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About Me

I was named after a character in The Valley of the Dolls. This would explain a lot. I aspire to be one of those very old women who wear turbans and have long jeweled cigarette holders. Miss Haversham meets Gloria Swanson. I intend on scaring children off my lawn and owning a monkey who wears a diamond collar. The bad thing is, you should take this completely seriously. The good thing is, I am 39, I am half way there.
For now I live in Los Angeles, nightclubbing, writing and taking care of lovely little creatures. I have parrots and yes, I have pet chickens. Go figure, I didn't see that coming either, but they look adorable wandering around my gardens. Parrots are the new children you can legally lock up in a cage when you go out.
I enjoy writing. By enjoy, I mean I scream at people to leave me alone when I am the in the middle of a writing jag. For those of you who have been subjected to that, I apologize. I also I also enjoy literature and (again) nightclubbing but not usually at the same time because that would be weird, although..I have written on napkins. I love to travel and enjoy yoga and people who don't take themselves so seriously. Haute Couture is good too, and shoes because yes, a woman can own chickens and still need her Blahniks. It's a moral imperative. While I write a lot, but I don't sit in coffee shops with a laptop or have a pencil behind my ear or anything because coffee shops are a bit dodgy and pencils behind an ear are not exactly cutting edge in accessories. Oh no, I have a microphone in my chandelier earrings and a little pillbox with a pink martini on it. For reasons beyond me, I am also Editor for a website called www.sothere.com. And let's use the term "Editor" quite loosely. I write other little things as well. Since they have no genre, I am just going to call them "writings". Anecdotes. Sometimes they appear in books and I still have no idea why, ask my Editor Tim who is still on me to send him a rough draft of my own works. (I am right on that Tim)
I sometimes feed my pet chickens while wearing an evening gown. I am always on the lookout for high heels that have feathers on them. I think Cruella DeVille had a really cool wardrobe but was an old hag. I drink a lot of water. I worry I will scare people in the morning without my makeup. I have wavy hair and I once tried to straighten in in a tube station in London with a hand dryer. The scariest part about that story is I avoid public transit because have you met most of the public? I like red velvet ropes because they are really useless and yet people won't step over them. I feel safe behind them because I am on the good side. I like rugby but I have no idea what's going on, I just like men in those shorts. I think Oliver Reed was really sexy...and if he hadn't of died I would be having an affair with him right now. I used to drink mouthwash as an after school snack. These are basically the only things you need to know about me.
How can we write about ourselves here when there is no box adequate or long enough to truly represent an individual. I am the girl who wears high heels, has parrots, and may or may not be listening to French music, Techno, or Native American Flute Music on her ipod while playing video games before going to a nightclub. I make no sense...and neither should you.Also it wouldn't hurt if I acted a little more like Marchesa Luisa Casti. And I quote: "She had nude male servants gilded with gold. She wore live snakes as jewellery, & was infamous for her late-night walks, during which she would walk cheetahs on diamond-studded leashes, while completely naked beneath her furs." Seriously, who wouldn't want that?

My Interests

A Clockwork Orange, Absolutely Fabulous, AlaÃ¯a, Albinoni, Native American Flute, Aldous Huxley, Alexander McQueen, Alice Walker, Ambient, Parker Palm Springs, Anais Nin, Antiques, Arts, Azzedine Alaia, bandage dresses, Baudelaire, Bebe Gallini, Beethoven, feathered accessories, Betty Blue, Nature, Spirituality, Biographies, Birdie Num Num, Bolly Stoli, Camille Claudel, capuchins, Cesare Paciotti, Champagne, Cooking, Cuisine, Chateau Marmont, Christian Louboutin, cockatoos, classical music, Crazy Lucy, cuisine, Dottie Hinkle, Dreaming of Venice, eclectus, editing my personal information, Edmundo Castillo, England, Amazon Parrots, excessive body lotion, Forty Deuce (let's go there tongight!), Fredrich Nietzsche, French Films, gardening, Gianmarco Lorenzi, Goldfrapp, Guiseppe Zanotti, Haute Couture, Henry Miller, herb gardens, herbs, Herve Leger, Herve Leroux, HervÃ© L. Leroux, high heels, the way my heels click on the ground, Holly Golightly and Fred (I can call you Fred, can't I darling?), Hollywood (we call it home), hollywoodsnobs.com, hubris, hydrangeas, independent films, infant monkeys, interior design, Jimmy Choo, Kabaret, Latin Guitars, Light Bar, Rain Sticks (where is mine by the way?) literature, little gorgeous things, London, Louvre, Manolo Blahnik, cocktails at the Parker, Met Bar, Ministry of Sound, mink heels, Mozart, Mr. Blobby, Murgletroyd, museums, Mustique, nightclubbing, Nina Simone, Nubar, overseas weekend holidays, parties abroad, Patsy & Edina, pilates, poetry, Ponette, Prague, Pre-Raphaelites, Purple Bar, rain, ranchero mobile, reading in the bath, Rene Caovilla, Rimbaud, Roberto Cavalli, Roland Mouret, round eyed rugby players, rugby, same song on repeat, Senor Amor, Sky Bar, Spirituality, suffering from hubris, Tate Gallery, techno, the colour of water, the corn man, The Party, Thierry Mugler, Three Clubs, trance, travelling, Verlaine, Voltaire, water, waterfalls, weiner dog races, William Blake, writing, yoga, Social Hollywood, World of Warcraft (yes, I actually play it, shut up) The Sanderson, Veuve Clicquot, Teddys, instrumental songs that make me cry

