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little lori

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About Me

these days i listen to entirely too much NPR. i also spend a lot of time hoping for sunny days.

My Interests

books, music, people, airplanes, new places, life.

Music:

aesop rock, aimee mann, akron/family, al green, american analog set, animal collective, antony and the johnsons, aphex twin, apostle of hustle, apples in stereo, ARCADE FIRE, architecture in helsinki, atmosphere, badly drawn boy, BAND OF HORSES, barry white, basement jaxx, the beach boys, beach house, beck, beirut, belle and sebastian, ben folds, ben kweller, ben lee, the bird and the bee, bjork, the black keys, bloc party, boards of canada, bob dylan, bob schneider, BON IVER, the bouncing souls, the boy least likely to, bright eyes, broken social scene, brothers and sisters, bruce springsteen, BUILT TO SPILL, cake, califone, camera obscura, cansei de ser sexy, carissa's weird, the cars, castanets, cat power, cat stevens, clap your hands say yeah, the clash, coldplay, collections of colonies of bees, counting crows, the cure, cursive, cut copy, daft punk, dan deacon, dave matthews, de la soul, death cab for cute, death from above 1979, DECEMBERISTS, desaparecidos, devendra banhart, DEVOTCHKA, dire straits, donovan, the doors, duran duran, earlimart, elliot smith, elton john, erykah badu, the faint, feist, the field, final fantasy, the flaming lips, flogging molly, frank sinatra, french kicks, the fruit bats, the fugees, gang of four, gin blossoms, girl talk, the go! team, gogol bordello, gomez, the gossip, grandaddy, the grates, hall & oates, hank williams, the hives, HOT CHIP, hot hot heat, indigo girls, interpol, IRON AND WINE, islands, jenny lewis and the watson twins, jens lekman, jets to brazil, joan baez, john lennon, john vanderslice, johnny cash, joni mitchell, journey, joy division, jungle brothers, JUNIOR BOYS, junior senior, justin timberlake, kaiser cheifs, the killers, KIMYA DAWSON, kings of convenience, the knife, ladytron, LCD soundsystem, le tigre, led zeppelin, leonard cohen, les savy fav, libertines, lily allen, the long winters, lucero, lucinda williams, ludacris, m. ward, madonna, the magnetic fields, man man, marah, marvin gaye, massive attack, mates of state, matt & kim, MENOMENA, metric, micah p. hinson, MIDLAKE, mirah, MODEST MOUSE, moldy peaches, the mountain goats, NADA SURF, the national, neil diamond, neil young, neko case, NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL, new order, new young pony club, nick cave and the bad seeds, nick drake, oasis, of montreal, okkervil river, the orb, otis redding, page france, paul mccartney, paul simon, pavement, peaches, pedro the lion, peter bjorn and john, phoenix, phosphorescent, PINBACK, pixies, portishead, the postal service, pretty girls make graves, the raconteurs, radar bros., radiohead, rahzel, the rapture, ray lamontagne, the redwalls, regina spektor, rem, RILO KILEY, the ROSEBUDS, royksopp, rufus wainwright, ryan adams, sade, saint entienne, the sea and cake, sebadoh, the SHINS, shonen knife, sigur ros, silversun pickups, simian mobile disco, simon & garfunkel, the smiths, sondre lerche, sonic youth, spank rock, sparta, spoon, the starlight mints, STARS, the stone roses, the strokes, sufjan stevens, talking heads, tapes n' tapes, tears for fears, ted leo and the pharmacists, tegan and sara, TILLY & THE WALL, tom petty, tom waits, travis, tricky, u2, the unicorns, van morrison, vhs or beta, violent femmes, viva voce, voxtrot, the walkmen, we are scientists, weezer, the white stripes, wilco, wolf parade, woody guthrie, the yardbirds, yeah yeah yeahs, yo la tengo, !!!, +/-

Movies:

lots of indie and foreign stuff.

Television:

brothers and sisters.

Books:

henry miller, anais nin, saul bellow, truman capote, w. somerset maugham, j. safran foer, nicole krauss, aimee bender, etc. i read a lot and love to nerd out with people talking about books. nerding out about books gives me great joy.

Heroes:

jenny lewis. henry miller.

My Blog

the prettiest words i've read in a while...

i'm reading this book and it is amazing. read it. "the history of love" by nicole krauss.   this is my favorite excerpt so far. "Just as there was a first instant when someone rubbed two sticks ...
Posted by little lori on Fri, 28 Jul 2006 11:39:00 PST

weird dreams

in one of my dreams last night, the phone number of an old friend, that i haven't talked to in months came to me. i called the number this morning and it was still in service and still his number...
Posted by little lori on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 08:40:00 PST

life as of late..

so, i'm sitting reserve right now in baltimore. i'll be on reserve for the next five days. fun stuff. i'm sure i'll get a trip at some point but today i did a bunch of sitting around. basically, i wat...
Posted by little lori on Sun, 16 Jul 2006 07:23:00 PST

i wonder...

    how the hell i know so many people?? i know everyone but like five of my friends on myspace. this is baffling to me. i also wonder how i'll keep up with all these people when myspac...
Posted by little lori on Fri, 14 Jul 2006 05:44:00 PST

random thoughts when i should be packing...

i flew with this girl a few weeks ago who asked me why i was still single...if it was a personal choice or just chance? i thought it was a weird question but once we started talking about it, she made...
Posted by little lori on Wed, 28 Jun 2006 10:58:00 PST

seattle

so i'm in seattle for the day. i got here at noon and i leave tomorrow morning. i picked up this trip just because i wanted to have a beautiful day in downtown seattle. unfortunately, it was kind...
Posted by little lori on Fri, 09 Jun 2006 07:35:00 PST

"it's raining in baltimore"

do you remember when you were graduating high school and you felt like everyone else had big, big plans and you had nothing? and nothing turned out to be the greatest aventure yet? i do. and now, i am...
Posted by little lori on Sat, 03 Jun 2006 08:26:00 PST

i'm feeling a little emotional

and live journal is blocked on this computer, so myspace gets to hear all about it. first of all, i love my job. i love the friends i've made because of this job. and i love my friends in austin ...
Posted by little lori on Sat, 13 May 2006 10:17:00 PST

i never post in here. maybe i should.

there are little thoughts that run around my head sometimes. what if i made the biggest mistake of my life quitting my job at the mall? what if that's the greatest thing i'll ever do? what if i suck a...
Posted by little lori on Mon, 30 Jan 2006 12:27:00 PST

oh henry

"the only thing we never give enough is love."- henry v. miller
Posted by little lori on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST