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heather

About Me

http://heatherdeegentile.blogspot.com
updated with images of my paintings
I'm heather. I was born in the south side, went to highschool in this hellish little suburb you've never heard of, left every chance I got, have had my own place in the north side of the city for about 4 years now. I recently received my BFA from the School of the Art Institute. i'm a painter. I'm planning to move to italy within a year, depending on finances. i'll probably stay there for a year or two before going to grad school in nyc. Once i leave chicago, I'm not planning to come back.
i am NOT interested in:
getting married, having babies, tattoos, traveling out of the city to midwestern suburbs, living with my parents, piercings, "scenes," fall out boy, thai food, the cubs, the bears, or any sports other than soccer (italian soccer. sometimes brazillian, sometimes portugese)
i AM interested in:
painting, museums, galleries, (real) italian and chinese food, jamba juice, thrift shopping (90% of my wardrobe is second-hand), british comedies, traveling, living in a new place every 2-3 years, meeting great friends, old books, people who aren't pretentious, motorcycles (sport bikes and crotch rockets, not hogs), the italian neo-realists, always moving on to bigger and better things.

My Interests


I'd like to meet:

gael garcia bernal... 3

Music:



Movies:

i own hundreds of films, and i love thousands. my favorite films are probably 8 1/2, stardust memories, fallen angels, giulietta degli spiriti, deconstructing harry. some tops are anything by fellini, wong kar-wai, stanley kubrick, bergman, woody allen.

also, il ciclone, pan's labrynth, tristram shandy: a cock and bull story, philadelphia story, salo o le 120 giornati di sadoma, the lives of others, art school confidential, buffalo 66 was so bad it sortof became addictive... breakfast at tiffanys, soylent green.

Television:

british comedy, the sopranos, sex and the city, the L-word, curb your enthusiasm, black books, south park, seinfeld, coupling, the office (uk only, the us version sucks)

Books:

books on art and artists. i like almost everything i read. i was really into aristophanes recently, and any fiction or books on ancient greece and rome.

Heroes:

good painters.

My Blog

if we used to be "friends"...

i'm still wondering where some of my friends went. i know some people deleted profiles, some probably de-friended me since i haven't seen them in years, etc. a few weeks ago, almost half of my friends...
Posted by heather on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 06:50:00 PST

winter is coming

my windows are open and there's a chill in the breeze. the smell is distinctive of chicago fall wind. it whispers, "in a few weeks, i'm coming with a vengence, and it's about to get really fucking col...
Posted by heather on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 04:06:00 PST

(photos) ducks, trees, and seemingly insignificant things

grant park:south pond:i love richard.the conservatory:north pond:my new camera is pretty sweet... more photos later...
Posted by heather on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 06:38:00 PST

bad sleep

i'm a troubled sleeper. for the past few months i feel like the guy from Fight Club. i can't fall asleep. i can't stay asleep. i dream constantly, and the dreams are often nightmares. i dream of bugs ...
Posted by heather on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 11:40:00 PST

summer burned heather

ouch!
Posted by heather on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 02:23:00 PST

il mostro de firenze

i've become addicted to dateline.
Posted by heather on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 11:14:00 PST

i'm 22

revelationsi need to start taking the garbage out more. my apartment smells wonderful when i do. barleans organic vitamins are magic.i love fellini 10x more than before. cheap motel free porn is just ...
Posted by heather on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 08:06:00 PST

a rockin saturday night

i own 68 pairs of shoes.not including flip flops, sneakers, or anything old or anything that i don't like a lot, and 2 pairs i just threw out. including those, i probably own around 75.it just took me...
Posted by heather on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 08:03:00 PST

thursday

i've become addicted to potbellys meatball subs.i had an excellent painting day todaythe weather is nice.i've come to the conclusion that i kick ass. at life in generali have the song wild horses stuc...
Posted by heather on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 05:24:00 PST

thursday i'm an art star

hopefully. i have to get about 10-15 pieces completed within the next few weeks to show the peter miller gallery. woo hoo!
Posted by heather on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 04:58:00 PST