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vivian

rawr!

About Me


cover art by bask.

go to a show with me. now.

[x] 03/13-03/16 - SxSW.
[x] 03/21 - rudy & the rhetoric, type, grieves...
[x] 04/05 - down the rabbit hole.
[x] 04/08 - spring 2008 issue of redefine comes out. CLICK TO FIND LOCATIONS.
[x] 04/11 - happily ever after? 2 art show.
[x] 04/19 - seattle semi-pro wrestling / black eyes & neckties @ king cobra.
[ ] 04/24 - long overdue drum n' bass nite.
[ ] 05/01 - thaw fashion show.
[ ] 05/01 - first thursday.
[ ] 05/04 - grieves @ chop suey.
[ ] 05/11 - eisley @ chop suey.
[ ] 05/23 - cirque du soleil @ your mom's.
[ ] 05/24-26 - olympic peninsula.
[ ] 05/31 - usc 11th anniversary with bt, tiesto, and other useless bitches @ wamu theatre .
[ ] 06/29 - constantines.
[ ] 08/25-09/01 - burning man.
[ ] 09/06-09-18 - st. petersburg / oslo / stockholm / helsinki / talinn.

My Interests

WRITING, MUSIC, ART, VIDEOGAMES, TRAVELING, design, concerts, raves, snowboarding, websites, languages, making up words, stealing people's food, workaholicizing or something, being professionally fucking poor (aka starving entrepreneur, hence where the food-stealing comes in), beating up people who owe me money.

I'd like to meet:

* criss angel (sigh i'm lame)
* david sedaris
* brandon boyd
* jon stewart
* paris hilton (so i can bitch-slap her... ha ha kidding... wait, no)

I LIKE PEOPLE WHO ARE:
* real
* good
* funny
* honest
* friendly
* passionate
* rad designers
* knowledgeable
* monkey-lovers
* drum n' bass lovers
* able to help me with my magazine
* not content with being uninspired and stagnant

I DON'T LIKE PEOPLE WHO ARE:
* jackasses
* jackasses
* huge jackasses
* lacking self-respect
* skanky ass whores
* skanky ass hoebags
* skanky ass sluttramps
* unable to save the drama for their mommas

HEY need a freelance designer?

check out my portfolio at http://www.redefinemag.com/portfolio.pdf ! hire me! i come cheap! no wait, no i don't! actually, yes, it's true, i come cheap, but the work will look like you spent thousands of dollars on it... *cough... cough.

Music:



THE VALLEY ARENA, NEON BLONDE, THE PALE (PACIFIC), JASON MRAZ 3, a perfect circle, the mercury program, death cab for cutie, brand new, the helio sequence, nitsuj, bt, hellogoodbye, incubus, the juliana theory, the decemberists, megaman soundtracks, mandalay, crustation, daughter darling, the vines, the shapes, pink floyd, the advantage, american analog set, infected mushroom, the new amsterdams, guns n roses, anadivine, mr. bungle, rxbandits, tlc, kai, stabbing westward, facing new york, dj dara, normal like you, dieselboy, old school r&b / hiphop / asian music. that pretty much covers everyone.

Movies:

THE FOUNTAIN, MAGNOLIA, WRISTCUTTERS, THE EDUKATORS, den brysomme mannen, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, the science of sleep, fight club, 12 monkeys, x-men series, tony takitani, gattaca, amelie, kill bills, shawshank redemption, white oleander, silent hill (rofl rofl, for the art), down with love, enemy at the gates, indiana jones, moulin rouge, cider house rules, dead poet's society, blow, city of god (for the art), minority report, bruce almighty, girl interrupted, DARREN ARONOFSKY ANYTHING.

Television:

malcolm in the middle, discovery channel, animal planet.

Books:

barrel fever by david sedaris, the wind-up bird chronicles / hard-boiled wonderland and the end of the world by haruki murakami, choke by chuck palanhiuk.

Heroes:

i'm not sure anymore. find me one!

My Blog

melatonin and i have a falling out. biatch.

different brand, different dosage, same shit.so, my roommate alex has sleeping problems consistently. he is often insomniatic. as a result, he takes melatonin occasionally to help him sleep. for those...
Posted by vivian on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:55:00 PST

share your dream dreams.

http://maybedreams.wordpress.com/i started a dream blog, and currently it highlights dreams from 12 people. share yours ^__^ there's no real point to this blog... the only point is to encourage people...
Posted by vivian on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:09:00 PST

go to my blog.

http://vee.redefinemag.com/blog
Posted by vivian on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 12:11:00 PST

like graffiti? good.

like graffiti? today's your lucky day. graffiti from berlin, taipei, and seattle :Dclick here to view redefine's graffiti flickr account!...
Posted by vivian on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:57:00 PST

eco-friendly gifts, for you, your friends, and your wallet!

REDEFINE has put out a 2007 green gift guide for all of your holiday shopping. buy now! save money and the environment at the same time! discounts of up to 20% off courtesy of redefine! gifts on our ...
Posted by vivian on Sun, 09 Dec 2007 12:30:00 PST

ah scientology. you deceptive biatch.

i went on the ave today and there was some thing in this old closed down clothing store. someone had rented it out and put on this exhibit, with posterboards and videos. the whole thing was like...
Posted by vivian on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 02:06:00 PST

free mp3s for download... suggest some too.

check it, yo.free mp3 music downloads because redefine magazine likes free things and we know that you do too!we take requests. holla at me dawg. and these are like, legal style. more or less....
Posted by vivian on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:43:00 PST

comic con sketchbook.

oh, so i went to comic-con this past weekend. i got the spur of the moment idea to get a mini-sketchbook and collect drawings from artists. unfortunately, i should have gotten more, but it was rather ...
Posted by vivian on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 01:52:00 PST

chin-checking, double-checking.

lately, i feel very uncomfortable in my own skin. this is not a kind of "i hate myself" type thing. this is more a& double-guessing myself type thing. now, running a magazine has never been easy and i...
Posted by vivian on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 01:39:00 PST

marriage.

it's scary that so many people from my high school in particular are married or getting married. perhaps it's because i grew up in relatively small-town, conservative suburbia that that is the case.it...
Posted by vivian on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:39:00 PST