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Gina

appreciate the little things in a big way

About Me

quirky, creative, nutty, happy, sentimental, open, spunky, sarcastic, enthusiastic, pensive, passionate, opinionated, cautious, midwestern, maternal, work in progress...pregnancy blog link: http://projectmavisdavis.blogspot.com/

My Interests

music, paper, travel, stopping infant circumcision!, colors, castles, maps, art, making crafty stuff, floral design, event planning and design, design in general, coffee shops, decorating stuff, semi-precious stones, documentaries, quirkiness, dining out with my husband and friends, people who like things just because they like them, bird watching, baking, gardening, my kitties, my turtles, goofiness, giggling, british indie films, jay kay, menage a trois chardonnay, drooling over international "soccer" & rugby players, Christmas, northern cali, edinburgh, all things British, working out, feeling the change of seasons, dancing me arse off, justice, going to see live music, meeting new people, reminiscing, finding balance

I'd like to meet:

old friends from Kenosha, Madison, NYC, and Seattle... .. ..>.. .. ..>

Music:

Here's the short list... Jamiroquai, Blur, Gorillaz, Oasis, BRMC, Dandy Warhols, Badly Drawn Boy, Corinne Bailey Rae, The Cure, Beastie Boys, old U2, old Prince, The Streets, Bob Marley, Crystal Method, David Gray, Bjork, Evan Dando, The Lemonheads, Primal Scream, Kings of Leon, LCD Soundsystem, Digable Planets, DJ Keoki, Sting, Lily Allen, Kate Nash, Stereophonics, Grateful Dead, Beck, Seb Fontaine, Kasabian, Janis Joplin, The Doors, White Stripes, Jimi Hendrix, Dee Lite, Depeche Mode, Norah Jones, Radiohead, Richard Cheese, The Cure, The Beatles, Billy Fucking Idol, Bob Dylan, WuTang, blues, funk... .. .. ..>

Movies:

Trainspotting, Mallrats, Party Girl, The Commitments, 200 Cigarettes, Office Space, Love Actually, Napoleon Dynamite, The Last Kiss, Garden State, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, 16 Candles, Team America, Weird Science, The Full Monty, A Christmas Story, DIG, documentaries and any Indie British films

Television:

Nevermind the Buzzcocks, Bullshit, Scrubs, South Park, Dexter, Life on Mars, Project Runway, Top Chef, The State, Hex, The Office, Iron Chef, Band of Brothers, Coupling, Best Week Ever, Battlestar Gallactica, Heroes, House, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (R.I.P.), Dirty Jobs, The Tudors. Yes, I like tv, especially tv that helps you learn. I can get hooked on the Discovery Channel & the History Channel for an entire day if I allow myself. I also love watching documentaries on IFC and the Sundance Channel.

Books:

In theory I love books but I have this bad habit of starting a book, enjoying it very much, and then never finishing it. Then I move onto the next book where the same thing happens. I believe it has something to do with ADD.

Heroes:

my husband .. ..>

My Blog

and furthermore...

Parents should know exactly what goes on behind closed doors... http://www.youtube.com/v/vIRANs0eXwI&hl=en...
Posted by Gina on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:26:00 PST

Please watch, especially if you are pregnant

I think it would be a better world if people took the time to educate themselves on a subject before making a decision about it.  Don’t just be blind followers, people! ...
Posted by Gina on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:09:00 PST

Poor birds

Ugh.  I think I got a lesson in "let nature take its course" today.  I went outside to tell the gardener to be careful because we have a sparrow nesting in the vines by our front door. ...
Posted by Gina on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:23:00 PST

PETA

Ok so I just have to rant about PETA today.  When I was in high school I think I was a supporter of this group.  I thought I was merely standing up for animal rights.  I thought it was ...
Posted by Gina on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:38:00 PST

Are you kidding me?????

So I saw this ad on my myspace page for a site called Cafe Mom, supposedly like a myspace for mothers and expectant moms.  I thought, "Ooh I’ll check that out."  Before I sign up for a...
Posted by Gina on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 12:31:00 PST

Ever wonder what happened to your sons foreskin?

http://gawker.com/358314/the-unspeakable-horror-of-apligraf People pay big bucks to mutilate their newborn males and don't even realize that the hospitals profit even more when they sell wha...
Posted by Gina on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:52:00 PST

Fuck off L.A. I am moving to Chicago

I have lived in this godforsaken place now for nearly 9 years, and it's still just some random place I live, not exactly HOME.  I can pretty safely say I am the same midwestern girl I was (albeit...
Posted by Gina on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:01:00 PST

Emo. Douchebag.

I don't get emo.   They were known as goths when I was in school, and I didn't completely get that either, but goths didn't have quite the choad factor of the emo genre.  Let'...
Posted by Gina on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 04:34:00 PST

Good news from Australia for newborn baby boys!

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22227225-2862 ,00.htmlAugust 12, 2007CIRCUMCISION will be banned in Victorian public hospitals unless it is for medical reasons.The State Government has o...
Posted by Gina on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 01:16:00 PST

please read if you are pregnant

Due to recent events I have become very passionate about an issue.  I have realized how much this country needs to be educated about infant circumcision.  I am not here to piss any...
Posted by Gina on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:05:00 PST