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Alliyo

I'm waking up to us!

About Me


I guess I am pretty cool, I always answer those " get to know your friends better" survey's with a 'yes'.... forget it , who am I kidding, I've been a dork the minute I came out, which according to my calendar is about 28 + years ago. I have to say though being a dork has its benefits. I learned what cool music was versus the junky junk the radio only plays ( this doesnt include stations like 91.7 WMSE because they REALLY know good music ). Being a dork , also, I think can make you a generally nice person, you realize that not everything is about you. I seem to recall some of the cool kids being under that impression and my friends, they are WAY off !! I'm getting married in FOUR weeks, which seems crazy considering I was always the 3rd, 5th and sometimes 7th wheel. HAHAHAHAH, but he's a really cool person and he knows what it means to treat a lady right. I know our life is gonna rawk cos for the past 2.5 years we've done some really cool shiz together. I have a really awesome set of folks and family all around. I love being able to say "I'm Scottish... no I'm ACTUALLY Scottish" meaning my entire family is from the land of Scots. My parents moved here from Glasgow when they were just married, carrying nothing more than my brother. They worked so hard to create the life that I've been so lucky to live. Being a dork also means, that I have the best set of friends in the world, I would never go and typecast them as dorks cos that's not the case. They are real cool, real genuine and real fun. They've put up with my nonsense for year and years and ... years. Life wouldnt mean much w/o these friends I've made over the past x amount of years. Anywho, as you can see, life for a dorky dork like me is pretty coolio. ;) If you're interested , give me a holla! I'm out for now, I have some math to do... wait , that'd make me a nerd, which I'm not. CIAO !

My Interests

Painting, watching movies, pop culture, indie culture, shoes, family, friends, boyfriend, boxers, airplanes, airports, pictures, bars, miller lite, dreams, future, past, television, humor, depression, music, books, milk, fantasy.

I'd like to meet:

People who drink ML and are happy drunks

Music:

So...James, Belle and Sebastian, Sigur Ros, Blur, Sufjan Steves, LCD Soundsystem, Dub Narcotic Sound System, Enya, The Black Watch, Chemical Brothers, Le Tigre, Ladytron, Death Cab for Cutie, Coldplay, Stereolab, Joan of Arc, Placebo, Blur, Franz Ferdinand, Stellastarr, The Dandy Warhols, The Postal Service, Metric, Modest Mouse, Erlend Oye, Joy Division, Interpol, Air, Jazzanova, Squarepusher, Radiohead, The Beta Band, Clem Snide, Black Heart Procession, The Magnetic Fields, Sonic Youth, Azure Ray, Mogwai, Death in Vegas, Snow Patrol, Slowdive, Four Tet, Clouddead, The Prom, The Walkmen, Galaxie 500, The Decemberists, Lali Puna, Seven Nations, Longwave, Echo and the Bunnymen, Hooverphonic, Depeche Mode, Underworld, Stereo Total, Yo La Tengo, Boards of Canada, The 6ths, Amps for Christ, The Velvet Underground, Can, The Verve, Manitoba, Luna, The Fire Theft, Travis, Elf Power, Steve Burns, The Polyphonic Spree, Thievery Corporation, Dntel, Nick Cave, Gothic Archies, Ulrich Schnauss, Brian Eno, Dalek, Cocorosie, Mum, The Arcade Fire, The Shins, The Hidden Cameras, The Flaming Lips, Grandaddy, Piano Magic, The Rapture, M83, Built to Spill, Bloc Party, The Headphones, VHS or Beta, Figurine, Magnolia Electric Co., Beck, Traivs Morrison, The Dust of Basement, The Dismemberment Plan, Aqueduct, Sage Francis, Erasure, Abba, Armand Van Helden, Fischerspooner UPDATED:Camera Obscura, Midlake, Peter Bjorn & John, Aloha, A Hawk and a Hacksaw, Beirut, Yeah Yeah Yeah's, Architecture in Helsinki, Blonde Redhead, Electrelane, The GO! Team, LCD Soundsystem, Midnight Movies, Arcade Fire, A Band of Bees, Dungen, M.I.A., Pacific UV, !!!, Lily Allen, Bloc Party, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Dr. Dog, The Earlies, Explosions in the Sky, The Good The Bad and The Queen, Herbert, K-OS, Great Lake Swimmers, Maritime, Fujiya and Miyagi, Dntel, The Aliens, The Clientele, Maps, Bat for Lashes, The Twilight Sad, Rondo Brothers, Aminna, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Vast, Junius, Figurines, Sally Shapiro, Prints, White Williams, The Faint, The Octopus Project. Sorry if any of these above mentioned musicians, repeat.

