After casually hanging around me maybe 5 times or so- a lovely person (or rather a very crude, offensive person with whom I sadly relate and semi adore) wrote this eloquent character depiction of me that I thought I would share, seeing as we are at least fifty percent perception...percieve what you will:"Hi, my name is Christina. I deliberately prefaced my myspace name with an uneducated pause, in hopes that you will perceive me as a vacuous, So-Cal ninnie. Nothing could be further from the truth, as I will carve you to bits at the slightest whiff of an intellectual challenge. I'm a strong believer in hipster apparel, particularly t-shirts promoting obsolete brands of orange soda. I don't really have any female friends, mainly because my every utterance is formulated to produce a feeling of inadequacy to the uninitiated conversation participant. I'm an unwilling runner on an endless treadmill of male friends. I need their recognition, for without it, I shall surely succumb to my own insecurities about finding the right man. I play my own game of Monopoly on a board of sarcasm and wit. Every time I pass "GO", I collect $200 of your pathetic shortcomings." oh, and i like sushi.
"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars..." -Jack Kerouac...................................... people who want to show me their 'O' face, walking contradictions, 4am conversationalists, people who make art, cartoon watching; cereal eating grown-ups, vantriliquists, dreamers, old hippies, musicians, someone who can introduce me to corey haim, boys who want to make out with me, people whos hair falls in their eyes when they laugh, jokesters, smokers, midnight tokers, 80's child stars, anyone who has something interesting to say, people who want to watch full house re-runs with me, anyone who wants to give me free stuff, people i used to know and Christopher Walken.
In no particular order: Bob Dylan, Jeff Buckley, sondre lerche, jon brion, The beatles, Etta James, brand new, elliott smith, John Coltraine, The cure, Ella Fitzgerald, The honorary title, Bill Withers, Death Cab, Rufus Wainwright, Beulah, Voxtrot, Colin Hay, Count Basie, Al green, bright eyes, joseph arthur, the postal service, billie holiday, damien rice, Billy Idol, Frank Sinatra, sigur ros, badly drawn boy, Donovan, saves the day, Bing Crosby, Cat Power, the eagles, James Brown, radiohead, Dean Martin, interpol, the dandy warhols, brian jonestown massacre, atmosphere, dios malos, The Album Leaf, nightmare of you, the pixies, finch, the kinks, pete yorn, the perishers, thursday, the shins, the cure, ian broudie, elton john, Imogen heap, arctic monkeys, fiona apple, ryan adams, louis armstrong, wilco, the smiths, coheed and cambria, oasis, throwing muses, the killers, The Band, tegan and sara, iron and wine, panic! at the disco, nick drake, the format, belle and sebastian, ben jelen, say anything, a heartwell ending, the eels, turin brakes, weezer, bob schneider, nicky p., ben lee, ben harper, ben folds, bb king, old school michael jackson, gary jules, something corporate, simon and garfunkel, Guillemots, hot rod circut, aquaduct, aqualung, kanye west, eric clapton, journey, iron and wine, howie day, eminem, the doors, elvis costello, zeppelin, amos lee, janis joplin, the mamas and the papas, elvis, miles davis, music that makes me close my eyes and sway, and....yah, there are shitloads more, and yes, i am a sucker for anything acoustic...oh and the best band of all time, Golden Hour:
Pulp fiction, Fight club, Office space, Donnie Darko, Stand by me, SLC punk, true romance, rear window, the rules of attraction, cry baby, the usual suspects, reality bites, swing kids, the goonies, edward scissorhands, my own private idaho, seven, welcome to collinwood, I heart huckabees, big fish, the basketball diaries, the game, highway, swingers, permanent midnight, mallrats, almost famous, Garden State, the dreamers, Igby goes down, spun, romy and michelle, Eternal sunshine, girl interrupted, the breakfast club, the dreamers, american beauty, Go, clueless, scarface, blue velvet, this boys life, Zoolander, requiem for a dream, breakfast at tiffany's, heathers, and any and every wes anderson film....uhm, yes, this list could go on for eternity, but I think that covers the bases.
catcher in the rye, on the road, 'sex, drugs and cocoa puffs', A moveable feast, cats cradle, the rules of attraction, less than zero, siddhartha, green eggs and ham, life after god, killing yourself to live, the goodnight train, frankie and zooey, harold and the purple crayon, nine stories, youth in revolt, positively 4th street, and every bearnstein bear book in existance.
river phoenix, punky brewster, jack kerouac, christopher walken, chuck klosterman, allen ginsberg, jenny lewis, grace kelly, roger corman, tyler durden, bret easton ellis, ferris bueller, wes anderson, fiona apple, Dakota Fanning, Bob Dylan, jordan catalano, andy warhol, zooey deschanel, audrey hepburn, drew barrymore, karl lagerfeld, steve gutenberg, jenn, bronwynn and anyone on degrassi... oh, and these people: