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claire

master chef in training

About Me

i'm tired and overworked. i like making coffee and espresso drinks for people.one day i'll own a restaurant and/or bakery and i'll be on the food network. everyone will know my name by the time i'm 30 and you'll be glad there's someone out there who finally pushed rachael ray out of her undeserving spotlight.

My Interests

music. art (andy warhol, salvador dali, ansel adams,sam flores...). helping out what's left of this beautiful,yet dire,world. veganism. animal,as well as human, liberation. READING. writing. sleeping.giraffes. music. photography. walking. green tea. cooking. non-blondes.animals. museums.baking. older men.late-night anything.education.cinematography. nature.music.the letter "u".the number "5" (i like sesame street).the colour green.people-watching.food.dancing. love. le lange francais y español.venice beach.the greyhound.my bike.other peoples bikes.crying.my new olive green spatula and matching oven mit and potholder.

I'd like to meet:

mostly dead people.

Music:

elliott smith. portishead. dmb. juliana hatfield. alice in chains. jefferson airplane.aterciopelados. tool. radiohead. descendents. nirvana. jethro tull.ozomatli.ani di franco. arrested development.aventura. .red hot chili peppers.nick drake.sigur ros. jeff buckley.air.miles davis.duke ellington.buena vista social club.stan getz.13&god.ween.john coltrane.ray lamontagne. the dresden dolls.splashdown.elliott smith.cream.kings of convenience.songs:ohia. rachael yamagata.neil young.surface noise.jose gonzalez.regina spektor. ibrahim ferrer.emilie simon.tom waits.manu chau.

Movies:

seven, silence of the lambs, clockwork orange, fight club, requiem for a dream (best cinematography ever!), casino,dangerous liasions, romeo and juliet, scarface,the royal tenenbaums, red dragon, city of god, last samurai,dr.strangelove, american beauty,the life aquatic, the usual suspects,cronicas, crash,capote,eternal sunshine of the spotless mind,finding nemo and the lion king.

Television:

adult swim and the food network.

Books:

catcher in the rye, even cowgirls get the blues, clockwork orange, diary, girl interrupted, nine stories,kindred,in cold blood,the stories of eva luna,letters to a young poet,requiem for a dream,memoirs of a geisha, beneath the skin, generation x, romeo and juliet, johnny got his gun and anything by paul laurence dunbar.

Heroes:

mom,ms.botello,my tomato cakes,ian anderson and alton brown. most definitely.

My Blog

this isn't a poem,just a long list of stuff

i miss my familyi miss my friends.i miss melly and mike.i miss lauren and tito.i miss pepper and monkey.i miss my mom's cooking (even though she'd rarely cook for me).i miss going to the rialto.hangin...
Posted by claire on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 03:58:00 PST

a taste of houston

my first night here   walking down westheimer his birthday at the wall of water waiting for the bus (on more than one occasion) eating where i work where i live eventually,there ...
Posted by claire on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 09:52:00 PST

i don't understand

people have a tendency to take things the wrong way. i never once said that i didn't love my family nor did i ever say that i didn't care for them. after everything that i've done and everything that ...
Posted by claire on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 08:45:00 PST

home is where the heart is

so much has happened already,i can't even believe it. it's been 8 days since i left l.a and in that time,i've managed to acomplish more than i have in the last year. there's really no amount of words ...
Posted by claire on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 01:18:00 PST

airport food's too pricey and not that yummy

i'm stealing wireless from someone and  i'm pretty sure i'll end up w/ another virus on my comp. i'm at the airport right now and i'm to board in about 20 minutes. the last couple of weeks have b...
Posted by claire on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 12:30:00 PST

authenticity....spelling bees....taquitos...

so much has been going on,i don't even know where to start. i guess i should just start at the begining...or,better yet,i'll just make a list of things that have happened and what will happen.-i learn...
Posted by claire on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:02:00 PST

merry holidays

so much has happened since last christmas. most of last year was a total disaster and utterly dire. i sometimes wonder why i bring myself to think of it sometimes but i figure it's for the best. i lik...
Posted by claire on Mon, 25 Dec 2006 05:57:00 PST

tis the season

i love l.a more than ever and it makes me sad that i'll be leaving soon (for a limited time at least). but enough of that (for now...)all i want for christmas is...a hardcover copy of The Catcher In T...
Posted by claire on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 04:20:00 PST

texas (in pictures, very few words and w/ extra giraffes)

i've been here since the 6th and will be here until the 1st but i thought i'd show pictures of my trip so far.enjoy!!! houston zoo we started off at the little aquarium where we saw some pretty neat f...
Posted by claire on Sun, 22 Oct 2006 01:00:00 PST

a public service annoucement for the ladies

if you weigh less than 130lbs,please stop complaining that you're "fat". i'm sick and tired of that superficial bullshit. worry about it if you're 5'4 and over 170,okay!? and for those who are 5'4 and...
Posted by claire on Mon, 04 Sep 2006 03:28:00 PST