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erika

I am here for Friends

About Me

witty. silly. sarcastic. creative. open-minded. i enjoy 10 am the most in the summer. skiing in the winter. reading whenever possible. i bounce slightly while walking. notice things others don't. can people watch for hours. make up at least one song daily. hate doing laundry, or rather folding it. hate ironing it more. have a general phobia of the word "domestic." am vain about my own hands and teeth. am constantly cold-read fingers and toes. am competitive. grew up next to three boys. have a short attention span. am a grammar nazi. write fairly frequently. believe in mass transit. sleep diagonally. dream often.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

ira glass. also people that talk about real things. i do work all day. freetime=free talking. people that know more than me. people that can teach me. old people in the subway or on the street are especially welcomed. if you're a little silly/crazy in a good way so much the better. if you understand SAD and want to do your best to kick its ass please contact me. interested in random photo shoots? where are you hiding? yes, have some.

Music:

*lately* arcade fire. blonde redhead. devendra banhart. iron and wine. betta mixes.*always*the books, the secret stars, sufjan stevens, the one am radio, the wrens, chris deburgh, stevie wonder low, cat power, versus, les savy fav, the faint, serge gainsbourg, patsy cline, hem, yann tiersen, crooked fingers, the postal service, figurine, sophia, scisma, grandaddy, almost anything 80s, the streets, the notwist, antonio carlos jobim, gilberto gil, yo la tengo, richard buckner, gillian welch, death cab for cutie...

Movies:

*lately*god is great, but i am not. eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. officespace.*always* amelie. big fish. harold and maude. quick change. moonstruck. magnolia. when harry met sally. the parent trap. pee wee's big adventure. dragnet. bon voyage. peggy sue got married. lotr. the wizard of oz. lady and the tramp. the color purple. dr. zhivago. rear window. white christmas. overboard. outrageous fortune. officespace. dead again. primal fear.

Television:

i don't so much watch tv anymore, but on occasion i do like: life as we know it, gilmore girls, old law & order, northern exposure, scrubs, trading spaces, anything involving forensics, quantum leap and i'll admit to being a sucker for anthing involving a makeover, decorating or a bad date. i'm also very into shark week.

Books:

the curious incident of the dog in the night-time, me talk pretty one day, running with scissors, the fall of advertising and the rise of pr, middlesex, kitchen, moon palace, made in america, the lost continent: travels in small town america, ap style manual, the new yorker, one hundred years of solitude, the unbearable lightness of being, half asleep in frog pajamas, the color purple, catch-22, goodnight steve mcqueen

Heroes:

ira glass. dean ulcer. joseph cambell. my friends. pee wee herman.