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brandi wills (rocks!)

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

I like dogs, butterflies, and "Dog and Butterfly" by Heart.

My Interests

Books, music, movies, coffee...everything they have at Hastings.

I'd like to meet:

1. Abraham Lincoln 2. Muhammad Ali 3. Lucille Ball 4. Adolf Hitler 5. Mother Theresa

Music:

Lots! Always: Guided By Voices, Otis Redding, Elliott Smith, Beck. Sometimes: The Jayhawks, The Flaming Lips, Nick Drake, Rilo Kiley. Right now: Ingrid Michaelson, Electrelane, She & Him.

Movies:

Tarantino flicks; Hitchcock films; horror movies with Corie; Punch Drunk Love; Being There; Quiz Show; Nights of Cabiria.

Television:

I'm too busy to watch television unless it's LOST or KU basketball.

Books:

1. Sirens of Titan 2. Catcher in the Rye 3. Leaves of Grass 4. Great Expectations 5. Frankenstein

Heroes:

They know who they are.

My Blog

I heart good news.

Lots of good news to go around. 1. The Jayhawks are the 2008 NCAA National Champions....which, if you are my friend, you already know. This will be at the top of my list until the 2009 National Champi...
Posted by brandi wills (rocks!) on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:06:00 PST

splendor in the park

A few weeks ago, I packed up everything I own in St. Louis and moved out. I had had enough of the same 'ol, same 'ol. After seven months in this city, I decided it was time for a change of scenery. A ...
Posted by brandi wills (rocks!) on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 01:20:00 PST

the great chase.

I recently received a newsletter from my good friends Jami and John, who moved to Atlanta just over a year ago as a means of escape. Escape from jobs they hated, people they knew, and apartments they ...
Posted by brandi wills (rocks!) on Sun, 08 Jul 2007 12:35:00 PST

stick with the good thing...it's good

There comes a time in a young girl's life, after she's picked up and moved to another state in the hopes of advancing her career and perhaps starting fresh on a number of fronts, when she has to evalu...
Posted by brandi wills (rocks!) on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 08:59:00 PST

Isn't she kvetching.

The other day, as my editor and I were sitting in her office enjoying a good hardy bitch-fest (as we like to do now and then...on a daily basis), her cell phone rings and she answers it. It's her olde...
Posted by brandi wills (rocks!) on Wed, 23 May 2007 08:12:00 PST

Over 60 and loving it!

When I first joined MySpace, I was glued to my page constantly and it took me something like 4 days to make over 40 friends. I was really excited about this. I felt so popular...like a prom queen. A r...
Posted by brandi wills (rocks!) on Fri, 11 May 2007 07:11:00 PST

You don't even know...

I'm a writer. That's what I do for a living. Most of you have seen those movies or tv shows where the main character is a writer, and they go to parties at all the hip spots, know all the happenin' pe...
Posted by brandi wills (rocks!) on Tue, 01 May 2007 09:18:00 PST

Crap!

I live in a quaint little neighborhood in St. Louis. I live in the actual city, about the Midtown area, on a block lined with old brick homes. Homes that are probably at least 100 years old. Homes tha...
Posted by brandi wills (rocks!) on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 08:24:00 PST

Runny with toast.

My parents came to the Lou for Easter weekend to visit me and to discover new things in life to complain about. For breakfast on Saturday morning I took them to my favorite St. Louis restaurant, Soda ...
Posted by brandi wills (rocks!) on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 05:36:00 PST

Cross-body shoulder luggage.

I just got home from seeing a late-night movie at the Chase. Since it was a) late and b) at the Chase, I was one of four people there. Me, two giggly girls in the back, and some old dude up front. Aft...
Posted by brandi wills (rocks!) on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 10:18:00 PST