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Kid Twist

All I want is all there is and then some!

About Me

My name is 'Becca'lise. I love classic film, plastic flamingos, spaghetti, holidays, and anything kitsch. I'm blissfully in love with my marvelous beau, and I'm blissfully in love with life; I'm having a grand time on my neverending quest for fabulousness! MyGen Profile Generator

My Interests

classic film, taking pictures of lovely things, flappers, 1930s musicals, pin up girls, character actors, carousels, tapdancing, twiggy, bulldog puppies, barbershop quartets, universal horror movies, snowcones, board games, red lipstick, disco balls, neon lights, bouffant hair, the enchanted tiki room, Betty Boop cartoons, hindu art, starburst clocks, tin lunchboxes, dressing up, christmas lights, decorating cakes, vintage hawaiiana and mexicana, beach cruisers, bette davis vs joan crawford, pink cadillacs, sand castles, bowling alleys, tight fuzzy sweaters, leopard print, parasols, silent comedies, 1970s game shows, orange 50/50 and strawberry milkshakes, laughing until you cry

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Music:

Astrud Gilberto, The Beatles, Isobel Campbell, Harry Connick Jr., The Andrews Sisters, Elvis, Combustible Edison, Zurdok, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Glenn Miller, Edith Piaf, Michael Bublé, Chantal Goya, The Ditty Bops, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, Sam Cooke, Rufus Wainwright, Henry Mancini, Ella Fitzgerald, Martin Denny, Eartha Kitt, Queen, The Beach Boys, The B-52s, Buddy Holly, Chet Baker, Frankie Avalon, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Vanilla Fudge, Anything big band, surf, mariachi, yé-yé, jazz, ragtime, or lounge

Movies:

Auntie Mame (1958), The Women (1939), Funny Face (1957), The Boy Friend (1971), The Godfather (1972), The Thin Man (1934), Amelie (2001), The Poseidon Adventure (1972), The Wizard of Oz (1939), Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), Bride of Frankenstein (1935), Star Wars (1977), The Maltese Falcon (1941), Cabaret (1972), Pretty in Pink (1986), The Great Dictator (1940), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957), Lover Come Back (1961), Forbidden Planet (1956), The Sting (1973), Libeled Lady (1936), Some Like it Hot (1959), His Girl Friday (1940), The Man Who Came To Dinner (1942), Ed Wood (1994), Singin' in the Rain (1952), Dracula (1931), V for Vendetta (2005)
Actors Myrna Loy, Rosalind Russell, William Powell, Fred Astaire, Gregory Peck, Peter Lorre, Tony Randall, Bette Davis, Lon Chaney, Joan Crawford, Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Greta Garbo, George Sanders, Ginger Rogers, Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant, Jean Harlow, Katharine Hepburn, Bela Lugosi, Humphrey Bogart, Carole Lombard, Paul Newman, Shirley Temple, Johnny Depp, Natalie Portman, Kate Winslet, Zooey Deschanel, Christopher Walken, Thelma Ritter
Directors/Writers Christopher Guest, Alfred Hitchcock, George Cukor, Stanley Kubrick, Wes Anderson, Quentin Tarantino, John Waters, Judd Apatow, Charlie Chaplin, Stanley Donen, Orson Welles, Ernst Lubitsch, Preston Sturges, Russ Meyer

Television:

Turner Classic Movies, I Dream of Jeannie, The Office, 30 Rock
Comedians Eddie Izzard, Janeane Garofalo, Patton Oswalt, Lewis Black, Woody Allen, Brian Posehn, Maria Bamford, George Carlin, David Cross, Adam Ferrara, Jim Gaffigan, Mitch Hedberg, Louis CK, Sarah Silverman, Nick Swardson, Zach Galifianakis

Books:

DV by Diana Vreeland, everything by Francesca Lia Block, everything by David Sedaris, The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, Dracula by Bram Stoker, Kiss Hollywood Good-by by Anita Loos, and anything about old Hollywood.
Authors/Poets Francesca Lia Block, David Sedaris, Dorothy Parker, Anita Loos
Artists/Photographers Camille Rose Garcia, SHAG, Glenn Barr, Gil Elvgren, Al Hirschfeld, David LaChapelle, Richard Avedon, Alberto Vargas, Andy Warhol, Richie Fahey, Kirsten Ulve, Will Koffman, Matt Adams, and Dri!

Heroes:

Diana Vreeland, Jayne Mansfield, Charles Phoenix, Louise Brooks, Simon Doonan, Robert Osborne, and Liberace.

My Blog

Life is too short...

...to live your life according to everyone else's expectations. And life is too short to feel like shit because of somebody else. Take responsibility for yourself. I never post stuff like this, haha. ...
Posted by Kid Twist on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 01:54:00 PST

I started my Un-Diet today...

...where I go bikeriding and then eat a bunch of lemon cookies. They cancel each other out, you see. Also, I'd like to thank Miss Natalie Acosta for giving me her last two blueberry Poptarts. Also als...
Posted by Kid Twist on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 03:55:00 PST

Things are looking up!

I have a new full-time job. My wisdom teeth are officially out and I'm doing okay (I can eat solid foods again, yaaay!) My boyfriend is still adorable. I'm in much better headspace. Marion Cotillard g...
Posted by Kid Twist on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:26:00 PST

Well...

I feel hopeless and useless.   But thank you, love, for distracting me with kisses and laughter. I love you more than there are words for. I could write pages and pages about it, and it still wou...
Posted by Kid Twist on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:55:00 PST

:(

I'm so fucking depressed right now. I *hate* posting blogs like this. Anyways, nobody's reading this, I don't give a fuck.
Posted by Kid Twist on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:27:00 PST

This is where I am.

I need money. I need to get out of this house. I need YOU to step it up. I need to feel like we'll get somewhere. I need you to help me get motivated. I need color. I need laughter. I need madness. I ...
Posted by Kid Twist on Thu, 27 Dec 2007 03:10:00 PST

Why is everybody so boring?

Seriously. Live it up!
Posted by Kid Twist on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 05:57:00 PST

Hooray!

I love having a plan. And I love having people who are willing to be a part of it.
Posted by Kid Twist on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 09:32:00 PST

Oh my GODDDD

Does anybody want to contribute to a Save 'Becca'lise fund? Being in this house is damaging my health.
Posted by Kid Twist on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:23:00 PST

I should stop watching "The Office."

I am sad about the Jim/Pam thing. Among other things.
Posted by Kid Twist on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 12:17:00 PST