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Laura

dungbeetle76

About Me

Female human; includes dog companion (male). I like and don't like certain things.

My Interests

Likes: aforementioned dog companion's dreamtime mini-barks. Nice things. Nice living things. Penguin Classics. Pillow-top mattresses. Steel frame bicycles.Dislikes: post-nasal drip. Waiting around. "Cool" in use as the American word for diplomacy.

I'd like to meet:

Humans/dog companions (non gender specific).

Music:

Smithsonian Folkways collections. Ella Jenkins. Fahey and friends. Staple Singers. Yoshimi battling pink robots. Trying to memorize bluegrass fiddle tunes on my mandolin. The new John Dwyer band. The Oh Sees?

Movies:

This aggression will not stand. Man.

Television:

Yikes! Nauseating. Blech.

Books:

The Out-of-Sync Child. Anything, really, on Sensory Processing Disorder. Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis, thanks to Ben. Cloud Atlas. The Monk. The Omnivore's Dilemma. Some kid stuff- Half Magic, Love That Dog, The original Oz series by Frank L. Baum, Wee Little Men.

Heroes:

Dan Doak, as usual. Are you reading this, Dan Doak? Are you still teaching conservation biology at Santa Cruz? Dan Doak, I love your space and energy efficient gait and your bi-annual haircut and the stories of your youth in coldest Alaska.

My Blog

Day 7: sick

I don't have tonsils. I remain confounded as to how I acquired the scarlet fever. Apparently, I have enough spongy tissue in my throat to house streptococcal infection, thereby allowing my body to f...
Posted by Laura on Sat, 10 Jun 2006 03:53:00 PST