Movies:

All Christopher Guest movies, Spinal Tap, Waiting for Guffman, Best In Show, A mighty Wind. Anything with Philip Seymour Hoffman, Happiness, Magnolia, Boogie Nights, State and Main, Love Liza, The Big Lebowski etc Back to the Future Trilogy Gene Kelly musicals. Nat'l Lampoons European/Summer Vacation All the Airport movies ( '75, '76, '77) Foreign Films ( I've only seen a few) Life is Beautiful, Johnny Stecchino, Amelie etc The Godfather Trilogy GoodfellasYou know what? I just adore movies, big budget as well as indie. It's hard to even list a good portion of what moves me. I hope to have IMC someday as well as an HBO. And I sincerely hope that before I die I'll get to somehow go to the Cannes Film Festival.

Television:

The Office ( the British Version!) , Reno 911, CSI ( only Las Vegas) MadTv, Queer Eye, Project Runway, Wings, Pinwheel, Today's Special, Roseanne, Family Guy, American Dad, American Idol ( the audition part) Cooking reality televison shows such as the Resteraunt and the one with the mean ass English chef. ER ( only up until Noah Wyle ) VHI Classics channel ( I saw a OLD James video on that channel) Probably a ton more but I can't think...

Books:

you know, I am trying to make up for all the reading I f'd in high school so my list isnt all that great. I'm not really a tool, I enjoy reading a lot just trust me. I do think one of my favourite book is "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"

Heroes:

David Brent

My Blog

Tis the season...for static cling

December means a lot of things to a lot of people. Everything from winter homes in not so wintery climates, crazy ladies shopping at 2 in the a.m., Santa Claus and his boots, so on and so forth. To me...
Posted by Alliyo on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:27:00 PST

I’m feeling really Scottish tonight !

The lyrics to "Flower of Scotland" you should listen, it's their National Anthem: Cos it's quite lovely ( especially if you feel ill towards the ENGLISH... WAY back in the day ) FLOWER OF SCOTLAND ...
Posted by Alliyo on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 08:38:00 PST

Sometimes....

Sometimes I get sad cos I think I've forgotten something or someone, or someone forgot me. Somtimes I get sad cos I think I am losing touchSometimes I get sad cos I think I'm gonna go oldThen I really...
Posted by Alliyo on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 06:30:00 PST

Cleaning isnt cool.

So I woke up after a wicked night's sleep. I dozed off on the couch at 1030pm and decided at about 130am that it was okay to go into the bedroom. I set my alarm for 601am and this annoying noise start...
Posted by Alliyo on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:25:00 PST

Guess Who's Back Back Back!

Yes Ladies and Gentleman, I am back online after about an 8 month hiatus. My laptop had a bit of a meltdown ...as did I...I fortunatley made it...my laptop...well some dude has it, I haven't a clue if...
Posted by Alliyo on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 04:16:00 PST

Back to the Grind? Better make some coffee

So hello there MyFriends, How are you all doing this fine Monday morning. Despite being alone waking up today I am suprisingly ( SP? ) in a decent mood and I think it's due to the fact that FINALLY I...
Posted by Alliyo on Mon, 19 Jun 2006 06:48:00 PST

Taylor vs. Clay?

So I broke down last night and watched the two hour finale of American Idol V and I am pretty happy with that decision. The only thing I don't understand is how can they keep doing season after s...
Posted by Alliyo on Thu, 25 May 2006 08:36:00 PST

My Beeping Cell Phone is Adding to my Gray Hair

Grr, I am so incredibly frustrated, I hate HATE my cell phone. First of all I get terrible coverage, when I lived in St. Francis I literally had to walk outside and go down the street to talk to someb...
Posted by Alliyo on Fri, 12 May 2006 10:52:00 PST

Wednesday Coffee and Launch

So this is my first blarg, blog whatever it's called. I figure I might as well do something like this even if nobody ever reads it, it's still a way for me to bitch about something or everything....
Posted by Alliyo on Wed, 10 May 2006 08:45:00 PST