or tea.&n...
Posted by Tanuja on Sun, 05 Nov 2006 10:15:00 PST