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About Me

Charm City Roller Girls
Beatbots
Soft Graffiti: The Blog

My Interests

roller derby. feminism. words. activating. the scent of old books. tip-toeing among shifting truths. oceanic iconography. vaginal metaphors. shit-talking. mimi + brixton, midnight love hunters.

Movies:

Harold and Maude. A Special Message From CCAQZ . Daisies. Trans. City of Lost Children. Suspiria. Chungking Express. The Legend of Billie Jean. Afropunk. Lost in Translation. Rushmore. Say Anything. Badlands. Les Triplettes de Bellville. Grey Gardens. Ladies and Gentleman, The Fabulous Stains. Me + You + Everyone We Know. Decasia. Wild At Heart. Switchblade Sisters. Lolita. The Warriors. Grave of the Fireflies. Children of Men. Harold + Kumar. Bette Davis + Katherine Hepburn.

Television:

i am a sucker for those HBO historical dramas & MST3K.

Books:

Anais Nin, Michel Foucault, Arthur Rimbaud, Haruki Murakami, bell hooks, Banana Yoshimoto, Isak Dinesen, Crimethinc, Pablo Neruda, Michelle Tea, Roald Dahl, Kurt Vonnegut, Francesca Lia Block, T Cole Rachel, Reinaldo Arenas, Aaron Cometbus, Valerie Solonas, Aimee Bender, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, T.C. Boyle, Vladmir Nabokov, Bill Brown, Barbara Kingsolver, Octavia E. Butler, Saul Williams, Tom Robbins, Antoine de Saint ExupÃ©ry, Flannery O' Connor, Willa Cather, Henry Miller, Isabel Allende, Los Bros Hernandez, Craig Thompson, Paul Pope...

Their Eyes Were Watching God. Woman at Point Zero. House of the Spirits. White Teeth. The God of Small Things. Please Don't Kill The Freshman. Geek Love. Stone Butch Blues. Tin-Tin In The New World. The Lone Surfer of Montana, Kansas. Last Exit to Brooklyn. A Confederacy of Dunces. North American Nonrequired Reading series...

Heroes:

my mom. rollergirls past, present, and future.
the women of Hoppers 13 + Palomar.

My Blog

i didn't kill time, i just slapped him around a bit.

A - Age of 1st kiss: 14. practice kissing with my lady friends. B- Band you are listening to right now: Justin noodlin on the geetar C- Crush: skateland. i <3 roller rinks! D- Dad's name: Nei...
Posted by raven on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

ponder not pander

1. Have you ever finished off the popcorn and ate the junk from the bottom of the bag? i love crunching the kernels. i usually eat them all. 2. Have you ever had sex in a tent? nope. 3. Have y...
Posted by raven on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

what drives you

1. Of all the bands/artists in your cd/record collection, which one do you own the most albums by? fugazi 2. What was the last song you listened to? "I Can See It (But I Can't Feel It)" my blood...
Posted by raven on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

daydream believer

[Shoe size] 8 [Parents still together] birth parents? no. my mom and the man who actually parented me? yes. [Pets] yup...bartelby the nibbler FAVORITES [Color(s)] pink [Number] 100Ú[Animal] fel...
Posted by raven on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

to the limit

1.what kind of first impression do you think people have when they first see you? -it depends on the context, the environment, and how much liquor i've drank. 2. what's one thing you like to do al...
Posted by raven on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

if you got questions i got answers

we live in a survey culture. 1-What should you be doing instead of dicking around MySpace? i don't dick around. it's a physical impossibility. 2-Do you like Jerry Springer? the man or the s...
Posted by raven on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

the girl you've been waiting for

i'm moving to charm city, fuckers. that duct tape + tarp you have left over from 9-11 isn't going to save you. it's on.
Posted by raven on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

i voted i voted i voted

I got my fingers double crossed that Kerry will get this. Sorry Nader, you sexy old man, but there's one bush that don't ever smell fresh and I'm tired of the stink. VOTE ON COMRADES. You are so ...
Posted by raven on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

explosions not implosions. expansion not collapse.

how can you tell when complacency is masquerading as contentment? i haven't been all shook up in quite awhile. no ripples, no splashing, and certainly no somersault cannonballs. totally placcid, o...
Posted by raven on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

like a ferris wheel, but higher.

i'm going to sew a balloon and float on out of here.
Posted by raven on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST