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maryann b

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

Ok, so this boarders on "wanna see the puppy in my van," but whatever...I am currently a full time English Major, part time tutor, and full time mommy. I did want to be a lawyer but am now rethinking that. I have two daughters and three cats. I've been told I laugh way too loud and I have no plan to quit smoking anytime soon.hmmmmmmmm, what else.....I can't catch, so don't throw anything at me, you'll only make me cry over my inadequacy.I'm afraid of air planes but I'm trying to get over that because there are so many places in the world I want to see - the sleeping Buddha's, Easter Island, Ayers rock. Anything else you need to know, just ask.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

James Carveille and Tim Russet, I like how they can bitch slap someone with words. People who can laugh at themselves.Poeple I have met so far: Cyndi Lauper, Dianne Patrick, Mick Foley, Cynthia Gregory, The Thompson Twins, Liz Walker, Marjorie Claprood,Jahan Sadat,Tracy Kidder, and the amazing Ken Burns! (Check out the pic.)

Music:

The Killers, The Pixies, Garbage,INXS (OLD INXS, NOT that reality tv show crap)Van Morrison,Poe, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Violent Fems,Jill Scott, Etta James,Earth Wind and Fire, Sublime, Tabli Kweli, The Dresden Dolls, Jeff Buckley, Nina Simone, Pink, Sia, Erikah Baduhwidth="425" height="350" ..

Movies:

Sid and Nancy, Liquid Sky, Betty Blue, Repo Man, Bowling For Columbine,Sicko,Little Miss Sunshine, Thank You for Smoking, Frida, Brazil, the Departed, A Christmas Story, half Nelson,and whatever's on sale in the discount bin at Blockbuster.

Television:

The Office; UK and US (I boycotted the first season of the US version on sheer principle,especially after NBC butchered Coupling.)The Flintstones,Law and Order-but not Criminal Intent, Vincent Denofreo annoys the hell out of me with that head tilting thing he does, I swear he needs to be checked for an inner ear infection. Mostly PBS and the History chanel.

Books:

A Piece of Cake, 1491, The Bluest Eyes, Reading Lolita in Tehran, All Souls,Perfume, Lies My Teacher Told Me, The Corruption of American Politics,Michelangelo and the Popes Ceiling, Mountains Beyond Mountains.

Heroes:

All my BHCC/OFS friends, Frida Khalo,Cupcake Brown, and Inderjit Khurana, she created the train platform schools in India. Martin Espada because he said he compares writing poetry to law because they both give a voice to people who can't speak for themselves. Mohammad Yunnis, he created micro loans in India, allowing people to create their own businesses and become financially independent for the first time in their lives. Chuck Collins, Director of the Institute for Policy Studies. At 26 he gave up his inheritance and has deticated his life and career to "The Commons," the idea that there is certain things in this world that we all have a right to: food, clean air, water, healthcare, education,the even distrabution of government money to benifit all, not just a selective few.

My Blog

cat haiku

I didn't write these; just think they are funny. I must get out nowoh my god, now I'm outsideI have to get in! when I eat catnipI am a wild, crazy catthe detox is rough I love to eat grassthough it ...
Posted by maryann b on Mon, 26 May 2008 05:15:00 PST

Are you who you are, or who people preceive you to be?

In Soc class the other day we watched Sex in the City and then people told which character each of us reminded them of.  I was peg as Miranda.  Which, after thinking about it, somewhat offen...
Posted by maryann b on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 06:24:00 PST

How long ’til the ball drops?

Ok, Christmas is over, the relatives went home, the tree is down, and the remains of the gingerbread house is hardening in the fridge, time for New Year resolutions. This year I'm shying away from al...
Posted by maryann b on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 09:26:00 PST

costa rica

I'M GOING TO COSTA RICA!!!! Actual acceptance letter: Hola Costa Rica Team We wish to informally notify you that you have been awarded a scholarship for the 2008 trip to Costa Rica . You should be re...
Posted by maryann b on Sat, 22 Dec 2007 09:23:00 PST

Finals are over Whoo Hoo! let the Christmas shopping begin.

So here's the Morrison paper. It's not my best, but considering that I wrote six journals and an essay before hand, and stupidly left myself only two hours to write it, it will do. "The Bluest Eye" By...
Posted by maryann b on Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:42:00 PST

Picola still exists

This is in responce to Jill Scott's "Epifhany", "the Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison (which I'm supose to be starting a paper on that's due at 9:30 Tuesday morning but am instead doing everything but) th...
Posted by maryann b on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 04:59:00 PST

klonopin (or Clonazepam for myMassHealth friends): 1 for you, 1 for me, 1 for you, 2 for me...

So I'm sitting here listening to Sia "You Have Been Loved" and noticed that down in the corner of the windows media player that it said "Some people have real problems," which is the name of the album...
Posted by maryann b on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:09:00 PST

cosmic insite or random coincidence

This is my horoscope for Monday, Aug. 13th, 2007. (I like to read ahead, opposed to reading back and seeing if it was true.) Try not to worry too much about whether or not you're getting through to th...
Posted by maryann b on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 06:50:00 PST

OCD,ADD,PMS, PhD, whatever...

  Painter Edward Munch once wrote  this about himself: "My fear of life is necessary to me, as is my illness...Without anxiety and illness, I am a ship without a rudder....My sufferings...
Posted by maryann b on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 08:48:00 PST

Cultural Anthropology 101

Two semesters ago, I took Cultural Anthropology, and although I really liked Professor Bautista (she tells great stories about her experiences doing field work), after awhile I got a little tired of ...
Posted by maryann b on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 08:12:00 PST