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patty

just anotha sucka on the love train

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

You act like you want to bet. You talk like you want to bet, but when it comes down to it, you don't want to bet.

Music:

Mountain goats, Arturo Sandoval, Modest Mouse, Magnetic fields, Air, Cibo Matto, Andrew Bird,Chet Baker,Dexter Gordon, Billie Holiday, Bjork, Broken Social Scene,Social D, Clash, Bowie, Fugazi, Gossip, Sleater Kinney, Thelonious Monk, Iggy pop. Kid Koala,Jellyroll Morton, Mirah, Yeah yeah yeahs,Of montreal, pavement, peaches,Sonny Rollins, pedro the lion, pixies, Johnny cash,Lester Young, q and not u, sons and daughters,The unicorns, ugly cassanova, and Stevie wonder...etc

Movies:

The man with two brains.

Books:

dickens, d.h lawrence, and james baldwin. Tom robbins and david sedaris make me laugh. I'm getting to know melville, hawthorne and poe better. Typee is actually a good book. My favorite remains a confederacy of dunces, John Kennedy toole made me realize writing is hard work and not always gratifying. my heart flips for the underdog. My writing tends to root for the runt.

Heroes:

steve martin,woody allen, & larry david

My Blog

school resumes Brittany and Normandy = calvados and camembert watch out for the livarot

So class yesterday morning had some close corners. A class of 14 was able to dance around the kitchen as chefs should working and communicating on real estate for counter stovetop and oven space. I ...
Posted by patty on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 10:11:00 PST

a lookback

A day off to rest and resonate on my well spent time.I don't think I was ever this happy in undergrad/grad school... not that I would change my course direction. Perfect timing seems to be a lucky ch...
Posted by patty on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:23:00 PST

red white wine vitus viniferus or vitus labrusco who'sa hoe?

tasting wine:sweetness rests on the tip of our tonguesourness rests on the sides and jowls of your cheeksbitterness lands at the back of your tonguethe body or the weight of the fruit is left in the m...
Posted by patty on Tue, 29 May 2007 09:30:00 PST

the scooter is fixed

finally,after syphoning fuel and replacing spark plugs and polishing my baby. She kicked over and purred. I'm probably the happiest i've been since last weekend. So i'm inviting everyone to visit ri...
Posted by patty on Thu, 24 May 2007 11:00:00 PST

the mid term practicum

brush that sweat from my browand shake the tension from my neck the midterm final is over phew!I picked the card that read roast pork tenderloin served with a vegetable custard. i served the pork loin...
Posted by patty on Fri, 11 May 2007 08:37:00 PST

its comin down

it's likerunning real fast and not realizing you turned off the trackuntil the race is overJumping and galloping to a first place that never had a second or a lastIf i fell off the track and veered to...
Posted by patty on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:21:00 PST

it's 1:37

and i've already cut and burned myself...and i'm at home.class will inevitably suck today.its raining/hailingand all i can think about is whycouldn't i pick a less dangerous jobi mean really knives an...
Posted by patty on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:38:00 PST

oyster poppin' phyllo foldin', lobster steamin', and cake decoratin'

Life's been busy i've put in 59 hours total at school and work this week...Of course I'm running on a fumes. Glad school and work are in harmony, knowing the pay off is soon to come.
Posted by patty on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 09:57:00 PST

Our band has reunited "Instruments and Animals" are a must see!

Thanks to everyone that made it to our small venue!It was one word: MAGICALI never played that drum so well in my entire life.Thanks to the cat and goldfish...they just add an ...
Posted by patty on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 10:20:00 PST

Sanitation results are in: I'm certified ...and...brioche...you fine cakey thing

So we received our Sanitation test scores and phew! I passed...no more studying up on trichanosis, scromboid, and shigella. I saved face while we received our certificates, not everyone had passed wh...
Posted by patty on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 10:20:00 PST