I'd like to meet:

People who understand the following:Some nights alone he thinks of her and some nights alone she thinks of him some nights these thoughts occur at the same moment and they are connected without even knowing itand..Habitual Line Steppers.

People who still can use their brain. People who can spell, I like them as well. I don't think I want to meet people who are young enough to be my children, so thanks but no thanks all the same myspace teens.
People who make you think, who inspire you to dream. These people are what makes it all worthwhile. Individuality. Spirituality. Adventure. People who have the ability to make music that takes you to another world.

And most of all, people who run with scissors. Love them. You adorable little fashion plates. I would also like to meet people who have also stood naked on the terrace of Chateau Marmont and later realized you too were flashing all of Sunset Blvd. People who have looked up at the ceiling of Bar Marmont and thought who let these butterflies in here? People who remember Milk Bar near Rodeo Drive. People who can help me learn to play a musical instrument before I die.
Maybe someone who can design like Cavalli and Alaia and Mouret so I can chain them in a room and make them my own private couture rumplestiltskin. They should be about 3' tall and fold up nicely into a closet at night. .. and perhaps possess the magical qualities of turning water into Dom Perignon and sweet tarts into Xanax.
Also, let's find the people who want to make pygmy marmosets the new chihuahua in a handbag. I know you're out there. You just never seem to be at Hyde, what's up with that?
And most of all...people who can enjoy silence. Yes, even I need it.

Music:

Classical, Instrumental, Cinematic (Film Soundtracks.), Soundscape, Techno, Trance, Ambient, Blues, Flamenco, New Age, Latin guitar, Itzak Perlman, Philip Glass, Mozart, Albinoni, Mozart, Leonard Cohen, Nina Simone, Chopin, The Doors, Holden, Air, Elliot Smith, Francoise Hardy, French music.. c'est si bon. Everything from there to Native American music, flutes...cellos...I would probably even love kazoo music. Anything that does not make blood spurt forth from my ears. Leisure (and not because Skin recorded a song for me)IBut sometimes, for reasons unknown to me, a girl just has to dance around her house to techno music. I don't know why, and you shouldn't either. Bellydancing and Flamenco music have been known to emanate from my home.

Movies:

The Party, A Clockwork Orange, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. Sid & Nancy, Breakfast at Tiffanys, Camille Claudel, Trainspotting, Foreign Films and documentaries.

Television:

Absolutely Fabulous, Sex and the City, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Six Feet Under...there is a trend here, they are all gone. The Office. Documentaries, Nature programs..I can't say I watch a lot of TV, please, I once watched a show in the UK about how to make your own rope, I don't think I'm picky. And cooking shows...I get a little obsessed and need to make it all.

Books:

Basically, I use them for balancing on my head. Oh stop, this box is not big enough for all the books I love. I adore books, bring them on or I shall be forced to read the backs of cereal boxes. I love the scent of old books. I find that my shelves seem to be filled with obscure books and literature and biographies. I am the girl who will read anything as long as it's not political, unless I need to go to sleep.

Heroes:

Real life hereos who no one would recognize, except Jane Goodall. ..and perhaps Azzedine Alaia, Manolo Blahnik, Jimmy Choo, Herve Leger and Aquaman, he's got all the water in the world. Freddie the Magic Flute. Marchesa Luisa Casati because she knew when to use snakes as living jewelry. People who can create a piece of music and evoke feelings and moods. People who have something to say, people who live their whole lives saying what they think and living how they feel. People who fight adversity, who stand up for what they believe in. Real life storytellers. People who thrive in nature, alas I am not one of these people and require a 5 star hotel, but I can appreciate you, can't I? The person who invented that sticky hair roller so I can cuddle cats in evening wear. I love you.

My Blog

That Feeling

It was new, this feeling. It was how it feels when you see it in your head, from above, sweeping over the land like some great cinematography is being captured and an orchestra someplace is making a s...
Posted by Jenifer on Fri, 11 Aug 2006 02:37:00 PST