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Alison

I am here for Dating, Friends and Networking

About Me

Pretty new MySpace! I used to have a vintage '50s dress the skirt and sleeves of which were made out of a satin in the exact pink and black stripes of this background. Isn't that something?

I am smarter than the average bear with a keen interest in just about everything. I am more of the smoking/drinking/solving all the mysteries of life sort of thing than the hiking to mountaintops type thing. I love music and words and interesting people. I hate negativity, unnecessary drama, and fakery. Be you, be real, be upbeat. Life sucks but you don't have to.

"Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question."
(Albert Camus)

My Interests

New York, movies, music, books, history, pop culture, baseball, football, basketball, society, endless conversation about everything in the universe, red wine, good bourbon, politics, cities, blah, blah, blah...

I'd like to meet:

Interesting people to talk to. Friends are great, anything more is great--as long as it is mutual and natural. Nobody likes the skeevy!

Music:

Discover new artists or promote your band and sell your tunes! Go here and sign up!

Artists I love...Edith Piaf, Johnny Cash, The Clash, Dolly Parton, Billie Holliday, Bessie Smith, Frank Sinatra, Sinead O'Connor, Iggy Pop, U2, Eminem, Social Distortion, JC Chasez, Luscious Jackson, the Beastie Boys, the Roots, Old 97s, Asylum Street Spankers, NSYNC, Dean Martin, Franz Ferdinand, Parliament/Funkadelic, Morphine, Louis Prima, Bob Dylan, the Muffs, Justin Timberlake, All, Foo Fighters, Maroon 5, Coldplay, The Beatles, Jeff Buckley, Tony Lucca, Dr. Dre, Duran Duran, Nine Inch Nails, Annie Lennox, The Black-Eyed Peas, Tom Rush, Violent Femmes, Howlin' Wolf, North Mississippi All-Stars, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, and on and on and on...

Movies:

Brokeback Mountain, the Godfather movies, Goodfellas, Fight Club, The Princess Bride, Reservoir Dogs, His Girl Friday, The Philadelphia Story, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Miller's Crossing, The Big Lebowski, Crash, Titanic, Kill Bill Vols. I & II, Once Upon a Time in America, High Fidelity, Quills, The Virgin Suicides, The Royal Tanenbaums, Being John Malkovich, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Citizen Kane, Fred & Ginger movies (and Ginger with others, but not Fred with others), True Romance, Dr. Strangelove, A Clockwork Orange, Repo Man, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, JFK and so many more...

Television:

Don't watch much, but when I do, it's usually BBC America or silly list shows on VH-1. I'm an anglophile and a pop culture freak. Oh, and The Daily Show. I love The Daily Show. I've been newly sucked into the world of Supernatural, and I love The Office and My Name Is Earl.

Books:

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins, The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon by Tom Spoonbauer, Fight Club by Chuck Palanhiuk

Heroes:

Boudicca, Eleanor Roosevelt, Bessie Smith, Helen Gurley Brown, Hillary Clinton, my grandmother, my mom

My Blog

Tag, you're it!

Because Jenna is my puppetmistress... The rules:Once you've been tagged, you must write a blog with "6 weird things/habits about yourself." And at the end you need to choose 6 people to be tagged and ...
Posted by Alison on Tue, 18 Apr 2006 07:23:00 PST

Ain't nobody here but us chickens

(My apologies to any LJ folks, this is a cross-post...) I am currently subletting a room in a house while I try to find a permanent apartment. The house is a four-story brownstone in "transi...
Posted by Alison on Wed, 05 Apr 2006 01:43:00 PST

I have nothing better to do than answer questions about myself

FIFTY things you might not know about me 1. what is your middle name?Alison2. what size is your bed?Full3. what are you listening to right now?Nothing4. what are the last 2 digits in your phone number...
Posted by Alison on Mon, 09 Jan 2006 04:09:00 PST

FUCK!

There was a really cool blog post here all about how, through the wonder of the Internet, I have rediscovered my connection with music that had been all but killed by apathy and the blandness of our m...
Posted by Alison on Wed, 09 Nov 2005 09:33:00 PST

Until something better comes along

I'll stick a survey here 50 useless Q&A 1. First name?Uh, you wouldn't think this would be a hard question, would you? We'll go with E. 2. Were you named after anyone?My middle name is Alison, an...
Posted by Alison on Mon, 07 Nov 2005 06:45:00 PST

Spank you very much

I am here due to friends, but I discovered that my very favorite live band ever has a myspace and the lead singer has one, too. They are called the Asylum Street Spankers and you must go and listen to...
Posted by Alison on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST