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sarah

one more stitch and it just might stay in place...

About Me

i'm not much for autobiographies. i moved to portland from the east coast about four years ago and i really love the city that i live in. however, part of my heart will always belong to new jersey. creativity and good conversation motivate me. i make 'swing set girl' zine and 'the ultimate guide to yard saling' zine and i spend a lot of time in front of photocopiers (message me to get a copy). i make vegan soap in the shape vaginas and boomboxes. i'm crafty because making things is when i feel most alive. i'm a huge nerd. i prefer secondhand over new and handmade or creative reuse over secondhand. i am addicted to the art of the thrift store.

My Interests

a full mailbox, acceptance, activism, admiring, alternative medicine, art, beaches, bicycles, board games, books, bridges, bubble baths, coffee, community, crafts, creativity, dancing, daydreaming, diy, documentaries, empowerment, feminism, garage sales, gocco, handmade books, holding hands, hoodies, hugs, indie films, indie rock, journals, letters, mail art, milo the cat, mix tapes, music, observing, oregon, overanalyzation, peach iced tea, photobooths, photography, pink, pleasure, polaroids, politics, positivity, postcards, pro-choice, prose, protest, puppies, radical politics and radical thinkers, rain, reading, records, riot grrrl, rollerskating, rose melberg, sarcasm, sensualism, sewing, sex, sharing, size positivity, spin the bottle, spiral notebooks, storms, tattoos, thrift stores, tofu, trading, trains, travelling, truth, typewriters, vegetarianism, violets, women, words, writing, zines.

I'd like to meet:

i really like new friends. i also like new dance partners and conversationalists who like coffee. yard sale and thrift store dates. and people who would like to have craft nights. also, i love long rambling letters and/or trading zines.
i do NOT want to be friends with your band.

Music:

the gossip, cub, the softies, rose melberg, the sissies, what the kids want, the go gos, buddy holly, the postal service, elvis costello, go sailor, alkaline trio, the subdebs, the bangles, mirah, agsfb, etc.

Movies:

amelie, the secretary, but i'm a cheerleader, the nightmare before christmas, sixteen candles

Television:

i am a degrassi junkie.
i also enjoy home makeover shows, craft corner death match, monk, freaks and geeks, and so on.

Heroes:

you.

My Blog

who blogs on myspace?

dear blog, it's been awhile.  i write a lot in other places, but myspace seems so...weird?  a number of things have changed...-i moved into a new home last month and i am really pleased...
Posted by sarah on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 08:09:00 PST

one year later, we'd still be around...

today marks one year from bryan and i's first date.  it feels like a really good thing.  it's really special and remarkable how happy i am even after a whole year.  i feel fortunate to ...
Posted by sarah on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 06:36:00 PST

birthday love.

yesterday, bryan bought me this as my birthday gift... it is amazing.  i've been wanting to get it done for awhile and i love it.  it's very similar to the tree on the cover of swing set g...
Posted by sarah on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 10:22:00 PST

zine symposium 2006

www.pdxzines.com another year and another awesome event.  i spent my weekend with amazing friends from in and out of town and it was a bit stressful, but mostly just awesome.  photos can b...
Posted by sarah on Mon, 14 Aug 2006 10:20:00 PST

i hate today.

dear may first two-thousand-six, you suck. first, you made me wake up late and feeling like i'm starting to get sick with my ear so sore i could barely swallow. then, in my hurry to catch the max a...
Posted by sarah on Tue, 02 May 2006 07:45:00 PST

absent

i never write blogs here.  that's why i have a livejournal.  but mostly, i'm not very good with communication lately and i don't know why.  but, in case you were wondering... i now l...
Posted by sarah on Sun, 30 Apr 2006 10:54:00 PST

rip

you are so beautiful.  i don't think i ever got to tell you that.  the pure fact that you existed in some small part of my life was so much more special than you could've known because you w...
Posted by sarah on Sat, 17 Dec 2005 12:44:00 PST

moved in.

i now live in a sweet little fourplex of ne couch st with the boy i love and the sweet little cat that is curled up keeping my feel warm as i type. it's pretty darn perfect. the house is still litter...
Posted by sarah on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

we got it!

we got approved for our apartment! i signed the papers on sunday. save june 5th for a housewarming potluck!
Posted by sarah on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

we found a nice apartment.

this week has just been bad. just one thing after another. i'm trying to keep my head up and as much as much as i can and things are slowly turning up like they always do. we looked at an aparment ...
Posted by sarah on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST