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Barbara

I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where they're goin', and hook up with th

About Me

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I am a 20-something college grad. living in the outer-most suburbs of Pittsburgh.
My biggest passion is the written word, whether that comes in the form of a novel, screenplay or lyric, I find them all equally alluring.
I'm currently floundering for fulfilling work but I find all avenues open to me boring at best and boorish at worst. I console myself with the knowledge that it is a stepping stone, but depending on who you ask it seems that the journey is more important than the destination and living in the here and now is a big theme. But there's also the sage advice that the longest journey starts with the first step, so, I'm not really sure where that leaves me. At least I've got the here and now, for now.


My Interests

My interests lie in the most basic trifecta of music, movies, and books. I love downloading music, singing (does it count if it's only in my car?) and I'm an aspiring artiste. I love going to concerts and festivals and I heart road trips. I read too much, watch too much tv and spend too much time on the internet, but I'm okay with all of that.

I'd like to meet:

Anyone and everyone, "Good luck exploring the infinite abyss."

Boring video but AWESOME song. Our dearly departed Tsunami Bomb.

Music:

TOP 3:
CKY, Stone Temple Pilots and My Chemical Romance

HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Tsunami Bomb, Fall Out Boy, Horror Pops, Cake, The Dresden Dolls, Paramore, AFI, The Ropes, Panic! at the Disco, Jimi Hendrix, Busta Rhymes, Saves the Day, Beck, Dave Navarro, Letters to Cleo, Led Zeppelin, The Who, The Clarks, The Hush Sound, The Cure, Linda Strawberry, The Neptunes, Zero 7, Smile Empty Soul, Bloodhound Gang, Jack Johnson, OK Go, Janis Joplin, The Shins, The Decemberists, AC/DC, 30 Seconds to Mars, Anti-Flag, Plain White T's, Letter Kills, Justin Timberlake, Mars Volta, Cold, The Dandy Warhols, Tool, Thievery Corporation, Death Cab for Cutie, System of a Down, The Distillers, Kanye West, Wolfmother, The White Stripes, Jay-Z, Sublime, The Exies, Fountains of Wayne, Garbage, The Secret Machines, Matchbook Romance, Radiohead, The Libertines, Dressy Bessy, Electric 6, Taking Back Sunday, Fiona Apple, The Dixie Chicks, Joydrop, Hellogoodbye, Say Anything, Christina Aguilera, Incubus, Tenacious D, Nural, Hoobastank, Lily Allen, Kings of Leon, Mazzy Star, Our Lady Peace, Straylight Run, Marilyn Manson, Coheed and Cambria, Luscious Jackson, Elastica, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, The Raconteurs, The Like....
more to come, I'm sure.

Movies:

TOP 3:
The Godfather Trilogy, American Beauty and Momento

HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Dumb and Dumber, Matrix, Fight Club, Aeon Flux, Amélie, The Royal Tenebaums, Clerks, Grandma's Boy, Anchorman, A Scanner Darkly, SuperBad, Requim for a Dream, Garden State, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Donnie Darko, Gattaca, Super Troopers, Talladega Nights : The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Office Space, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, The Ring, Jawbreaker, Wedding Singer, Mallrats, The Matchmaker, The Prestige, Tommy Boy, Heathers, 300, Go, Saved!, Edward Scissorhands, Blade Runner, Monster, Hackers, Blow, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Run, Lola, Run, Capote, Fear, Little Miss Sunshine, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, Resevoir Dogs, Benny and Joon, The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Borat, Waking Life, Dazed and Confused, The Departed, The Usual Suspects, Better Off Dead, Blades of Glory, Silence of the Lambs, Vanilla Sky....

Television:

Project Runway, Comedy Central Presents, Family Guy, Sex and the City, The Daily Show, Jeopardy!, Seinfeld, That 70's Show, Beavis and Butthead, Daria, Aeon Flux....

Books:

Solaris -- Stanislaw Lem
1984 -- George Orwell
A Million Little Pieces -- James Frey
Memnoch the Devil -- Anne Rice
Hamlet -- Shakespeare
We -- Yevgeny Zamyatin
Ender's Game -- Orson Scott Card
Omerta -- Mario Puzo
The Martian Chronicles -- Ray Bradbury
Catch-22 -- Joseph Heller
Farenheit 451 -- Ray Bradbury
Dynamite Road -- Andrew Klavan...

Heroes:

Eric Arthur Blair
Bill Clinton
Amanda Palmer
The Dixie Chicks


My Blog

i dont think he should have led with this question...

This is the best internet dating story that didn't even involve an actual date.  Ladies and gentlemen, I give you: The E-Harmony Story In her words: "Alright,  I wanted to cancel the me...
Posted by Barbara on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:19:00 PST

appalling hockey video

Don't get me wrong, I love hockey fights and shenanigans but this guy is outta control: And don't forget that this isn't the first time he's freaked out on the ice: So he's decided t...
Posted by Barbara on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 07:05:00 PST

i heart this video

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Posted by Barbara on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 02:46:00 PST

The One Child Policy

The truth of what happens in a society where family planning is discouraged: ...
Posted by Barbara on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 09:34:00 PST

"So it goes."

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.1922  2007 "How nice -- to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive." "I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over." "If somebody says, 'I love y...
Posted by Barbara on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 07:54:00 PST

artists I've found...

http://de-profundis.deviantart.com/gallery/ She has some great stuff on the third and fourth pages.
Posted by Barbara on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 06:40:00 PST

the human condition...

When someone uses the term "the human condition" they are usually addressing human suffering, which I think is apt but very telling. I personally believe that the human condition is, in its most dist...
Posted by Barbara on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 06:29:00 PST

can't forget...

My 'Warhol Lips.'  Yes, these are my own lips.  Yes, I have a lot of lipstick on them....
Posted by Barbara on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:43:00 PST

some of my art...

Father Zoso Reclining Nude...
Posted by Barbara on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:36:00 PST

sole custodian of the essential truth

"A large portion of the population was ripe for such a leader.  In the New World, since it was first settled, there have been two strongly dissident elements in the social body.  One was ana...
Posted by Barbara on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 05:56:00 PST