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mary

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About Me

I've been in Cali for over 3 years now. I was born in Tennessee but I moved to Savannah, Georgia to pursue an art history degree (ha ha). The day I graduated my boyfriend and I drove for 4 days to get here, coast to coast. My favorite pastimes are making fun of my being Southern and telling endless stories about the weird things that have happened to me.

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My Interests

Useless facts and trivia, japanese dramas, korean dramas, art, magic realism, my adorable & frustrating Japanese boyfriend, cooking, cooking, cooking, spending money I don't have, tofu, cussing like a sailor, southern drawls, movies that make me cry. I would love to meet Esther Shimazu:

I'd like to meet:

What a question. Gabriel Garcia Marquez. And other people with funny accents. Joe Odagiri because he's beautiful.Please don't add me to your friends just because you want to look cool and have 735 friends. I like hearing from old friends and people that are sincerely interested and interesting.
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Music:

Basically anything that is confessional and moody: Currently I'm obsessed with Band of Horses! Also, Jeff Buckley, Vampire Weekend, The Kills, Santogold, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Shins, The Decemberists, The Cranberries, Camera Obscura, The Smiths, Azure Ray, and The National. Anything else that lets me shake my "junk in the trunk" and do the Mary dance is great too.

Movies:

All time favorite movie is "Last of the Mohicans" - it's a gorgeous movie. The Godfather (I and II, forget III), The Seven Samurai because Al Pacino and Toshiro Mifune are gods. La Strada by Fellini is amazing.

Television:

Reaper, Supernatural, Dexter, and that's about it on a regular basis.

Books:

Ok, since I worked in a bookstore(s) for about 8 years- here are a few that everyone should read: One Hundred Years of Solitude (magical), IN THE FALL by Jeffrey Lent (heartbreaking), my personal favorite. White Teeth by Zadie Smith, Everything by Cormac McCarthy-The Road, All the Pretty Horses, No Country for Old Men. The Otori Series by Lian Hearn - a fantasy series set in feudal Japan. The Nightside series by Simon Green- pure fun. Also, I have been reading smutty romance novels since I was in 6th grade - Linda Howard, Anne Stuart, and Lisa Kleypas.Word of warning: The Kite Runner is one of the worst books. Ever.

Heroes:

People with real jobs. And benefits. And perfect credit.

My Blog

Psycho Cat Lady

I've never given birth but I do have one child. She, of course, loves me only because I clean up her poop and reward her with her favorite treats when she gleefully wakes me by rattling the shower doo...
Posted by mary on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 06:51:00 PST

Really? Really!

What music does my annoying upstairs neighbor decide to blast loud enough that it shakes my apartment?Yeah, that's right - Neil Diamond! Not just any Neil Diamond - she is quite enamored of "Coming to...
Posted by mary on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:56:00 PST

Seattle

Our mini vacation to Seattle was way too short. We left insanely early on Thursday and got back Sunday night. Now, being back at my crap job, I'm stuck with severe depression.Here are some observation...
Posted by mary on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 08:53:00 PST

Why I will never get a real job.

I'm insane.For the last three weeks T. has been working on this huge project - an art catalogue covering 20 years of paintings. The artist has been over our house alll hours of the day to help finaliz...
Posted by mary on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 08:32:00 PST

Happy New Year

Hope everybody had happy holidays!...
Posted by mary on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 10:28:00 PST

Oh, Baby I love to watch you walk away

This weekend I was walking along the trail near my apartment and suddenly this huge big-rig truck honks at me. Then his passenger leans out the window and yells "Hey, baby!" at the top of his lungs an...
Posted by mary on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 08:56:00 PST

The Saga of the Hell-Bitch continues.

I should have known. Toshi shakes me awake at 6:30 (!) on my day off and tells me to get a thank-you card. When he gets home, he's grumpy which of course means he's mad about something he doesn't want...
Posted by mary on Tue, 18 Oct 2005 09:39:00 PST

Sleep. Precious Sleep.

Jetlag sucks. Especially when you go to sleep at 3 in the morning and get up at 7. I am so glad to be back in my apartment! Marcus nearly killed my cactus. Shhh, nobody tell him. Anyway, it was truly ...
Posted by mary on Fri, 07 Oct 2005 08:11:00 PST

Travels

My new plan: somehow come up with the $8 million it takes to buy even just a tiny shack in Sausalito. Last weekend we drove all the way up Mt. Tamalpais in Marin while it was still foggy.It is now on ...
Posted by mary on Wed, 23 Aug 2006 07:58:00 PST

Awww

Pippi has a respiratory infection, an eye infection, and a heart murmer! I took her to an awesome vet yesterday and hopefully she'll be better soon....
Posted by mary on Thu, 03 Aug 2006 06:49:00 PST