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*alli

lovely as a split lip...

About Me

i like rain, pretty things,ugly things,shiny things, rusty things...

My Interests

photography(joel peter witkin, diane arbus, chris anthony, man ray...as well as my own), various art by various artists(liz mcgrath, mark ryden, gustave courbet, mucha, maxfield parrish, edward gorey, jessica joslin, brom, niagara...i am currently in love with the work of scott radke.) he makes the most amazing marionettes.), ghosts, cats, steampunk, body modification, acting, pinball, painting, yoga, all things greek, gypsies, hinduism, presleyterian church of elvis the divine, standup comedy, vegetarianism, zombies, riding my bike, accordions, stockpiling random bits of junk which i am sure will, one day, be crucially important...i like the way deep bass sounds roll around in my head and tickle the insides of my belly...laughing, scowling, fire, vast expanses of water, traveling, outer space, inner space and various other bits and pieces...

  • my photography
  • my store
  • feel free to stop by my store, Down & Dirty Designs, by clicking one of the images below.

    Etsy
    Buy Handmade
    downanddirty

    I'd like to meet:

    rainy, pretty, ugly, shiny, rusty people

    Music:

    adam and the ants, richard hell and the voidoids, zoe keating, gogol bordello, the monkees, crash worship, big black, nurse with wound, diamanda galas, bright black morning light, joy division, tom waits, yann tiersen, extra action marching band, morphine, rasputina, the cramps, link wray, bad brains, johnny cash, crass, benny goodman, Buddy Holly, the stooges, sheep on drugs, the chromatics, swans, edith piaf, chemlab, the cranes, pigface, pale saints, the wedding present, mum, sigur ros, nancy sinatra, four tet, minor threat, kronos quartet, the cranes, flametrick subs, george gershwin, revolting cocks, the dead milkmen, duke ellington, nina simone, the misfits, joan jett, palace, sow, hellbent, social distortion, ministry, slowdive, glass candy, stereo total, liars, stereolab, nico, ms. john soda, elvis, coil, velvet underground, vincent gallo, carl perkins, filth, blatz, skinny puppy, death in june, b-52's, the ramones, waldteufel, goldfrapp, aphex twin, autechre, Matt Haimovitz...i could go on and on and on and on....

    Movies:

    bob hope and bing crosby's road movies (hell, i adore all bob hope films. ), bleak house, secretary, 26 bathrooms, all zombie films, gormenghast, donnie darko, buffalo 66, evil dead (all three of 'em), cold mountain, gangs of new york, series 7, harold and maud, a patch of blue, requiem for a dream, harvey, streetcar named desire, giant, viva las vegas, suburbia (early 80's...not that piece of crap from the 90's), rosencrantz & guildenstern are dead, titus, boondock saints, romeo is bleeding, pretty in pink, breakfast at tiffany's, weird science, 28 days later, 16 candles, edward scissorhands, beetlejuice, rebel without a cause, baxter, man bites dog, the hudsucker proxy, delicatessen, cat on a hot tin roof, the hustler, flash gordon, bonnie and clyde, butch cassidy and the sundance kid, spun, faster pussycat kill kill, clash of the titans, sinbad and the eye of the tiger, welcome to the dollhouse, mystery train, cemetery man, battle angel, they live, dead alive, bad taste, i heart huckabees, bubba ho-tep, willard, back to the future (I,II & III), pecker, walk the line, arsenic and old lace, the lady eve, sin city, romper stomper, any adam ant movie(even the really really bad ones), autofocus...that's all i can think of for now...i would like to note that i despise the breakfast club...i'm sure this will result in a severe beating, but i really think it's crap...

    Television:

    the monkees, breaking bad, space ghost coast to coast, dead like me, the young ones, vicar of dibley, ghost hunters, kids in the hall, x-files

    Books:

    gormenghast, bleak house, devil in the white city, a confederacy of dunces, the journey is the destination, i feel sick, the odyssey, greek mythology and history, his dark materials (by phillip pullman), alice in wonderland, through the looking glass, e.e.cummings, sappho, jerry stahl, j.t.leroy, richard bach, tennesse williams, jean paul sartre, mark twain, hubert selby jr, frank herbert, angus oblong, shakespeare, dr. suess, crime and punishment...any dostoevsky for that matter, 100 years of solitude, daniel quinn, rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead

    Heroes:

    bob hope, jimmy stewart, and my mom...three shining examples of how to live...

    My Blog

    Im flattered

    Etsy's Dark Side has made me their featured shop of the week!Woohoo!You can check it out: here or here.Thanks, Dark Side!...
    Posted by *alli on Mon, 12 May 2008 12:42:00 PST

    something special for mothers day...hehehe

    i think this speaks for itself.brilliant... ...
    Posted by *alli on Sun, 11 May 2008 02:03:00 PST

    oh yes oh yes oh yes

    I woke this morning to learn that the website that stole my art is in the process of being blocked by flickr...and all because I wrote a letter (my favorite form of revenge/justice/protest...words are...
    Posted by *alli on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:15:00 PST

    it’s flattering...BUT

    although it is flattering that someone likes my creative work enough to steal my copyrighted images, it is, nonetheless, illegal.f&@$er.
    Posted by *alli on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:00:00 PST

    how ignorant can one person be?

    Today I read this lovely bit of bullshit that a woman wrote:"The Bible isn't holy because it says so, it's holy because of what truth it contains.As far as 911 and the Holocaust and such as well note ...
    Posted by *alli on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 06:40:00 PST

    long time no see

    As some of you know the past few weeks have been utter chaos around here...but I am happy to report that things seem to be calming down a bit...bout damn time too!Amidst all the confusion and crazines...
    Posted by *alli on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:20:00 PST

    not only is it DelightfullySimple, but it’s Heavenly as well!

    Just a quick thank you to DelightfullySimple and Heavenly for including my photos "Winter" and "Red Door" in their etsy treasuries "Simply Wonderful!" and "...Doors...""Simply Wonderful!" is a collect...
    Posted by *alli on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:56:00 PST

    what’s the point?

    i'm not sure there is one...and that's fine by me."Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrowCreeps in this petty pace from day to day,To the last syllable of recorded time;And all our yesterdays have light...
    Posted by *alli on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 11:52:00 PST

    Photo featured in March/April Issue of All Things Girl

    It finally happened!One of my photos has been published!I am a featured artist in the online magazine All Things Girl. The magazine features female artists, musicians, writers, etc.As those of you wh...
    Posted by *alli on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 08:00:00 PST

    pimp-a-palooza

    new photos are available at down and dirty designsthese are limited editions of 25:.........
    Posted by *alli on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:09:00 PST