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Clara

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About Me

Let's see...
*I was born in Ft. Wayne, Indiana and have lived back and forth between Ohio and Indiana up until last year when we moved to Oregon.
*I've been to the West Indies three times.
*I've climbed an inactive volcano on the island of Nevis and stood in the clouds looking out at the ocean.
*I have two scars: one on my eyelid from the chicken pox and one on my knee from learning to ride a bike.
*I have five tattoos, with more planned.
*Before college, I was a theatre nerd.
*When I was a kid, I liked to make up clubs that I forced my friends and brother to be a part of...the only one I remember is the P.U.L. Club (Pick Up Litter) and we took our red wagon around the neighborhood to...you guessed it...pick up litter.
*In first grade, I flipped a pencil off of my desk and it hit my teacher on the face.
*I played flute for 9 years.
*I took ballet for 13 years.
*In 1994, I went sledding with some friends and my sled ran into a tree, thus causing my lower back pain that I still suffer from today. Good times.
*John and I met in 1999 at a Brandtson show in Detroit, MI of all places.
*My hair has been colored blonde, various shades of red, black, blue-black, and pink so far.
*At one point, I had 10 piercings in my ears. (mainly due to weekend trips to the mall where a friend would dare me to get another piercing at Claire's. Yep.)
*When I got my nose pierced, I saw stars and almost passed out.
*I still can't decide if I want children or not.
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My Interests



I'd like to meet:

Sinead O'Connor, Bono, Inga Muscio, the Dalai LamaView All Friends | View Blog | Add Comment

Music:

Sinead O'Connor, Sunny Day Real Estate, Jets to Brazil, Macha, Brandtson, Mia Doi Todd, U2, Anathallo, The Decemberists, and the Postal Service

Movies:

Serenity, Star Wars, Kissing Jessica Stein, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Amelie, Lord of the Rings trilogy, Bottlerocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, What's Eating Gilbert Grape?, Edward Scissorhands

Television:

Firefly, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Freaks & Geeks, the New Doctor Who series

Books:

I enjoy and obsess over Anne Lamott, Nick Bantock, Noah Levine, Inga Muscio, Brian Jacques, Garth Nix, J.K. Rowling, Monica Furlong, Sara Miles, Philip Pullman, Astrid Lindgren, Hannah Hurnard, Steven Brust, Jasper Fforde.....the list just goes on and on forever. I love books.

Heroes:

Joss Whedon, the Dalai Lama, Tammy Faye Bakker, Bono, Inga Muscio

My Blog

One step closer to a dictatorship

New presidential directive gives Bush dictatorial power National Security & Homeland Security Presidential Directive establishes "National Continuity Policy" Larry Chin - Global Research | Ma...
Posted by Clara on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 04:07:00 PST

Vote for my bookstore!!

Hello everyone, First of all, for those of you who don't know, I was just hired over the weekend to manage a bookstore in Cleveland!  It's called Sacred Path Books & Art and it's run by the ...
Posted by Clara on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 01:26:00 PST

Hip librarians

I think I really do need to become a librarian:A Hipper Crowd of Shushers...
Posted by Clara on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 07:13:00 PST

hahaha

reposted from Best of Craigslist:10 reasons why gay marriage should be illegal Date: 2005-10-06, 12:53PM PDT 10 Reasons Why Gay Marriage is Wrong 01) Being gay is not natural. Real Americans al...
Posted by Clara on Fri, 25 May 2007 09:57:00 PST

Jerry Falwell's legacy, in a nutshell...

Jerry Falwell quotesWhen I heard he died, I won't lie...I felt a sigh of relief.  Then I felt really wrong, because no matter who the person is, I don't want to feel good that they died.  On...
Posted by Clara on Wed, 16 May 2007 08:58:00 PST

hahaha

Guy in bathroom: Hey, you're in the Army, yes?Dignan: No, I just have short hair.
Posted by Clara on Sun, 13 May 2007 11:54:00 PST

Tammy Faye Messner's cancer

Tammy Faye Mesner's doctors have stopped her treatment for cancer and she is down to 65 pounds.  Please keep her and her family in your thoughts/prayers as they transition into this time.  H...
Posted by Clara on Fri, 11 May 2007 07:35:00 PST

Camel Book Drive

http://camelbookdrive.wordpress.com/Masha Hamilton, an author and journalist, recently published a novel called The Camel Bookmobile and she did an author event at my store a couple of days ago. I wou...
Posted by Clara on Sun, 06 May 2007 12:50:00 PST

Yay for Oregon!

(reposted from Corinn's blog)"In a historic vote, the Oregon House of Representatives gave bipartisan approval to two bills that will extend greater equality to gay and lesbian Oregonians..." (Bend We...
Posted by Clara on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:48:00 PST

Buffy essay winner

This made me tear up.  I love this show.(from http://www.myspace.com/darkhorsecomics)Dark Horse and Myspace.com partnered to present a contest calling for short essays about how Buffy the Vampire...
Posted by Clara on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:47:00 PST