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laura

Indulge in Frolic

About Me

Hmmm, where to begin? ...well, my favorite color is avocado green. I prefer carnations to roses, outside to in, storms to sunshine, and pewter to gold. Scrabble, Yahtzee, and Queen's Revenge are always more welcome than a football game. As for actual exercise, I try to avoid it when possible. Unfortunately, I enjoy certain activities that involve movement so I end up exercising despite efforts not to.
I love all animals, and I do mean all. The slimy and scaly critters hold just as much interest for me and as the cute cuddly ones.
Favorite pastimes include reading at coffee houses, thrift store shopping, and creating bad art.
My politics lean to the left but I don't affiliate myself with any particular party. Despite my utter contempt for our current political system, I continue to stay informed and involved hoping against hope that my participation might someday make a difference.
That about covers it except to say that none of this is absolute and I reserve the right to contradict myself at any time. Thanks for playing. I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)

My Interests

Laughter, coffee houses, tattoos, books, glass, critters, parks, theatre, umbrellas, avocado margaritas, mochas, the Mendocino & Sonoma coasts, wine, ecology, politics, tree swings, kaleidoscopes, sea creatures, art - especially Marc Chagall, Shag, Mark Ryden, Alexander Calder, and Tim Biskup

I'd like to meet:

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Music:

Alice in Chains, The Beatles, Blondie, Kate Bush, Chopin, Dropkick Murphys, The Doors, Flogging Molly, Green Day, Patty Griffin, Indigo Girls, Janes Addiction, Maria McKee, The Pretenders, Poi Dog Pondering, The Ramones, The Pogues, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Sundays, Simon with & without Garfunkel, XTC, etc...

Movies:

Antonia's Line, Amatuer, All About Eve, All of Me, City of God, The Corporation, The Crying Game, Defending Your Life, Elf, Enchanted April, A Fish Called Wanda, Fight Club, Foul Play, The Graduate, Harold & Maude, Heavenly Creatures, The Holy Grail, Hot Fuzz, Jaws, The Jerk, Life Aquatic, Like Water for Chocolate, A Mighty Wind, The Opposite of Sex, Remains of the Day, Rushmore, Shawshank Redemption, Seven, Tin Drum

Television:

As Time Goes By, (almost) all things Masterpiece Theater, Nova, Nature, Frontline, & American Experience, Arrested Development, The Simpsons, Family Guy, Mash ("74-"83)... and when I have access to cable: The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, & Dirty Jobs

Books:

Anything by David Sedaris, Sarah Vowell, Augusten Burroughs, Armistead Maupin and James Morrow. Also, "The Portable Dorothy Parker", "Geek Love", "The Handmaid's Tale", "The Liar's Club", "Pet Boy", "100 Ways to Die in the Outdoors", "A Girl Named Zippy", "Pessimist's Guide to History"
CRITTER OF THE MOMENT
Flamboyant cuttlefish

Heroes:

Sophie Scholl, Eleanor Roosevelt, John Muir, & Samuel Mockbee.

My Blog

Made in China(?)

Based on my recent history, I should've known that I was doomed to another injury in the near future.  Monday night, while I was gently swaying in my Skychair - my feet cradled in the f...
Posted by laura on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:01:00 PST

Drive through banking

While I was at the drive through today, I noticed that the keypad on the ATM machine is in Braille. Immediately, I imagined frustrated blind drivers trying to extract money, but finding it difficult t...
Posted by laura on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:27:00 PST

Whoopsie dazed

Thursday morning, I caught the heel of my shoe on the 4th or 5th step of the stairs outside my apartment and proceeded to careen face first into the pavement below. (why break your fall...
Posted by laura on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 02:23:00 PST

well that was a bad day

I've been feeling a little useless lately though I'm not sure why since I recently spent 3 weekends in a row schlepping cheap crap for a community theater out in Horseshoe Bay. Selling inexp...
Posted by laura on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:01:00 PST

I must get a home computer

Well, the subject line pretty much says it all... I must get a home computer. MySpacing without regular access to the internet is a bit more challenging than I expected. Libraries are great as long as...
Posted by laura on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 02:11:00 PST