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Lauren

Thug means never having to say you're sorry

About Me

i'm a loner dottie, a rebel. i procrastinate a lot and am indecisive and kind of anti-social. i keep on moving from LA to SF and back again. i know how to weld, and raise the dead with photoshop. my b.a. in art will surely lead to a lucrative career. insanity runs in my family. i don't know what im doing. my friends are very supportive

My Interests

photography, my rollieflex, ghost towns, cemeteries, pirates, zombies, robots, puppets, movies, music, free stuff, road trips, organizing stuff, puns, getting dressed up, religious propaganda, and silly hats.

Music:

they might be giants, elvis costello, weezer(pre-green), green day, okgo, the living end, the faint, blur, white stripes, the cure, imarobot, electric six, tenatious d, radiohead, the postal service, groovie ghoulies, jason webley, luckie strike, pansy division, foo fighters, the zombies, alkaline trio, buzzcocks, violent femmes, d.o.d, the mall, death of a party, the forceps, the regulars, 20/20, the fucking ocean, good game.

Movies:

Black Sheep, The Ten, Sunshine, Knocked Up, Hot Fuzz, Grindhouse, Serenity, The Prestige, Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny,V for Vendetta, batman begins, 40-year old virgin, sin city, wet hot american summer, shaun of the dead, anchorman, team america, pirates of the carribean, amilie, city of lost children, delicatesan, lord of the rings, spinal tap, waiting for guffman, best in show, barton fink, o brother where art tho, fargo, raising arizona, big lebowski, rushmore, royal tenenbaums, the life aquatic, harold and maude, reservoir dogs, pulp fiction, jackie brown, dusk till dawn, sin city, tru romance, big fish, ed wood, edward scissorhands, beatlejuice, ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND, being john malkovich, confessions of a dangerous mind, trainspotting, la confidential, meet the feebles, dead alive, the forbbiden zone, adventures of pricilla queen of the desert,evil dead series, goonies, run lola run, spiderman1/2, x-men 2, labrynth, dark crystal, the princess bride, donnie darko, bubble boy, happiness, mallrats, dogma, requiem for a dream,the graduate, one flew over the cuckoos nest, seven, fight club, moulin rouge, the adventures of baron munchausen, 12 monkeys, brazil, american beauty, taxi driver, clockwork orange, full metal jacket, flesh gordon, hellraiser, pan's labrynth

Television:

Top Five Favorite Live Action Shows ever: Buffy, House (mad respect to Buffy, but holy shit House is so fucking good), Firefly, Freaks and Geeks, Weeds Top Five Favorite Animated Shows Ever: simpsons, family guy, venture brothers, futurama, south park........................................................ .... Upright Citizens Brigade, chappelle's show, the daily show/colbert report, arrested development, kids in the hall, ren and stimpy,med/psyc shows on the learning channel, robot chicken, wondershowzen, mythbusters, dexter are pretty good too.

Books:

dave eggers, david sedaris, david foster wallace, nick hornby, short story compelations including works from aformentioned authors, mcsweeneys, lord of the rings, stiff: the curious lives of cadavers, confederacy of dunces, geek love, house of leaves, running with scissors, the hitchhickers guide to the galaxy, catcher in the rye, frannie and zooey, 9 stories, a clockwork orange, ishmael, the princess bride, a picture of dorian grey, nevermind the pollacks

Heroes:

diane arbus, garry winogrand, robert frank, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, charlie kaufman, michel gondry, dave eggers, patton oswalt, brian pohsen, zach gallifinakis,john & john, amy pohler, matt besser, ian roberts, andy daly, seth rogan and these guys.

My Blog

I am in love

With our new apartment. Richmond District, 3rd floor, all hardwood floors, huge closets, big deck, amazing view. move in sept 29th. hell yes...
Posted by Lauren on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 09:59:00 PST

New Stuff

so i quit my job being a professional errand runner for rich douchebags and got a job at a gallery, doing general gallery assistant stuff and also scanning a huge collection of california photos and h...
Posted by Lauren on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 09:27:00 PST

family perspectives

this picture is gonna be in a gallery in santa monica starting may 19th. yay. BolĂ­var Gallery1741 Ocean Park Blvd.Santa Monica, CA 90405http://www.myspace.com/familyperspectives...
Posted by Lauren on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:05:00 PST

inspirado

ghost town adventures sustain me. a resident of Randsburg, Carandsburg inn antique shopthis could be your adred mountain, capimp this ride. either the work of the big bad wolf or a meth lab explosiona...
Posted by Lauren on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:20:00 PST

shows are fun

as much as i miss everybody who is 400 miles north of me, la hasnt been too bad. this month im gonna go see:death cab (for free)the faintcomedians of comedythe regularsthey're not zombies (a very funn...
Posted by Lauren on Sat, 02 Dec 2006 09:39:00 PST

what was and shall be again

times they are a changin'-europe was amazing. lots of cemetaries, metro rides, museums, running around in the rain and of course, bread and cheese-some of my photos were in an art show. that was neat ...
Posted by Lauren on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 11:23:00 PST

film!

these are gonna be pictures of europe soon...
Posted by Lauren on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 07:52:00 PST

new pictures, very exciting

dancing for jesus, santa cruz ca, 5/27/06justin, santa cruz, 5/27/06dad, la, 6/10/06grace, la, 6/10/06harry, la, 6/8/06mom, la, 6/9/06the regulars 6/11/06the regulars 6/11/06the regulars 6/11/06the re...
Posted by Lauren on Thu, 15 Jun 2006 02:08:00 PST

to quote the x-men trailer, for every begining, there is an end

tomorow is my last undergraduate final...which i should be studying for...meh, procrastination has served me well for the last 17 years, why stop now. summer is upon us. here are things that will/hope...
Posted by Lauren on Fri, 26 May 2006 04:53:00 PST

bring on the night

it's a dead man's party....
Posted by Lauren on Mon, 15 May 2006 04:17:00 PST