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About Me

I like to write about video games and toys. Yes, I have a complete inability to grow up.
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I'm intensely motivated by self-growth. it's my primary reason for living. If you are uninterested in knowing yourself, you don't want to know me.

I jump up and down at the sight of Japanese toys.

I have a fetish for beautiful books. First or rare editions make me swoon.

When people talk loudly during movies, I fantasize about stabbing them in the face.

If you are playing Nintendo(original NES)in front of me, I am unable to keep myself from dropping what I am doing and playing with you.

I think dogs are one of the greatest things on the planet.

I'm confused about why video games cost so much more to make and are so much less fun than they used to be.
"As once the winged energy of delight carried you over childhood's dark abysses, now beyond your own life build the great arch of unimagined bridges.Wonders happen if we can succeed in passing through the harshest danger; but only in a bright and purely granted achievement can we realize the wonder.To work with Things in the indescribable relationship is not too hard for us; the pattern grows more intricate and subtle, and being swept along is not enough.Take your practiced powers and stretch them out until they span the chasm between two contradictions...For the god wants to know himself in you." -Rainer Maria Rilke

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My Interests

eating. deep sleep. making out. driving. dusk. the beach. the film experience. revolutionary moments. literature. tokidoki art. skin. ribbons. raw fish. silent hill. experimentation. burlesque. the sound of grinding metal. voices. squaresoft. qee bears. paint. warmth. japan kink. the future. geekery. sensuality. lyrics. creation. Tibetan chanting. the world. shoes. photography. animals. sun. kitsch.old school. the sea. being alone. courage. intensity. joy. alternatives. not knowing. silver pointy things. voices. open minds. fabric. the smell of old books. leaving conventions behind. calligraphy brushes. parchment. silence and sound. journals. animals. bells.
"To hold on, let go. Nothing is solid. Everything moves. Except love â€“ Hold on to love. Do what love requires." -Sister Mary Helen Prejean
Nothing really belongs to us. We put our hands lightly around the necks of unbroken flowers."-Rainer Maria Rilke
" The trail is beautiful. Be still."-Dakota Tribe
"Resolve to be thyself; and know that who finds himself, loses his misery." -Matthew Arnold

Music:

Dead Can Dance. Lisa Gerrard. David Sylvian. Vas. Axiom of Choice. Joshua Radin. Trial of The Bow. Sigur Ros. Mum. Sarah McLachlan. Tori Amos. Loreena McKennitt. Rufus Wainwright. Caroline Lavelle.Aphex Twin. Radiohead. Sia. Death Cab for Cutie. Postal Service. Snow Patrol. Coldplay. Eastern Conference Champions. Telefon Tel Aviv. Autechre. Vienna Teng. Damien Rice. Daft Punk. PJ Harvey. Depeche Mode. The For Carnation. Moloko. Erasure. Pet Shop Boys. Goldfrapp. Lamb. Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Mandalay. Portishead. Peaches. Peter Murphy. Avenue D. Gene. The Bravery. Nine Inch Nails. The Dears. Moby. Massive Attack. Prince. Kate Bush. Suede. Pulp. Air. The Album Leaf. Billie Holliday. Bowie. Brian Eno. Peter Gabriel. Chicks on Speed. Bloc Party. DJ Shadow. Fischerspooner. Garbage. Jeff Buckley. M83. Miss Kittin. Teitur. The Faint. Imogen Heap. Def Motherfucking Leppard.

Movies:

American Beauty, The Last Unicorn, Labyrinth, Legend, The Dark Crystal, The Princess Bride, The Pillow Book, The Age of Innocence, Henry & June, Dead Ringers, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Big Fish, Raise the Red Lantern , Akira, Alien, Blade Runner, Camille Claudel, Cyrano DeBergerac, Moulin Rouge, Love Hina series, Ringu, Ju-On, Gemini, Ichi the Killer, Uzumaki, Shaun of the Dead, What Dreams may Come, Camille Claudel, Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor TotoroFavorite Directors: James Cameron, Sam Mendes, Ridley Scott, Hayao Miyazaki, Takashi Miike,Phillip Kaufman, Hideo Nakata, Satoshi KonAlan Ball is my favorite screenwriter. I worship this man so deeply I would pay money for a mug of his spit.As of tonight, August tenth 2007, Showgirls is the most amazing films I have ever seen. I'm permanently transformed.

Television:

.. ..All about the season dvd's. Don't watch television otherwise.

Books:

The Unbearable Lightness of Being/Milan Kundera Imajica/Clive Barker Collected Poems/Rainer Maria Rilke A Season in Hell/Arthur Rimbaud Unexpurgated Diaries/Anais Nin When Things Fall Apart/Pema Chodron Awareness/Anthony DeMello Norwegian Wood/ Haruki Murakami The Fermata/Nicholson Baker The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon/Sei Shonagon

My Blog

New address (again)

The usual:753 Michigan Ave 2CMiami Beach FL 33139I hope we don't have to move again for a while. Phew!
Posted by Colette on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 12:07:00 PST

Games and intelligence: a poor pairing? (blog updated)

blow in the game slot
Posted by Colette on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 07:22:00 PST

New address ( I am finally moved!)

If you want my new Miami address, send me a message and I will send it to you.Feel free to send toys, games, etc. Please do not send bombs.
Posted by Colette on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:04:00 PST

Blog updated: Will great gameplay save the galaxy?

Blow in the Game Slot
Posted by Colette on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 06:23:00 PST

Awaiting the return.

A text message from Shadow upon waking filled me with thoughts of New Orleans this morning. I've been thinking it but now its coming closer than ever....going home. My beautiful, crippled, broken city...
Posted by Colette on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 10:20:00 PST

Beautiful weekend....

This weekend has been simply lovely in every way. Sleeping in Saturday, spending the day with my co worker Rosanna walking in the sun in Beverly Hills on Saturday, looking at expensive things I don't ...
Posted by Colette on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 05:31:00 PST

long delayed updated

I have run out of time for regular blogging. That, or it just doesn't hold the priority it used to. Still, I miss he catharsis of writing everything out, so I thought it might be about time for an upd...
Posted by Colette on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 02:38:00 PST

Amsterdam

My heart hurts.I don't know why."I went to Amsterdam I got so lost Down the way I took the crooked path I wish that I'd never stayed I cannot change the past Can I change? Change the past? Ticket in ...
Posted by Colette on Sun, 11 Feb 2007 03:58:00 PST

Moving

Well, I've made up my mind. Moving to Portland. The goal is Mid March, April 1st by the latest. LA has been good to me and taught me a lot of things, but I'm feeling good about this one.Portland peeps...
Posted by Colette on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 01:51:00 PST

the road home

I spent the day at Disneyland with Garon and Jason, Lucy, Will and Phillip and had an awesome time. I couldn't have asked for anything more other than a coat (it was icy cold). As many of you kn...
Posted by Colette on Sun, 21 Jan 2007 01:06:00 PST