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Beth-Ann

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About Me


I want personal theme music so I'll know when something bad is about to happen. Every time my dog yawns, I stick my finger in his mouth. He hates it. I'm going to vote on Tuesday. You should, too.

"Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow them."

--Louisa May Alcott

"A sobering thought: what if, at this very moment, I am living up to my full potential?"

--Jane Wagner

"I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious Ambiguity."

--Gilda Radner

My Interests



...Education, Communication, Conviviality, Philosophy, Psychology, Politics, Debate, Tattoo, Writing, Reading, Pillaging,

MATs, Faded Memories, Irony, Comedy, Eccentricity, Short Stories, Contingency, Creativity, Pansexuality

Cheap Liquor, Live Music, Late Nights, Animal Rights, Candlelight, Campfire, Rain on Hot Asphalt, The Occult

Semi-Automatic Weapons, Hand-to-Hand Combat, Panspermia, Nag Champa, Sandalwood, The Sandman Comics, Sarcasm, Brown Dog Smell...

I'd like to meet:



Music:

Led Zeppelin, Tool, Nirvana, Primus, Tom Waits and Bob Dylan are always on shuffle in the back of my mind.

I also dig folk blues, old-school electric blues and the Mississippi Delta blues: Robert Johnson, Son House, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Bukka White, B.B. King, Big Bill Broonzy, Howlin' Wolf, Blind Willie Johnson, Tracy Nelson, Ledbelly, Muddy Waters, Memphis Minnie, Mississippi John Hurt, Dave Van Ronk etc.

Television:

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Books:

I've been working on The Best American Short Stories series (1962-2006) for a few years.

Right now I'm reading: Birds of America.

I also dig authors like: Flannery O'Connor, Lorrie Moore, Neil Gaiman, Frank Miller, John Fante, Virginia Woolf, Bukowski, Updike, Poe, Hemingway, W.B. Yeats, Richard Hugo, The Brothers Grimm, Ibsen, Paula Vogel etc.

Heroes:

My father: lived fast, died young.

My Blog

propaganda

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Posted by Black Jane on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 01:27:00 PST

fuck

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Posted by Black Jane on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 03:09:00 PST

how to become a writer

HOW TO BECOME A WRITER by Lorrie Moore First, try to be something, anything, else. A movie star/astronaut. A movie star/ missionary. A movie star/kindergarten teacher. President of ...
Posted by Black Jane on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 01:09:00 PST

pictures of jon's 30th

ripped this off from a card mike and leah madethe birthday boythe first roundcaleb and johnchristellewhat's in mike's purse?mike and the bangaparty gameslets make a human pyramid chickie, amy and mike...
Posted by Black Jane on Wed, 19 Apr 2006 02:17:00 PST

we had a bad day...

Eulogy The little room is too white and clean and we're waiting for her to come back. Your eyes don't look right. They're muddy and too glossy. Your heartbeat against my chest is fading and I don't k...
Posted by Black Jane on Tue, 18 Apr 2006 05:08:00 PST

random websites

Animal Rights Militia (ARM)Every Political Leader on Every IssueReligion FactsWhat Socialism MeansMemory TechniquesLove a Good QuotePhilosophy Made EasyWhat's Your Pirate Name?Personality TestsSlogan ...
Posted by Black Jane on Thu, 23 Feb 2006 06:13:00 PST

another occupation i've been considering...

How to be a Successful Evil Overlord by Peter AnspachBeing an Evil Overlord seems to be a good career choice. It pays well, there are all sorts of perks and you can set your own hours. However every...
Posted by Black Jane on Fri, 09 Dec 2005 11:41:00 PST

Degrees of Gray in Philipsburg by Richard Hugo

Degrees of Gray in PhilipsburgYou might come here Sunday on a whim.Say your life broke down. The last good kissyou had was years ago. You walk these streetslaid out by the insane, past hotelsthat didn...
Posted by Black Jane on Thu, 24 Nov 2005 03:25:00 PST